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NEWS IN BRIEF
AKRON, O., (>P>—The Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Co. reported Sat
urday it was producing 200 spe
cially constructed mattresses to be
used in the army’s survival test
operation in Alaska this winter.
Similar to the conventional air
mattress in some respects, they
will be made of special rubber
compounds that remain resilient
at 70 degrees below zero tempera
tures, the company said.
BREMERTON, Wash. (/P)—An
astacia E. Angell, who claimed to
be the last surviving member of
the family of the first governor of
Russia America, Alexander Bar
anov, died Friday. The 77-year
old pioneer was a granddaughter
of the Russian official.
Mrs. Angell was born on Kodiak
Island, but had lived in Bremer
ton for the last 40 years.
MYSZKOW. Poland, (/P)—Poles
take their sports seriously. A
crowd of sports fans in this Siles
ion town recently attacked and in
jured a football umpire, four
members of one of the playing
squads, and wound up by trying
to “drown the umpire in a near
by river.”
COPENHAGEN. UP)—A rough
neck in the Danish town of Naes
tved took a ride on a motorbike
and then challenged the owner to
start something. The roughneck
woke up 10 minutes later and
learned that the owner of the mo
torbike was the former Danish
lightweight champion, Franz
Zmuda.
BILLINGS, Mont. UP) —While
hunters stalked deer in nearby
hills, many of the canny animals
invaded the Billings airport which
is closed to hunting. At one time,
airport manager Dick Logan had
to shoot the deer from a runway
so a passenger liner could come in
for a landing.
j
BERN, (iP) — Barring conflict,
1948 compulsory military service
in Switzerland will reach a maxi
mum of 24 days per man, the fed- j
eral council has announced. The
council is stressing air defenses.
Men assigned to air-defense units
* are to take 20-day refresher
courses.
NEW DELHI, (/P)—'The date of
the king’s birthday will continue
to be a public holiday in the In
dian dominion according to the
list of gazetted holidays.
It shares this honor with Mahat
man Gandhi’s birthday on Oct. 2
and the date of the country’s in
dependence, Aug. 15.
SITKA, (A*) — A small plane
joined Saturday in search for Tom
Woods, 47, and James E. Gay, 31,
a trolling boat owner, who failed
to return from the Port Mary area I
at the close of the trapping season
eight days ago.
A coast guard party found their
base camp Friday with their food.i
guns, traps, Gay’s billfold and a
small skiff still there. They were
unable to locate Gay’s trolling
boat, the Louise, although they
Sen. Vandenberg
Becomes GOP
Darkliorse
(By Jack Bell)
WASHINGTON, (/p>— Gen. Ei
senhower’s abrupt exit from the
field of Republican Presidential
hopefuls started new talk of Sen
ator Vandenberg <R.-Mich.) as a
potential dark horse nominee Sat
urday,
Senator Sparkman H).-La.> told
a reporter:
“It looks like Eisenhower’s
withdrawal clears the way for
Taft and Dewey to run a dead
heat and for some third man to
capture the Republican nomina
tion. My guess is that the third
man will be Vandenberg, it he
will take it.’’
The Michigan Senator has gone
a long way toward removing him
self from consideration. He has
said that he is convinced no man
ever is drafted for the nomination
without his connivance and that
he won’t connive.
Vandenberg has observed how
ever that no man could decline the
nomination if it actually were
thrust upon him.
The Senator smilingly declined
comment Saturday on the state
ment by Eisenhower that “I could
not accept the nomination even
under the remote circumstances
that it were tendered me.”
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio,
former Gov. Harold E. Stassen of
Minnesota and Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey of New York, announced
candidates, were similarly silent.
The general’s action seemed to
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Russia Critical Of
Anti-Militarism
Plan In Japan
(By John Scali)
WASHINGTON. f/P) — Soviet
ambassador Alexander S. Pan
yushkin is critical of the job the
Allies are doing to prevent a re
birth of militarism in defeated
Japan.
