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NEWS IN BRIEF
WASHINGTON, (A1) — Legisla
tion to make the federal rules of
civil procedure applicable to Alas
ka was passed yesterday by the
Senate. The measure now goes to
the House.
The Senate approved and sent
to the White House another bill to
amend the Alaska game laws so
that residents of the Territory for
12 months mi y secure reside it
hunting, fishing and trapoing li
censes. The measure grants 'he
privilege to foreign born per. , ns
who have declared their intention
to become citizens.
SANTA MONICA, Calif. </P)—A
G2-vear-old workman — his first
day on the new job—was buried
*• alive under 300,000 pounds of
freshly-poured concrete in the
collapse of the roof of a five-mil
lion gallon city reservoir.
The roof fell Monday with a
thunderous roar, slightly injuring
14 other workmen. The body of
Robert Lacey, G2, of nearby Ven
ice, was dug out of the debris of
ter three hours of frantic work by
50 men. The reservoir is being
built for Santa Monica.
WASHINGTON, (/P>—The Sen
ate approved and sent to the White
House yesterday a bill authorizing
the district court of Alaska to hear
claims of three Anchorage mink
farmers for damages they contend
was caused by low flying air
planes. Hilda Jenks, E. J. Oilman
and Fred L. Kroesing claimed the
low flying airplanes during war
maneuvers frightened mother
• m;nk, causing them to kill their
young.
MILAN, Italy i/P)—Customs po
lice said yesterday they have se /.
ed 45.080 sets of false teeth smug
gled into Italy from Germany.
BRUSSELS i.-P). The foreign af
fairs committee of parliament ap
p: oved yesterday by a 12 to 1 vote
a bill ratifying the North Atlantic
pact. Only the communist member
voted against it. A socialist ab
" stained. The bill now goes to the
chamber of deputie., and then to
the Senate.
^ SHANGHAI, (7P)—Rice procure
ment officials warned yesterday
that farmers who fail to contribute
their quotas of commandeered rice
will be punished.
The punishment: An old fash
ioned spanking.
ALBANY, N. Y. {^—Legisla
tion to bar segregation in New
^ York’s national guard and other
state military units was signed
yesterday by governor Dewey.
He approved the bill without
comment. It directs state m ilibuTy
units to adopt anti-segregation
regulations at once.
BUDAPEST, Hungary, (/P) —
Hungary’s parliament was dis
solved yesterday.
The speaker of the House an
nounced the dissolution and said a
new parliament would be conven
^ ed June 8. Dissolution had been
requested by the (communist dom
inated) People’s Front coalition,
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Senate Passes Bill
To Relieve Alaska
Housing Shortage
WASHINGTON, (A1)—The Sen
ate passed a bill yesterday design
ed to assist in relieving the Alas
kan housing shortage.
For one thing, the Alaska hous
ing authority would be authorized
to spend $250,000 to put floors in
and roofs on sod huts of Eskimos.
The bill, sent to the House, also
would authorize the federal hous
ing agency to increase by one
third the dollar limitation on in
sured loans in Alaska. It would
remove ceilings and other restric
tions on the amount of insured
mortgages to be purchased by the
federal national mortgage associa
tion.
The legislature of Alaska would
be permitted to authorize the
Alaska housing authority to con
struct housing for sale or rent.
A $15,000,000 revolving fund
would be authorized for the use of
the Alaska housing authority for
the construction of dwellings or to
loan to private or public agencies,
and an additional $1,000,000 for
loan to individuals or coopera
tives.
Strikes Increase
< h er The States
<By The Associated Press)
Washington’s newspaper strike
moved into its third day today,
neither side in the dispute willing
to make further concessions.
There were no immediate signs
of a break in the deadlock be
tween the Railway Express com
pany and the striking AFL Bro
therhood of Railway and Steam
ship clerk-. This strike in the New
York City area of some 10,000
workers followed a work slow
down protest after contract nego
tiations bogged down.
Tin? 6,200 striking CIO brew
ery workers turned down the of
fer of 13 breweries to end their 12
day wage dispute in the New York
City area.
Gov ernment conciliators at
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Good Friday
J
Services
Federated Church, 1:30 to 2:30
Accordion Solo—Medley of Chris
tian Hymns, Miss Harriet Brown
Congregational Song I
“When I Survey”
Opening Prayer
Congregational Song
“In The Cross of Christ”
Beautiful Prayer
By L. W. Y. M. Quartet
Message—“Pilate and Christ”
By Rev. Lewis I. Hudgins
Solo—“Christ of the Cross”
By Mrs. Lewis I. Hudgins
Message—“Calvary”
By Rev. Theron E. McGrew
“All I Need Is Jesus”
By L.W.Y.M. Girls double quartet
Benediction
You are invited to attend this
| service. If unable to attend tune
your radio to WXLN for the
I broadcast of the above program. I
Truman Sends
North Atlantic
Treaty to Congress
WASHINGTON, (/P) —President
Truman sent the North Atlantic
Defence treaty to the Senate yes
terday with a request for its ap
proval as “one step on the road to
peace.”
In a message, Mr. Truman said
the treaty deals with the “reali
ties of the situation we face to
day.” He also said it is set up
“within the terms of the United
Nations charter and the constitu
tion of the United Sates.”
“This treaty is only one step—
although a long one—on the road
to peace,” the President declared.
“No single action, no matter
how significant, will achieve
peace. We must continue to work
; patiently and carefully, advanc
i a B
ing with practical, realistic steps
in the light of circumstances and
events as they occur, building the
| structure of peace soundly and
| solidly.”
