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NEWS IN BRIEF j
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NEW YORK, </P)—Philip Stock,
who contributed poetry to Walter
Winchell’s syndicated Broadway
column under the pseudonym
“Don Wahn,” was killed yesterday
in a 12-story plunge from a mid
Manhattan apartment building.
Police, listing the death as ap
parent suicide, said Stack left a
note saying he was “incurably
ill.” The 60-year-old writer plung
ed to his death from the studio
office of a greeting card manufac
turer, for whom he wrote verse.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. UP)—
Eddie Dyer, manager of the St.
Louis Cardinals, was knocked un
conscious yesterday by a line
drive hit in batting practice.
Dyer was standing in the vicin
ity of the shortstop position look
ing into the outfield when the
hard hit ball struck him in the
rear of the head.
He was felled and remained un
conscious for several minutes be
fore being rushed to a hospital.
HAVANA, Cuba, UP) — Gordon
S. Rentschler, 62, chairman of the
National City Bank of New York,
died of a heart attack last night
in the Nacional Hotel.
ST PETERSBURG, Fla. (/P)—
Stan Musial, the St. Louis Cardin
als’ slugging first baseman, ended
his holdout yesterday and signed
a contract. 4
The signing came aftey a 15
minute conference with Robert E.
Hannegan, president of the Cards.
It is believed the contract figure
was somewhere between $31,000
and $35,000.
SEATTLE, (i^P) — The son of a
pioneer Chinese family dropped
dead here yesterday while plead
ing for American understanding
of China’s problems.
The victim, Lew G. Kay, died of
a heart attack while addressing a
meeting of trustees of the China
club of Seattle. He helped to found
the organization more than 33
years ago. He was 62. He was
president of the Hirst-Chichagof
Mining company, an Alaskan gold
mining corporation. *
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PEIPING, (iP) — Manchu-born
P r i n cess Yoshiko Kawashima,
sentenced to die for espionage,
said today she would be “greatly
embarrassed” if executed in pub
lic. She asked to be shot in pri-'
vate, and without fanfare.
The princess was called the
“Mata Hari of Asia” at her trial
last fall.
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NEW YORK, (jP)—Russian vod
ka and caviar, American manhat-j
tans and martinis, and interna
tional polite talk were blended last
night as the Soviet Union opened
an exhibit at Rockefeller center.
Outside, pickets who said they
were Lithuanian political refugees,
marched with placards.
“We protest the Soviet exhibit
of lies,” the pickets’ signs pro
claimed as the U.S.S.R. opened its
first large-scale exhibition in the
U. S. since the war.
PEIPING, </P)—Gen. Fu Tso-Yi,
commander of government troops!
Musi Now Give
Military Aid
To China
WASHINGTON (&)—Lt. Albert
C. Wedemeyer told Congress yes
terday that the United States must
back up economic aid abroad with
military support if Communism is
to be stopped in China and else
where.
Wedemeyer, wl\o is director of
plans and operations for the army,
testified before the House foreign
affairs committe. The committee
is considering a proposed $570,
000,000 economic aid program for
China.
Wedemeyer said $200,000,000
“would have helped China im
measurably” two years ago.
“But today,” he added, “I don’t
think I would recommend $500,
000,000 in aid for China unless
there were military aid to protect
that $500,000,000.
“This vast movement that has
been so successful in Czechoslo
vakia, and probably in Finland, is
sweeping down from the north. If
we in America intend to put a stop
to it, we can’t do it by purely
economic aid.”
The committee asked the gener
al’s views because of his long ex
perience in China. During the war
he commanded the China theater
for a time and was. chief of staff to
Generalissimo Chinag Kai-Shek.
Russia Returning
Lend-Lease Ships
After Long Last
YOKOHAMA, (/P)-Tvvo more
lend-lease tankers have been re
turned to the United States by
Russia, at a time of critical world
shortage of such vessels.
The tankers are the former
Swanee Rail and the Paul Dunbar.
