Fog Slops Channel
Swimmer 2 Miles
Short Of Goal
DOVER, England, </B—Blinding
fog forced Mrs. Willi Croes van
Rijsel, 31, Dutch housewife, to
abandon her bid to swim the Eng
lish Channel Saturday after 17
hours.
The plucky Amsterdam woman,
who was believed to have been
less than two miles from her goal
when she quit, took it in her
stride.
Ashore an hour later she smiled
and said “I am going to try it
again.”
Mrs. Van Rijsel slipped into the
chilly waters off Cap Gris Nez,
France, at 7:25 a.m. Friday. She
came out at 12:10 a.m. Saturday.
Those who were accompanying
the swimmer said that by the time
Mrs, Van Rijsel reached a point
about two miles off shore the fog
was so thick they were no longer
able to get their bearings.
"She was still swimming strong-*
lv.” one aide said, “but there was
danger we might lose her in t^ie
fog or that other boats groping im
port might strike her.”
Shirley May France. American
high school girl from Somerset,
Mass., hopes to make her channel
attempt either Sept. 3, 4. or 5.
Judge Denies
Mistrial Motion
NEW YORK i/Pi—Federal judge
Harold R. Medina today denied a
motion by defense counsel for a
mistrial in the communist con
spiracy trial.
Judge Medina also denied the
motion that Russell Janney, a jur
or, be disqualified and that an in
quiry be made as to his possible
“influence” on other jurors.
Defense attorneys yester day
asked for a mistrial on the ground
that Janney—author of the best
selling novel “Miracle of the Bells”
—had shown bias in private con
versations with an actress and
singer, Miss Carol E. Nathanson.
The communist leaders are
charged with conspiracy to advo
cate violent overthrow of the gov
ernment.
Bridges Back:
Falks May Resume
HONOLULU, (/P) — Prospects I
perked up Saturday for a resump
tion of peace talks in Hawaii’s
parralyzing dock strike, now in its
121st day.
Federal mediator George Hillen
brand announced he would ask
the striking CIO ILWU to resume
negotiations with the seven struck
stevedoring firms.
Harry Bridges, union president,
arrived back in Hawaii by plane
Friday night from San Francisco.
That apparently is the signal for a J
resumption of activity around the j
peace table.
The 2,000 longshoremen in the
Island first demanded a 32-cent
increase, but later indicated they
would settle for 26 cents or less.
They now draw $1.40 an hour. Em
ployers have made no recent offer.
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Judge Flays Treat
ment of U. S. Japs
SAN FRANCISCO, </P>—Assail
ing the army’s wartime Western
Defense Command for a “Nazi-like
doctrine',” the Ninth U. S. Circuit
Court of Appeals has affirmed re
storation of citizenship to three
Japanese-Americans.
The opinion Friday sharply con
demned the wartime exclusion
from the West Coast of persons of
Japanese blood. It said Lt. Gen.
John L. DeWitt, wartime chief of
the Western Defense Command,
held to a “Nazi-like doctrine of in
herited racial enmity.”
CALLS REDS TOO SMART
TO FIGHT
BERLIN i/P)—The Germans are
being told that the Russians are
smarter than Hitler—too smart to
start a war with the west.
This is the theme of a pamphlet
put out by American military gov
ernment. It is one of a series dis
tributed in Germany and describ
ed as “reliable interpretation” of
the world situation. The pamphlet
is called “Russia—The Story of a
Great Bluff.” It was written by
Franz Borkenau, former professor
of modern history at the Univers
ity of Marburg in the U. S. zone
of Germany.
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Senate Slashes
Defense Funds
To The Bone j
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(By Edwin B. Haakinson)
WASHINGTON. (/P)—Economy
minded Senators congratula ted
themselves Saturday on a $1,400,- 1
000,000 slash in defense funds—1
“the biggest reduction in any one
bill in the history of our govern
ment.”
The words were those of Sena
tor Elmer Thomas < D.-Okla.>, who
is guiding a multi-billion dollar
military money bill through the
Senate.
The huge cutback ordered by
the Senate Friday included two
items:
A cut of $1,118,000,000 in House
approved funds for army, navy
and air force spending during the
12 months which began July l;and
a $275,000,000 reduction in money
that both chambers had earlier ap
proved for stock-piling critical ma- |
terials.
The reductions must be okayed
by the House, where some leaders
already were protsting sharp
slashs in funds for the air force.
Although Senators worked far
past their usual quitting time Fri
day night they still failed to com
plete action on the huge military
! money bill.
i As it came from the House it
! contained $15,900,000,000. As it
1 stood today it carried about $14,
' 800.000,000.
