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NEWS IN BRIEF
SEATTLE, (/P)—Only about 100
of Seattle’s 1,700 longshoremen!
worked yesterday on the annual
“day off” taken in memory of six
dock workers killed in West Coast
ports in the 1934 strike.
William <Bill> Gettings, region
al director of the CIO ILWU, said
pnly two ships were being loaded.
* One was a navy Reefer with per
ishable cargo and the other an
Alaska passenger vessel on which
mail and baggage were being put
aboard.
LISBON, Portugal, (/P> — Thr
heat wave took -a toll of eight
lives Monday in Portugal, five by
drowning and three by lightning.
MOMBASA, Kenya, (/P)—Herds
of elephants, driven to the African
coast by lack of rain, are beseig
ing the small township of Kilifi,
it was reported here yesterday.
Government officials have shot
eight elephants which have been
damaging the town. Motorists on
the coastal highway have been
warned against the attacking
herds.
SEATTLE, (/P) — Washin gton
State tallied at least 21 violent
deaths for the three-day July 4th
week end.
Nine persons died in traffic ac
cidents. three drowned one was
fatally hurt in an explosion and
another was shot with a rifle.
In addition, seven persons per
ished in a fire that roared through
the Lafayette hotel in Aberdeen
early Sunday morning.
1 SARK, Channel Islands, (/P)—
The Island of Sark, where autos
are banned by law, had its first
drunken driving case in history
yesterday. An outraged judge or
dered the defendant’s drinks cut
off until August 1, 1951.
The offender — John Terree —
was accused of driving a tractor
while intoxicated on two occasions
last month.
The court directed the little is
land's saloonkeepers to put Terree
on their blacklist for the next two
’ years. He also was fined ten shil
lings <$2>.
BUCHAREST, Romania, (/P) —
Thousands of Romanian workers
and peasants along with members
of the government thronged the
station square in a hard rain yes
terday to pay their last respects
to the late Georgi Dimitrov, Bul
garian communist leader.
Dimitrov died Saturday in Mos
r cow where he had been under
treatment for a liver ailment »
MANILA. (/P) — The Philippine
Red Cross headquarters altered
its disaster units on Camiguin Is
land in the southern Philippines
today after receiving reports two
men had died of burns from hot
ashes spewed by Hibokhibok vol
cano.
It was not learned immediately
whether the men were burned
inspecting the volcano or while
they were working in nearby
fields.
The volcano 10 months ago
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Nome Celebrates |
Fourth Of July
Despite Weather
With the weather dubious and
a west wind blowing, Nome’s
Fourth of July celebration got un
der way with a children’s parade
Monday morning followed by the
patriotic program which was held
in front of the City Hall.
Col. H. Burkhalter, speaker of
the day, gave a splendid address
calling to mind the many privil
j eges there are of being an Ameri
' can and the pride with which all
Americans have for theinr c.rnn
! try.
Th^ address was also the colon
el's farewell to the people of Nome
■ as he was scheduled to leave Tues
day for the States for re-assign
ment.
Children’s sports took the early
part of the afternoon and the win
ners are listed below, after which
l the native sports were held on
; River Street.
Three oomiaks from Nome, Dio
mede and King Island competed in
a race up Snake River where
heavy swells were running with
the fifty dollar prize going to the
Nome boat.
In the evening the natives led
by the well known King Island
chief Oolana. danced a welcome
dance at the school auditorium
preceding the American Legion
Fourth of July dance.
An air show was put on through
the courtesy of personnel of the
Marks Air Force Base. Among
other things a demonstration was
given of a C-47 operating with a
single engine. An hour’s show was
given to the spectators.
Following are the prize winners
for the day:
Children's Parade
Cutest costume, Robt. E. Fager
strom. Best Native costume, Dol
lie and Irene Kalerak. Best Inde
pendence day costume (Uncle
Sam* Gary Bingham. Most dis
tinctively decorated vehicle, Kay
Coulthard. Best dressed Eskimo
lady, Mrs. E. B. O’Connor.
