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NEWS IN BRIEF
SEATTLE, (/P)—The body of Lt. |
Robert L. Thomas was recovered:
|| early today in the wreckage of a1
C-47 transport plane from which \
two fellow airmen bailed out suc
cessfully, near Kenmore, north
end of Lake Washington, the sher
iff’s office announced.
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Secretary
of State George C. Marshall will
attend the Big Four foreign min
isters conference at Moscow Mar.
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SEATTLE, UP) — E. L. Skeel,
new president of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce, today
pledged continued coopera t i o n |
with Alaska.
“Alaska is our friend, and we j
are doing, and will do, everything
possible to assist in its develop
ment and prosperity,” he said.
^ ATHENS, (/P)—King George II
of Greece today named Demetrios j
Maximos as Premier, succeeding I
Constantin Tsaldaris. Maximos is j
74 and a former foreign minister. |
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PARIS, (jP)—The French gov
ernment today proposed a two
stage plan for converting the four
German zones of occupation into a
^federalized central administration
both under and after military oc
cupation.
The foreign office, said an offi
cial spokesman, dispatched two
detailed memoranda on German
government to the other members j
of the foreign ministers’ council
for discussion in Moscow next
month.
WASHINGTON, </P) — Delegate
Bartlett introduced a bill to per
mit Canadian vessels to transport
, merchandise between Hyder, Alas
ka and Continental United States.
PITTSBURGH, (/P)—After con
ferring for two hours, representa
tives of the U. S. Steel Corp. and
the CIO United Steelworkers to
day recessed contract negotiation
^ talks until Monday at 10:15 a.m.
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SEATTLE, (/P)—A special call j
at Skagway, Alaska, has been in
eluded in the schedule of the SS
North Sea for her next trip out/of
Seattle. Northland Transportation
company officials announced the
passenger ship will sail next Wed
nesday for Ketchikan, Wrangell,
Petersburg, Juneau and Sitka.
> WASHINGTON, </P>—Maj. Gen.
Philip Fleming, director of the of
fice of temporary controls, said to
day he has instructed regional
OPA offices to “liberalize” rents
in “hardship” cases.
ANCHORAGE, (/P)—A $54,000,
000 permanent installation at
Sitka has been turned over by the
navy to the bureau of Indian af
fairs for use as a school, Alfred
i Lawrence, superintendent of the
Eklutna School at Seward, said to
day. Lawrence said 250 students
^.and 10 faculty members from th:*
Seward institution would move to j
Sitka the end. of the month, with
137 students remaining at Seward.
BELCIAN ROYALTY — At the villa near Geneva,
Switzerland, where the Belgian royal family has been living until
the political situation clarifies, King Leopold poses with his sons.
Princes Badouin, Alexandre and Albert.
Democrats Accuse
GOP Of “Too Many
Chairmanships”
WASHINGTON, (4>) — Senator
Tobey <R.-N.H.) said today “The
real motivation” behind resolu
tions to continue two special Sen
ate committees was to provide
chairmanships for Senators Brew
ster (R.-Me.) and Wherry (R.-Neb.)
respectively.
“That, Mr. President, is reducing
it to the lowest terms,” Tobey said
in a prepared address.
“But it is not good enough. The
price is too high.”
The Senate voted a year more of
life to the war investigating com
mittee by a 49-43 tally. It has
agreed to vote by 5 p.m. today on
Wherry’s resolution to give the
small business committee eight
more months.
Tobey, chairman of the banking
committee has offered an amend
ment which would turn the small
business work over to a sub-com
mittee of his group.
Democrats also attacked the
Wherry proposal.
WASHINGTON (JP)—'The Sen
ate rejected today an effort to abol
ish its special committee studying
problems of small business an.l
turn its work over to a banking
subcommittee.
The vote was 47 to 41 against
the proposal sponsored by Senator
Tobey <R.-N.H.>, banking com
mittee chairman.
The action cleared the way for
a vote on a resolution by Senator
Wherry (R.-Neb.) to re-establish
the special committee for a period
of eight months.
Many Democrats supported To
bey's fight against the special
committee. The dispute followed
Union Objects To
Guards; Strikes
SEATTLE, (/P)—Longshoremen
walked off the job of loading the
freighter Northern Voyager for
southeastern Alaska today after
the Alaska Transportation Co., ie
jected their demands that uni
formed watchmen guarding
against pilfering, be removed from
the cargo holds. The strike took 24
men off work.
“During the war we removed
our watchmen,” a company
spokesman said, “but, because of
the loss of thousands of dollars
worth of freight in recent months,
we returned them to the vessels.
“The guards were in uniform
but not armed. One was placed in
each hold to watch the loading of
cargo and to guard against pilfer
ing. The only thing we could do
was to tie up the ship.”
COMMISSIONER DOWD
RESIGNS TO REJOIN
THE ACS
W. J. (JaclODowd today an
nounced he has resigned as U. S.
Commissioner to become effective
January 31.
Jack states he is rejoining the
Signal corps as he will have to
serve only a short period more to
obtain his retirement in the army.
