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NEWS IN BRIEF
PRINCETON, 111., (P)—Bureau
County hasn’t exactly stood still
during the last 10 years. The pop
ulation in 1940 was 37,600. The
1950 census, just announced, is
37,601.
POMEROY, Wash., (P)— A
flash flood brough on by a cloud
burst roared down a gulch near
her early today and lifted a house
from its foundation. Three per
sons are missing and presumed
drowned.
Sheriff William Grounds said
an elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Baden, and their son,
Carl, 40, are believed to have
drowned when the water crashed
into their home about 2 a.m.
Pomeroy is aoubt 100 miles
southwest of Spokane.
TOKYO, (P)—Two years ago,
burglars plagued Numata, 100
miles northwest of Tokyo. Police
advised citizens to get dogs.
Now villagers have a new prob
lem—3,600 canines.
MANILA, June 17. (>P)— U.S.
Air Force officials deny reports
that Chinese guards have aided
in smuggling arms and ammu
nition from Clark Field.
A spokeman said last night
about 60 Chinese guard the post
exchange warehouses but none
work in arsenal areas.
Edward Lim, Chinese National
ist official here, told the House
committe on un-Filipino activities
yehterday that some Chinese civ
ilian guards at Clark field are
communists and were^elieved in
volved in arms smuggling activi
ties.
WASHINGTON, (/P)— Marshall
plan administrator Paul Hoffman
told Congress yesterday: “The
thing that concerns us most is
Moscow’s peace drive. The real
aim is the neutrality of Europe.”
He indicated that Soviet leaders,
by picturing themselves as peace
loving and Americans as war
mongers, hoped to win Europe
away from U.S. leadership.
LOS ANGELES, (/P)—Bus and
and street car service in Los An
geles was halted by a strike of
4,000 operators Saturday as the
city prepared for an influx of
some 200,000 Shriners for their
national convention.
Mayor Fletcher Bowrin ap
pealed for a 15-day truce during
the Shrine convention which
opens next week. But representa
tives of the AFL transportation
union walked out of last minute
negotiations early today.
There are not enough taxicabs
in Los Angeles to handle the con
vention crowds. The city’s transit
lines normally carry a million rid
ers a day.
WINTER HAVEN, Fla., (/P)—A
multi-million dollar fire that)
raged out of control for hours de
stroyed one of Florida’s largest
citrus plants early today.
Police officials estimated that
damage to the sprawling Polk
Packing Association plant would
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Persian (inIf
•Claims HI Lives
In 2 Plane reeks
PARIS, (/P>—Air France, in an
| official statement today, said 84
I persons were lost in two crashes
• of company planes in the Persian
i Gulf this week.
| The airline said 66 bodies have
| been recovered. Eighteen other
persons are missing. No hope is
held that any of the missing will
be found alive.
Six persons survived the crash
of a four-engined Saigon-to-Paris
plane which crashed near Bah
rein Island Monday n'ght. Forty
were killed and five still are miss
ing from the flight, which carried
43 passengers and a crew of eight.
Another crash of an identical
plane at almost the same spot two
nights later left 26 dead and 13
, missing. According to Air France,
! there were 13 survivors of the sec
ond crash which involved 44 pass
; engers and a crew of eight.
The figures were cabled to Air
France from Bahrein today by a
company inquiry committee in
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INCOME TAX FILES OPEN TO
CRIME INVESTIGATORS
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman Saturday opened income
tax files to Senate crime investig
ators.
The president issued an execu
tive order making available to a
; committee headed by senator Ke
Kefauver »D-Tenn.i any income,
excess profits, declared value ex
cess profits, capital stock, estate,
and gift tax returns for any per
iod to and including 1949.
At the same time he directed all
executive departments and agen
cies to cooperate with the commit
tee to the fullest possible extent.
.‘I strongly favor the objectives
of the committee,” the directive
said, “and I am hopeful that its
work will produce constructive
recommendations and results.”
The committee has launched an
j investigation of big-time gamb
lers and crime syndicates.
1,500 Jobless From
Fairbanks Strike
FAIRBANKS, </Pi— More con
i struction jobs were shut down
; yesterday by the strike of carpen
ters and steamfitters.
Work was halted on a $500,000
addition to St. Joseph’s hospital,
and on a $250,000 aircraft shop
being constructed at Ladd Air
Force Base.
The employment service repor
ted 1,500 jobless, with job seekers
crowding Territorial employment
offices and the hiring offices of
contractors who still are operat
ing.
The carpenters’ union, Local
1243, struck Wednesday night
against contractors who have not
| signed a new working agreement
! for the present construction seas
! on. The steamfitters’ union. Local
375, has been out since last Sat
urday in support of a demand for
■ a 50 cent an hour wage increase.
DAMAGE AND DEATH
IN WAKE OF OHIO FLOOD
CROOKSVILLE, O., (/Pi-Thous
ands fled the path of a flash flood
that roared down a narrow south
western Ohio valley last night,
killing one woman and causing
property damage estimated above
$1,000,000.
A cloudburst lasting four hours
sent Moxahala and Jonathan
creeks out of their banks.. Flood
waters caught residents of
Crooksville, Roseville and several
tiny mining towns unawares.
