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Japan Wants
To Regain Her
Fishing Empire
TOKYO, Jan. 28— (/P) —Van
quished Japan, having lost her
mighty war fleets has been man
euvering to regain at least her
fishing empire in the Pacific Al
lied headquarters disclosed.
The Japanese government and
fishery officials have carried on
^systematic campaign to break
out of the restricted fishing areas
assigned to her since Japan’s sur
render and resume their exploita
tion of distant waters.
Lt. Col. Hubert Schenck, chief
of General MacArthur’s natural
resources section said the Japan
ese have submitted six requests
for a revision of the fishing areas.
Four have been denied. In prewar
years crab meat and salmon were
canned off of Alaska, and shrimp
was frozen aboard floating refrig
eration plants off of Mexico, and
lied the American market.
Salmon canned near Kamchatka
reached England. Reconnoissance
of American coastal waters was a
byproduct of the Nipponese over
seas fishing industry.
Senator Demands
World Conference
On Disarmament
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28——
Senator Tydings demanded in the
Stonate that President Truman im
nwdiately call for a world disarm
ament conference to prevent an
atomic world war. Interrupting
the Senate filbuster against the
fair employment practices bill, the
Maryland Democrat said he doubt
ed that the United Nations action
to “control” the atomic bomb
would be successful.
The Senator painted out that all
great world power are arming to
the teeth. Earlier the special Sen
ate ‘committee on atomic energy
was told by Dr. Harrison Davies
o%the federation of atomic scien
tists, that the development of
atomic energy “must certainly be
freed of every vestige of military
control.”
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ARCTIC CLUB DANCE
ENJOYED BY MANY *
Last Friday the Arctic Club
held the first of its annual series
of dances for members and in
vited friends at the Nevada Grill,
tder the chairmanship of Bob
ng, a fine orchestra was secured
»m the Air Base, and a good
le was enjoyed by all present.
MANHATTAN SNOW SCEN E—Snow mantles Central Park, New York, but ducks still
swim in the pond almost in the shadow of skyscrapers alone the park’s southern boundary. ^
i Iranian Delegate
! Presents Problem
! To U. N. O.
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LONDON, Jan. 28—I#*)—A. H.
Taquizadeh, Iranian delegate to
the United Nations, charged, in a
dramatic personal appearance be
for the Security Council, that
“there had been a number of in
terventions in Iranian affairs by
Soviet authorities.”
i Iran’s dispute with Russia is be
ing brought before the council, he
said, because it might lead to “in
ternational friction” unless it was
settled. Taquizadeh appeared at
the council table at the invitation
of eleven members, after the Sov
iet delegate Vishninsky, made it
clear he agreed only to the dis
cussion at this time on whether
the council should formally take
jurisdiction in the Iranian case.
He reserved the right to press his
request, previously filed, that the
dispute be left to direct negotia
tions between Tehran and Mos
cow.
A sleeper dreams in order to
avoid waking, according to the
E n c y clopaedia Britannica. Al
though not always successful,
dreams tare devices for allaying
disturbances which would inter
fere with sleep.
MINING EQUIPMENT
SALES LISTS AT
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“NUGGET” OFFICE
Mr. J. Hilliker of the Anchor
age Surplus Property Office, ar
rived from Anchorage Sunday.
He announced that great quan
tities of mining equipment, taken
from the owners of Alaskan mines
by the Army for road, camp and
airfield construction at the begin
ning of the war, is now being
I made available to mine operators j
on the Seward Peninsula, through
the Surplus Property Office.
One and a quarter million dol- j
lars worth of heavy equipment, I
suitable for mining, has been re- j
leased by the Army for immediate
sale. Seriously handicapped by
lack of equipment, the mining in
dustry in this area will now be
able to re-purchase machinery
that facilitated the defense of
Alaska in war time, in time for
this season’s operations.
This equipment, including drag
lines, tractors, welders, compres
sors, generators, cranes, graders,
scrapers and hoists, is located at
Davidson’s Landing, Kougarok,
Lava Lake, North Spit and Point
Spencer. Property lists with in
structions for bidding may be se
cured from the editor of the “Nug
get.”
Truman Asks
Ratification Of
British Loan
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28—(/Pi
President Truman told Congres
sional leaders he would send a
message to Congress this week
asking for ratificaton of the four
billion, four hundred million Brit
ish loan and credit agreement.
“We also expect to get started
soon on legislation extending the
economic stabilization act and au
thority of OPA,” Senator Barkley
said.
Car Goes Off Dock;
Three Drown
ASTORIA, Ore., Jan. 28—i/P)—
Three drowned last night as a car
plunged from the dock into the
Columbia river. The bodies of
John C. Oien, Wildrose; and Mrs.
Dorothy Walker, whose husband
is a patient at the naval hospital
here have been recovered. Listed
missing is Blanche LaCounte, of
Bainville, Mont. •
Surfaces which reflect none of
the sun’s rays appear black. Sur
faces which reflect all of the sun’s
ravs anDear whit#
Over Million Still
Kept Idle Bv
Strikes In Nation
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Approximately one million, four
hundred thousands workers are
kept idle by labor disputes, not
counting the 248,000 returning to
their jobs in meat packing plants.
Major developments are
Steel—A high government offi
cial predicts the end of the steel
I strike “within a week or so.” The
1 effects of the walkouts are being
felt in related industries, and thou
sands of layoffs are forecast in
the next few days as a result of
the steel “famine.”
Meat Packing—Meat slaughter
ing resumes under government
control, assuring more ample meat
supplies in a few days. CIO and
AFL workers return to the pack
ing houses to await the fact-find
ing board’s report.
Automotive—The National La
' bor Relations Board takes up the
j CIO United Auto Workers charge
that General Motors failed to bar
gain with the union. UAW insists
that General Motors must pay
i higher hourly increases than the
I Ford and Chrysler settlements of
eighteen cents and eighteen and
one half cents, respectively.
Railroads — Two rail brother
hoods remain aloof from arbitra
tion agreement signed by twenty
rail unions of the nation’s major
roads. The Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen will take a strike
vote, and a similar action is con
sidered by the Brotherhood of
Railroad Engineers.
Electrical Appliances—The Ra
dio Corporation of American CIO
electrical workers agree to seven
I teen and one half cents an hour
| pay raise.
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Russia Insists
Yalta Gave Her
Kuriles, Salikalin
LONDON, Jan. 26 — (/P) — The
Moscow radio said tonight that
United States and Great Britain
promised Russia the Kurile Is
lands in northern Japan under
terms of the Yalta agreement. The
broadcast noted that U. S. Under
secretary of State Acheson’s re
cent statement said he believed no
definite commitments were made
at Yalta.
Toss, official Soviet news agen
cy, had been “officially author
ized” to disclose that Russia would
get the Kuriles, southern Sahkalin
and adjacent islands, the broad
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