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NEWS IN BRIEF
WASHINGTON, April 22, (/P>—
The Army marked Washington
down as just another suburb of
New York, less than half an hour’s
ride. A jet plane P-80 Shooting
Star, covered the distance between
LaGuardia Field and the National
airport yesterday in 29 minutes
15 seconds, with an average speed
of approximately 45(5 miles per
hour.
BOSTON, April 22„ I/P)—Henry
Cabot Lodge, Jr., who resigned in
the second year of his second term
as U. S. Senator to enter the army
at 44, announced his candidacy for
a seat in this year’s election. He
will oppose Democrat David
Walsh.
BRIGHTON, England, April 22,
<aP)—Quoting information he said
he obtained “in America” during
his last visit to the United. States,
* Prof. Harold Laski declared the
United States has a new atom
bomb powerful enough to “devas
tate Indiana and Illinois.” Five
bombs could “destroy the whole
of United States south of the Ma
son Dixon line,” Laski asserted.
SHANGHAI, April 22, UP; —
Glum faced Maj. Gen. Kaburagi,
former chief of staff of the Im
perial Jap 34th army and four
of his subordinates died on the
gallows this morning for their
part in the torture parade and
l strangulation of three American
fliers in Hanow in December 1944.
This is the first execution of war
criminals by Americans in the
China Theater.
BOSTON, April 22, UP)—A rail
road engineer is dead and 300 in
jured in the collision of two New
Haven passenger trains on the
outskirts of Boston. None of the
passenger cars overturned, but
many passengers suffered concus
sions of the head and knees. No
explanation of the accident has
been given.
LONDON, April 22, {&)—Lord
Keynes, 62, noted British econo
mist credited with playing an im
portant part in influencing Roose
velt’s government spending poli
cies, died this morning. He re
turned two weeks ago from the in
ternational monetary conference
at Savanrfah, Ga., where his col
leagues said he was under consid
erable strain as head of the Brit
ish delegation. He was ordered by
his physician to take a complete
test.
MONTE CASSINO ABBEY RUINS — The tomb of St. Itcncdiet. founder of the
Abbey, and his twin sister, St, Scholastica, is housed in this temporary structure (center) amid the
monastery ruins atop Monte Cassino in Italy. The Abbey was leveled by Allied bombings two years
ago, in March. 1914. to dislodge German troops who had been using the building as a lookout post.
Except for a few cracks the tomb is undamaged. At upper right, three men walk over the area
where 300 Italians were buried under debris.
Cannery Workers
Picket Alaska Ships
SEATTLE, April 22, (A*)—Fed-;
eral conciliator and commissioner,
Peterson continued their efforts to
halt picketing of Alaska ships and
announced the strike of 3,500 CTO
affiliated cannerymen over a wage
dispute in the canned salmon in
dustry. Picketing started Saturday
midnight, less than twenty-four
hours after the settlement of the
nineteen day Alaska longshore j
strike had developed serious food
shortages in some Alaska areas.
Wendell Phillips, regional rep
resentative of the cannery union
repeated assurances that the union
would picket only ships carrying
men and supplies for salmon pack-!
ers.
W. C. Arnold, managing direc-!
tor of the Alaska Salmon industry
issued a statement questioning
whether a bona fide strike exists.
He said no members of the union
are currently employed, as the
season has not yet begun.
MELBOURNE, Australia, (A>)—
A cross between a chicken and a
turkey has been produced at Glen
field Veterinary Scinece Research
Station in New South Wales. The
birds, called Churkeys,” look like
large chickens but walk like tur
keys. Some are cream, others
black and cream.
Jap Premier
Shidehara And
Cabinet Resign
TOKYO, April 22, (/P)—Premier
Shidehara and his cabinet resigned
in a group tonight under pressure
of the leading political parties,
who are expected to join the de
posed prime minister in forming
a new cabinet. All ministers
agreed to the resignation after
tine Shidehara cabinet secretary
Narashi explained this action was
“necessary to stabilize the politi
cal situation.”