Children's Sports
100 yard dash, boys 13 to 16—
I Peter Larsen, Georgie Beltz.
50 yard dash, girls 13 to 16, Lois
Swanberg, Jerry Fagerstrom.
50 yard dash, boys 12 and under
—Junior Nershak. Henry Blatch
ford.
50 yard dash, girls 12 and under
—Wanda Beltz, Arlene Muller.
50 yard sack race, boys 13 to 16.
Peter Larsen, Georgie Beltz.
50 yard sack race, Kitty Bjorn
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BULLETIN
JUNEAU — The Territory's
General Fund was short $907,004
to meet its obligations at the end
of June, according to a statement
issued today by Treasurer Henry
Roden.
On June 30 after the closing of
the books, the sum of $262,907.01
was on hand. Against this amount,
the Auditor's office held unpaid
vouchers totalling $1,169,911.05.
leaving the Territory short $907,*
004.04.
Many Attend Presi
dent Emeritus Dav
mf
M. J. Walsh, regent for the Uni
versity of Alaska returned Sun
day from Fairbanks, having gone
over to attend the President Emer
itus Day ceremonies on July 1st.
Mr. Walsh states the weather was
somewhat dubious but finally
cleared so that the ceremony could
be held outdoors as originally
planned, before a big gathering of
people who had come from all
parts of the States to honor Dr.!
Charles E. Bunnell.
The principal speaker was
I Henry M. Jackson, Democratic
[ legislator, whose subject was “The
I Future of Alaska.” Mr. Jackson is
! Representative from the State of
Washington Who has been in the
Territory twice before, as a mem
ber of the House marchant marine
and fisheries committee in connec
tion with the hearings on Alaska
shipping, fishing and native land
claims problems. He is now a
member of the House appropria
tions committee.
Jean Bunnell, daughter of the
j retiring president of the Univers
! ity of Alaska, who is now one of
i the heads of Annie Wright Semin
i ary, made the flight to Fairbanks
1 for this special honor to her father.
Dr. Terris Moore became the
j second president of the University
of Alaska and was presented the
“Keys” by the retiring president
Dr. Charles Bunnell.
Dr. Moore. 41, resigned his po
sition as treasurer of the Boston
Museum of Science to come to the
University. He has made four
trips to Alaska since 1930, on ex
peditions into the mountains of
the Territory and in March of this
year he flew his own plane to the
Territory from Massachusetss.
Holiday Brings
Out Many Speakers
<By The Associated Press)
Another loud and joyous Fourth
—one that set a record for violent
! deaths—passed into history yes
, terday.
It was the 173rd since this na
I tion’s founders told the world
I they were ready to fight for inde
I pendence.
It brought from several present
national leaders appeals for a re
dedication to the principles of in
dependence and freedom laid
down in 1776.—Principles which
secretary of defense Louis John
son said are winning the cold war
with communism.
Vice President Barkley, speak
ing at a Piggott, Ark., celebration
honoring Senate secretary Leslie
Biffle, said:
“The freedom of America and
democracy . . . can not be mea
sured by a monetary standard—it
is priceless and must be defended
at all costs.”
Secretary Johnson spoke at
Wheeling, W. Va.:
“There are still shackles to be
broken in this world today,” he
said. “The grievances that the
American communists had are the
same kind of grievances that hu
man beings in many quarters of
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CONGRESS
HIGHLIGHTS
Wednesday. July 8. 1949
vVASHINGTON, i/P) — Senator
Vandenberg <R.-Mich.> urged the (
Senate today to approve the At
lantic pact as a move “to stop an- ,
other war before it starts.”
The Republican foreign affairs
leader described the treaty a.-, a
shield for free men against the
“embattled, greedy communism"
which he said is the sole threat to
world peace.
Vandenberg opened the second
day of the pact debate amid pre
diction from Senate leaders that
the treaty—signed by the United
States, Canada, and 10 European
nations—might be ratified after
less than a week of discussion.