The treaty was signed here by
i 12 nations on Monday of last
week. It pledges them to aid each
1 other in event that one of them is
attacked by an aggressor.
To become binding on the
United States, the treaty must re
ceive the Senate’s ratification.
That means approval by a two
thirds vote.
Administration leaders are con
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Allies (hit Number
Of German Factor
ies to Be Removed
WASHINGTON. </P)—'The U. S.,
Britain and France today an
nounced a sharp cut in the num
ber of factories to be removed
from Western Germany.
All or part of 159 plants are to
be removed from the reparations
list previously agreed upon.
Expanding on the announce
ment from the state department,
secretary of the army Rovall told
a news conference that a further
three-power agreement will be
made public soon prohibiting
some German industries entirely
! and restricting others as a war
preventive measure.
Royall said this agreement will
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Exploding Bombs
Injure Many
Clark Field Airbase, Philippine
Islands, (/P)—One person was kill
ed and more than 20 were injured
at this big U. S. base today by the
explosion of 100 tons of stored
bombs.
Cause of the explosion had not
been determined.
The blast, which destroyed a ce
ment pipe manufacturing plant,
set fire to dry grass. The grass
fire for a time threatened the U. S.
20th station hospital The flames
were brought under control before
the evacuation of hospital patients
could be carried out.
A Filipino workman was killed
by the exploding bombs.
Five Killed; Many Injured; Millions In
Damage As Earthquake Hits Seattle
(Special to The Nugget
SEATTLE. </P) — A terrifying
earthquake killed at least five per
sons, injured many, and caused
uncounted millions in property
damage over a 500-mile-long area
in the Pacific Northwest today.
The earthquake struck five min
utes before noon, cracking build
Congress Roundup
(By Jack Rutledge
WASHINGTON, (/P> — Debate
was scheduled today on a propos
al to give the navy more wings as
the House worked on the record
breaking peacetime $16,000,000,
000 defense bill.
Before taking up this measure,
the House quickly passed a $595,
890,000 supplemental appropria
tion to the veterans administra
tion. This was requested Monday
by President Truman to pay for
additional benefits for veterans
during the next three months.
And later in the day, if the
House gets around to it, lawmak
ers may take up a $7,576,886,231
bill to finance the veterans ad
ministration, the atomic energy
commission and 26 other agencies
for the fiscal year beginning July
1. The House wants to clean up
these money bills before taking
what members hope will be a 10
day Easter vacation ending April
25
The major decision, however,
will be on the $16,000,000,000 bill
; for the army, navy, and air force.
As it stands now, the air force
gets the largest slice.
Backers of a bigger naval air
force want to add about $300,000,
000 to the five billions the appro
priations committee has approved
for the seagoing branch of service
The extra money would let the
navy buy 1.316 instead of 843 new
planes next year, but it would
still leave the navy’s appropria
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Internation 1 News
At A (ilanee —
Tuesday, April 12, 1949
(By The Associated Press'
Trygve Lie, United Nations sec
retary general, was reported ready
today to fight back at Russia’s
blast against his plan for an 800
man force to guard U. N. peace
missions over the world.
The Soviet attack on Lie’s guard
proposal developed yesterday in
the assembly’s 58-member politi- j
cal committee No. 2 at Lake Sue-1
cess.
Russian delegate Jakob A. Ma
lik, backed by Poland, charged,
the Lie proposal was a scheme to j
by-pass the security council and
give the United States and Britain \
a chance for military and political j
interference in the affairs of other
countries.
The U. S. House of Representa
tives lined up the new European
recovery program for swift pas
sage after a battle over how much
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ings, showering streets with de
bris.
The quake, most destructive in
the history of the Northwest, was
heaviest in the Seattle-Tacoma
Olympia area and south to Long
view. It was felt in varying inten
sity over most of Washington.
Oregon, North Idaho, and British
Columbia.
One child was killed by bricks
at a Tacoma school, a high school
athlete was injured fatally when
Castle Rock school toppled. The
collapse of a business building
killed a man at Centralia. Total
injuries may run into scores. Eight
Olympia business buildings were
ordered closed.
The quake was rated No. 8 in
tensity (No. 12 is the worst possi
ble, and would mean total de
struction).
Air Force Blasts
Unification Plan
WASHINGTON, CP» — The air
force joined the army today in
publicly blasting the existing na
tional defense set up as inade
quate and expensive.
Secretary of air Symington, ap
pearing at a closed-door session
of the Senate armed services com
mittee Thursday declared the
present unification law "has not
worked satisfactorily.” Chairman
Tydings <ID.-Md.> made the testi
mony public today.
“We have tried out this half
mea. Lire organization and there is
unanimous agreement that it is
inadequate,” Symington said.
He added that former secretary
of defense Forrestal “has con
stantly been a referee of three
brawls as he tried to operate his
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America Opens
Heart Aik! Purse
To Kathy Rescuers
*
SAN MARINO, Calif. </P) —
America is opening her pockebook
to reward the heroes who lost
their race with death in their at
tempt to rescue little Kathy Fis
cus.
The Los Angeles chamber of
commerce reports that money is
coming in from all parts of the
country for the 50 to 60 men who
toiled under most hazardous con
ditions long beyond the normal
exhaustion point.
The chamber has formed an
over-all committee to consolidate
the collections. The American Le
gion and Veterans of Foreign
Wars are sponsoring fund drives.
President Earle V. Grover of
the chamber said one of the com
mittee's first jobs is to consider
recommending the engineers and
sandhogs for Carnegie Hero med
als.
Meantime, Dr. Paul Hanson,
family physician, said 3V4-year
old Kathy might have lived
through the 53 hours of rescue
work if her knees had not been
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