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NEWS IN BRIEF
CHICAGO, April 10, (TP) — A
workman hurtling to the street
from a scaffolding on the fifteenth
floor of a Loop hotel was snatched
from death yesterday as a fellow
workman twirled a rope around
his body breaking the fall. Fast
thinking Philip Walsh, 53, is cred
ietd by police with saving his fel
low worker. James Anderson, 29.
as he hurtled toward the street
past the fourteenth floor of the
Fort Dearborn Hotel. Police said
it was a one chance in a million
^rescue.
BOSTON, April 10, (TP)—Eight
persons, including a mother,
father and three small children
perished and five others were in
jured in an early morning fire
which swept a four story brick
apartment house. It brought swift
investigation of fire and police
officials. The investigation includ
ed three other fires started with
in a ten block radius while fire
Tnen were battling the flames at
the apartment.
WASHINGTON, April 10, (TP)—
The House military subcommittee
recommended legislation giving a
four hundred dollar yearly raise
to all members of the armed
wforces, offices and enlisted men
alike. The proposed increase is the
same amount the House approved
last week for federal employees.
WASHINGTON, April 10, (TP)—
The President vetoed the idea of
Easter egg rolling on the White
Ifouse grounds this year because
of the world food crisis.
JUNEAU, April 10, (/P)—Strik
ing longshoremen announced they
,^re willing to discharge perish
ables from the SS North Sea
which returned from Sitka after
carrying Juneau bound freight by
this city due to the tieup. The
Nortli Sea was able to discharge
perishables at Sitka under a sim
ilar “moratorium.”
JUNEAU. April 10. (/P)—Lockie
MacKinnon, 79, who came to Alas
ka in 1897, died Sunday. A widow
and two sons survive. The funeral
will be held Thursday.
KETCHIKAN, April 10, (/P>—
Norman Walker, Territorial Sen-!
ator, who wrote the one percent!
sales tax for the veterans benefit
bill, said his firm would absorb
the levy. Two competitors re
ported they are passing the tax
on to their customers. Other firms
said they would await clarifica
tion of the tax measure by the
attorney general. I
Grand Jury Indicts
Red in <)n Counts
SEATTLE, April 10, (Ah—The
federal grand jury returned a five
count indictment against Soviet
naval lieutenant Nicolai Redin,
arrested recently in Portland by
the FBI on charges of espionage.
Itedin is at liberty under a ten
thousand dollar bond.
Federal Judge C. Bowen, in
whose court the indictment was
opened, ordered all indicted per
sons out on bond, which includes
Redin, to appear in court here at
two p.m. Monday for arraingment.
Three counts of the indictment
charge Redin of obtaining infor
mation concerning national de
fense. One count accused him of
inducing another to obtain plans
in connection with national de
fense, and the other of conspiring
to obtain and transmit to a for
eign government plans dealing
with national defense and plans
connected with the USS Yellow
stone, a new type of destroyer ten
der.
The identity of the other person
mentioned in the case was never
made public. Chief assistant U. S.
attorney Allan Pomeroy, left at
once for Portland to produce the
indictment there before the U. S.
Commissioner. There is no need
for a preliminary hearing on the
case. The grand jury’s action came
shortly after government officials
in Washington reported that Rus
sia “suggested” the case be drop
ped unless more evidence could
be produced.
PORTLAND, Ore., April 10, (>P)
Nicolai Redin, Russian naval lieu
tenant charged with espionage
against the United States, agreed
to return to Seattle for trial.
Appearing before the U. S.
Commissioner in a preliminary
hearing, the Russian declared “I’m
absolutely innocent.”
Irvin Goodman, attorney for
Redin, issued a statement report
ing Redin as asserting “This whole
thing is a build-up for political
purposes,” and urging Americans
to suspend judgment until Redin
presents his case in the court.
Senate Will Pass
British Loan
WASHINGTON, Aprli 10, (IP)—
The Senate banking committee
voted fourteen to five to send the
proposed three billion seven hun
dred fifty million British loan to
the floor for debate. Senator Bar
keley predicted the Senate will
pass the proposed credit by a sub
stantial majority. He said the bill
be called up next week.
POPE AT TYPEWRITER — Pope Pius XII com
poses a memorandum on a typewriter in his library at the \ atiean
City — the first pontiff to use the machine. A moderately fast
typist, he is so accurate that he rarely needs an eraser.
