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lie” of East Germany snarply div
ides Germany into two nations
and provides another satellite for
Russia.
Diplomattc officials in Wash
ington said the United States,
Britain and France are consider
ing adding their zones of Berlin
t?> the West German Republic to
counter the creation of the new
Communist state.
West German politicians at
Bonn, their capital, have long
wanted to incorporate the west
ern part of Berlin, but the west
ern allies so far have refused per
mission fearing such a move
would antagonize Russia.
There has been intense political
aettvity in the past week in the
Russian zone preparatory to the
announcement today by the Soviet
controlled German People’s Coun
cil that an east German Govern
ment now exists. No elections
were held.
Washington observers said that
because of this latest Russian pol
itical move, the western allies
have embarked on a new tough
talking,tough-acting policy that
may make Berlin the center of
their next action.
U. S. Undersecretary of State
Webb pesterda.v issued a sharply
worded statement charging that
the Soviet Union, having already
reduced eastern Germany to “an
oppressive police state” is now
trying to set up a “dictatorial un
representative” government there,
President Vincent Auriol of
France tried in vain today to find
a new French premier to lead the
nation through its present econ
omic and political crisis. Labor
leaders were striving for a united
front lind even hoped to bring to
gether Communist and Catholic
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1 Hawaiian Wage
Agreement Signed
(By Douglas Lovelace)
HONOLULU, f/P) — Hawaii’s
docks, struck since May 1, may be
humming again at a normal rate
next week.
An agreement to settle the long
and bitter dispute with a 14-cent
hourly wage increase was reached
orally yesterday — 159th day of
the strike. The dock workers im
mediately ratified it without a dis
senting vote.
The only hitch ito an immediate
back-to-work order was the set
tlement of non-stevedoring issues
in ports other than Honolulu.
That will delay the work order
two or three days.
Twonegotiating teams of the
! parent union, the CIO internation
al longshoremen’s and warehouse
men’s Union, set out today to but
, ton up these issues.
The settlement worked out by
the union and representatives of
j the seven struck stevdoring firms
! was this:
An immediate 14-cent hourly
] wage boost to the current $1.40.
Eight cents of this to be retroac
tive from March 1 through June
28.
Another 7 cent increase next
i March 1, the contract to run
through June 15, 1951. Employers
j demanded the longer contract.
The union’s 2,000 dock workers
struck for an increase of 32 cents.
The 14-cent figure was recom
mended June 28 by a special Ha
waii fact finding committee. Em
ployers reluctantly accepted it
then. The union rejected it.
I unions in a bloc demanding gen
eral wage increases. Premier Hen
ri Queuille, conservative, was
forced to resign because he was
opposed to wage increases and his
coalition government was split on
the issue.
In Moscow it was announced U.
S. Ambassador Alan G. Kirk will
leave tomorrow for London. He
will meet with other top U. S. dip
; lomats of Eastern European coun
I tries.
Chinese communists have
clamped down on U. S. and other
j western power press representa
tives. The Shanghai military con
trol commission yesterday an
nounced that henceforth only for
eign correspondents from nations
which recognize the new commun
1 ist regime can send out news.
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SON )OL NOTES
HIGH SCHOOL
On October 7, 1777, the Ameri
can patriots won a great victory at
Sanartoga, New ork. During the
years of the Revolutionary War,
many patriots lost their lives.
They were often defeated and suf
fered both cold and hunger. The
victory at Saratoga won the sup
port and alliance with France.
Darryl Trigg has enrolled in the
Freshman Class. We are happy to
welcome him back after a year
spent in Anchorage, Alaska.
Students in English II have
been having some interesting stu
dies of poems. The Prisoner of
Chillon was recently completed.
Humorous stories are now being
! studied. Book reports are also part
of their work.
The biology students are thank
1 ful for the balanced aquarium re
cently contributed by Larry Gal
1 vin. The students in biology are
j now studying various insects with
major emphasis on the grasshop
per. They have also studied dif
ferent cells by means of the micro
scope.
Margaret Bjornstad who grad
! uated last spring is now attending
i Washington State College at Pull
man. A full program keeps her
j very busy.
Loretta Snyder is now in her
second year at Pullman and also
has a very complete program. One
, of her subjects is bacteriology.
There was an eclipse of the
moon yesterday evening. This is
the eclipse season of the year and
I at this particular time the sun,
earth, and moon were in line. The
I
! shadow of the earth was cast on
1 the moon and the curvature thus
shown is one of the proofs that the
earth is round. Because the moon
makes a small angle with the hor
; izon at this time of the year, it ap
pears large and rises early. It is
j called the harvest moon.
PA A Inaugurates
\\ inter Low Fares
Travelers to and from Alaska on
Pan American clippers druing the
| winter months will again be bene
fited by the company’s policy of
reducing travel costs to the mini
mum, it was announced today by
Harvey Hancock, PAA division
traffic manager.
“The reduced fares, which
amount to approximately twenty
five per cent, have been instituted
yearly to provide Alaska travelers
I with transportation that would not
otherwise be available due to re
duced ocean and highway travel.”
Hancock said.
The civil aeronautics board has
granted PA9 permission to inaugu
! rate the low-fare service begin
ning Oeober 15 and extending
j through March 16. Savings on
! round-trip tickets to and from the
Territory will amount in several
cases to more than $60.
The new tariff will reduce
round-trip fares between Seattle
and Juneau from $135 to $100.80;
between Seattle and Fairbanks
from $234 to $169.20; and the fare
between Seattle and Nome from
$288 to $225.
Hancock said that to take advan
tage of the winter fares, travel
must be completed by April 15. A
ticket is good for any period up to
April 15.
“Every time I come here your
dog growls, and I don’t trust him.
If it were not for him I might
come more often.”
“Well, a dog is man’s best
friend.”
NATIONAL
GUARD NOTES
Company “C” of the First Alas
ka Scout Battalion at Kotzebue
was activated on Oct. 4, according
to reports with Army General In
spector, Col. Upton from head
quarters at Anchorage, makilng
the inspection.
Within the Nome Unit two pro
motions have been made. Paul
Dryden advanced to the grade of
Sgt. Major and Floyd Wheeler as
Operations Sgt.
Other vacancies in all grades
are expected to be filled in the
near future.
The next regular meeting is
| scheduled for Monday at eight
j o’clock at the Alaska National
Guard headquarters on Front
Street.
The Moonlight Water Co., an
i nounced this noon that water serv
ice from the Moonlight Springs
i will be discontinued Sunday, Oct.
9th.
Snow Blocks Road
In Oregon
PORTLAND. (/P) — Snow piled
unseasonallv high in the Cascade
range today, deposited by a storm
that dumped heavy rain elsewhere
and unleached a lightning bolt
that knocked out the western sec
tion of the northwest power pooh
Snow plows were sent to all
Cascade passes in Oregon. More
than a foot was reported on the
McKenzie Pass. There was at least
18 inches at Timberlin Lodge on
Mt. Hood, and the start of the sk’
ing season was announced there
A lightning bolt struck a power
line yesterday afternoon and
knocked out the J. D. Ross and
Covington, Wash., sub-stations for
the first time in history. Power
failures were common through
western Oregon and Washington.
Service was off in some sections
up to 25 minutes.
Fishermen and the truth usually
are strangers.
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