Dictator Gottwald
Vet Communist
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(By The Associated Press'
Klement Gottwald, who emerg
ed Wednesday as middle Europe’s
newest dictator, is a veteran of a
quarter century of the Communist
struggle for power.
Czechoslovakia’s Premier, now
51, sometimes is referred to as the
nation’s own copy of Joseph Sta
lin. He has been a tested servant
of the Moscow line and one of th^
elite of Europe’s communist lead
ers.
Gottwald was one of the 10 top
ranking Communists who signed
the 1943 declaration dissolving the
Comintern (Communist Interna
tional*. His name was first on the
list.
Among the other signers were
Georgi Dimitrov, now in complete
control of Bulgaria, Maurice Thor
ez, militant communist leader in
France; and Andrei Zhandov, who
in 1947 was to sign the Poland
declaration setting up the comin
form, a successor to the Comin
tern.
Gottwald, a calm, deliberate
man who bears some physical re
semblance to Stalin, became pre
Several Killed In i
Korean Agitation
SEOUL, (/P)—The U. S. army re-:
ported yesterday five or six Kore
an civilians and a policeman were
killed in a renewal of communist
inspired agitation against the
United Nations. Thirteen Koreans
were injured seriously.
Saboteurs also destroyed a
bridge, cut telephone wires and
placed ties across railroad tracks.
The meager army report said
groups of from 50 to 1,000 attacked
police boxes last night at widely
scattered points in southern Ko
rea The incidents were similar to
those of Feb. 7 in which 47 per
sons were killed. Rioters at that
time carried placards demanding
the withdrawal of the U. N. com
mission for Korea.
mier of Czechoslovakia after the
communist triumph in the first
post-war election.
Gottwald was born of a peasant
family in Moravia Nov. 23, 1896—
St. Klement’s day. In World War I
he was drafted into the Austrian
artillery, but he was considered
unreliable and was shifted to a
searchlight brigade.
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Moscow Wants New
Finnish Treaty?
HELSINKI, Finland, (/P)—Ten
sion suggesting an atmosphere of
government crisis pervaded Fin
land today with the announcement
that Moscow has sent Helsinki a
proposal for a new treaty.
The foreign ministry announced
Russia has sent a letter direct to
President Juho E. Paasikivi. The
ministry did not say what kind of
a pact was intended.
A semi-official source said the
letter was signed by Prime Minis
ter Stalin.
It is well known that Finnish
leaders for some time have been
studying closely the agreements
the Soviet Union has made one af
ter another with the Balkan coun
tries, a network of pacts linking
ing those countries closely to Rus
sia.
An authoritative source said
Karl August Fagerhalm, speaker
of Parliament, would go to Stock
holm. perhaps to inform the Swe
dish government of the Russian
proposal.
The leftist press in Finland has
been urging a mutual friendship
| pact with the Soviet Union for a
! long time. Interior minister Yrjoa
i Lenio urged such a pact during an
j election campaign last December.
SCHOOL NOTES
SECOND GRADE
Nine second graders have per
fect attendance records for this
six weeks period. They are Laura
Beltz, Bunny Doyle, Suzanne Fa
gerstrom, Ruth Glavinovich, Char
lene Hudgins, Christine Hudert,
Charles Johnson, Teresa Norbert
and Roy O’Connor.
Joe Pleasant has re-entered the
second grade after a brief visit in
j Elim.
FIFTH GRADE
| Fifth grade pupils who were
| neither tardy nor absent for this
six weeks period are Andrew Ka
lerok, Billy Lee, Jack Miller, Rob
! ert Summers, Myron Wheeler,
Milton Willoya, Christine Blatch
ford, Bonnie Burkhalter, Carol
| Marie Gastel, Carolyn Glavino
vitch, Anna Herbert and Fanny
Iokennia.
We are very sorry that Roy
Snider is not with us. Roy is now
attending school in Anchorage.
Fifth grade students are cor
responding with Spanish students
in San Antonio, Texas.
HIGH SCHOOL
This has been test week which
has required an intensified study
on the past six weeks work.
The world history class is prog
ressing rapidly with only fifteen
chapters remaining out of an ini
tial fifty. They have studied five
major revolutions with their ac
companied results. When the stu
dents started the course, their
knowledge of the world was mea
ger but has now been greatly in
creased.
On Monday, Feb. 23, the high
school team played the U. S. Mer
cantile. The game was a close one
resulting in a score of 44 to 48 in
favor of the U. S. Mercantile team.
The high point man was George
Bourdon who made eight baskets
or sixteen points.
Jack Dowd has done a splendid
;ob in shop, cutting out the letters
of “Nome Public School” out of,
hree-eighths inch plywood. The'
letters will be placed above the
front door.
We hope Clara Seiffert will re
cover from her cold in a few days.
Notice how rapidly Mars has
moved during the past week. j
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