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NEWS IN BRIEF
SHEFFIELD, Eng. (/Pi — David
Elldred’s wife got tired of pushing
her daughter’s baby carriage. So
David put a motor on it.
Then came the police. They said
the powered buggy, which trav
eled three miles an hour, had to
be classified as a self-propelled
propelled vehicle. Therefore, said
they, Elldred would have to get
license plates, lights and brakes.
And Mrs. Elldred would have to
get a driver’s license.
Mrs. Elldred is pushing the car
riage again.
NEW YORK. C/P>—Anna Louise
Strong, veteran American journal
ist long described as pro-Soviet, is
under sharp attack by the com
munist newspaper, the Daily
Worker.
The Worker says a series ot
Miss Strong’s articles, to be pub
lished in the New York Herald
Tribune, will be “anti-Soviet.”
Miss Strong was expelled re
cently from Russia on espionage
charges. She is seeking a review
of her case by Soviet authorities.
MALTBY, Eng. f/P) — Wedding
bells had to be rationed Saturday
in this Yorkshire town.
The Rev. William Surtess, vicar
of Maltby, had 11 marriages to
perform before nightfall, his busi
est day. So he worked out a sched
• ule, and told the church bell ring
ers just how much time they could
devote to ringing the chimes be
fore and after each ceremony.
OLYMPIA, Wash. </P) — Wash
ington’s liquor-by-the-drink era
began today when 235 spots
around the state began sliding
long, tall ones across the bar—if
they had the makings. ,
The state liquor control board
approved the 235 Class H licenses
late Friday. They were delivered
by board inspectors today.
The buy-it-across-the-bar O.K.
was given by the voters last No
vember when they approved Ini
tiative 171.
MIAMI, Fla. (JP)—Adverse fly
ing conditions to the west keot
California’s endurance fliers in
this area Saturday.
A spokesman said the fliers had
planned to take their ‘‘Sunkist
Lady” to Tallahasee, Fla., Sunday
on the return journey to Califor
nia,. but reports of bad weather in
the New Orleans and Tallahassee
areas kept them here.
“Everything is going fine and as
long as we have good weather
here, why should they leave?” the
spokesman said.
At 10:44 a.m. <EST> Saturday,
Bill Harris and Dick Riedel had
logged *260 hours toward their
goal of more than 726—the world’s
record.
EDMONTON, Alta. (^P)—A ski
equipped U. S. air force Dakota
late yesterday rescued seven
American airmen from the barren
waste of Ellesmere island inside
the Arctic Circle.
The seven had crash-landed
Thursday in a U. S. C-82 cargo
plane while on a 1,100 mile flight
frtfm Frobisher Bay on Baffin Is
land to Resolute Bay on Cornwal
lis Island. Their plane was 700
miles off course when it ran low
on fuel. *
Committee Votes
50 Million Funds
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For Alaska
(By Charles D. Watkins)
((A5) Special Washington Service^
WASHINGTON, UP)—Appropri
ations fo' Alaska totalling more
than $50.000.000—up nearly $20
000.000 ovtr this year’s funi*-—
were recommended today lay the
House appropriations committee.
And. the committee also ap
proved in tfe interior department
appropriations bill for the year
starting July 1. another $19,000,
000 in contract authorization for
the Territory.
The direct appropriations for
the Territory were topped by $25,
692,000 for construction of roads
bridges and trails, an increase of
$15,249,600 more than voted lor
this year. The committee also au
thorized $7,000,000 in contract au
thorization for the road program
Funds for the Alaska Railroad
ranked second, wnh $17,000,000 in
cash, the same as inis year, an 1
$12,000,000 in contract authoriza
tion. The railroad would be au
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Order 2 Canadian
1 “Peace Parley’’
Members To Leave
i NEW YORK, (/?)—'Two Canadi
ans seized at the controversial
“peace conference” were ordered
to return to their home country at
once Saturday after questioning
by immigration authorities.
A third Canadian also taken
into custody was permitted to re
main. Authorities would only say
they were questioned concerning
communist activities.
i Meanwhile, the keynote sessio i
of the parley, which has attracted
intellectuals from many countries,
got under way at Carnegie Hall
with 1,500 persons present.
