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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-09-27

JESSE ililANlDU, lN-f W llklnS
sull quite III at Trinity Hos
Nj and Mrs Harold Osborn.
5000 RVard are the PROUD par
entS Of Harold Osborn Jr born
August 1877 lbs. oz MI Os-
born is a veteran OF World War
II Junior is now a month old
weighs 3 lbs 3 ozS and IS gain
ing every day
Rev John willis. pastor Of
Nj Vernon Church OF Louis
VILE Ky. who has been visiting
his brother Chester Willis 544
Garfield and other friends, IS
leaving Thursday for Louisville.
Rev J II Lewis Of 1898 Riv-
ard, pastor OF Providence Bap-
tst Church returned from his
Niagara Falls trip Saturday in
good spirits.
M A. CONNER.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-09-27
Students Flock 70
New Texas Univ.

oCST0N The new Toss
t lpr N,goes W
ape hy more than $500
aitn hv prospective tudcr-s
U7 Many rtWStants Wcc
'atHct 4Eav because On lack
iacltc d handle thcm
ConvI0au7 hv his absence
fou rio irp was lemar NJ
1op SWelti whose application ln-
.u r i9 The University 10
IcXas leW school started tre
~ rtonts that led q 'Ho
fut RI trp now unrt
Sweat refused TO apply for
The law school Of the university
for Ne1rocs. declaring that II
Interior 10 the school al the
University Of Texas. he is con.
'inuing his legal fight. backed
by the NAACP. 10 win admis-
sion 10 tho school OF his choice.
Atluuch low course ~ hetn
thotilri f0r The now hool
There was Some doubt that Il
g3 De .1 operation ~ Fall
or lf applicants clrrCn p r al-
dv been turned dorr because
~ iailu 90 meet cW rf"crts
Tho qualifications az tfc owan-
4ne fye Wore still under ~'Iiy
q 3 Morton acuua pro dent.
statement 10 which he
This school will furnish a
great opportunity for Negro
youths 10 Get iheir education
~ minimum cost he said.
This is ne mskeshifi affair
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-09-27
Dixie Univ.
Drops Bias
In Football

Tire acci len was announced
Sunday by Vi-Gnia Athletic
Director Nortou Priicheit. who
said M ihoushi this was the
tirst occasion Ok IFS kind in the
South.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-09-27
THANKS, FOLKS!

Maybe there is better way to say it, but cer b.
" there is not more sincere way to Thank YoC"
for the response you have given
We really appreciate your confidence in our abl-
ity to render YOU the type of cleaning service yoa
have long wanted with clean, modern cllp-
ment
We will continue to serve you daily am until
pm. and will give you that fast thorough, i-hoor
service that already meets your needs on that gar
ment you want to wear tonight but forgot 70 fl'e
cleaned sooner And special attention will be s. on
your draperes curtains. spreads and other de eate
pieces.
And don't forget-we have delivery serve
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-09-27

come here until after the first
term Of school"
The university has one perman-
ent building Thornton Fairchild
Hall. on It's SO acre campus. tax
en- over from Houston college A
group OF barrack-type buildings
was moved from Camp Wallace
TO provide housing for single
men and married students.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-09-27
oTHER ENVIRONMENTS

Diner interesting dcvelOpments
IN the councilmanic campaign
include the declaration hy Paul
w Duncan that he was enter
lng the race as an industrial
labor relations specialist n order
to participate more directly In
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-09-27

During the month Of August
the Junior choir of the New
Mt Vernon Baptist Church, I'M
der the nImblc fingers Of Mrs.
'Abbyc Spratlen. choir director
and Mrs. Mary Young, manager,
presented an evening Of enter
tainment entitled Fashion in
Review
Prizes were awarded by the
director The first prize was
awarded to Mrs. Lillian Holster,
second prize was won by little
Barbara d. Montgomery and
third prize TO Mrs. Alberta Hud-
SON
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-09-27
NeighborhOOd
News


Jesse Houston, 1924 wilkins
suiI quite III at Trinity Hos
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-16
B PERSONS
 CONVICTED,
 PLOTTING
Three Found Guilty Sen fenced 10 Death by
 StrdnguIdfion

