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NEWS IN BRIEF
SEATTLE, <;P) — An Arnold
Flying Service DC-3, which took
off this morning for Anchorage,
^Alaska, won’t travel as ‘‘high’”
as some of the recipients of its
cargo may, but it was carrying
quite a “load.” The plane was
chartered by the K and L distrib
utors to transport 185 cases of
whisky, valued at about $11,000.
The trip is the first all-whisky
flight from Seattle to Alaska.
BATAVIA, Java, (tf») — New
clashes were reported today in
Java and Sumatra between Dutch
and Indonesian troops on this
tenth day of a “truce.”
Cease fire orders have not been
issued. Lt. Gen. Soerdirman, Indo
nesian commander, was holding
up enforcement of the agreement
signed by the Dutch, Indonesians
^fid British. He returned angrily
to his headquarters at Jogjakarta
Monday after British troops stop
ped him six miles from Batavia
and insisted that his 30 body
guards be disarmed except for pis
tols in compliance with standing
Allied orders.
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t BERLIN, (/P)—Official German
and American sources said today
the Russians were moving several
hundred skilled German wunters
from their sector of Berlin, appar
ently to place them in factories
in the Russian zone of Germany.
Their families were being moved
with the workers.
CANBERRA, (JP)—A U. S. Em
bassy spokesman' said today that
personnel of the last United States
^Inaval units stationed in Australia
would leave Sydney Oct. 25
aboard the liner Monterery. Their
departure will reduce the number
of American servicemen on duty
in Australia to approximately 200
members of the Army Air Forces,
most of whom are stationed in
Brisbane, the spokesman said. He
added that they would leave for
home shortly.
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SANTA FE, N. M., (/P)—Ernest
Thompson Seton, 86, world-famed
author and authority on Indian
lore, and widelife, died this morn
ing at his home in Seton village,
10 miles south of Santa Fe.
COPENHAGEN, </P) — Danish
naval authorities said today they
believed the explosion of 20 tons
^of German munitions, dumped
into the sea by the British after
war, was responsible for a
mysterious blast which yesterday
rocked the city of Aarhus, Jut
land. What caused the explosion
was not determined.
Chamber Has
Good Meeting
The Chamber of Commerce met
yesterday in the Nevada Lounge
for the regular noon luncheon.
The committee on research for
the Development Board’s book on
Alaska, headed by John McNees,
reported they had made consider
able headway in their article on
Nome and the Second Division,
and would have a draft of the
work ready for next Tuesday’s
meeting.
H. F. Harper reported for the
committee on the Nome Break
water as suggested in the hearing
last August, stating that the com
mittee had met and outlined a
plan of action to contact all prop
erty owners with regard to values,
assets, improvements and losses
over a period covering the storms
since and including the fall of
1934. The committee will have
something tangible to report at
the next meeting.
Mr. A. Polet stated he had re
ceived the new laws on Beach
Erosion and its prevention and re
garding funds available for such
projects. He said the committee
was welcome to have this infor
mation.
President M. S. Mitrovich an
nounced that since our last meet
ing a great tragedy had taken the
lives of three small children and
one of the largest of Nome’s build- ;
ings. He stated, our community is
to blame for not having the civic
pride to ward off such occur- j
rences. The town is growing and
people will have to assume re
sponsibility one for the other.
He continued, there must be pe
riodic inspection of buildings.
Mr. Polet moved the Chamber
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Many Hurt In
Chicago ‘El’ Wreck
CHICAGO, (P) — Between 240
and 270 persons bound for work
were injured today, about 10 seri
ously, when an elevated express
train rammed the rear of another
during heavy fog.
The crash occurred during the
morning rush hour at the 47th
street station on the southside.
Both trains were derailed but
were in no danger of falling to the
street.
From 1,300 to 1,500 passengers
were on the two trains. Police re
ported many of them crowded the
station platform, delaying removal
of the injured.
So jammed with milling, con
fused passengers was the platform
and its stairway that firemen used
hook and ladder equipment to
clinVb the structure.
