Judge Alexander I
Dies In Portland
PORTLAND,—Judge George F.
Alexander, 66, who resigned last
year from the bench of the first
judicial federal district court in
Alaska, died yesterday in a hos
pital. He left the bench because
of illness.
He served longer in the Alas
kan Territory than any previous
federal judge. During his term he
prepared the uniform court rules
for the four federal districts in
Alaska. He was appointed after
practicing law in Portland from
1912.
He was born in Gallatin, Mo.,
and was city attorney there for
live years. His father. Joshua W.
Alexander, was secretary of com
merce under President WiBon.
The widow, Lola Mae. two daugh
ters Miss Jane and Mrs. Dean
Sherman, Portland, survive. Fun
eral arrangements are not com
\
pleted.
13 Fliers Killed 1
In B-29 Crash In
Saudi Arabia
FRANKFURT, Germany, —(/P) j
—The U.S. Air Force today iden
tified 13 fliers killed in the crash
of a B-29 Superfortress in Saudi
Arabia last week.
They included 1st Lt. R. F..
Coddington. aircraft commander, |
Mountain View. Okla., and lst.j
Lt. Donald R. Thompson, pilot.
Portland, Ore.
All were members of the 352nd j
bomb squadron of Smoky Hill1
Airbase, Salina, Kas.
.The Airforce said the only sur
vivor of the crash was S Sgt.
j Charles V. Slifskv, the plane’s J
j radio operator. He suffered a
! fractured right ankle and body
contusions.
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i Palestine Is Battle
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And Arab Armies
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Israel.” British war minister
Emanuel Shinwell appealed for
international cooperation to end I
the danger of war “before it is
too late.”
SALONIKA - The body of
George Polk. American broad
caster for CBS, was found n,
Salonika Bay, Greece. He dis
appeared a week ago after telling
friends he was trying to interview,
Markos Vafiades, Greek Commun
1 ist leader.
I SEOUL - Koreans prepared for
' the emergence of the new, con
servative national assembly chos-1
fen by voters in the U.S. zone.
NANKING - Inflation pro
gressed in China, the Yuan slip-!
ping officially from 324,000 to
474,000 to the U.S. $1.
TOKYO - Prime minister Hi
toshi Ashida of Japan said “We
owe it to ourselves to relieve the
American taxpayers of the $ 1 ,
000,000 daily occupation bill.”
Guam Alerted For
Typhoon Today
GUAM, —(/P)—Guam was aler
ted for a typhoon today.
The storm, with 80-knot winds
at its center, was reported approx
| imatelv 375 miles to the south
, west—and moving toward Guam.!
Apra Harbor was closed to in
i coming traffic. Ships were leav
; ing two and three at a time. The
Navy shut down its Agana Air
field.
Meanwhile, a search wras ord- j
ered for 18 Yap natives blown to
sea yesterday in canoes and rafts.
Yap, in the Carolines, is about
, 400 miles southwest of Guam.
In Manila, the weather bur
! eau said the season’s first ty
phoon was heading for the Phil
ippines.
I Army Sergeant
Says Will Stay
In Russia
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married woman described as an
experienced Soviet agent.
The embassy in Moscow de
tailed the circumstances in re
ports received yesterday. Offic
Mals decided to make a prompt
1 announcement.. The intent at least j
in part was to prevent Moscow;
from making propaganda capital
by disclosing the incident first.
McMillin had served for two
years on the staff of the military 1
I attache.
The woman was identified as|
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of Sgt. Biconish, who was sta-|
tioned at thfe embassy until his
return late jn 1945. j
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37 of 500 U. S. Graves .,
Found In Poland
WARSAW, (JP) — An American
military mission is in Poland seek
ing the burial places of about 500
American airmen and prisoners of
war who died on Polish soil.
The task of finding, registering
and eventually removing Ameri
can dead from Poland to the
United States is being directed by
Lt. Col. Hawthorne Davis, of the
American graves registration sec
tion, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Davis reports that the mission
has found in two months the
graves of 37, mostly airmen shot
down by the Germans during
bombing missions. He estimated
the mission’s work would require
six months.
Tests On Atomic
Weapons Proved
Highly Successful
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from the tests.”
Lilienthal said the big point
task force No. 7 will return to
Honolulu some time tomorrow.
About 10.000 men were involved
in the test, including military per
sonnel, engineers, scientists and
others.
Meanwhile, the Senate-House
atomic Energy Committee ap
proved a bill which would limit
to 23 months the new terms for
Lilienthal and the four other com
missioners.
The vote was 11-5.
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