“War Is As (Jose
Now As In 1941"
Says Senator
WASHINGTON. (/P) — Senator
Bushfield <H.-S. D.) asserted to
day “I believe war is as close no*
as it was in 1941 when the late
President Roosevelt was throwing
lend-lease money around Europ**
and making secret agreements
with foreign leaders."
In a statement the Senator add
ed:
“It is time we awoke to our real
dangers. It is time we receive lull
and complete information from the
State department, and it is time
that the people with that infor
mation demand a practical ap
proach to the problem."
Bushfield called the country’s
present foreign policy “unsuccess
ful and inconsistent.” Money spent
for European relief “has proved of
little or no value,” he added.
The Senator said he does not
feel that this country “has any
busines planning to run the whole
world,” and “It would be wise for
us to look to our domestic issues
before taking on added burdens.”
FRONT STREET PREPARING
FOR FALL STORMS
Howard Green has completed
the bulkhead of the Northern
Commercial Co., where he has
been busy pouring concrete for
several weeks. Tons of scrap iron,
old radiators, car beds, etc., have
been used to strengthen the wall
which extends across the back of
the N. C. holdings on Front Street.
The Miners and Merchants
Bank is repairing and extending
their breakwater of steel piling,
which will be on three sides of the
bank when finished.
Alaska is a native Eskimo word
meaning “great country.”
Russia May Con
firm Italian Treaty
ROME, Foreign Minister Carolo
Sforza told the Italian constituent
assembly yesterday he had re
ceived telegrams which “confirm
ed the desire of Soviet Russia” to
ratify the Italian peace treaty.
All three of the other major
powers have ratified the treaty.
British foreign secretary Ernest
Bevin Wednesday urged Italy to
speed her ratification, adding that
the Italians apparently were hold
ing back in the belief that the
Russians would not ratify.
Sforza, opening an assembly de
b a t e on ratification, strongly
urged the constituent assembly to
accept the treaty before Aug. 10,
by which date he said Italy’s!
chance for entry into the United'
Nations would be ended for this)
year.
The government announced it1
would try for immediate action.!
Indications from a test vote of the
assembly last night were that rati
fication was imminent.
B-29's To Make U.S.
To Tokyo Flight
SALINA, Kans., — Eight
B-29’s of the Strategic Air Force’s
975th bomb group took off from
Smoky Hill army air field today
on a long-range training mission
to Tokyo, Maj. Floyd E. Wick-!
strom, commanding officer of the
342nd bomb squadron, announced.
The superfortresses will land
first at Fairfield-Suisan, Calif.,!
and then make stops at Hawaii,
Kwajalein and Guam before going
on to Tokyo, where they will ap
pear as a special feature of air i
force day observance Aug. 1. The
return flight will be non-stop to
Anchorage, and from there to Sa
lina.
MINERS & MERCHANTS
BANK OF ALASKA
NOME :: ALASKA
BERING SEA CLUB
Open 12 Noon till Midnight
Dancing — Cards — Liquors
SS. ALEUTIAN Scheduled to Sail From Seward for
Valdez, Cordova, Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle July 31.
MS. TERMINAL KNOT discharging at Nome.
MS. REEF KNOT scheduled to sail from Seattle for Unalaska,
Nome, Golovin, Unalakleet and St. Michael Aug 9th.
Freight received from July 30th to Aug. 7th, inclusive.
SS. BARANOF scheduled to sail from Seattle for Ketchikan,
Juneau, Cordova. Valdez and Seward, Aug. 2nd.
SS. BARANOF scheduled to sail from Seward for Juneau,
Ketchikan, and Seattle, Aug. 8th.
SS. ALEUTIAN scheduled to sail from Seattle for
Ketchikan, Juneau, and Seward, Aug. 9th.
Reservations made through Anchorage or Nome Agent.
Truman Busy On
Flood Of Bills
WASHINGTON, i/P)—President
Truman called off his usual Fri
day meeting with his cabinet to
day in order to give his time to
the flood of bills pouring into the
White House from an adjourn
ment-bound Congress.