It will be remembered that Jack
was in the Signal Corps in Nome
and Kotzebue, and will be eligible j
for retirement after a few years.
the general pattern of a contest,
decided Wednesday, over continu
ation of the special Senate war in
vestigating committee. Over al-!
most solid Democratic opposition,
that committee was extended by a
vote of 49 to 43.
Foster McGovern
Fleeted Chairman
Alaska Committee
SEATTLE, (/P)—Foster McGov
ern of the National Bank of Com
merce was elected .chairman of the
Alaska committee of the Washing
ton State advisory commission at
a meeting yesterday.
Closer trade relations between
Alaska and Seattle, and problems
of transportation and housing in
Alaska towns were discussed at
the meting.
“We agreed to work closely with
the Alaska Development Board
and similar groups,” McGovern
said.
T. O. Hoagland, of the national
housing agency, emphasized the
need for more construction work
ers and building materials in Alas
ka. Minimum number of housing
units needed in Anchorage is 1,492,
he said. Fairbanks needs 906 units
Juneau 206, and Ketchikan 100,
he added.
No action was taken on trans
portation problems, pending a spe
cial advisory committee report on
Monday to the House merchant
marine an fisheries committee in
Washington, D. C.
Rear Adm. F. A. Zeusler, a
member of the Alaska committee
is enroute to Washington to make
the advisory committee report, the
result of long study of the trans
portation problem.
George Sundborg, general man
ager of the Alaska Development
Board, discussed shipping, termin
! al rates and the possibilities of
pulp manufacturing in southeast
ern Alaska.
A rehabilitation program for the
Alaska Railroad was outlined at
the meeting by L. A. Moore, pub
lic relations director.
MOTIVE: HUNGER
RENO, Nev. (/P)—'This theft re
port was on file with Reno police
today:
Property attack: Hamlet’s Hut,
753 West Fourth St.
Means of attack: Breaking glass,
lifting catch rear door.
Loss: Two and one-half pieces
of pie.
CANARY CONCERT
SALT LAKE CITY (£>)—'There
was a reason if guests at the New
house hotel thought they heart
birds today.
Row upon row of caged canaries
warbled competitively in the an
nual show of the Salt Lake Canary
Club of the hotel.
The show is being held in—The
Seagull Room.
SALARY WAIVER
MARION, 111. (/P)—Mayor Harry
L. Crisp at his own request had h:~
salary cut from $1,200 a year to
$1—to insure pay raises for Mar
ion city employees.
Crisp’s proposal to become a $1
a year mayor and to elim'nate his
$50 monthly salary as liquor con
trol commissioner was approved
by the city council. Then the
mayor obtained passage of a mea
sure providing for $10 monthly
wage increases for each city em
ployee.
The mayor’s term expires in
four months.
SS Companies Say
‘'Higher Rates Or
No Service*’
•oP) Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, f/P) — Three
Alaskan steamship comp a n i e s
which have threatened to discon
tinue service unless they have high
er rates when the government re
turns the lines Mar. 1, are expect
ed to present an interim plan to
Congressmen here Tuesday.
Rep. Jackson <D.-Wash.» mem
ber of a House merchant marine
subcommittee, said today com
pany representatives would con
fer with his group on next Tues
day.
"We understand the companies
are going to present a plan for
continuing the service to Alaska,”
Jackson said. “We will give Alas
kans a chance to hear the proposal
and I hope it will be one that will
oe acceptable to all concerned.
"The service to Alaska will stop
on March 1 unless some plan is
evolved to continue it. The gov
ernment has ordered the steamship
lines returned to their owmers on
! that day and there are no govern
ment funds available for keeping
| the service going.”
Jackson said that bills introduced
in Congress to authorize the Mar
itime Commission to continue its
present handling of the steamship
lines cannot be enacted and an ap
propriation made in time to meet
the situation.
miy plan presented by the ship
i p.ng companies, Jackson said,
would have to be approved by the
; Maritime Commission. He said
1 that the Alaskan Development
Board would be represented at the
Tuesday conference.
On Monday, Jackson added,
members of a technical commis
sion, appointed to investigate the
feasibility of a long range plan for
handling the Alaskan steamship
transportation problem will re
poi t.
The steamship companies to be
represented at the conference with
the committee and Maritime Com
mission arc the Alaska Steamship
Company the Northland Trans
portation Company and the Alaska
Transportation Company.
President Of
\\ orld Bank Dies
WASHINGTON, (/P)—The unex
pected death of Harold D. Smith,
vice president of the World Bank,
leaving that global reconstruction
agency leaderless again today,
presumably will spur the search
lor a new president.
Smith, former United States
budget director, was stricken sud
denly by a heart attack late yes
terday at his farm home near Cul
pepper, Va. He was 48 years old.
He had been serving as chief
executive of the international bank
for reconstruction and develop
ment since December 18, when
president Eugene Meyer res gned.
Smith resigned, too, but agreed to
stay on until the bank’s directors
elected a new president.