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NEWS IN BRIEF
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WASHINGTON, — It is report
ed that the joint chief of staff are
studying the desirability and ne-1
cessity for construction of a rail
road to Alaska.
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SEATTLE, (/P) — A 2000-pound
grand piano was rushed to An
chorage by air last week to enable
the little theater group there to!
stage a performance Sunday night
it was told yesterday. Alaska Air
lines flew the instrument north
for the Baker Piano company.
FAIRBANKS, (/P)—’The warm
est January 26th on record in
Fairbanks sent the mercury
climbing Monday to 38 degrees
above zero, caused residents to
shuck their parkas and melted
hard-packed snow.
The new high was reached ex
actly one year from the coldest
day last winter when on Jan. 26,
1947, the thermometer crawled
down to 59 below—a spread of 97
degrees between the two readings.
JUNEAU, (/P)—Ira P. Farns
worth, Fairbanks, for 25 years a
resident of Alaska, has filed as a
condidate for Territorial highway
engineer on the Republican ticket.
Frank Metcalf of Juneau and
Donald MacDonald, Fairbanks,
previously filed for the same post
on the Democratic slate.
Filings for Territorial and legis
lative offices will close Jan. 31.
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SEATTLE, (/P)—Navy air patrol
squadrons will be stationed at the
Whidbey Island naval air base for
assignment to the Aleutian Islands
for short periods of cold weather
operations, the 13th naval district
announced yesterday.
The number of squadrons or
planes in the training program
was not disclosed. The army al
ready has several “cold weather”
operations involving aircraft un
der way in the far north, includ
ing one with a jet-propelled fight
er group.
PARIS, (/P) — The French na-»
tional assembly’s finance com
mission rejected the gold trade
bill of Premier Robert Schuman’s
monetary program yesterday.
The vote was 17 to 15, with five
abstentions.
Commission members said after
the closed meeting that only Pre
mier Schuman’s own Popular Re
publicans (MRP) and the Radical
Socialists, which are rightists,
voted for the measure.
The Socialists joined the Com
munists in opposition.
CORDOVA, </P) — Ed Hermann,
who came to Alaska to beach
mine at Yakataga in 1905, died
yesterday after a two-year’s ill
ness. He went to San Francisco
last summer for a major operation
and had been believed recovering
until several days ago. He was
born in Switzerland.
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Public
freezers in the United States and
Alaska held 134,000,000 pounds of
frozen fish and shell fish Jan. 1,
substantially above the average
for this time of the year, the fish
and wildlife service said yetser
Seek To Connect
Hayton With
Matson Murder
SEATTLE, (/P) — From the
drowsy stupor of a ‘truth serum”
Roscoe Lee Hayton freely admit
ted his already confessed slaying
of wives No. 2 and 3, but categor
ically denied any other killings.
King county prosecutor Lloyd
Shorette said yesterday.
The prosecutor said the denial
covered “all other crimes” on
which the 62-year-old retired
merchant was questioned.
He did not reveal whether Hay
ton had been quizzed on the kid
nap-murder 11 years ago of 10
year-old Charles Mattson from
his Tacoma home, or regarding a
Bremerton, Wash.,, man who drop
ped out of sight last December
and was known to have been cor
responding with Hayton’s es
tranged third wife.
County detective chief Adam
Lyskowski, said that Hayton bears
a resemblance to a character
sketch drawn of the Mattson boy’s
kidnaper’s face. Both Shorett and
the detective chief had said ear
lier that they would question Hay
ton regarding the Mattson case,
and Shorett said FBI agents had
requested permission to quiz the
matrimonial club Romeo on the
case.
India-Pakistan
Fail To Agree
(By Larry Hauck)
LAKE SUCCESS, (/P)—‘The In
dia-Pakistan dispute over Kash
mir was tossed back to the secur
ity council today with the two do
minions in disagreement.
Direct talk between the two!
governments ended last night;
without accord. The council was
called today to receive a report
of the fruitless negotiations.
India made formal proposals I
which were rejected by the other.
Also turned down was a compro
mise by council president Ver
nand Van Langenhove of Belgium
who directed the parleys.
