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WASHINGTON, (/P)—Vice Ad-,
miral Joseph K. Taussig, re
^ tired, 70, who won the distinguish
ed medal in World War I for serv
ices as commanding officer of the
destroyers Wadsworth and Little,
died Wednesday night. He was
the son of the late Rear Admiral
Edward David Taussig.
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NEW YORK, 1/7’)—A secretary
for Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
said yesterday the widow of the
late President had declined a for
mal invitation from the British
9 Royal family to attend tfye wed
ding Nov. 20 of Princess Elizabeth
and Lieut. Philip Mountbatten.
Mrs. Roosevelt replied that she
would be unable to go to London
because of the press of her official
duties as a member of th United
States delegation to the United
Nations, the secretary said.
The invitation was received and
answered last week.
HONG KONG. </P) — Chinese
* sources said today Kwangtung
Province authorities were sending
reinforcements to Shumchun. on
the British border, in view of re
ports that 1.000 Communists plan
ned to seize the city and surround
ing customs posts. Three customs
posts were raided Sunday and
nine Chinese guards and officers
were injured or held prisoner
temporarily.
• FAIRBANKS, (/P) — Vernon H.
Suttle, 21, Ladd Field soldier, was
charged Wednesday with stabbing
with intent to kill for a night club
affray early Sunday in which Leo
Schlotfeldt, an express company
opex’ator, was seriously wounded.
He will enter his plea in commis
sioner’s court Monday. Suttle is
.from Columbus, Ohio.
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WASHINGTON. (/P) — Two en
* gineer service companies, the
2128th and 2129th. will be trans
ferred from Fort Warren. Wyo.,
to Alaska before the end of the
year, the air force said Wednes
day.
It added there are no plans for
shifting from Fort Warren the
928th aviation engineers, a group
in process of formation and pres
ently having hardly more than pa
per organization strength.
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FAIRBANKS, </P)—Joe Picotte,
70, pioneer Alaska resident who
went “outside” a year ago but re
turned here to resume work with
^ a mining concern, died yesterday
of a stroke after a long illness. He
had been a long-time employee of
the United States Smelting and
Refining Co. His widow, Theresa,
survives at the home they had
bought at Sacramento, Calif.
ROME, (/P)—Heavy rains which
flooded low country areas in
southern Italy have seriously
damaged the Gallipoli region’s
olive crop and destroyed the en
* • tire crop of sweet potatoes, a sta
ple food in the south, the Italian
news agency ANSA said today.
* JEROME, Idaho, (JP)—A potato
digging machine stripped David
Detweiler of all his clothing, ex
cept shoes and sox, but He escaped
52 Perish In Crash
Biggest piece left of u four-engined United Air Lines transport plane that fell in flames at Bryce
Canyon. Utah, was tnis tail section. F.fly-two persons were killed. The DU-fi exploded after cradl
ing M/P) Wirephoto'.
Vancouver to Fair
banks Railroad Is
Being Planned
WASHINGTON. (/P)—Plans for
construction of a railroad from
Vancouver, B. C., to Fairbanks,
Alaska, are under consideration
by a group of private investors.
Marshal Ramsey Diggs, Wash
ington attorney for the group, said
today his clients had been study
ing the project for several years
and he hoped to be able to an
nounce definite plans, along with
the names of the backers, within
30 days.
Diggs said the idea calls for
taking over 345 miles of railroad
now owned by British Columbia
and building another 1,000 miles
into Fairbanks, where the pro
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Cub Planes Reacfy
To Leave Shemya
SHEMYA, (/P) — Globe-circling
pilots Clifford Evans and George
Truman readied their tiny cub
planes today for the next jump up
the rugged Aleutian Island chain,
but winds of gale strength ap
peared likely to forestall a plan
ned forenoon departure.
The two former army fliers
said they hoped to hop off at 10
a.m. 'Nome timei if winds subside.
Their next scheduled stop is Am
chitka, approximately 230 miles
up the Aleutian Island chain.
As on their North Pacific hop
from Japan, they were to be ac
companied by an army B-17
plane.
Ground winds of 40 miles an
hour with gusts upward to 65
miles an hour were recorded dur
ing the early morning. «
with minor bruises.
Witnesses said Detweiler was
"spun around like a windmill”
when he became entangled in the
power take-off of the digger. Det
weiler was stripped before the ma
chine was stopped.
