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V o l7 X L V 111. No. 30_N O M E, ALASKA. MONDAY, MARCH 11, 194 (i_PER COPY — 15c
NEWS IN nil '
I WASHINGTON Mar. 11. f/P)—
Immediate negotiation with the
I” Mans in Alas’-a to su^ren ler
£ eir rights to all lands a- ’ ”’a
■ P in the Territory which they
no longer need is nrono^r*^ m 1e,T
islation introduced by Delegate
B rtlett.
TOKYO. Mar. 11. </F) — Ar*^v
Air Forces in the Pacif’e. h?»-d v,;t
bv demobilization, started rp+r'Mn
ing and rebuilding The
!S led by OUtst^nd;n<» K-n- nviq.
ters. Lt. Gen. Fnnis Whi+oV,pad.
commandmg the Pacific Air r,'vrn_
mand of the U. S. Armv smd the
force which has dronnpd r-nm
71,000 to December to 12 nnn re
cently is now on the upgrade au
thorized the transfer of nof'
men from other branches in the
Pacific.
CHUNGKING, Mar. 11, I/P)—
General Marshall, presidential en
voy to China left Chun*»Mn" fo»*
Washington, where he will confer
with President Truman on t^e
Chinese military and polit;cal sit
uation. A few hours before Mar
shall left. Generals Chang and
Chou, representing the Govern
and Comunists agreed on areas in
Manchuria, not garrisoned by the
Russians, to come under the juris
diction of Peiping headquarters.
They agreed field truce teams to
gy there and supervise the im
plementation of the cease fire or
der.
BOMBAY, Mar. 11, I/P) — A
member of the powerful fifteen
man working committee of Con
gress party said the organization
would probably insist on the im
mediate declaration of Indian in
dependence in the forthcoming
talks with the British cabinet
mission. Dr. Sitaramayya, com
mittee member, said if a statement
made India free “If English peo
ple are able to impress the Indian
people of their earnestness and
sincerity, there will be no diffi
, culty.”
HELSINKI, Mar. 11, (/P)— Juho
Paasikivi took the oath as Finnish
president and pledged his govern
ment to concentrate on the ful
fillment of the armistice terms in
order to lay the groundwork for
a lasting peace. He said the way
for a peace treaty with Britain
and Russia seemed open “now
that armistice conditions in the
main are fulfilled.”
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TOKYO, Mar. 11, (£>) — Mrs.
Masaharu Homma, speaking brok
en English told General MacAr
thur it would be a great loss to
the world if her husband were ex
ecuted, but she refused to beg for
the life of the condemned Japan
e e commandant in the Philip
1 pines. General MacArthur listen
ed carefully and told her he would
consider the record of the trial,
and that he understood and sym
pathized with her. MacArthur can
approve or reduce the penalty as
he deems advisable.
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RUSSIANS REBUILD DAM — Forms are ready to receive cement as Russians rebuild
a large Dnepr river dam, near Dnepreptovsk, destroyed by the retreating Red army in 1941.
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Surplus Property
Boats To Be Sold
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ANCHORAGE, Mar. 11, (JP)—
1 Surplus boats sales are scheduled
for Seward and Ketchikan. Spot
sales of surplus marine equipment
will be held at Seward, March 15,
and at Ketchikan, March 22. Bids
will be submitted in person or
through an agent and opened on
( the day of the sale in order to ex
pedite the disposal of floating
: equipment in time for the fishing
season. Major James H. Wake
field, head of the marine division
j of the Territorial surplus property
office, will be in charge of both
| Seward and Ketchikan sales.
The Seward group of 31 boats,
includes J boats, power barges,
large tugs and F-S boats, all of
which have been used in Alaska
waters between Seward and the
; Aleutians. Fishermen will prob
ably be most interested in the
power barges and J boats. J boats
may be converted into seine boats.
Some of the vessels have en
gines. Some may be used without
repair. The sale will be conducted
at the«Seward marine ways March
15.
The Ketchikan sale is scheduled
lor March 22 and will also be on
a spot bid basis. The Ketchikan
group consists 11 50-foot Coast
Guard cruisers declared surplus
by the U.S.C.G. office at Ketchi
kan. It is expected more vessels
will be added to the surplus group
by the time the sale is held.
A spot sale will be held soon in
Kodiak to cover additional marine
equipment when it is declared
surplus by the Navy. Similar sales
will be held from time to time in
Seward and Juneau. Veterans’
preference will be considered in
all sales, according to regulations.
Protest Russian
T roopsIn
Manchuria
LONDON, Mar. 11, I/P)—'United
States protests to Russia against
; the continued presence of *Red
army troops in Manchuria and the
removal of industrial machinery
from that section of China have
been bolstered by a similar Brit
ish complaint. A British foreign
office spokesman disclosed a dis
patch note on Manchuria to Mos
cow, following by several days the
American protest.
