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NEWS IN BRIEF
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ST. LOUIS, bP)—'Sale of the St.
Louis Cardinals to a syndicate in
cluding Postmaster General Rob
ert E. Hannegan and Fred Saigh,
1 St. Louis business man, was an
nounced yesterday by presndent
Sam Breadon. ,
At the same time it was an
nounced in Washington that Han
negan has resigned his federal
post, effective Dec. 1.
Breadon said Hannegan would
be president of the new organiza
tion.
The 72-year-old Breadon, long
time head of the Cardinals, said
he could not disclose the purchase
• price.
GOODING, Idaho, (/P)—Movie
actor Ralph Bellamy yesterday
was granted a divorce from his
organist wife, Ethel Smith, in dis
trict court. He charged desertion.
Bellamy told the court his wife
locked him out of their New York
apartment Sept. 25, 1946, and had
refused to live with him since that
time although he said he had
sought numerous reconciliations.
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LOS ANGELES, UP)—Mrs. Os
car Levant, the former June Gale,
actress, alleges her pianist hus
band was a cause of “mental
pain.” She asks $36,600 a year of
his income estimated in her sep
arate maintenance suit at $200,000
annually. Her complaint also said
he holds community property
worth $500,000, with $200,000 in
A cash and negotiable securities.
LOS ANGELES, (/P) — Funeral
services for Joseph Hugh Smith,
77, former mayor of Fairbanks,
who died here Friday were to be
held yesterday.
He went to Alaska in 1899 and
lived there for 46 years. He is sur
vived by his widow, Louise, and
his sister, Mrs. Leo Saxton, Oak
land, Calif.
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ST. LOUIS, (/P)—Herold (Mud
dy) Ruel, recently fired as man
ager of the St. Louis Browns, said
yesterday he had agreed to terms j
as a coach of the Cleveland Indi
ans. Ruel said Bill Veeck,"presi
dent of the Indians, offered him
the job in a telephone conversa
tion Monday midnight.
“I am very happy to be with
such a fine organization,” Ruel
said. He added that any details on
* the terms of the agreement would
have to come from the Cleveland
management.
BANGKOK, Siam, UP)—A three
* carat diamond is missing from the
forehead of Siam’s ancient emer
ald buddha. The absence of the
gem was noted Monday.
The jeweled garments of the
figure, estimated to be worth
$100,000, were untouched. Police
are holding three guards of the
temple of the mrald buddha.
DENVER, Colo. (/P)—Glittering
war medals hold little appeal for
^.Denver veterans.
Only six servicemen appeared at
Army reserve headquarters during
the first three days after officials
^through the press and radio noti
iied veterans that World War II
Victory and "American Defense
Ask Removal Of
Woodward As
Maritime Adviser
<(#*) Special Washington Service)
‘WASHINGTON, (>P) — Alaska
has asked the maritime commis
sion to remove Thomas L. Wood
I
ward, former commission mem
ber, from being its adviser in pre
paring a long range solution of the
Alaska shipping problem.
Ralph J. Rivers, attorney gen
eral of Alaska, made the request
in a letter he made public today
through Delegate Bartlett.
Rivers wrote that over a period
of many years “Mr. Woodward
has shown marked bias in favor
of the Alaska Steamship Lines to
the detriment of the Territory.”
The attorney general submitted
affidavits of Governor Ernest
Gruening of Alaska and Donald
J. O’Connor, economist of Rivers’
staff, setting forth examples of
what he claimed showed prejudice
on Woodward’s part against the
Territory.
Gruening said in one affidavit
that Woodward, when a member
of the commission, was chiefly re
sponsible in 1940 for the commis
sion’s overturning recommenda
tions of examiners that steamship
rates to Alaska were excessive and
should be reduced.
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France Expels 19
Communists For
Interference
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PARIS. (>P) — The ministry of
the interior announced today the
expulsion from France of 19 Rus
sians for “interference in French
affairs” during the current labor
crisis, which erupted in new vio
lence as police and strikers bat
tled in the streets of Lyons.
