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ALASKA BRIEFS
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SEATTLE, April 15, </P) — In
three special flights the naval air
transport command ferried 34,000
pounds of cargo to Point Barrow
to replace heavy equipment lost in
a fire at the army and navy pe
troleum reserve station on March
29. Navy officials said much of
the material was flown from Cal
ifornia points by way of Seattle
in a squadron of three Douglas
Skymasters.
SEATTLE, April 15, (Ah — The
^ sale of 25 boats in Alaska on
which bids were to have been re
ceived until Aprli 23, has been
postponed to give Alaska veterans
’preference. Melvin Snyder, Terri
torial surplus property officer said
the dates would be set aside later
on which certified veterans may
buy boats by being certified at
Anchorage, Juneau and Fairbanks
surplus property offices. The boats
include Coast Guard cruisers, the
^.yacht Swiftsure, freight and pas
senger boats, open motor launches,
sectioned steel barges.
SEATTLE, April 15, </P)—More
than .‘ICO jobs on engineering and
construction lines are available
under the new Army Engineers
} construction program for Alaska.
Col. Conrad Hardy, Seattle Dis
trict Engineer said the Seattle En
gineer District will serve as em
ploying agent.
ANCHORAGE, April 15, (/Pi
Don Dorothy, Sacramento, pilot
tor the Pacific Northern Airlines,
and Lillie Erickson, Klamath
Falls, Ore., were married on Kenai
peninsula last week in oldtime
Alaska style. Kenai U. S. Marshal
read the ceremony. Both he and
Tthe groom wore revolvers. Doro
thy and Miss Erickson flew to the
remote area and were married in
parkas and mukluks. Moose meat
featured the wedding breakfast.
SEATTLE, April 15, (/P) —
Ketchikan dock operators involved
in the Alaska longshore dispute
Saturday charged the Longshore
fnen and Warehousemen’s union
CIO with holding up arbitration
on the grounds the operators
might increase freight rates if the
union is granted a pay raise. A
Seattle spokesman for the employ
ers said an approval had been re
ceived from the Wage Stabiliza
i tion Board for payment increases
lasked by the union, but the union
|>')w takes the position its mem
bers will not return to work if this
* increase is used by dock operators
v in obtaining an allowable rate in
crease.
\1 oil tana Governor
To Ask Federal Aid
To Stop Riots
BUTTE, Montana, April 15, UP)
Governor Ford disclosed he was
considering asking the federal
government to help stop the riots
n Butte which have left scores of
houses wrecked, two boys wound
ed and an unannounced number of
mobsters arrested.
Declaring in Helena he would
talk with Butte peace officers who
were greatly outnumbered by
1 inters before deciding whether to
ask for federal assistance* The
governor said “peace officers as
sured me yesterday they had
things under control, but appar
ently they didn’t.”
As this tense copper mining cen
ter surveyed the wreckage of the
second night of unbridled violence
labor leaders and public officials
pleaded for a cessation of the de
struction roving bands centered
their attacks on the homes ol
workers who didn’t join the min
ers strike city authorities report
I ed.
Sheriff McLeocl declined to say
how many persons were held, re
porting “they are all juveniles.”
They were arrested for looting. Ho
indicated there were several girls
among them.
I Other authorities aid vandals.
J including one mob of of about five
hundred were mostly women and
young children. Saturday night,
and again last night, gangs of men.
women and teenage boys, armed
with axes and traveling by truck
and auto roved the streets, un
loading at private homes to bash
i in windows and doors and throw
wrecked furniture into the yards.
The Union strike committee de
clared neither the union nor its
members were responsible for the
| disorders.
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Axis Spy Ring
Arrested In China
SHANGHAI, Apr. 15, (/P)—Sev
en Axis nationals whom U. S. in
vestigators said were remnants of
the once powerful Nazi spy ring
which continued to operate in the
Orient four months after Ger
many’s surrender were arrested,
and included four Germans, two
Italians, and one Jap.
They presumably will be tried
1 in China. The statement said the
man obtained information on Chi
nese and American troop and air
fleet movements by “breaking,
buying, and stealing codes and
transmitting the information to
Tokyo via clandestine radio sta
tions.
I’uiiguk Wins In
Cape Nome Race
Edwin Punguk of Golovin won
the Cape Nome Dog Race over a
23 mile course in 2 hours, 26 min
utes, 39 seconds, more than six
minutes ahead of Isaac Okelasik,
second place winner, in 2 hrs. 33
mins. 57 secs., over a soft trail,
and short snow flurry.
The nine teams entered in the
race, all rounded the turn at Cape
N :me Roadhouse in fine shape
and returned to the finish line.
The time for the other seven
teams is as follows: Herbert James
2:38:35, Joe Komok 2:39:27, Carl
Topkok 2:43:40, Leonard Otitituk
2:43:43, Paul Kakaruk 2:46:35, Ar
thur Triggs 2:48:36 and Herbert
Wikalkia 3:11:02.
Punguk made the course at the
rate of about MVz miles per hour,
winning first money $150.00; Isaac
Okelasik $50.00; Herbert James
$15.00 and Joe Komok $10.00,
Prizes were presenter! at the
"air Saturday night.
