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Ruhr Steel Magnate
Guilty As Nazi
—
KOENIGSTEIN, Germany (JP)—
Fritz Thyssen, forrAer Ruhr steel
magnate, was found guilty Satur
day as a “minor nazi” by a Ger
man denazification court.
The defendant 73, was ordered
to turn 15 per cent of his “avail
able property in Germany” into a
restitution fund for victims of nazi
persecution.
Thyssen was accused of having
supported Hitler as far back as
1923, allegedly having made sub-;
stantial contributions to nazi party
funds.
The court said the value of Thy
ssen’s property in Germany could
not be determined immediately.
During the trial Thyssen contended
he was the “poorest man in Ger
many” and was supported by
friends.
The jury found the former mag-1
nate had “essentially promoted”
the nazi party. It found also he
had become a nazi by personal
conviction well before 1932.
Thyssen broke with Hitler and
Six Dead In
Norway Flying
Boat Crash
OSLO, (/P)—Six persons were
reported killed Saturday when a
flying boat capsized and sank in
Trondheim Fjord. Earl Bertrand
Russell, the noted philosbpher, was
one of about 30 persons saved.
Passengers scrambled from the
stricken plane as it turned over
just 700 yards offshore. Boats put
off from the shore at once and
picked them up.
Lord Russell, uninjured stood
swathed in blankets on the dock of
a small village and watched the
rescue efforts. He said it was ‘‘a j
narrow escape” for him.
One American citizen, Mrs. Lis
beth Stroem, was reported to be
among the victims. Her husband,
Sverre Stroem, and 31 other pas
sengers survived, first reports said.
fled to Switzerland when the nazi
i policy led to war.
ON THI BALLOT in the October 12 election there will be a referendum on "the practice of fishing by means of traps
should be continued or.should be abolished.” To abolish traps, we believe, would amount to confiscation and would
permanently injure the Territory of Alaska.
NON-RESI NT $ INERS
WILL COME TO ALASKA
Supreme Court Rules You Can't Keep Them Out
There is loose talk that trap confiscation would give Alaskans a monopoly on salmon fishing.
Vote-seeking politicians and those whose selfish interests would be served by the elimination of
trap fishermen claim laws could he passed prohibiting non-resident fishermen from catching salmon in
Alaskan waters.
THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT HAS RULED DIFFERENTLY. IT, THE HIGHEST
U. S. COURT, HAS HELD THAT ANY LAW PROHIBITING NON-RESIDENT FISHERMEN IS IN
VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION.
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Here are the facts:
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In June, 1948, the United States Supreme Court declared unconstitutional a South Carolina statute placing
prohibitive burdens on out-of-state shrimp fishermen.
South Carolina wanted to remove the competition of fishermen coming in from other areas. So the citizens
passed a law requiring non-residents to pay a $2500 license fee for each of their shrimp fishing boats. South
Carolinans paid only $25 license and it was believed such a 100-to-one fee would discourage non-residents.
The court held that the fee was discriminatory and violated that clause in the United States Constitution
guaranteeing equal privileges and immunities to citizens of various states.
The decision of the United States Supreme Court in the South Carolina case will apply here in
Alaska if the Territory attempts to keep non-resident fishermen away.
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Actually, larger fleets of seine fishermen from Puget Sound and California would come north just
for the short salmon season if trap fishing is abolished. There is nothing anyone can do to stop them, any
more than California or Puget Sound can prohibit Alaskans from fishing in the waters off their coast lines.
Half of Alaska's salmon comes from trap fishing. If traps go, the present 50 foot limit on seine
boats goes also.
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Examine the facts.
VOn TO CONTINUE SALMON TRAPS!
COMMITTEE OF ALASKA TRAP OPERATORS
Truman Finishes
9,000-Mile Trek To
Garner Votes
(Continued from Page One)
been “unity,” and Mr. Truman
told voters in Charleston, W. Va.,
they can “achieve unity,” in the
Republican sense by electing a
GOP President and Congress who„
he said, would take them on a
“headlong dash toward another
degression.”
Dewey, speaking in Cheyenne,
Wyo., lashed out at the Truman
administration as he stressed his
unity-for-peace theme.
Civilization he said, is faced
with the task of finding its way
“out of a wilderness of confusion
made by men not equal to respon
sibilities forced on them by his
tory.”
‘It is a sorry thing that integrity
and thrift and knowledge—virtues
long honored in our country—
should be so badly needed in our
nation’s capital.”
Dewey called anew for unity in
this country at a time when
“world communism is on the
* march.”
Dewey’s running mate. Gov.
Earl Warren, also sounded the
strength-through-unity plea. The
Californian told a Philadelphia1
rally: “I am not one of those who*
believe that a third world war is
inevitable in the foreseeable fu
ture. I believe this country can do
much to prevent it.”
A somewhat different view was
expressed Friday night by Pro
' gressive Presidential candidate
• Henry A. Wallace. He told a Hol
j lywood group he doubts that this
country ever will win friends by
showing other peoples how “well
dressed and well fed and compla
cent” American are.
Wallace opened a week of inten
sive campaigning in California by
blasting film companies and the
un-American activities committee.
The House group, he declared, is
setting the “intellectual standards”
for the movie industry.
Such a situation, Wallace said,
makes it hard to produce pictures
with integrity.
LOS ANGELES, (/P) — Henry
Wallace told a dinner gathering at
Ciro's cafe Friday night that when
he drove up to the place he said
i to himself:
“At any rate, at this place I’ll
! find the tomatoes in the salad.”
The remark brought laughter—
and no tomatoes.
I _
Argentine Clamps
Down On Foreign
Correspondents
(By Fred L. Stroller)
Buenos Aires, (tf5)—The Argen
tine government Saturday sus
pended the right of five foreign
correspondents to work in Argen
tina.
The director of communications
ordered cable companies to refuse
dispatches of Joseph F. McEvoy,
the Associated Press; Milton Brac
ker and Virginia Lee Warren, New
York Times; Herbert M. Clark,
who represents the New York
' Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times
and London Telegraph, and Jose
Arrieta, Uruguayan citizen who
! is Buenos Aires news manager of
Reuters news agency.
Correspondents who called the
sub-secretariat for further infor
mation on the action were told
that all responsible officials were
absent.