Moscow lo bend
Turkey '
WASHINGTON </P)—Aemrican
Officials turned wary eyes toward
Turkey yesterday for signs of re
newed Russian pressure.
They read this meaning into an
announcement that Moscow not
Only has decided to send a new
ambassador to Ankara but picked
a young and vigorous communist
Official for the post.
He is Alexander Lavrishtev,
known as a Kremlin trouble
shooter in the Bankans. A former
ambassador to Bulgaria, Lavrish
tev more recently was chief of the
6©viet delegation on the United
Nations Greek border commission.
•Russia has cold shouldered Tur
key for more than a year.
The Pioneer* have announced
that the card party held last
Thursday which was • interrupted
by the fire alarm when the M. C.
hospital burned will not be con
sidered as part of the series as
irtany of the cards were not
punched and scores were incom
rilete. Instead another party will
Iks held on April 10th to complete
tpe series.
Saturday night they will hold
another card party and a dance
iiyith good music and many old
fiavorite dances have been prom
ised. Card games will be followed
tty refreshments as well as the
dancing.
| Ireland Celebrates
St. Patrick’s Day
DUBLIN, (P) — Thousands of
shamrock-wearing soldiers jostled
through Dublin’s streets today in
the biggest St. Patrick’s Day cele
bration since before the war.
Detachments of all branches of
Eire’s services marched through
the festive city as Irishmen paid
tribute to the country’s patron
saint. Formations of fighter planes
dipped in salute over College
| Green, when President Sean
. O’Kelly and his cabinet drove in
state to high mass.
,1 Saloons were traditio n a 11 y
I closed, but a few Irishmen with
an early thirst slipped across the
border into Ulster for a St. Pat
rick’s Day drop.
St. Patrick, Ireland’s apostle—
folklore says he drew the snakes
I out of Erin—is credited with wip
; ing out druids and strengthening
[ Christianity in Ireland. He died
March 17, 493.
Las! Monday was Men’s Night
at the Order of Eastern Star, with
all the men acting on the commit
tee which was headed by Luther
Dunbar.
They entertained the ladies with
whist and ice cream and cake
with a turn-out of twenty-six al
though there was a blizzard blow
ing. Winners of the card games
were Margaret Long, Rose Silver
man, Lillian McAllister and Eda
Dewey.
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Too Much Is
; Quite Enough
| SEATTLE (/P)—John Tsoukalas
of Renton is becoming irked. He
reported to sheriff’s officers yes
, terday that:
1. His fishing boat was looted,
pumped full of water, its carbure
tor loaded with sand, and the boat
sunk. .
2. Vandals damaged his car.
3. Two strange men halted him
outside the Greek Orthodox
church Sunday evening, asked his
name, and proceeded to beat him
up.
Tsoukalas said he thinks some
incident on the fishing grounds in
Alaska may be back of the series
of mishaps. But he can’t think
what it is.
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NOTICE
Pioneer meeting tonight 8 P.M.
Short business meeting only.
NOTICE
Odd-fellow meeting postponed
until April 2 due to school play on
Friday evening. 33-34
NOTICE TO VOTERS
The Poll Book for the registra
tion of voters for the forth-coming
Municipal and School Board elec
tion will close on Saturday, March
27, 1948.
Election will be held April 6,
1948 in the City Hall.
Carrie M. McLain,
City Clerk.
Pub. Mar. 17 and 24, 1948.
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NOTICE
CARD PARTY
REFRESHMENTS and DANCE
Saturday Evening 8:00 P.M.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
Pioneer Hall, Admission $1.00
NOTICE
Alaska Native Service Clinic
will be open as usual Monday.
Wednesday and Friday from one
to three o'clock.
Dr. J. W. Tucker will see other
patients at the clinic from three to
five o'clock every afternoon.
Mrs. Pearse Walsh will be in
the clinic office for collections
from 1 to 5 p.m. daily.
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Canadian Arrested;
Letter Goes Astray
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SEATTLE, (/P)—Angus Forsythe
47, a Canadian, probably should
change his name to “Foresight.”
He was arrested by immigration
authorities Monday night for ille
gally entering this country from
British Columbia.
A letter addressed to 815 Air
port Way was delivered to him
yesterday. That’s the address of
the immigration station. Forsythe
said he had given it to friends be
fore entering the states.
“Forsythe was a guest of ours
about 15 years ago,” said R. P.
Bonham, district director of the
i immigration and naturalization
service.
“We feel highly complimented.
It shows he at least had faith in
us.”
Northern Lights
Bother Radio
SEATTLE f/P)—Radio telegraph
and telephone communications be
tween Seattle and Alaska points
! have been interrupted the past
two days by the “northern lights.”
Col. J. T. Tully, commanding
officer of the Alaska communica
tions system, said that at times the
magnetic disturbances have been
so severe as to halt use of radio
phone circuits.
Telepgraph messages between
Alaska points and the States have
been routed over submarine cables
and landline circuits or by other
alternate routes during the dis
turbances, Col. Tully said.
Finnish Marshall
Is Not An Exile
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, (/P) —
Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerheim ar
rived here from Finland today and
declared: “I categorically deny all
rumors that I am going abroad as
an exile.”
| For emphasis, he repeated the
word “categorically,”
“I am going to Switzerland to
take care of my health,” the 80
year old field marshal and former
president of Finland said. He has
been undergoing treatment for a
duodenal ulcer.
Baron Mannerheim, who led his
countrymen in three wars against
the Russians, came here aboard
the SS. Wellamo, from Helsinki.
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FILINGS FOR CITY ELECTION;
REGISTRATIONS SLOW
The City Clerk states that regis
tration has been slow and only 101
1 citizeris have registered to date.
With election slated for April 6,
i she urges that every one comply
with the ordinance requiring vot
ers to register so that the officials
of the election are not slowed down
with too many voters swearing in
i their votes on election day.
Those who have filed to date
are as follows: Fred Favencamp
for mayor; Jerome Trigg. Fred
Cavota and Thomas McAllister for
councilmen.
i Filing for city offices will close
March 31 at 5 p.m.
Kay Handeland was knocked out
by a beam while drilling for the
; U. S. Smelting Co., but was not
i seriously hurt it was reported.
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