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Annamites Burn 1
Part Of Saigon
In Indochina
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SAICrON, Indochina, Sept. 26—
— Uncontrollable Annamites,
who kidnapped forty-one Euro
peans and possibly killed ten yes
terday, burned down their market
place last night. The spectacular
+ fire, a few blocks from the city’s
center, raged uncontrolled through
Saigon’s largest market place of
colorful booths and sheds.
French who gathered in excited
clusters on the main street, watch
ed the flames. They charged the
Annamites stole Saigon’s fire en
gines three days ago, and are now
engaged in carrying out their
4 threat to burn the city to the
ground.
Two platooons of British troops
driving across the northern part
of the city yesterday rescued
thirty-one of the forty Frenchmen
captured by the Annamites. A
British spokesman said nine were
* missing and probably slain. One
French Officer said he was posi
tive some women and children
were kidnaped.
No Assistance j
To Spain Under
# Present Regime
WASHINGTON, Sep. 26—<£>)—
The Roosevelt declaration of pol
icy stating there was “no place in
the community of nations,” for
Franco and the government of
Spain was released by the State
Department as its basic policy.
The statement set forth in a
^ letter from the late President to
Ambassador Armour, when he
went to Madrid last March it was
disclosed. Some actions in the
economic field might be of as
sistance to the Spanish people are
not being taken because “Ameri
can sentiment is so profoundly
opposed to the present regime and
^ power in Spain.”
House Meets
To Consider
Tax Reductions
WASHINGTON, Sep. 26—(IP)—
Meeting for the first time in six
teen years to consider reducing,
not boosting taxes, the House
Ways and Means Committee voted
to rule out any reductions of ex
cise levies this time.
The tax framing group indi
cated it would confine its first
peacetime bill to reduction of in
dividual and corporation burdens.
To hasten the action of tax reduc
tions, the committee voted to
•forego public hearings.
VOLUNTEER FIREMEN
• TO MEET TONIGHT
Regular meeting of the Volun
teer Firmeen tonight at 8:00 p.m.
Now Troop Transport
MOVING LUXURY LINER — German luxury liner, Europa, moves out of dry dock at
Bremerhaven, Germany, en route for further reconversion into an American troopship.
CITY COUNCIL HOLDS
REGULAR MEETING
Last Monday evening the City
Council met in the City Hall for
its regular meeting. A suitable
place for the storage of equipment
now in the open, was discussed
and it was decided to build a shed
on skids to the rear of the fire
station to care for this. The pos
sibility of a lean-to was discussed
but not found feasible due to the
expense involved.
A report was made that, on the
request of the city, the M. P. gate
which has been on Belmont Point,
has been moved to the other side
of the hill and the M. P. gate on
the Bessie road has been removed
entirely.
Mr. Jack Dowd, of the Nome
School Board, reported an enroll
ment of 175 children, 37 of which
are native children, and that the
fifth and sixth grades were over
crowded. He requested that the
city provide their 20% of the ex
pense in the hiring of an addi
tional teacher. It was approved
immediately.
An inquiry was made as to why
the surplus enrollment was not
turned back to the Bureau school
but Mr. Dowd reported that the
other school also was in excess of
its normal enrollment.
A discussion was held concern
ing the possibility of the city pur
chasing the Whaley House for a
teachers’ residence, but it was de
DISTRICT COUTS
OPENS
U. S. District Court was opened
this morning by Judge J. Kehoe.
Twelve members of the original
Grand Jury were held over and
eleven additional names drawn to
report Oct. 29. The names drawn
were Walter Reich, Verna Mickel
son, Carrie Green, Ruth Morcom,
Joe Wallace, Lillian Ivanoff, Mary
Schenck, Newton Young, Chas.
Traeger, Frank Love and Mildred
Straub.
The Petit Jury is called for No
vmeber 5, with the following ad
ditional names drawn. William
Lehmann, Francis Johnson, Paul
ine Gabrielson, Betty Doyle, Mrs.
