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NEWS IN BRIEF
MIAMI, Fla., (/P)—Eight special
trains arrived here Saturday with
delegates and Legionnaires from
all parts of the nation for the 30th
national Legion convention.
The convention spirit will be
augmented with a military flavor
when 1,000 army and navy men
salute the arrival of President
Truman. Official opening of the
convention was held this morning.
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JUNEAU, (/P)—There was too
much weather for voters in Chi
cagof precinct.
When the delayed election re
port was received Friday from the
outlying precinct, it said no elec
tion was held because rain and
high winds kept the voters from
getting to the polls.
CRESTON, B. C. (/I1)—Five per
sons are dead and seven are in
Creston Valley hospital in this
East Kootenay Center after a car
and-train collision today at a
crossing about three miles from
here.
Three were killed instantly and
two died in the hospital later.
PARIS, (/P)—Four city council
cilmen were arrested today after
selling 25 loaves of bread in front
of a bakery closed for refusing to
demand ration tickets from cus
tomers.
WARSAW, (/P) — The goxfeAi
ment today started a nationwide
enlistment of youths 16 to 18 years
old, inclusive, to work for nation
al reconstruction projects and for
military training.
About 1,500,000 are expected to
be in the service by Dec. 18. The
corps gradually will be boosted to
3,000,000.
HONGKONG, (£>)—Peace pres
ervation troops killed between 20
and 30 bandits in a two-hour bat
tle yesterday at Pingwu station.
Seven troopers were wounded.
VIENNA, (/P) — Franz Lehar’s
■doctor said last night the Austrian
•composer had suffered a" relapse
and is in serious condition.
He said the 79-year-old com
poser of “The Merry Widow,” had
taken no food since Saturday.
Lehar has been suffering from
a heart ailment complicated by a
stomach ulcer.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (fP) —
Three men and a woman were
killed in the collision of two small
planes near here late yesterday.
WASHINGTON, (/P)—A special
Congressional committee appoint
ed to make a survey of all Amer
ican possessions in the Pacific will
depart from San Francisco Nov. 8.
The committee will go first to
Hawaii, then to Christmas Island
Samoa, The Marshalls, Guam, Ja
pan and China, Gordon said.
WASHINGTON, (ff) — Ralph
■Wright, a New York City official
tjnf the AFL international typo
graphical union, was reported to
ijday to be President Truman’s
(Choice for assistant secretary of
labor. Labor circles expect the
White House to announce th^ip
pointment soon.
President Orders
Military Reserve i
Units Organized
—
CLARKSBURG, W. Va., (/Pi
President Truman announced Sat
urday he has directed the defense
department to “organize all mili
tary reserve units required for the
national security.” |
Presidential secretary Charles
G. Rors told repor ers the order
was not an outgrowth of any new
deterioration of international re
lations. I
“It seems that the navy and
marines got ahead of the army and
air forces in organizing their re
serves,” he said. “This is intended
to ob ain a better balance.”
Presidential aities at the White
House in Washington told a re
porter that Mr. Truman had no
particular numerical goal in mind
for strengthening the reserves.
The Presidential orders, requir
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Investigating Reds
In Alaska Labor
ANCHORAGE, (/P)—Two mem
bers of the House committee on
education arid labor will open an
j inquiry in District court here to
day on communistic activities in J
Alaska.
Rep. Charles Kersten (R.-Wisc.)
and Rep. O. C.Fisher (D.-Tex.)
spent Thursday interviewing man
agement and labor representa
tives. Friday they flew to Nome,
j They visited Fairbanks before re
turning here.
Investigators Frank McArahur
and Howard Rushmore are with
the Congressmen.
Kersten declared: “We know the
; same pattern is followed here as in
the States, the communists at
tempt to gain leadership in stra- i
tegic unions and lead the mem
bership into their political philos
ophy. That doesn’t mean the ma
jority of the members of such
unions are communists.
“With Alaska becoming increas- 1
ingly important to the national de- |
fense, the committee feels a full- !
scale investigation is necessary at,
this time.”
The group expects to spend 10
days in the Territory.
160 Celebrate
“Alaska Day” At
McKinley Park
ANCHORAGE, </P) — One hun
dred sixty invited Alaska residents
celebrated “Alaska Day” at the
Mt. Mckinley Park hotel during a
three day fete starting last Satur
day.
The top social event was a gay
nineties ball last night. An An
chorage group left Friday night
and are to return tonight.
Many special events were plan
ned at the park by Alaska Rail
road officials. The original plan
called for travel in a new stream
lined train, but storm trouble for
the northward-bound train-carry
ing barge last week forced a i
change in plans. j
Greece Must Fight
To Smash Reds
ATHENS, f/P)—Ameriican am
bassador Henry F. Grady con
ceded Saturday that the military
pic ure in Greece is not satisfac
tory and declared hard fighting
is ahead if the communist-led reb
els are to be smashed.
He said flatly that more effec
tive cooperation is needed between
the Greek government and the
American economic-military mis
sion.
He declined to predict how long
the fighting might go on.
Grady’s statement, handed to
correspondents shortly before the
expected arrival of secretary of
state George C. Marshal, was
prompted by written questions
from the correspondents, designed
o uncover the reason for Greece’s
failure to clear out the guerrillas.
‘War Before Nov, 2’
Say Filipinos
MANILA, GP) — Pessimistic re
ports on the outlook for world
peace from Philippine diplomats
and observers sent a wave of fore
boding through the country this
week.
The feeling was heightened
somewhat by a Presidential warn
ing of a possible emergency and a
front page news summary in the
Manila Times which said:
“Confidential reports in Manilla
from the smart boys in the United
States say they look for war be
fore the Nov. 2 election.”
