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NEWS IN BRIEF
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FAIRBANKS, l/P)—Alfred Ran
dall Barber, former police chief j
at Nenana was appointed a dep
uty marshal Wednesday. He fills
the vacancy created by the death
of Stephen Mikulas in December.
Barber is a World War II veteran
from Flushing, N. Y.
NEW YORK, (/P)—Most Amer
ican Airlines planes stood idle yes
terday at airports across the coun
try. A few warmed up, and took
off. But not many.
Operations of the nation’s larg
est domestic airline were throttled
to a fraction of normal by a coast
to-coast strike of ground crew
men.
The CTO transport workers un
ion predicted all of the company’s
planes—passengers and cargo car
riers alike—would be grounded
by nightfall.
The strike, which affects more
than 4,000 maintenance and sup
pyl workers in 34 cities, began
Wednesday morning after pro
tracted contract negotiations fail
ed.
JUNEAU i/P), Governor Greun
ing planned to fly to Fairbanks
today for a series of conferences
and to speak Saturday night at
the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner.
He said he would confer on
public works pending in the inte
rior; consult with aviation menu
and discuss health, highway and
University of Alaska problems.
He was to be accompanied by
Dr. C. Earl Albrecht, head of the
health department, who is organ
izing the projected Arctic Health
Institute, and highway engineer
Frank Metcalf.
WEST LOS ANGELES, Calif.,
(/P)—Charles McCarthy, 59, chok
ed to death on a fried egg on the i
eve of his wedding. *
McCarthy choked on the egg |
during a pre-nuptial drinking
party, an autopsy surgeon disclos
ed yesterday. Police, however, de
tained the bride-to-be, Mae Bower i
I
Ingraham, 45, one-time Mack Sen
net bathing beauty, and three men
celebrants for further question
ing.
Dr. Frederick Newbarr said
that a wound on McCarthy’s head,
which police thought had been
made by a bludgeon, evidently
occurred when the man fell as he
strangled on the egg.
SAN FRANCISCO, </P) — Lau
rance I. Hewes, 74, federal high
way engineer and author, died of
a heart attack yesterday.
As chief of the western head
quarters, U. S. bureau of public
roads, he was instrumental in the
financing, design and construc
tion of roads in 11 western states, !
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Court Of Appeals
Upholds Income
Tax Withholding
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SAN FRANCISCO, (/P)—‘The U.
S. circuit court of appeals upheld
late Wednesday the right of Alas
ka to require the Alaska Steam
ship Co. to deduct a Territorial
withholding income tax from em- i
ployees’ wages.
The appellate court upheld the
federal district court’s judgment.
The Alaska Steamship Co. said
it was caught in the middle of a
fight between the Territory and
the AFL Sailors’ Union of the Pa
cific. The company opera t e s
steamships between Seattle and
Alaska ports.
After passage of the Territorial
tax law last March, the company
was directed by M. P. Mullaney.
Territorial commissioner of taxa
tion, to withhold the tax. The
Sailors’ Union then got an injunc
tion prohibiting the company
from remitting the withheld taxes
to the Territory. The union held
the sailors did not live in the Ter
ritory and should not have to pay
the tax.
The company put the withheld
amounts into a special reserve
fund, then it sued for an injunc
tion to prevent Alaska from forc
ing it to collect the tax.
Freezing Weather
Adds To Suffering
In Coal Strike
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PITTSBURGH. i/P)— Sub-freez- |
ing temperatures in part of the1
nation made the soft coal emer- I
gency more acute today.
Unemployment in allied indus
tries was mounting houryl.
More than 200,000 workers* now ■
have joined the 372,000 striking
United Mine Workers in idleness.
The Governor of Massachusetts
was given emergency war-time
powers.
The Massachusetts state execu
tive council, acting on Governor
Paul A. Dever’s request, granted
him authority to seize and ration
soft coal.
Dover says there is a threat to
industrial production although
there is “no immediate crisis in
providing fuel for heating homes.”
However, householders in some
states are cutting down tempera
tures to preserve their fast-dwin
dling supplies.
A cold wave moved into Ohio,
Kentucky, West Virginia and
western New Yor kand Pennsyl
vania. Temperatures skidded to
five above zero in some sections.
The industries which use coal!
are taking it on the chin.
In addition to the more than
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Alaska Could Carve
Out Mighty State
With Statehood
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WASHINGTON (/P), The House
considers legislation today to add
two new stars to the United States
flag.
A Friday session was called to
debate bills to grant statehood for
Alaska and Hawaii, after prolong
ed debate on other legislation de
layed consideration earlier this
week.
Passage of the two measures
was freely predicted.
Some members of both political
parties, although privately ex
pressing personal opposition to
statehood for one or both of the
Territories, said they would not
vote against the bills because both
the Republican and Democratic
platforms endorse statehood.
The Alaskabill is first on the
program. The Hawaii bill will fol
i low.
Both measures were reported
favorably by the House rules
committee.
They come to the floor today
under special procedure which
permits a legislative committee
chairman to call up bills which
are bottled up in the rules com
mittee. Debate on each bill is lim
ited to two hours.