P. E. Sather, Don J. Lyle, Ethel
Vogan, Ray Westby, Justice Pit
mitiluk, Hilky Robinson.
Court adjourned until 10 o’clock
on Friday.
cided that the problem was Terri
torial, rather than a City prob
lem.
The matter of insurance on the
McDougall property was brought
up and deferred until the next
evening. A lengthy discussion was
held concerning the McDougal es
tate and the Drug Store which is
up for settlement on Oct. 13.
Contractors Green and Olson
were praised for the fine interior
and exterior job they have just
completed at the Territorial
School.
Report Nazis
Still Hold Office
In Bavaria
FRANKFURT ON MAIN, Sept.
26 —^/P) — General Eisenhower
summoned General Patton to
make a report on the denazifica
tion progress in Bavaria. Lt. Gen.
Walter Smith, General Eisenhow
er’s chief of staff announced that
the Supreme Commander called
for an immediate report of Nazis
still holding office in the Third
Army territory. He also requested
General Patton to give a personal
accounting of his stewardship in
Bavaria early next week.
At a press conference called as
a result of General Patton’s re
cent remark that “Naziism might
as well be compared to any of the
political parties at home, Repub
lican or Democratic.” General
Smith said General Eisenhower
would permit no modification of
his order that Nazis be removed
‘‘ruthlessly from public office, re
gardless of general efficiency.”
General Patton admitted yester
day his choice of words was un
fortunate.
WASHINGTON. Sep. 26—(/P)—
William Mitchell, attorney gener
al under Hoover, was chosen
unanimously as chief counsel of
the joint Congressional committee
investigating the Jap attack on
Pearl Harbor.
President Answers
Varied Onestions
At Conference
WASHINGTON, Sep. 26—OP)—
President Truman declared any
i swing to isolationism in the United
States will put this country on the
road to ruin. Then, with machine
gun rapidity he replied to a vari
ety of questions and further re
vealed some of his plans for
American participation in remak
ing the world order.
He said the disposition of Jap
an’s fleet will be decided by the
Allied reparations committee, just
; as in the case of German naval
I forces. This will open the way for
both Britain and Russia to claim
i their share as they did in the Ber
| lin meeting of the Big Three.
In his forthcoming message to
; Congress on. the atomic bomb, he
would not say whether he believes
; the secrets of the bomb should be
i divulged to other nations. The
present organization of Jap occu
1 pation under General MacArthur
was agreed upon by all govern
j ments interested; evidently mean
ing Russia, Britain and China.
Truman said he had received no
proposal for creating an Allied
I Council on Japan, and he had no
! knowledge of any plans for an
; other Big Three meeting. In the
President’s opinion there was no
1 evidence that the Big Five Council
! of Foreign Ministers in London
j had “failed,” the word the news
man used in asking the question.
Let’s wait until we see what real
results come from the meeting be
fore we call it a failure. The Pres^
ident said he would not make a
decision on surmises.
The comment on isolationism,
came as a response to a question
on whether Truman thought
United States was in more of a.
isolationist mood. He was told col
umnist David Lawrence had sug
gested such a trend in an article
in the Washington Star last night
President Truman said he didn’t
agree.
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GENERAL BRUTON
REVIEWS NOME
HARBOR
Brig. Gen. Phillip G. Bruton.
Pacific Division Army Engineer,
in charge of the $100,000,000 Army
projects for Alaska.
Colonel Conrad Hardy, Seattle
District Engineer, is accompany
ing the general on his tour of in
spection of the various sections
named in the program.
General Bruton arrived last
evening and talked with the Har
bor Committee of the NWA Cham
ber of Commerce, and left on his
return trip this morning.
WASHINGTON, Sep. 26—-(/P) m
The Senate confirmed the appoint
ment of Robert Patterson of New
York, as Secretary of War. The
action was by voice vote.
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