Severe I renihlors
Rock Reno; Knock
Down Power Lines
(Continued frojn pise One’
ported its lines down near the
California state line about 15
miles west of here.
As emergency crews were rush
ed out to determine the extent of
the break, company officials said
heavy electrical charges in the
circuits indicated high-volt age
power lines had fallen across
them
Long distance circuits linking
Reno and San Francisco were not
affected.
The highway department at
Sacramento, Calif., reported that
minor rock slides occurred on U.
S. highway 40, main transcontin
ental highway to the east over the
California Sierras.
The highway remained opened,
however, after Reno authorities
requested California hig h w a y
crews to put mountain snowplows
into action to clear the pavement
of debris.
TOO MANY TURNS
SAN PEDRO, Calif. (ZP)-^Jesus j
A. Diaz has great talent for get- 1
ting into trouble.
Look what happened to him yes- I
terday. He made a right turn in
his car, crashed into a police car.
Then he smashed into a second
car, and then a third, and then his
car caromed across the street and
hit another car—this one owned (
by a policeman. He had an audi
ence too—it all hapuened in front
of the police station.
Diaz' next right turn took him
into jail on a charge of drunken
driving.
Doctor Claims
Favc Roosevelt
Suicide
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Dr. Hirst sent her to Vassar Broth
ers hospital here where she spent
the night under observation. She
was released at noon Monday.
When informed of Roosevelt’s
statement that the wound was ac
cidental, the sheriff sadi:
“I can’t help what Elliott says.
This is what Dr. Hirst told deputy
Sheriff Hugh Brennan .
“It is my impression that the
cutting was deliberate and I am
asking Elliott Roosevelt to appear
at the district attorney’s office
for further details.”
Later Close said he had received
word from Roosevelt’s attorney
that the son of the late President
would appear.
The Roosevelts were married
four years ago, he for the third
time and she for the second.
Gen. Hodges, 61,
Retires from Army
NEW YORK, </Pl—Gen. Court
ney H. Hodges, 61-year-old First
Army commander, will retire
next month. He will live in San
Antonio, Texas.
Hodges, who led the First Army
as it swept across France and Ger
many in the recent war, becomes
62 Jan. 5. He is required to retire
before the last day of January.
Holder of distinguished service
awards won in both world wars,
Hodges has been commanding gen
eral of the First Army with head
quarters at Governors Island since
July, 1946.
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Friday, December 31, 1948
7:00 «r.m.—Red Harper
7:15—Sunrise Serenade
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4:30—One.Night Stand
5:00—News
WATCH NIGHT SERVICE AND
SOCIAL AT NATIVE CHURCH
<
It has been announced that
there will be a social time at the
club house next to the Native
Church on Friday, New Year’s
Eve, starting at eight o’clock.
There will be games and singing
and also refreshments until time
for the Watch Night Service at the
Lavinia Wallace Young Mission.
That service will begin at 11
o’clock. Everyone is welcome.
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FEDERAL FUNDS
READY FOR NATIONAL
GUARD FACILITIES
Lt. Col. J. D. Alexander and
Major M. A. Koehler, officers in
charge of Alaskan National Guard
Affairs arrived to arrange for the
preliminaries coincident to setting
up a site for armory facilities.
FORT RICHARDSON — Fed
eral funds have been received
amounting to $45,000 for the ac
quisition of warehouse and storage
buildings and rifle ranges for the
two proposed Scout Battalions of
the Alaska National Guard, it has
been announced by Headquarters,
U. S. Army, Alaska.
The two Scout Battalions have
already been approved by the Na
tional Guard Bureau of the De
partment of the Army, but the
plan to add tw oinfantry battalions
in the more populous areas awaits
word from Washington. Enabling
legislation for both types of units
also will be required of the Terri
torial Legislature in January.
The Federal money probably
will be used to construct buildings
at such places as Bethel, Unala
kleet, Kotzebue and Nome. In
some of the smaller communities
buildings are already available,
but will need rehabilitation. The
money available will not provide
all needed facilities, and such Ter
ritorial funds as may be made
available will be needed to fill the
gap.
Definite steps are already under
way to insure that the Scout Bat
talions will be adequately equip
ped. Their full complement will
be issued rifles, ammunition, cart
ridge belts, first-aid pouches,
mess gear, trousers, shirts, over
white parkas, caps, gloves and
belts by the Army immediately
upon activation, with other neces
MARBURG, Germany, </P> —
Mrs. Wilma Ybar'oo of lialden,
Mass., yesterdr.y was sen enced to
20 years in prison for killing her
i American soiuter nnsbaud in a
: bedroom quarrel.
The U. S. military government
i court of three American judges
j convicted Mrs. Ybarba of killing
Sgt. John Ybarbo of Goliad, Tox..
| "with malice aforethought.”
j The 23-year-old defendant hard
ly changed the expression on her
pale face as she heard the verdict.
The court rejected her plea that
! she shot her husband in self de
fense. The judges also rejected the
possibility she was so overcome
with passion that she was beyond
self control when she pumped
three pistol bullets into her hus
band after a quarrel.
sary items of clothing and equip
ment added as organisation of the
units progresses.
Maj. Gen. Stanley L. Scott,
Commanding General, U.S. Army,
Alaska, who is charged with the
training of the National Guard
Units in Alaska, has requested the
Department of the Army to assign
the unit instructors for these units
immediately in order that the de
tail planning for training them
may be completed prior to their
actual organization.
Plans have also been projected
for waiving certain eligibility re
quirements for enlistment in the
Guard to utilize to the fullest ex
tent the manpower capabilities of
the native population.
A permanent Adjutant General
for the Territory has not as yet
been selected by the Governor. Lt.
Col. J. D. Alexander, Officer in
Charge of National Guard Affairs
for Alaska, is now in Juneau per
forming the functions of the Ad
jutant General, but is prevented
by regulations from holding the
position permanently.
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