BUDAPEST, April 16. = R - A Peoples Court convicted 13 persons today of plotting against the Hun garian Republic in an effort to re- establish the regime of Admiral Nicholas Horthy by armed revolt and sentenced three of them to die by strangulation.
 Those condemned to die were Dr. Gyorgy Donath. former member of Parliament who was accused of being the brains" behind the all legged conspiracy against the Hun garian Government; aging former Gen. Lajos Dalniki Veress, at whose home the state charged an under ground chief command" was estab- lished on Oct 31, l946; and Sandor Andras.
 Anti Communists declared the accusations were part of a Com munist "irame-up.' intended to eliminate the dominant Small Holders Party from the Govern ment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-16
Bomb Threat
 Made, London

LONDON, April 16.-lR-Scotland Yard officers rushed to the War Office late today following a tele- phone threat that the building was to be blown up-a threat that came a few hours after a home made bomb, timed to explode this morning, was found in a branch of the Colonial Office.
 Nothing suspicious was found at the War Office, however, and the police were unable immediately to link the telephoned threat with the actual leaving of explosives at the Colonial Office, possibly in re- taliation for the hanging of con- victed underground agent Dov Bella Gruner at dawn today in Pales- tine
 A Colonial Office spokesman said the blast attempt was part of the Jewish terrorist activities against this country
 Police said that the bomb was composed of 24 sticks of a French explosive resembling gelignite-not as powerful as they believed at first when they reported the bomb could have wrecked the entire four-story building.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-16
pR0p0SAL5 MADE FOR RE0pENING
 OF HAYNES CUTOFF
Pacific Northwest Trade Association dt Seattle
 Takes Action

SEATTLE, April l6.-tR-h seven- point program, including an appeal to the Ottawa Government for re- opening and maintenance of the Haines Cutoff, was adopted by members of the Pacific Northwest Trade Association at yesterdays closing session of the two-day meeting.
 The Haines proposal called for a meeting of U. s. and Canadian Governments to work out a jolnC maintenance plan. The Haines Cut off connects the Alaska port with the military highway in the yicin- ity of Champagne Y IT.
 The proposals also urged con- struction of comfort facilities at the. international border for use of travellers;
 Asked enlargement of facilities and expansion of the Canadian customs staff at Douglas, B. C.;
 Requested Canada to grant in bond privileges to trucks on an equality with privileges now en- joyed by rail and air;
 Affirmed the groups long-term stand for modification of border restrictions to permit freer flow ot travel;
 Seek establishment of customs office at Dawson Creek, B. C., to supervise transfer of in bond AL aska-bound freight from railroad cars to trucks;
 Reaffirm the Associations sup port of free-trade zones.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-16

WASHINGTON, April 16.-jRl- Alaska, purchased from Russia 80 years ago for $7,200,000, will pre- sent a score of witnesses today in it's bid for statehood.
 The Alaskans are hopeful that the House Public Lands subcom- mittee will promptly recommend House approval of Alaska as a new state. The committee re- gently recommended staterhood for Hawaii after a hearing that last ed eight days. The Alaska hear ing is expected to be much short CT.
 Secretary of tte Interior Krug is expected to be the first wit ness He has frequently urged Alaskan Statehood.
 l, Eight members of the House have asked that they be permitted to testify in favor of statehood for the Territory They include Rep. Angel (R-Ore) who, as ranking Republican of the Territories committee of the last Congress, visited Alaska tso years ago. Other witnesses will include Emil Hurja, Washington; Dele gate E. L. Bartlett of Alaska; Fed eral Judge Anthony J. Dimond of Alaska's Third Judicial Division {; Ralph Rivers, Attorney General of Alaska; George Sundborg. Gen eral Manager of the Alaska De- velopment Board Robert B. At wood, editor and publisher of the Anchorage Daily Times; William IL. Baker, editor and publisher of the Ketchikan, Alaska, Chronicle; the Governor of Alaska; John H. Dimond, of Washington and AL aska Hugh Dougherty, of Anch- orage; Lee c. Bettinger, tusiness- man and mayor of Kodiak, Alaska.
 Alaskans, at an election last October, voted, 3 to for state hood, and Delegate Bartlett said in a statement today: Alaska should be admitted to the union with the least possible delay.
 Alaska should he made state so that it's close to 100000 inhab- itants can enjoy the advantages of statehood"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-16
FOUR HUNG 0NGALL0W5,
 JERU5ALEM
Go 10 Death Following Conviction of Anti-
 British Violence

