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NEWS IN BRIEF
WASHINGTON, (/P) — The air
base at Nome, Alaska, will be
named The Marks Airbase, in hon
or of Maj. Jack S. Marks, who was
shot down in flames while making
a second bombing run leading a
flight of heavy bombers in an at
tack on Japanese naval forces in
Kiska Bay July 17, 1942.
He was awarded the air medal.
The dedication ceremonies will be
held at Bolling Field, Washington,
D. C., Sept. 18.
PARIS, (/P) — The United Na
tions announced yesterday the se
curity council will meet Thursday
on the invasion of Hyderabad by
India.
The security council was called
at the request of Hyderabad by
Britain’s Sir Axelander Cadogan,
president of the council for Sep
tember. It will be the first U. N
meeting in the Palais de Cha llot
where the general assembly con
venes next week.
PASADENA, Calif., (/P) — The
Pasadena fire laddies slid down
the center pole, grabbed their tin
hats and roared out on the ol’ hook
n’ ladder for a fire at a pottery
plant.
While they were gone, somebody
smelled smoke in the fire station,
peeked in and discovered that
there was fire from whence the
smake emanated. No use calling
the fire department, so—a call to
the police.
With siren screaming the cop
pers arrived, rushed in the fire
station, and discovered—a burning
roast. The firemen had left the
home fire burning. The only los;
was five-pound roast.
Wieners today at hose Co. No. 4.
NEW YORK, iff) —Jack Galla
gher of the Austin, Texas, Ameri
can-Statesman, relates how a base
ball fan recently was summoned
to the press box phone at Austin
to receive an “important message”.
The fan trudged in, listened with a
solemn look, then turned to leave, j
As he passed the last reporter in '
the box, the man pulled a score- |
book from his pocket and asked
apologetically/ “How did that last:
batter go out. I was delayed for a j
minute. A death in the family—;
my mother-in-law.”
ANCHORAGE, iff)— Delegate E. \
L. Bartlett, visiting here on a Ter-,
ritorial campaign tour, declared |
today prospects are faint of pass
ing legislation to set up five plan
ned government colonies in the
Territory. He predicted Congress i
probably would fail to take action I
on the colonies bill. ' 1
DBS MOINES, (/P)—Bob Davis,
freckle-faced and 14, came within
two words of being the Iowa state
fair 1948 jelly champion. The
words: “Women only.”
Bob brought to the fair eight
tempting entries he had prepared
In his mother's kitchen but the
rule barred him.
“He probably would have won
two firsts,” said Mrs. James
Dwyer, superintendent of the cu
linary division.
As well as being a skilled jelly
maker, Bob holds junior rifle
marksmanship honors and is presi
dent of his school science club.
Nation's Safety
Endangered Bv
Investigations
WASHINGTON, I/P)—Dr. Mar
tin D. Kamen, a nuclear physicist,
yesterday repeated his statement
that he never has disclosed any
atomic energy secrets to unauthor
ized persons.
Further, he said he would not
disclose any atomic energy infor
mation to the House un-American
activities committee members un
less the atomic energy commission
assures him “committee members
have been cleared for access to
such restricted data.”
Kamen, now a professor at
Washington University, St. Louis,
was dismissed from the atomic
bomb project by the army in 1944.
He was called for questioning by
the House committee yesterday at
a closed session in its investigation
of alleged atomic espionage.
Before the committee met, the
scientist told reporters at a news
conference that he would refuse
to answer any committee ques
tions.
He accused the committee of
having “already released to the
press derogatory innuendoes
about me.” He said he has “noth
ing to conceal.”
He repeated his insistence that
he is “not a communist, never has
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More Planes Being
Sent To Germany
WASHINGTON, (IP) — The air
force is sending about 40 more
C-54 four-engine cargo planes to
Germany to reinforce the 105
C-54’s flying the airlift to Soviet
blockaded Berlin.
