Rep. Ranking
Opposes Jackson
Appointment
WASHINGTON, July 3—</P)—
Acting Chairman Ranking of the
House Committee on Un-American
Activities indicated he opposes
the selection of Representative
Jackson, Democrat of Washington,
as committee chairman, in a state
ment commenting on the vacancy
created by the resignation of
chairman Hart.
Reports that Jackson would suc
•cede him Ranking said “no mem
ber should be selected for this post
who opposed the creation of this
committee or who opposed the
purposes for which it was estab
lished.” Jackson is recorded as not
voting January third when the
House established the committee
as a permanent successor to the
old Dies committee. However on
March seventh he voted against
giving the committee fifty thou
sand dollars for operating ex
penses.
The French are believed to have
been the first to use the balloon
in warfare.
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Secy. Grew States
U. S. Friendliness
For Britain, Russia
WASHINGTON, July 3—(/P)—
State Department Acting Secre
tary Joseph C. Grew, emphatically
set forth today the policy of im
partial friendliness toward both
Britain and Russia in a communi
cation to Representative Coffee,
Democrat of Washington, leader
of group four, which asked re
garding the policy of the depart
ment.
Grew restated that the depart
ment’s dedication to the principles
of the Atlanitc Charter, and the
determination to pursue an active
course in international affairs,
aimed to achieve our country’s
own aims.
Australians Secure
3-Mile Beachhead
On Borneo
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American Seabees are waiting for
fires to die down to repair the
damage to Balikpapan harbor,
which provides good anchorage
and has seven wharves.
Yank sailors manned landing
ships and. an amphibian tractor
battalion hit the beaches with the
Aussies. General MacArthur es
timates the Balikpapan oil fields
once produced fifteen million bar
rels annually. The Dutch destroy
ed the refineries and the Japs re
built them. Now they have gone
up in the smoke of war again.
“The big advantage in dancing
with a fat soldier,” said the host
ess, "is that your toes are so safe.”
I Japs Rushing
Preparation For
Homeland Defense
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 3—(JP)
—A feverish Jap military is try
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ing to guess where Allied troops
will land next and is rushing de
fense preparations from the
mighty Singapore to the towering
cliffs of the home islands.
The enemy radio told of plans
to evacuate civilians from Singa
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pore and the formation of a vol
unteer corps at Canton and Indo
China. Domei reported ten thou
j sand residents of Canton have
j formed special storming parties of
males bewteen fourteen and sixty.
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