60 B-29s On Flight
Mission to Europe
Across Atlantic
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fortress caries both regular and
spare crews. Altogether, about 1,
500 personnel will be involved
in the training operations.
Col. Stanley Wray, of Muncie,
Ind., will be local commander of
the two groups while they are in
Europe.
The 28th Group from the Rapid
4 City, S.D. Airforce Base will fly
to Goose Bay, Labrador, and then
MODROWS VISIT IN NOME
THEN RETURN TO KOTZEBUE
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Modrow,
parents of the Kotzebue manager
of the Wien, Airlines office, who
have been visiting with their son
and family, came to Nome yes
terday to see a little more of
Nome and then returned to Kot
zebue to complete their visit.
to Scampton, England.
Abroad, the B-29s will come un
der the control of Lt. Gen. Curtis
E. Lemay, commander of United
States Air Forces in Europe, who
presumably would decide on whe
ther any of them will make train
ing flights into Germany.
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SOVIETS REFUSE
LIFT BLOCKADE
CITY OF BERLIN
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of Berlin.
In the reply which left the next
move up to the Western Powers
the Russians said they were will
ing to negotiate if the talks con
cerned all of Germany and not just
Berlin. The Western Allies had
; expressed willingnes to talk apout
Berlin only if the blockade were
ended.
Reports in London newspapers
that new notes would be sent to
Prime Minister Stalin within a
week were called “pure specula
tion” by the Foreign office.
But it was aparent the West
ern Powers were already planning
their next move. Sir William
Strang( Chief of the Foreign of
fice’s German section, Was to meet
with the American and French am
bassadors, Lewis Douglas and
Rene Massigli.
Southern Demos
To Fight For
States’ Rights
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on the race issue Wednesday at
their party’s national convention—
packed off for the southern city
yesterday, there to name a “grass
roots, States Rights” candidate for
president and write a States’ Right
platform.
Wright said the object of the
Birmingham meeting is to select
a candidate for president — not
Harry S. Truman — “So that those
who believe in States’ Rights can
vote for him with confidence in
November and remain within the
Democratic Party.”
Georgia’s senior senator, Wal
ter George, said he could see
nothing to be gained at Birming
ham.
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KING ISLANDERS ARRIVE
ON ANNUAL TRIP TO NOME
The King Island village, east
of town, is a busy site today as
seven boat-loads of King Islanders
arrived during the night to make
their usual summer homes here.
The natives are later than usual
due to the late departure of the
ice and bad weather.
All of- the islanders, with the
exception of two who were left
as caretakers, came to town for
the summer.
9 KILLED IN B-29
CRASH IN KANS.
SALINA, Kas., — (JP) —2nd Lt.
Oliver D. Holmquist of Tacoma,
Wash., was one of nine persons
killed last night in the crash of
a B-29 bomber at the Smoky Hill
Air Base.
The plane crashed as it was pre
paring to land after participating
with other B-29s in simulated
bombing runs over St. Louis, Om
aha, and Kansan City.
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