NEWS IN BRIEF j
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at Arlingt n National cemetery. |
The Serpens was completely de
stroyed in an ammunition txplo- j
^ sion off Lunga Beach. Guadalcan
al. The disaster was termed one j
of the worst in coast guard his-1
tory.
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LONDON, (4h—The Tirana ra
dio announced yesterday that for
mer Albanian vice premier Koci
f Xoxe was executed by a firing
squad Saturday. The Albanian
high court convicted Xoxe Friday
of “traitorous activities.”
>. xe. a former interior minis
ter, wns accused of siding with
Yugoslavia in the latter’s feud
with the Soviet-inspired comin
orm.
JUNEAU, (/P) — A report by
Territorial treasurer Henry Roden
showed today that the Territorial
fund at the end of May was $879,
032 short of meeting obligations.
Roden said a total of $167,497
was on hand at the closing of
books, but against the sum were
the auditor’s office unpaid vouch
ers totalling $1,046,530.
WASHINGTON, </P) — A new
House of Representatives roll call
booklet issued yesterday carries
the name of Rep. Roosevelt 'R.
N. Y.) in italic type, the designa
tion ofr Republican members.
“It’s all a mistake,” a member
of the House clerk’s staff said.
“We’ll have to correct it.”
MOSCOW, <7P>—Russia has re
jected British and American pro
posals for three-power confer
ences on alleged peace treaty vio
lations by Romania, Bulgaria and
Hungary.
Russia’s answer to the proposals
reported by the Soviet news agen
cy Tass, charged that Britain and
the United States were attempting
to interfere in the internal affairs
of the three countries and influ
ence their foreign policies.
WASHINGTON i/P), The House
public lands committee today ap
proved the $21,530,000 Eklutna
power project in Alaska.
The project in the vicinity ol
Anchorage, includes a low dam at
Lake Eklutna, a diversion tunnel
and penstock, a power plant and
transmission lines.
Preference in power and energy
sales would be given to public 1
bodies and cooperatives. All re-'
ceipts from such sales would go!
into the U. S. treasury.
About 93 per cent of Americans j
hospitalized for mental diseases
are in public institutions.
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Thank You For Your Kind Words
M any alaskans and persons from all
parts of the United States have written gen
erous letters to let us know they have enjoyed
travel on our steamers. The letters repro
duced above arc only a few of those we have
recently received.
Also, many of you have taken the trouble
to stop in and tell us personally how much
you like our postwar service.
These comments and letters arc especially
gratifying because they indicate that the
hard work we arc doing to improve our
service is bringing real results.
All of us of the Alaska Steamship Com
pany—executives, ships officers and crews,
and the office personnel — want you to know
that we appreciate your words of encourage
ment. We arc glad to know that our efforts
are making travel more comfortable and
enjoyable for our passengers, and we shall
continue our endeavors to make service on
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‘‘Ike” Speaks Out
Against Federal
Aid To Incut ion
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States that can’t raise enough tax
es to support a high level of ed i
cation and then only “under for
mulas that would permit n »
abuse, no direct interference o
the federal authority in education
processes and no opportunity t >
expand the flow* of federal mom-;'
into areas where need could not
be clearly demonstrated.”
Some lawmakers thought Eisen
hower paralleled Republican doc
trine when he went on to assert
that "the army of persons wh >
urge greater and greater central
ization of authority and greate •
and greater dependence upon tin
federal treasury are really more
dangerous to our form of govern
ment than any external thre "
that can possibly be armyn-!
against us.”
Those views didn’t seem
track with the policies of some o'
the leaders of the organizatio i
Americans for Democratic Action
• ADA* who tried so vigorously
and failed—last year to get th •
General into the race for th
Democratic Presidential nomin -
tion.
Eisenhower thus line ri u >
against a bill that has the suppo
of both President Truman or
Senator Taft <R.-Ohio). In th'
instance, he put himself in th ■
same political camp with Senat.
Wherry of Nebraska, the GO-'
floor leader, and House m.nori
leader Martin of Massachusetts.
The House labor committee, r>
ready snarled up with labor, mi i
imum wage and fair employmo :
practice bills, seemed likely
give Ensenhower’s views mo •
than ordinary weight.
The circumstances were ^uch
to lend some credence to talk th '
he may be doing a little advair. ‘
testing of the 1952 temperature .
although Eisenhower as Preside
of the country’s biggest teachi -
producing universities was in hi
own field when he talked a bo
education.
As top Republican on a Hou *
labor sub-committee. G w i r i
wrote for Eisenhower’s vV.vs.
Eisenhower replied t h a t
Gwinn thought the commit *
wanted his “simple views” ' 1
could put the reply in the reco
This in itself was a departu
from the no-comment attitude t
General has taken with regard '
mist issues that have become i
I volved in politics, as the aid
education proposal has.
Koosevelt, Jr.
Fells Congress
WASHINGTON. (/P)— Frank:
D. Roosevelt, Jr.. 'D.-N. Y.», n
ceived his oath of office ye-terd
1 as a member of the House
Representatives.
The third son of the late Pre
dent, to whom he has been com
I pared in political charm, car.
here from New York to be swo i
in by speaker Raybyrn 'D.-Tc •
The 3-t-yea: *oi;i attorney s: 1
he felt the major domestic issr
1 confronting Congress were rept 1
j of the Taft-Hartley law and c -
; actment of a labor law “based • i
a free labor movement,” enar
ment of President Truman’s ca t
rights program, and a natio 1
housing program.
“I was elected on a progr. i
which is in accord with Preside: t
Truman,” Roosevelt said.