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ALASKA AIRLINES
Passengers arriving from An
chorage Saturday were Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Lencer, O. B. VanSickle,
Mrs. Charles Traeger and small
daughter.
Mrs. Stanley Parson was the
outgoing passenger on the return
flight.
AT THE WALLACE HOTEL
George Sebolsice, M. J. Crasco.
C. Chunn, J. Balchrichign, O. C.
Van Sickle of Fairbanks. Mr. and
Mrs. W. Tweet of Teller.
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American Students
Participate In
Palestine Fighting
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JERUSALEM, (/P>—'The United
States consul general in Jerusalem
is keeping the state department
informed on the activities of
American students at Palestine
universities who are participating
in organized Jewish fighting
forces.
A consulate source reporting
this today, added that no recom
mendation has been made as to
the status of U. S. citizens fight
ing on either the Jewish or Arab
side in the Holy Land.
Jewish informants said two
American students already have
been killed in organized Hagan a
units. Ari Rabinowitz, an ex-sol-,
dier-student at Haifa technical5
college, was killed three weeks ago
in a fight between a Hagan *. pa
trol and Arabs of Swadi Rush-,
miya, a Haifa suburb.
Mosheh A. Pearlstein, 22, of l
Brooklyn, N. Y., was identified ns
one of 35 Jews slain Friday in the
Judean hills beyond Bethlehem.
A total of 137 Jewish ex-sol
diers with U. S. passports are!
studying either at Hebrew univer
Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity:
Compiled by the U. 3. Dept. «»!
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Monday, January 19, 1948
Forecast Nome. Cloudy tonight,
clearing and colder Tuesday. Fresh
northerly wind. Lowest tempera
ture tonight 10, highest tempera
ture Tuesday 15.
Nome data as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Precipitation last 24 hours,
trace. Total precipitation this
month 0.37 inch.
Temperatures last 24 hours:
highest 25, lowest 13.
Maximum wind last 24 hours:
miles per hour from the E.N.E.
Sunrise at 9:19 a.m., sunset at
3:01 p.m.
Comparative data: Tempera
tures one year ago today: highest'
—25, lowest —36.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907: lowest —36 in
1947, highest 42 in 1940. f
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow —25 Partly cloudy
Point Hope —19 Clear
Kotzebue 10 Clear
Shishmarel —8 Clear
Wales —14 Cloudy
Gambell 2 Cloudy i
Nome 25 Snow
Unalakleet 22 Cloudy
Bethel 33 Cloudy
McGrath 24 Cloudy
Anchorage 22 Cloudy
Fairbanks 11 Cloudy
Juneau 34 Cloudy
Whitehorse 20 Cloudy
Ketchikan 37 Cloudy
Seattle 33 Fog
San Francisco 53 Clear
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sity here or the Technical college
in Haifa under the G. I. bill of
rights, the consulate said.
India Promises
Harmony; Gandhi
Ends 121-Hour Fast
NEW DELHI, India (^ — Mo
handas K. Gandhi’s hope of har
moify »n India lay today in the
solemn pledge by religious leaders
which ended his peace fast after
121 hours and 45 minutes.
The Indian patriot and Hindu
spiritual leader drank sweet lime
juice at 12:45 p.m. yesterday. It
was his first nourishment since 11
a.m., Tuesday when he began the
fast, his fifteenth.
Last night, five hours after
breaking his fast, the 78-year-old
Gandhi told a big prayer meeting
he did so on the “pledge and coun
sel” of friends from Hindu-led In
dia and Moslem-led Pakistan.
They guaranteed, he said, “com
plete unbroken friendship” among
Hindus, Moslems and Sikhs. Gan
dhi said fulfillment of this pledge
would double “in intense wish to
live a full span of life doing serv
ice to humanity ... at least 125
years, or as some say, 133 years.”
His reference was to a resolu
tion, signed a few hours before
he ended his ordeal, in which
communal leaders pledged their
lives as earnest for peace.
They adopted his seven-point
program for social acceptance and
safety of lives and property of
Moslems in India. They set up a
committee of 130, of all religions,
to meet nightly for a review of
progress toward these ends.
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MR. AND MRS. JACK LENCER
RETURN FROM STATES
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lencer who
left last month for the States and
visited in southern California and j
at Carthage, New York, returned
Saturday with the Alaska Airlines j
and state that they are glad to be
home again. ,
Malaria exists in 36 of the states ;
in the United States.
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PCA Approves
Wallace Proposals
CHICAGO, (/P)—A policy plat
form embracing many of the ex
pressions of domestic and foreign
affairs by Henry A. Wallace in
his campaign for the Presidency
had approval today of delegates to
the second annual convention of
the Progressive Citizens of Amer
ica.
