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VOL. XLVIII. No. 68. NOME, ALASKA. FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1946PER COPY — 15c
Clulvs winging
Police Break Up
Monarchist Riot
ROME, June 7,—(^P)—Club-swing
ing police broke up a monarchist
demonstration in downtown Rome
as a post-plebiscite tension caused
bloodshed in Naples last night and
spread to Rome.
About 200 demonstrators par
aded through the crowded streets
shouting, “Long live the King,
down with the republic.”
Fist tights with* republican
p sympathizers broke out before
the police intervened. One mon
archist was killed and eight were
wounded in the outbreak.
. Naples votes tallied 4 to 1 in
favor of a monarchy in last week
elections.
Kim* Umberto To
Urge Unitv In New
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JUalian Re|)iil)lie
ROME, Italy, June 7. —I/P)—King
Umberto II is drafting his fare
well message to his people, and
is expected to urge unity in the
new Italian republic which is al
ready confronted with mutterings
^ of secession in the south.
The king will give his message
before joining the queen who is
to exile in Portugal, the Royal
household announced. Queen
Marie Jose and her four children
are on the way to Portugal, and
Umberto is expected to follow
after the final message to his na
tion, which his family has ruled
tor 75 years. His reign lasted
just under a month.
The talk of secession came from
^southern Italy which saw it’s
overwhelming monarchial vote in
the plebecite go for naught in the
face of the north’s heavy vote for
a republic.
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Streamline Trains
Collide Head-on
1 Killed, 70 Injured
* LA GRANDE, Ore., June 7, —(/P)
—One trainman was killed and
70 passengers were injured in a
head-on collision of the Union
Pacific’s westbound City of Port
land, streamliner, and it’s east
bound Idahoan, 12 miles east of
here.
Edward Unger, 47, brakeman,
^of Pendleton, Oregon, was crushed
as he rode the tender of the Ida
hoan.
SURPLUS EARTH MOVERS — Navy o.'Ticns look over earth movers, originally
intended for use by Seabees. lined nr* a j at the advance base depot, Davisville, K. I. »
Ku Klux Klan
Floggs Negro
Navy Veteran
ATLANTA, Ga„ June 7,—(yT1)—
Assistant State Attorney General,
Duke, said, investigation disclosed
that the revived Ku Klux Klan
recently flogged a negro navy
veteran, 21, employee of an At
lanta hotel.
AFL Seamen Try
Beat CIO To Punch
Shipping Strike i
WASHINGTON, June 7, —(/P>—
AFL seamen stalked from their
ships by the thousands, and
threatened to beat the CIO Mari
time unions to the punch on the
general shipping strike.
Two officials of the AFL Sail
ors unions said in New York,
that a full-scale strike of the 62,
000 members seemed certain.,
“perhaps right away” or perhaps
within a week. Just how that will
be accomplished under the Smith
Connally Labor Act, which re
quires 30 days notice, is not clear.
In the meantime, AFL seamen
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Owners Make Offer
In All-Coast
Shipping Strike
WASHINGTON, June 7, -(/Pi
West coast shipowners agreed to
make an offer to three of the
maritime unions which are threat
ening an all-coast shipping strike
June 15.
These developments coincided
with the Whitehouse Cabinet
meeting in which the strike situa
tion was considered.
Attorney General Tom Clark,
said that Reconversion Director,
Snyder termed the outlook “pretty
bad.”
The ‘council of war’ held by
the top men in the big CIO Na
tional Maritime Unions, the lead
ers of 40 ports were assembled
to talk strategy.
The unions to which will go the
West c qfa s t ship operators
proposals are the Cooks and Stew
ards, the Marine Firemen and the
Engineers.
A long discussion With the la
bor Department resulted in an
agreement to tender the offer.
In addition, a meeting was arr
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Fire and Police
Deprtments Probe
Cause Hotel Fire i
CHICAGO. June 7. — (/P>—'The
LaSalle Hotel fire and disaster
came under further official scrut
iny as a coroner’s jury was sum
moned for the inquest. City fire
and police department officials
went ahead with their investiga-;
tions to determine the source of
the flash fire in the hotel Wed
nesday morning. Many relatives!
of the 59 persons who lost their
lives in the fire are expected to
be witnesses at the inquest.
Truman6s Strike
Bill May Get House
Committee Action
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WASHINGTON, June 7, —(/P)—'
The House handed it’s rules com-!
mittee a job recommending what |
action to take on Truman’s Em- j
ergency Strike Control Bill.
This was done when Repre
sentative Marcantonia objected to
the request of the Democratic
leader McCormack, of varying the
Senate and House versions of the
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Kussc >- A r "v n t i ne
Diplomatic* Rift Is
Terminated Today
BUENOS AIRES, June 7. —(/P)—
Russia and Argentina have re
established diplomatic relations
which were severed 29 years ago
after the oberthrow of the Czarist
Regime.
Announcements of the termin
ation of the diplomatic rift were
made here yesterday by President
Peron in his first press confer
ence since taking office.
Tuesday, the Moscow radio was
heard in London, said the two
governments, “were inspired by
high principles of collaboration
and understanding between the
peoples and declared they decided
to establish from today, complete
diplomatic, consular and trade
relations.”
\\ S A Operation
Alaska Shipping
Urged To Continue
WASHINGTON. June 7. — (/P>—
The House Merchant Marine Com
mittee urged the Senate Appro
priations Committee to extend
the War Shipping Administration
operation of the steamship lines
to Alasla until June 30, 1947.
The House Committee sent a
letter to the Senate Committee
saying that prior owners couldn’t
afford to resume operation of the
three lines, without substantial
rate increases.
The House passed an appropri
ation bill giving money to the
Navy Department which operates
or directs the War Shipping Ad
ministration and which will dis
continue operation by next De
cember 31st, and to return the
operation of the vessels to the
private owners.
The bill is now before the Sen
ate Committee. The action of
the House Committee followed a
plea of Delegate Bartlett to extend
the life of the War Shipping Ad
ministration to enable it to oper
ate the Alaska lines.
Clark Is Elected
Harvard Overseer
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 7—C/P>
—Henry W. Clark, of Juneau, Al
aska, manager of the Alaska Dev
elopment Board, was elected to
a six-year term as Overseer of
Harvard University.