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Planes Rushed To i
Aid Of Stricken
Areas of Haiti
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI, Aug.
9—(/P)—Planes rushed help to
day to stricken areas of Haiti, the
Dominican Republic and Puerto
Rico, shaken anew yesterday by
earth tremors described as worse
in some regions than those which
cost at least 30 lives last Sunday.
The fresh shocks—believed to
‘Jbme from a shift in the bed of
the Atlantic Ocean at its deepest,
point, 23.630 feet, about 50 miles
northeast of the Dominican Re
public—sent another tidal wave I
smashing across leveled towns of
the Dominican Republic and
spread panic in many sections.
No casualty figures were avail
able.1
High Officials In
Tight Position
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9—(/P)—
Defeated Rep, Slaughter beaded
beak to Capitol Hill today to re
sume personal direction of an in
quiry billed as likely to put “sev
eral persons, in government, and
otherwise, in a tight position.”
The quoted words are those of
Hugh D. Wise, Jr., General Coun
sel for the House Committee in
vestigating surplus property dis
posal.
The Committee’s chairman is
Slaughter, the Missouri demo
crat whom President Truman
successfully marked for defeat in
Tuesday’s primary election.
Gov’t Stiffens
Control Policy
Pay Boosts
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, —</P>—
fThe government stiffened its in
flation control policies today by
refusing to sanction a second
pound of reconversion pay boosts
in a major industry.
Reconversion Director John
R. Steelman made the ruling in
a case affecting only Pacific North
west lumber workers. But his
decision plainly implied that the
Administration wants to keep
wages in line for the time being.
^ The government’s only remain
ing control over wages is a re
quirement of federal approval be
fore any increased pay costs can
be submitted to OPA as a basis
for higher price ceilings.
BLACK COLD BURNING _Periodical cleaning of the pipe results in flame, smoke and gas
explosions in this photo of an oil well burning in Alberta. Canada. Due to the fact tha* the crude oil is
virtually locked in limestone beds, chemical action is needed to release it.
Col. John Bodle
Takes Command
Nome Air Base
The Nome Air Base command
has passed into the capable hands
of Colonel John E. Bodle, who
comes to Nome from Adak where
i
he was the director of Operations
and Training. Colonel Bodle was
born in Julian, Pennsylvania in
August 1903 and entered the
Army as an Infantry soldier in
August 1921. His original com
mission as 2nd Lt. dates back to
1924. In 1927 he transferred to
the Air Corps, completing his
flight training at Brooks Field
and Kelly Field in 1928. Colonel
Bodle graduated from the Air
Corps Tactical School in 1939 and
General Staff School in 1941.
Soon thereafter he departed for
New Guinea in the Southwest
Pacific Area where he served
with the 5th Air Force.
Colonel Bodle returned to the
United States, April 1943, where
he served in various capacities
until his departure for Alaska in
December 1945.
Colonel Bodle will be joined by
his wife and daughter Jacqueline
who are at present residing at
Escondido, California.
Colonel Bodle is a Command
Pilot, a Combat and Aerial Ob
server. He is a member of the Nat
ional Geographic Society, Masons,
American Legion, and V. F. W.
Curtain Falls On
"4Paper Emire”
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. — </P)—
The curtain fell today on the Sen
ate War Investigating Committee’s
weird wartime drama involving
a “paper” empire, mysterious mu
nitions makers, dancing generals
and a lawmaker too ill to speak
his piece.
It was an anti-climactic end
ing to a six-weeks story of high
profits and influence which piled
sensation atop sensation as the
committee pried into the wartime
operations of a munitions com
bine and the help it received from
Rep. May, (D-Ky).
For May, chairman of the House
Military Committee, was hundreds
of miles away—under physicians’
care in his Prestonberg, Ky.,
home—on this day when he was
to explain about the big war deals.
Hunting and fishing are his fav
orite sports and amateur radio
has held his interest ever since
boyhood.
Colonel Bodle was decorated
with the Distinguished President
ial Unit Citation, American The
ater ribbon with one star, Amer
ican Defense Asiatic-Pacific with
3 stars and the Army Commend
ation Ribbons. He comes to Nome
with an excellent understanding
of the peninsula having performed
much research over a long per
iod of time.
Through Bus
Begins Trip From
Anchorage Juneau
ANCHORAGE, Aug. 9.—The first
through bus trip from Anchorage
to Juneau is scheduled for this
week, Ken O’Harra of the O’Harra
Bus Lines Inc., announced. Mr.
O’Harra received notice from the
Canadian government that he has
permission to operate over the
Haines Road.
New York Woman
Stuck In Tub
NEW YORK, Aug. 9, —While
stone walls may not a prison
make a small zinc bathtub was
an Alcatraz for Mrs. Bertha singer.
The 60-year-old, 280-pound
Brooklyn housewife, spent 17 hours
in her tub before being freed yes
terday. Quantities of rubbing
oil, the muscles of her son, a hus
ky eight-man emergency police
squad, and a crow bar did the
trick.
Mrs. Singer, alone in her ap
artment while her son, Harry, was
away at his night job as a gar
age worker, became wedged in
the quarterfilled tub Wednesday
night. Harry found her there
yesterday morning, tried for an
hour to get her out, then called
police.
British Troops Arc
Being Sent To Iran
j LONDON, Aug. 9. —<£»)— A for
| eign office spokesman said today
I that if any “violent or sudden”
threat to British lives or property
took place in Iran. Britain would
not be obligated to consult the
United Nations Security Council
but would feel justified in taking
“unilateral action.”
The government of Iran an
nounced yesterday that it had pro
tested the movement of Indian
troops to Basra, a port in Iraq,
at the head af the Persian Gulf,
1 and had requested their removal.
1 The British government had ex
plained that troops were sent from
India for replacement of other
troops stationed near the Anglo
Iranian oil fields in adjoining
southern Iran.
The first announcement >i the
troop movement, which came from
the Indian government, said the
troops were being sent, in case of
' any disturbance. Labor difficult
ies recently have plagued oper
ation of the British-owned oil in
stallations.
The spokesman told a news
1 conference a state of “law and
, order”did not disappear gradual
ly and “there may not be time to
consult the United Nations.”
When a questioner remarked
that the United Nations Security
Council was permanently in ses
sion, the spokesman replied, “The
Security Council has no troops.”
He said the presence of British
troops at Basra represented a
j “precautionary measure in the
event of complete collapse of law
and order in Persia.”
Pres. Says U. S.
Government “Good
For A 1000 Years”
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9—(/P>—
President Truman told a group of
youthful students of government
today that he believes the Amer
ican republic is “good for a thous
and years.
“When people ask what the gov
ernment of the United States is,
if is you,” he told the boys, drawn
here from all parts of the country
by the American Legion.
Saying he has studied the Am
erican government since he was a
teen ager himself, Mr. Truman
added: “I don’t think a finer sys
tem has ever been created in the
history of the world.”