Truman To Confer
With Premier Hart
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SEATTLE, (P)—Sen. Warren G.
Magnuson (D.-Wash.) said hero
Friday there is a strong possibility
that President Truman will confer
with Premier John Hart of British
Columbia in Victoria in August on
Alaska Highway and railway mat
ters.
He said the Victoria visit is con
tingent upon the President making
his scheduled trip through the Pa
cific Northwest to Alaska.
“Unless some last minute emer
gency arises,” Magnuson said,
President will make the Alaska
trip. He will probably stop off at
Victoria to confer with Premier
Hart about the British Columbia
end of the highway, the Hart cut
off, the probability of a more di
rect road from Prince George north j
to Whitehose, Y.T., and the possi
bility of an extension of the Pa
cific Great Western railway to
Alaska.”
The Senator added “The Presi
dent assures me he will try to go
to Victoria. He wants very much
to do it. I expect there would be
some representative of Prime Min
ister King there, too.”
Magnuson said it is no secret
that the American government is
establishing a very strong military
outpost in Alaska and needs the
direct highway and a railroad for
alternate supply routes. He said
secretary of state Mashall had tel
ephonel him before going to Mos
cow and said he personally be
lieved the Alaska military high
way and the Haines cut-off to be
of great military importance to the
United States.
Before the war, an estimated
50,000 U. S. homes rented rooms
to tourists.
NEWS IN BRIEF
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WASHINGTON, (/P)—Rep. Fred
Norman, Washington State Repub
lican, died today. His capitol office
said he was 67. Norman, a Ray
mond, Wash., merchant, was serv
ing his second term in the House
from the State’s third district.
BRATISLAVA, Czechoslovakia,
(/P)—Dr. Josef Tiso, 59, the parish
priest who became president of the
wartime Nazi puppet state of S’o
vagia, died on the gallows at dawn
today for crimes against the Czech
oslovak state.
WASHINGTON, </P) — The Far
Eastern commission has decreed
that Japan’s postwar standard of/
living shall be “substantially” that
in effect from 1930 to 1934. This
was disclosed today when the 11
nation policy-making tribunal re
leased through the state depart
ment the text of a directive sent to
General Douglas MacArthur Jan
uary 23.
The decision means, in effect,,
that all Japanese industry expand-'
ed and constructed since 1934 will
be available for distribution as!
reparations.
VICTORIA, B. C. (£>)—Canadian
Congress of Labor <CIO> machin
ists, members of the marine work
ers, machinists and boilermakers
industrial union, switched affilia-1
Lon today to the AFL and an
nounced they would return to1
work at the strike-hampered Yar
row shipyards here Monday.
The union has been on strike
at the shipyards for the past eight
days, following the cf.sriTissal of
eight CCL members at Yarrows.
Company officials have maintained
that it was a jurisdictional dispute
between the CCL and AFL.
WALLACE TAXI
and Delivery Service
NOME, ALASKA Phone RED '5
A. & A. GARAGE
Phone MAIN 85
(Formerly Larry Galrini)
MOTOR repairs of all kinds
CAR PAINTING - GAS AND OIL
Have your car greased with our positive air
pressure gun for a better grease job.
BINOCULARS
6 x 30 Universal
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New — with Case — Coated Lenses
Individual Eye Adjustment
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6 x 30 German Military
Used — With Case
6 x 30 Bausch and Lomb
Individual Eye Adjustment — Used
W. D. THOMPSON
“The Optical Repair Man”
Asks For ‘Courage’ j
In Union Ranks
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WASHINGTON, (/P)—Joseph A.
Beirne said today he is seeking a
settlement of the telephone strike
this week but called for “courage”
in union ranks if the walkout is
prolonged.
Beirne. president of the National
Federation of telephone workers,
conceded to reporters that the
strike will begin to tell on idle,
payless workers if the dispute ex
tends beyond Monday.
The telephone strike went into
its 12th day today with no sign of
a new move by the union, the
American Telephone and Tele
graph company or the government.
Some of the 20-odd companies
in the Bell'system, of which A. T.
& T. is the parent firm, said work
ers are returning to their jobs.
Leaders of the striking national
federation of telephone workers
indicated they are relying on time
to bring about a breakdown of
equipment.
"We’re working toward a settle
ment this week,” Beirne said.
FRANK O'FARREL
RETURNS TO NOME
Frank O’Farrel, youngest son of
Mrs. Hugh O’Farrel and nephew
of Garnet Martin, returned to visit
Nome after an absence of several
years during which time he was
in service.
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A plant to manufacture synthet
ic gasoline and diesel oil from nat- j
ural gas is being constructed in
Texas.
LENA PLEASANT LEAVES '
FOR ANCHOfLAOE
Lena Pleasant is leaving today j
to be employed in the home of Mr.1
and Mrs. Jaek Jefford in Anchor-1
age.
DEERING MISSIONARY TO
SPEAK AT L.W.Y. MISSION
Mrs. Savok, Friends missionary
from Deering, will be the guest
speaker at the Lavinia Wallace
Y( ung Mission Sunday evening.
ENROUTE TO OPEN MINE .
ON COFFEE CREEK
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wuhrman
and E. K. Johanson arrived trom
the States enroute to the Kougarok
to open up their mine at Coffee
Creek.
JOHN OST IN NOME
ON BUSINESS
John L. Ost of Council, arrived
in Nome on a brief business trip
Thursday.
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Kodiak Sealed Bid Sale
Items Previously Offered to Priority Claimants
TRUCKS VEHICLES TRAILERS
1 Panel 1 Motorcycle 1 Fruehauf Frame
3 Pickup 3 Motor Scooters 3 Semi-Trailers
3 Canopy 1 Sedan 13 Athey Trailers
29 Flatbed 3 Station Wagons 1 House Trailer
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2:00 P.M., June 9, 1947. Mail
all bids to the War Assets Ad
ministration, Region No. 37,
Box 2466, Anchorage, Alaska.
The surplus Property listed
above is offered for sale “As
is—Where is.” Bidders are
urged to inspect property
prior to submitting bids.
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