The planes, now going over, will
use expanded airport facilities
which have been constructed to
handle the task of supplying Ber
lin.
The air force said it will con
tinue to meet such requirements
as may be laid down by Gen. Lu
cius Clay, U. S. military governor,
during the coming months.
The additional planes and men
are being drawn from various
areas, including the Far East, and
will pass through the United
States on the way to Europe.
Boeing Workers
Returning To Jobs
SEATTLE, (/P) — Over 6,000
workers were registered by quit
ting time Monday, the Boeing Air
plane company announced, as the
145-day(-old strike of the aero me
chanics’ union ended and the back
to-work movement got under way.
A. F. Logan, industrial relations
director, said more than 1,000 of
them have been given job assign
ments and reporting dates. He said
others will receive reporting dates
“in the sequence needed.”
The union listed a membership
of 14,800 when the strike started.
The returning workers will re
ceive the 15-cent hourly increase
offered by the company before the
strike.
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ASSURE NOME
OF LATE SHIP
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SEATTLE, (JP) — A spokesman
for the Pacific American ship
owners and the Waterfront Em
ployers Association said today
plans are being made to insure a
sailing for Nome and other Norton
Sound points despite the maritime
strike.
"The Alaska Steamship Com
pany is going ahead with plans to
send necessary supplies to Nome,
prior to the annual freeze" the
spokesman said.
j "The company is willing and
ready to load and man and sail the
ship under pre-strike terms and
conditions."
I
I There was no explanation of
how the plan would be handled.
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Western Envoys
Meet with Molotov
MOSCOW, f/P)—The three west
j ern envoys went to the Kremlin
yesterday for a meeting with Sov
iet foreign minister V. M. Molotov.
This was the first four-power
| meeting in Moscow since Aug. 30,
! when U. S. ambassador Walter Be
dell Smith, French ambassador
Yves Chataigneau and special en
voy of Britain, Frank Roberts saw
Molotov and his deputy, Andrei
Vishinsky on the Berlin questions.
The three westerners met among
themselves just before they went
to the Kremlin. The new meeting
followed the return of Francois
Seydoux, French political adviser
in Germany, with reports on the
talks held in Berlin by the four
| military governors.
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Internation’l News
At A Glance —
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(Tuesday. September 14. 1948)
(By the Associated Press)
The American military governor
in Germany, Gen. Lucius D. Clay,
said yesterday ‘‘I don’t think war
is just around the corner.”
He said if the current steps to
I end the 82-day Russian blockade of
: Berlin fail, the crisis could be
I brought before the United Nations
security council as a threat to
peace. The Russians, of course,
could trot out their much-used ve->
to.
Clay said negotiations by the
four military governors have not
been broken off but suspended by
mutual agreement.
(BERLIN)—The Russians sen
tenced five Germans at a secret
trial to 25 years at hard labor for
taking part last Thursday in the
giant rally against communists.
They were accused of rioting
against Russian soldiers and their
German police. The harsh stntence
did nothing to endear the Russians
to anti-communists.
Louis Glaser, retiring chief of
the civil administration and polit
ical affairs branch of the Ameri
can military governor, asserted
Russia and communism have lost
the political battle in Berlin and
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Army Signing I p
“Strikebreaking*’
Longshoremen
SAN FRANCISCO, </P) — The
army began signing up dock men
yesterday to load its strike-bound
cargoes despite an official “boy
cott” by Harry Bridges’ CTO long
shoremen.
Army spokesmen accepted a
number of men appearing at its Ft.
Mason offices this morning, re
quiring all to sign the government
loyalty pledge.
Bridges accused the army of
“strike-breaking” by signing up
longshoremen through its civil
service employment office instead
of the union hiring hall.
Four men in the white caps of
CIO longshoremen stood in front
of the office. They wore no picket
or other insignia, however, and
made no move to interfere with
those reporting for army work.
Effects of the 13-day-old coast
tie-up were mounting.