JERUSALEM, April 16.-lR-Dov Bella Gruner and three other Jews convicted of ant:-British violence died on the gallows in Acre Pris- on at dawn today shortly after
 government authorities initiated iron security measures intended to prevent bloody retaliation.
 Gruner, a 33-year-old Hungar- ian veteran of the British army, and the other three were members or Irgun Zvai Leumi, the Jewish underground organization which claims to have been responsible for most of Palestine's bloodletting in recent months.
 Gruner was sentenced January by British military court which found him guilty of participating in a raid on the Ramat Gan police station last April 23, in which two policemen were killed and Cru ner wounded.
 {, The otter three-Dov Ben Sal man Rosenbaum, 24; Elieser Ben Kashani, 23; and Mordecai Ben
 Abraham Alkachi, 21-were con- demned Feb. 21 by another mili- tary court which convicted them of having arms and whips in their possession when they were arrest ed on December 23, the night a British major and three sergeants were flogged by the underground in retaliation for the whipping of an Irgun member.
 Irgun repeatedly has threatened reprisals against the British if their soldiers were hanged and British Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech Jones declared in Febru- ary that Gruner's death almost cer- tainly would signal new blood bath in the Holy Land.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-16
WALLACE iS NOW GOING TO TACKLE
 PALESTINE ISSUE

LONDON, April 16.-lR--Henry A. Wallace said today he would tackle the troublesome Palestine issue to- morrow i'll private conference with a group of British Parliament members.
 After the meeting with the Par lament members, he will fly to Stockholm, Denmark and France.
 Wallace declined comment on cfi- ticism in Washington of his anti Truman doctrine campaign by At torney Tom Clark.
 A high British official. mean while, said the British Government accepted no responsibility for any thing Wallace has said or may say here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-16
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, April l6.-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is A., American Can 9lA. Anaconda 369s, Curtiss- Wright 5, International Harvester 80l2, kennecott 43ai, New York Central l5s, Northern Pacific l6l2, U. s. Steel STA, Pound S402ls
 Sales today were 100000 shares.
 Merrill-Lynch averages today are as follows. industrials l68.22, rails 4473, utilities 3399.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-16
KRUG MAKES STATEMENT

WASHINGTON, April 16.-lR- Secretary of Interior J. A. Krug told a House subcommittee that statehood for Alaska is essential to the security of the United States.
 He asked a House Territories subcommittee to give Alaska the same consideration it gave to Hawaii"
 The committee several weeks ago approved an Hawaiian state hood bill It is now considering similar legislation as to Alaska. Krug was the first witness as the committee began it's hear ing on the Alaska Bill. He testi- fled.
 T believe that admission of Alaska as state is essential to the welfare and security of every one of us in the states. 'AlaSkas national defense pos.- ton is plain to all. We must develop it's industry, agriculture, service, trades and professions to hack up the defense plans of the Army and Navy"
 Krug declared Alaska is becom- ing vital center for future trade with Asia. He added. The Great Circle air route from San Francisco to Japan by way of the Aleutian Islands is about l,700 miles shorter than the old route by way of the Hawaiian Islands. It will probably become the principal air route to Japan and China" Krug recalled that Alaska was purchased by the United States , from Russia 80 years ago, and first petitioned for active participation in 1872. It now is represented in Congress by a delegate who sits with the House. but has no vote.
 The Secretary said statehood, in providing Alaska with two Sena- tors and at least one Representa- tive, would give it's citizens for the first time an active voice in legis- | lation by which they are govern ed
 Alaska would be the largest state, twice the size of Texas, Krug said, adding:
 One of the frequently advanc- ed arguments against statehood for Alaska is that the population
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-16
7S SH0UR5,5 MINUTES FOR
 WORLD TRIP
Sixteen Hours, Nine Min utes Lost in Nine Stops
 -ReCord Broken

NEW YORK, April 16.-lR-Air- port crowds broke through police lines early today to welcome, with kisses and congratulations, three men whose trip around the world was the quickest ever made.
 Milton Reynolds, Chicago rc.l manufacturer; his pilot, William Odom, and his flight engineer T. Carroll Sallee, brought their con- verted A-26 bomber-the Bomb shelr-over LaGuardia Field at 12:06:30 am. (EST), just 78 hours and 55 minutes after their takeotf s last Saturday. Their unofficial re- cord cut 12 hours and 19 minutes from the previous unofficial record.
 Reynolds admitted the trip was tiring, sometimes dangerous, and T would not make the trip again for $100000,00O' But he added jubi- lantly to reporters:
 We made the fastest crossing of the Atlantic ever made, in five hours and IT minutes; we also made a record trip to Paris and Gander Newfoundland and maybe some other records"
 The previous unofficial round-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-16
BUCHANEN NAMED NEW PASS. AGENT
 FOR CAN. PACIFIC

