Bartlett To Try
To Settle Aborig
inal Rights
WASHINGTON, (^P) — Delegate <
• Bartlett of Alaska said yesterday
he is against establishment of .«
large reservations in Alaska for (
the exclusive use of Indians and
added that in his opinion the
Wheeler-Howard act of 1936 never
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was intended to permit such prac
tices. i
In a letter to Mrs. Josephine
Peele, president of Camp 14 of the ,
Alaska Native Sisterhood at
Ketchikan, he said he will do ev
* erything he can to get a final set-1
tlement of the questional aborig
inal rights ih the Territory.
Mrs. Peele had asked him to op
pose enactment of a bill by Sena- j
tor Butler <R.-Neb.), chairman of
t the Senate public lands committee,
to take away from the interior de
partment the right to establish In
dian reservations in the Territory
and to cancel those already estab
lished.
m Bartlett said that as long as he
is in Congress he will actively op
pose any movement intended to
deprive Alaskan Indians of fair
and impartial hearings on their
claims.
The Delegate said he believed
establishment of Indian reserva
tions “means more and more gov
ernment control and less and less
individual initiative and right.”
“With reference to the Indians
of Southeastern Alaska,” he said,
“I maintain that our economic re
sources are sufficiently great to
permit them to gain a better living
than they now can without resort
ing to a system which certainly has
not been a shining success in the
States. Admittedly, the Indians in
the States were oftentimes placed
on the least desirable and produc
tive lands and that is one reason
for their inability to prosper.”
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The Finish”
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end by the will of God.”
The end of the Cairo meeting—
attended by officials from Egypt,
Iraq. Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syr
ia, Trans-Jordan, and Yemen—
was followed by a .declaration
p from Xuri el Said Pasha, chief
member of the Iraq delegation to
the United Nations assailing the
United States and Russia, fo • their
support of partition.
He accused the United States of
violating a pledge not to bring
pressure on other nations to sup
port partition.
JERUSALEM. f/P»—'Ten Arabs,
including five children, were re
pelled killed and five others were
| in ured by bombs and gunfire to
d^y in a Jewish attack on the vil
lage of Khisas, in upper Galilee.
An official report said two carj
of Jews drove into the village in
k darkness, threw a number of
bombs and opened fire. Two
f houses were destroyed.
A police patrol found seven bod
ies in the ruins of one of the hous
es and three in the other.
Two Syrians and two Yebanese
Arabs were listed among the cas
ualties.
Jewish sources said Hagana, the
Jewish underground militia, made
the attack because the village was
being used as a hideout for infil
& trating volunteers of Fawzi Kauk
ji’s Arab "Save Palestine” army.
Arab sources have said this
army was moving 2,000 guerrilla
9 fighters to join Arab forces near
Nablus. I
Four Men Rescued
From Island
JUNEAU, (>P) — Four men,
stranded and without food or shel
:er for four days, were rescued
Wednesday from the beach at
riedeman Island in Seymour
:anal by the logging tugboat Eliz
abeth D.
Forced to abandon their gaso
ine-powered boat, the Valhalla,
vhen it struck a rock Saturday
light and sank almost immediate
y, the men said they reached the
shore in a small skiff which they
lad to bail out continually with
:heir hands.
Matches from a waterproof con
tainer enabled them to light a fire
ind it was this light which at
:racted the tug.
The men are Henry Davis, cap
tain of the boat; Fred Mason, Au
HOLIDAY GREETINGS
BY PHONE OR WIRE
Alaskans may file greeting mes
; sages any time lyitil' December 24
j for delivery on Christmas Day.
Likewise New Year’s Day greeting
messages will be received until
December 31, it was announced
by Lt. Stan Morgan, OIC of the
local ACS radio station. Early fil
ing of messages is urged to avoid
the last minute rush.
Telephone calls may also be
made during the holidays at re
duced rates and reservations
should be made as early as possi
ble at the local office of the ACS.
Hans Arp has designs on the
Silver-tip. There's a reason! But
your chance is as good as his.
I
gust Martin and Harry Sumdum.
! all of Kake. None apparently was
any the worse for his experience.
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Marshall Returns
From London
WASHINGTON, </P)—Secretary
oi' State Marshall returned today
from London and went immediate
ly to a cabinet meeting with Pres
1 ident Truman to give a first-hand
report on the collapse of the Big
Four foreign ministers conference.
Mr. Truman and other depart
ment chiefs welcomed Marshall on
his arrival at the national airport
at 9 a.m. <EST> and drove with
him to the White House for the
regular Friday cabinet session.
Mr. Truman, who says he’s still
hopeful about peace prospects, de
spite the crackup of the London
conference, shook hands with
Marshall at the airport and as
sured him “I think you did a good
job.”
Sentence Six Nazi
War Criminals
BERLIN, f/P)—A U. S. military
court sentenced six officials of the
Berlin Askania Works to prison
terms yesterday and ordered the
firm dissolved and confiscated.
The men were accused of man
ufacturing and storing war ma
terials in the American sector of
Berlin, specifically kino theodo
lites used for studying trajectory
and velocity of flying objects such
as rocket missiles.
Testimony showed that the Rus
sians obtained a number of kino
theodolites and that both U. S. and
French authorities attempted to
get them for research. A large
number of aircraft instruments
were found stored in the plant.
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—a complete line of deli
cious confection for every
taste.
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NUTS
The choice of the crop.
Mixed nuts assortment that
will please.
FRUIT
CAKES
Mrs. Frank’s famous fruit
cakes. Vacuum packed to
assure freshness.
Plum Pudding
Mince Meat
Cranberry Sauce
Currant Jelly
Salad Dressing
Cocktail Sauce
Sweet Pickles
Stuffed Olives -
Maraschino Cherries
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Young Turkeys
Fancy Ducklings
Puget Sound Geese
Cut-Up Fryers
Juicy Bee^ Roasts
Choice Pork Roasts
T-Bone Steaks
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