Defense Program,
Western Europe,
Es Lagging
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Senator Young Says
Blame Is Placed on
State Department
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 — M —
Senator Young (D-ND) said today
the western European defense pro- |
gram is lagging and the possibility
of failure “isn’t going to do General
Eisenhower any good politically.”
Predicting that Senator Taft
(R-Ohio) will be the 1952 Republi
can presidential nominee, Young
said he thinks Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower is going to be held
partly responsible for western Eur
ope’s reported slow response to re
arming efforts.
Eisenhower, who commands the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) forces, is being boomed by
some Republicans for their party’s
presidential nomination. The gen- ;
eral hasn’t said publicly whether;
he will run.
Young said the longer Eisen
hower waits to make his inten
tions known, the stronger Taft’s
bid for the nomination will grow.
“I don’t blame Eisenhower for
what is happening in Europe,”
Young told reporters. "He is doing
a good job. It is the State Depart
ment that is falling down.”
Young said Taft is his No. 11
choice for the GOP nomination and j
Gov. Earl Warren of California is i
his No. 2 pick.
Young, back from a European1
trip, criticized the French, Italians,
and British for what he termed
their failure to cooperate fully in
the military aid program. He said
Yugoslavia demonstrated more will
to fight and more appreciation of
American aid than any other coun
try he visited.
Strike io Shut
Down Production
B-47 Stratojets
WICHITA, Kas., Dec. 18—(AO—A
strike of nearly 17,000 workers at
Boeing Airplane Company’s Wich
ita plant, turning out the nation's
entire production of B-47 strato
jet bombers, has been authorized
for Jan. 2.
Company and union officials con
firmed that negotiations underway
since Sept. 14 have failed of agree
ment on wage and union shop is
sues.
The union has asked application
of a wage scale that would mean
increases of 8 to 17 Vu cents an hour,
bringing the Wichita scale to a
range from $1.18 to $2.34 an hour.
The company has offered increas
es ranging from 5 to 12 Vi cents an
hour, a company spokesman said.
A three-man panel from the Fed
eral Mediation and conciliation Ser
vice has been unable to effect an
agreement.
Missouri Turkey
Given to Truman
For Christmas
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18— W —
President Truman received his
Christmas turkey today.
A 35-pound tom was presented
to Mr. Truman by a delegation
headed by R. M. Calbert, President
of the National Turkey Federation.
It came from a Springfield, Mo.,
farm.
Viscount
Alexander in
Brass Slide
OTTAWA, Dec. 18—Viscount
Alexander, Canada’s Governor-Gen
eral. has fulfilled a long-standing
ambition — to slide down a fire
station's brass pole.
It happened over the weekend at
a fire station where he opened an
exhibition of Christmas toys made
by Ottawa firemen.
As he was leaving the station
Viscount Alexander spotted the
brass pole on the second floor, used
by firemen to reach the main floor
in a hurry.
‘I have always wanted to go
flown one of those things,” he con
fided to Fire Chief Gray Burnett.
The chief invited him to go aljead.
To the astonishment of spectators
on the main floor the Governor
General suddenly arrived among
them — via the brass pole.
Christmas Ship
For Armed Forces
Stationed in Alaska
SEATTLE, Dec. 18—.11—A Christ
mas ship, with the unromantic name
Akl 36, is heading north with the
last load of Christmas mail for the
armed forces stationed in Alaska.
The MSTS ship was sent from
Kodiak to Seattle for the specific
purpose of getting Christmas mail.
Her departure lime was not disclos
ed but she is scheduled to reach
all ports in time for the mail to be
distributed by Christmas.
British Tanks
Exchange Fire
With Terrorists
ISMAILIA, Egypt, Dec. 18——
Four big British Centurion tanks
exchanged fire before dawn today
with Egyptian terrorists blamed for
killing one and wounding three
British Royal Military Police here
last night.
The tanks and armored vehicles
sped into the city to retrieve a jeep
abandoned by the military police
after it was ambushed by sniping
and bombing near the Ismalia po
lice headquarters.
The city has been one of the
bloodiest trouble spots in the Suez
Canal zone dispute since mid-Oct
ober.
The victims were brought out
by a second MP jeep that escaped
the firing.
CAA PERSONNEL
ATTEND MEETING
A number of CAA employees
went through Juneau today en
route to their stations after attend
ing a station manager’s conference
in Anchorage. Jack T. Jefford,
chief of CAA flight operations, ac
companied by Jim Hurst and John
Freeland, all of Anchorage flew in
yesterday and expected to get out
today. D. W. Thomas is returning
to Sitka; E. R. Pierce to Peters
burg; and John R. Keith to Haines.
MONDAY PNA TRAFFIC
IS LIGHT; 7 ARRIVE
Seven arrived from Anchorage
yesterday on Pacific Northern Air
lines and 12 flew to the Westward.
From Anchorage: Yvonne Sulser,
Dan Jack, Capt. R. H. Dean, Lt. Col.
W. E. Brown, J. T. Brown, Sarah
Lee Atkinson.
To Anchorage: Tim Casey, Grace
Morgan, Harry Baker, Lena Mur
culiaff, Ward Carroll, E. DeZell, O.'
F. Benecke, Wassilie Owens, Bertha
Semone, M. Elder.
To Cordova: Ruben Moon, Martin
Weinrick.
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Four Children
Burned ie Death
En Marks Blaze j
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 18—
(iP!—Four children burned to death
in their cabin at Spenard yesterday
as their grandmother tried futilely
to get through a window to rescue
them.
The dead are children of Mr, and
Mrs. Thomas J. Fleming—Rosielee,
2, Verann 4, and Priscilla and Pat
ricia, 10-month-old twins.
Their grandmother, Mrs. Vera
Shaw, was caring for them in the
small cabin and had gone outdoors
for *a minute when the fire broke
out.
The fifst indication of the trag
edy came for neighbors when they
heard screaming. The grandmother
was unable -to gain entrance through
a door. She broke a window, cut- |
ting her hands badly, but was
turned back by the fierceness of the
fire.
Mrs. Shaw was taken to a hos
pital for treatment of her injuries
and shock and hysteria.
The father is a service station
employee.
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Alaska Salmon
Steak on ffenu
AS l!| Even!
KILL DEVIL HILL, N. C., Dec.
18— t?) —An international menu,
topped by Alaskan salmon steak
supreme flown in from the nortb
land, was featured here yesterday j
in ceremonies marking the 48th j
anniversary of the Wright Broth- ,
ers’ first successful airplane flight.'
Eight U. S. planes flew the food !
fer the luncheon menu from distant!
points as a graphic illustration of
aviation’s conritbution to every
day life. Hawaii, Cuba, Alaska, |
France and Brazil contributed to
the menu.
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Loran SWmm to Be
In Operate In Feb.
Long range navigation stations1
for the Gulf of Alaska which were
scheduled to be placed in opera
tion January 1 will be delayed a
month, Rear Admiral Joseph Green
spun, 17 U. S. Coast Guard District,
announced today. * i
The stations are located on Bi
iorka Island near Sitka; Ocean
Cape near Yakutat; and Spruce Cape
near Kodiak. Charts and tables cov
ering these two new rates are being
printed and will be available from
the hydrographic office, he said.
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VISITOR FROM SEATTLE
Ray H. Webster of Seattle is reg
istered at the Baranof Hotel.
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