SEATTLE, Apr. 16.-tR-Ap- pointment of w. D. Buchanen as General Passenger Agent of the British Columbia District for the Canadian Pacific Railway was an nounced today. It is effective to- morrow.
 The district includes all of the Pacific coast from Mexico north, including Alaska and the Yukon Territory. Coastal ferry services and steamship traffic from the Orient also come under his supervision, officials said.
 Buchanan has been with the company B years, the past seven as Assistant General Passenger Agent at Vancouver, B. c.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-16
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Tongass, from Seattle. due on Thursday.
 Alaska scheduled to sail from Seattle April i7, calling at Ketch- ikan, Wrangc,l, Petersburg, Ju- neau, Sitka, Cordova, Valdez and Seward.
 Sailors Splice scheduled to sail from Seattle April 18.
 Princess Louise, scheduled to sail from Vancouver April 19.
 Northern Voyager scheduled to sail from Seattle April 24.
 Aleutian scheduled to arrive from westward at p. m. April 19.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-16
Quickest World Flight Is Made By Reynold!
Witnesses for Statehood For Alaska Are Lined-up
 Before Committee Today

is too sparse. Alaska has about 90,O00 people. Twelve present-day states had a smaller population at the time of their admission"
 Federal Judge Anthony J. Di- mond of Anchorage, the Territory's former delegate to Congress, Rep, Larcade (D-La) and Rep. Angel (R-Ore) urged the committee to approve statehood for Alaska They said it is the experience of the United States that population in- creases after a Territory becomes state. They said Missouri, Ore gon, Nebraska, Minnesota, Nevada, Arkansas, North Dakota and Mon tana are among the states which had fewer than Alaska's 90,000 in- habitantS at the time of their admission to the union.
 All of the witnesses said Alaska is ready to take over the task of paying for a state government. Statehood, they contended would increase business, industry and ag- riculture there.
 Dimond said the present Terri torial government is operated without consent of the govern ment' and is taxation without representation
 We in Alaska believe we are fitted for statehood on economic and political grounds" Dimond said We Relieve Congress should grant us statehood without delay. Statehood will make Alaska
 Secretary Krug also said nego- tiations for establishment of a newsprint mill in southeast Alaska are nearing completion with a large firm.
 'The paper and pulp industry in Alaska, he said. may come sooner than we have anticipated"
 Krug said the Forest Service has solved many of the problems that. have prevented establishment of pulp mills in Alaska, and that his Department believed it had disposed of the problem of Indian rights to the lands.
 In answer to question by Rep. Crawford (RMich, chair man of the subcommittee, Krug said the six mills that can be sup ported by Alaska timber resources could each produce 600 tons of newsprint daily and the supply would never be exhausted. Each mill would employ about 2,000 ger sons.
 Krug said the transportation problem confronts prospective in vestors in Alaskan paper mills and that he hopes the problem can be solved Present rates for shipping paper to the United States and machinery and other equipment to Alaska are prohibitive, he said.
 He estimated that it would take three years to complete construc- tion of paper mill there. Labor would have to he imported, he add ed
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-16
The Washinqton
 Merry -Go- Round
By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON - To those who sat backstage in the telephone ne- gotiations, the strike-grim as it was-had interludes of comedy.
 Early one morning, while assist ant Secretary of Labor John Gib- son was closeted with the manage ment moguls in the Labor Depart ment, the phone tangled in an anteroom, and a voice demanded 1:
 "Is Jack there?"
 Jack who?" asked Gibson, think . ing the call might be for himself.
 T want to talk to Jack" persist ed the caller. Tell him the big apple is calling
 The Assistant Labor Secretary turned to the negotiators and in- quired if anyone named Jack" was present.
 That's me-" responded George S. Dring, Assistant Vice President of the telephone company. T mean it's my code name We have code names for most everybody here The Big Apple is our boss, c. F Craig (Vice President and leading A. T. and T. negotiator). We even have a name for your MT. Warren He's the Eager Beaver
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-16
TRUMAN ON STUMP

