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NEWS IN BRIEF
YORK, Me., </P) — Suprem e
Court Justice Wiley B. Rutledge
has emerged sufficiently from a
coma to talk to members of his
family and nurses, a hospital
spokesman said yesterday.
The 55-year-old jurist has suf
fered a cerebral hemorrhage.
ANCHORAGE, (/P> — The air
* force at Elmendorf air base has
identified the seven men who lost
their lives Friday in a C-47 trans
port plane crash in Cook Inlet.
Shortly after announcement of
the names, recovery of three bod
ies was reported unofficially from
the scene, 10 miles southeast of
here.
WASHINGTON, (/P) — An in
crease in the minimum wage from
40 to 75 cents an hour was virtu
ally assured yesterday.
The Senate voted for it yester
day; the House did so earlier. All
that remains now is for the two
branches to compromise other
points in the bills each passed to
revise the 1938 wage-hour law.
HONGKONG, (/P) — The royal
observatory said tonight a typhoon
was building up in the China Sea.
Winds of gale proportion are ex
pected tomorrow morning.
EL FERROL, Spain, l/P)—Adm
Richard L. Conolly and his chief
aides left aboard the U. S. destroy
er Stribling today for a visit to the
Spanish naval academy at Marin.
Conolly is commanding a group
of four American warships now
making the U. S. navy’s first visit
to Spain since Generalissimo Fran
co came to power a decade ago.
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BOURNEMOUTH. Eng. (/P) —
Bernard Silver, 31-year-old busi
ness man, was sentenced today to
15 months in prison. He was found
guilty of receiving the 1,700
pounds <$6,800) proceeds of a post
office burglary.
♦ Silver’s business: The Silver
Burglary Prevention and Security
Service, of London).
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SEATTLE </P)—A civil aeronau- j
tics board field party arrived here j
yesterday after a one-week tour of j
civil air installations in Alaska.
Don W. Throp, deputy CAA ad
ministrator, said the group sur
veyed needs of civil aviation in
the Territory and ways in which
federal budget money could best
be spent.
The seven-member party will
make a similar tour of the Pacific
Northwest this week.
OKLAHOMA CITY, ^—Okla
homa state supreme court justice
N. B. Johnson, president of the na
tional congress of American Indi
ans, today issued a call for the
sixth annual convention of the In
dian congress at Rapid Sity, S. D.,
Sept. 21 ot 24.
Notice of the convention has
been sent to chiefs, governors,
headmen, officers, councilmen and
members of the Indian tribes of}
the United States and Alaska.
Rill Odom Killed
In Air Races
At Cleveland
CLEVELAND, (JP) — Sport fly
ing’s richest and toughest race
faced a new threat of discontinu
ance yesterday with the death of
distance filer Bill Odom and two
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suburban residents.
Odom’s death plunge into a Ber
ea home during the second lap of
the Thompson trophy event Mon
day revived the protest of area
residents against the low flying
speedsters, shrieking over their
homes at 400 miles an hour. The
dark green racer, a converted
fighter, ripped through the house,
killing Mrs. Jeanne Laird, 24, and
her year-old son, Craig.
Odom was flying an F-51 Mus
tang owned by aviatrix Jacqueline
Cochran.
Cook Cleland of Cleveland, for
mer navy fighter pilot, took the
Thompson trophy and $19,100 with
a new speed record of 397 miles
an hour. He also won in 1947 with
a record of 396 miles per hour, a
record that stood until Monday.
The Labor Day tragedy, killing
one of the nation’s best known fli
ers and two persons unconnected
with the sport, brought an emer
gency meeting of the Berea Pro
gressive Citizens League to draft a
protest to state, county and nearby
city officials.
Cleland was trailed across the
finish line by Lon Puckett, Lans
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Court Orders With
drawal Of Pickets
SAN FRANCISCO I/P), The CTO
longshore union was temporarily
barred by court order today from
interfering with ships ready to
load or sail for Hawaii, where (
longshoremen have been on strike
since May 1.
But the stevedores still refused
to work the Matson company’s
Hawaiian Refiner here, or the Ha
waiian Logger at Wilmington, Cal.
