Tidal Waves Strike
New Zealand
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, bP)
Two huge tidal waves, estimated i
by some eye-witnesses at 30 feet
high today struck a 60-mile stre.ch
of the east coast of North Island,
New Zealand, wrecking many
buildings and damaging roads and
bridges.
The first wave struck the Pove -
ty Bay coast at 8:30 a.m. local
time, March 25, approximately an
hour after the New Zealand ob-i
servatory reported “a very severe
earthquake some miles out to sea
The second wave rolled into the
bay an hour later.
Apart from the town of Gis
borne, where some streets became
salt water rivers four feet deep,
the area affected was populate *
thinly, mainly by holidayers in
summer cottages and some farm
ing families.
Residents along the seashore,
warned by the roar of the ap
proaching wall of water raced to
higher land and no drowning
were reported.
Aircraft Can Use
Military Radar Aid
W
WASHINGTON, (A*)—The Civil
Aeronautics administration an
nounced today a system by which
c.v.l aircraft now can use military
G A (radar talk-down landing
y torn* installations at seven army
nnd 13 navy airfields in emergen-'
J.e .
In addition the air forces is in
Lading one more and the navy and
v lines four more GCA sets and
hree are being installed by the
CAA. Nearly all of the installa
*.»n3 are along the nation’s coasts.
Fields at which the navy has
GCA facilities include Seattle and
lidby Island, Wash. In addi
tion, navy GCA is available at Ko
diak, Alaska.
Great Britain has an area of
04,202 square miles.
Gisborne, a town of 16,000 pop
ulation, is on the east coast of
N irth Island, at the head of Pov-1
cr‘y Bay, which is approximately
200 miles southeast of Auckland.
President To Have
Bowling Alley
WASHINGTON (/P)—A bowling
alley is being set up in the White
House basement as a birthday
present for President Truman who
will be 63 May 8.
Presidential press secretary
secretary Charles G. Ross told re
porters today that the two-alley af
fair is a gift from “a group of anon
ymous donors.” The alleys, Ross
said, will be regulation in every
way and will have automatic pin
setters.
• The White House exercise facil
ities now include a swimming
pool, a small gymnasium and a!
horse shoe pitching court. How- j
ever, Mr .Truman’s favorite is z j
before-breakfast walk in the vi-1
cinity of the White House. Ross!
said Mr. Truman hasn't bowled;
since he was 19 years old.
MRS. TOM MORRIS TO
LEAVE FOR JUNEAU
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leave via P.A.A. tonight for thei
hospital in Juneau.
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Soviet Absent from
Security Council
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y. </P) —
Soviet Russia ignored the opening
session today of the United Nations
trusteeship council, whose desig
nated mission is to look after the
interests of the world’s non-self
governing peoples.
The absence of a Soviet delegate
did not prevent the council from
proceeding with immediate busi
ness. It caused concern, however,
among U. N. officials already wor
ried by what appeared to be a
growing trend to by-pass the or
ganization on important problems.
There was no explanation born
the Soviet U. N. delegation hegded
by deputy foreign minister Andrei
A. Gromyko. He refused to make'
any statement on Russian plans.
Some delegates expressing the be
lief that the naming of a Soviet
delegate had merely been delayed
and might come through later.
During the general assembly de
bate on trusteeship last fall, Russia
refused to approve any of the eight
draft trusteeship agreements cov
ering former league of nations
mandate territories now placed
under the trusteeship system. The
Soviet delegation then took the
view that these agreements were
invalid because of several of their
provisions.
Secretary-general Trygve Lie
Newsprint Makers
Being Investigated
WASHINGTON, The justice de
partment disclosed today that tht
FBI is investigating “complaint1
of a conspiracy among newsprint
manufacturers operating in Can
ada” and said it expects “to pro
ceed further by means of grand
jury subpoenas."
Attorney General Clark ordered
the nvestigation and it has been
underway “several months,” tht
department said.
News of the investigation first
came from Senator Hill <D.-A’.a.'
who released a letter from assist
ant attorney Wendell Berge, ant -
trust chief, saying that grand jury
action is expected "in the near fu
ture.”
A tardy person is like the back
of a clock—always behind time.
opened the trusteeship session
with an appeal to members of tht
U. N. to resort to the world peace
organization on all international
problems "even when the most vi
1 tal national interests are at stake.”
This was Lie’s first public ad
dress since President Truman de
clared the U. N. was unable to deal
with totalitarian threats to Greece
and Turkey and asked Congress
for $400,000,000 aid to those coun
tries.
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