Speakers blamed both Russia
and the United States for the cold
war and urged President Truman
to accept Soviet Premier Joseph
Stalin’s bid to talk peace.
About 100 pickets marched in
protest of the meeting outside the
hall but there was no disorder.
The state department has charged
the parley is a “sounding board
for communist propaganda.” The
sponsors deny this.
The three Canadians were seized
quietly last night at the banquet
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ARCTIC INDOCTRINATION
STUDENTS FEEL CHANGE
IN CLIMATE HERE
In the course of the Arctic In
doctrination School completed last
week, four officers felt a decided
change in climate during the
course. They were Major Richard
Jones and Lt. Colburn of Eglin
Field, Fla.; Major Larson and Ma
jor Fitzsimmons, both of Hamil
ton Field, California. Colonel Karl
Rauk, Commanding Officer of the
375th Weather Reconnaisance,
stationed at Eielson Field. Alaska
was also among the approximately
60 students who took the Arctic
Indoctrination course last week.
Many Fly To !
Washington For
Gruening Hearing
ANCHORAGE, A/P) — A little
matter of his own wedding is not
keeping Mayor Z. C. Loussac of
Anchorage from accompanying a
group of Governor Gruening sup
porters on a flight to Washington, |
D. C.
'Announcement was made Fri- j
day that the mayor and Mrs. Ada
Harper, owner of a dress shop,
would be married Saturday morn
ing. Mrs. Harper said that because
of the press of business she would
be unable to accompany Loussac
to the capital.
Loussac and a large group of
Alaskans left here Saturday in an
Alaska Airlines DC-4 for the Sen
ate interior committee hearing
March 30.
Anchorage, Fairbanks, Palmer,
Seward, Cordova and Seldovia
supporters were on the flight, the
plane stopping in Juneau where
five legislators and attorney Mil
dred Hermann and Bill Baker of
Ketchikan joined the flight.
SEATTLE, (JP) — Austin E.
(Cap.) Lathrop, Fairbanks, said
Saturday be will appear before
the Senate interior committee in
Washington, D. C. this week in op
position to the nomination of Er
nest Gruening as governor of
Alaska.
Lathrop will be accompanied
by George Meyers, who will cover
the hearing for the Fairbanks
News-Miner.
Internation’l News
At A Glance —
i
(By The Associated Press)
France’s centrist coalition held
a wide lead today over commun
ists and De Gaullists in the count
of yesterday’s contonal, or county,
elections. The De Gaullists, how
ever, won more seats than any
single party.
The parties making up the pres
ent government were credited
with 1082 seats to 389 for the De
Gaullists and 37 for the commun
ists. The independents were given
99 seats.
At noon today, the De Gaullists
claimed to have elected 536 coun
cillors instead of the 389 officially
reported for them. The popular
vote totals were not made public
immediately.
The election for general coun
cillors, who help run the depart-1
ments — roughly equivalent to j
American States — was important j
chiefly as an indication of popu- j
lar feeling. It had no bearing on :
the organization of the national
government.
There was no voting in Paris j
where the communist voting is J
generally large.
Italy’s Count Carlo Sforza today
led a parade of foreign ministers
converging on Washington to sign
the North Atlantic Security Alli
ance.
Sforza flew to New York one
week ahead of the time when 10
to 12 foreign minis ers are slate 1
(Continued on Page Three!
LIFTING THE LID
AT JUNEAU
<By James Hutcheson*
JUNEAU, UP) — Alaska’s 19th
Legislature probably will be re
membered longest for the new
taxes it enacted, but it also reach
ed a high mark in the total of
bills it wrote into the law books.
A post-session survey shows
125 bills passed by both Houses
compared with 97 at the 1947 ses- i
sion.
Here is a summary of what the
lawmakers did on major bills:
Taxes—Enacted income, general
property, raw fish and canned
salmon, quadrupled fish trap, in
creased fishermen’s licenses, to
bacco and business license taxes.
Bill to double school tax passed
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Conference On
Alaska Shipping
SEATTLE. UP)—The future of
Seattle-Alaska shipping may be
affected by some of the important
meetings in Juneau this week.
