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VOL. LI I No. 9 NOME, ALASKA, JANUARY 23, 1950 Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
SAN FRANCISCO, (/P)—An of
ficial of the international fisher
men and allied workers <CIO>
said today he does not think there
will be any announcement of the
local-by-local vote on the propo
sal to merge with the longshore
men's union.
He said there would be no an
nouncement of the total vote until
the Sunday-Monday session of the
executive board ends. The union’s
international convention opens
here Tuesday.
NORFOLK. Va., (IP)—The navy
plans to use heavy beaching gear
on the next attempt to tug the
Missouri, the nation’s only aciive
battleship, off a Chesapeake bay
shoal. In Washington, navy offi
cials announced plans for an in
vestigation and a naval court of
inquiry on how and why the ‘‘Dig
Mo’’ ran aground.
The navy will make the next
"try at freeing the ship at high tide
or Feb. 2.
HONOLULU, (IP)—Harry Brid
ges predicted last night his de
fense against federal perjury
charges on the mainland would
take five or six weeks.
The head of the international
longshoremen’s and warehouse
men’s union arrived by plane to
talk to the Hawaii conference of
the ILWU local executive board.
Bridges told reporters he
thought the current perjury case
is “the worst one” the government
ever tried against him. The gov
ernment twice tried to deport him.
Now it accuses him of lying when
he obtained American citizenship
by swearing he was not a commu
nist.
Bridges must be back at San
Fancisco Monday, when the de
fense begins its case.
The labor boss asserted the gov
ernment had “liars, confessed li- j
ars, as witnesses.”
“I think,” he added, “we’ll get >
four or five perjury indictments
out of it.”
Bridges said one issue to be dis
cussed at the Hawaiian meeting
war. the CIO ouster action against
his ILWU.
VANCOUVER, B.C., (JP) — A
smoke-filled trans-Canada a i r
lines plane with 36 passengers
and a crew of four landed safely
here last night on a flight from
Montreal. Officials said ignition
sparks caused the fire.
PATERSON, N.J., (/P)— Police
got a phone call yesterday from a
woman whose voice shock with
excitement.
Two men. she said, drove up in
separate automobiles anc. stopped
in front of her house. Both got
out. One climbed in the trunk of
one car. The other man locked
him in, jumped behind the wheel
and drove off.
Police hurried to the address.
The men had come back. They
were looking for squeaks in the
car.
ISLE OF CAPRI, Italy, f/P)—As
octopi go, the octopus caught by
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Russia Accuses
Finland Harboring
War Criminals
HELSINKI, Finland, (/P) — Fin
land categorically rejected today
Soviet charges that Finland sup
plied Soviet war criminals here
with faked documents. At the
same time Finland assured her
powerful neighbor that she is ma
king every effort t6 abide by the
terms of Finnish-Soviet pacts.
Finland replied to a strong So
viet protest note delivered three
weeks ago to Karl Sundstroem,
Finnish minister in Moscow. To
day in Moscow Sundstroem deliv
ered the Finnish reply to the Rus
sians.
The Finnish government told
the Russians that it is “making
every effort to fulfill loyally its
obligations under the peace
treaty.”
“Likewise, it is striving by all
friendship and mutual assistance
means to act according to the
pact with Russia. Nevertheless, it
is entitled to reject categorically
the assertions that Finnish auth
orities thould have supplied war
criminals with faked documents.”
Russia, in a New Year’s day
note accused Finland of harbor
*
ing 300 Soviet war criminals in
violation of the Soviet-Finnish
peace treaty. Deputy Soviet for
eign minister Andrei Gromyko re
ceived Sundstroem in Moscow
and demanded that the war crim
inals be handed over to Russia.
He specifically accused the Fin
nish government of furnishing the
alleged war criminals with false
names and documents.
