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NEWS IN BRIEF
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LONDON (/P)—The Soviet news
agency Tass disposed of the con
viction of Josef Qardinal Minds
zenty in Hungary with an 83-word
news item. •
The agency's dispatch from
Budapest merely listed the sen
tences of the Cardinal and his co
defendants but did not mention the
charges.
NEW YORK, </P>—A check for
$1,525,167 from 10,000 General
Motors automobile dealers
throughout the country to be used
for cancer and other medical re
search was received last night.
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., chairman of
the board of General Motors and
donor of the Sloan-Kettering In
stitute for cancer research, re
ceived the check at a dinner in
his honor.
BELLINGHAM, &—The Olym
pic Portland Cement company
here will start shipment to Alaska
soon an order of 100,000 barrels of
cement to be used by the U. S.
army engineers.
Company officials said the or
der will be a production and em
ployment stimulant in an other
wise slow period for cement mak
ing operations. About six months
will be required to complete the
contract.
SEATTLE, (/P) — Funeral serv
ices will be conducted today for
Capt. Phillip Osborne Lancaster,
87, of Mercer Island, Wash., re
tired Puget Sound .ship master,
who died last Wednesday. Surviv
ors include Phillip R. Lancaster,
Ketchikan, one of two sons.
SEATTLE (/P), Pacific North
ern Airlines has started service to
Gustavus, Alaska, which is at the
head of Icy Strait, Harold Olsen,
the firm’s general traffic manager
announced today.
Gustavus is 52 miles west of
Juneau and in an area where a
great deal of agricultural expan
sion is expected. The airport there
has the latest long-range radio
navigation equipment as well as a
CAA weather station.
Pacific Northern will serve Au
gustus through a special exemp
tion issued by the CAA.
VICKSBURG, Mich. {/Pi-Far
mer Jim Green complains that his
cows are getting snooty.
Having been accustomed to
fountain water at their bams,
they refused to drink from a
creek when the barn’s water sys
tem failed.
So obstinate were they, said
Green, that they went without wa
ter for 17 hours until he got his
pipeline repaired. j
W O R CHESTER, Mass. (/P) —
Mrs. Hulda Olson today found1
two crocuses in bloom in her back
yard, a month earlier than any
previous appearance here of the
spring flowers. Worcester is en
joying one of the mildest winters
on record.
SHANGHAI, (/P)—Retired U. S.
air force Maj. Gen. Claire Ohen
nault, 59, yesterday became the
Internation’l News
At A Glance —
(By The Associated Press*
(Tuesday. February 8. 1949)
Communist-dominated Hungary
found guilty of trying to over
guilty of treason today. A people’s
court sentenced the primate—last
active opponent of the government
—to life imprisonment.
The 56-year-old prelate also was
found guilty o ftrying to over
throw the communist government
and of speculating in foreign cur
rency. The court ordered all his
possession s con f i sea ted.
All six of Mindszenty’s co-de
fendants also were convicted,
their sentences ranging from three
years to life.
The case aroused Catholics and
1 those of other faiths throughout
! the non-communist world.
The slim prelate—first Prince of
the Catholic church to face the
penal measures of a government
while a member of the Sacred
j College of Cardinals—stood ex
pressionless when sentence was
rendered.
Spectators in the courtroom vis
ibyl relaxed when it was disclos
ed that the primate had been sen
tenced to life imprisonment—not
death as many had feared.
In Vatican City an informant
said Pope Pius XII heard the news
1 of the sentencing “with the most
profound sorrow.” The informant
said the Pontiff would take “the
first occasion that presents itself
to make a protest in the hardest
and most definite terms.”
Earlier an American priest at
the Vatican commented: “They
want to put him on a shelf to be
forgotten—but he will not be for
gotten.”
In London the Most Rev. Rich
ard Downey, Roman Catholic
Archbishop of Liverpool said the
sentence is “a vindictive one
meant as a warning to all who are
not ‘yes’ men.”
