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NEWS IN BRIEF
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22—(/P)—
Delegate Bartlett said Congres- j
sional representatives of the Na
tion’s territories and island pos-1
session asked changes in the House
rules to permit them to vote on
legislation before the committees
of which they are members.
LONDON, Jan. 23— I/P) — An
American, Russian and British
^•communique said “operable sur
face units” of the German fleet,
together with thirty submarines,
will be divided equally among the
Big Three. The British govern
ment, it is disclosed offered to
transfer a number of warships al
lotted to the United Kingdom, to
the French government. Negotia
tions are underway. A total of 1,789
ships are involved. United States
is to get the ten thousand ton
crusier Prinz Eugene, seven de
stroyers, torpedo boats, twelve de
; pot ships, 560 other units and ten
| submarines.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22—(JP)—
Cmdr. Glenn Rollins, of the Coast
Guard, was presented with the
gold life-saving medal, one of the
highest awards of peaceitme hero
ism. The medal was presented by
Secretary Vinson in a ceremony in
the secretary’s office in recogni
tion of the commander’s service as
leader of the party which rescued
eighteen shipwrecked seamen off
the coast of Alaska in the winter
of 1938. Three other Guardsmen
f who participated in the rescue re
ceived silver lifesaving medals.
They are Lt. Eugene Brown, com
manding officer of the Coast
Guard base, Seattle, Anthony
Thomas, Detroit, Howard Hayes,
Juneau. Rollins is a resident of
West Hyattsville, Maryland.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23—(/P)—
The Earl of Halifax, British Am
bassador to the United States is
planning to retire this spring, |
probably in May, it was learned:
t from a source in a position to *
know, but who requested his name
be withheld. They said however
that Halifax knew no more about
his success “than what he reads in
thie newspapers.”
NUERNBERG, Jan. 23— (JP) —
Julius Streicher, one of the de
fendants in the Nuernberg trials,
suffered a heart attack and was
put to bed. Military authorities
said it was too early to determine
l whether the notorious Jew bait
er's heart attack was due to “or
ganic condition or mental strain
aihat he has been under.” . I
GERMAN HARVES T—Complying with Gen. Eisenhower's orders of "harvest or starve,” this
German farmer and his wife utilize a pair of domestic animals to draw their machinery.
Polar Bears
Invade Town
At Barrow^
BARROW, Alaska — With the
arctic pack-ice, their natural
home, close inshore, polar bears
are prowling this farthest north
Alaska village, and one six-foot
specimen was shot by William
Leavitt, native, after he was at
tracted by dogs barking near the
home of the late Charles Brower,
pioneer “King of the Arctic.”
Numerous tracks have been
found in the village, and food cel
lars and the attic of one home
gave mute evidence of visits from
the beasts.
Native bear hunters, unsuccess
ful in expeditions onto the pack
ice, now are hunting close at
home, and others have armed
themselves with whistles to alarm
the bears and to attract hunters
if they sight any.
Municipalities May
Issue Utility Bonds
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22—UP)—
Legislation to permit municipali
ties of public utility districts in
Alaska to issue revenue bonds if
approved by a majority of the
taxpayers passed the House. The
bonds must be issued to finance
public works of the revenue pro
ducing variety.
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Magnesium is so weak in its
pure state that a small boy could
bend a half-inch bar, yet it is so
tough as an alloy that it will stand
the shock of landing a 30-ton (
warplane.
CITY COUNCIL ON
POST-WAR PROJECTS
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The Nome City Council has been
putting in some long hours lately
on plans for much-needed projects
within the city.
The engineer department of the
U. S. Smelting Refining and Min
ing Company extended its facili
ties and the engineers worked eve
i nings drafting plans and drawing
up specifications and costs on the
four projects which are at present
under consideration.
Project One—Installation of
new Fire Main System and Fire
Alarm System.
Project Two—Grading and Re
surfacing of Streets and Construc
tion of Surface Drainage.
Project Three—Construction of
a new Municipal Building and
Renovation of the present City
Building and Installation of a
Steel Bulkhead for Protection
from High Seas.
Project Four—Installation of
Incinerator to take care of Gar- j
bage and Sewage Disposal.
Yalta Did Not Give
Kuriles to Russia
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22—(£>)—
Acting Secretary of State Acheson
said it was his impression that the
agreement at Yalta on the Kuriles
called simply for Russian occupa
tion of that chain as a military
operation, rather than as a perm
anent Soviet possession. On this
issue however, Acheson indicated
he might be wrong and is quoted
as saying the judge who said his
court might be in error “but never
in doubt.”
Big Three Can’t
Agree On Security
Secretary
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LONDON, Jan. 23— (A3) —The
top men of the five principal pow
ers of the United Nations met se
cretly in the office of Secretary
Byrnes and reported they had
failed again to agree on a candi
date for secretary general of the
new security organization. The
negative result led some officials
to express fears that the five pow
ers were drifting toward a dead
lock.
The question was made more
acute by charges of political inter
ference made by Iran against Rus
sia, Russia against the British in
Greece and Indonesia.
United States is reported back
ing Lester Pearson, Canadiari am
bassador to Washington for the
$20,000 a year post. Russia is ad
vocating the candidacy of Trygve
Lie, foreign minister of Norway.
DR. CHAMPLIN HERE ON
SURVEY OF MISSIONS
Dr. N. Harry Champlin of the
Presbyterian Church of Fairbanks
is on a survey trip of missions
maintained by that church in this
part of the country. He hopes to
be able to make the trip to Gam
bel, Wainwright, Point Hope and
Barrow. The Barrow mission has
been without a pastor for some
time, but will soon be active again.
O. S. WEAVERS
TO LEAVE FOR STATES
Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Weaver are
leaving tonight to be gone for a
few months on a combined busi
ness and vacation trip.
Agriculture Dept.
To Operate
Packing Plants
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23—(/P)—
The White House announced that
the Department of Agriculture
will seize and operate the strike
bound meat packing plants Satur
day. Press Secretary Ross said the
Agriculture Department will have
the aid of the War Department “if
necessary.” The Agriculture De
partment will conduct operations.
The Administration still has no
immediate plans for further ac
tion in the steel strike, Ross added.
When asked whether there were
any plans for Henry Kaiser to be
brought into the picture to help
settle the steel dispute, Ross said
he didn’t know of any. Last week
Kaiser signed a contract with the
CIO United Steel Workers Union
in his California steel plant.
CLEVELAND, Jan. 23—(/P)—A
strike vote will be taken immedi
ately among the 215,000 members
of the Brotherhood of Railroad
trainmen. President Whitney said.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers has called a committee
meeting for February first, at
which time a similar vote may be
authorized among the engineers.
Whitney said the membership
strike vote will be taken on the
question of two issue: the demand
for a general wage increase of
twenty-five percent, and numer
ous changes in operating regula
tions to improve working condi
tions.
Gen. Marshall
Becomes Military
Adviser In China
CHUNGKING, Jan. 23— (71’) —
General Marshall, President Tru
man’s special envoy, accepted the
post of adviser on the military
committee of three handling the
reorganization of the Chinese
army Minister of Information Wu
said. Wu also said he thought cen
sorship in recovered areas should
be lifted very soon.”
Chinese administraiton has been
established in the Manchurian
towns of Changchun, Mukden,
Harbin, Chinhsien and Szpingkai.
The minister said however, there
were still no government forces in
either Dairen or Port Arthur and
said the Communists in violation
of the recent civil strife ending
truce had seized two government
held town, Yingkow and Panshan.