Non-Sclieds Doom
Through CAB seen
By Board Member
FAIRBANKS, (/P)— The Civil
Aeronautics board has earmarked
Alaska’s non-sheduled airlines for
extinction, Herb Hilscher, Alaska
development board member
charged Saturday.
He hit at what he called refusal
of the CAB to “take cognizance
of their problems.
He titled his address to the Ju
nior Chamber of Commerce:“CAB
—Alaska public enemy no. 1.”
Hilscher recently returned from
Washington, D.C., where he pre
sented the non-scheds case to the
CAB.
“The CAB is entirely imper
vious to the Alaskan viewpoint,”
he declared. “Members have no
adequate appreciation of Alaska
He said that the regulation on
frequency of flights is forcing the
non-scheds out of business, and
also will prove a blow at defense
facilities.
“The pyramid of Washington
bureaucrats presents an impreg- j
nable wall. They make their own
regulations, aid in enforcing them
and police them also.”
He declared that only a direct
plan to president Truman and
congress could help the non
scheds, and that this plan was be
ing made.
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Truman Asks For
I
Excise Cuts, Ping
ing Of Loopholes
Monday January 23, 1950
By Francis M. LeMay
WASHINGTON, (/Pj—President
Truman sent congress a tax pro
gram today calling for a cut in
excise or “sales” levies, plugging j
of loopholes, and a billion-dollar
boost in taxes on corporations, es
tate and big gifts.
In a special message, Mr. Tru
man did not say specifically how
! much reduction he thought
should be made in the excise tax
i es. But he said cuts are “most
1 urgently needed” in the taxes on
freight, railroad and bus tickets,
long distance telephone and tele
graph bills and "the entire group
of retail excises, including such
items as toilet preparations, lug
gage and handbags.”
While the president used no
| figures, some congress members
said they understood the treasury
—which will give detailed recom
mendations Jo congressional com
' mittees later—would suggest a cut
from 20 to 10 per cent in the re
tail tax on such things as cosmet
i ics luggage and handbags.
*
Mr. Truman did specify that
these taxes should be cut “only to
the extent that the loss in rev
enue can be recouped by elimina
ting the tax loopholes which now
permit some groups to escape
their fair share of taxation.”
He Said the biggest “loophole”
is “the excessive depletion exemp
tions now enjoyed by oil and min
ing interests,” adding:
“Under these exemptions, large
percentages of the income from
oil wells are permitted, after de
ducting all costs of doing business,
to exclude from taxation on ac
count of depletion as much as
half their net income.”
As to business, the president
recommended:
“A moderate increase” in the
tax rate applicable “to that part
of a corporation’s income which
is in excess of $50,000.”
At the same time he recommen- j
ded that the tax rate on corporate
income between $25,000 and $50,
000 which is now taxed “at the
excessively high ‘notch’ rate of
53 per cent, be reduced to the
same rate as applies above $50,- I
000.
The message avoided many de- j
tails in the proposed tax legisla-1
tion, leaving this to be filled in
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Miss Convicted
Of Perjury;
Given Ten Years
NEW YORK, (/P)—Alger Hiss
was convicted today of perjury
charges.
Federal court jury found him
guilty on charges of denying false
ly that he passed state department
secrets to communist courier.
Hiss was convicted on both
counts of indictment. He faces
maximum of 10 years in prison
plus $4,000 in fines.
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House Considers Alaska
Statehood Bill Tomorrow
WASHINGTON, </P) — House
leaders tagged on an Alaska state
hood bill for consideration today
in a maneuver to prevent immed
iate debate on president Truman’s
fair employment practices legisla
tion.
Speaker Rayburn told report
ers he would recognize rep. Pet
erson (D-Fla.) to call up the Alas
ka bill.
Rayburn said the “bad humor” (
Million Dollar
Robbery Still
l tisolvec!
BOSTON, (/P) — A veteran
Brink’s employe was still under
questioning today and police said
he would be “until we clean up
one angle” in the hunt for the
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Hallowe’en-masked gang who loo
ted thq armored car firm of a mil
lion dollars.