Presidential press secretary
Charles G. Ross said Mr. Truman
planned to remain in Washington
over the week-end, working on
legislation. The President has 10
days after Congress adjourns to
decide whether to sign measures
sent him at the last minute.
Measures not signed within 10
days “will be dead under what
has come to be known as a “pock
et veto.”
Ross said that the bill letting
veterans cash their terminal leave
bonds is still under consideration.
He did not know when Mr. Tru
man will act on it.
Nominate Murdock
To Head NLRB
WASHINGTON, {&)—The Sen
ate labor committee today approv
ed 9-3 the nomination of former
Democratic Senator Abe Murdock
of Utah to the national labor re
lations board.
Chairman Taft <R.-Ohio> told
reporters “I think it’s doubtful”
the nomination of Murdock and
two other men appointed to NLRB
posts will come to a Senate vote
before adjournment of Congress
tomorrow night.
The committee approved, also
by a 9-3 vote, the nomination of
S. Copeland Gray of Buffalo to
be a member of the board, and by
a unanimous 12-0 vote the nomin
ation of Robert N. Denham. Mis
souri-born-resident of the Capital
to be NLRB general counsel.
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Until about 100 years ago, books
were usually bound in wooden
boards or temporary covers.
Classified Ads
FOR SALE—Tents, small, medi
um, large; new or used; new 4
man flyweight. Steel cots. P. O. j
Box '657. 2t-88
HELP WANTED—Men or women !
earn excellent commissions tak
ing orders full or part-time for
nationally known Maisonette
Frocks. Experience unnecessary.
Must be reliable. Write Field
Mgr., Miss E. Gustafson, Box
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FOR SALE—3-room house near
power plant, Lot 10 in Block 14.
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DREAM
THEATER
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2 Shows, July 25, 7:15 & 9:00 P.M.
Friday
"SUNSET IN ELDORADO"
Roy Rogers
And "How To Swim"
Also "Jasper And The Haunted
House"
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1 Show, July 26, 7:30 P.M.
Saturday
STORK CLUB"
Betty Hutton - Barry Fitigerald
Also "Unusual Occupations"
2 Shows, July 27, 7:15 & 9:00 P.M.
Sunday
"ESCAPE IN THE FOG"
Otto Kruger Nina Foch
Also "Law of The Badlands"
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Russia Fur Auction
Brings Good Prices
MOSCOW, (iP) — The interna
! tional fur auction in Leningrad is
going full swing with more than
100 foreign buyers present, in
cluding a large group from the
United States, in the first large
scale invasion of foreign business
men into the Soviet Union since
before the war.
According to reports from Len
ingrad the auction, being held un
der the auspices of Soyuzpushni
na, Soviet fur marketing organi
zation, is marked by heavy buy
ing, solid prices and good furs.
Philip Dickman. representing
Landis Bros, and United Ameri
can Furs, said on the telephone
from Leningrad that sables, er-1
mine, and Persian lamb repre-!
sented the pick of the large lot j
being offered.
Dickman said the choice items1
largely are being picked off by
American representatives of many
fur brokers and individual firms, i
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When tons of excess munitions
were exploded in France after the
last war the sound reverberated,
200 miles.
Ladd Field Gets
Grash Fire Fight
ing Equipment
DAYTON, O., (/P>—A specially
designed mechanical monster to
combat airplane crash fires in
Arctic weather is being shipped
from nearby Wright Field to Ladd
Field, Alaska, air materiel com
mand headquarters reported to
day.
Known as a modified M-8 car
go tanker, the new fire fighter
looks like a box car atop a large
tank. Weighing 35 tons, the “trac
tor” is manned by a crew of six
and is fitted to operate at high
speed over snow, slush or ice.
Fire fighting equipment includes
two turret nozzles, two 100-foot
hand lines and tanks holding 1,000
gallons of water and 100 gallons
of foam solution. The crew com
partment is heated.
The equipment was designed at
the request of Ladd Field officers
who pointed out that conventional
apparatus was totally inadequate
for use under Arctic conditions.
Nowadays everything in the
modern home is operated by
switches except children.
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