The announcement identified
the Russians as members of the
“Soviet Patriotic Union,” and said
they included the president, the
treasurer and two secretaries-gen
eral of the organization.
The 19 were taken by bus to an
unstated frontier and put across
the border, the ministry said.
In Lyon police used tear gas to
break up a strikers’ march on the
prefecture after a mass labor rally
called by the Communist-domin
ated general confederation of la
bor (CGT>.
National security police inspec
tors swooped down on the homes
of the Russians Tuesday morning
and a few hours later drove them
by Bus to an unannounced destina
tion, believed to be the Soviet
zone of Germany.
The action came as the new gov
ernment strove to end the spread
ing strikes in France.
Eugene Thomas, secretary of
state for communications, said the
communists have “launched a vio
lent offensive” to force Paris pos
tal employees to strike. He said
“communist elements are using in
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medals were available.
Army reserve officials had laid
in a stock of 3,900 ^)f the war m
mentoes in anticipation of a rush.
Convicts Strike
In Wisconsin
Penitentiary
WAUPUN, Wis. UP> — A day
break ultimatum yesterday
brought an unexpectedly peaceful
end to a tense 15-hour siege by 69
state prison convicts “with blood
in their eyes.”
Their hostages, four * prison
guards, were released unharmed
but one of them, Harry Veleke, 52,
said .‘it was a wild gang last
night; they came in with blood in
their eyes and this morning I
thought they were going to burn
the place down, but they calmed
down when the warden started
talking.”
Within teri minutes after War
den John C. Burke called out to
the convicts to “behave and return
to your cells” all 69 were in cus
tody of the 150 officers who ring
ed their barricaded laundry build
ing inside the prison walls.
They tossed away their home
made weapons—clubs, sharpened
bits of metal and lengths of pipe—
and marched meekly to their cells.
Warden Burke, who said the con
I victs refused to tell why they
I were striking, declared “their pun
I ishment will not be determined
[ until I have an opportunity to
1 weigh each individual case.”
He added he felt “possibly half
had not supported the insurrec
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Thanksgiving
Proclamation
—
WHEREAS the President of the
, United States has, by proclama
tion, designated Thursday, Novem
ber 27, 1947, as Thanksgiving
Day; and
WHEREAS we, as Americans,
are particularly blessed with
abundance of food and other ma
terial things in marked contrast
with starving and devastated pop
ulations overseas; and
WHEREAS the peoples of the
! less fortunate countries are look
ing to our nation for aid and suc
cor; and
WHEREAS Thanksgiving Day
marks a period in which churches
foster the thought of Bible read
ing;
Now, therefore, pursuant to the
President’s proclamation, I, Lew
M. Williams, Acting Governor of
Alaska, do hereby proclaim Thurs
day, November 27, 1947, as
Thanksgiving Day, and urge the
people of Alaska to have generous
thoughts for those less fortunate
in other lands and to give atten
tion to their Bibles as we give
thanks to Almighty God for the
blessings which have been be
! stowed upon this nation.
In Witness Whereof, I have
| hereunto set my hand and affixed
hereunto the seal of the Territory
| of Alaska, at Juneau, the Capital.
! this twenty-first day of November,
j 1947.
I STORES TO BE CLOSED
FOR THANKSGIVING DAY
In order that Thanksgiving Day
might be enjoyed by all, the stores
I will remain closed all day Thurs
j day, November 27th.
Army Transport
Aground Near
Ketchikan
SEATTLE, (/P) — A Seattle
bound army transport grounded
on a reef southwest of Ketchikan,
Monday night, and a radio black
out yesterday covered up word as
to the fate of the ship and the 49
crew members reported aboard.
