News of the World
At A Glance —
ingly an Irish attempt to call up
the division of Ireland for debate
by delegates from 12 nations.
Monday. August 15. 1949
A new cabinet was named in
Syria today following a lightning
military coup in which the presi
dent and premier of the Middle
East country were slain.
President Husni Zayin, who had
seized power only four and a half
months ago, fell before a firing
squad at the Mazza military bar
racks yesterday. Premier Muhsen
Bey Berazi, generally considered
the brains of the regime, died with
him.
The coup was carried out by a
group of senior army officers led
by Col. Cami Hennawi, 51, Syrian
hero of the Palestine war. Hen
nawi told Syrian political leaders
last night that Zayim was guilty
of “conceit and despotism” and
said the uprising was forced by the
president’s reckless spending of
government funds and his failure
to follow through on promises of
reform.
The political leaders called on
elderly former president Hasem
bey Attasi to form a new govern
ment. He in turn named 11 men to
serve in his cabinet.
The coup had immediate reper
cussions in the Middle East. King
Abdullah, who has made no secret
of his desire to incorporate Syria
into his Hashemite Jordan 'Trans
jordan *, urged an immediate
meeting of the Arab League to
discuss the Syrian crisis.
Voters in Western Germany
have rebuffed communism and
extreme right pro-nazi groups.
More than 24,000,000 Germans
participated yesterday in the elec
tion of a 402-member parliament.
The Conservative Chri sti a n
Democrats gained the largest pop
ular vote 7,356,025. The Social
Democrats 'Socialists* were close
behind with 6,932.303. The Free
Democrats gained third place with
Road Washed Out;
Scouts Eat Mush
The Boy Scouts are back from
camping near East Fork on the
Solomon River, but they won’t
1 forget the winds and rains that
kept them in tents most of three
days, or eating mush for two meals
a day most of the week, or the
kindness of the Air Force in drop
ping them a letter of explanation.
The road to Solomon had washed
out, cutting off the Scouts from
their supply for a while last week,
and the Scouts, true to their tradi
tion, were prepared—in this case,
to eat a lot of mush.
Caught with the boys was Rev.
Robert Treat, new to Nome, of the
Methodist Church (Federated),
who went out Monday when Ro
tary Scout committee chairman
John McNees went out to bring
back Russ Apple, Boy Scout Field
representative, who said he had
to return to Fairbanks. Rev. Treat,
formerly of Juneau, learned very
quickly what life on the tundra
might be like, and had dug well
into a store of stories to keep camp
life interesting, before Frank C.
Bingham, district attorney, was
able to relieve him late Friday
night. Saturday the Scouting padre
was taken to Solomon, where the
Scout larder was restocked.
Sgt. Gifford of the Marks Air
j Force Base went out Sunday and
brought the Scouts back by truck.
To finish off his week of scout
ing,- Rev. Treat then walked the
20 miles from Solomon to the
; 2,827,948 votes.
If the Christian Democrats and
Free Democrats join forces they
will be able to form a Conserva
tive cabinet.
The communists, who gained 10
per cent of the popular vote in
1946 state elections, slumped to
about six percent—1,360,459 votes.
This was regarded as the fourth
major defeat for the communists
in Western Europe since the war.
The other setbacks came in
France, Italy and Western Berlin.
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Stricken 111
Aboard Train
NEW YORK, (/P)— Former Pres
ident Herbert Hoover drew ap
plause and cheers from a crowd
at Grand Central terminal when
he arrived today from Chicago on
the Twentieth Century Limited.
Hoover, now 75, went directly
to his suite at the Waldorf-Astoria.
He said there was “much ado
about nothing” over the gall blad
der disturbance he suffered on the
train from California.
UNION TO TEST HAWAIIAN
SEIZURE LAW LEGALITY
HONONLULU, </P)—1The 107th
day of the Hawaiian dock strike
j opened with a rumor that the gov
| ernment would begin unloading
the freighter Hawaiian Merchant
with non-union workers today.
The Territorial government, act
ing under an emergency law
passed on Aug. 6, seized the facili
ties of the struck firms and called
for workers. The union announced
its members would not work for
the government.
Union spokesmen said they will
test the constitutionality of the
seizure law in court.
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! he phoned for “motorized” trans
i portation.
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