Italy Faces Food,
Financial Crisis
ROME (£*)—The Italian cabinet,
grappling with a financial crisis,
decided today to enforce a flat 5
per cent reduction in the price of
all non-rationed foodstuffs.
Meanwhile, strikes, strike threats
and workers’ demonstr at ions
against high living costs continued
So seriously did Genoese mer
chants view the situation that they
decided voluntarily to cut prices ol
all non-rationed foods by 19 per
cent.
Communist Threat
‘Bugaboo’ Truman
PHILADELPHIA, </P) — Presi
dent Truman is reported to have
written George H. Earle, 3d, that
a Communist threat is “bugaboo,”
but the former Pennsylvania gov
ernor said the President’s attitude
“astonishes me.”
Earle disclosed that Mr. Truman
had written him Feb. 23 saying
that the United States “is perfectly
safe as far as Communism is con
cerned.”
"The thing about the President’s
letter of great concern and worry
to me is its inconsistency," Earle
told reporters, adding:
“At this most critical time in our
nation’s history, when he himsell
has just ordered Communists
purged from the government and
started the Greek and Turkish aid
programs, that he should write
such a letter astonishes me."
The White House confirmed that
Mr. Truman had written Earle but
declined to disclose contents of the
letter.
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JerusalemObserves
Holy Events
(By Carter L. Davidson)
! JERUSALEM, (/P)—'Three great
, religions—Christian, Moslem and
! Jewish — held ceremonies Thurs
; day in this holy city to commemor
ate events revered by the millions
of faithful.
Western Christians — Roman
•Catholics and Protestants — cele
brated the day as Maundy Thurs
day, harking back to Jesus Christ’s
! last supper with his apostles before
his betrayal in the garden of Ceth
semane and his crucifixion on Cal
: vary.
Moslems began prayers for the
j feast of Nebi Musa—the prophet
i Moses, honored by them as well as
1 by Christians and Jews—to lead
| up to a pilgrimage to the prophet’s
J shrine on the desert near Jericho
; and the Dead Sea in commemorg*
i tion of his death.
Jews cleaned homes and uten
sils in preparation for their “Se
der” feasts at sunset today open
ing the eight-day passover.
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All War Dept. To
‘Get Differential
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WASHINGTON, UP) — Delegate
Bartlett was notified today that
the war department has rescinded
its order denying to some war de>
partment employees in Alaska the
‘ 25 per cent salary differential paid
all government employees there
whose homes are in the States.
! Bartlett said the comptroller
general had ruled that the employ
, ees should be considered on the
basis of their positions and not as
i members of a family and therefore
! were entitled to the differential,
j He said any money that had been
| withheld would be paid.
Russia ‘Sabotages’
United Nations
PHILADELPHIA W)—The Sov
iet Union stood accused today of (
"sabotaging” the United Nations,
and Eric Johnston declared it is
up to the international body to de
termine whether Russia wants
world union or world revolution.
Headlining a group of four,
speakers at a rally of the United !
Nations council of Philadelphia,
the former president of the U. S.
Chamber of commerce asserted
that "Russia has been the chief
culprit in undermining the United
Nations.
The United States’ program of
aid to Grece and Turkey is design
ed "to prevent war.” He declared
the U. S. aims to stop Russian eg
gression and help the Mediterran- j
ean nations held themselves.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT 1
IN THE PROBATE COURT i
THE CAPE NOME PRECINCT,
SECOND DIVISION. TERRI
TORY OF ALASKA.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES
TATE OF NORMA CATHERINE
BOWLES, Deceased.
No. 766
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that by Order of the Probate Court
in and for the Cape Nome Pic
cinct, Second Division, Alaska, the
undersigned has been appointed
Executrix of the estate of Norma
Catherine Bowles, deceased.
All persons having claims
against said estate should present
them with proper vouchers at
tached within six months from the
<3ate of this notice to Helen M.
Bockman, Executrix, at Nome.
Alaska.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, March
27. 1947
HELEN M. BOCKMAN.
Executrix.
Publish 33, 41, 44, 47.
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Denis Victorious
In Chicago
CHICAGO, (#*) — Republ i c a n
hopes of smashing the Democrats’
16 year old “big city” political
dynasty lay shattered today under
a tide of Democratic votes that
swept Martin H. Kennelly into of
fice as Chicago new mayor.
In the nation’s first major 1947
test of political trends, the Demo
crats recovered from a stunning
setback suffered in last Novem
ber’s Congressional and county
elections to score their biggest vic
tory in a mayoral contest in 12
years.
Returns from the city’s 4.03*
precincts gave Kennelly 919,593 to
646,239 for Root.
The Republicans, who won 14 of
the 17 Cook <Chicago> county of
fices last November, scored their
only gains in the Democratic dom
inated city council.
VISITORS TO
DELEGATE'S OFFICE
Raymond W. Stough has visited
Delegate Bartlett while in Wash
ington on official business. Mr.
Stough is Alaska Director for the
Civil Aeronautics Board with
headquarters at Anchorage.
Grant R. Jackson of Nome, ac
companied by Carl Lomen of Seat
tle and Nome, has been a recent
visitor to Washington to discuss
construction of a breakwater or
similar project at Nome to prevent
further erosion of the beach. Mr.
J lekson is president of the Miners
and Merchants Bank at Nome.
Wesley I. Gilman, highway pa
trolman for the Anchorage area,
was graduated on March 23 from
the F.B.I. National Academy in
Washington. Mr. Gilman will re
turn to the Territory shortly.
Fire Razes Lodge
Near Gtdkana
ANCHORAGE (>P)—One woman
was fatally burned and three oth
ers injured Saturday when fire de
stroyed the big timber lodge on
the Richardson highway near Gul
kana, it was learned here today.
The fire victim was Mrs. Ray
Keyes, 34 formerly of Anchorage.
Her husband was in Anchorage at
the time of the blaze.
Mrs. Lu Baker, cook, received
burns and cuts in jumping through
a window to escape the flames.
Danny Shae and Harry Abercrom
bie, lodge employees ,also received
minor burns.
Damage was estimated at $60,
000.
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