Albert Johnson
W ins Speed Raee
Albert Johnson’s dog-team was
winner in the Speed Race held at
3:00 p.m. Saturday over the short
loop course, which is slightly over j
3 miles, in 10 mins, and 22 secs, j
to win the $50.00 First prize over!
i eight other entries.
Second prize money, $25.00
went to Mike Willoya whose team
rounded the course in 17:33.
The prizes for this event were
presented on the stage Saturday
night at the Fair.
Four Jap Officers
Sentenced To
Hard Labor
SHANGHAI, April 15. (/Tt — ‘
Four Jap army officers were sen
tenced by an American military
tribunal to from 5 to 9 years in
prison at hard labor for the kan
garoo court trial and execution of
three Doolittle airmen.
The commission who tried them
ruled that the defendants acted
without choice under specific or
ders of superiors. The defendants
were impassive as the sentences
were read, but the Jap defense
counsel wept with joy. One in a
choked voice thanked the commis
sion profusely for its “fair ver
dict.”
The first engagement rings,
used in the times of the Romans, j
were made of iron.
Gold Miners Ask
Permission To
Export Gold
SAN FRANCISCO, April 15, i/P)
Twenty gold mine operators from
South Dakota, Colorado, Washing
ton and California, meeting infor
mally over the week end sought
to formulate a program designed
to persuade the U. S. Treasury to
reverse itself to permit shipment
of newly mined gold abroad so
that American producers can take
advantage of the free world price.
Albert Knorp, secretary of the
American Mining Congress point
ed out that gold is bringing prices
in Egypt, Turkey, Chile and Bra
zil ranging from $43 to $120 per
ounce, but the U. S. Treasury pays
a price of only $35 dollars an
ounce, and forces American pro
ducers to sell only to it. Neverthe
less Knorp said, about $35,000,000
worth of worked gold was export
ed from United States in 1044, pri
marily as fabricated gold used in
art work.
Saturday
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The showing of prize winning
Home-Movies, and 35 mm., col
ored slides was first on the pro
gram for the evening, followed by
the presentation of awards to
prize winners.
Next on the program was the
Cheerio Trio, Barrow Morgan,
Bonnie Dunbar and Jackie Dowd,
with guitar accompaniment by
Barrow Morgan. They sang a
group of cowboy songs and were
recalled for encores.
A Grand Ball followed with the
Post Orchestra playing for the
dancers.
At Midnight the drawing for the
lucky number on the Dodge car
took place, when Queen Ruth
took the number out of the box. i
Mrs. Donald J. Lyle was declared
winner.
The president, manager, board
of directors, department heads
and assistants of the Fair are to
be complimented for their fine
civic spirit and effort in putting
over the event. It entailed many |
hours of work and showed excel-1
lent co-operation.
To James Vander Heydt go the
honors for decoration which gave
the Fair a festive and gala appear-1
ance. He is also responsible for
obtaining the balloons, part of the
decorations, which have not been
available for several years.
The arch which frames the sets;
on a stage is called a proscenium.1
kai-Slirk Tries To
Keslorck (haler In
Manehuria
CHUNGKING, April 15, i/P)—
Chiang Kai-Shek threw his per
sonal influence onto the scales in
an effort to achieve some sem
blance of a balance in the Man
churian situation, which Chinese
Communists say has reached a
state of civil war.
A leader of the central govern
ment, newly returned from a tour
of South China has appointed a
three member committee of his
National party to meet immedi
ately with the Communists’ Demo
cratic League and the China
Youth party to try and defuse the
explosive situation.
Gen. Chou, Communist negotia
tor. who only yesterday declared
the government started the civil
war in Manchuria and Commun
bfs had no choice but to “counter
attack,” reminded Chiang that the
present situation was a barrier
against proceeding with govern
unificat’on.
Changchun, Manchuria’s capi
tal is reported under Chinese gov
ernment martial law. As Russian
occupation forces withdrew the
Communists surrounded the city.
Chinese Battle
For Clian^ehun
CHANGCHUN, April 15, i/P)—
The battle for Changchun is under
way between Chinese Government
and Communist forces. The Com
munists launched an attack yes
terday. two hours before the final
withdrawal of Soviet occupation
forces from this Manchurian cap
ital.
The Communists have already
gained control of all three air
fields in this vicinity and sifted
into the city from the suburbs.
Gunfire has been constant the
past ten hours, and the Commun
ists are making determined at
tacks from the north, northwest
and south. These attacks began
shortly before Russian Ma.j. Gen.
Karlov left aboard his train for
Harbin. The Government forces
are already short of ammunition.
FEDERATED CHURCH TO
HOLD FOOD SALE
The new officers of the Ladies
Aid Society of the Federated
Church are planning their annual
Easter Food Sale to be held next
Saturday. The new officers of the
organization are Mrs. A. Nerland,
president; Mrs. Robert Baldwin,
vice-president; Mrs. J. Whisen
hunt, secretary; and Mrs. Thomas
Morcom, treasurer.