Van Langenhove expressed
hope, however, that the council
would be able to come up with a
solution. He also said he was will
ing to go on supervising direct
conversations.
Spokesmen for the two domin-1
ions were pessimistic over any
good coming from future talks.
They expressed the view that In
dia and Pakistan would have set
tled their differences at home if
a bilateral agreement had been
possible. They held the position
that it was up to the United Na
tions.
Direct parleys broke down last
week but the council ordered the
meetings resumed after Britain’s
Philip J. Noel-Baker said “the al
ternative to war (in India) is set
tlement here.”
day.
A report of the agency said the
holdings were 13 per cent below
the record quantity held a year
ago, but were 12 per cent above1
the five-year average.
Russia Ready To
Negotiate Austrian!
Treaty; Her Terms
(By G. K. Hodenfield)
VIENNA, (/P)— Russia was re
ported here yesterday to be ready
to deal on a peace treaty for Aus
tria,
An Austrian government
spokesman said hope for a settle
ment of his occupied country’s fu
ture, long blocked by an east-west
deadlock, now appeared "bright
er.”
The Austrian press agency said
five conditions had been laid
down by the Russians for discus
sion at the big four deputy for
eign ministers conference in Lon
don next week:
1. That Russian demands re
garding the big Zisterdorf oil
fields, northeast of here, remain
unchanged. Russia wants two
thirds of the field’s production
and an equal share of the equip
ment.
That the oil field concessions
remain effective for 50 years.
3. That Russia be paid $200.
000,000 within two years for all
other German assets in Austria
now controlled by Russia. 'One of
the toughest questions in Austrian
negotiations to date has been an
exact definition of what consti
tutes German assets in Austria*.
4. That Russia be given from 20
to 40 per cent of the Danube Ship
ping company.
5. That all profits obtained un
der these conditions may be taken
from Austria free of restrictions.
An American spokesman, in
formed of the Austrian agency re
port, commented that these terms
do not mention political problems,
displaced persons, demilitariza
tion, denazification or border
changes, all of which caused dead
locks previously in*Austrian nego
tiations.
French Govt. Will
Fall If Gold Fails
(By Louis Nevin)
PARIS. (/P) — Premier Robert
Schuman’s government will fall if
the national assembly votes down
his gold program, a cabinet
spokesman said today.
Defeat threatened the gold pro
posal, an integral part of the gov
ernment’s monetary program de
valuing the franc and setting up
a free money market.
Schuman pleaded for support
from the Socialist party to save
the program. The Socialists, al
though represented in the cabinet,
decided unanimously in a caucus
yesterday to oppose the Schuman
bill to permit free trade in gold in
France.
Secretary of state Pierre Abelin
told newsmen after a cabinet
meeting—the second in 12 hours
—the government could not con
tinue if the gold clause met de-1
feat.
Schuman, foreign mi n i s t e r
Georges Bidault and finance min
ister Rene Mayer went before a
meeting of socialist deputies after
the cabinet session in an attempt
to swing the Socialists behind the
Nenana lee Pool i
Tickets On Sale
—
Once again Alaskans start
thinking about the Nenana Ice
Pool as the days get longer. This
topic, stated one good Nomeite, is
a sure sign of spring in the far
north. The contest, which began
in 1917, has become known all
over the country and is watched
with interest until the ice moves
at Nenana in April or May.
Tickets are available at the
Nome Drug Store, Nevada Bar,
Polar Bar, Bering Sea Club and
Board of Trade.
Following is a list of the dates
and time the ice has moved each
year:
1917— April 30.11:30 a.m.
1918— May 11. 9:33 a.m.
1919— May 3. 2:33 p.m.
1920— May 11 10:45 a.m.
1921— May 11 6:42 a.m.
1922— May 12 1:20 p.m.
1923— May 9 2:00 p.m.
1924— May 11 3:10 p.m.
1925— May 7 6:32 p.m.
1926— April 26 4:03 p.m.
1927— May 13 5:42 a.m.
1928— May 6 4:25 p.m.
1929— May 5 3:41 p.m.
1930— May 8 7:03 p.m.
