Assassin Kills Head
Of Belgian Reds
LIEGE, Belgium, (/P) — Julien
Lahaut, head of the Belgian com
munist party, was shot to death at
his home Friday night and the of
ficial party newspaper charged
today pro-Leopoldists were re
sponsible for the assassination.
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* His wife was a witness to the
killing. He was riddled by three
bullets fired by one of two gun
men who drove up to the Lahaut
home in a Liege suburb about
9:30 p.m.
Mrs. Lahaut said the men, ap
pearing about 20 years old, rang
the bell and asked to speak to her
husband.
Lahaut. was the 66-year-old
leader of Belgian’s estimated 100,
000 communists, bitter anti-mon
archist, he represented industrial
Liege, one of the storm centers in
Hospital News
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Elmer Okboak of Teller has
been admitted to the hospital.
Lewis Ray, Frank Whitmore. Jr.
and A. C. Ervidahl, heads of the
Geological Survey arrived here
from Washington,* D. C. They are
reported on tour throughout the
Territory.
Mr. W. Thompson, formerly
superintendent of Nome School is
visiting in town and enjoying
meeting many of his former stu
dents, some of which are quite
grown up since his departure from
here four years ago.
Mr. Thompson has been teach
ing in southwestern Alaska and
fishing during the summer
months.
the recent strife over the issue of
King Leopold’s return from exile.
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Baseball Scores
(By The Associated Press)
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FRIDAY GAMES
National League
New York 7, Philadelphia 4.
Brooklyn 8, Boston 3.
St. Louis 2, Cincinnati 1. (11 inn.)
'Pittsburgh 9, Chicago 3.
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American League
New York 3, Philadelphia 2.
Boston 7, Washington 6. (10 inn.)
St. Louis at Detroit
Postponed, rain.
Chicago at Cleveland,
Postponed, rain.
Pacific Coast League
San Diego 7, Portland 3.
San Francisco 8, Oaklond 7.
Los Angeles# 7, Hollywood 4.
Sacramento 4, Seattle 1.
SATURDAY GAMES
American League
New York 6, Philadelphia 2.
Boston 5, Washington 4.
Detroit 6, St. Louis 0.
Cleveland 1, Chicago 0.
W. L. Pet.
Detroit 71 38 .651
Cleveland 71 44 .617
New York * 69 44 .611
Boston 69 48 .599
Washington 50 61 .450
Chicago 44 71 .383
St. Louis 38 71 .349
Philadelphia 40 75 .348
National League
Pittsburgh 13, Chicago 8.
St. Louis 3, Cincinnati 2.
Philadelphia at New York, rain.
Boston at Brooklyn, rain.
W. L. Pet.
Philadelphia 69 45 .605
Brooklyn 60 47 .561
Boston 69 50 .545
St. Lohis 59 51 .536
New York 57 53 .518
Chicago 48 63 .432
Cincinnati 47 62 .431
Pittsburgh 41 70 .369
Pacific Coast League
Portland 6, San Diego 4’.
Los Angeles 9. Hollywood 7.
San Francisco 11, Oakland 4.
Seattle 8, Sacramento 5.
W. L. Pet.
Oakland 89 58 .605
San Diego 82 64 .652
Hollywood 79 68 .537
Seattle 73 73 .500
San Francisco 72 74 .493
Portland 67 76 .469
Los Angeles 64 81 .441
Sacramento 57 89 .390
SUNDAY GAMES
National League
St. Louis 3, Cincinnati 2.
Chicago 4-5, Pittsburgh 2-2.
Philadelphia at New York, rain.
Boston at Brooklyn, rain.
American League
Chicago 2-6, Cleveland 1.5.
Detroit 5-2, St. Louis 4-6.
New York 6-5, Philadelphia 4-2.
Washington at Boston, rain.
Pacific Coast League
Seattle 4-8, Sacramento 3-6.
Los Angeles 6-3, Hollywood 4-4.
San Diego 5-1, Portland 4-0.
San Francisco 11-1, Oakland 9-5.
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MATANUSKA SPORTSMEN TO
HOLD 3RD ANNUAL DINNER
The Matanuska Valley sports
men on Oct. 14, are planning their
third anhual game dinner which
includes a menu of moose, trout,
goose, caribou, porcupine, spruce
hen, goat, caribou heart, salmon,
ling cod, squirrel, snipes, bear,
ptarmigan, clams, grizzly bear,
crab, rabbit, moose tongue and
liver, black bear, octopus, deer,
ravens, halibut. Fresh salads,
Alaskan cranberries and blue ber
ries are planned to round out the
menu. A total of 92, kinds of food
is planned for the event.
JUNEAU ASSESSED VALUA
TION INCREASES OVER 1949
JUNEAU, (^P)—Juneau is worth
nearly $2,000,000 more this year
than last.
City assessor Ray Beach told
the council Saturday, this year’s
assessed valuation of real and
personal property totals $14,682,
175, or 1,925,917 more than 1949.
Beach credited incorporation
into the city of the Highlands resi
dential district, more new automo
biles, and an intensive downtown
assessment for the increase. Boat
assessments are incomplete, so
were not included in his estim
ates.
Mr. Clyde Hovak and son Elmer
Hovak, heads of the Goslem Con
struction Co., of Bellingham, who
are the contractors for the build
ing of military installations in this
area, arrived yesterday to start
operations. Freight and supplies
are being hauled to start these
projects, it is reported.
A business office is scheduled
to be opened in Nome soon as re
ported some time ago by the Terr.
Dept, of Labor.
Miriam Troutman, who spent
her early girlhood on St. Law
rence Island has left Juneau for
Plane Crash Kills 3
Near Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, (/P) — A plane
cracked up and burned on ,\ the
walls of a canyon 35 miles south
east of here Friday, killing three
persons and gravely injuring a
fourth.
The pilot, Richard Rude, 19, An
chorage, was thrown clear in the
crash but managed to crawl two
miles for help. His brother, Babe,
16, was one of those killed. Th/*
other two victims have not been
identified.
Virginia Gordon, a berry picker,
said she and some other pickers
saw the plane head into Crow
Creek canyon but didn’t see it
come out. They started a search
when smoke was seen coming*
from the region. *
About two miles from the
smoke, Miss Gordon said, “We
saw a man on the hill he screamed
for help and collapsed. He appear
ed to have a broken leg and bad
burns. We managed to gather that
others were still in the wreckage
of the seaplane which he said he
had been piloting.”
The three persons in the wreck
age were burned beyond recogni
tion, Miss Gordon reported. A
couple in the back seat, apparent
ly elderly, died with their arms
around each other. The younger ^
Rude boy was in the front seat.
Six men whom the Air Force
10th Rescue Squadron were sent
into the rugged country to remove
the bodies.
New York where she will join the
Beta Simga Phi ramble on the
Queen Elizabeth on August 22 for
England, Scotland, France, Swit
zerland and Rome. She will return *
late in September to her job at
the Territorial Health Dept, in
Juneau.
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