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NEWS IN BRIEF
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WINNIPEG, Man.,' —(/P)—Ris- j
ing flood waters cracked the Ass-,
iniboine River dam at the nearby |
city of Brandon late yesterday,
washed out two bridges and leit
more than 900 persons homeless.
More than 80 families were ev-1
acuated yesterday, J. A. Finn, act
ing superintendent of works at
Brandon, reported.
Hundreds of additional famil
ies in the city’s northern section
were isolated by the turbulent
waters when the bridges went out.
Reports on the condition of the
Alaska highway state that the j
highway itself is unaffected but
little traffic is going over it be-!
cause approaches from Edmonton
are impassable.
SEATTLE,-UP)—Alaska Freight
Express, barge line serving the
Territory, announced today a
change in the sailing schedule of
its steel barge No. 730 from May
12 to May 24. The change was
made to enable shippers to take
advantage of Alaska Railroad rate
reductions, effective May 15, the
company said.
General cargo for barge 730
will be accepted at Tacoma until
3 p.m. Wednesday, May 19, at
Shaffer Terminal No. 1, and at
Seattle .Pier 50, until 3 p.m. Fri
day, May 21, it was announced.
EVANSTON, 111., —UP)—Drink
ing mothers were urged to ob
serve Mother’s Day by taking a
pledge of total abstinence from
liquor.
The appeal came from Mrs. D.
Leigh Colvin, president of the
National Woman’s Christian Tem
perance Union who called drink-1
ing “the enemy to a happy home
life.” She added:
“The mother is the traditional
conservator of the home. Taking
the pledge on the day set aside
for her by the family would be
a tremendous example in train
ing her sons and daughters for
temperance.”
PHILADELPHIA, — (/P) — Edj
Hurst, announcer on a radio give
away program, says he’s heard
everything now.
Hurst said he telephoned a Phil
adelphia housewife and told her
he was prepared to send her a
radio - phonograph combination
valued at $130 if she could an
swer the question he was going |
to ask her.
‘I’m right in the middle of myj
housework and I’m not in the,
mood to answer any questions,”
the woman snapped as she hung
up.
WASHINGTON, — (JP) —The
Senate Expenditures Committee
today gave unanimous approval
to the nomination of Jess Larson
of Oklahoma to be War Assets
Administrator.
• The committee also recom
mended without dissent that the
Senate confirm Paul L. Mather,
retired rear admiral, to be asso
ciate WAA administrator.
Senator Tydings (D-Md.) had
asked the committee to disapprove
confirmation of Larson. Tydings
SEDAN IS CRUSHED BY SHERMAN TANK
A 1941 sedan was crushed when a 36-ton General Sherman tank
went out of control on a Fort Collins, Colo., street. The tank had
been used in an ROTC show at Colorado A. & M. coTege and was
being driven by National Guard officers when it became uncon
trollable. There was no one in the car. (AP Wirephoto)
Fisliboat Adrift In
Ice South of Nome
SEATTLE, —(TP)—1Thirteen per
sons drifted with the ice today
in the leaking fishing boat Toot
sie, 30 miles north of Port Hei
den. Alaska, the Coast Guard re
ported.
The distressed ship’s call, pick
ed up by the cutter Bittersweet,
said the ship was “taking some
water aft.”
The Bittersweet set out im
mediately from Cold Bay, near
the tip of the Alaska Peninsula.
Port Heiden is midway up the
west side of the peninsula.
In addition to the cutter, a PBY
and B-17 planes took off yester
day from Kodiak and Fort Ran
dle, the Coast Guard said.
The ship’s radioed message said
it became stuck in the ice Wed
nesday night while going from
Port Moller to Nushagak. Its sup-j
ply of fresh water also is -running
low, the message reported.
SEATTLE, —(/P) —The cutter !
Bittersweet reached the ice-bound
cannery supply tender Tootsie in
Alaska's Bristol Bay today and
started breaking ice so the tender
with its 13-man crew could reach
port.
Search planes tried yesterday
to locate the tender but failed
because of bad weather.
contended Larson was not quali
fied for the job because of the way
WAA handled the sale of a sur
plus war plant (Kalunite, Inc.)
at Salt Lake City, Utah.
ALASKA BUSH PLIOTS
GET NEW C.A.B. RULING
—
The Civil Aeronautics Board
has made a determination in the
long-pending and so-called bush
pilot case by exemptng a number
of air carriers in Alaska from cer
tain provisions of the law.
