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NEWS IN BRIEF
SEATTLE, —Wasky, 6-months
old Husky pup which had been
named official mascot for Wash
ington athletic teams, has died of
a brain infection and university
alumni were on the lookout today
for a replacement.
NEW YORK, (yP) — Five army
prisoners hacksawed their way
through iron bars today and es
caped from prison on Governor’s
Island in New York harbor, U. S.
army authorities said.
* JERUSALEM, f/P>—One of the
two British victims of under
ground kidnapers was at liberty
today and an Irgun Zvai Leumi
broadcast heard in Tel Aviv indi
cated that the second would be
freed, like the first, “at a time
which we have decided.”
Judge Ralph Windham of the
Tel Aviv district court, who was
kidnapped from his courtroom
Monday by armed men whom po
lice identified as Jews, was re
leased unharmed last night in Ra
mat Gan, a suburb of Tel Aviv.
NEW YORK (/P) — A “very
sharp” earthquake, about 4,100
miles from here and possibly in
northern Chile was recorded on
the Fordham university seismo
graph at 3:27 a.m. (EST) today, a
^university spokesman said.
DETROIT, (/P)—Approximately
14,000 Hudson Motor Car company
employees returned to their jobs
today after a two-day work stop
page called to protest a disciplin
ary suspension given a shop stew
ard.
The steward, James Bommarito,
was laid off Monday after he in
structed a male worker not to re
lieve a woman employee. Bom
marito’s assertion that this was
contrary to contract provisions
was upheld by officers of local
154, UAW, CIO.
DACHAU, Germany, (/P) — An
American military court today
sentenced to death by hanging
three Germans who admitted on
the witness stand that they shot
*five American fliers in the back
while the airmen were being
marched ahead of them as prison
ers of war.
The Germans, Gustav Stork,
Gustav Deppe, and Franz -Dur
schke—two former policemen and
a chimney sweep—said they shot
the Americans in August, 1944, on
o'der from a rural district police
chief.
» GIVE TO
MARCH OF DIMES
Wes Fults, chairman of the
March of Dimes campaign for
1947, stated today that the dimes
are rolling in as never before,
showing that more and more peo
ple are coming to realize the im
portance of preventing and the ef
fecting of a cure for infantile
^ paralysis.
He wishes to remind the public
4hat •• boxes” are placed in every
business establishment for the
convenience of those who can and
W AR S U R P L U S — The 100th station hospital in New Delhi, India, is part of the millions of
dollars worth of supplies and equipment awaiting disposal by the foreign liquidation commissioner,
agency of the U. S. department of state.
U. S. Mediation
In China Ends
NANKING, (/P)—U. S. Ambas
| sador J. Leighton Stuart today
notified the Chinese government
I and the Communists that Ameri
1 can mediation had ended in fail
ure and the elaborate machinery
General Marshall established for
bringing peace to this strife-torn
I land was being withdrawn as soon
i as possible.
Withdrawal from medi a t i op
i means evacuation of more than
' 1,000 American officers and men
assigned to executive (truce) head
quarters in Peiping as well as an
| estimated 8,000 Marines remaining
| in North China for the purpose of
: servicing and guarding U. S. in
! stallations connected with Head
| quarters.
Stuart, who was summoned
from his Peiping university post
' to help Marshall in the final vain
efforts to bring the warring factors
into agreement, notified Chiang
Ka.-Shek that the United States
was withdrawing from the com
mittee of three and from execu
tive headquarters.
An hour later he gave the same
i message to Wang Ping-Nan, the
I Communist representative here,
| for transmission to Yenan.
The decision means Marshall
had surrendered final hope for ac
cord. A year ago the Presidential
envoy told both factions, on the
eve of an apparent successful
agremeent which later collapsed,
that “I have failed.”
An Embassy spokesman said the
announcement meant no change in
the status of Ambassador Stuart.
Communists here declined to
express the Red reaction pending
advice from Yenan. The govern
ment’s reaction was contained in a
statement issued through the min
istry of information, with the ap
proval of Chiang.
will give their dimes for the Na
tional Foundation for the research
and study of the dreaded disease,
infantile paralysis.
‘‘Give a DIME, save a life.”
COUNCIL PROPOSES
FIRE INSPECTION
At the regular council meeting
on Monday night the City Coun
cil authorized the Fire Chief to
make a thorough inspection of all
dwellings and business establish
ments within the city. The inspec
tion to be carried on as conditions
permit.
The purpose of the inspection is
to prevent the numerous calls
which have been coming in to the
fire department, and which would
not have been necesary had the
stoves, heating units, and flues
been properly installed and kept
in order.
The Chief stated that many of
the calls were caused from places
in which debris had been allowed
to accumulate around stoves, or
where clothes are hung around or
near stoves to dry.
