60 Days Will
Show Winner Of
World War III
(By Elton C. Fay)
WASHINGTON, </P) — If war
comes to America again, the first
60 days will decide the winner,
Owight D. Eisenhower said today.
Eisenhower, now an elder mili
tary statesman, said so in his fare
well report as army chief of stall.
The general took a look at mat
ters diplomatic as well as mili
tary, however, in writing his final
official statement.
He saw the European recovery
plan fathered by secretary of state
Marshall as vital to “our sister de-;
mocracies” and to us.
Eisenhowevr did not mention
Russia by name but he said:
1. If the western European
countries were to “become the
pawns of totalitarianism, Ameri- j
ca’s security would be in dire
danger.”
2. If the Demoracies of the Med
iterranean area should fall and
that corridor between east and
west were blocked, “the effects
would be instant and catastro
phic."
“War, in such case, would be
close to us,” Eisenhower declared, j
Looking down the purely mili-,
lary road, he predicted:
“Because major nations, in the
future, will be armed with wea
pons of terrifying destructive
power, a series of lightning blows
might conceivably end a future
war at its outset.
“In such case, the resulting
peace would not be cursed with
social chaos produced by wide
spread devastation of the enemy’s
land and internal facilities for liv
ing.
“A corollary to this is the need
for a system of major and alter
nate or secondary bases around
which can be organized, first our
own defense against air attack, j
and next our retaliatory counter- i
offensive.”
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Births Nearly Double
Deaths In Italy *
ROME, <£*)-^Italy, whose excess
population is already one of its
biggest problems, still has nearly
twice as many births as deaths.
In the first six months of 1947,!
the central statistical institute re
ported live births totaled 511,806
against 278,760 deaths. In the same
period of 1946, the figures were:
513,595 and 281,853.
Marriages In the 1947 half-year
1 Malted Milk Start
of Housekeeping
SEATTLE, </P) — Cpl. David E.
Abston, Jr., and his French bride
of a day, the former Miss Yvonne
Renaud, “set up housekeeping”
yesterday over a single malted
milk at the Seattle Army-Navy
Y. M. C. A.
Each with a straw deep in the
malt, they laid plans for a more
permanent home they hope to es
tablish in the not too far distant
future at Anchorage.
The corporal must leave for the
north in a week to serve with the
Army’s Alaska Communication
System. Meanwhile, his wife will
return to Washington, D. C.,
where she is a secretary in the
French embessy. She has been in
America eight months.
Culminating a romance which
began four months ago when the
corporal was in Washington, D.C.,
taking a special course at the war
department communications cen
ter, the two were married here.
"I like the Washington States,”
said brunette, brown eyed Mrs.
Abston, here white teeth flashing
in an attractive smile. “It is much
better here than in Washington,
D. C.
“I love the Americans — espe
cially thees one,” she added, cling
ing to the stalwart corporal.
Washngton’s mountains, the
bride said, are much like those
around her home at Grenoble in
the south of France. She would
like to live in the Pacific North
west.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO
PUBLISH BOOKLET ON NOME
The board of directors of the
Chamber of Commerce met last
Friday evening at the offices of
President Richard Webb and made
plans to complete an informative
booklet for distribution and for
the annual banquet to be held
Tuesday, February 24th.
It was also voted to endorse
Senator Butler’s bill which would
transfer to Alaska the administra
tion of laws relating to Indians
especially for the education of na
tive children. Carl Lomen was
asked to represent the Chamber
at the hearing.
The board also voted to assist
Valdez in its effort to raise funds
for its hospital project. Tickets for
their raffle are on sale at the Ber
ing Sea Club and at the Modern
cleaners.
numbered 204,882, compared with
178,528 in the 1946 period.
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Red Papers Print
Lippman Tirade
MOSCOW, (/P) — All Moscow
newspapers Saturday carried a
700-word digest of criticisms by
Walter Lippman of the U. S. state
department for publishing cap
tured Nazi documents of Nazi
Soviet relations.