The statement of policy had au
thority to merge the organization
into a third political party were
[ approved yesterday by the ap
proximately 500 delegates who
had heard Wallace in a Saturday
speech denounce both major par
ties and proclaim his own pro
gram to combat inflation.
In their policy platform, the
PCA called for rejection of the
Marshall plan and substitution in
its place of the “Wallace plan for
peaceful world reconstruction;’’
and the immediate withdrawal of
American military personnel and
military aid from Greece and
Turkey.
Definite Partition
Plans Being Made
LAKE SUCCESS, (/P) — The
United Nations expect to learn
the British attitude on a series of
Palestine problems this week and
then will start laying definite
plans for splitting up the Holy
Land, informed quarters said to
day.
The five-nation Palestine parti
tion commission met today to com
plete a draft of questions to the
British government covering im
migration, security and adminis
tration aspects of the situation.
Sir Alexander Cadogan, British
delegate, has promised to reply as
speedily as possible although it
was assumed he would have to
consult his government for some
of the information .
An official close to the commis
sion said the group made signifi
cant progress in its first week of
sessions.
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Rent Control
Hangs In Balance
i WASHINGTON, (>P)—Rent con
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trol expires six weeks from today
| but the r.at;on’s landlords and
1 tenants are unlikely to know for
another three weeks what kind of
an extension to expect from Con
gress.
| Senator Cain <R.-Wash.), chair
man of a banking sub-committee
holding general hearings on the
subject, told reporters he looks
for the hearings to run until the
month’s end.
Then, he said, he hopes to lay
a compromise bill before the full
committee by February 5. Action
by that committee will be required
before the issue can be sent to the
Senate floor for debate.
Rent hearings have not yet
started on the other side of the
capitol, but Cain said he and
chairman Wolcott <R.-Mich.) of
the House banking committee will
discuss the subject this week.
Barge 719 Ends
2nd North Trip
SEATTLE (/Pi — The Alaska
Freight Express corporation said
its steel barge 719 had completed
its second northbound trip, dock
ing at Seward Friday afternoon,
and that the next sailing for the
new service was set for Feb. 6.
The 719 carried general cargo
Generals Talked
About; Not There
WASHINGTON, (/P)—'Two gen
erals who weren’t there—Dwight
D. Eisenhower and Douglas Mac
Arthur — figured prominently in
Presidential speculation as the
Republican national committee
met today to issue a formal call
for the party’s June nominating
convention in Philadelphia.
Neither MacArthur nor Eisen
hower was represented even un
officially, as were other actual
and potential candidates. But
there was much discussion of their
chances if a convention stalemate
arises between such announced
aspirants as Gov. Harold E. Stas
sen of Minnesota, Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey of New York, Senator Rob
ert A. Taft of Ohio.
Several national commi 11 e e
members, representing the regular
party organization, made it plain
in informal discussions with their
colleagues that they want Eisen
hower’s views oh national and
world issue in detail before they
'Aould be willing to consider him
as a candidate.
Baruch Calls For
Excess Profits Tax
WASHINGTON, UP) — Bernard
Baruch called today for an excess
profits tax on corporations—a step
in line with an idea advanced by
President Truman for offsetting a
proposed income tax cut for each
taxpayer and dependent.
And secretary of commerje
Harriman supported the Presi
dent’s position by warning that
"our economy is in an inflationary
situation and sound policy de
mands that the level of taxation
be maintained.’’
But Baruch did not go along
with the tax cut idea. He opposed
any tax reduction for two years.
Baruch, longtime adviser to
government leaders, appease t be
fore the Senate foreign relations
committee. He urged that,the ex
cess profits tax be restored at 50
per cent of wartime levels, a dif
ferent basis than Mr. Truman
urged. He offered it as one point
in a program for building peace.
Truman Issues
Fuel Saving Orders
WASHINGTON, l/P)—President
Truman Saturday ordered temper
atures cut back to 69 degrees ir
government buildings heated with
fuel oil—and clamped a 40-milc
speed limit on government can
to save gasoline.
With widespread shortages re
ported, Mr. Truman directed fed
eral agencies to use "every mean:
of conserving fuel oil, gasoline anc
gas.”
The building heating order ap
plies to all government proper
ties using fuel oil or gasoline, 01
which use gas in areas where nat
ural gas "is not in abundant sup
ply.” The only exceptions will b<
those buildings where “full anc
rigid observance would impair o
endanger health or safety.”
and 100 tons of surplus war equip
ment for the Alaska railroad, in
eluding a 25-ton crane, a Ifi-toi
shovel, 13-ton scraper and oihe
heavy equipment.
The corporation said its Seattl
agent, Phil Truckey, spent th
weekend in Portland conferrin,
with shippers there who were in
terested in Alaska business.
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