The new regulation designates
such carriers as “Alaskan Pilot
owners” and exempts them from
the requirement of holding cer
tificates of public convenience and
necessity. The term means “a cert
ified pilot with a commercial or
airline transport rating who bene
ficially owns and fles exclusive
ly in air transportation within
the Territory aircraft none of
which is certified to carry more
than four passengers and who is
not otherwise authorized to en
gage in air transportation. The
Board, in establishing the regu
lations, issued a statement read
ing in part as follows:
"The Board recognizes the de
pendence of the Territory upon,
air transportation and its great
need for a variety of specialized j
air services and feels that these
needs at this time justify allowing
a ready avenue for inauguration
and performance of these spec
ialized services in order to satis
fy immediate public demand and
to provide for full development of
these services. On the other hand,
stabilization and further devel
opment of the Alaska air trans
portation system can, in the
Board’s opinion, be accomplished
only through proper observance
of the legal and orderly processes
laid down by the Act. The types
of service which the Board will
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Ice Break-up Late
Says, Classic's Mgr.
FAIRBANKS, —(^P)—Alaskans
are speculating on the possibil
ity of the latest ice break-up in
the Tanana River since the Ter
ritory’s annual prize guessing con
test started in 1917.
The sweepstakes prize for the
closest guess on the break-up time
is $150,000 this year.
Estimates are based on a report
of (Charles Wilson, ice contest
manager, that temperatures still
are dropping below freezing at i
night at Nenana. Wilson’s estim
ate is that the ice cap may hang
on “maybe another week yet.’’
The latest break-up on record
was 9:41 a m. an May 16, 1940.
ACS Station At
Nome Figures In
Army Projects Bill
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WASHINGTON, — (/P) — A
Bill to authorize $207,930,3501
worth of Army and Air Force con- j
struction in this country and a-;
broad was set for House debate
and proboble passage, today.
The Senate approved last year
a similar bill providing for ap
proximately $250,000,000 to be
spent on the same type of work.
A conference between the House
and Senate will be necessary to
work out differences between the
two if the House passes its bill.
Among the projects if auth
orized, is an amount for Nome
ACS Station, —Family quarters,
operating buildings, $77,944.
Bailies Expected In
Holy Land When
British Ride Ends
UNDATED INTERNATIONAL,
By the Associated Press — Jews
claimed new successes today ag
ainst ahe Arabs in Palestine.
The Jewish army, Haganah, an
nounced that two Arab villages
were taken during the night in
northern Palestine between Naz
areth and the Sea of Galilee. A
hill overlooking strategic Safad,
an Arab city ten miles north of
the sea, also fell to Haganah.
The fighting was only prelim
inary to the expected battles
which the United States, the Un
ited Nations and much of world
opnion have been endeavoring
without success to forestall after
the British mandate ends next
Friday night.
Washington, — Concern was
voiced in Washington lest battles
between Jews and Arabs in Pal
estine spread to other areas of the
Middle East. Western Europe was
viewed as relatively secure, for
the present. Most opinion in the
U.S. capital was that if new Rus
sian pressure is to develop in com
ing weeks, it probably would came
in the south or Middle East. Iran,
Turkey and Greece were men
tioned as danger points.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, —
Winston Churchill, wartime prime
minister of Britain, keynoted plans
for a United States of Europe to
an unofficial 22-nation forum in
The Hague. Exiled leaders from
Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Ro
mania and Finland attended. The
British labor government opposed
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Bartlett Says Bill
Looks Hopeless
Alaska Statehood
By Charles D. Watkins
AP Special Washington Service
WASHINGTON, —Delegate E.
L. (Bob) Bartlett of Alaska has
about given up hope of getting
the Territory’s statehood bill out
of Congress this year.
He told a reporter today that in
view of the Senate Interior Com
mittee’s refusal to act on the Ha
waii statehood bill ‘‘I am not at
all hopeful of getting the Alaska
bill passed by the Senate, even
if the House does approve it.”
CONGRESSMEN SEEK
OPEN MARKET FOR
U.S. AND ALASKA GOLD
Permission for sale of gold on
the open market within the Uni
ted States, including Alaska, is
being sought by congressman En
gle of California and Senator Me*
Carran of Nevada through iden
tical enabling bills introduced in
Congress last week.
The measures would allow gold
to be exported without the im
position of duties, excise taxes,
the requirement of licenses, per
mits or any restrictions whatso
ever. The same provisions as ap
plied to domestic gold would be
extended to the importation of
gold into the United States.