Italian Subs Not
To Be Sunk
ROME, (i*P)—A foreign ministry
communique yesterday announced
the Big Four powers had agreed
that Italian submarines scheduled
to be sunk at midnight last night
under the terms of the Italian
■peace treaty need not be sunk.
The communique explai n e d
that the United States, Britain,
France and Russia had agreed
with the Italian position that the
machinery and scrap metal of the
submarines would be useful to
Italy’s industries.
The ambassadors of the four
major powers called at the Italian
1 :*eign ministry yesterday morn
i g, the communique said.
Marshall Will
Broadcast Report
WASHINGTON, (^—Secretary
of State Marshall will report to
the nation by radio at 3 p.m.
(Nome time) Friday on the break
up of the European peace confer
c ice in London.
The state department, in an
i tuncing the time of the broad
( ist said today Marshall will speak
! Barge Service In
First Sailing
Significant advance in the Alas
ka supply problem, the Alaska
Freight Express Corp., new com
mon-carrier concern operating
tug-and-barge service to Alaska,
completed its first .sailing last
Thursday, when Barge 719 arrived
in Seward six and one-half days
after leaving Seattle.
Barge 719 was secured at a Sew
ard dock before noon and three
cranes began unloading Seattle
and Tacomg freight bound for In
terior points along the Alaska
Railroad. Towed by the powerful
tug, Shinn, the barge left Seattle
j the night of Dec. 4. The Seward
trip of 1,400 miles was made at an,
average of 9 knots per hour and
215 miles per day. #
Capt. Martin Guchee, port cap
tain for Ocean Tow, Inc., Seattle
firm chartering equipment to
Alaska Freight Express, served as
master of the Shinn.
_
i ;
about 20 minutes over the Colum
bia, American and Mutual net
works.
Marshall is expected to arrive
about 9 a'.m. <EST> Friday from
London aboard President Tru
man’s plane, the “Sacred Cow.”
Stop! Look! Listen!
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Re-Enactment of Scenes from Gold Rush Days
as well as Latest in Modern Hollywood Styles
RAFFLES—Gold Nuggets, Furs, Etc.
GAMES - REFRESHMENTS - DANCING
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Dec. 18 and every two weeks thereafter for
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Secy. Anderson
Must Appear
Before Committee
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Sen a t e'
Republican leaders decided today I
that Secretary of Agriculture An
derson should be ordered to ap-1
pear before a Senate committee (
with all information he has on
grain and other commodity trad-1
ing.
The announcement was made by i
Senator Taft, chairman of the Re- j
publican policy committee, after a
hastily called meeting of the com
mittee.
Taft told reporters that the
meeting was called at the request
of the appropriations committee to
consider Anderson’s refusal to
make public any information un
less authorized to do so by joint
Congressional resolution.
In a letter to chairman Bridges
»R.-N. H.> of the appropriations
committee, Anderson suggested
yesterday . that Congress adopt a :
joint resolution “and thereby le
galize the action which I shall
then be glad to take.”
“I have consulted President
Truman,” Anderson said, “and I j
am confident that he will approve
a joint resolution of Congress to
effectuate my* suggestion that
names of traders be made avail
able.”
Taft said “the secretary is abso
lutely wrong under the law,” in
refusing to furnish the committee
the information without a resolu
tion.
ATTENTION PIONEERS
Regular meeting 8 P.M.. Dec. 17.
Election of officers and business
of importance. All members urged
to attend. Bob Baldwin. Secy.
NOTICE
Veterans of Foreign Wars will
meet Wednesday evening at City
Hall at 7:30 P.M.
Ralph Cook. Commander
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Upon what rock was the church
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Wednesday and Thursday
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Friday
"PHANTOM OF THE PLAINS"
Rad Ryder
Also Chap. 4 "Secret Service
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British-Soviet
Trade Agreement '
Nearly Complete
LONDON, (/P) — The British
board of trade announced yester
day that agreement had been
reached on all the main points of
a British-Soviet trade pact, now
under discussion in Moscow.
J. Harold Wilson, British board
of trade president who returned
from Moscow talks Wednesday,
reported to Prime Minister Attlee
yesterday on the negotiations. He
is expected to make a statement in
the House of Commons later.
Tass, the Soviet news agency,
reportd earier yesterday that
agreement had been reached on all
main points.
British experts in Moscow will
work out the details of the pact
under the direction of Sir Maurice
Peterson, Britain’s ambassador to
the U. S. S. R.
Criticism and advice too freely
given are seldom appreciated.
Maroon Fliers
On Ice Packs
During Training
WASHINGTON, (/P)—The Alas
kan air command is teaching its
fliers how to survive if forced
down in the Arctic—by “maroon
ing” them on ice floes for four
days. «
The pupils at the open-air class
rooms are attentive because what
they learn may some day mean
the difference between life and
death, the air force said today.
The airmen go through prelim
inary instructions and lectures at
their bases, then are taken out for
their stay on the icepacks in
groups representing aircraft
crews.
They are equipped only with
what they probably would have at
hand after a crash landing on the
ice for purposes of safety, peri
odic check visits are made.
It is estimated that one fifth of
all the world’s running fx*esh wa
ter is carried by the Amazon.
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