The new Russian envoy told a
reporter in his first formal inter
view here that he wants to draw
“serious attention” to the record
of the 11-nation Far Eastern com
mission ;n promoting democracy
in Japan.
“In this regard tne sii'inuon
cannot be considered as sat'sfac
tory,” he said.
In addition to his duties as am-1
bassador Panyushkin also serves
as Russian representative on the,
commisstoi. which supervises Al-j
lied occnupation policy toward
Japan.
Replying in person to a series of
questions submitted in writing by
this reporter, Panyushkin struck
out at what he considers discrim
ination by the United States gov-,
ernment against Soviet-American!
trade. He said this is something
“certain circles” in the United
States are trying to develop.
searched nearby Mud Bay.
Woods a taxi owner and Gay,
had been expected home a few
days after the season closed.
Bradley to Become
Chief Of Staff
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman formally nominated Gen.
Omar Bradley as army .chief of
staff to succeed Gen. Dwight Ei
senhower.
He sent the nomination to the
Senate which must approve it be
fore Bradley can take the army’s
top post.
The White House did not speci
fy the date on which Bradley will
take over the duties. The nomina
tion was made effective simply on
the date of his being sworn in.
There have been reports that
Eisenhower wanted to leave about
Feb. 15.
Now 5-), Bradley has been chief
of the veterans administration but
left that post two months ago.
During the war, he commanded
the 12th army group in Europe.
Bradley has been a long-time
advocate of universal military
training and one of his jobs as
chief of staff is expected to be that
of selling this idea to Congress. It
is among the legislation President
Truman asked in his state-of-the
union message.
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Nation Shivers In
Third Cold Wave
■
(By The Asscoiated Press!
j The third cold wave within a
week moved into the north central
part of the nation today as the
death toll of the second, still grip
ping the south and east, reached
60.
i A weather bureau forecaster
1 said the new sub-zero air mass,
| which moved southeastward from
, Canada into the great plains—
1 farther west than the first two—
; would keep the midwest and up
, per Atlantic coastal region frigid
at least until midweek.
*
The new wave’s effect was not
expected to be felt in the south
eastern part of the country, how
ever, and probably will not bring
lower temperatures than already
have been experienced in the cold
wave series.
Watertown, S. D., had the na
tion’s lowest official temperature
this morning 27 below zero. The
Ohio valley had a second succes
sive bitter sub-zero night with the
official low of —6 reported at Co
lumbus, O., and Louisville, Ky..
and much lower unofficial read
ings in hilly southeastern Ohio.
The northeastern states had a low
of —20 at Binghampton, N. Y.,
with —12 at Albany, N. Y., —11
at Portland, Me., and —8 at Hart
ford, Conn.
The temperature this morning
in Nome was two above zero.
Moderating of temperatures in
the still chilly south was reported
with Mobile, Ala., which record
ed 22 above Sunday having a 34
degree minimum today. Milder
weather was expected to reach1
the South Atlantic coast by Tues
day night.
Another storm, developing in!
the southwest, had brought snow
and freezing rain to Texas and i
was moving eastward across the *
southern states, Already chilled by
snow and sub-freezing temppra
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France Cuts Value
Of Franc By Half
PARIS, (/P)—France cheapened
her money today, a step enabling
her, in theory, to sell abroad at
about half the old price.
She devalued her franc despite
objections from Britain, which j
feared for the value of the pound,
and from the international mone
tary tunct, wmcn saw clanger 01
world competition in currency de
preciation.
Premier Robert Schuman prom
ised an explanation today to the
French national assembly. The
devaluation threatened to boost
prices in France and provoked op
position from fixed-income
groups.
In London, Sir Stafford Cripps, i
British chancellor of the exche
quer, planned to meet the cabinet
in emergency session before re
porting to the House of Commons
to forestall devaluation.
The currency reform, worked
out by French minister Rene
Mayer, took effect with publica
tion today in the official journel
of the government’s exchange sta
bilization fund.