Capt. Francis M. Tiernan said
William E. Manter, 49, a 22-year
employe of Brink’s Inc., was still
held after being picked up last
night when a police alarm went
out for him.
Tiernan spoke of the “one ang
le” but would not say anything
more about it.
The search turned today to “a
western Massachusetts city,” Tier
nan said, but he said he could not
identify the city or say \yhy it
figured in the nation’s greatest
cash raid.
A second Brink’s employe, Ger
ard Pfaff, left headquarters today
and Tiernan said he “only came in
for questioning and w’as very co
operative.”
Pfaff w'as one of the five guards
surprised in the Tuesday night
counting room in a north end gar
age.
Tw'o Boston detectives were in
New York today but police here
said they could give no report on
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Truman Mav
‘•'•Sit Iii** on Meeting
Of Military Heads
V
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WASHINGTON, (^—President
Truman may be invited to sit in
on a forthcoming briefing of sen-!
a tors by defense leaders on the,
world military situation.
Secretary of defense Johnson
was reported to have told sena
tors who lunched with him at his*
Pentagon offices yesterday that j
Mr. Truman is vitally interested
and may meet with the senators
if he can find the time.
Armed services committee
members said they were told that
sometime after February 14 they
will be invited to listen to the
joint chiefs of staff, headed by j
gen. Omar N. Bradley, review the
world military situation.
If Mr. Truman joins the sena
tors at such a briefing, it would
be the first time the president
has sat in on such a session in the
memory of veteran senators.
caused by a rules fight in the*
house last week does not leave
the proper “atmosphere” for con
sideration of the FEPC bill at this
time.
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Rayburn hacf planned originally
to put the house to work today on
a minor foreign.- bill. But he was
blocked on that by chairman Kee
(D-W.Va.) of the foreign affairs
committee.
Kee said this bill was not “in
>shape" although it has been pend
ing since last October.
The whole situation revolves
about the house’s 21-day rule.
This permits legislation to be
brought up on the second and
fourth Mondays of each month
even though the rules committee
| which ordinarily controls the leg
islative program, has not ap
' proved the measure,
has the say. This is because he
can recognize or refuse to recog
1 nize, anyone he wishes.
_
WASHINGTON, C/Pi — The
' house made the Alaska Statehood
| Bill its unfinished business for
tomorrow and turned immediate
ly to statehood for Hawaii.
The house agreed to limit the
debate on Alaska Statehood Bill
' to two hours thus assuring a vote
on it. Representative Peters, dem
ocrat of Florida, chairman of the
house public lands committee im
mediately called up the Hawaiian
statehood bill.
WASHINGTON — Democratic
leader McCormack told delegate
Farrington of Hawaii on the floor
that it was his intention to bring
the two statehood bills up “one
after the other,’’meaning he want
ed to get a vote on Hawaii right
after the vote on Alaska.
WASHINGTON — The house
cleared the way for consideration
of statehood for both Alaska and
Hawaii but neither will be
brought up this week. Majority
leader McCormack told the house
that they would program the two
bills for later consideration.
INew Plane Reeonl
For Maul/
NEW YORK, (A')—Paul Mantz,
47-year-old speed pilot and movie
stunt flier, today claimed a new
west-east coast record for planes
with gasoline-fueled engines.
He spanned the continent yes
terday in four hours, 52 minutes,
58 seconds, in a converted P-51
fighter plane. The plane had a
2,000 horsepower Rolls Royce
Packard engine.
The time was about seven min
utes better than the record set
last March by former army ma
jor Joe De Bona, flying actor Jim
my Stewart’s souped-up P-51.
The transcontinental record for
all types of planes now is held by
Col. William Council. He flew a
P-80 jet plane from California to
New York in four hours, 13 min
utes, 30 seconds, on Jan. 26, 1946.