During Friday’s debate only one
serious challenge was raised
1 against the economy drive. That
was on the cutback in air force
funds.
The House had allowed enough
cash and contract authority to ex
pand the air arm from 48 combat
groups to 58. The Senate cut it
right back to 48, but only after
Senator Knowland <R.-Calif.' had
forced a rollcall vote.
i Nugget Ads Bring Quick Results
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
|
This is to certify that I, James
Panos, of Nome, Alaska, the only
surviving partner of the Osborn
Creek Dredging Co., have disposed
i of the assets and liquidated the
liabilities of said partnership as
listed as a matter of record in the
office of the Recorder of the Cape
Nome Mining and Recording Pre
cinct and will upon the 29th day
of September, 1949, at 10:00 o’clock
a.m., sell at public auction in front
of my house, situated in Nome,
Alaska, the following described
property of the said Company for
cash at the time of sale.
Dredge on the tailing piles on
Osborn Creek; One cabin at
dredge site on Osborn-Creek; One
cabin on lot back of Mrs. Lyle’s
residence in Nome, Alaska; One
bench vise; One V£-ton chain
block; One electric drill; One lot
of old belting; One stacker belt at
Dempseys in Casa De Paga.
JAMES PANOS.
Pub. Aug. 29. Sept. 5, 12. 19, 1949.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF HEARING
Notice is hereby given that the
Bureau of Vital Statistics, acting
by and through the Registrar of
Vital Statistics, in accordance with
Chapter 119 of the Session Laws
of 1949, will hold public hearings
in Juneau during the week be
ginning September 26, 1949. for
the purpose of making appropri
ate Rules and Regulations to sup
plement said Chapter 119 and any
other laws pertaining to Vital Sta
tistics. Any person desiring to ap
pear at such hearings should at
once notify in writing the Regis
trar of Vital Statistics, Juneau,
Alaska, of such desire. Advance
notice will be sent to all such per
sons,of the exact time and place of
the hearings.
C. EARL ALBRECHT.
Registrar of Vital Statistics.
Publish Aug. 29, 1949.
Two Lost In Fishing
Boat Rani tiling
SEATTLE, t/b—Two men were
reported lost early Saturday in the
ramming of a fishing boat by a
cannery tender in Southeastern
Alaska waters.
District coast guard headquar
ters was advised by its Ketchikan
station that, skipper Alex Didrick
son and Charlie Hansen were lost
from the fishing boat Ditto in the
2 a.m., accident in Peril Strait,
There were no details available j
on the Ditto’s home port or the
homes of the two missing men. The '
coast guard sent a plane Saturday
morning to try to locate the two
men or their bodies.
The Ketchikan message said
three survivors the the Ditto were
picked up after the crash. They
were Matthew Williams, Charlie
Didrickson and Louis Minare.
INTERNATIONAL
BRIDESMAID
PITTSBURGH. (^ — Margaret
Cartwright, pretty 23-year-old
assistant bank librarian, is going
to Europe to be a bridesmaid for
a Dutch girl she’s never seen. Two I
years ago Margaret began corre
sponding with Uizekee de Brauw. i
daughter of Baron Albert de
Brauw, one-time mayor of The
Hague. Their international friend
j ship developed after an American '
| soldier told Margaret that Lizekee j
would like to correspond with
i someone in the States.
| Since then, they’ve found a lot
Arrested Twice In
Week For Fishing
PETERSBURG. UP» — Arrested
twice in one week and charged
with illegal fishing. Frank Rich
ardson, long-time resident of West
Petersburg, goes to trial Monday
morning in U. S. Commissioner
Dale Hirt’s court.
Last Saturday L. T. Dugger,
fish and wild life enforcement
agent, reported catching Richard
son in a blind sough and carrying
two nets.
Last Monday Dugger again re
ported Richardson in Petersburg
Creek, this time accompanied by
his wife. Wednesday he pleaded
innocent before Commission!* Hirt,
waived his right to counsel and
demanded a jury trial.
He was released on $500 bond.
His wife is awaiting arraignment
after posting $150 bond. Her ar
raignment is set for next Monday
afternoon.
of mutual interests. For one thing,
Margaret likes art—and Lizekee
has been working in an art mu
seum. A few days ago Lizekee
wrote that she’s getting manned
and wouldn’t it be lovely if Mar
garet could be a bridesmaid? It
would, Margaret agreed. She se
cured a three-month leave of ab
sence from the Peoples First Na
tional Bank to make the trip.
Seems like Europe has always
been a jig-saw puzzle with a
“peace” missing.
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