Britain Will Not
Devalue Pound
i
LONDON, (/P) — Sir Stafford
Cripps declared today Britain
does not contemplate devauling
the pound despite French action
{in cutting the value of the franc.
“We do not believe this will be
rendered necessary or advisable,”
! the chancellor of the exchequer
advised thfc House of Commons.
Earlier government securities had
dipped on the stock exchange, re
flecting investors’ fears that
France’s action will damage the
pound sterling.
France had overridden objec
I tions of both Britain and the in
ternational monetary fund in re
vauling her money. The devalua
tion gave French manufacturers
a chance to cut their prices as
much as one-half in world mar
kets and consequently threatened
British markets abroad.
Sir Stafford did not disclose
what steps would be taken to pro
tect the pound.
Consultations are continuing
with the French, he disclosed.
“In any action that we are com
pelled to take,” he declared, “we
shall, of course, exercise the
greatest care not to add to the dif
ficulties of our French friends
more than might prove absolutely
inevitable.”
Sir Stafford pointed out that
Britain is responsible to the whole
of the sterling area for measures
to be taken.
“We must, therefore, maintain
our freedom to take any action
which may be found necessary,”
he asserted.
MRS. OTIS RANK SHOWS
MUCH IMPROVEMENT
Mrs. Kenneth Rank has re
ceived word from her Husband
that his mother, Mrs. Otis Rank,
has showed much improvement
this past week and they plan to
move her from the hospital soon.
Territorial Denis.
Endorse Gruening
For Governor
KETCHIKAN, (£>) — Alaska’s
Democratic Territorial convention
Friday night became the first in
the United States or its Territories
to instruct national convention
delegates to support President
Truman for the 1948 nomination.
It instructed the six delegates
to support Sen. Joseph C. O’Ma
honey of Wyoming for the vice
presidency.
The endorsement of the western
Senator as a running mate came
after several speakers cited , what
they said was his liberal record as
; a legislator and his recognition as
a friend of Alaskan and western
development.
Delegates recalled that the Ter
ritorial party was the first to en
dorse Franklin D. Doosevelt in
1932, and Gov. Ernest Gruening,
who was the center of the conven
tion’s hottest controversy, told the
cqnvention: “As Alaska goes, so
goes the nation.”
The only other name mentioned
prominently for vice presidential
support was Senator Murray of
Montana, but his name was not
included in the formal convention
discussions.
The convention endorsed Gov
ernor Gruening and asked for his
reappointment, after three dele
; gates from the First Division
(Southeastern Alaska, including
Juneau and Ketchikan> walked
out of the convention hall after
I failure to kill the resolution before
a vote on it.
Gruening’s four-year term ex
pires in March. He was appointed
originally by the late President
Roosevelt.
Opponents of his endorsement
argued that such action was un
precedented and that conventions
always have asked for appoint
of an Alaskan as Governor.
Greuning’s backers contended
that the Democrats had endorsed
the late Gov. John Troy in the
1936 convention at Seward.
The convention reelected How
ard Lyng of Nome as national
committeeman.
Sen. Vic Rivers of Anchorage
was namd chairman of the central
committee and Wilfred Stump of
Ketchikan, vice chairman.
Mrs. Essie Dale of Fairbanks
won over a fellow townswoman,
Alaska Linck for national com
mitteewoman after Amelia Gun
dex-sen of Ketchikan withdrew.
Lyng nosed out Warren Taylor
of Fairbanks and Curtis Shattuck
of Juneau for national committee
man.
The convention asked Congress
to hold fish trap legislation hear
ings in Alaska: that the legislature
give the Alaska Development
board adequate funds to continue
its work; make hobby work avail
able in the veterans’ home at Sit
ka and build a new pioneers’
home along the Alaska rail belt.
! It also asked extension of the
social security program.
Territorial officials and others
named as delegates to the national
convention included:
First division — Congressional
Delegate E. L. Bartlett and treas
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