An Alaska steamer and two
coast guard cutters started to the
aid of the stricken Clarksdale Vic
tory after she flashed an SOS at
10:04 <PST> last night. The south
bound Denali of the Alaska Steam
ship company was scheduled to
reach the scene soon after 8:30 i
a.m., but the lines Seattle head
i quarters said it has been unable to
establish communications with the
. rescue vessel.
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KETCHIKAN, </P) — The Coast
Guard announced it had found
: four men alive and three dead on
the bow of the Clarksdale Victory
| on Hippa Island. No survivors
have been found ashore as yet and
! no explanation has been given I
I concerning the three reported
| ashore yesterday.
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Government Must
Control Use Of
Steel And Grain
i WASHINGTON, I/Hi-Two cab
' inet officers told Congress today
that in view of the proposed for
eign aid program the government
should have power to say what use
is made of the nation’s steel out
put and grain crops.
Commerce secretary Harriman
and secretary of agriculture An
derson testified before separate
legislative committees in support
of President Truman’s economic
program.
Both backed his request for au
thority to restore price controls
and rationing, if he decides they
are needed.
On allocations, Harriman told
the Senate-House economic com- ’
mittee there should be ‘‘limited
powers” to direct steel to the
“most essential programs.” And
he added that “more far reaching
proposals” and being prepared.
Broadly, allocation would per-1
mit the government to say how
much of.any particular commodi-J
ty is used for a certain purpose.
How much steel, for instance, the
automobile industry would be al
lowed to use.
Anderson was before the House I
j
banking committee. As to needed
allocation in the farm and crop
field, he told it:
‘In order that we may be pre
pared for any serious emergency j
that might arise, such as failure
of grain crops, it would be neces
sary to have authority not only
for controlling exports but for
limiting inventories and directing
use of grain domestically through 1
the most essential channels,
“Authority for allocating the
use and storage and transportation
facilities and distribution of farm I
machinery and fertilizer would j
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French Premier
May Conscript
Labor; End Strikers
PARIS, i/P) — Sources close to
the new French government hint
ed yesterday that Premier Robert
Schuman might order conscrip
tion of workers in key jobs as one
means of fighting Communist-led
strikes now threatening the whole
economy of France.
These informants said Schuman
might make one last offer of in
creased wages before cracking
down on the strikers, now estim
ated to number mare than one
million men.
The mails and most railway
lines were engulfed in the creep
ing paralysis that spread from the
docks of Marseille during riots
there two weeks ago. Most French
waterfronts, shipping combines,
the Paris schools, flour mills,
building trades and heavy indus
tries such as chemicals, metals
and machinery, all were tied up
by strikes.
Most of the strikers were cam
paigning under a slogan first
raised by the Communists—25 per
cent more pay to meet skyrocket
ing costs of living. Informants
close to the government said there
appeared to be general acceptance
of the fact that wages no longer
can be held to their present con
trolled levels.
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iStassen States
8-Point Platform In
I
Nomination Bid
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WILWAUKEE. (£>) — Harold E
Stassen, formally opening his
campaign for the Republican Pres
idential nomination Monday night,
advanced an eight-point domestic
and international program to
overcome what he termed “boom
or bust tendencies.”
The former Minnesota governor
in ji nationwide broadcast from
the city auditorium, told the 4,500
persons at the political rally ‘hat
in the succeeding months he plan
ned to “spell out the details” of
the plan and hoped his proposals
would stimulate others to offer
“additional facts and alternative
proposals.”
‘ We might find togethei the
best program that America can
follow and that our Republican
party can present,” Stassen told
the rally, which was sponsored by
the Republican organization of
Wisconsin and the Stassen for
President Volunteers of W scon
sin.
“The best of progress in Amer
ica has been made when liberal,
forward-looking proposals have
been blended and adjusted with
conservative attitudes into an
agreed program of action,” Stas
sen said.
‘‘In that sense, I do not clash
with the conservatives of the Re
publican party, but rather do I
seek the area of agreement with
them on the basis on which we can
join in action by the Congress and
the nation.”
Housing and what he termed
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