Two-thirds of the Senate must ap
prove before this country joins up.
“In my view.” Vandenberg de
clared," the pact’s i nvinc i b 1 e
power for peace is the awesome
fact that any aggressor upon the
North Atlantic community knows
in advance that from the very mo
ment he launches his conquest he
(Continued on Page Three)
Union Seeks
Pension In
Ford Settlement
<By The Associated Press'
The Ford Motor company, which
once startled big industry by in
troducing a $5 daily wage, last
week for the second time asked
the CIO-UAW to postpone its
I wage and pensions demands 18
months.
The union, in line with many
other unions throughout the na
tion, has made pensions its num
ber one demand for this year’s
bargaining. Chrysler corporation
has flatly rejected it.
The eventual action by Ford,
which is repeating its wage-freeze
proposal, may set the pattern for
the rest of the industry.
But union circles thought it
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Jury Selected In
Treason Trial Of
"•Tokyo Rose’*
—
SAN FRANCISCO, UP) — The
government today opened its fight
to convict Iva Toguri 'Tokyo Roes)
D’Aquino of wartime treason—
but will not demand the death
penalty.
Speedy selection of an all-whie
jury of six men and six women
yesterday cleared the way for
opening statements, and probably
some preliminary testimony, to
day.
The statement that the govern
ment will not ask death came from
prosecutor Tom de Wolfe in reply
to a reporter’s question. The min
imum penalty upon conviction
would be five years in prison and
a $10,000 fine.
The defendant, born in Los An
geles 33 years ago on July 4, is
charged with eight acts of treason.
The government charged that, as
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News of the World
At A Glance —
Tuesday, July 5, 1949
(By The Associated Press*
In Geneva today the United Na
tions urged a resumption of east
west trade to head off a world
economic recession.
The annual economic survey
was prepared by the U. N. secre
tariat for the economic and social
council, opening a sixweeks ses
sion in Geneva today. It said eco
nomic activity is levelling off af
ter the post war industrial boom.
It said positive action is necessary
“to counter possible recession.”
The figures showed production
was up in the Soviet Union over
1937 figures but Russian steel pro
duction was still only one-fifth of
the American production. The re
port said:
“The indications are that it will
be difficult for general industrial
output in Europe as a whole, ex
clusive of the Soviet Socialist Re
publics, to increase as rapidly in
1949 as in 1948.”
Ratification of the North Atlan
tic Treaty is before the United
States Senate. Less than a dozen
Senators, apparently, oppose the
measure which links the U. S. with
Canada and Western European na
tions in a mutual defense system.
The Senators, however, are in a
money-saving mood and may not
pass a full military aid program
calling for expenditure of $1,450,
000,000, A compromise proposal
extending aid to France, Greece
and Turkey only, is expected.
Church-state strife continued in
Czechoslovakia. In a week-end re
ligious observance, minister of
health Josef Plojhar, a suspended
priest, said: “We implore the
priests to take their places along
side the people. But if they do not,
they will reap the reward of peo
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Holiday Deaths
Set Record Hi <r|)
• By The Associated Press*
A record accidental death toll
for the fourth of July marked the
nation’s observance ol' this year’s
extended Independence Day holi
day.
Latest figures showed 663 killed
in violent accidents.
The grim report on the coun
try’s celebration of the three-day
holiday was: traffic fatalities 289;
drowning 240; violent deaths from
miscellaneous causes 134. The
country-wide survey covered vio
lent deaths from 6 p.m., Friday, to
midnight Monday.
The 1949 toll was the highest
ever recorded for any Fourth of
July. The previous record of acci
dental deaths on the Independence
Day holiday was 628 in the three
day period in 1941. This year’s
mark compared with 571 deaths
reported over a three-day period
in 1948.
Sweltering weather across the
nation brought an outpouring of
millions onto the highways headed
for vacation lands and resorts.
The traffic toll, as generally ex
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