In Germany the Archbishop of
Trier, Dr. Friedrich Rudolf Bor
newasser, branded the .trial as f
‘nothing but a mean communist
lying campaign against the Catho
lic church.”
Asked by the five-judge court
whethej* he wanted to appeal, the
Cardinal spoke a lou&, clear “yes.”
The prosecution countered by
again demanding the death sen
tence for the primate. Its action
made it possible for appeals court
to impose harsher sentences
against appealing defendants.
The trial brought to a climax
the long running fight between
the government and the cardinal,
who as an Archbishop defied the
nazis when they were guiding the
destines of Hungary, and was im
prisoned by them.
The United States drew up to
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father of a baby girl in Canton,
his commercial airline office here
was advised.
The daughter, named Claire
Anna, weighed seven and a half
pounds. The mother, the former
Anna Chan, Chinese newspaper
woman, was reported doing fine.
The couple was married Dec.
21, 1947.
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NWA Chamber
Votes Against
Property Tax
The Board of Directors of the
Chamber of Commerce met last
evening for the purpose of ans
wering a request from Senators
Munz and Jones who wired the
Chamber requesting their opinion
on the property tax now before
the Senate.
The decision of the board is as
follows in the wire sent to our
legislators today:
“We the undersigned oppose
any property tax and as an altern
ative method of raising revenue
for the Territory of Alaska we
favor that the Territory whole
sale all intoxicating liquor ship
ped into or manufactured in the
Territory of Alaska; that all sales
of intoxicating liquor by the bot
tle be by stores run and owned by
the Territory of Alaska under a
permit system; that each commun
ity be allowed to choose whether
or not it shall have a Territorial
Liquor Store in the manner sim
ilar to present local option system
.of issuing liquor licenses; that the
present bars selling liquor by
drink be continued; that the terms
, “intoxicated person” and “habit
ual drunkard” as used in present
liquor laws be defined clearly in
everyday language.
H. F. HARPER,
Pres., N.W.A. C. of C.
It was also announced that the
annual meeting for the election of
officers would be held next Tues
day evening at the Pioneer Hall
with dinner at seven o’clock.
LIFTING THE LID
AT JUNEAU
(Tuesday, February 8, 1949)
By James Hutcheson
JUNEAU, <JP) — The general
property tax bill, one of the most
controversial measures before the
legislature, was due to come back
to the Senate floor today.
Finance committee members
said they voted to report it out to
the floor with three committee
members withholding recommen
dation and one — Victor Rivers,
Anchorage Democrat—recommnd
ing “do-pass”.
i The three without recommenda
tion were Republicans John G.
Butrovich, Jr., and Charles Jones
and Democrat Frank Peratrovich.
In normal Senate procedure the
bill is likely to be on the calendar
for a second reading and amend
ments tomorrow. Then it is likely
to come up for debate on final pas
sage later in the week.
Another tax proposal appeared
on the legislative horizon today.
A bill was reported under prep
aration for taxing cigarettes and
other tobacco products in Alaska
to provide an estimated $2,000,000
revenue a year.
Rep. Warren Taylor, Faribanks
Democrat, said he was preparing
(Tie bill for a three per cent tax on
the standard package of cigar
ettes. He said the proposed tax
would be two cents on a cigar or
any tobacco selling under 16
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Stratojet Bomber
On Record Flight
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MOSES LAKE, Wash., </P>—A
Boeing XB-47 stratojet bomber
sped eastward from the Moses
Lake air force base yesterday on
a 2,2M9-mile flight to Andrews
Field, Md.
The six-jet bomber took off at
7:22 a.m. (PST) with Maj. R. E.
Schleeh of Dayton, O., at the con
trols. It circled the field, crossed
the control tower two minutes
later and headed east.
The sleek bomber, distinguished
by racy swept-back wing , did not
use its emergency jato units for
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Norway Considers
North Atlantic
Fact Alliance
WASHINGTON, </P) — A meet
ing of ambassadors of countries
negotiating a North Atlantic De
fense Alliance was called yester
day in the midst of American dis
cussion with Norway about the
proposed pact.
