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James Parks Dies
In Seattle After
Hong Illness
SEATTLE, July 5, —(/P)— James
Wilson Parks, 69, Alaska Pack
ing Company owner, died in a
Seattle Hospital after several
months illness.
Funeral services will be held
S^urday.
Parks went to Alaska in the
gold-rush days, but returned to
make his residence in Washing
ton.
He engaged in the fishing bus
iness for over forty years, opera
ting the Parks Canning Company
at Kodiak, and the Western
Fishery Company with its main
plant at Cordova.
Parks was mayor of Aberdeen,
U sBhington before the First World
War.
James Wilson Parks was born
in Winnipeg, Canada.
34 Killed In
Race Riots
Kielge, Poland
WARSAW, July 5, — At
least thirty-four persons were re
ported killed and forty-two were
injured at the city of Kielge in
Poland’s bloodiest Post Pogrom,
which finally was suppressed by
government forces in armored cars
reinforced by military units.
Security police patrolled Kiel
ge’s streets.
Anti-Jewish rumors apparently
wuched off the outbreak yester
day, but the government blamed
Facist reactionary elements for
attacks in which Jewish homes
were raided and shops smashed.
Second Bomb
Will Be Attack
Against Hulls
ABOARD USS MT MCKINLEY,
July 5, —(A*)—Vice Admiral Wm
Blandy set July as the tentative
date for detonating Bikini's sec
ond atomic bomb. This one, he
I said will be an “attack against
hulls."
* The bomb is scheduled to be
exploded slightly under the sur
face of the lagoon.
A full-dress rehearsal is sched
uled for July 19.
^ ^ r ^ OWN HOM E — Fared with the housing shortage, discharged
Maj. William E. Tucker (left, studying blueprints) is building his own home at Richmond, Va„ with
the aid of three GI helpers. He plans to enter the Medical College of Virginia.
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OPA Bill Being
Reconsidered
WASHINGTON, July 5, — (>P)—
OPA Administrator, Paul Porter,
called on Congress to revise the
OPA extender bill further to
bring into line with the Presi
dent’s recommendations.
The bill, as amended by the
Senate Banking Committee, over
the protests of Senator Taft, does
not go far enough, he said.
Rudolph Hess
Defense Shut-Off
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NUERNBERG, Germany, July 5,
—(iP)—The War Crimes Tribunal
abruptly shut off the defense
speech for Rudolph Hess after
his counsel ignored one warning
after another in continued attack
upon the Versailles Treaty.
NW Airlines Had
30-Hour Tie-down
ST PAUL, Minn., July 5, —(A*)—
Northwest Airlines planes took
to the air again today after more
than 30 hours because of a strike
by machinists.
Heads of the International As
sociation of Machinists Independ
ent, ordered 946 members back
to work shortly before noon today
after official notification of Presi
dent Truman’s order creating an
Party Poll Favors
18-Year-Old
! Voting Age Law
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WASHINGTON, July 5, — (JP)&
A party poll, on whether the vot
ing age should be reduced from
twenty-one to eighteen, ended
with a four to one ballot in favor
of the change.
The Democratic Party’s official
newspaper said the reason most
gave for lowering the age, “If
eighteen years is old enough to
fight for one’s country, it’s old
enough to vote.”
Kidnapped Officers
Returned Alive
JERUSALEM, July 5, —(JP)—
Three British officers, caged in
wooden crates, were dumped un
harmed from a truck in Tel Aviv,
by Jewish underground kidnap
pers, a government communique
declared.
The men had been chained by
the wrists during the 16 days
of their captivity by the under
ground organization, which had
been holding them as hostages un
til after commutation of the
death sentences passed on two
Jewish youths convicted of firing
on British soldiers.
emergency fact-finding board to
investigate the wage contract dis
upte.
Would Not Swear
Mrs. Redin
SEATTLE, July 5, —(>P)— Dis
trict Judge Lloyd Black curtly
rejected an attempt made by de
fense to have Mrs. Galina
Redin sworn in to interpret tes-)
timony of Ivan Ayabello, Russian
Chief Engineer, at the espionage
trial of her husband. Lieutenant
Nicolai Redin, of the Soviet Navy.
An interpreter was found in the
audience.
Call 21-Nation
Peace Table
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PARIS, July 5, — (/P)—'The four
power Foreign Ministers reached
an agreement to convoke a 21-na
tion peace conference in Paris on
July 29, and award Russia $100,
000,000 in reparations from Italy,
French Foreign Minister Bid
ault proposed the July 29th date
with the other three ministers ap
proving the motion.
The Council instructed the dep
uty ministers to draft invitations
to other allied nations immediate
ly.
U. S. Secretary Byrnes made
one concession to the Soviet
claims in agreeing to allow the
Russians to draw some of their
reparations from Italy’s current
production, but during the long
session the ministers found it dif
ficult to agree on the proportion
to be taken from this source.
Yanks Celebrate
Independence
Around the World
WASHINGTON, July 5, — </P)—
The new-born republic of the
Philippines took it’s place among
sovereign nations of the world in
Independence Day ceremonies
here, and in Manila, Old Glory
was lowered and the red and blue
banner of the Philippines was
hoisted over the capitol.
Representatives of 27 nations
attended the ceremonies in Man
ila led by Gen. Douglas MacAr
thur.
The citizens of Nome, and many
visitors joined in making the first
peace-time celebration of the 4th
of July a huge success.
The program was begun with
a grand parade in which the army
post took part, entering their fire
and police department equipment
also entries from Ordnance and
Surplus property.
Two of the units in the parade
threw up smoke screens bringing
up the end of the parade.
The Girl Scouts were awarded
two prizes for their entry in the
parade, first as the best special
float and the grand prize for the
best float.
Other entries and prize winners
will be announced in the next is
sue of the Nugget.
Bicycle races, foot races, sack
races, pie eating contests andna
tive sports and dances, which in
cluded blanket-tossing, high-kick
ing, boat racing etc., were enjoy
ed by the spectators as well as
the participants.
The celebration was climaxed
by a grand ball held in the Nome
High School gymnasium.
U. S. Troops
Europe - Orient
Put On Displays
UNDATED, July 5, —(/P>—Arret
icans the world over celebraU
the nation’s 170th birthday, ait
it’s first peacetime Independem
Day in five years, while those f
home played at coast and county
resorts, indulged in sports, a c
participation in patriotic exerd
ses, American occupation trooi
in Europe and in the Orient pu»
on military displays.
While observing their own an
niversary the United States par
ticipated in the birth of the Phil
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