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turned to Paris after his week-end
trip to Washington to confer with
President Truman.
A Russian army newspaper in
Berlin said the blockade will re
main until the western powers re
move their currency from the city.
Although denying there is any real
blockade, the newspaper, Taeg
lische Rundschau, said that “lift
ing of the traffic restrictions could
easily take place if, at the same
time, the illegally introduced B
mark were withdrawn.”
Another item of the cold war
was the now familiar announce
ment that the Russians would
have another field day in the air
corridor to prcatice air warfare.
German press reports said the
Russians were expanding their air
strength and building new air fa
cilities in eastern Germany.
The British are trying to ease
the blockade of the British sector
of Berlin by evacuating German
children. Since September they
have flown out 1,200 children to
the British zone.
A crippling coal strike went into
its ninth day in France with little
prospect of settlement. The rail
way system bogged down. Com
munist-led dockworkers starte da
48-hour strike.
Generalissimo Franco of Spain
told his military leaders Spain
would fight any enemy which at
tacked neighboring countries even
if the countries attacked differed
ideologically with Spain.
Wednesday, October 13, 1948
(By The Associated Press>
Britain urged the Soviet Union
today to lift the iron curtain and
stop communist fifth column ac
tivity in every country if Russia
desires world cooperation in arm
ament reduction.
Sir Hartley Shawcross, British
delegate, replied in the United
Nations political committee to a
Soviet declaration that Russia
would lay her cards on the table
if the other great powers accep ed
her proposal of a one-third cut in
armaments. Said Sir Hartley: This
we “won’t do.”
The British spokesman said
armament reduction could come
when confidence and trust were
restored in Europe. Instead, he
said, Russia is sabotaging world
reconstruction by communist ac
tivity. I
“One word from Russia, one lit
tle word—‘stop’—would enable
these troubled countries to put
their own houses in order and to
build themselves up in democratic'
peace and security—one little
word—and it does not come” Sir |
Hartley said. j
Soviet delegate Jakob A. Malik .
replied that the Briton’s speech!
was one-third intervention in Sov- j
iet domestic affairs—one-third a
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! “beating of drums” and the rest a,
repetition of “old and familiar ar-.
gumen'.s.”
The committee then approved
closure of debate on armaments,
31 votes to five, with 11 absten
tions.
A six-power mediation group,
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composed of nations of the secur
! ity council not directly concerned
in the Berlin dispute still awaited
an answer to its message to the
Kremlin. There was only a dim
hope of compromise a med'alio 1
spokesman said.
In the meantime, the United
States, Britain and France were
preparing a resolution calling on
the security council to take action
to stop the Berlin blockade and de
clare it a menace to peace.
Rome—The communist leader in
Italy, Palmiro Tagliatti, speaking
in the chamber of deputies, hinted
that revolt could break out in
Italy at any time. On July 14 last
he was wounded in an assassina
j tion attempt. The shooting touched
off a general strike the govern
ment termed revolutionary in
character.
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| Another July 14 “can come at
any moment,” warned Togiiaiti.
' Italy’s railways will halt tomor- '
row in support of a nine-hour
1 strike by state employees demand
; ing higher wages.
Paris—-In France, a 24-hour
dock workers walkout threatened
to tie up most of the nation’s ports.
France’s country-wide coal strike
continued. Government officials
say the coal strike coupled with
other transport and heavy indus
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FAIRBANKS, (JP) — The Ladd
Field Air Force base was a $15,
000000 business the last fiscal
year.
Before leaving for Washington,
D. C., last week, Brig. Gen. Dale
V. Gaffney, 5001st Wing com
mander, said the greater part of
that amount was $12,000,000 in
pay to military personnel and
civilian workers at the base. A
large share went to business
houses here.
At Washington, General Gaff
ney was to be awarded the insig
nia of honorary commander of the
Most Excellent Order of the Brit
ish Empire by the Canadian em
bassy .
GOLD BEACH DREDGE
CLOSES FOR SEASON
The Gold Beach Mining Co.,
which has been operating at the
east end of town since August 3rd
when they completed the construc
tion of their new dredge which
was shipped in from Idaho last
fall, have closed down this week
after a short operation, but accord
ing to Manager C. Harris, a satis
factory season, considering 'the
length of operation. They plan to
start up again in June.