They were brought to Yokohama
by Russian crews. American
crews will be flown here to sail
the ships to the Persian Gulf for
oil to relieve the shortage along
the U. S. east coast.
The first lend-lease ship to be
returned by the Russians was de
livered to an American crew last
week in Hong Kong. Thus began
the return of vessels the United
States has sought to get back since
the end of the war.
Four other tankers are to be
brought here, and a fifth is slated
for delivery at Trieste.
Capt. R. E. Norris, regional di
rector of the U. S. maritime com
mission, said the two ships
brought here “and in surprisingly
excellent condition.”
“Apparently the Russians took
pride in returning them to us in
good shape,” he added. “They
really did it.
“The Russians had fine crews
aboard the two ships.”
in North China,reviewed a regi
ment of armored cars.
In the line he saw eight armored
cars without their armor. He de
manded and got this explanation
—the government’s own board of
supplies had confiscated the ar
mor plates as “enemy property.”
Bridges Defies CIO
To Oust Him i
SAN FRANCISCO, (iP)—Harry
Bridges yesterday openly defied
the CIO to oust him as northern
California CIO director.
The west coast longshore leader
continued his Wallace for Presi
dent and anti-Marshall plan cam-j
paigns despite the arrival of a CIO
official empowered to remove him,
from office for those activities.
Allan S. Haywood, national di
rector of organization for the CIO,'
said he would delay any action
until he learned Bridges’ "final po-!
sition.” CIO president Philip Mur
ray "is very displeased with left
wing refusals to follow national
policy,” Haywood said. "They’re
going to have to get into line.”
CIO national policy supports
the Marshall plan and opposes a
third party.
Bridges’ office said Haywood,
who arrived Wednesday, had
made no attempt to reach him.
Bridges meantime distributed to
a longshore meeting copies of an
article he wrote attacking the
Marshall plan.
Entertainment At
Big Eskimo Show
Saturday Night
I The Big Eskimo Show, sched
; uled for tomorrow evening prom
J ises to me one of the most interest
; ing events of the winter season to
both old-timers and cheechakos.
The committee states that although
j the show starts promptly at eight
o’clock the doors will open at 7:15.
An interesting feature of the
show, the skinning and preparing
of a seal by Mrs. Robert Okpealuk
demonstrates how the entire pro
cess is done with a single instru
ment, the oolu or “woman’s knife”
a sharp edged curved knife, ex
pertly used.
The printed program will be a
souvenir worth keeping, listing all
the numbers in Eskimo names.
An exhibition is planned of
“Ok-ia-atoit” by the champion of
high kicking who can kick, it is
recorded, 8’6" with both feet.
The Grand Bingo prize will be a
carved iVbry animal set worth
$50.
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The drawing for the door prizes
will be held at 12:30 a.m. The
adult door prize will be a made to
measure parka. At the same time
also will be the drawing for the
award of the other made to mea- (
sure parka to the holder of the1
lucky ticket.
A very unique children’s door
prize will also be awarded.
The Arctic Native Brotherhood,
which was incorporated last year
under the laws of the Territory j
has active members throughout!
Second Division and have pledged
themselves to raise the standard
of living and promote social ac
tivities for their people.
They recently built a club house
on Fifth Avenue which they plan I
to equip and improve for their
work.
Som Mogg fur craftsman, is
president of the organization.
“Reactionaries”
Fleeing Across
Czech Border
—
PRAGUE, (/P)—The Communist
press hinted yesterday former
health minister Adolf Prochazka,
his wife and an anti-communist
student leader have fled Czecho
slovakia, but mystery surrounded
their whereabouts.
Milada, 19, the minister’s daugh
ter, is under arrest after an un
successful attempt to escape from
the country.
Mlada Fronta, a communist
newspaper, said the Prochazkas
and student leader Emil Ransdorf
escaped across the border. It was
the first time the communist press
reported that Czechs were fleeing
across the frontiers.
Rude Pravo, the official com
' munist newspaper, reported the
the ^Prochazkas “attempted” es
cape, but gave no details.