He added the British govern
ment maintained all factory in
| stallations in Manchuria should
be left in the custody of the Chi
nese until the Allied decision is
, made as to their disposal. The
I spokesman also said the British
j Charge d’Affaires in Moscow had
been instructed to “press for an
early reply” to the note demand
ing an explanation of Rusia’s fail
j ure to evacuate Iran in accord
1 ance with the Big Three agree
I ment.
PIONEER WOMEN HELD
GOOD MEETING
The Pioneer Women, Auxiliary
j No. 1, met at the Whaley house
last Friday for a very enjoyable
meeting. Plans were made for a
! Smorgesbord to be held some time
early in April for the Pioneer Men
and Women. The party cnairman
is Mrs. Ole Hay. Cards were
were played with Mrs. Norvin
j Lewis, Mrs. A. Nordlind and Mrs.
1 Effie Baldwin, and Mrs. C. Wald
heim the lucky winers. All prizes
were hose, and were donated by
Mrs. Luella Grant, who was on
the committee with Mrs. Harry
Hagen, and were welcomed by
the winners.
STRIKES
At A Glance . . .
Labor disputes keep 750.000
workers idle. Major Develop
ments:
Lewis and Simmons of the AFL
United Mine Workers policy com
mittee chart contract demands in
advance of tomorrow’s session
with the bituminous coal opera
tors. The present contract expires
April 1. Lewis has already taken
the legal preliminaries of the
strike to back up the demands.
Automotive—Leadership of the
CIO UAW is at stake in a contest
looming between R J. Thomas
and Walter Reuther is oversha
dowing the stalemated negotia
tions of the 111- day General Mo
tors strike.
Shipyards—Members of the San
Francisco machinists lodge 68 vote
to return to work in the bay area
of the shipyards, but not in up
town machine shops.
Fear Delays
Peak Production
WASHINGTON. Mar. 11, (/P)—
Chester Bowles asserted that
progress toward peak production
, and full prosperity was being de
layed by “fear and doubt, and
blind self interest.”
The stabilization director, in a
move to smash what he termed
bottlenecks, issued a statement on
the new wage and price formula
and described it “a blueprint that
can clear the way for the greatest
flood of goods this nation has
ever seen.” The policy enunciated
by President Truman on Feb. 14,
that wage increases must gener
ally be government approved if
used as a basis for price increases.
Kxira Session
Highlights
JUNEAU, Mar. 9, OP) — Mc
Z'utcheon introduced four bills in
:he Senate empowering Alaska
\eronautics and Communications
commission to authorize a search
for lost planes, appropriates $25,
[)00. Requiring the election of mu
nicipal magistrates in cities of
first class.
Setting up the qualifications for
appointment of highway patrol
men and prescribing qualifica
tions for police officers in cities
of first class.
Seven b 11s were introduced in
the House. By Hanford, to amend
the governing per diem traveling
of Territorial officials and em
ployees to six and seven dollars.
Creating the office of adminis
trator for the relief and care of
sick and disabled commercial
fishermen.
Fixing the license of resident
fishermen at six dollars annually,
non-resident fishermen at thirty
dollars, the proceeds to go into
the relief fund.
By Peterson, levying a tax of
one-half of one percent on gross
incomes of single persons over
$500, and married persons over
$1,000.
By Taylor and Johnson, to se
sure housing for World War II
veterans attending educational in
stitutions, by purchase of quon
sets and other surplus property,
appropr ating $100,000 for such
purpose.
By Taylor and McCutcheon,
providing license fees for amuse
ment devices, also pinball and slot
machine operators on a sliding
scale.
By McCutcheon, To appropriate
$100,000 for the construction of a
road between Naknek and Hot
Creek airport.
By Hope and Hennings, For
a work week of not more than
eight hours a day at a dollar an
hour time, overtime to be one
and one-half times the regular
rate of pay.
JUNEAU, Mar. 11, (AP) — The
| Senate unanimously passes the
tuberculosis control measure, ap
propriating a quarter million with
! an emergency clause, following an
all afternoon session Saturday,
discussing veterans’ loans, the
by a vote of 9 to 7 goes into a
Saturday night session, continuing
the hearing, regardless of the
Governor’s legislature reception.
Many veterans, and others were
1 being heard.
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LONDON, Mar. II, (/P) — The
Moscow radio asked “Why should
anyone expect United States to
defend the British colonial pol
icy,” and declared Soviet and
American friendship is essential
to world peace. “Irresponsible
talk” in the United States said it
appeared certain people were “at
tempting to plant the seeds of a
new world war poison in the pub
i lie mind against the Soviet Union.