Jury Exonerates
Bill O’Laughlin
In Child’s Death
The jury of the U. S. Commis
sioner’s Court exonerated from all
blame, Bill O’Laughlin, driver of
the army vehicle which ran over
and killed Sonny Henry last Wed
nesday afternoon.
The verdict of the jury was that
Sonny Henry was struck by the
car and, from the evidence, met
with unavoidable and accidental!
death.
Sonny Henry was buried Sun-!
day from the Lavinia Wallace
Young Mission church.
Lincoln once said: “War is no
laughing business, yet it is a busi
ness we shall all do better if once
in a while we take out time to
laugh.”
President Truman
To Attend Close
Of Conference
WASHINGTON, June 18—(>P)—
The White House reported that
President Truman is counting on
attending the adjournment of the
San Francisco conference Satur
day as scheduled.
Secretary Ross said the Presi
dent will leave by plane at five
a.m. PWT tomorrow for Olympia
for a brief vacation before flying
into San Francisco Friday after
noon.
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teacher from Point Barrow, ar- '
rived in Nome on her summer va
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FRIDAY GAMES
National League
Chicago 8, 3; Cincinnait 1, 0. St.
Louis 2, Pittsburgh 5. Philadel
phia 5, New York 7. Brooklyn 9,
Boston 8.
American League
New York 3, Philadelphia 4.
Boston 6, 4; Washington 5, 4.
Cleveland 5, St. Louis 2.
Pacific Coast League
Seattle 1, 1; Portland 2, 4. San
Diego 1, Sacramento 8. Los An-'
geles 11, Hollywood 5. San Fran
cisco 11, Oakland 10.
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SATURDAY GAMES
American League
Detroit 7, 6; Chicago 5, 1. Bos- 1
ton 0, Washington 4. New York 3,!
Philadelphia 4. Cleveland 3, St!
Louis 4.
National League
Brooklyn 5, Boston 6, twelve ]
innings. St. Louis 13, Pittsburgh
10. Philadelphia 2, New York 7.
Pacific Coast League
Seattle 4, Portland 2. Los An
geles 4, Hollywood 9. San Fran
cisco 6, Oakland 7. San Diego 3,
Sacramento 11.
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SUNDAY GAMES
Pacific Coast League
Portland 6, 2; Seattle 1, 0. San j
Francisco 7, 0; Oakland 6, 2. Hoi-'
lywood 3, 2; Los Angeles 2, 5. San
Diego 9, 8: Sacramento 7, 6. ;
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American League
New York 7, 2; Philadelphia l,j
4. Detroit 1, 5; Chicago 6, 7. Bos
ton 2, 7; Washington 1,1.
National League
St. Louis 7, 6; Pittsburgh 0, 2.,
Chicago 3, Cincinnati 1 second
game called account of rain. Phil- i
adelphia 11, 6; New York 9, 2. i
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East, West Coasts
Suffer Heat Wave
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city began keeping records
1875.
Inland California temperatures
shot up to one hundred degrees
in Sacramento; one hundred four
degrees in Needles, and one hun
dred five degrees in Fresno.
Eastern heat yesterday drove
two million New Yorkers to seek
relief at nearby beaches, while an
additional million turned hope- j
fully to Central Park.
The local Nome weather bureau
reports that yestrday’s highest
temperature was 60 degrees. ’Tis
a pleasure to live in Nome.
Japanese War Balloons War*
Employed In The Russo-Japanese
conflict in 1904, according to En
cyclopaedia Britannica. At that
time the Japs did not use bomb
laden free balloons li'<e those now
released across the Pacific. These
earlier types were captive airships.
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AIRLINES
WIEN AIRLINES
A trip was made Saturday to
Kotzebue with C. Burton and Car
oline Brophy, returning passen
gers were Miss Flossie George,
Morley Lincoln and Eddie Nasha
look.
The passengers from Fairbanks
on Saturday were Mrs. George
Rayburn, Cecilia Bayer Mrs. Fritz
Wien and Camilta Michell. The
plane returned to Fairbanks im
mediately with Mrs. Fritz Wien,
Camilta Michell and Mrs. Mar-!
guerite West and child.
Sunday a trip was made to
Deering with Joe Bellevue, John
Wheeler and son. To Wales Alfred
Mazona was taken and Floyd Pau- j
wak was a round trip passenger. |
From Teller to Wales Mrs. D.
Singke was a passenger.
ALASKA AIRLINES
The Lodestar arrived from An- i
chorage Saturday morning with
Estelle Wolf Henry Pallage and
Art Rawlings.
Norman Weaver made a trip
this morning to Unalakleet with
Douglas Johnson and Sophie Ot
ton.
80,459 Japanese
Killed On
Okinawa
By LIEF ERICKSON
GUAM, June 18 — </P) — The
Sixth Marine division, conquerors
of Naha and the Oroku peninsula
m'oved to the southern Okinawa
Yae.iu sector yesterday and gained
several hundred yards to a point
south of Mezado.
The body of Admiral Mimoru
O a, commander of the Japanese
naval base force on Okinawa was
discovered in a cave on the Oroku
peninsula. Fleet Admiral Nimitz
said that this was somewhat un
usual as throughout much of the
Pacific war the highest Japanese
commanders of both, the army and
navy had been evacuated by sub
marine or airplane when surface
shipping was unsafe.
Admiral Nimitz said about
80,459 Japanese troops had been
killed on Okinawa and 1,680 had
been taken prisoner.
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Incoming passengers Friday
evening was Wayne G. Bagley,
and outgoing passengers were Mr.
and Mrs. John Low and Helen
Durrwachter.
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