VALUABLE MIN E—The engine house of the C.unnislake
mine, covered with ivy since it was closed down over 75 years ago
after bringing great wealth to the village, may soon come to life.
With the splitting of the atom, Cornwall may become the most
valuable part of the liritish Isles, for the country is rich in ura
nited copper from which uranium is extracted.
Russia Unlikely
To Gel Billion
American Loan
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WASHINGTON, (/P) — Russia’s
request for a $1,000,000,000 Amer
ican loan appears doomed today
unless Soviet leaders cease their
criticism of United States foreign
economic policy.
Similarly, Czechoslovakia and
Poland may find it difficult to
win approval of their requests for
loans totalling $850,000,000 from
the American-dominated World
Bank.
Secretary of State Byrnes him
self made clear at his news con
ference yesterday that the United i
States will limit its future finan
cial aid to friendly countries who
do not brand dollar credits as in
struments of economic enslav
ment.
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Byrnes’ pronouncement was de-1
signed on the surface as a reply to j
numerous questions why this gov-,
ernment last week suddenly cut J
off a total of $90,000,000 in Amer-:
ican aid to Czechoslovakia.
But officials said privately the
secretary’s remarks were directed
mainly at the Russian leaders wbo
unleached a barrage of criticism
against American economic policy
during the Paris peace conference.
Both Foreign Minister Molotov
Canadians Want to
Keep Britain As
Highest Court
LONDON, i/P) — Five Canadian
provinces opened a fight before
the British Privy Council today
against a Canadian law which
would sever the Dominion’s last
judiciary link with the throne of
Britain.
The case was brought on ap
peal from the Canadian Supreme
Court, which upheld validity of a
bill enacted by the Canadian Par
liament in 1939 barring appeals
from the Supreme Court to the
Privy Council. The effect of the
law would make the Canadian
Supreme Court the last legal re
sort of Canadians.
The appeal was taken by the
provinces of Ontario, British Co
ulmbia, New Brunswick, and
Nova Scotia, with Quebec as an
intervener. Respondents were the
attorneys-general of Canada and
the provinces of Manitoba and
Saskatchewan.
and vice Foreign Minister Vishin
sky levelled accusations of “dollar
diplomacy,” “economic enslave
ment” and “economic imperial
ism” against United States plans
for aiding eastern European coun
tries.
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Highlights Of
Truman’s Address
To United Nations
NEW YORK, (aP)—Topical high
lights of President Truman’s ad
dress before the General Assem
bly of the United Nations:
War Alarms
Lately we have all heard talk
about the {x>ssibility of another
world war. Fears have been
aroused all over the world.
These fears are unwarranted
and unjustified . . .
Allied Friclion
Differences have arisen among
the Allies. It will not help us to
pretend that this is not the case.
But it is not necessary to exagger
ate the differences.
For my part, I believe there is
no difference of interest that need
stand in the way of settling these
; problems . . .
Spheres of Interest
Above all, we must not permit
differences in economic and social
systems to stand in the way of
peace . . .
To permit the United Nations
to be broken into irreconcilable
parts by different political philos
ophies would bring disaster to the
world.
Atomic Warfare
Two of the greatest obligations
. . . toward the removal of fear
i remain to be fulfilled.
First, we must reach an agree
ment establishing international
controls of atomic energy that will
ensure its use for peaceful pur
poses only . . .
Second, we must reach agree
ment that will remove the deadly
' fear of other weapons of mass de
struction . . .
Shackles for War
We shall also press for . . .
! agreements in order that the Se
curity Council may have at its
disposal peace forces adequate to
prevent acts of aggression.
Formula for Peace
Difficult as the task may be,
the path along which agreements
may be sought ... is clearly de
fined.
Every member of the Uniter!
Nations is legally and morally
bound ... to keep the peace . . .
Every member is bound to refrain
in its international relations from
the threat, or use, of force against
j the territorial integrity or politi
cal independence of any state.
Planning, initiating or waging a
war of aggression is a crime*
against humanity for which indi
viduals as well as states shall be
tried before the bar of interna
tional justice.
Veto
The United States believes that
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