Communists Kill
Many U. S. Soldiers
In T rieste
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forces since they moved into the
former Italian territory, bordering
on Yugoslavia. Trieste now is a
free state.
“These acts have resulted in the
death or wounding of many Amer
ican soldiers,” Bennett added in a
statement issued before he left for
his home in Springfield, Mo. “I
have the names and identifica
tions of the incidents as furnished
me by our military intelligence.
“In Europe they call it a ‘cold
war.’ It is war and how soon, or
if, it will engulf the whole world,
no men outside of the Kremlin can
say.
“The brass curtain of American
military censorship has done a re- |
markable job in keeping from the
American people the seriousness j
of the situation at Trieste.”
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STEFANSON EDITING SET
OF ARCTIC VOLUMES
Viljalmur Stefanson, renowned
explorer and author who is well
known here is editing a set of vol
umes on the Arctic and sub-Arctic
regions for the U. S. navy. Con
tributing authors are Governor
Ernest Grucning and George
Sundborg.
Included in the “Encyclopaedia
Arctica” will be articles by au
thorities on Alaska, Greenland, Si
beria, Iceland and northern Can
ada. The work is being prepared
by Stefanson for the Office of
Naval Research.
Voter—I wouldn’t vote for you
if you were St. Peter himself.
Candidate—If I were St. Peter,
you wouldn’t be in my district.
Alaska Freight
Rates Under Fire
In Seattle Hearings
SEATTLE, (/P) — Alaska ship
ping rates were under lire l'rom
a half dozen sides yesterday as the
U. S. maritime commission con
tinued hearings on continuation of
the 35 per cent freight rate in
crease granted last spring.
Opening round of the hearing
yesterday was devoted to a dis
cussion of financial statements
and tariffs of the Alaska Steam
ship Co., and Northland Trans
portation Co., with introduction of
voluminous files covering the
firms’ operations.
A third major line operating to
the Territory, Alaska Transporta
tion Co., also will enter its files of
operation.
The 35 per cent increase was
granted last spring when the gov
ernment returned its wartime op
eration of Alaska shipping to pri
vate companies. It will expire next,
Jnne 30 unless extended.
Numerous opponents to the rate
extension are expected to appear
during the course of the hearings.
These include Alaska development
board, official representative of
the Territorial government board
which is represented by Atty. Gen.
Ralph J. Rivers; Fairbanks cham
ber of commerce, Alaska Miners’
Association, California Congress
of Industrial Organizations, Ta
coma chamber of commerce and
the Seattle Traffic Association.
DR. KENNEDY REPORTED
RECOVERING FROM ILLNESS
Dr. Maxwell Kennedy who has
been absent l'rom his office for
several days due to illness is re
ported improving and will be
back on the job soon.
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Hot Fudge Sundaes - Soft Drinks - Candies
Also Cigars - Cigarettes - Tobacco
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to handle your hauling problems!
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D I AM O N D RINGS
POLAR CURIO
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Weather Hampers
Search For Lost
PAA Clipper
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Juneau base late Monday. Shell
Simmons of the Coastal Airline i
announced plans to resume com
mercial l'lying yesterday unless
P.A.A. headquarters in Ketchikan
relayed instructions for a new
search plan.
All N. Monsen, pilot of the miss
ing airliner, is an Alaska Coastal
Airlines stockholder.
Scores of surface boats of fed
eral services joined the hunt, vis
iting the myriad bays and coves
along the coast. Three B-17 bomb
ers of the rescue squadron at El
mendorf field, Anchorage, and
two B-29’s from Ladd Field at
Fairbanks also joined the wide
search.
The Coast Guard cutter YVachu
sett, which left Juneau late Sun
day, has visited all sections of
Chatham Strait, investigated sus
picious objects in the Sagniaw
Bay area, proceeded into Seymour
Canal and scanned snow-covered
ridges without results. At last re
port, it was proceeding toward
Hoonah.
