lin, numbers two officers, 11 en
listed men, two American civil
ians and several interpreters.
Sgt. Robert R. Koch Leaven
worth, Kas., one of the four, said
the Russian lieutenant who es
corted the group in the drive to
Berlin “simply told us we had to
leave at once.”
“He assured us our conduct had
been perfectly all right,” Koch
said, “but he had received orders
from Berlin we must go. He did
not explain why.”
Britain voted a $3,349,440,000
defense budget, the largest in
peacetime except in the years she
mobilized for the second world
war. President Truman in Janu
ary called for $15,000,000,000 in
military spending plus another
six billion dollars for foreign aid.
An additional one-third billion
dollars is to be used probably in
rearming the members of the pro
jected North Atlantic Pact.
The communist prosecutor de
manded death for the four leading
defendants among the 15 Protest
ant churchmen on trial in Bulgar
ia on counts of spying and treason.
He asserted they were trying also
to promote a revolt against Bul
garia’s Red government with in
tervention by the United States
and Britain.
China’s legislature convened in
Nanking in an atmosphere hostile
to Premier Sun Fo. Top national
ists and communists were map
ping strategy for peace talks ex
pected to start soon in Peiping.
The recall of Ambassador Rob
ert Murphy from Berlin to Wash
ington was regarded in the block -
: aded city as the beginning of the
exodus of Gen. Lucius D. Clay's
occupation staff. Murphy will or
ganize a shakeup of the state de
partment’s handling of German
affairs.
Israel is expected to win United
Nations membership later today.
Her supporters claimed enough
votes on the security council. Bri
tain has promised no veto.
WESTERN STATES COUNCIL
MEETS IN BOISE. IDAHO
BOISE, Idaho, f/P)—A two-day
meeting of the Western States |
Council, representing 11 western
states and Alaska, is scheduled in
Boise March 28-29.
Earl Reynolds, manager of the
Boise chamber of commerce, said
the council is made up of repre- |
sentatives of industry and busi
ness, working through local and
state chambers of commerce.
Alaskan business topics and
problems will be discussed by
Frank L. Meehem, Alaska attor
ney.
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sentative in your community. He is
included in this picture taken at the
Alaska Steamship Company agents’ con
ference held in our Seattle headquarters
a few weeks ago.
All our Alaska agents were present
to discuss operating and traffic problems
with top company officials. These prob
lems were tackled with the objective of
improving freight and passenger service
and increasing efficiency.
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lems is another of the many things The
Alaska Line is doing to make its service
more effective and to keep its rates as
reasonable as possible. I
^STANDING (from left to right): A. N. M*. Clrtlan, freight
Claim Agent, Seattle; 11. E. Chesebrough, Terminal Agent, Seattle;
T. J. Maloney, Anchorage; W. \T. Sipprcll, Setiara; R. G. Gardi
ner, Fairbanks; E. A. Marlar, Kodiak; leo McCormack, Wrangell;
R. D. Kelsey, Valdez; W. R. Wood, Nome; George W. Hooker,
Skaguay; W. P. I.ockncod, Ketchikan; R. 1. Miller, Petersburg;
Frank Burns, Cordot a; IT. /. Manahan, Assistant General Traffic
Manager, Seattle; K. A. Cross, Assistant General Passenger Agent,
Seattle. SFATFD (from left to right): 11. E. Green, Juneau; Fred
Arnold, Sitka; J. D. Kelson, Assistant General Traffic Managert
Seattle; F. A. Zeuslrr, E\rcutii e Assistant to the f resident; G. W,
Skinner, President, Alaska Steamship Company; G. S. Duryea,
General Freight and Passenger Agent, Ketchikan; H. N. Peterson,
General Traffic Manager, Seattle.
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Ease Up Curb On
Credit Buying
WASHINGTON, (/Pi — Many
lawmakers welcomed as a boon
to business today a government
order permitting smaller monthly
installments on a list of item*;
ranging from cook stoves to auto
mobiles.
The federal reserve board’s ac
tion also was warmly greeted by
the automobile industry, which
saw in the move a possible lift to
lagging car sales.
However, Edgar Kaiser, general
manager of the Kaiser-Frasier
Corp. said, "It is not enough," and
a similar .->entiment was expressed
by Rep. Patman <D.-Texd. who
has been demanding an extensive
easing of curbs on credit buying.
The board’s order was issued
Wednesday night on the heels ct
its report that installment credit,
outstanding had dropped in Janu
ary for the first time in three
years. The order becomes effec
tive Monday. It affects these con
sumer items now under "anti-in
flation’’ controls:
Cook stoves, dishwashers, iron
ers, refrigerators, washing ma
chines, automobiles, air condition
ers, radio and television sets,
phonographs, sewing machines,
vacuum cleaners, furniture and
rug'.
Senator O'Mahoney <D.-\Yy,>.),
chairman of the Senate-House
economic committee, called the
board’s action “a clear illustrat’on
of the wise exercise of govern
ment controls’’ and “a step that
will lend to promote the distribu
tion of inventories.”
Vessel W ill Try To
Sah age Many Ships
In Alaskan Waters
SEATTLE, ‘/P)—A specially de
signed heavy-duty salvage vessel,
the Kodiak Salvor, will leave here
within the next 10 days in search
of ships lost in war action or
storms in Alaskan waters.
Owne • Robert O. Fleming said
the Kodiak Salvor was a former
navy LCT and that it was con
verted for salvage duty at a cost
of $100,000,
Fleming said Alaskan waters
were a graveyard lor ships and
cargoes of all types. He said Capt.
Balfour G. Logan, salvage master,
will be in charge of operations.
Robert Guld will be skipper of
the vessel.
They will take a look at the
possibilities of raising the Alaska
Railroad barge which broke in
two and sank with a $700,000 car
go last summer near Cape Spen
cer, Fleming said.
The Kodiak Salvor will also
seek several Japanese freighters
sunk in the Aleutians early in the
war.
Fleming said the ship will re
main in Alaska the year around,
basing at Cordova in winter and
Kodiak in the summer.
Fleming is a marine insurance
broker and heads the Kodiak
Aleutian Salvage company which
will ope-ate the Kodiak Salvor.
Oran Dover of the Internal
Revenue office arrived yesterday
with the Pan American and is lo
cated at the Federal Bldg. in the
Jury Room. Mr. Dover expects to
bn here until the 17th of March,
during which time he will go to
Kotzebue, Teller and Candle.
India has the largest single
steel plant in the British empire.