NEWS IN BRIEF
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GARRISON, N. Y. (/P)—Lewis
E. Lawes, 63, who for 21 years was
warden at Sing Sing prison at Os
sining, N. Y., and was one of the
nation's outstanding authorities on
prison problems, died early today
at his home here. Lawes had been
seriously ill for 10 days. He died
of a cerebral hemmorhage. He had
retired from his post at Sing Sing
July 16, 1941.
WASHINGTON, itfh—President
Truman today nominated Brig.
Gen. Raymond Whitcomb Bliss to
be surgeon general of the army,
with the rank of major general.
Bliss will succeed Maj. Gen.
Norman Thomas Kirk, whose term
expires May 31.
The President also nominated
Col. George Ellis Armstrong to
succeed Bliss as assistant to the
surgeon general, with the rank of
brigadier general. Both nomina
tions are for four year terms. •
PITTSBURGH, (>P)—A contract
providing a $l-per-day wage in
crease for 140,000 employees of U.
S. Steel Corp. subsidiaries was
signed today by representatives of
management and the CIO united
steel workers.
WASHINGTON, (JP) — A House
armed services sub-committee ap
proved today legislation to estab
lish a naval postgrE duate school
at Monterey, Calif.
PITTSBURGH, (/P) — Philip
Murray, CTO president, said today
he was arranging “as soon as pos
sible” to meet with AFL president
William Green to discuss unifica
tion of the two labor organizations.
WASHINGTON. </P)—President
Truman today nominated under
secretary of state William L. Clay
ton to represent the United States
on the economic commission for
Europe. The^ commission was es
tablished by the economic and so
cial council of the United Nations.
WASHINGTON, i/P)—The fed
eral bureau of reclamation said to
day that until the war is officially
ended, men in the armed forces
^cannot qualify as war veterans in
applying for homestead entry.
Servicemen on terminal leave
may qualify, however, the assump
tion being that by the time the
land applied for is opened to
homesteading, the terminal leave
will have expired and the service
man will have become a veteran.
WASHINGTON, UPV — Fishery
and canning industry representa
tives asked the House ways and
means committee yesterday to
block cuts in fish import duties in
negotiation of reciprocal trade
agreements. They argued generally
that present duties are inadequate
and lower rates would be “ruin
ous.” Hart said that despite pres
ent duties, fish from Canada, New
foundland and Iceland are flood
ing the market and inventories of
frozen fish now exceed all records.
PHILADELPHIA, UP) — T*h e
aroma of stench bombs and boos
filled the hallowed Academy of
Music at the Kirsten Flagstad con
cert in what a music critic today
described as the “worst demonstra
tion” ever experienced at the acad
emy. The outbreak came at a con
cert given by the Norwegian so
prano as pickets paraded before
the academy with signs reading:
“Flagstad preferred a Nazi regime
—don’t play second fiddle!—Stay
*out” and “Artists are not above
judgement. We condemned Hitler!
We condemn Flagstad!”
Jewish Terrorism
Still Continues
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rying about 600 visa-less Jews.
She was first sighted by the RAF
Sunday northwest of the Suez
canal and was boarded at 9 am.
today, against what the announce
ment termed “considerable resist
ance.”*
PARIS —Samuel Merlin, sec
retary general of the Hebrew com
mittee of national liberation, told
a news conference today that Jew
ish displaced persons in Germany
and Austria were planning a
peaceful mass exodus from central
Europe to Palestine this summer.
Merlin said he had just returned
from Germany where he conferred
with leaders of numerous displaced
persons groups and participated in
demonstrations at Munich. He said
he would leave Friday for the
United States, where his schedule
called for a three-week campaign
to spur aid for the exodus.
JERUSALEM, i/P) — Terrorists
blew up a British troop train
southeast of Tel Aviv today, kill
ing at least eight persons, and then
machine-gunned the wreckage.
The attack was made two hours
after two condemned Jews com
mitted suicide with explosives just
before they were to have mounted
the gallows.