Mrs. Alice Adrian, 55, was
swept to her death at Rose farm,
•bout five miles south of here.
Her body was recovered after
flood waters quickly subsided.
Many families fled their homes
but the state highway patrol said
a late check showed no one was
reported missing.
The flood exploded a kiln and
set the Acme pottery company
plant afire. Supt. Harold Shower
said the plant was a complete loss.
He estimated damage at $1,000.
000. A kiln at the crooksville
China Co. also blew up but the
plant escaped damage.
_PLAYING HIS ACE_
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racketeers
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SENATE
!uAmerasia’* Case
IVoIkmI in Senate
—
Bv Marvin L. Arrowsmith
WASHINGTON, (VP)— Senator
Knowland <R-Calif.» said today
i that a “red network” ran from the
' communist party to the magazine
Amerasia and on into the State
Department.
Knowland made the statement
in a speech prepared for delivery
in the Senate. He expressed his
views as new charges and coun
ter-charges highlighted the Sen
ate inquiry into the Amerasia
1 Case of 1945.
1 The development included a
fiat denial by James M. Mclnev
ney, chief of the Justice Depart
ment’s criminal division, of an
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Midnight Baseball
(Features Nome
Vs. Marks Officers
MIDNIGHT BALL GAME
June 20, 1950, 11:30 p.m.
The CAP will represent the City
of Nome in the annual Midnight
Game this year. The CAP Flyers
will play the Base Officers Tues
day night at 11:30 pm. at the
Marks AFB Field. The public is
urged to attend and support its
team. Shepherd, the manager of
the CAP Flyers, said there hasn’t
been any support so far this seas
on. He hopes to see the public out
at the Base.
Starting lineup and batting order:
Base Officers CAP Flyers
Eagan or Ahkalik CF
Emery, LF
McCaully SS Willoya 2B
Frankavich C Emmons C
Conklin 2B Shepherd IB
> Vickers 2B Rose LF
Bellury IB Welty P
Gaudin Larson SS
Outlaw or Overass RF
Rodgers CF
or Houser RF
Jamison Bradley 3B
or Hazelly P
The game should prove to be
an exviting one, and everyone
should enjoy themselves.
Sunday night’s game was won
by forfeit, 7-0. over the JM team.
Next League game will be the 22d !
of June against the Headquarters !
Nine, at 6:00, at the Marks AFB
Field.
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Baseball Scores j
(By The Associated Press)
Friday Games
National League
Brooklyn 7, St. Louis 3
Boston 6, Pittsburgh 5
New York 6, Chicago 1
Cincinnati at Philadelphia, post- .
poned, rain
American League
Detroit 4. Boston 1
New York 7, St. Louis 5
Chicago 7, Washington 1
Cleveland 3, Philadelphia 2
Pacific Coast League
Hollywood 3, Sacramento 1
Los Angeles 12, Seattle 3
Portland 9, San Francisco 4
Oakland 4, San Diego 3
Art Provides
$500,000,000 For
Armed Forres
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman has signed an act author
izing more than a half billion dol
1 lors worth of construction during
' the next two years for the armed
forces.
In the list are millions of dol
lars for super-secret projects not
edentified in congressional re
ports.
The legislation also authorizes
funds, which congress must pro
! vide later, for airfields. Army
posts and Naval shore installa
tions in this country and other
parts of the world where U. S.
armed forces are stationed.
There is provision in the bill
for more housing in Alaska so
defense forces in that strategic
area can be expanded, and for
communications and radar de
fense in Alaska. Pacific bases are
included too.
Locations and amounts for
scores of the projects previously
| were made public as the bill
, passed through the Senate and
House and then a conference com
i mittee.
It is expected to cover top pri
I ority items for the Army, Air
I Force, Navy and Marines for the
f next two years.
| In all, about $596,000,000 was
approved, including about $135,
000,000 for the Army( $220,000,
000 for the Navy, $215,000,000 for
the Air Force and the balance for
the secret projects.
Russian Arms
Production Up
*
j NEW YORK, (/P)—Reports that
Russia may have six atom bombs
on hand by next fall, and soon
may be producing them at the
rate of 25 a year, were quoted by
a military expert yesterday.
The expert, Navy Commander
William T. Greenhalgh, quoted an
unidentified authority in giving
his figures before 350 selected civ
ilians and reserve officers at a
session of the industrial college of
the armed forces.
“The Soviets cannot keep their
secrets forever, although they are
past masters in the art of hiding
and delaying facts about them
selves,” he said.
Greenhalgh said Soviet aviators
who fled Russia have told of 44
air fields in east Siberia—a likely
takeoff point for an attack on the
U.S.A. northwest.
Russia, he said, may have 19,
000 war planes capable of use in
combat, plus a reserve of 10,000.
The Soviet factories might be
able to turn out 60,000 aircraft a
year if necessity arose, he said.
He estimated the Russian fac
tories are turning out about 20
bombers.
The Navy officers said Russia’s
guided missile and rocket pro
gram is about equal to America’s.
He said the Red army has 40,000
tanks to our 7,000.
Greenhalgh said he did not be
lieve war is either imminent or
inevitable.