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all kept the strictest silence on the
high level exchanges of diplomacy
which might break the east-west
impasse.
Premier Paul-Henri Spaak of
Belgium received from British
foreign secretary Ernest Bevin a
detailed account of the Moscow
exchanges, it was reported in
London. British informants said
“the ball, at the moment, is with
the Russians.” Molotov at the last
meeting Friday night was report
ed to have been asked for his sug
gestions for making relations nor
mal.
The British source said the
Russians in the current exchanges
have said blunt things about the
plan of the western powers to es
tablish a west German govern
ment.
Week-end storms in Britain
and France left at least 22 per
sons dead. Ships were lost, har
bors battered and crops flattened.
An American and a British ob
server for the United Nations
were wounded in Greece by guer
rilla (communist) mortar fire
near the juncture of the Greek,
Bulragian and Yugoslav borders.
Greek sources said the fire came
from inside communist Bulgaria.
In north Greece near Albania, the
Greek army compressed even fur
ther the pocket of communist
leader Markos Vafiades’ troops.
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A Greek ship owner said the
Greek general staff had blocked
Russian efforts to charter Greek
ships to haul crude oil from Al
bania to Black Sea ports and to
ship gasoline from the Black Sea
to Palestine. The informant said
i the action came after Albania had
cut off shipping her oil to Yugo
slavia, currently in the Russian
doghouse.
The Berlin newspaper Telegraf
reported today the Russians are
building trenches and installing
weapons on the border of their
zone of Germany.
The British-licensed paper said
Germans were being pressed into
service and then warned not to
talk. Watch towers, fencing and
road barricades were reported be
ing placed. The Russians held
i large scale army maneuvers last
month in eastern Germany and
JIMMY DOOLITTLE VISITED
NOME FRIDAY NIGHT
General Jimmy Doolittle, for
mer Nome boy, visited Nome Fri
day night on a quick survey trip
for the Air Force. He stated that!
he expected to return to Nome in '
the near future for about a week.
increased their air force there, j
just as the United States did in
the west.
D e s pite these manifestation, |
nothing suggested the Soviets
were preparing for war. Indeed
the signs pointed the other way.
The U. S. sent more superfort
resses to Europe, maintaining 901
of the great bombers there. Lt. j
Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg, chief of j
staff of the U. S. air force, and ,
air secretary W. Stuart Syming
ton headed from London to Ger- j
many.
Count Folke Bernadotte, U. N. j
mediator for Palestine, said “there j
are rumors of impending coups i
by irregular elements . . . alleged |
to be uncontrollable, or to be used
as spearheads of regular forces.” |
His remarks aimed at the Jewish
extremist group, Irgun Zvai Le
umi, which has called in the past
for Jewish occupation of Jerusa
l lem and all of Palestine and for
conquest of Trans-Jordan.
LOSES SAVINGS IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, </P) — Two bunco
man duped William Edmaiston of
$500 by matching coins while he
waited for a bus to leave for Cal
ifornia, he reported to police.
Edmaiston said he lost $50 to
the pair and then went to a bank
and cashed $450 in travelers
checks, which he also lost. He had
saved the money while working
in Fairbanks, since March and
was on his way home to Marico
pa, Calif.
He said he had only 85 cents
left. He had purchased his bus
ticket before meeting the men.
LOSES AND FINDS WALLET
SEATTLE, (/P)—Henry Bedele
lost his wallet containing $70 and
a $1,400 check for a fishing sea
son in Alaska.
He lost the wallet at Boeing
field when he arrived by air from
Alaska. He called for help.
Deputy sheiffs Don Ameni and
Wayne Ambrose were sent. They
helped Bedele retract his steps.
The wallet was found on top of
a parked car where Bendele had
placed it while arranging his
luggage. Bedele got the cash and
the check, which were still in the
wallet. Armeni got a big hug
from the overjoyed fisherman.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
-Mo.’ HR
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR
THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA,
SECOND DIVISION
IN THE MATTER OF THE PE
TITION of WILLIAM RICH
ARD GANOE,
For Change of Name
NOTICE OF HEARING OF PE
TITION FOR CHANGE OF
NAME.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
THAT WILLIAM RICHARD GA
NOE has filed in the above-en
titled Court, his Petition, request
ing that his name be legally
changed to REX RICHARD
WEST. The said Petition will be
brought on for hearing before
the above-named Court in the
Court House at Nome, Alaska, on
the 10th day of September, 1948.
WILLIAM RICHARD GANOE
Publish Aug. 2, 9, 16, 23, 1948.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that Ar
chie B. Betts, address Box 1121,
Juneau, Alaska, has been appoint- *
ed Administrator of the Estate
of Kinloch N. Neill, deceased,
and has in the absence of separ
ate administration of the partner
ship estate of Neill, Clark and
Co., been ordered as such ad
ministrator to liquidate the part
nership assets owned by John W.
Clark and Kinloch N. Neill and
administer said partnership after
paying the claims against said
partnership according to law.
All persons having claims ag
ainst said partnership are re
quired to present them to the
said Archie B. Betts at the above
address within six months from
the first publication of this notice,
with sworn vouchers and affidav
its attached showing the claims to
be just, unpaid and bona fide
partnership liabilities.
Witness my hand and seal of
the U. S. Commissioner and ex
officio Probate for the Juneau
Precinct of Alaska this 13th day
of July, 1948.
SEAL FELIX GRAY. 1
U.S.Commissioner and ex-officio
Probate Judge, Juneau Precinct,
Alaska.
Pub. July 19, 26, Aug. 2, 9, 1948
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