1931— May 10 9:23 a.m. j
1932— May 1 10:15 a.m. I
1933— May 8 7:30 p.m.|
1934— April 30 2:07 p.m.
1935— May 15 1:32 p.m.
1936— April 30 12:58 p.m.
1937— May 12 8:04 p.m.
1938— May 6 8:14 p.m.
1939— April 29 1:26 p.m.
1940— April 20 3:27 p.m.
1941— May 3 1:50 a.m.
1942— April 30 1:28 p.m.
1943— April 28 7:22 p.m.
1944— May 4. 2:08 p.m.
1945— May 16 9:41 a.m.
1946— May 5 4:40 p.m.
1947— May 3 4:40 p.m.
PIONEER CARD SERIES TO
START FEBRUARY 6
The Pioneer Card Party Series
under the chairmanship of A. Po
let and the following committee:
James Walsh, Henry Uurich, Gusj
Bjornstadt, and Pearse Walsh, as-J
sisted by Ann Walsh, Mrs, Pearse
Walsh, Mrs. James Walsh and
Mrs. Henry Ullrich, have chosen
the following dates for this popu
lar group of parties.
Feb 6, 12. 28; March 11, 20 and
the April date to be chosen later.
It is scheduled to have dancing
at some of the parties and of
course, always refreshments.
proposal.
Bidault stepped out after the
meeting had been going on two
hours.
"I have the impression that nei
ther M. Schuman nor I was able
to convince them,” he said.
Finance minister Mayer con
tinued the government attempts
to change the Socialists’ minds.
The assembly voted last night,
373 to 184, to place the gold pro
posal first on its agenda. While
the vote in this respect supported
Schuman, it had little political
significance.
Only the Communist bloc op-1
posed the request. There is no
other important legislation pend-1
ing.
Nation May Spend
$16,300,000,000
For Defense
WASHINGTON, </P) — The na
tion may be asked to spend as
much as $16,500,000,000 for de
fense next year if friction with
Russia continues, Senators dis
closed today.
This would be 50 per cent more
than President Truman has asked
in his peacetime record budget
for the 12 months beginning July
1. The estimate of future military
needs came from members of the
Senate armed services committee
after a closed door conference
with the high command yester
day.
, They said Gen. Eisenhower, re
I tiring army chief of staff, and
| other top ranking generals and
| admirals advised that the army,
j navy and air force must be
i brought up to date quickly.
Gen. Eisenhower and others in
the high command were said to
have told the Senators yesterday
the way they think the next war
will be fought.
It may begin, they were quoted
as saying, with an aerial attack on
the United States using the atom
bomb.
This was one of the reasons
given for having a large reserve
of trained men to take over ruin
ed cities and man essential indus
tries.
The United States was describ
ed as needing 1,000,000 trained
man to occupy and guard the out
lying air bases from which it
would launch its aerial counter
attack upon the enemy.
Cold Weather
Closes Auto Plants
DETROIT, (/P> — Some 200,000
Detroit workers were idle today
as the Michigan Consolidated Gas
company—faced with a new cold
wave and a natural gas shortage
—cut off fuel deliveries to indus
trial plants for at least a week.
Hit by the blow that crippled
the auto industry’s production
here were the “big three” of the
car manufacturing world—Gener
al Motoi's Corp., Chrysler Corp.,
and the Ford Motor Co.
Briggs Manufacturing Co., and
scores of smaller industries also
were affected. The order suspend
ed gas deliveries from 4 p.m. yes
terday until next Tuesday.
The gas company’s move, forced
by what president Henry Fink
called “the most critical situation
the company ever has faced,”
came just a day after 200,000 auto
workers returned to their jobs fol
lowing a week-end suspension of
fuel supplies to industrial users.
It was blamed on the longest
siege of cold weather to grip this
section of the country in 12 years.
Low temperatures also were re
sponsible for idling 15,000 work
ers in the Pittsburg district—most
of them victims of industrial gas
supplies curtailments.
Ford apparently will suffer less
by the sweeping order than other
big auto producers, since it main
tains its own standby gas equip
ment at the River Rouge plant.