BORIS MAGIDS ESTATE
TRANSFERRED TO FAIRBANKS
The matter of the estate of Boris
Magids, which owns three-fourths
of the Magids Brothers mercantile
business, which is operated by
Bess Cross in Kotzebue Selawick
and Deering, has been transferred
from the Second Division to the
Fourth Division.
Mrs. Cross was recently denied
executorship of the estate in favor
of the First National Bank of Fair
banks, because of mismanagement.
Mrs. Cross has retained Warren
Taylor as her attorney to appeal
the decision.
j try stoppages, is part of a com
' munis: play to sabotage the Euro
pean recovery program in France.
In London, British common
wealth leaders heard Sir Stafford
Cripps, chancellor of the exche
quer outline how Britain’s partici
' pation in the European recovery
I program will affect inter-empire
trade.
■ London — The Archbishop of
Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher
has given his support to Britain’s
, rearmament program.
“The international skies have
become very dark and threaten
ing,” the head of the Church of
England said. “No one, I suppose,
would say that another war is im
possible.”
The Soviet official press in Ber
lin has suggested that 15 nations
maintaining military missions in
the city should close them and
withdraw.
London—An authoritative Bri
tish source said the defense head
quarters of the five-power west-1
em European alliance will be j
“somewhere in France.”
The exact location has not yet j
been worked out.
Shanghai — President Chiang
Kai-Shek, after a tour of the
northern Chinese war front, said
in Nanking that the situation was
“serious but not hopeless.” Ob- |
servers said he appeared deter
mined to regain the initiative
through a general offensive. Word
from beleaguered Taiyuan, Shansi
province capital, was that com
munists were *within seven miles
of the south gate bu‘ the city’s de
enses were not broken.
Cuba President
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Cuts Food Prices
HAVANA, Cuba, MP) — Carlos
Prio Socarras, new president of
Cuba, has announced a 10 percent
cut in food prices effective yes
terday.
Prio, 45, a militant anti-com
munist, was inaugurated 17 th
president of the Republic Monday.
He succeeded Dr. Ramon Grau
San Martin.
He also asked for a law impos
ing severe penalties on terrorists.
In the past four years more than
80 persons have been killed as a
result of political quarrels.
Prio, who was elected June 1 to
serve for four years, is a lawyer
who has served in various political
posts, including those of prime
minister, minister of labor and
Senator. I
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AUTO TRACK STAR
KILLED IN ACCIDENT
DUQUOIN, 111., Ted Horn
won’t roar that sleek Maserati,
with No. 1 embblazoned on the
hood, around the Indianapolis
Speedway anymore.
Horn, 38, three-time national
auto racing champion who earned
some $55,000 in nine Indianapolis
races, was killed Monday on the
Duquoin fair ground track.
A wheel spindle broke on Horn’s
racer during the second lap of a
100-mile AAA race. He was pitch
ed onto the track as his car swerv
j ed into another racer driven by
! Johnny Mantz.
Mantz was injured slightly.
LYNG LEAVES FOR PUBLIC
WELFARE BOARD MEETING
Howard Lyng left today via
Alaska Airlines for Juneau to at
tend the annual meeting of the
Territorial Board of Public Wel
fare.
This meeting is specifically con
cerned with drawing up the bud
get covering the next two year
period, for pensions, child welfare,
aid to dependent children, aid to
the blind, juvenile delinquents,
and relief of destitution. This bud
get, amounting to several million
dollars is first submitted to Alas
ka’s Board of the Budget, thence
in printed form to the 1949 Legis
lature.
Members of Alaska's Board of
Public Welfare are:
Gove rnor Ernest Gruening,
chairman; Rev. J. Edgar Gallant,
Skagway, 1st Division; Howard
Lyng, Nome, 2nd Division; Mrs.
H. H. McCutcheon, Anchorage, 3rd
Division; Mrs. Clifford Smith,
Fairbanks, 4th Division.
Ross Kimball of Fairbanks will
leave with Wiens tomorrow
after his little campaign in Nome
for abolition of the fish traps.
Kimball states that this was his
third campaign in Alaska, once for
labor commissioner, second for
Senate, third for abolition of the
fish traps. This is the first cam
paign he has carried in without
opposition.
Kimball states that he regrets
having to leave Nome so soon but
| that he has a warehouse in Fair
banks to complete before winter
' sets in, but will return to Nome
' in the not too distant future.
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