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NEWS IN BRIEF
NEW ORLEANS — Three em
ploees of the liquidating Higgins
Industries received their Christ
^Pmas gift early. The trio was given
the company’s appliance division
by Andrew Jay Higgins, president
of Higgins Industries, Inc., “to
show that the management appre
ciates loyalty and efficiency.”
^ WASHINGTON—Former treas
ury secretary Henry Morgenthau
and deputy petroleum adminis
trator Ralph K. Davies, Thursday
were the first winners of civilian
medals of merit. They were pre
sented by President Truman.
WAS'HINGTON—Legislation to
provide an annual pension of five
thousand dollars to Mrs. Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt was approved
Thursday by the House Pensions
# ^ committee.
Aboard Army Transport Satur
nia—More than one thousand offi
cers and men from two American
troop ships, Henry Ward Beecher
and Liberty ship George McCrary,
which were disabled at sea while
enroute home from Europe looked
forward to spending Chrismtas at
•home, after wondering for more
than a week whether they would
make it. The Saturnia left Bermu
da Wednesday.
WASHINGTON — The agricul
ture department said Thursday
that civilian supplies of meat will
decline about nine percent from
the present levels of consumption
during the first quarter of 1946.
• These supplies will be sufficient
to allow a per capita consumption
at an average rate of one hundred
fifty pounds.
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NANTUCKET, Mass.—With at
least one injured crewman aboard
the rudderless Yugoslavian cor
vette Independencia, went aground
in subfreezing weather Wednes
day night four miles off Nan
tucket. As soon as she flashed a
♦call for aid two patrol bombers
flew over the distressed craft and
some time later a Coast Guard
motor lifeboat reached the area
First reports were that the craft
was in no immediate danger of
breaking up and that abandon
ment was not necessary.
WASHINGTON—The American
^ed Cross disclosed Thursday that
its agremeent with the AFL and
the CIO, whereby the unions col
lect Red Cross contributions will
remain in effect during the drive
next spring. Under the agreement
(, the unions are reimbursed for ex
penses incurred in collecting con
tributions from union members.
THE HAGUE, Dec. 14— (flP) —
Anton Mussert, leader of the
Dutch Nazi party was sentenced
ton death by a special court after
conviction on charges of collabo
i4ting with the Germans.
CHECKING SUPPLIES —Japanese at Yokohama help Paul E. Johnson, supply officer
from Geneva, N. Y., check supplies for first American Red Cross club and canteen in Japan.
Steamship Lines !
To Alaska May
Get New Ships
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14—f/P)—
The hope of finding ways to fur- j
nish the needed ships for three
companies operating steamship
lines to Alaska was expressed by
Senator Magnuson, after receiving
promises of support from several
Senators.
Magnuson’s amendment to in
clude in the ship disposal bill a
provision permitting the maritime
commission to construct or re
model ships for the Alaskan lines
was defeated in the Senate Wed
nesday by minority leader White
who said the maritime law already
authorized the maritime commis
sion to construct new vessels for
any domestic company making ap
plication. He suggested that Mag
nuson have the Alaska lines apply
for such aid.
Senator Magnuson said that
Senator White offered to go with
representatives of the Alaskan
lines to the commission to try and
work out a solution to the prob
lem.
U. S. Returning
German Prisoners
CAMP SHANKS, N. Y., Dec. 14
Three European bound transports
carried 1,975 German prisoners of
war. The War Department plans
to return, by early spring, the
three hundred sixty thousand Ger
man captives still in United States.
Lost P-38s Found;
Both Pilots Dead
ANCHORAGE, Dec. 14— (/P) —
Elmendorf army airfield head
quarters reported Thursday that
the land rescue crew had reached
the wreckage of two P-38 fighter
planes which crashed and burned
after an aerial collision Wednes
day.
Both pilots apparently died in
stantly. The accident happened in
routine maneuvers of the Eleventh
airforce in the Susitna river area
ten miles from Anchorage.