The doomed Jews, Meyer Fein
stein and Moshe Baranzani clasped
• explosives secreted in hollowed
oranges to their breasts and died
in mangled contortion in Jerusa
lem prison just before they were to
have been hanged. Both were un
derground members and had been
convicted for anti-British violence.
Four other members of Irgun were
hanged last week, and Irgun had
issued theats of vengeance.
Jews Disagree On
Representatives
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y. UP)—A
split among the Jews emerged to
day over who will represent their
interests at the special Palestine
session ol' the United Nations gen
eral assembly.
The official Jewish agency for
! Palestine and the Hebrew commit
tee of national liberation made
rival claims last night for the right
to represent the Jews.
I . Each filed a formal request with
secretary-general Trygve Lie ask
! ing for designation as the author
ized representative at the special
session. This action posed several
questions for the assembly.
Though the Jew be given an op
j portunity to plead their case be
| fore the body, they would not be
permitted to vote.
Meanwhile, the Arab States
lined up solidly behind a proposal
for immediate consideration of
Palestine’s independence at the
special session opening Monday.
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EASTERN STARS MET
MONDAY NIGHT
The Eastern Stars held a regular
meeting last Monday with Mrs. H.
Janks and Mrs. H. Edwards on the
social committee for the evening.
Winners of the card games were
Mrs. A. Steinwandel, Mrs. Frank
Bingham and Mrs Norvin Lewis.
A very interesting talk was given
by Col. J. Bodle.
SON BORN TO MR. AND
MRS. GEORGE O'CONNOR
A son was born on Saturday to
Mr. and Mrs. George O’Connor at
i the M. C. Hospital.
PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS
HOLD FIRST MEETING
The first meeting of the Profes
sional Business Women’s Club was
held last evening at the City Hall.
The following were elected office:
Helen McShan, president; Mrs.
Flora Lauritsen, vice-president;
Mrs. Victor Caylor, corresponding
and recording secretary; Marion
Gray, treasurer.
The goup plans on meeting twice
a month, the first meeting of the
month to be a noon luncheon and
the second an evening meeting.
First and third Wednesdays were
chosen.
Their first project, it is reported
will be a study of hobbies for the
ten-agers.
Guests of the evening were Mrs.
Gertrude Wetzel and Mrs. Ordway
of Juneau.
DR. J. B. TUCKER RETURNS
FROM STATES TRIP
Dr. J. B. Tucker, w'ho has been
in the States for a few weeks, re
turned home Monday evening with
the Pan American.
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Rep. Bell Favors
Statehood
"/Pi Special Washington Service'
WASHINGTON, (/Pi—Rep. Hell
'D.-Mo.i, favors statehood for
Alaska immediately.
“I believe it is important as a
matter of national defense,” Bell,
last year’s chairman of the House
insular affairs committee, told a
reporter.
“We should also pass legislation
giving veterans the right to home
stead there.
“The next attack on this coun
try, if one comes, is liable to come
from the Arctic. If Alaska is a
well populated and defended state,
there would be a degree of secur
ity we couldn’t get otherwise.”
He is in accord, he continued,
with the principle of legislation
propounded by Reps. Lemke <R.
N. D.i, and Peden ‘D.-Okla.*, to
give war veterans homestead priv
ileges'in Alaska.
Alaska Is Young
Man’s Country;
Want Statehood
^Continued From Page One
veterans in the Territory, adding
that men who had the right spirit
would go there and make a success
of it.
“The government’s eflorts to
help homestead veterans in Alaska
is one of the worst things you can
do for them,” Hinchey said. “You
should let him make his own way.”
Bettinger, who said he reached
Kodiak several years ago with a
dime, said government withdrawal
of land from the public domain,
preventing its being homesteaded,
was one cause for irritation with
the government. He said so much
land on Kodiak Island is with
drawn that the city can’t get land
to extend its limits.
All of the witnesses expressed
the belief that opportunities would
be increased under state govern
ment.
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