Lippman described publication
of the 1939-41 documents as prop
aganda that “was bound to back
fire.” He said that “some of the
truth but not the whole of it was
used for political purposes.”
His views appeared in the New
York Herald Tribune.
NOTICE
Valentine Party at the Order of
Eastern Star meeting tonight. All
members and visitors invited.
Margaret Steinwandel, W.M.
NOTICE
World Way of Prayer at Feder
ated Church Friday evening at
8:00.
NOTICE
Meeting tonight of American
Legion at Legion Hall. Refresh
ments will be served.
Paul Dryden. Pres.
notice;
The Poll Book for the registra
tion of voters for the forthcoming
Municipal and School Board Elec
tion shall be open Wednesday,
Feb. 18th to March 27th, 1948.
Election takes place April 6.
1948 and qualified voters must be
one year in the Territory and six
months in the precinct.
Carrie M. McLain.
City Clerk.
Pub. Feb. 16. 18, 20, 1948.
NOTICE
All Pioneers are requested to
register at Polet's Store for the
Anniversary Party. February 18.
6:30 p.m. Closing date, noon, Tues
day.
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DREAM
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Monday and Tuesday
"OUR VINES HAVE TENDER
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Edw. G. Robinson
Margaret O'Brien
Also "Shape Ohoy"
—•—
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Wednesday and Thursday
"THE MAN I LOVE"
Ida Lupino - Robert Alda
Also "How to Be A Sailor"
Picture May Win
Several “Oscars'”
HOLLYWOOD (/P) — “Gentle
men’s Agreement” stand a chance
of winning seven “Oscars” when;
the Academy of Motion Pitcure
! Arts and Sciences presents its an
nual awards March 20.
The picture a 20th Century Fox
production with anti-Semitism as
its theme, and seven persons con
nected with it were nominated in
seven categories Sunday.
“Gentlemen’s Agreement” was
nominated for the best picture
and its stars, Gregory Peck and
Dorothy McGuire, were named in
; the best actor and actress compe-!
I tition.
Close competition is expected
I all the way down the line, how
ever.
Coming Storms To
Be Fingerprinted
NEW YORK, (iP) — Snowflakes'
may help fingerprint the kind of
! weather coming, Vincent J. Schae
fer of the General Electric Co.,
Co .said Saturday.
Schaefer, a pioneer in man-,
made rain and snow experiments,
said there are essentially nine|
kinds of snowflakes. Each type
seems to be connected with the
great air currents that profoundly,
influence general weather condi
tions. The snowflakes thus may
serve as guides in making general
weather forecasts.
He spoke before a meeting of
the American Chemical Society’c
New York section.
Smithsonian to Get
“Kitty Hawk”
W A S H I N GTON, (A5) — The
Wright brothers plane which made
the world’s first powered flight
with a man aboard is coming
home after a 20-year exile.
The Kensington Museum of Sci
ence announced at London Friday
night it is ready to send the frail
bipWme "Kittyhawk” back to the
United States.
The Smithsonian Institution, a
government museum in Washing
ton, has promised it the place of
"highest honor, which is^ts due."
It was a feud with the Smithson
ian over credit for the world’s
first heavier-than-air flight which
led Orville Wright to ship the lit
tle aircarft abroad in 1928.
18-Year-Old Boy
Rescued 3 Lads
PATCHOGUE, N. Y. ^—18
year-old Robert McDowell crawl
ed out on the ice and rescued two
small boys from the Patchogue
river. As the shivering youngsters
were hustled to a nearby house,
one said:
"There’s still another kid in
there.”
McDowell ran back to the river,
plunged in and swam under the
ice. He brought up William Mc
Dermott, 8, and revived him by
artificial respiration.
The three, William, his brother
Philip, 5, and Robert MacDonald
9, will be all right, hospital at
taches said.
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