Govt. Sues Banking
Companies For Se
curities Monopoly
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WASHINGTON, (/P*—Attorney
general Tom Clark announced
yesterday that the government has
asked for dissolution of the Invest
ment Bankers Association of
America which maintains head
quarters in Chicago.
Clark told a news conference
the suit is being filed in federal
district court for southern New
York.
He described the suit as “one of
the largest and most important in
the history of the anti-trust laws.”
The complaint ‘ alleges that the
17 banking firms “have conspired
! to restrain unreasonably and to
; monopolize the securities business
m this country by restricting, con
trolling and fixing the channels
and methods, the prices, terms,
and conditions upon which secur
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Democrats to Hold I
1948 Convention
In Philadelphia
WASHINGTON, (£>)—'The Dem
ocratic party as represented by its
national committee gave evidence
yesterday that it has settled just
about everything for its 1948 con
vention except who is to run for
Vice president.
At a one-day meeting. Wednes
day, the committee unanimously:
picked Philadelphia for next sum- j
mer’s nominating conclave and
elected in 43 year old Senator J. |
Howard McGrath of Rhode Island
a new national chairman who fa- j
vors non-partisan action on emer- j
gency legislation at the November
17 special session of Congress.
Vice-presidential talk was in-,
formal and scarce.
Most members said it is too
early to think about the No. 2
spot. But names heard include
those of secretary of defense
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S.S. Companies
i Object To New
Barge Service
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SEATTLE, (aP> — Gilbert W.
Skinner, president of the Alaska
Steamship company, asserted that
a proposed new barge service to
Alaska may threaten shipping
lines now serving the Territory.
Testifying at a maritime com
mission hearing Wednesday on
Alaska shipping rates, Skinner de
clared his line would face “serious
competition and loss of revenue”
if the proposed barge service is a
success.
Questioned as to the nature of
the new operation, Skinner said it
was his understanding that the
barges were owned by Ocean
Tows. Inc., but that the Alaska
Freight Express would act as the
operator.
He added that the barges, made
of steel and not self-propelled, are
covered eight-hatch carriers.
Skinner also said that small un
regulated boats, which he charac- •
terized as “camouflage operations
that have no rates on file with the
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Indians, Moslems
Battle For
Kashmir Province
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NEW DELHI (/P)—Indian forces
have thrown Tempest fighter
planes into battle in an attempt to
stem a three-pronged invasion
from Pakistan menacing Srinagar,
capital of Kashmir, New Delhi
sources said last night.
The fighter planes are “the only
thing stopping” the invaders, the
informants said.
Military sources estimated 2,000
seasoned Indian troops, armed
with nothing heavier than ma
chine guns and mortars, were op
posing the invasion by Pathan
tribesmen in superior numbers,
armed with howitzers, mountain
guns and mortars. The Dominion
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Fan American
(dipper Found On
Annette Island
SEATTLE, </P)—Pan American
World Airways announced loday
that wreckage of its DC-4 airliner
had been sighted on an Annette
Island mountainside, near Ketchi
kan. Alaska.
KETCHIKAN, (/Pi—'The wreck
age of the Pan American Airways
clipper that crashed Sunday with
18 aboard was sighted today on
an Annette Island mountainside.
Wesley Monsen, son of pilot Alf
Monsen of the crashed plane, said
he flew over the wreckage and
apparently all had been killed in
santly. He -aid there was no ques
tion about the wrecked plane’s
identification. The plane was par
tially burned.
Other filers said the tail struc
ture was plainely visible within
200 feet of the peak of Tongass
mountain. The position of the
wreckage on the north side of the
mountain indicated Monsen on his
northward flight had passed over
the lower end of Annette Island
and then swung back southward.
KETCHIKAN, I/P> — Southeast
ern Alaska natives joined with
coast guard searching parties yes
terday and upwards of a dozen
planes resumed attempts to locate
a missing Pan American Airways
plane with 18 at>oard.
Duke Island, lying south of An
nette Island, was one search area
and planes flew as low as 100 feet
over its beaches and inlets Wed
nesday looking for the big ship
which disappeared Sunday. The
plane’s veteran pilot, Capt. Alf N.
Monsen, had reported extreme air
turbulence as he neared Annette
Island Sunday afternoon.
Royal Canadian Air Force
planes and Navy PBY’s, which.
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Missing Pilot
A. N. Monsen (above), veter
an of more than a score of years
flying in Alaska, is the pilot of
the Pan American four-engined
clipper missing on a flight from
Seattle to Juneau with 18 per
sons aboard. ((i-P) Wirephoto)