House Favors
Draft Extension
WASHINGTON, Aprli 10, (/P>—
H ouse leadership signaled for
doublequick action on the bill for
a straightaway continuation of the
draft until February 15, 1947. Al
most as soon os the House mili
tary committee decided to favor
this nine month extension the
measure was given a preferred
place on the chamber’s calendar.
The debate is scheduled for Fri
day and Saturday, and a vote is
hoped for before the weekend re
cess. The present law is due to
expire exactly five weeks from
today. May 15. The space leaves
Congress comparatively scant el
bow room should legislative tan
gles develop between the House
and Senate over detalis of the
measure to be enacted.
Will Break Peace I
Treaty Deadlock
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LONDON, April 10, </P>— Au- j
thoritative American and British
sources predicted the foreign min
isters of Russia, France, Britain
and United States will break the
deadlock in European peace treat- j
ies when they meet in Paris April
25.
These sources acknowledged all j
hope of holding a peace confer-1
ence in San Francisco on May
first has vanished, and expressed
the belief that the four foreign
ministers will pave the way for
holding the conference late in May
or June.
Communists Make
Large Seale Assault
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CHUNGKING .April 10. i/P>—
A truce seeking committee of
three enplaned to Mukden via
Peiping, as the semi-official Cen
tral News Agency reported the
school building housing pacifica
tion troops was burned in the
Manchurian capital of Changchun.
Another Central News agency
dispatch from Chinhsien said the
Communists are making a large
scale assault along the Peiping
Mukden railroad and reported the
Heds are using artillery fire
against a forty mile stretch of
road west of Shankaikwan.
Storm Looms
Over Unification
WASHINGTON, April 10, f/P)—
Storm signals flew high over Cap
itol Hill as the bill to place the
army, navy and airforces under
a single department of common
defense began its legislative voy-'
age.
The first forecast of rough
weather came when Senator Rob
ertson, a member of the Senate
naval committee, who summarized
what many lawmakers have been
saying privately since unification
plans began to take shape. Rob
ertson told a reporter that every
one favors coordinating buying
shipping, scientific research activ
ities and services, “but any plan
to eliminate the traditional navy
place on the cabinet faces a stiff
fight.”
Fair Weather Says
Three Days of Fun
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Am! Amusement
The Lhg Fair for the Second Di
vision, Territory of Alaska, will
open officially Thursday, tomor
row at 2:00 p.m. People are flock
ing into Nome for the great event,
to enter their handicraft and
workmanship in some branch of
the Fair. Several dogteams have
arrived from north and east, to
enter in the dog races, to be held
during the Fair.
Enthusiasm runs high as tonight
the Eskimos will welcome visitors
at a huge potlatch which will be
heM tonight at the Native School
at the west end of town.
The main events of the Fair
will be held in the Nome Terri
torial High School gymnasium,
, throughout the afternoon and eve
ning. Thursday, Friday and Sat
in day of this week.
The ski tournament will be held
Sunday, April 14. having been
postponed from April 7, on ac
count of weather.
25 Million Japs
Vote First Election
TOKYO, April 10, i/P)—'Twenty
five million Japs, led by a surpris
ingly large number of women who
lined up early at the polling
place and elected a postwar gov
ernment in the first free election
in generations.
In Tokyo the vote was between
sixty-five and seventy percent of
those eligible, slightly higher than
the confused semi-restricted 1937
election, but considerably less
than the eighty-six percent under
the Hideki Tojo coercion which
marked the 1942 voting.
Four parties were arrayed in
the election for 4fi8 members of
the House of Representatives: Lib
erals, Progresives, representing
the conservatives of Japan’s po
litical life, leftist Social Demo
crats, and Communists.
There are few issues, those of
Conservatives versus left w i n g
Communists alone called for elim
ination of the Emperor system.
CAT TRAIN REPORTED NEAR
KUCHABAK RIVER
Yesterday. Bill Munz flew over
the Cat train enroute to Council
and reported them at the Kucha
bak River. They should reach
Council in another three days.
The Swanberg party plan to make
several trips and are staking the
trail as they go. The Sourdough
Company will make their way to
Council to prepare for the coming
mining season.