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Court Decrees Nazi
Priest Must Hang
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BRATISLAVA, (/P) — Dr. Josef
Tiso, round-faced parish priest
who became president of the Nazi
puppet state of Slovakia during
the war, was sentenced today to
die on the gallows for crimes
against the state.
Dr. Tiso, who was known before
the war as a distinguished Roman
Catholic religious leader in a land
predomi nantly Catholic, was
charged with 111 counts in a 213
page indictment, any one of which
could have brought the death pen
alty.
The most serious offenses charg
ed were that Father Tiso asked for
md gladly accepted the “protec
tion” of Adolf Hitler; that under
his administration at least two Slo
vak divisions were sent to fight,
the Russians; and that in July,
1944, as vast German armies were
limping back from the east, he
used what military force he still
possessed to oppose a Slovak revo
lution which broke out.
Arms Reduction
Meeting Delayed
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y. </P)—
Negotiations for world-wide arms
reductions were held up again to
day after repesentatives of the five
major powers announced the third
postponement of their initial meet
ing.
There was no official explana- j
tion of the continued delays, but j
some representatives of the big i
five were reported to be none too j
enthusiastic about tackling the
problem handed them last Wednes-!
day by the United Nations com-;
mission for convention armaments.
The big powers were given the j
task of drafting a working plan j
for the commission after Brazil |
and Colombia argued that no arms
reductions were possible without
big-power agreement and urged |
them to “stand up to their respon- i
sibilities.”
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Abandon Hope For,
Wreck Survivors
NEW YORK, The Coast Guard
recommended today abandonment
of the search for nine men in the
Atlantic following receipt of a
message from a rescue ship that
“No known survivors could be
adrift in boats or rafts.”
Planes of the Coast Guard, Air
Transport Command and Navy
earlier today started searching a
200-mile area about 800 miles east
of Norfolk, Va., for nine seamen
believed adrift since last Friday
when their ship, the Belpamela, i
sank.
The S.S. John P. Mitchell, which I
picked up 18 crewmen, said in a
message to the Coast Guard today
that all survivors were believed to
have been rescued Sunday.
The Belpamela, enroute from
New York to Cherbourg, France,
reportedly burst a hole in her side
as a result of rolling cargo.
MANSFIELD, 111. (/P>—The vil
lage board has decided that the 700
inhabitants have no need for a
jail, so they sold it at auction for
$375. There had not been a pris
oner here in 15 years and the vil
lage has had no night watchman
for 25 years.
The town of Kingston originally
was the capital of New York state.
WASHINGTON—The House has
passed without a dissenting vote
Delegate Bartlett’s bill to suspend
the performance of assessment
work on mining claims in Alaska
for another year.
Until such time as the bill be
comes law, $100 worth of labor
must be performed or improve
ments in that amount made be
tween July 1, 1947, and July 1,
1948, on each mining claim held
in the Territory.
D e 1 egate Bartlett’s measure,
which now goes to the Senate for
action, sets the period for the first
assessment work in Alaska since
the war for the year between July
1. 1948, and July 1. 1949.
VISITORS ATTEND
CHAMBER LUNCHEON
The NWA Chamber of Com
merce met at the regular noon
luncheon Tuesday in the Nevada
Grill.
Following regular business Mrs.
Elsie Adams, president of the Alas
ka federation of business and pro
fessional women, reported briefly
on the club’s activities through
out the Territory.
Mr. Faurot, representing the
•vts and crafts of the Alaska Na
tive service told the chamber of
plans for future activities of his
office.
A. Polet, recently returned from
‘he States, reported his activities
'•elative to ’ the chamber, during
his stay in the States.
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than to lower the prices of goods people buy.
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