U. s. Will Not Aid
American Ships
In Shanghai
WASH INGTON, .VP — Adm.
Louis Denfeld, chief of naval op
erations, declined today to provide
American naval intervention for
release of three United States
merchant ships held at Shanghai
by nationalist gunboats.
Denfeld. replying to a request
from the owners, wired that “you
will appreciate that the employ
ment of United States naval forces
under the present circumstances is
not in accord with United States
government policy.”
The Isbrander Line of New
York, which operates the three
merchant ships, said the answer to
th nationalist “blockade” of com
munist ports—which theis coun
try doesn’t recognize—is to give
American merchantmen protection
^tv warships.
“We have asked for escorts in
th. past and we trust the (state*
department will provide protec
tion in the future,” the line’s own
ers said.
B 36 Crews Will Get
Stepped-Up
Aretie Training
ANCHORAGE, {JPi — The air
force announced yesterday that
stepped-up program of Arctic
training for B-36 crews will go
into effect with the giant six-en
gine bombers making weekly
flights from the United States to
Alaska.
The announcement, from the air
force Alaska headquarters here,
came within days of President
Truman’s disclosure that the Rus
sians had solved the secret of the
atom bomb.
One B-3 was scheduled to land
p yesterday at Eielson Field, near
Fairbanks, after a non-stop flight
from the States. Two more are due
there later in the week.
The air force said the three big
bombers will spend several days in
Alaska on th first of three train
Man Killed In Mock |
Naval Assault
BOSTON, (/P)—Morris Fineberg,
56-year-old veteran Boston Post
photographer, was killed and four
others, including three naval of
ficers, injured yesterday in a
mock marine and navy amphibi
ous assault on a Boston bathing
beach before thousands of specta
tors.
Fineberg was struck by a frag
ment from an exploding mortar
while photographing the demon
tration staged at Carson Beach in
South Boston as part of the marine
corps league nation convention.
James L. Callahan, Boston
Globe photographer, said he was
standing about five feet from
Fineberg when the latter was
struck on the head by a piece of
shrapnel just as 1,500 marines
from the Second Division were
splashing ashore ot ‘secure” the
beach.
The assault landing was termed
‘‘an outrage” by Boston police
commissioner Thomas F. Sullivan.
He said, in a statement, that
school officials who gave children
a day off to witness the demon
stration ‘‘should be put away for
sending the children over there.”
Charles G. Burdick, assistant re
gional forester of Alaska, who was
the main speaker recently for the
Kiwanis Club told of his experi
ences in 1939. in Juneau, when he
was loaned from the forest service
as a special representative of the
interior department to purchase
all reindeer in Territory owned by
whites.
It is interesting to note that in
concluding the story of his expe
riences he stated, “Properly han
dled, the reindeer industry should
give the Eskimo the highest stand
ard of living of any natives in the
Western Hemisphere.”
ing missions. They will return
twice during the winter for north
land navigational problems and to
give ground crews practice in
servicing them with special equip
ment.
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“Tokyo Rose”
Convicted Of
Treason by Jury
SAN FRANCISCO. (#>—Stony
faced, Iva Toguri D’Aquino heard
herself convicted of treason last
night—for telling American troops
their ships had been sunk in Leyte
Gulf and they were “orphans of
the Pacific.”
A somewhat reluctant federal
court jury of six men 'and six wo
men brought in the verdict after
four days’ deliberation. A sur
prised “Oh!” of apparent disap
pointment. swept the courtroom.
Iva—Los Angeles-born and edu
cated—remained as stoic as she
had during the 12-week trial. Head
bowed, she said nothing. No tears.
I Later she told her attorney “I can’t
! understand it.” An appeal is
I planned.
October fi was set for sentenc
ing. The minimum sentence would
be five years imprisonment and a
$10,000 fine; the maximum—
death. But the government did not
ask for the death penalty.