YY'eather conditions were fair in
the northern sector Monday but
poor to the south. The opinion ex
pressed by airmen in this area is
that the plane met with disaster or
Monsen would have been able to
get some word out on one of his
three radio outlets. Monsen was
thoroughly familiar with all sec
tions on his flight route.
KETCHIKAN, f>P)—Their aeri
al vision obscured by rain and
low-lying clouds, Pan American
aid and field crews took to the
ground today to comb the south
ern sector of Annette Island in
their dogged three-day old search
for a missing four-engined air
liner and its 18 passengers and
crewmen.
Inclement weather brought the
aerial search to an almost com
plete halt yesterday but not before
more than a score of large and
small planes had carried out a
fruitless check of reported flares,
smoke and strange objects.
Close to a score of surface craft
! also participated in the search
| without success. Reports of wreck
age on an Annette island hillside,
made by a coast guard cutter, was
reported by Pan American to have
been a large rock.
The plane, carrying 13 pessen
| gers and five crewmen, vanished
Sunday after pilot Alf N. Monsen
reported extreme turbu 1 e n c e
turned him away from a sched
uled landing at Annette island.
JUNEAU, f/P)—Fully equipped
and specially trained trail crews
' and parachuters are standing by
| with two C-47 transport planes
i for action if the missing Pan
American Airways airliner is
found down in an isolated South
eastern Alaskan area.
The search for the plane which
vanished Sunday over Annette Is
land with 18 p^sons aboard has
developed into one of Alaska’s
most extensive coordinated serach
efforts. The search has drawn
planes of private airlines along
with both American and Canadian
military aircraft.
The American military craft in
cludes all branches—coast guard,
navy and army. Twp navy PMB4Y
long range sea planes, were leav
ing the Whidby Island naval base
this morning to join in the search.
They were to be based at Annette.
The coast guard has reported
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Crippled Children Benefit
From Ticket Sale
The Alaska Crippled Children’s
Assn, wish to thank the following
people for their kind assistance
and co-operation in the sale of
tickets for the benefit of the Crip
pled Children of Alaska.
The Nome Bar Owners Assn..
The School Board, Principal
and janitor.
The stores who had tickets for
sale.
The general public.
2,335 tickets were sold.
Cost of car, $2,042.00.
Cash realized after car had been
paid for was $405.00.
Extra donations were made by
the following people:
Board of Trade . $100.00
Mae Bale . 100.00
Polar Bar . 100.00
Bering Sea Club. 100.00
Nevada Bar . 100.00
Nome Liquor Store. 50.00
Scottie’s Liquor Store. 25.00
Total of donations..$575.00
Balance from ticket Sale . $405.00
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Total . $980.00
Expenses:
1 Nome Nugget $45.00
i School janitor. 10.00
I Orchestra 48.00
Total Expenses $103.00
Balance for the Alaska
Crippled Children’s
Assn. $877.00
search, in addition to numerous
smaller craft.
Weather in the search area was
reported today to be fcloudy with
rain showers. Visibility was re
ported at six to 10 miles.
U. S. To Strengthen
Military Forces
w
In Greece
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The belief here is rather that
an increase in the military mission
-would simply speed up the work
already undertaken and give the
Greeks a morale boost in launch
ing the offensive, probably some
time this winter.
An offensive is considered es
sential to bring the guerrilla fight
ing under control and restore to
Greece the minimum political sta
bility which officials say is neces
sary to enable the nation to under
take an effective recovery pro
gram.
In a sense this estimate of the
situation, which is now the pre
dominant official view', recognizes
the failure of a theory w'idely
held here earlier in the year. That
w'as that if a liberal Greek gov
ernment could be persuaded to of
fer an amnesty to members of the
guerrilla movement, the guerrilla
forces would disintegrate and
only the Communist core would
remain.
TRINIDAD, Colo. (Th—Visits to
the little red school houses in re
mote sections are made by R. D.
•Dick' Murray, Las Animas coun
ty school superintendent, in his
I own plane.
Supervisor oi schools in the
state’s largest county, Murray
makes a round trip to Kim—more
than 100 miles from the county
<eat—in his plane is less time than
it takes for a one-way automobile
! journey.
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