The state department announced
a meeting with the North Atlantic
powers—Canada, Britain, France,
Belgium, The Netherlands and
Luxembourg—would be held yes
terday afternoon.
Nothing was said as to the pur
pose, but it was believed Secre
tary of State Acheson wanted to
discuss the questions submitted by
Norwegian foreign minister Hal
vard M. Lange at a conference
Monday.
i Lange is here for discussions de
signed to determine, in effect, frie
price of admission for Norway in
to the North Atlantic Security
Alliance.
Russia has been exerting pres
sure on Norway not to enter the
Alliance.
The Norwegian governm e n t
delegation, it was learned, has
questioned the state department
about what protection, if any,
Norway could expect while it is
considering and negotiating mem
bership in the Alliance.
Mindezenty Case
“Sickens” America
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Secretary
of State Acheson declared today
that the American people are
“sickened and horrified” by the
Mindszenty case in Hungary.
Acheson disclosed that the west
ern powers may place charges
against Hungary before the United
Nations on the ground that Hun
gary has consistently violated its
peace treaty requirements for hu
man rights.
At a news conference secretary
of state linked the trial and con
viction of the Homan Catholic
prelate, Josef Cardinal Minds
zenty, with the earlier “persecu
tion” of Lutheran Bishop Lajos
Ordass and declared:
“The Soviet-controlled Hungar
ian authorities seek to discredit
and coerce religious leadership in
Hungary in order to remove this
source of moral resistance to com
munism.” *
First Fatality In
“Battle Of Kodiak”
KODIAK. (/P)—'The first fatal
ity in the “battle of Kodiak” was
reported by navy officials last
night.
He was seaman Edward Lewis
Genaw, son of Mrs. Gertrude
Louis Genaw, Port Huron, Mich.
Genaw fell into near-freezing
waters from the icy decks of the
cruiser Duluth during refueling
operations off Kodiak Island. The
Duluth is taking part in the navy's
cold weather exercise.
Navy officials said a 45-knot
wind made it impossible to launch
a rescue bout, but a helicopter
skmimed near the top of the 25
foot waves to drop a lifeline.
Numbed by the coldwaters, how
ever, Genaw was unable to fasten
the harness.
The helicopter was piloted by
Lt. Comdr. Will H. Kilgore, of
Mission, Texas.
A few minutes later, Gust B.
Manos, of Joppa, Md., went over
! the side of the destroyer Parks in
an immersion suit, but failed to
i locate Genaw. The body was not
recovered.
The temperature was 8 degrees
above zero at Kodiak this morn
ing, and the weather bureau es
timated the water temperature off
. Kodiak at 36 to 38 degrees above.
BASKET BALL GAME
TONIGHT AT HIGH SCHOOL
| Tonight the Nome High Basket
ball Team will play the Marks
1 Field Hospital Team in the final
game of the series of benefits held
for the purpose of sending the
Nome team to the All Alaska
Meet in Anchorage.
The team has made a good
showing throughout the series and
hope that with the proceeds from
tonight’s game will be able to fi
nance the trip to Anchorage.
All basketball fans are urged to
go to the game tonight and help
them achieve the goal they have
been working for.
First Marines Land
On Kodiak
(By Ralph Dighlon)
KODIAK, C/P)—Covered by an
umbrella of carrier-based planes,
contingents of marines will drive
ashore today in their first action,
in the battle of Kodiak.
The marines are scheduled for
another landing Friday.
They have been bivouacking i®
the island’s snow prior to this time
and have taken no part in the
opening phases of the navy’s cold
weather exercise.
Vice Adm. G. F. Bogan, official
observer for the northern opera
tion, said the landing will provide
a major test of carrier operations
in Alaska waters.
He denied reports that carrier
based planes were unable to
mount a successful strike in a
Sunday borpbing maneuver be
cause of icy decks and pitching
seas. He said weather alone pre-*
vented the carrier force from get
ting more planes aloft for the sim
ulated strike at Kodiak naval base.
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