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VOL. XLVII. No. 63. NOME, ALASKA, F RI
Big Powers Sure
Veto Power Issue
Will Pass
l SAN FRANCISCO, May 25—«(/P)
—The Big Powers are reported to
have lined up enough votes in the
United Nations conference to
block any change of their absolute
control of world machinery de
signed to preserve peace. This is
sue of the veto power of any of
the Big Five over settling interna
tional disputes, or using force to
smash the aggressor is the most
critical remaining in this assem
bly of forty-nine nations.
The decision hour comes as the
conference enters its second
month. Secy. Stettinius has re
turned from talks in Washington
with President Truman. Many
committees are striving to wind
up the work by this weekend in
order to allow public discussion
on their reports to begin in four
big conference commissions early
next week.
* Among the latest accomplish
ments is the agreement to provi
sions designed to strengthen the
economic and social work of the
new league to outlaw secret treat
ies, once the world organization
* is functioning.
Browder Sees
Sharpening
Struggles
NEW YORK, May 2S— </P) —
* Communist leader Harry Browder
foresees “new period of sharpen
ing struggles." He says the Na
tional Committee of Communist
Political Association he heads will
4 meet soon to review Communist
policies.
His statement appeared in the
Daily Worker in connection with
criticism of him by a prominent
French Comunist who said tjiat
Browder led the “liquidation of
the Communist party.” Browder,
editor of the Daily Worker had
the Communist disbanded as a po
litical party a year ago and
formed the Communist Political
* Association, avowedly dedicated
to educational purposes.
France May
Break Relations
With Spain
PARIS, May 25 — iJP) — The
French Foreign Affairs Commit
tee asked the DeGaulle govern
ment to break relations with
Spain and force the extradition of
Paul Laval. It proposes that the
Allied Nations force Franco from
his office in the committee com
posed of members of the asembly.
It corresponds roughly to the
United States Senate Foreign Re
lations committee.
The recommendation asserted
that the Franco regime was no
different than the erstwhile Fas
cist government in Italy before it
surrendered.
The Spanish regime is termed a
menace to world democracy and
the committee demanded the gov
ernment lose no further time in
forcing Spain to turn Laval over
to France. Laval was chief of the
government in the Vichy regime
and is under sentence of death in
France as a traitor. He is in cus
tody in Spain after fleeing from
Germany by air.
Alaska Division
Boxing Bouts
At Edmonton
EDMONTON, May 25— (/P) —
Cpl. Armand DeMatteo, 24, senior
welterweight boxing champion of
the Alaska Division U. S. Army
Air Forces was eliminated last
night in the division semi-minals
by Cpl. Harry Drees of Milwau
kee, stationed at Calgary. DeMat
teo, stationed at Ladd Field out
boxed Drees throughout, but
judges ruled the Milwaukee boxer
landed harder punches.
Other results: Welterweight
Sgt. William E. Smith, Tanacross,
Alaska defeated Pvt. Alfred Cas
telluccio, Watson Lake. Middle
weight — Pvt. Billier Peterson,
Nome, outpointed Sgt. S. Black
well, Tanacross. Light heavy
weight—Cpl. A. F. Hasten, Tana
cross, outpointed Pvt. E. Brown,
Ladd Field.
Brack Sentenced
To Nine Years
NEW YORK, May 25— (JP) —
Laurent H. J. Brack, 51, former U.
S. Naval Reserve officer, who
was convicted of wartime espion
age violation of the censorship
code was sentenced to nine years
imprisonment by Federal Judge
Byers. Assistant United States at
torney Burke recommended the
court impose a forty year sen
tence.
Brack was accused of conspir
ing with Axis agents of Italy. The
government contended he told
Commander Ponzo, chief of Italian
Naval Intelligence he would try
to get information about radar
and airplane construction when
he returned to the United States in
1941.
WEDNESDAY GAMES
National League
Chicago5, Philadelphia 3. Bos
ton 8, Pitsburgh 9. New York 2,
Cincinnati 0. Brooklyn 1, St. Louis
11.
American League
Cleveland 3, Washington 2. St.
Louis 1, Boston 4. Detroit 7, Phil
adelphia 1. Chicago 3, New York
5.
Pacific Coast League
Los Angeles 4, 0; Seattle 5, 2.