Foreman John Mann said the |
jurors would have liked to acquit
the 33-year-old woman known to
GI's as Tokyo Rose, but “we did
1 the only thing we though possible
! under the judge’s instructions.”
J Actually, she was convicted on
’ only one of the eight counts in the
| indictment. That one related to
i her broadcast from radio Tokyo
in October, 1944. about the Leyte
Gulf battle.
Kenkichi Oki, an official of ra
dio Tokyo testified the defendant
said “Now you fellows have lost
i all your ships. You are really or- !
| phans of the Pacific. How do you ,
think you are going to get home?” |
That, the jury decided, was suf
ficiently damaging to American
■ morale to constitute treason.
Premier Johnson
May Discuss
Alaskan Railroad
I VICTORIA, B. C., (>P)—’The Bri- ^
tish Columbia cabinet will discuss
today a request that Premier By- (
ron Johnson go to Washington, D.
C., to talk over railway connec
tions between Alaska and United
States.
The Premier, in a wire from U.
S Senator Warren G. Magnuson, !
was invited to Washington next
week.
Premier Johnson was guarded in
his comment yesterday. He de
clined to say whether he would
make the trip. Nor did he confirm
that the telegram has been dis
cussed at a special meeting of the
Cabinet.
Previously the Premier made it
clear he would welcome discus
sion which was soundly based,
free from promotional aspects and
did not involve large grants of B.
c. resources.
The Premier said he was leav
ing for Ottawa at the week-end
and intimated he might have more
to say on Senator Magnuson’s in
vitation after the cabinet meeting
tomorrow.
The Pacific Great Eastern Rail
way has frequently been mention
ed as a southern link in a rail line |
joining the U. S. Pacific North
west with Fairbanks. The railway J
now extends from Squamish, 347 1
miles to Quesncl and is being
pushed 83 miles from Quesnel to
Prince George.
Provincial plans call for the line
to be extended ultimately from
Prince George into the Peace River
country.
ForcI-CIO UAW
Reach Agreement
DETROIT, UP)—'The Ford Motor
Car Co. and the CIO United Auto
Workers reached agreement early
yesterday on a history-making
pension plan to be financed by the
company.
It will pay $100 monthly—in
cluding social security—to Ford
workers over 65.
The agreement, based on a ten
cent an hour package recently
recommended by the Presidential
fact-finding board in the steel in
dustry, averted a strike of 115,000
Ford production workers.
The marathon negotiations ran
nearly 35 hours without recess
and set an endurance record for
the auto industry. As late as mid
night, when the old contract ex
pired, UAW president Walter P.
Reuther said there was still a 50
50 chance a walkout might be call
ed.
The new pact runs two and a
half years, giving hope of long
peace in the industry.
Effective Oct. 1, providing it is
ratified by rank and file Ford
workers, the new contract is uni
que in the auto industry’s history.
Mrs. Glen Muncy returned yes
terday from the Teller district
where Glen Muncy is mining this
season, and plan to spend the
winter in Nome.
ARE YOU
IN FAVOR OF
RESOLUTION 331?
; '",f: yes
ON OCTOBER
Resolution No. 331 which will he
suUmi'ted of ratnidation in the
forth com ir.e special election to he
held Oct. U 19 19, is cxtremelv ini
portant to rvrrv resident of Nome
for several reasons:
I. The City MUS I raise money
•
which the present tax laws can
not possihlv provide for.
(Resolution No. 334 explains
this need in detail).
2% Consumers Sales Tax is the logi
eal modern way of distributing
the tax obligation. Several cities
in Alaska have found it effective
and fair to all.
3. The proposed tax will enable the
City of Nome to carry on the pro
posed improvements without re
course to a heavy burdensome
property tax.
4. A Consumers* Sales Tax is the
only form of taxation whieh can
lie levied on ALL earners of a
livelihood in Nome, and not just
on the property owners. In this
way it is the most equitable tax
possible.