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NEWS IN BRIEF
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LONDON, (/P)—An official an-'
nouncement broadcast by the New ;
Delhi radio said Indian troops, \
who form the bulk of the British j
force in Dutch East Indies will!
begin leaving the islands Friday |
and will complete the withdrawal
by July.
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ALBANY, —Swift legislative ;
approval of a constitutional
amendment providing $400,000,000
jponus for New York’s war veter
ans, appeared assured today as i
Republican and Democratic lead-1
ers agreed on one of the most con-;
troversial issues before the 1946
session. The payment of the bonus I
will range from $50 to $250. Maj.j
Gen. William Donovan, counsel,
proposed the bonus be paid to
both men and women who sreved
in the armed forces between Dec.
7, 1941 and Sept. 2, 1945.
BOMBAY, UP)—A flurry of
-strikes and demonstrations by In
'dian military personnel and civil
ians was touched off by Bombay
riots. Another strike begun Mon
day in Lahore, led to the stoning
of a car in which Governor Sir
Bertrand Glancy was riding.
CAIRO, (A1)—A student was
killed by police in a forbidden
demonstration at Mansoura. Ten
thousand seized the body, draped
it in an Egyptian flag and carried
it through the streets. The stu
dents committee proc 1 a i m e d
March fourth as “a day of moum
i 5ng.”
PHILADELPHIA, f/P)—A surg
ing crowd of 3,000 electrical strik
ers, some giving the Nazi salute
and shouting “Heil,’r was broken
up and dispersed by charging
mounted and motorcycle police
today, several blocks from the
Eastwick plant of General Motors
Company. Defying for the second
successive day a court injunction
against mass picketing, the parad-1
ing pickets burst through the aux-1
m iliary police line of about fifteen |
^ foot partolmen before it met the j
full force of nearly 300 charging '
officers on a fifty-foot wide rail- !
road bridge. In a brief but sharp
melee which ensued about a dozen
strikers were injured and seven
teen others arrested.
LONDON, (JP)—The Moscow ra
dio announced Red Army troops
would start withdrawing tomor
row from those sections of Iran,
“which are undisturbed,” but
would remain in the northwestern
area, which includes the province
of Azeraijan. !
Pickets Rout Pickets
ST. LOUIS, MO. — Soundphoto — Pictured here are some of the St. Louis county school children
after they had established a counter picket line, when the Stage Hands’ Union picketed the rebuilt Gem
Theatre, preventing the moviehouse from opening. The pickets of organized labor strategically withdrew
when up against the tactics of the school students.
House Approves
Alaska-Canadian
Highway Com.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 1, (VP)—
The creation of an Alaska-Inter
nation Highway commission was
approved by the House foreign af
fairs committee after witnesses
said highway connections with the
Territory was among the most
pressing needs.
(D.-Mont.> provides for the ap
pointment by the President of a
commission of eight members to
cooperate with a similar Canadian
commission to investigate feasibil
ity of constructing a road or roads
under the supervision of the two
governments.
The commissions could select a
route through either British Co
lumbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan or
Yukon Territory. This Mansfield
said, would permit the route to
start from Montana if that route
east of the mountains is feasible, j
The previous Alaska-International I
commission considered only the (
routes through British Columbia,'
which would start in Washington
state.
SALES REPRESENTATIVES
IN TOWN
Clark Anderson, representative
of the Zellerbach Paper Co., and
Hunt and Mottet Hardware Co.,
and Baily Covey, representative
of Hills Brothers, Alaska distrib
utors and Consolidated Dairy
Products, who arrived Monday
will remain in town until Sunday
and then leave for Anchorage
with the Alaska AirUnaa
4-Power Delegation
To Yugoslavia
LONDON, Mar. 1, —A four
power commission to recommend
the new line of the Italian-Yugo
slav border was dispatched to
Trieste today, carrying instruc
tions which an authoritative
source said permitted it to go any
where in the disputed area.
Russian members of the deputy
foregin ministers council, which
is laying the groundwork for
peace treaties, contended previ- j
ously that the commission should
not visit the territory already held
by Yugoslavia, but British and
American members held it should
haxe the authority to move freely.
Plan Extensive
Development
Of Alaska
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WASHINGTON, Mar. 1, (/P)—
President Truman set up a special ‘
cabinet sub-committee to devise a
program of extensive develop
ment of Alaska. The White House
said Interior Secretary Krug and |
Commerce Secretary Wallace, and
Agriculture Secretary Anderson
will cooperate in the endeavor.
The development of Alaska has
been the subject of frequent White
House discussion. Gov. Gruening
called twice recently on the Pres
ident. The Governor’s view is that
highways and other facilities, in
cluding agricultural development
should be pushed to attract war
veterans from United States to
Alaska.
Alaska Coastline
May Be Available
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For Settlement
WASHINGTON, Mar. 1, (/P)—
The Interior Department moved
to make more of Alaska's 34,300
mile coastline avaliable for set
tlement under the homestead and
other public land laws. Acting
secretary Chapman approved a
program of wider utilization of
tracts along the coastline and
navigable stream.
Heretofore these have been
withheld from settlement. In the
future, Chapman said, only the
areas along Territorial shores,
which “are suitable to be used, or
need” for public harbor purposes
will be withheld from acquisition
by the public.
Chapman instructed Commis
sioner Fred Johnson of the gen
eral land office to determine
which of the shorelands of Alaska
might be removed from the exist
ing restrictions.
Fish Price Ceilings
May Be Removed
WASHINGTON. Mar. 1, f/P)—
Howard Lynch, head of OPA’s
fish section said fish price ceilings
would be removed if the expected
heavy production materializes this
spring. He declined to name other
items which might be removed
from price controls, saying to do
so would be nothing better than
a guess.
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U. S. Adopts Stern
Foreign Policy
With Russia
WASHINGTON, Mar. 1, (JP>— •
An American showdown with
Moscow over the Red army’s de
ployment in strategic areas in
Europe and Asia is foreshadowed
by a stern new foreign policy
enunciated by Secretary Byrnes.
Direct and vigorous measures are
likewise indicated against the
Soviet policy of stripping property
from liberated countries and for
mer enemy satellites.
Byrnes pronouncement in New
York last night is generally inter
preted here as the herald of a
tougher administration policy
toward Russia all along the line,
particularly with regard to Soviet
expansionist tendencies and the
Kremlin’s lone hand of maneu
vering nations.
Byrnes said United States in
tends to live up fully to the prin
ciples of the United Nations char
ter. and use all its influence to
see that other nations do the same.
To that end United S'ates must
be mightily armed until such time
as a reduction of armaments
among all the powerful nations
becomes possible.
By disarming alone. Byrnes
said, the United States would
weaken its position and upset the
power balance of the world and
thus endanger peace.
STRIKES
At A Glance . . .
About 985.000 workers are idle
in continuing labor disputes. Ma
jor developments:
Electrical—CIO picket sympa
thizers plan an attempt to crash
police lines around the strike
bound General Electric plant at
Philadelphia. Yesterday’s violence
brings a threat from CIO union
leaders for a general strike call of
150.000 CIO workers in Pennsyl
vania. The governor says he will
send in state police troops if neces
sary to maintain order.
Automotive — CIO UAW and
General Motors resume negotia
tions after a lengthy night session
which ended without agreement
over issues in the 101-day old
strike.
Communications—A nationwide
strike of some 250,000 telephone
workers is scheduled for March 7.
Steel—Nearly 600,000 of the
750.000 CIO united steel worker**
who have been on strike for four
weeks are covered by the new
contract, Most of them granting
18 Vi cents hourly wage increaaa*