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NEWS IN BRIEF j
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21—(/P)—
Immediate Congressional action to
make Hawaii the forty-ninth State
in the Union, was urged by Presi
dent Truman in a message to the ;
nation’s lawmakers. The Chief Ex
ecutive asked also that Alaska be
admitted as a State as soon as it'
is certain the people there desire
it. President Truman said the peo- i
pie of the Virgin Islands should be
given an increasing measure ol J
self government, and called for i
legislation to speed economic re-1
* habitation of the Philippines.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 21—(£>)—
The number of wolves on Mount j
McKinley National Park, Alaska, ]
is going to be reduced in an effort
to increase the number of sheep.
The sheep population in Mount
McKinley, one of the few places
on the North American continent
where wolves are given protec
tion, has decreased from a thou
sand in 1941, to half that in 1945.
The wolf population, however, re
[ mained about the same the Fish
and Wildlife service said. No con
clusive evidence that the decrease
in the number of sheep is due to
the wolves, but fifteen wolves in
the park will be eliminated, and
the Service has given the greatest
possible aid to the sheep popula- :
tion.
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SEATTLE, Jan. 21— (/P) — The |
Tom Brown family of Nome, Mr. |
and Mrs. and three children, left'
here by train to demonstrate Es
kimo dances and games in eastern j
^ cities. The family arrived Satur
day via Pan American plane. “It's
awfully hot here,” was Browns
only objection to the Outside, j
which he and his family are seeing I
for the first time.
TOKYO, Jan. 21—(tf*)—General |
MacArthur took over 394 Japan-1
ese aircraft plants, war and navy |
arsenals, and war laboratories in
a sweeping directive designed to
preserve them for probable ship
ment as reparations to the nations
Nippon once set out to conquer. He
9 disclosed the Japanese had been
permitting equipment valued at
millions of dollars to deteriorate.
In some instances the Japs have
removed machinery from the
plants.
RALPH REAT TO RETURN
TO THE STATES
Mr. Ralph Reat is leaving for his
home in Seattle tonight, having
completed his work for the season
in the Lomen Commercial freight
office. I
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W INTRY SCEN E—This scene at a Lancaster, N. Y., church provided one of the more
nleasant aspects of the first heavy snow storm of the winter in that area.
Truman Urges
Congress to Act On
Alaska Highway
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21—I/P)—
President Truman urged Congress
to give a start to the ten million
dollar Alaskan Highway program
in his annual budget message. The
President recommended an initial
appropriation of two million, three
hundred thousand for roads,
and bridges, to be expended in the
fiscal year beginning July first.
The total cost of the program, he
estimated, would be around ten
million dollars, adding “for pro
jects which he deemed essential to
the further development of the
Territory,” including the initial
request for a million dollars for
continuation of work on the Rich
ardson Highway, two hundred
fifty thousand dollars for surveys
of new roads from the permanent
appropriation of the Alsaka Rail
road.
The President recommended an
allowance of $884,000 to provide
for construction requirements in
cident to the operation of the rail
road from the seacoast to Fair
banks. He recommended the ap
propriation of forty-eight thou
sand dollars for Alaska legislation.
There are approximately 400,000
schoolboard members in the
United States.
Fire Destroys
i Coliseum Theater
Building In Juneau
JUNEAU, Jan. 21— (/P) —Five
j starting at 12:30 Sunday after
noon, either in the furnace room
or in the wiring under the opera
i tors booth swept through the Coli
' seum Theater and spread to twen
1 ty-six apartments above, which
were practically damaged or de
; stroyed beyond repair.
Scores of tenants were aroused
by alarms and thick smoke, and
barely escaped in their night
i clothes. Others who were already
up walked out with only the
clothes they had on. Many tenants
had children from twelve years
| old down to babies, but all were
| taken out safely.
Firemen from the Douglas Army
subport, aiding Juneau firemen in
the stubborn blaze which was
kept confined to the Coliseum it
self by the heroic efforts of the
fighters. A dense volume of smoke
continued, with intermittent flame
outbursts. It was several hours be
fore the fire out signal could be
sounded.
W. D. Gross, owner, was un*
able to estimate the damage which
will run into thousands on the
building and furnishings.
A new semi-precious stone de
rived from deposits in this coun
try is called “Hemetine.”
| Federal Aid For
| Alaskan Wild Life
Restoration
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21—(/P)—
An increase of two million dollars
in federal aid toward wild life res
toration was recommended by
President Truman in sumbitting to
Congress his twelve and a half
million dollar budget for the Fish
and Wildlife Service in its seven
million, six hundred thirty-nine
thousand appropriation for the
1946 service.
It would permit, among other
things, the expansion of enforce
ment activities in Alaska fisheries.
Truman recommended $858,000
for protection of Alaska fisheries,
and $75,000 for Alaskan fur seal
investigations.
MacArthur Orders
War Plants Placed
Under Guard
TOKYO, Jan. 21— (£»)—'The war
plants which equipped Japan in
the losing bid for conquest were
placed under guard by General
MacArthur who indicated will be
used for reparations. The Allied
command took over 394 Jap air
craft plants, army and navy ar
senals, and war laboratories.
Among these, 264 aircraft parts
Strikes Spreading,
()ver A1 i I i ion And
Half Now Idle
One million, six hundred thou
sand are idle in labor disputes in
a new postwar high. Major devel
opments are:
Steel—The steel industry is vir
tually shutdown by history’s big
gest strike of 750,000 CIO steel
workers walk out in support of
their higher wage demands in
thirteen hundred plants in thirty
states. The plants closed ;md pic
keting started quietly.
Meat Packing—A high govern
ment source in Washington says
the imminent seizure of the struck
packing plants is possible. Presi
dent Truman has the last word.
The fact-finding body starts pub
lic hearings in Chicago Tuesday in
the wage dispute involving 263,000
CIO and AFL workers.
Farm Machinery — 30,000 CIO
farm equipment workers walked
out at 11:30 a.m. in eleven plants
of the International Harvester Co.
The union seeks a thirty percent
pay raise.
Glass—The three months old
strike at the Pittsburgh Plate Glass
[ and the Libbey, Owens, Ford
plants has been settled.
Electrical Appliances — General
Electric and Westinghouse heads
accept Schwellenbach’s invitation
to confer on the strike.
UNO To Create
Special Atomic
Commission
LONDON, The creation of a
special commission to devise con
[ trols for atomic energy was ap
j proved by the political security
committee of the United Nations
! assembly, after only thirty min
utes of discussion.
The action was taken after Sen
i ator Connally said the commission
did not have the power to make
any country give up any atomic
secrets or take any other action.
The commission would be able
only to make recommendations he
explained. Under normal proced
ure the question was for the full
assembly for final action after the
security committee makes a rec
ommendation.
There are more than 55 Biblical
proper names in Shakespeare's
first folio edition.
plants as listed by the Allied rep
arations commission as “first pri
ority material” for removal ta
other nations.