Last Of Evacuees
Leaving Shanghai
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forces ferried across the Yangtze
to handfle the various drives which
are developing.
The Reds seemed to be taking
their time toward Shanghai, possi-,
bly because they want an ade
quate occupying force at hand
when they enter the city. Shang- i
hai, the world’s fourth largest city,;
is also big geographically and the
Reds will need many men even,
for a peaceful takeover.
The Associated Press office
here yesterday heard in a round-1
about way that its Nanking cor
respondent, Seymour Topping of
New York, was confined to his |
house by the Reds and was not al-!
lowed any visitors.
(Through an error communist;
capture of Putung across the river
from Shanghai’s business district \
had been reported. Several com-.
rriunist guerrillas were captured
there. ‘ ,
( Misinterpretation of a table
from the Associated Press bureau
in Shanghai resulted in the error. 1
The cable read: “Group Reds cap
tured Putung across Whangpoo
river from Shanghai.”
'Subsequent cables from Shang-1
hai make it clear the sentence re
ferred to captured guerrillas of
whom an (TP) photographer tried
to take pictures in Shanghai. He1
was roughed up by nationalist sol-1
diers and prevented taking the
pictures as the guerrillas were led i
through Shanghai streets).
Retired President Chiang Kai
Shek left by ship for Amoy, is
land port off the south coast oppo
site Formosa. Chiang Wednesday
issued a statement calling on the
Chinese to fight as hard against
the communists as they did against i
the Japanese.
Star Explosion
Flash Six Years In
Reaching Earth
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., (^») — The
explosion of a star with the force
of a billion Hiroshima-type atom
bombs was reported last night by
an. internationally-known Harvard
scientist. 4
Dr. Hall Shapley, director of
Harvard college observatory, said
the explosion must have occurred
six years ago. The flareup, how
ever, was recorded on the earth
for only 20 minutes last Dec. 7.
The discovery was made by Dr.
-Willem Luyten of the University
of Minnesota. ,
Dr. Shapley said that the star,
known as “L 726-8” is about six
light years away from the earth.
It is one of a pair of stars believed
to be nearest the earth. The other
is Alpha. Centauri—four and one
half light years away. .
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FINISH CATALOGING
OF ICE POOL GUESSES
The cataloging of the list of
guesses in the 1949 Nenana ice
pool has been completed and the
nine pound book listing 210,000
forecasts has been forwarded to
all parts of the Territory.
This year’s book is reported to
be three and one quarter inches
thick and is the biggest in the his- i
tory of the pool.
As heretofore May 3 at 3:33 is!
the most popular number and
should it win there will be 340 1
ways to split the pool estimated at
$133,000.00
513 gucssers wasted their dollars
by improperly marking the tick
ets. They either forgot their name
or forgot to put in the time. 83
people put down April 31st. The
earliest guess this year is Helen
Thompson of Fairbanks who chose
January 3rd as her guess and the !
latest guess is December 30th.
Anderson Made
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Fisheries Director
JUNEAU, (JPh-Clarence L. An
derson of Seattle, assistant direct
or and chief technologist of the
Washington state department of
fisheries, has been selected as
fisheries director of the newly
created Territorial fisheries com
mission.
He was selected from a field of
14 applicants.
The appointment is for four
years ati a salary of $10,000 annu
ally. He will be in charge of a
fixed budget not to exceed $90,000.
Anderson is expected here in
the next ten days to establish an
interim office until a permanent
location is selected.
The fisheries board, ending its
three day meeting, adopted a pro
gram of cooperation with the fish
and wildlife service. The next
board meeting was set for Novem
ber.
Bad Rabbit Stolen;
People Stop Eating
MILAN, Italy, (/Pt — Thieves
broke into Maria Vittoria hospital
in Turin April 5 and stole 11 rab
bits which had been injected with
contagious germs for an experi
ment.
The Italian radio broadcast the
news and warned Italians to boil
rabbit meat thoroughly as a pre
caution against possible purchase
of an infected animal.
What happened, however, was
that the consumption of rabbit
meat virtually stopped in Turin.
Sale of rabbit meat dropped from
40 to 50 tons a week to two tons,
even with bargain prices.
All rattlesnakes are poisonous.
Tom Thumb was 31 inches tall.
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Gen. Fleming Made
Maritime Head
WASHINGTON. (/P)—President
Truman yesterday appointed Maj.
Gen. Philip B. Fleming to the mar
itime commission. He said Flem
ing will be designated as chair
man.
The President said that Jesse
Larson, now war assets adminis
trator, will succeed Fleming as
public works administrator. Rear
Admiral Paul Luker Mather, now
associated administrator, will
head the war assets administra
tion.
Fleming is a veteran govern
ment career officer. Mr. Truman
described him as an independent
with no political affiliation.
On the maritime commission,
Fleming will succeed vice admir
al William W. Smith, whose term
recently expired.
SAVES A YEAR
FOR $110 IN DIMES
MT. CARMEL, 111. f/P>—A Mt.
Carmel trucker, Merle Woods,
dumped $110 worth of dimes be
fore City Clerk Len Wirth to re
new his truck license this year.
Woods said he saved the ten cent
i .
, pieces a year to pull that stunt.
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"I AM AN AMERICAN DAY"
; MAY 15th
May 15th has been proclaimed
i “I Am An American” Day in
Alaska in conformity with a
White House proclamation by
President Truman. The Territorial
proclamation was issued by secre
tary of Alaska Llewellyn M. Wil
liams, acting governor during the
absence of Governor Greuning.
REBEKAH LODGE
CONFERS DEGREES
The Midnight Sun Rebekat»
Lodge conferred degrees on the
following condidates Wednesday
night: Phoebe Jones, Alice Jones,
Ruth Nay, Clara Seiffert and
Doris Wilke.
After the impressive ceremony
the members were served refresh
ments by Mrs. W. McDonald and
Mrs. L. Stevens.
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