Federal judge George B. Harris
temporarily restrained the union
yesterday from picketing the ships
and set hearings for 2 p.m. tomor
row on whether his order shall be
made permanent.
The Hawaiian local of the long
shoremen sent two members here
several weeks ago to picket the
Refiner, and one man to picket the
Logger. Longshoremen then re
fused to load the ships.
Despite withdrawal of the pick
ets, the Matson company said no
longshoremen reported for work
on the Refiner last night.
EDUCATION HEADS ON
SURVEY OF ALASKA
Dr. W. Beatty, director of edu
cation for the bureau of Indian
Affairs from Washington, D. C., ■
accompanied by Dr. A. Dale, di
rector of education for the ANS
from Juneau are on the annual in
spection of schools of the depart
ment in the Territory and general
survey trip to determine the need
of more schools in this part of the
country if necessary, particularly
in remote areas.
Contractors For
Seawall Arrive
In Nome
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Mr. Axel Osberg and Mr. B.
Gerard of the Osberg-Manson
Construction company, contractors
for the Nome Seawall, arrived in
Nome Sunday.
Present indications are that
some work will be curried out dur
ing the winter months insofar as
weather conditions permit. It is
planned to ship in part of the
necessary equipment on the last
vessel sailing from Seattle Sep
tember 30th, and work will com
mence shortly after arrival in
Nome. Until then, preliminary sur
vey work will be carried on with
regard to road conditions and im
provement, location of the quarry
at Cape Nome, and other details
pertinent to the operation.
Mr. Osberg stated that after
studying all phases of this project,
everything appears very favorable.
However, definite plans cannot be
given at this time.
Mr. Osberg will remain in Nome
for about two weeks and then re
turn to the States. Mr. Gerard, su
perintendent of Osberg-Manson
Construction Co., will remain in
Nome during the winter to take
i charge of the construction.
TOMMY MARTIN DECLINES
RINGLING BROS. INVITATION
SEATTLE, (/Pi — The baker’s
family from Nome, Alaska, will
live on the stuff that dreams are
made of when the circus comes to
Seattle Friday.
When Thomas N. Martin of
Nome’s "North Pole Bakery wrote
the Ringling Brothers and Barnum
and Bailey Show for tickets he
mentioned that he and his two
children had never seen a circus.
Arthur M. Concello, general
manager of the show, said today |
the Martins’ money wouldn’t be'
any good for two days—they’ll be;
Ringling guests, with ringside
seats and visits with the star per
formers backstage.
Young Martins will be special
guests of Ringling clowns.
And the circus will pick up their
bill at Seattle’s Olympic Hotel.
'Tommy Martin stated today due
to stress of business here that he
will be unable to accept the invi
tation of Ringling Brothers Circus
to be their guest in Seattle).
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Missouri Pacific
Union Will Strike !
CLEVELAND, (/P)—Representa
tives of three railroad operating
brotherhoods with headquarters
here decided today to make “no
change whatsoever” in a plan to
strike the Missouri Pacific Rail
road at 3 p.m., Friday.
The unions were considering a
nation ^Railway'mediation board
proposal for arbitration of griev
ances by a specially appointed
board — aproposal which Frank
Douglass, a board member, said
had been accepted by the railroad.
The dispute involves some 282
unsettled claims and an estimated
$3,000,000. A walkout would idle
about 30,000 workers.
False Fire Alarm
In Airliner
MEDFORD. Ore. f/Pi—A North
west Airlines DC-4 landed here
safely today after turning back on
a Seattle-to-Honolulu flight when
a warning light indicated fire in
the baggage compartment.
Eire extinguishers were used
while the plane was returning
here, and on landing, baggage was
removed and no evidence could be
found that there had been a fire,
officials said.
The plane carried 11 passengers
and six crewmen. Capt. R. O. Pol
haamus was in command. It turn
ed back when about 3Vi- hours out
of Portland.
Cargo consisted chiefly of baby
chicks and perishables. All but a
I few of the chicks were killed by
the fumes from the fire extin
guishers.