1 This was the prospect Saturday
with announcement by G. W.
Skinner, president of Alaska
Steamship company, that he plans
to talk over Alaska shipping prob
lems with Alaska Gov. Ernest
Gruening in the Alaska capital.
The Seattle ship line head and
his wife sailed on the Steamer
Alaska Saturday. Skinner said he
hopes to work out with Gruening
(and other Territory officials a
shipping program that will bene
fit all concerned.
I
Meanwhile, Alaska Steamship
company awaited word from
| Washington, D. C., where the mar
i itime commission was studying a
’ proposed plan for year around
[maintenance of Alaska vessels by
, the ship line.
Under the plan, the company
would pay charter fees only when
ships are in use.
Take Glacial Ice
And Yukon Water
To Hearing
SEATTLE (/P)—Forty-two Alas
kans flew into Seattle yesterday
enroute to Washington, D. C.,
where they will press a campaign
before the Senate interior com
mittee to have Ernest Gruening
retained as Alaska governor.
His reappointment is to be the
subject of a public hearing April 1.
Governor and Mrs. Gruening
were to have accompanied the
group, but delayed their departure
from Juneau until tomorrow.
The delegation, which includes
civil officials and publishers, is
headed by Rep. Stanley J. Mc
Cutcheon of Anchorage, speaker
of the Territorial House.
Other members include Mayors
Zac Loussac of Anchorage and
Ken C. Patton of Seldovia, former
Bob Korn of Cordova, editor Wil
liam Baker of the Ketchikan
Chronicle and editor Paul Solka,
Jr., of Jessen’s Weekly, Fairbanks.
A chunk of Mendenhall Glacier
(Continued on Page Six)
Tornadoes Inj lire
Many; Do Much
Damage In States
<By The Associated Press)
Tornadoes and high winds
swept Mississippi river and west
ern Gulf states Saturday with a
known death list of eight. An es
timated 76 others were injured.
The latest tornado swept the
village of Crowder, Okla., 15 miles
north of McAlester, in the early
pre-dawn hours, killing at least
one person. State highway patrol
men reported about 20 were in
jured. Crowder has a population
of 37P*. The Crowder injured were
brought to McAlester.
Another six persons were in
jured in Springtown, Tex., a town
of 850 about 20 miles northwest
of Fort Worth, in another tornado.
Thunderstorms struck Saturday
ov'er parts of eastern Texas, Lou
isiana, Arkansas, moved into the
southern plains and headed for the
Ohio river valley. High winds
were reported in some parts of the
storm belt. ,
The tornadic winds which hit
i the Texas-Mississippi- Louisiana
regions Thursday and Friday were
accompanied by heavy rain in
some areas. Six Negroes were
killed and 33 other persons were
injured at Greenwood, Miss.
A painter was blown off a roof
(Continued on Page Six^
Seek Twenty-Five
Millions For
Alaskan Roads
W A S H I N GTON, (JPl — The
House appropriations committee
today recommended spe n d i n g
$25,692,000 and contractual au
thority for $7,000,000 to build
roads in Alaska in the year start
ing July 1.
The committee reported that
transportation to and within the
Territory must be improved, and
instructed the interior department
to study shipping conditions. The
report said that “inadequate and
high cost” shipping services “con
stitute a handicap to the economic
welfare and development of the
Territory.”
In recommending ;ne oppropr’
ation, the committee said that con
struction of motor highways and
bridges “.is vital to the welfare of
Alaska.”
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CANDIDATES FILE FOR
CITY AND SCHOOL OFFICES
Office seekers for the forthcom
ing election have filed petitions
with the city clerk to have their
name put on the election ballot.
They are as follows, to date:
Mayor—Lester Bronson.
Councilmen—Jack Lencer, Axel
Edman, and Joe Hunt.
School Board: Helen Olsen,
John Hudert < 2 year unfinished
term.
City Treasurer: A1 Daue.
City Attorney: C. C. Tanner.
City Clerk: Mrs. Carrie McLain.
110 registered for the election.
Other voters arc required to swear
in their vote on election day, April
5th.
Filing for offices closes on
March 31.