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NEWS IN BRIEF
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HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 15—UP)—
Joan Fontaine was back in bed to
day, a victim of recurring influ
enza.
The Oscar-winning actress was
under treatment for three weeks
in New York recently. Her studio
said the relapse would force post
ponement of a trip to Cuba, sched
uled to start next week.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15—UP)—
president Truman is reported de- '
liberating over half a dozen pos
sible appointees for the Secretary
of Interior, with Senator O’Ma
honey backed by Capitol Hill
mutual friends of the President
and O’Mahoney. They said the
Wyoming Senator’s name was
high on the list, but added that
Truman seemed undecided whe
ther O’Mahoney would be of
more service to the administration
in the cabinet or in the Senate.
White House secretary Ross told
reporters that Truman would
%■ name the successor to Ickes “fair
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ly soon”. Others mentioned for
the secretaryship include Secre
tary of Labor Schwellenbach and
Supreme Court Justice Douglas.
LONDON. Feb. 15—(/P)—Leba
non accused Britain and France of
a “grave attack on the sovereign
ty” of the Levantine states, and
demanded “immediate simultan
eous evacuation,” of all foreign
troops on Lebanese soil.
Foreign minister Frangie of Leb- i
anon opened the debate of Syrian J
. and Lebanese charges against Bri-}
* tain and France. The issue which |
forced the security council to re
main in London as delegates to
the first.general assembly return
ed home.
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Foreign minister Bidault of
France asked the council to have
confidence in Britain and France j
to solve the question themselves, j
He asserted the two countries did I
not intend to keep troops in Syria
and Lebanon indefinitely. The gen
eral assembly adjourned last night
with a note of optimism, the dele
I gates expressing the- belief that a
firm foundation had been laid for
peace and security.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15—(^P)—
President Truman named Lt. Gen.
Walter Bedell Smith, 51, Ambas
sador to Russia. The tart-tongued
soldier, who rose through the
ranks to become General Eisen
hower’s chief of staff in the tense
war years, will succeed the dap
per, wealthy Averill Harriman,
who gained Presidential accept
ance of his resignation, in order
to return to private business.
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MAGNA CARTA GOES HOM E—One of four copies of Magna Carta, 730-year-old
British charter of liberties, held in Washington for safekeeping during the war, is packed at the Li
brary of Congress for return to England. Left to right are' shown Robert Wentz, carpenter; Louis L.
Cogan, assistant superintendent of building and grounds; Dr. Luther H. Evans, librarian of Congress;
John Balfour, British minister; Maj. J. G. Lockhard, private secretary to Lord Halifax; and Charles
Beach, metal worker.
“Ickes’ Departure
Blessing To
Alaska”
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15—
“I think insofar as Alaska is con
cerned, the departure of Interior
Secretary Ickes, probably is a
blessing, Delegate Bartlett, Demo
crat of Alaska said. ‘‘I think it is
true that Ickes is very much de
spised by the people of Alaska.
His policies in regard to Alaska
are not held in very high esteem.
Ickes failed to make the kind of
study of Alaskan problems we
think should have been made. You
know Alaska lives by what the In
terior Department does.
He didn’t take much interest in
the Territory, and when he did, >
we felt his interest was sadly mis
directed. I think I speak for the
overwhelming majority of Alas-J
kans in saying his departure
makes no hard feelings in Alas- i
ka. It could have more chance for
development with someone else
as Interior Secretary.”
Referring to the designation of ,
Oscar L. Chapman by President
Truman, as acting secretary, Bart
lett said ‘‘We could look forward
to something cohstructive if Chap
man stayed.”
Governor Gruening of Alaska,
STRIKES
At A Glance . . .
Approximately 1,430,000 work
ers are idle on account of labor
disputes. Major developments:
Administration—President Tru
man announces a new higher wage
policy providing price increases in
industry to cover government ap
proved wage boosts. Chester
Bowles leaves OPA post to become
chief of the recreated office of
economic stabilization.
Steel—Settlement of the 25-day
old steel strike, which has made
idle more than 850,000 workers in
steel and allied industries, appears
possible under the new wage and
price policy on the basis of the
recommended eighteen and one
half cents hourly wage increase
for the strikers and five dollars a
ton increase in the price of steel
is reportedly approved by CIO.
Automotive—The auto industry
studies the new wage and price
formula, ‘but no indication that
CIO UAW and General Motors
will resume wage negotiations.
Shipping—Operations in New
York harbor are near normal after
a 10-day strike of tugboat workers.
said: “I have nothing to say at
this time. Gruening has been in
Washington several days on busi
ness.
U. S. Should Take |
Over Canned Crab I
Meat Industry
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15—f/P)—
United States should take over the
canned crab meat industry in
Alaskan waters, formerly con
trolled by the Japs, Rep. Jackson
said. Jackson is a member of the
House committee on merchant
fisheries. He said ninety-five per
cent of American crabmeat came
from Japan, and much of it was
caught on the American side in
the Bering Sea.
The Fish and Wildlife Service •
is studying the habits of the king i
crab in Alaskan waters, and found |
there large supplies of flounders, i
Pollack cod, and ling cod. “With i
some financial assistance from the '
federal government, the newly or- j
ganized firm, the Pacific Explora- j
tion Company can conduct explo- i
ratory operations in the Bering'
Sea this coming year with the
88-ton factory fleet of modern;
trawlers.”
Jackson said he declared there
was little room for expansion of
the fifty-five million dollar sal
mon canning industry in Alaska,
because of “too many salmon
fishermen.”
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SEATTLE, Feb. 15—(/Pi—A 2
story wall and a 150,000 gallon
water tank toppled, and frighten
ed people rushed from buildings
early last night when an earth
quake rocked a 120.000 square
mile area of the Pacific Northwest.
Three persons were injured,
none seriously. Harry G. Green
leve,‘44, was thrown from the cab
of a locomotive at the Northern
Pacific roundhouse. He was treat
ed for a knee injury.
One man was cut on the hand
as a large window glass he was in
stalling fell on him. An elderly
man was hit by an automobile
which stopped suddenly as the
first tremors shook the street. He
suffered a hip fracture.
Geology Prof. G. E. Goodstreet,
of the University of Washington,
said the seismograph needle there
jumped from its drum at 7:18Vi
p.m., PST, and that the ’quake
continued to record for 20 min
utes. It could be felt, however, for
only about a minute in downtown
Seattle.
He termed it the worst’ quake
ever recorded here, describing it
as being of “moderate intensity,"
and said he believed it centered
near Olympia, state capital city.
People ran in fright from the
Olympian Hotel, when a cornice
75 feet long dropped from the six
story high roof to the roof of the
first floor with a great crash.
Cracks appeared in at least one
building of the group, and in
buildings in Seattle and in Brem
erton, across Puget Sound.
SEATTLE, Feb. 15 — (/P) — A
second ’quake, “so microscopic in
size it hardly registered in the
seismograph,” was reported by
the University of Washington
geology department. It was felt
by many persons at 4:16 a.m.,
PST.
OPA Gets Million
And A Half
WASHINGTON. Feb. 15—(A>)—v
Paul Porter, drafted temporarily
by President Truman from his job
as chairman of the federal com
munications commission, to head
the OPA agency, which has just
won its first House victory in 1946.
The House defeated the Republi
can drive to refuse APO an addi
tional million and a half for this
fiscal year to finance the enforce
ment blitz on black markets, and
voted the requested sum yester
day.