lnternation‘l News
At A Glance —
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mopping up operations in Java. A
military spokesman in the Hague
said the Republican army is flee
ing to the mountains and prepar
ing for a long guerrilla war, bu.
he said the Indonesian Republi
cans lack supplies and leadership.
The Republic’s leaders arc in
Dutch custody.
A Hague spokesman -aid tine
Dutch have not ordered a cease
fire as they were directed by the
security council. Holland disputes
the security council’s jurisdiction
in the Indonesian conflict.
Hopes for peace in China faded.
The communists broadcast a list
of “war criminals’’ to be punished.
Heading the list was president
Chinag Kai-Shek, Madame Chi
ang, Premier Sun Fo and most of
the natoinal governments top po
litical and military leaders. The
communist announcement came as
a surprise, at a time when there
had seemed to be a possibility
they might reach some sort of
agreement with the nationalists.
Rumors of peace had swep* the
country, sending prices soaring.
More national troops arrived in
Nanking, indicating Chiang has
determined to fight on, with the
capital as the next battleground.
The Chinese communist radio
said today Red troops had cap
tured Kalgan, 100 miles northwest
of Peiping.
The broadcast, heard in San
Francisco by the Associated Press,
said all government troops in Kal
gan had been “wiped out” by mid
afternoon Friday. There was no
estimate of the size of the govern
ment garrison there. The reoor
has not been confirmed by any
other source.
Kalgan has been one of four
government cities in communist
overrun North China. The other
three are Peiping, Tientsin and
Tientsin’s port, Tangku.
The communist-dominated gov
ernment ol Hungary arrested
Josef Cardinal Mindszc-nty. Ch V
olice Primate of Hungary, on
charges of spying, treason and
black ' market currency dealings.
It was no surprise to he Vn cm’
which has reported tightened re
strictions on the church in Hun
gary. Mindszenty has defied the
government frequently.
Britain, France and the United
States are reported agreed on a
Investigate Death
Of Former State
Department Expert
NEW YORK, </P)—Mayor Wil- i
liam O’Dwyer has directed New
York police to make a “thorough
investigation” of the mysterious
death of Laurence Duggan.
The mayor acted after receiving
a telegram from former under
secretary of state Sumner Welles,
who said he was convinced the
death o fthe one-time state de
partment expert was not a suicide.
Duggan plunged to his death
Monday night from his 16th floor
office just off Fifth Avenue.
The police will seek to find out
whether he committed suicide,
was the victim of an accident as
i his relatives maintain, or was the
obiect of foul play.
The sugges'ion that “foul play”
had figured in the plunge was
made by acting chairman Karl
Mundt <R.-S. D.> of the House un
American Activities committee.
The committee earlier had re
leased testimony inking Duggan to
a pr-war communist group in the
state department.
Mundt had said there was “more
than a slight possibility of foul
play” that might lead directly to
the communist espionage conspir
ators.” Later, he said, he had no
evidence of his own to support his
suspicions.
Ex-communist courier Whitta
ke’’ Chambers, who purportedly
once accused Duggan of giving
him confidential government pa
pers, denied he ever made such an
accusation.
The FBI disclosed that 10 days
ago it questioned Duggan, but
added, without elaborating, that
‘he questioning was merely “rou
tine.”
Welles and two other former
high ranking state department of
ficials strongly defended Duggan’s
(record of 14 years service in the
state department.
HOSPITAL NEWS
—
, New patients at the hospital are
Charles Dalquist and Carl Brown.
long-range plan to prevent Ger
man rearmament through a mili
tary security board. The duty of
the board is expected to be to
make sure that Germany remains
disarmed when the occupation
governments s*op functioning.
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MAIN 5
Skating Is A Series
Of Curves
(By Betty Lytle)
Ace Roller Skating Professional
Starting off with the subject of
curves <the curves you make on
skates, not the kind you lose on
skates), I would like to emphasize
once more tha curves are roller1
skating. The plain sort of forward
skating you’ll do around a rink
will consist of a ser es of curves. |
Pretend that you’re standing on j
the face of a large clock painted
on the rink floor. Your feet are at
six o’clock. Directly ahead of you
is 12 o’clock. Now turn and face
toward nine o'clock.