White House advisers are now convinced that the President should make a series of public appear ances west of the Mississippi river this summer Truman, himself, has agreed to the plan.
 Soon after Congress adjourns, therefore, he will hit the trail probably by train rather than by plane-and touch every state in the northwest before he's through.
 This important political decision is the result of candid survey of Democratic prospects now be- ing completed by close political ad- visers. While pleased with Truman's current national popularity, they are not so certain about how many voters are actually pro-Truman. They wonder how many of those who tell the pollsters they like the way Truman is handling himself, will finally vote for him.
 Democrat leaders also admit in private that Truman's prospects in the big eastern states are, dim. They see little hope of capturing such potent states as New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan. Without these big five, Truman will have to score clean sweep west of the Mississippi. That's why plans are being laid for
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-16
AT THE GAsTINEAU

Guests at the Gastineau Hotel from other Alaskan towns are I. Klitza from Haines; Myron A. Dean, from Cordova; Donald Mc- Cune from Fort Richardson at An chorage, and Hennie Johnson from Pelican.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-16

TEXAS CITY, Tex, April l6-R An estimated $50 persons were killed here today in the worst ex- plosion in Texas Gulf coast history. A chain of explosions rocked a hundred mile area, and virtually razed this city of l5,000 The Texas department Of public safety announced shortly after noon that reports indicated an estimated $50 dead The injured toll is re- ported to be over 1000.
 Poisonous gas was reported to be infiltrating the still-burning city at noon. The National Guard was called out in the area Doctors, nurses, police and fire men from Galveston. Houston and other nearby cities were rushed here
 Explosions--Fire
 The chain of explosions began on the Grand. Camp, a French ship loaded with nitrate It spread to the multi-million dollar Monsanto Chemical Corp. plant, now reported complete ruin following the ex- plosion and fire.
 The Grand Camp, destroyed with all men aboard by the explosion, according to the Tribune, caught fire early today. Several hundred curious gathered at the docks to watch the fire.
 When the explosion followed, many onl the docks were killed. Steel beams were hurled over the city, some as far as Is miles away.
 Many of the dead were Monsanto workers
 Port Arthur and Orange, about lC0 miles distant, said the blast was audible there. and buildings rocked At Pelly, 27 miles distant. a man said the sound hurt my eardrums.s Palestine, 160 miles from here, claimed to have heard the sound also.
 Hospitals Filled
 Hospitals in Galveston are over flowing with dead and injured. Highways into Houston, 38 airline miles away are clogged with ann balances and hearses.
 The gas fumes were believed to be from the burning chemical plant and from nitrogen stocks piled on the docks. One report said half O. the plant was in shambles and the rest was burning.
 The Texas City police department said 300 small homes occupied by dock and refinery workers were near the ship which exploded and were hardest hit.
 Dr. w. H. Lane, a MonSanto Chemical Company official, said up to 500 Texas City residents had lined the dock to watch the ship burn when the. explosion hit
 The ship disintegrated, he said T am told that two other ships leading nitrate blew up too. Red- dish brown fumes of nitrogen diox- ide began pouring out at once" Hampton Ellis of Houston, who was sitting in 10th floor room of the Buccaneer Hotel in Galveston l2 miles from the blast scene-said it felt like an earthquake had hit. He said the blast almost knocked me off the bed.
 Gov. Beauford H. Jester said in Austin two battalions of the Texas State Guard at Houston had been alerted for duty at Texas City Some l50 state guardsmen from La Porte already were on the scene, All available highway patrol and police cars converged on the scene, along with fire departments from all over the populous, industrialized Gulf Coast.
 Doctors and nurses were being rushed into the area along with every available highway department truck and every ambulance in
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-16
HERE FROM SEATTLE

Dan and Frank Krsul and Stan ley sP Seegars, all from Seattle, registered yesterday as guests of the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-16
ROYAL o,REILLY HERE

Royal O'Reilly, who with his wife, are the owners of Taku Lodge, has arrived in Juneau from the south via PAA.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-16
SHIP BLOWS
 UP; FLAMES
 BREAK OUT
Hundreds Meet Death with Over Thousand Injured
 Poison Gas Spreads

BULLETIN-Texas City, Tex. April l6.--tPl--As threat Of a INT explosion developed at l:30 o'clock this afternoon, the police of this stricken city ord cred all disaster relief workers out of the explosion and fire wrecked waterfront district.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-16

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