Later field headquarters an
nounced that the dog team driven
by Stanley J. Hundorf of Mulato,
Alaska, which has figured in many
Alaska army plane rescues had
been flown to Goose Bay to mush
to the scene.
Crippled Ship
Arrives Bermuda
HAMILTON, Rermuda, Dec. 14
The chippled Liberty ship Henry
Ward Beecher, with five hundred
seventy-two weary European vet
erans, arrived in Bermuda waters
Tuesday to transfer the men to
the twenty-seven thousand ton
“Christmas Sleigh”—former lux
ury liner, U. S. Army transport
Saturnia.
The Henry Ward Beecher was
rendered helpless a week ago
when she dropped a propellor in
the heavy seas.
The ancient Egytians made cof
fins of cork.
Ickes Says
Democrats Will
Win In 1948
CHICAGO, Dec. 14—I/P)— In
! terior Secretary Ickes ran a caus
tic tongue over the Pearl Harbor
inquiry and the Hurley case, and
opined that the Republicans “have
already picked their opponent” for
1948 which “they determined to
run against Roosevelt. My own
confident prediction is the F.D.R.
dead will give as sound a trim
ming as ever did F.D.R. living.”
He said he was sorry to only
make a brief visit to his home
town, but did “not want to miss
any of the show going on these
days in Washington.” In this cate
gory he placed the Congressional
investigation of the Pearl Harbor
attack, and the charges against
State Department officials made
by Maj. Gen. Patrick Hurley when
he resigned as Ambassador to
China.
Search For Missing
U. S. Airmen
SHANGHAI, Dec. 14 — Teams
of Chinawise Americans are
searching all sections of this the
ater and islands off shore hoping
to establish the fate of more than
one thousand army and navy per
sonnel missing in the rugged ter
rain.
Most of the missing men are
aircrew members from crashes in
the "Hump” area or in coastal re
gions from which aerial sweeps
against Japan were launched.
i Government Must
Help l)(‘v< ‘lopment
Of Alaska
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14—..Th—
The development of Alaska is be
ing retarded because the govern
ment pulls its purse strings too
tight. Governor Gruening said
here while on his annual visit to
urge the budget bureau of Con
gress to increase the Territory’s
appropriations.
Gov. Gruening said in an inter
view: “If we are to take care of
war veterans who want to settle
in Alaska, the Federal Govern
ment must develop a program to
really open up and develop our
great resources. We need housing,
we need roads. The Federal Gov
ernment doesn’t even give us a
fair share of appropriations, even
though we are a ward of the Fed
eral Government, we should have
as much Federal aid as the States
receive. We must be given aid for
our roads the same as the States.
This federal highway aid is de
nied to us now.’’ Gruening said
| “Alaska pays excessive rates for
poor and irregular freight serv—
! ice.”
Strikes
At A Glance
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400,000 workers are idle by con
tinuing labor disputes. The major
labor developments are the elec
trical nationwide strike of some
200,000 CIO electrical workers in,
three big corporations who ap
proved in a ballot to enforce a
two dollar a day wage increase
demand, but no walkout would be
called until after January first.
The strike vote shows a five to
one majority favoring work stop
pages.
The strike of the General Mo
tors workers, now in its fourth
week, may continue six weeks,
longer company officials predict
as the impending court action
broadens the breach between
General Motors and the CIO Auto
workers.
UAW resumes negotiations with
Ford, Kaiser, Frazer Corporation
and are reported preparing a
“novel” company union security
plan.
Patton May Be
Paralyzed For Life
HEIDELBERG, Dec. 14—(£»)—»
Col. Spurling, chief specialist at
tending General Patton, said the
American commander was “out of
danger of death, but there was a
possibility he would never be able
to command his troops again." He
said the general might recover
fully from the broken neck re
ceived in the auto crash Sunday,
but again he might be partly par
alyzed for life.