Communists Brand
Peace Offer 'Trick*
NAiVKING, t/Pi—A short edito
ial j^mment by the communist i
idio branding ihe national st gov
ernment's peace offer as a trick
»PI)e ‘: vt yesterday to have dashed
iopes >f an early peace in China.1
Official circles refused to accept
he »mment as the final commu
list official reaction, but it gen
erally was believed to have pro
idea an inkling of communist re
ictkm.
The brief comment made no
nention of Generalissimo Chiang ;
Cai-3hek's New Year’s message,
a which he offered to resign to
tave the way for peace.
Reliable reports said the Chinese
government has instructed its di-!
donuts abroad to keep a close
/atch on foreign reaction, both :
ufici*. and unofficial, to Chiang’s
»eace offer.
Such reaction would be signifi
ant, these reports said, because
ne government is planning to in
ite the U. S., Russia. Britain and
ranee to mediate in future peace
ilk, with the communists.
710NEERS PLAN FOR
. Pf ST ALL ATION
The Pioneers of Alaska met
Veanesday evening and made
Ians for their installation on Jan.
9th an which time they will join
ith tiie Pioneer Ladies for the
eremony.
Plans also got under way for
le 'Pioneer Card Party Series
-hicii .s planned to start later ini;
w>iith. committees will be an- i
minced later. • ]
Palestine Issue
Very "Grave"
LONDON i/P)—The government
accused Israel yesterday of delib
erately violating Egyptian terri
tory in an armed invasion from
Palestine, and said the situation
in the border area was "grave."
A foreign office spokesman said
dispatches to London disclosed
that Israeli troops pushed about
20 miles into Egypt. The "bulk" of
^ie invasion force has been with
drawn across the border, he said,
but there was "no evidence all had
been pulled back.
"This withdrawal gives some lo
cal relief to the situation, which
continues grave for the peace in
that part of the world and wich
continues to cause anxiety,” the
spokesman said.
Truman Omits
Statehood Plea
From Message
(Continued from Page One)
Bartlett rushed from the floor at
the conclusion of the President’s
message to request an early ap
pointment at the White House.
Senators Harry P. Cain <R.
Wash.) and William Knowland
|R.- Calif.) expressed regret at the
President’s failure to stress state
hood for both Territories. Rep.
Henry M. Jackson (D.-Wash.) said
he felt sure the Presdient omitted
specific reference to Territorial
statehood as he omitted reference
to veterans affairs and develop
ment of the Columbia River, only
Decause those issues were part of
Dlanks he discussed in general.
Alaska Airlines
NOW
NOME to
EVERETT WASH.
STARLINER
DC-4
Scheduled Daily
FROM ANCHORAGE
FREIGHT RATE
NOME to EVERETT
22 Cents per pound
ft fti/or/;*
Dept. Of Justice
Files Anti-Trust
Complaints
I vert pipe and participated in es
tablishing quotas of sheet metal
I used by Republic in all ^eating this
product.
The Attorney General said:
! “Governmental agencies are the
| principal purchasers of metal cul
1 vert pipe which is used primarily
for drainage purposes in the con
jstruction of highways and air
j ports.
“This complaint is filed pursu
ant to the department’s announced
program of aiding federal, state
and local governments by elimin
ating restraints of trade and mo
nopolies in the sale of those items
which they purchase in large
quantities.”
Herbert A. Bergson, assistant at
torney general in charge of the
(anti-trust division, said: “Repub
lic is one of the two largest pro
ducers in the United States of cor
rugated sheet metal used for fab
ricating metal culvert pipe and is
also an important fabricator of the
; pipe itself.
“The complaint alleged that for
j a number of years it has been en
j gaging in activities having the ef
! feet of eliminating competition
| between the defendants in fabri
cating and selling this pipe. Our
! municipalities and other purchas
ers have a right to the advantages
of a free competitive market.
“To help attain this goal, we
seek cancellation of the allocation
agreements and dissolution of the
i association. We also seek to enjoin
Republic from buying out fabri
! cators of culvert pipe or from re
quiring any of these fabricators to
deal exclusively with Republic or
to refrain from selling pipe except
in a prescribed territory.”
