Jewish Towns
Under “Arrest’"
JERUSALEM, (/P)—Residents of
the Jewish town of Rishon Le Zion
and Petah Tikvah were kept un
der virtual house arrest today as
British troops searched for persons'
who flogged four of their mem
bers. The military said 22 were
under arrest at Rishon and Nat
hanya, where Maj. Paddy Brett
was lashed 18 times Sunday night.
Three sergeants also were flogged.
The military statement said Lt.
Gen. Sir Evelyn Barker had con
firmed a 12-lash sentence against
Aaron Cohen, a young Jerusalem
Jew charged with distributing
pamphlets of the illegal Irgun Zva
Leumi organization. A month
prison term was remitted.
Curfews from dusk to dawn re
mained in force in the coastal
areas.
WASHINGTON, (/P) — The na
tional labor relations board today
directed the Jones and Laughlin
Steel corporation to bargain with
John L. Lewis’ supervisory work
ers union for its mine foremen and
moved immediately for a test of its
decision in the Supreme Court.
Soviets Disapprove
U. S. Antarctic
Expedition
MOSCOW, (/P) — A Red Star
commentator expressed belief to
day that the Byrd expedition to the
Antarc::c was primarily a search
for uranium deposits, despite of
ficial statements in Washington to
the contrary.
The commentator, N. V. Fedo
rov, also suggested that the Byrd
expedition pursued a goal of con
solidating United States rights to
huge antarctic territories with a
view to establishing “absolute con
trol of the Pacific Ocean.”
<The Russian press announced
Christmas Day the departure of a
Russian whaling flotilla of 10 ships
for the Antarctic under the lead
ership of Soviet explorer Voronin.)
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Aboard the USS Mt. Olympus,
(/P)—Members of the navy’s polar
expedition awaited today full re
ports of three photographic and
scouting flights over the Antarctic
regions by planes of the eastern
task group.
The planes took advantage of a
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Anti-American
Demonstrations
Flare In China
SHANGHAI, (/P)—1946 slipped
out of China last night in the
roar of anti-American demonstra-1
tions but there are indications they
might die down quickly.
Two bodies quarreled among
themselves as to the policy they
would pursue towards accusations
that two U. S. Marines raped a
Chinese girl in Peiping. Peiping
itself was back to its normal tran
quility with American military
personnel and their families reap
pearing on the streets after a day
and night in quarters.
Marine officials at Peiping indi
cated both accused Marines would
face a court martial, but reported
only one had relations with the
girl. They said he said his rela
tions with her were on a profes
sional basis.
Four thousand coeds at the Na-1
tional Fuhtan university in Shang
hai decided not to stage demon
strations after a vehement meet
ing, marked by fist fights.
break in foggy weather to make
the flights over the general area
of the Roosevelt and Bellinghau
sen seas.
The western group, which is
now north of Victoria Land has
been unable to operate planes due
to fog. The Mt. Olympus in the
central group also has been steam
ing past a parade of fog-shrouded
icebergs for the past four days.
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Christmas is the Season for Rejoicing; New Year's the Season for
Resolution. To all the Territory we extend our best wishes for a Merry
Christmas. And, on the threshold of a New Year of bright promise for
Alaska, we pledge anew our resources to the further development of
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Lumberjacks Get
Wage Boost
VANCOUVER, B. C. (&) — A
“portal to portal” wage boost will
add nine cents an hour to 1947
checks of CIO lumberjacks on the
Queen Charlotte islands and bring
them a retroactive boost of seven
cents for all of 1946, operators an
nounced yesterday.
Harold Pritchett, district presi
dent of the International Wood
workers of America, said the
agreement ended a dispute be
tween nine island camps and 500
union members. The workers
based their demand for higher
rates on the contention that Queen
Charlotte timber was bigger, the
terrain more difficult and the
weather more severe than in other
British Columbia camps.
The wage increase was in lieu
of transportation pay, Pritchett
said. Power saw operators will re
ceive 3Vz cents per 1,000 feet and
hand fellers 4Vi cents, also retro
active to Jan. 1, 1946.
Government Fires
Coal Operator
WASHINGTON. The gov
ernment today fired James Walter
Carter, West Virginia coal opera-,
tor, as manager of his own feder- j
ally-operated mines for refusing
to pay the United Mine workers |
five cents a ton royalty for a wel- j
fare fund.
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