The ministry of information an
nounced President Eduard Benes
is convalescing at his country
home in Sezimovo Usti, southern
Bohemia, and will not return to
Prague this week, as scheduled.
Procrazka is one of the minis
‘ ters singled out by Communist
Premier Klement Gottwald as “an
agent of foreign reaction.”
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Find Body Of
Crash Victim
SEATTLE, (^)—The body of a
naval chief petty officer was found
in a small Olympic peninsula field
last night some distance from his
crashed single engine airplane.
The coast guard said the victim,
Charles K. Jones of Bremerton,
apparently died while attempting
to obtain medical aid for his in
juries.
The body was found by search
ers who followed a trail of blood
from the wrecked plane. The coast
guard said Jones had reached ^
lone house in the area, only to
find it abandoned.
A student pilot, the 29-year-old
petty officer crashed Wednesday
evening after taking off from Che
halis for Bremerton.
Five Mines Sighted
In Three Days
SEATTLE, (TP)—Sighting of five
derelict mines off the Washington
Oregon coast lines in three days
brought a renewed warning to
shipping today.
The coast guard said four of the
five mines have been exploded by
gunfire. The fifth is believed still
drifting off Coos Bay on the Ore
gon coast.
The Cutter McLane disposed of;
two mines off Grays Harbor Wed-;
nesday and one off Umatilla Reef
Monday. Another was exploded
off Willapa Bay Tuesday by the
cutter Balsam.
The fifth mine, was r-'Torted
sighted off Coos Bay.
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The Fire Department was called
out to answer a ca/1 to the home(
of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Coulthard.
Very little damage was done.
Atomic Workers
Defer Strike
(By Harold W. Ward)
WASHINGTON. (TP)—AFL un
ions, bowing to a plea by Presi
dent Truman, today put off strike
plans for at least two weeks at
atomic bomb laboratories in Oak
Ridge, Tenn.
The President, before leaving
Key West, Fla., to return to the
capital, took the first step provid
ed in the Taft-Hartley act for
dealing with a national emergency
strike threat. He said he was nam
ing a board of inquiry and would
ask it to report by March 10.
It was the first time Mr. Tru
man had made such a move under
the act passed over his veto last
June 23.
After the board reports, the at
torney general could ask for an in
junction. If granted this court or
der would postpone a strike for
another 80 days.
The AFL unions are reported to
be asking for a wage boost of 18
cents an hour, plus 3V^ cents an
hour in other benefits.
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Arabs Control
•
Large Strip
In Palestine
DAMASCUS, Syria, (/P)—Fawzi
Bey A1 Kakji has established
headquarters of his Arab volun
teer army in the Nablus area of
northern Palestine.
An official source here said the
Arabs now “control all eastern
Palestine from Safad to Hebron.”
(This would be a strip 100 miles
long extending from the far north
to an area south of Jerusalem*.
Fawzi Bey and his headquarters
company rode into Palestine dur
ing the night. They joined Arab
concentrations surrounding Tubas,
in the mountains north of Nablus.
Fawzi Bey reported to his Damas
cus headquarters that his “inva
sion” was completed without inci
dent.
Haganah said 30 Arabs were
killed and many were wounded in
a four-hour battle with Jews last
night on the plains of Sharon be
tween T1 Aviv and Haifa.
The battle erupted when Arabs
attacked a Jewish settlement at
Mnfcdiel on the Tel Aviv-Haifa
highway, said a communique of
the Jewish militia issued in Tel
Aviv.
Seattle Transit
Strike Delayed
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SEATTLE, f/P>—Wage negotia
tions between the Seattle Transit
commission and its 1,875 drivers
remained in the critical stage to
day despite a union decision to
withhold strike action 10 days.
The drivers, members of local
587, street car men’s union (AFL>,
rejected unanimously yesterday a
commission offer of a three cent
an hour general increase. The de
cision against an immediate strike
vote also was nearly unanimous.
The union is asking a 25 cent
an hour boost.