Shidehara became Premier six
months ago after a sei les of po
litical shakeups followed Japan’s
surrender. The cabinet ended its
six-months reign under fire from
all but one political party, all Tok
yo papers ind most of the trade
unions and other organizations.
The criticism has been almost
constant over the cabinet’s failure
to solve the food problem and
other difficulties connected with
living under rehabilitation condi
tions.
CHICAGO, (/P) — “The Towns
men,” a new quartet, are singing
the blues. While they were in a
Michigan Avenue agency arrang
ing for an audition, a thief enter
ed their car and stole their accor
dion.
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UNITED CHORUS GAVE
PROGRAM SUNDAY
Sunday afternoon at three
o’clock in the Territorial School
Auditorium, before an apprecia
tive audience of over three hun
dred people, the United Chorus
presented an Easter musical pro
gram.
The chorus was directed by
Emma Grill and presented many
of the favorite and most beautiful
Easter musical numbers heard in
Nome for several years. The
chorus opened the program with
three numbers: “Beneath the Cross
of Jesus,” “Cheribim Song,” and
“The Love That Saw Gethsemane”
(This was specially arranged by
Rev. Amundsen'.
FTute obligato by Dorothy
Thompson; Solo, “The Palms,” by
Rev. R. Amundsen. Quartet “Were
You There,” a Negro spiritual
sung by Rev. R. Amundsen, Mr.
and Mrs. G. E. S. Grill and Mrs.
L. Hudgins. Chorus — “Beautiful
Savior,” with the solo being taken
by Mrs. L. Hudgins, and “The
Strife Is O’er.
Flute solo “Agnus Dei,” by Dor
othey Thompson.
Chorus—“God So Loved the
World,” and “Christ the Lord Is
[ Risen Today.”
Members of the chorus are as
follows: 1st sopranos Carrie Me
Kussians Fire ()n
VIENNA, April 22, (/P) — Four
Russian tighter planes made runs
on a U. S. Army Transport and
fired from two to four 37-milli
meter shots into the planes wings
as it came to the U. S. Army air
port at Tulin, just outside of Vi
enna.
Airmen at the field identified
the fighters as P-39s which were
furnished to the Russians by
American lend-lease. The four fol
lowed the transport right to the
field, leaving only after it touched
the ground.
The C-47 was on a test run and
carried no passengers. Captain
James Baxter, the pilot, was asked
for a report as soon as he landed.
Expressing indignation, Baxter
-.aid he saw two shots fired and
added he believed there were
others. “That’s all right in a cross
country flight when you can just
sit there and fly, but I don't like
it when you are in transition be
tween flying and landing.”
Baxter said four other members
of the transports crew corrobo
rated Baxter’s report. The pilot
said he within ten miles of the
area around the airfield prescribed
for American planes by the Rus
sians, when the fighters appeared.
Because the airport is inside
the Russian occupation zone the
Russians have prescribed strict
regulations for the operation of
American aircraft.
“Angel Of North**
Passes On
SEATTLE, April 22, PP)—Gold
en Olive Brady, 69, known to
Alaskans as “Angel of the North,”
died Saturday. She was a govern
ment nurse in Alaska for many
years and famous for mercy trips
by plane and dog team to aid the
sick and injured. She retired in
1938.
On one occasion she and her
dog team driver were adrift on an
ice floe in the Arctic Ocean near
Cape Thompson. The floe stuck
on shore ice and they were able
to make their way back to land.
Lain, Abbie Chees ebraugh,
Blanche Olanna; 2nd sopranos,
I Helen Dunbar, Martha fTllen
Thompson, Ruth Towner; 1st al
t tos, Mrs. J. W. Thompson, Doro
thy Thompson; tenors Norman
Lee, Roald Amundsen, Frankie
Johnson, Andrew Kalarak, Chap
, lain York; Bassos, G. E. S. Grill,
1 Dwight Milligruk.