President Elpidio Quirino ad
vised a joint meeting of his cabinet
and council of state to condition
the country for a possible emer
gency.
Alaska Day Today,
October 18
The greatest of the Territories
of the United States in area and
%
prospective resources, bigger than
Texas, California and Montana
combined or by the same token it
is greater than the area of the
twenty-one smallest states com
bined.
The eyes of the world are fo
cused on Alaska today, as it is
about to become a State, and be
cause of its strategic position in
world affairs today.
From “Seward’s Ice Box,” as it j
was called after its purchase, it is
now recognized as a treasure chest
of great mineral wealth and the
great front line of defense for the
nation. <r
■
Strike-Bound, Idle
Ship Total Mounts
SAN FRANCISCO, (/P) — The
number of American flag ships
tied up in the 45-day west coast
maritime strike increased to 222
today, lending an increasing urg
ency to the cautious peace alks
between waterfront employers and
Allan Haywood, CIO na ional vice
president.
Haywood and a sub-commit ee
of the waterfront employers as o
ciation were still discussing his
offer for a national CIO guarantee
on any new contracts with the
four CIO unions involved in th:*
strike. The proposal was advanc
ed to meet employer asser.ions of
“irresponsible” leadership in the
unions.
There were reports that some of
! the employers were willing to
back down from previous de
mands that all union* leaders sign
non-communist affidavits under
the Taft-Hartley act. Frank P. Foi
sie, WEA president, asserted the
I demand still stands, but declined
; to answer a reporter’s question on
J whether the attitude might change
if the employers are convinced the
national CIO can guarantee he
contracts.
The number of vessels tied up
! will reach 375 if the strike con-1
[ tinues, said the Pacific American
| Steamship association.
| lnternation’l News
i At A Glance —
|
(By The Associated Press)
Monday. October 18, 1948
! Jews defying cease lire orders j
I of the United Nations said today
they stormed and captured heights I
dominating the southern Palestine
road through the Negev Desert.
U. N. mediator Ralph Bunche ,
said he would ask the security
council to hold a special meeting i
* ,
if Israel refuses his new order for ,
three days of peace. Egyptian
troops, against whom the Jewish
force was directed, accepted the j
cease fire, but the Jews did not
reply.
Both sides were reported suf- :
fering heavy casualties in the re- •
newal of the war. The Jews said .
there was “large scale air activ
ity.” They said they had smashed
open the road to Jewish settle
ments in the sou hern wastelands. ;
The Egyptians said they killed 500 ]
Jews. Egypt complained to the U. •
N. however, that the Jews had ]
blocked the highway approach ]
from Gaza, their main base, to i
Jerusalem. , ]
The fighting began Friday,
breaking a previous U. N.-enforc- i
ed peace order. One unconfirmed ;
report said Arab forces are evac- 1
uating Gaza, capital of the pro
jected Palestine Arab government. .
The security council is to take
up the Berlin question again to- ,
morrow. The western powers and
Russia were reported interested in
a new compromise proposal. Un
der it, the Russians would lift the
I '
the blockade; the Russians would
have the only currency in Berlin
but under four-power supervision,
and the foreign ministers’ coun
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lYnnum (Confident
Of Victory In
Nov. Election
• By The Associated Press*
President Truman set out today
in the “non-poliitcal” leg of a two
:lay ,-outhern invasion as Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey headed back to
Albany from his midwestern cam
paign swing.
Mr. Truman took off for Miami
ti the White House plane Inde
pendence for an afternoon speech
i the American Legion conven
tion.
A delegate himself, he said he
wouli talk as President rather
than as a candidate. Tomorrow,
however, the Democratic nominee
resumes his hunt for votes with
w o speeches at Raleigh, N. C.
Dewey too took a campaign
pveather. H e spent Sunday at his
nother’s home in Owosso, Mich.,
hen left early today aboard his
pecial train for a series of New
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Week-End Rest
For New Strength
For Ballot Battle
<By The Associated Press)
President Truman and Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey were homeward
bound Saturday for brief rests be
fore launching new vote drives in
their White House contest.
Mr. Truman arrived in Wash
ington late Saturday afternoon af
ter a midwest tour that boosts his
campaign log ‘o over 15000 miles.
About 7,000 miles more lie ahead,
starting today with a plane trip to
the American Legion convention
in Miami.
Dewey planned to park his Re
publican Presidential caravan in
his mother’s yard in Owosso,
Mich., for a week-end visit; he
will return to Albany Monday.
Neither candidate took a rest
from counter-punching Friday.
The President said the “Repub
lican firemen” were too busy
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FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
FOR MRS. LUELLA GRANT
The funeral of Luella Grant,
,veil-known and well-liked Nome
pioneer, who was murdered in her
pome last week by an unknown
issailant was held this af'ernoon
rom the Federated Church with
}ev. L. Hudgins officiating and
he Order of Eastern Star exem
plifying their funeral ritual.
The service opened with a trio:
Chaplain A. Darling, Mrs. Darling
ind Mrs. L. Hudgins singing
‘Good-Night and Good-Morning”
■ollowed by scripture, prayer and
short history, after which the of
ficers of the Eastern Star took
pver.
Special music for the ceremony
vas sung by Mrs. O. S. Weaver,
‘Beautiful Isle of Somewhere”
accompanied by Mrs. Wilfred
Voucher.
Pall bearers were: Messrs Jim
Frye, Bob Baldwin. Ben Hyndman,
3ill Ullrich, Morris Kelliher, and
folbert Scott.