U. S. Authorities
Save 21 War Ger- j
mans from Gallows |
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FRANKFURT, Germany, (/P) —
American authorities this week
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spared 21 German war criminals
from the gallows, freed Germal
steel "magnate Alfried Krupp and
restored his property rights in the
multi^million dollar Krupp indus
trial empire.
Those saved from death includ
ed six former Nazi SJS. troopers
convicted of murdering U. S. sol
diers in the infamous ifMabnedy
massacre.” j
Eight of the highest executives
of the Krupp industrial empire
also were freed in a sweeping re
view of all remaining U. S.-trier
war-crimes cases. But U. S. High
Commissioner John J. McCloy and
U. S. military commander Gen.
Thomas • T.~ Handy confirmed
seven death sentences, including
fttur men of slaughtering more
than 1,000,000 Jews and Gypsies
and former SS Maj-Gen; Oswald
Pohl, who bossed Hitler’s concen- J
tration camp system.
• • At the same time U. S. authori
ties modified many other prison
terms imposed by American war
crimes tribunals.
.The new rulings followed spe
cial consideration of all remain
ing war crimes cases, undertaken
in the face of a growing German
clamor against war crimes ver
dicts.
Those saved from death had
been in Landsberg prison under
sentence for more than four years.
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Ban Non-Defense
Aluminum Use
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WASHINGTON, (/P) —The use
of aluminum in more than 200
non-defense products was banned
Saturday.
The action was announced by
the National Production Authority
which said the curtailment was i
designed to assure adequate sup
plies for military needs.
NPT ordered a halt in the use
Of aluminum, effective April 1,
for a long list of manufactured
goods ranging from cocktail shak
ers to automobile hardware and
Venetian blinds.
NPA simultaneously told alu
minum users that still further cut
backs in non-defense production
will be slapped on effective June
1. Saturday’s action does not af
fect kitchen utensils, such as pots
and pans.
In a companion move, the pro
duction agency also announced
new restrictions on non-essential
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use of natural rubber.
NPA said its rubber order also
provides a cut in the amount of
synthetic rubber earmarked for
new automobile tires; and an in
crease in the amount of so-called
“camel-back” rubber for recap
ping ol dones.
The rubber regulation calls for
an 8 per cent reduction in the
amount of new rubber available
for civilian production during
February and March.
U.S. Commissioner's Court
— ..
William A. Sheppard and Flor
ence Kline have applied for a mar
riage license at the U.S. Commis
soners office.
Emma Henry was given 30 days
this morning Hn the U. S. Commis
sioner’s Court for being drunk
and disorderly.
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Ask Dismissal
Of CAB Order
! WASHINGTON, (ff)~ Air Trans
1 port Associates, Inc. has asked the
U.S. court of appeals to set aside
a civil aeronautics board order
dismissing a protest against a $75
one-way fare established by Pan
American World Airways from
Fairbanks, Alaska, to Seattle.
Air Transport operates service
on an irregular basis between Se
attle and points in Alaska.
The company asked the court
to direct the CAB to conduct an
investigation to determine if the
rate is unreasonable or discrim
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inatory. . * 'I
Air Transport contends the
special Pan American fare “is
w’thout economic justification as
it is below ^he cost of operation;
it will hinder the progress of the
1 non-subsidized air transportation
j industry and impose heavy bur
' dens upon the United States and
its taxpayers in the form of sub
j sidy air mail pay.” i
Sailor Wins Suit
For Injuries On
“Monkey Boat”
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| JUNEAU, OP)—'The Ninth U.S.
' circuit court of appeals at San
! Francisco has upheld a district
court finding which had the ef
I feet of increasing employer liabil
ity for seamen Injured on “mon
key boats” and tenders, territor
ial labor commissioner Henry
Benson reported Monday.
Benson said the case involved
a $3,450 award by the Alaska in
dustrial board to seaman Alfred
(Peterson for a back injury re
' ceived on a “monkey boat” in
Bristol bay in 1947.
The Alaska packers association
! challenged the award in court. |
District judge George Folta
ruled that Peterson was not under
Alaska workman’s compensation
act but, as a seaman, should have
been under the more comprehen
s i v e protection of the federal
Jones act for seamen.
Officials said employes on such
auxiliary vessels had been looking
to the Alaska workman compen
sation act in injury cases since
1927. |
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Richard Cornwell/ manager of
the Dream Theater, has left for
Anchorage where he is looking
for housing for his family who
plan to make their home in that
area in the near future.
It has been announced that Gor
don Osborne will be the new man
ager of the Dream Theater.
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Harry Just
Dares Congress
WASHINGTON,. (jP)—President
Truman yesterday dared Congress
to cut his $71,000,000,000 budget.
He told a news conference it is
a good budget and a tight budget,
and that he dared the legislators
to do anything to it.,
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His remarks were touched off
by a reporter’s assertion that a
number of Congress members
have said they were going “to
squeeze the water” out of the
President’s spending recommen
dations.
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Mr. Truman said they were wel
come to try.
He added that they threatened
to do the same thing in past years
and instead of cutting his budget
they had added a couple of bil-j
lion to it.
Papa Still Defends
Official Family
WASHINGTON, i(/P>—(President j
Truman accused a Senate banking
sub-committee yesterday erf hav
ing made an asinine report in its
findings that White House aide
Donald Dawson has exercised in
fluence on RFC loan policies.
At a new conference, the Presi
dent strongly defended Dawson,
one of his administrative assist
ants.
He said he had complete confi
dence in Dawson, and added that
Dawson should not seek a public
eharing before the Senate group,
headed by Senator Fulbright (D.
Ark.). ,
The Fulbright committee, Mr.
Truman said, ought to have asked
Dawson for testimony before it
made what he called this asinine'
Congress Retali
ates; Dares Harry
Washington <;p)—a key Re
publican member of the House
ways and means committee dared
President Truman today to pre
sent his whole $16,500,000,000 new
tax program in one bite.
That was the answer of Rep.
Richard M. Simpson (R.*Pa.) to
the President’s own dare to Con
gress to try to cut his $71,000,000,
000 'budget for the next fiscal year
which begins July 1. At his news
conference yesterday, Mr. Tru
described his financial program
for the nation as a good budget
and a tight one.
There was word from the Sen
ate, meanwhile, that a single-pack
age tax bill has strong support
from Chairman George D.-Ga.) of
the Senate finance committee.
Simpson, one of the senior Re
publicans on the House commit
tee, told a reporter:
“The President glibly dares
Congress to try to save the tax
payers^ money by cutting his
spending program.
“The President suggested ways
that the people could be taxed
$10,000,660,000 more, but he pass
ed the buck to Congress on rais
ing an additional $6,500,000,000 on
top of that.
Hospital News
Admitted to the hospital are
Vincent Otton and Muriels Nils of
St. Michaels; Frederick Oquilluk
of Teller. John Reed of Teller'was
discharged from the hospital.
report.
The President added that the
chairman—he did not mention
Fulbright by name—left town
when he found crut he wanted to
see him.
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