Bartlett Address House On
Statehood For Alaska
Delegate Bartlett of Alaska told
the House today if it gives the
Territory Statehood, Alaska will
soon repay the action by giving
the nation a great state.
“Give us statehood and we will
give you—and before long—a
WASHINGTON, i/P). The House
ioday passed the bill granting
statehood to Alaska.
The roll call vote sending the
bill to the Senate was 186 to 146.
Action on Statehood for Hawaii
was postponed until next week.
Vigorous opposition to Alaska
Statehood developed from repre
sentatives of large states. Opposi
tion's strength surprised support- i
ers of the bill.
mighty state whose population
will grow constantly, whose busi
ness and industry will develop in
harmony with the resources upon
which they will be based,” Bart
lett said.
“And those resources, I do not
have to remind you, constitute a
vital addition to.the real wealth
of this country.”
Bartlett’s plea for the statehood
legislation followed brief remarks
by Rep. Peterson (D.-Fla.), chair
man of the House public lands
committee.
Peterson described what he said
would be the advantages to come
from granting the Territory state
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Govt. Prepares for
Goal Mine Seizure
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman asked his coal fact-find
ing board for an immediate re
port today on the present situation
in the contract dispute.
The White House announced
the President’s move but declined
to say whether it was preliminary
to some further Presidential ac
tion such as a move to seiz.e the
mines or a personal appeal for a
resumption of coal mining.
Presidential press secreta r y
Charles G. Ross summoned re
porters to his office and told them:
“The President this morning re
quested the fact finding board in
I the coal dispute to call a meeting
; of the parties—the operators and
1 the union—and ascertain specifi
cally what concession has been
made by each party in the nego
tiations and where each party
stands at this time on each issue
in the dispute and report to the
! White House as soon as possible.”
“Mr. Colo was ju>+ notified to
get busy immediately,” Ross said.
David Cole, Paterson, N. J., at
torney, is chairman of the fact
finding board.
Co!2 told newsmen the board
would report to the President be
fore the day is over.
“We want to tell the President
; the present position of the parties
I and the issues remaining between
them,” Cole said.
John L. Lewis, leader of the
United Mine Workers, and oper
ator representatives had another
meeting yesterday in the long se
ries of bargaining sessions they
have held on a new contract. But
government observers said they
accomplished nothing.
In Congress, there has been a
surge of sentiment for seizure of
the mines since a federal judge
ruled yesterday that the United
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Art Exhibit Win
ners at Rendezvous
Art exhibit winners at the Fur
Rendezvous include several Nome
School childijcn.
The Soroptomist Club of An
chorage, sponsored an art exhibit
for amateurs and school children.]
In the school group Mary Dal- j
quist of Holy Cross was first win- ]
ner in portrait work.
First prize in black and white j
was awarded to Robert Dunbar
of Nome and second prize to Rob
ert Hermann of Nome.
Nome children receiving honor- j
able mention included Joseph
Norbert and Mary Ellen Pierce.
Judges were the well-known j
artists Mildred Hammil and
Jeanne Laurence and Armand
Kirschbaum.
.News of the \\ orld
At A (ilauee - - -
Thursday. March 2. 1950
(By The Associated Press'
Economically sick Yugoslavia,
squeezed by cominform coun
tries, has been granted another
$20,000,000 loan by the United.
States.
Responding to urgent pleas for
help from Premier Marshal Tito,
the Export-Import bank approv
ed the loan yesterday. It is the
second in the past six months.
The bank is under heavy pres
sure by the state department to do
all it can for Tito, who is fighting
his own cold war with Russia and
her satellites. Everybody expects
Tito to come back for more Amer
ican aid in another six months
and he’ll probably get it.
The Greek elections next Sun
day provide an opportunity for
Yugoslavia to improve her trade
and diplomatic ties with Greece.
Observers in Athens said Greece
away over to the right politically,
is likely to ease towards the mid
dle-road parties in Sunday’s bal
i loting.
Deputy premier and foreign
minister Constantin Tsaldaris.
leader of the Populists, has long
been a symbol and a target of
: communist charges that Greece is
“monarcho-fascist.” And the ma
jority of political experts now
concede that Sophocles Venizelos’
powerful Liberal Party may top
the field.
If the Royalist Populists slip to
second or third place it would
give Tito a chance to tell his peo
ple that the Greeks are veering
from “monarcho-fascism” towards
democracy.
Tito is in need of friends right
now and a change in the Greek
political picture would help him.
make a new start with his neigh
bor.
Nationalist China’s top jurist,
Wang Chung-Hui, gave the opin
ion today that Chiang Kai-Shek
has every legal right to resume
the Presidency. Chiang became
president and eommandcr-in-chief
of the Nationalists yesterday. He
“retired” a year ago to permit
vice-president Li to attempt to
pegotiate peace with the commun
ists. He is still acting president.
Li was unable to win peace
and is now in New York where he
claims he is still acting president
and that Chiang is without au
thority to lead what is left of the
nation. Li has said he will return
to China and contest Chiang’s
right to the presidency.
Friday. March 3. 1950
France today announced a ne\vr
treaty with the coal-rich Saar un
der which France is to retain con
trol of the mines for the next
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