Place the right foot in front,
with your body leaning toward the
center of the clock. Press on the |
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on the Floor
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BACKWARD
SKATING
inside oi' the left foot, and push
it back. You'll find yourself roll
ing, of course, and by aiming at
nine o’clock, you’ll reach 12
o'clock. You have completed a
half-circle.
You did three things to accom
plish this: *
1. Led with your right foot,
aimed at nine o'clock.
2* Leaned toward the center of
the clock.
3. Pushed back on the inside of
your left foot.
Now that you have arrived at 12
o’clock, you are ready to continue
you way around a new clock, bu!
in reverse this time, or counter
clockwise.
At this point, without stopping
♦or a fresh start, lean toward the
center (on your left this lime),
bring the feet parallel, and push
with your right foot. Your left foot
aimed at three o'clock, will bring
you around to iwelve o'clock
again.
And here is another important
rule. Never have the weight even
ly divided over all eight wheels.
This causes the skate to go in a
straight line, which is referred to
among skaters as a “flat,” and
from now on that is strictly taboo!
After you have your forward
skating well under control, you're
going to get kind of restless, and
WILL TRANSFER
RESERVE OFFICERS
rO INACTIVE LISTS
.FORT RICHARDSON. — Re
serve Officers of the Army who
are not currently engaged in Re
serve activities will have until
January 1, 1949 before being au
tomatically transferred to the In
active Reserve, it has been an
nounced by the Department of the
Army.
Last spring, Gen. Omar N. Brad
ley. the Chief of Staff, dispatched
a questionnaire to all Army Re
serve Officers. About forty per
cent of the officers receiving this
failed to answer or otherwise in
dicate a preference for transfer to
the Inactive Reserve, where they j
would have no military duties or
responsibilities, except in time of
war.
To protect their active Reserve
status the many Reserve Officers
in Alaska should contact Head
quarters, United States Army,
Alaska. Officers of the Inactive
Reserve are subject to call to ac
tive duty in a national emergency
during the life of their commis
sion, but are not eligible for pro
motion, drill pay or retirement
benefits.
All Reserve Officers must now
indicate their desire to participate
in the ORC program and express
I their availability for assignment
to an active reserve unit or re
vert to inactive status.
will want to move on to more ex
citing things. And that means
backward skating.
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
SUNDAY SCHOOL PRESENTS
FINE PAGEANT THURSDAY
The Sunday School of the
Church of the Nazarene presented
a fine Christmas Pageant las'
Thursday night under the capable
direction of Mrs. Lewis Hudgini
and Mrs. Paul Galloway.
Program follows:
Song, “Merry Christmas to You,
Ru:h Glav.novich. Suzanne Fager
strom. Charlene Hudgins.
Angel Choir, Joan Longley,
Ruth Fagerstrom, Geraldine Fa
gerstrom, Juanita Fagerstrom,
Clara Jorgensen, Tess Bronson,
Katherine B.jornstad. Donna Mil
ler.
Angel, Alice Miller.
Mary, Mary Louise Lyle.
Joseph O. B. Morse
Shepherds, Ray Miller, Paul
Glavinovich, Charles Fagerstrom.
Three Kings, Ralph Graves,
George Suderman, Joe Rath.
Sandle Bearers, Sigrid Olsen,
Donna Lyle, Lucy Fagerstrom. Su
san Galloway.
Procession of Children from
0 her Lands, Sunday School chil
dren.
Seek Jurisdiction
Over Tidelands
j WASHINGTON, <£>)—Attorney
! general Clark yesterday brought
actions in the Supreme Court to
j obtain federal jurisdiction over
! the oil-rich tidelands off the coasts
of Texas and Louisiana.
The action, as in the California
1 case, proposed to exempt bays,
! rivers, lagoons and other inland
I waters from any federal claim.
Alaska Airlines
I Scheduled trips a week: Monday. Wed
nesday, Friday. Saturday. Nome. (Moses
Point Flag Stop), Unalaklect, McGrath.
(Farewell Flag Stop). Anchorage. Alaska
Airlines IS STEADILY INCREASING
THEIR SERVICE to the people of Nome
and the surrounding districts. We are
proud of our dependable service, and in
tend to maintain the BETTER SERVICE
to Nome. Low freight rates and even
lower rates on produce shipments will
help everyone—Merchants. Businessmen,
and Housewives.
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