SINGAPORE PLANS
CHINESE GROUP
SINGAPORE, (fl>) — An effort
will toe made to foster an appre
cia'ion of Chinese culture in Sing
apore—a British Crown Colony
but one of the largest Chinese cen
| ters overseas.
A movement to establish cul
tural organizations to be called
“The China Society” is underway.
The society will be open to all
races.
Objects of the new society are
to encourage study of the Chinese
language, literature, history and
folklore; art, science, industry,
economics and customs. It al
so 'aims to promote goodwill
among the various racial groups
represented in its membership.
WXLN
Radio Station WXLN is tem
porarily off the air due to opera
tional difficulties. These programs
will be resumed just as soon as
the station returns to the air.
DREAM
THEATER
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2 Shows, Friday, 7:15 and 9 p.m.
"SMOKY"
Fred MacMurray - Ann Baxter
Also "Flirty Birty"
1 Show, Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
"HOLIDAY IN MEXICO"
Walter Pidgeon Ilona Massey
Also "Nova Scotia"
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2 Shows Sunday, 7:30 and 9 p.m.
"STRANGE JOURNEY"
Paul Kelly Osa Mason
Also "Memories of Columbus"
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(JO!* Charges
r
Democrats \\ it!i
Playing ^Socialism"
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the full four billion he asked
hugely from big business’ and in
i fi rm that may suit Congress but
not be fully pleasing to the Presi
dent.
Taft-Hartley labor law repeal,
with the modifications of theWag
1 ner act that Mr .Truman suggested
and possibly some others—includ
ing the non-communist affidavit
in some form.
Economic controls, but possibly
not the standby price-wage au
j thority or the steel-plan building
1 power he requested,
i Welfare legislation, such as aid
I to education, social security ex
! pansion, housing and raising of the
minimum wage level. His plan for
‘prepaid medical insurance, how
' ever, remains in the doubtful
| class.
1 Farm benefit changes, though
! there may be a fight over this
| which could cross party lines.
Reciprocal trade agreements ex
l tension.
On the “doubtful” list lawmak
ers were placing Mr. Truman’s
civil rights program, his appeal for
universal military training, his
1 propoosal for federal control of
, the tidelands, and his request—
| for the fifth time, he said—for au
] thorization of the St. Lawrence
i Seaway.
Even without these, the pros
I pects would point to a tremendous
1 reversal of the record of the Re
*
publican-controlled 80th Congress.
Democratic leaders made it
1 plain they intend to strike while
i the Truman popularity iron is
hot. What troubles might arise as
the months go on, no one professed
to know.
(lommimitils Deaf
To Peace Pleas
NANKING, </P) — Communist
troops, turning a deaf ear to ra
tionalist peace pleas, last night re
portedly poured shot and she 'd in
to besieged Tientsin in the north
and into encircled government
armies southwest of Suchow.
The firing broke a two-vveeks
lull. Peace overtures, including a
message from President Chiang
Kai-Shek at year’s end effering
to negotiate "if the communists
really are sincece,” had flooded
the country.
The latest was made by the
Peiping city council which voted
to ask communists surrounding
that city for terms. The North
China commander, Gen. Fu Tso
i Yi, gave permission for an air
] drop of the Peiping peace plea. He
' has been rumored seeking a sep
arate settlement of the North
China war.
Nanking sources heard that Red
troops commenced shelling Gen.
tu Li-Ming’s surrounded armies
southwest of Suchow from two
sides after vocal barrages from
loudspeakers failed to persuade
the nationalists to surrender.
COAST GUARD LANDS PIGEON
CHICAGO, (#*)—An exhausted
pigeon fluttered down on a water
intake crib in Lake Michigan four
miles off the Chicago shore. The
keeper put through a radio call to
1 the Animal Welfare League. The
League got in touch with the
Coast Guard. A crash boat plowed
the cold choppy water to the crib,
picked up the bushed bird and
brought it to dry land. The pigeon
—it looked like a homing kind—
was taken to League headquarters
to rest until it had strength enough
to go home.
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