Some 200,000 tons of army cargo
had piled up. More than 300,000
bushels of wheat were reported
piled on the ground in Washing
ton. The C. & H. sugar refinery at
Crockett, Calif., announced it
would close down Oct. 1 for lack
of raw sugar. Air shipment of sup
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Bermuda Clears Up
Afler Hurricane
MIAMI, (/P) — The honeymoon
and vacation resort of Bermuda
cleared away debris yesterday in
the wake of a severe hurricane
that lashed the area with winds of
123 miles an hour.
No loss of life was reported and
property damage was not exten
sive, according to reports.
The hurricane had winds of 140
miles per hour in a small area near
the center and heavy squalls and
gales extended outward 200 miles
from the center.
It whirled northward at 16 miles
an hour and the weather bureau
said it probably would make a slow
curve to the north-northeast, ac
celerating in a forward movement.
All shipping in its path was ad
vised to exercise extreme caution.
Arabs Fine Jew;
Condemn to Death
BAGHDAD, Iraq, (fi>)—One of
Iraq’s wealthiest merchants, Sha
fiq Ades, a Jew, is under sentence
of death on charges that he helped
the Jews in Palestine and organ
ized Zionism in Iraq.
The military court which con
victed him also fined him 5,000,000
dinars (about $20,000,000). The
fine is to be collected at once. The
death sentence is subject to ap
proval of the King.
The court’s verdict was reached
after two months of investigation
and a week of court sessions.
Ades was accused, among other
things, of purchasing surplus Bri
tish army material, particularly
arms, and of shipping it to Pales
tine for use by the Jews.
Many Killed And
Injured In Korean
Train Wreck
(3y William R. Moore)
SEOUL, (A3) — A fast passenger
train roaring out of a tunnel last
night crashed into another train
hailed on the track, killing 35
homeward bound American sol
diers, including 80 American
troops. They were bound for Seoul
from Pusan <Fusan>.
Witnesses said the fast train
from Mokpo to Seoul, which had
no headlight, telescoped the rear
of the troop train, which had no
rear lights.
One passenger on the soldiers’
. train likened the wreck and subse
quest fire to a Dante’s Inferno.
Rescue workers worked all night
digging out the dead and injured.
The 35 American bodies were
brought here early today. The in
jured were treated by American
and Korean doctors and many of
them were able to continue their
I journey.
Charles McCafferty, Chicago, a
passenger, said the engineer of the
Mokpo train apparently did not
see the other train until it was 50
yards away.
The Pusan-Seoul train was not
on its regular route because of a
washout, the army reported.
Ii-29's In Long Hops
On Air Foi *ce Day
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WASHINGTON, I/P) — The air
force announced the detailed
schedule of the 50 B-29’s that will
fly from overseas bases to 25
points in the U. S. on Air Force
day this Saturday.
In addition five huge B-36
bombers will • fly over several
hundred cities and towns on non
stop flights from their Fort Worth
bases and return.
All of the B-29’s except six are
scheduled to land at noon local
time at their varied destinations.
Routes of the B-29’s include:
Elmendorf air force base, An
chorage; via San Francisco and
Chicago to Maxwell air force
base, Montgomery, Ala., 4.500
miles.
Elmendorf via Sacramento, Cal.,
and Racine, Wis., to Brimingham,
Ala., municipal airport; 4.404
miles.
Elmendorf via Las Vegas, Nev.,
and Nashville, Tenn., to Randolph
air force base San Antonio, Tex.;
4,664 miles.
Elmendorf via Santa Barbara,
Calif., and Knoxville, Tenn.; to
Kanawha county airport, Charles
ton, W. Va., 4,494 miles.
GOP Gets Large
Victory In Maine
PORTLAND, Me., (/P) — Rep.
Margaret Chase Smith won a Sen
ate seat with two new records—
majority and percentage—in Mon
day’s Maine election—another Re
publican grand slam.
She and other GOP leaders hail
ed the results as indicative of a
smashing victory for the Dewey
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