“Black Maquis”
* Ready To March
PARIS, (/P) — A self-described
leader of the “black maquis” said
yesterday in a clandestine inter
view that 25,000 armed men were
ready to lead “a march on Paris
at the appropriate moment” to es
tablish an “anti-Communist” gov
ernment.
Existence of the “black maquis”
was disclosed Monday by the in
terior ministry, which announced
» that it had arrested leaders of <he
movement for plotting to over
throw the republic and establish a
“military dictatorship.”
In yesterday’s interview the
self-described “black maquis”
boasted: “For every one of us they
arrest there are two to take his
place.”
BAYREUTH, Germany, (JP) —
Frau Winifred Wagner, daughter
iij-law of the musician, Richard
Wagner, was sentenced to 450
days as special labor service today
following her conviction on
charge of actively supporting the
Hitler regime.
CHRIS BETSCH SELLS TO
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO.
It is reported by fur buyer I.
Jacobson, who has just come from
Marshall that Chris Betsch, pio
neer trader there, who is in very
poor health, has sold out to the
Northern Commercial Co.
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Attorney At Law
Phone Main 121
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Army 217, after 4:00 PJd.
Mississippi River
Still Rises; Many
Homeless
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! destructive sweep past the St.
| Louis area today after breaking
i four nearby levees and routing
thousands of persons from their
homes when additional dikes were
threatened.
The river surged to a 103-year
high of 40.2 feet following Mon
day night’s torrential rains, then
i remained stationary for several
I hours, but Harry F. Wahlgren, U.
S. meteorolgist, said the stream
j would probably climb another
| tenth of a foot before falling. The
! all-time record here is 41.3 set in
1844.
) U. S. army engineers estimated
damage between Louisiana, Mo.,
' and Cairo, 111., at nearly $12,000,
000—most of which was caused to
farmland and buildings. Farm
agents pointed out that most of
the agricultural loss would result
from inability to raise a crop in
the growing period remaining.
• Some 26,800 persons were re
ported homeless by the Red Cross
in the four-state area of Missouri.
Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska but
many of those in the two northern
states may be able to return to
their dwellings if rivers continue
to fall, a Red Cross spokesman
said. About 8,400 were estimated
homeless between Alton and
Chester ,111.
A new flood threat was report
ed at Grafton, 111., just north of
Alton, where the Illinois river
flows into the Mississippi. The
smaller river, overflowing from
heavy rains in the area, neared the
town’s business district.
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, of Macedonia.
House Passes
Hawaii Statehood
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Hawaii’s
50-year-old bid for statehood rest
ed at the Congressional half-wry
mark today.
The House passed a b’ll M-md1*
to admit the islands as the *9th
state. But Senate action this year
appears unlikely.
Chairman Butler <R.'-Neb.> of
the Senate public lands commit4***
told a reporter it will be “impos
sible” to bring the measir'c to the
Senate floor before Congress ad
journs late this month.
He said it is “possible. bu‘ no*
probable,” that he and other
members of the committee may
visit the islands this fall, before
Congress reconvenes, and hold
hearings on the question, that
would permit the Senate to act on
the measure early in 1948.
Meanwhile, Butler suggested
that some though be given to his
own proposal to make Hawaii a
California county.
Joseph R. Farrington, Hawaii’s
non-voting Republican delegate to
Congress, made it clear to the
House, however, that Hawaii
wants statehood and nothing else.
TACOMA C. OF C. TO BE HERE
ON GOODWILL TOUR
21 members of the Tacoma
Chamber of Commerce are sched
uled to arrive in Nome on the fif
teenth day of July on a good will
tour of Alaska.
Secretary Day states that a
luncheon of the Northwestern
Alaska Chamber of Commerce is
scheduled for that day at the Ne
vada’s Sourdough room. Anyone
desiring reservations for the
luncheon should contact Boyd
Harwood or Bill Boucher.
Lpop: Blanks at The Nugget office
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Clerygyman Gels
5 Years For Arson
MILWAUKEE, (A>) — Dr. John
Lewis, 73-year-old clergym a n ,
Saturday was sentenced to a term
of one to five years at hard labor
in the state prison as a result of
his conviction Friday on a charge
of arson.
In passing sentence, municipal
judge Herbert J. Steffes declared
“I regret the necessity of having
to remove temporarily from that
important work in God’s vineyard
one of his own workers.”
A jury Friday found that the
gaunt, scholarly minister had set
fire to fashionable Calvary Pres
byterian church on Jan. 24, result
ing in a $150,000 blaze. Dr. Lewis
had served the congregation lor
12 years.
Before sentencing the clergy
man, Judge Steffes denied defense
motions to set aside the verdic*
and order a new trial.
“This court cannot and will no',
disturb the verdict of the jury,”
said Judge Steffes. “The defend
ant had the right to a trial by jury
and that right was exercised by
! the defendant.”
REV. AND MRS. DAY
LEAVE FOR SEWARD
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Rev. and Mrs. M. Day left this
morning for Seward to attend the
conference of Methodist minister
being held there next week. En
route they plan to visit Mt. Mc
Kinley and visit with Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Jones at Valdez. Rev.
Day also plans to attend a meet
ing of the Red Cross in Anchorage
if time permits.
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Liberia’s Monrovia was named
in honor of U. S. President James
Monroe.
Sweden Offers
To Sell Pulp Mills
KETCHIKAN, UP)—The Chron
icle said yesterday it had learned
from Mats Schartau, Swedish
public forester who is visiting
Alaska on leave, that Sweden has
some excess pulp mills from
which machinery might be pur
chased for Alaskan production to
relieve the American paper short
age.
The newspaper said Schartau
reported that the Swedish indus
try fears Alaska as a competitor,
but that Sweden found it was
overcutting its timber when it re
cently stepped up exports to in
crease its dollar credits. He said
some pulp mills then were shut
down to carry out a sustained
yield program.
The newsppaer said it has taken
up the matter of buying surplus
European paper-making equip
ment with Rep. Clarence J. Brown
of Ohio, chairman of a special
Congressional newsprint commit
tee, but that Brown did not show
any interest in the proposal.
IT'S THE SPIRIT THAT COUNTS
CHICAGO, (/P)—The reunion of
brothers Paul F. Leverenz, 63, and
Fred, 53, was an occasion yester
day for a celebration in the spirit
of Christmas.
A Christmas tree was set up
and gaily trimmed in Fred’s home.
Beneath it was a stack of gifts, all
for Paul.
“He’s been in California for 30
years,” Fred explained. “We’re
trying to make up for the Christ
mases he’s missed with us.” The
brothers and 24 relatives topped
off the day with a “Christmas”
dinner.
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