The council discussed at length,
the serious condition of the Terri
torial School, in that the grade de
partments are greatly overcrowd
ed, and the burden which will be
added to the school by the closing
of the Indian Service School in
April, and will cause many chil
dren to be kept out of school for
lack of facilities, unless something
can be done to remedy the situa
tion.
Mayor Dunbar reported on the
meeting of the businessmen and
property owners on the south side
of Front Street, which was held
last week, in which some of the
businesses were making plans to
move to another part of the city.
Mayor Dunbar appointed a com
mittee to meet with the group and
to discuss plans for the protec
tion of properties from the Bering
Sea, and other matters under dis
cussion in the group.
A petition, for an additional
hour on week nights and two
hours on Saturday night, for the
Bering Sea Club, was read, and
tabled.
The City Clerk was instructed
to write a letter to A. Hanretta,
on the matter of re-assessin.g the
citv property for taxation.
The meeting was adjourned.
I
Legislative Session
Op ens In Juneau
(Special to The Nugget*
JUNEAU, Jan. 27, 1:15 p.m.—
The House organized temporarily,
then permanently with Gill as
speaker and Paul as clerk, and
then adjourned until two p.m. to
name committees.
The Senate waited for secretary
of Alaska Lew Williams. He final
ly appeared and announced he
would give oaths and swear in the
members at 2 o’clock.
It is understood the Governor’s
forces are waiting for the arrival
of Butrovich from Fairbanks
which may clear the way for the
election of Nerland as president of
the Senate.
JUNEAU, Jan. 27, 10:40 p.m.—
Second Division Republican
Charles Jones was selected as
president protem of the Senate in
j the afternoon session, but dessert
I ing their Democratic colleagues,
Victor Rivers and Frank Peratro
vich tossed the ball to the Repub
licans in attempting a permanent
organization with only a last min
ute recovery by Norman Walker
saved the supposed Democratic
majority from losing the presi
dent. Adjournment was taken un
til Tuesday morning.
The Governor’s message is ex
pected to be delivered Thursday.
JUNEAU, Jan. 28, 12:10 p.m.—
Andrew Nerland, Republican,
was elected president of the Sen
ate, after which Walker withdrew
his request for reconsideration.
This makes the first time in years
a Republican has been president
over the body which now has nine
Democrats and seven Republicans.
Walker scored Rivers and Per
atrovich as traitors to the Demo
cratic party by their action in not
voting yesterday.
Both Houses are settling on
committees.
JUNEAU, Jan. 29, 12:05 p.m.—
The first bill introduced in the
legislature was in the House today
Many Dead In
European
Cold Wave
(By Tom Williams)
LONDON, (/P)—London temper
atures tumbled to 18-year lows
and icy blasts of the most severe
cold wave of the winter took a
mounting toll of life in fuel-short
French and German cities today.
Swept by gales from Siberia,
the British capital was colder than
Moscow. The cold even affected
Big Ben, making the big clock’s
chimes stutter in the night.
Suburban London temperatures
dropped to 11 above zero. The Kew
weather observatory reported 15
above, lowest since February, 1929
and the coldest January night on
record.
Suffering was acute in the Ger
man capital, where more than 60
persons have frozen to death since
Dec. 1, city health officials report
ed. During the seven weeks from
Dec. 1 to Jan. 15, the city health
office also announced, 188 persons
were taken to hospitals with froz
en limbs and 19,000 others re
quired treatment for frostbite.
At least three deaths from the
cold were reported in Paris today.
Many Fetich towns reported low
temperatures for the night. Com
mentry, in central France, report
ed a reading of seven below zero.
Hundreds of Parisians, too poor
| to buy their low-priced fuel ra
! tion crowded into subway stations
(to sleep on benches until herded
out at 1:30 a.m., closing time.
With coal deliveries halted by
frozen canals, Paris officials an
nounced new restrictions on gas
consumption would become effec
I tive Feb. 1.
In the 769-square-mile area of
[ London there were heavy cuts in
supplies of gas and electricity, the
only source of heat for many
thousands of homes.
Moderating temperatures in It
aly brought cloudy, wet weather
and an epidemic of colds. Milan
with a low of 18, was the coldest
spot in the country. Mercury read
! ings south of the Genoa-Milon
Venice line all pushed above the
freezing mark.
Moscow, with a sunny 56 de
■ grees, was one of the Continent’s
warmest cities.
NEW YORK (TP) — The condi
tion of Babe Ruth, the former
home run king, was reported as
“good” today at French hospital,
where he underwent a neck oper
ation Jan. 6. Ruth spent 20 min
utes yesterday on the hospital
roof, although earlier in the day
his condition was listed as “not
so good.”
by Gill for creation of the office
of administrative general, which
takes away all Territorial power
of the Governor. A similar bill
was introduced in the Senate by
Green.
JUNEAU, Jan. 29, 12:55 p.m. -
A memorial introduced in the
House by Steve McCutcheon asks
Congress to pass the statehood
bill.