Sacramento 5, Hollywood 6. San
Diego 2, Oakland 1. San Francis
co-Portland game rained out.
THURSDAY GAMES
American League
Boston 8, St Louis 6. New York
6, Chicago 3. Pheladelphia 7, De
troit 3. Cleveland 1, Washington 0.
Ten innings.
National League
New York 7, Cincinnati 6. Pitts
burgh 10, Boston 9. Philadelphia
6, Chicago 3. St. Louis 7, Brooklyn
5.
Pacific Coast League
San Francisco 5, Portland 0.
Oakland 5, San Diego 3. Holly
wood 7, Sacramento 6. Seattle 9,
Los Angeles 2. San Francisco 4,
Portland 1.
BUDDY POPPY DAY,
SATURDAY MAY 26
Buddy Poppy Day will be cele
brated in Nome on Saturday, May
26. This day is conducted by the
Veterans of Foreign Wars as a
Memorial Day drive, and the
funds go to aid disabled veterans
in base hospitals throughout the
world to get wounded men who
are confined in hospitals, cigar
ettes and other delicacies and
comforts not furnished by the gov
ernment.
Wreaths will be sold in memory
of our armed force members who
have given their lives in the cause
of democracy. The merchants of
Nome will be solicited in the buy
ing of these wreaths which will
sell at whatever they care to give
above $2.50.
The Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts
will also sell poppies to the citi
zens of Nome. Let us all contribute
generously to this worthy cause.
Baccalaureate
Services
The Baccalaureate Services of
the 1945 graduating class of the
Nome High School will be held in
the high school aduitorium, Sun
day May 27, at 8:00. Following is
the program for the services:
Prelude, Robert F. Baldwin.
Processional Hymn No. 496
“God of Our Fathers,” congrega
tion.
Invocation and Lord’s Prayer,
Reverend Paul Carlson.
Anthem “Holy, Holy, Holy,”
Federated Church Junior Choir.
Scripture Reading, Reverend
Paul Carlson.
Hymn No. 251, “Take Time To
Be Holy,” congregation.
Prayer, led by Reverend Paul
Carlson.
Solo, “Open the Gates,” Pfc.
William Foster.
Baccalaureate Address, Rever
end Vernon L. Booker.
Anthem, “Brightly Gleams”
Federated Church Junior Choir. I
Hymn No. 278, “Lead On, O
King Eternal,” congregation.
Benediction with Choir Re
sponse.
Postlude, Robert F. Baldwin.
Trumpeters Marjorie Castel and
Russell Lahti.
Huge Raid Destroys Many
Homes and Buildings;
Demoralizes Railyards
GUAM. May 25— <JP) —Huge
fires still raged in the heart of in
dustrial Toyko after Thursday’s
nine million pound fire bomb raid,
the greatest ever carried out on
Japan’s capital. The Tokyo radio
said that “thousands of homes
were destroyed,” and made an un
confirmed report that the man
sions of three imperial princes had
either been gutted or partially
burned along with the French and
Italian embassies, the Mexican of
ficial residences of the Minister
of Education and Minister of
Transport.
Officials of the Twenty-First
Bomber Command here hesitated
to estimate the results due to the
difficulties in obtaining clear pic
tures of the devastation. Clouds of
smoke still billowed over the
bombed area and along Tokyo
bay a few miles south of the Im
perial palace.
For the latest raid the Super
fortresses left the ground at the
rate of one plane every twenty
five seconds until more than five
hundred fifty were in the air.
Among the targets struck were
the giant marshalling yards of the
principal Japanese railroad lines.
New Raid On
Japan Today
WASHINGTON, May 25—(/P)—
A big fleet of Superfortresses,
perhaps as many as five hundred
kindled new fires in Tokyo which
was still burning from the Super
fort raid of Wednesday. Planes
roared from bases in the Marianas
to heap new destruction, the
Twentieth Airforce announced.
Details of the strike will be re
leased when the bombers return
to their bases.
ODDFELLOWS MEET
TONIGHT AT EIGHT
The Oddfellows will meet tonight
at the home of Brother Ledger
wood, at 8:00 p.m.
Robert Baldwin, Secy.
California is named after an
imaginary island figuring in an
oldtime romance.