Most of the passengers' were
asleep and did not know the plane
i had turned back until it was over
| land again, navigator Ci. Geyer
said.
Polhamus reported to James
Speer, NVVA manager at Portland,
; that apparently the fire warning
light was faulty. He said it blinked
^ on. went off when C02 extinguish
I er was used, then went on again.
The plane will return to Port
land for a check as soon as the
C02 tanks are re-filled. A fresh
crew is expected to continue the
flight to Honolulu.
Steel Fact Finders
Must Report By
Saturday Morning
WASHINGTON The White
House said today that tentative
plans call for the steel fact-finding
board to report to President Tru
man Saturday morning.
That day is the deadline for the
Presidential panel to turn over its
recommendations for settling a
wage dispute that threatens a
strike in the steel industry.
The CIO steel workers union is
d e m a n ding a 30-cents-an-hour
“package” increase. It has set Sept.
14 for a strike unless a settlement
is reached before then.
The White House said the board
members will visit President Tru
man Friday afternoon, according
to present plans, and make their
report Saturday morning.
HOLLYWOOD HELPS TO
KEEP ROMANCE ALIVE
HOLLYWOOD (/P)—Audie Mur
phy, World War II’s most decor
ated G.I., and his actress bride,
Wanda Hendrix, both blame Holly
wood for their domestic troubles.
But the film capital has been
doing its best to keep their hearts
beating as one. The past week they
have been working together on a
film (“Sierra”), doing nothing but
love scenes. They will appear as
man and wife on the screen.
Following reports that the be
ribboned veteran and his bride of
eight months might separate, Au
die, 25, and Wanda, 20, clinched
yesterday and made it known that
their marriage is not a bust.
News of the \\ orhl
At A Glance —
Tuesday. September 6, 1949
• By The Associated Press*
Two Key British cabinet minis
ters are expected to arrive in New
York tonight enroute to Washing
ton for three-nation talks on Bri
tain’s economic plight.
Sir Stafford Cripps, chancellor
of the exchequer, and Ernest Be
vin, foreign secretary, are arriv
ing by ship for the British- Ameri
can-Canadian talks opening to
morrow.
Diplomatic authorities in Wash
ington said Britain will ask per
mission to spend Marshal Plan dol
lars anywhere she likes—not just
in the United States—as one way
out of her financial crisis.
In Canton, the Chinese nation
alist government said the com
munists are probing the govern
ment defenses for weak points on
the Canton perimeter. The nation
! alists claimed their forces are
! holding their own against com
j munist drives to cut the Canton
Hankow railway, 170 miles from
Canton.
Reports from Kumming describ
ed that southwestern China city as
quiet but tense after a bloodless
seizure of power by Gov. Lu Han
1 of Yunan province Saturday. Ear
lier reports said the governor had
proclaimed the independence of
Yunan from the nationalist ad
ministration. Today’s reports said
no nationalist officials have been
molested and all government banks
were open.
The 10-day old rightist revolt in
1 Bolivia against the middle-of-the
road government appears to be
fast collapsing. The government
radio said Carlos Torres, leader of
the uprising, had been captured in
Sucre. That town and Potosi, seiz
ed by rebels last week, have been
retaken by government forces. An
army communique said loyal
troops and planes are pursuing
remnants of fleeing rebel forces.
British Financial
(Irisis Talks Begin
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WASHINGTON. (Ah—The U. S.,
Britain and Canada began mo
mentous talks today on the finan
cial disaster whic hthreatens Bri
tain.
Top foreign policy and econo
mic chiefs of the three nations met
in a walnut-panelled room at the
State department. Seated in lea
ther-backed arm chairs, they
grouped about a 20-foot glass
topped table.
Before they closed the doors,
they permitted newsreel camera
men to record the opening, wel
coming remarks.
The chiefs of all but three dele
gations spoke hopefully of helpful
and constructive results, but all
shied away from forecasts of any
specific actions.
Robert Lewis, youngest son of
Mr. and Mrs. Norvin Lewis, who is
stationed in Fairbanks with the U.
S. army, spent the holiday with
his family, arriving on Friday and
departing on Sunday.