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THE WAR IS OVER
From Japan ccmes word that an official Japanese
expedition is headed for the jungles of New Guinea.
The purpose of the mission is to inform several thou^
sand Japanese soldiers that Japan has lost the war.
It is estimated that these soldiers, the remainder
of 12,000 Japanese troops who fought in this section
of New Guinea, are still holding out, waiting for the
day when Tojo’s troops return and retake the island
for the Emperor.
Thus, for ten years, these Japanese have been
holding out, fighting for a lost cause.-What spurred
the dispatch of the expeditionary force to the jungles
of New Guinea was the appearance of a few Japanese
recently in a settlement in New Guinea. These men
had been hiding out since 1945 and did not know that
- the United States had won the war.
We think it appropriate that these men be brought
back to Japan now, Since Japan is currently beginning
to rearm. They must be getting home and into train
ing. Irony of ironies.
Nationalists Report
Destroying At Least 21
Ships Of A Red Convoy
TAIPEH, Formosa, Gf!—Chinese
Nationalist warships and planes
pounced on a Chinese Communist
troop and supply convoy in the
• East China Sea today and the de
fense ministry claimed at least 21
vessels were sunk.
If the Nationalist claims are
confirmed, it would be the most
severe defeat they have ever ad
* ministered the Reds.
The Ministry said the Reds lost
eight landing craft, five gun
boats and eight armed motorized
# ® junks, plus other unspecified
craft. The landing craft were be
lieved to be carrying about 200
soldiers each.'
• A ministry spokesman said the
Red flotilla was cruising south
ward toward the Tachens when
the Nationalist warships inter
cepted it. After they reported
sinking seven landing craft and
possibly three gun boats, Chiang
Kai-Shek’s warplanes raced out
over the sea to take on the sur
vivors.
^ed China Accepts
Invitation to Attend
Asian-African Conference
JAKARTA, Indonesia, ift—Pre
mier Chou En-lai, accepting an
invitation yesterday for Commu
nist China to attend the Asian
African conference, declared he
saw no reason why nations with
different forms of government
couldn’t “coexist in peace.”
The conference secretariat said
China’s formal acceptance came
with Chou’s praises of the confer
ence as “the first of its kind in
history convened to promote good
will and cooperation among the
countries of Asia and Africa.”
Chou said the conference “ac
cords a good opportunity for en
abling Asian and African coun
tries with different social systems
to coexist in peace under the prin
cipal that the form of government
and way of life by any other
country should in no way be sub
ject to interference by another.”
The talks are to be held in the
west Java mountain city of Ban
dung April 18-24.
Alaska House of Representatives Puts
Stopper on “Open Liquor Bottle” Bill
JUNEAU, LP)—Some sharp per-*?
sonal exchanges sounded in the j
Territorial House Wednesday be-:
fore a bill banning open liquor j
bottles in automobiles was finally j
killed by indefinite postponement, j
Parliamentary maneuvering first i
tabled the Liquor Bottles Bill by j
a 13-1 vote. Then it was revived'
to permit full debate on its merits
by an 18-6 tally and the final vote
to indefinitely postpone was 17-7.
The initial tabling of the bill
without a chance of argument on ;
its merits brought a charge from
Rep. Ken Johnson (D-Anchorage)
that it was “a cowardly act.” He
said he originally had intended to:
sponsor the bill but had submitted j
it to the Health and Welfare Com-!
mittee, which brought it out as a '
committee-sponsored measure.
Johnson contended it was social
legislation which is needed des
perately in the territory and he
asked his fellow House members:
“Are we going to pass needed
social legislation like this or just'
special legislation?”
Opponents contended the bill
was far too broad; that a person
could be thrown in jail if someone
slipped an opened bottle into his
car and then called police for i
spite, or that a taxi driver could
be nabbed for carrying a passen- j
ger who had half a flask on his '
hip.
At one point, in defending the I
bill, Johnson commented: “There
are rumors that I am the Carrie
Nation of the House. That’s OK
Health For All
Sensitive Plant
Do you wake up these mor
nings making promises to your
self? “I will not lose my temper
today. I will be patient with the
children. I will not raise my
voice.” By evening, what has hap
pened to your resolutions?
Life is a routine of sniffles, lost
mittens, wet clothes, the same old
meals and the same old dreary
outlook from your windows. And
winter is only half over. Millions j
of housewives are living through i
the same doldrums. There’s no
use feeling guilty about it, but!
you can do something about it.
Think of yourself, for a mo
ment, as a sensitive house plant.
In the fall your are potted in
fresh soil, brought into the house, |
and given a light, airy location, i
At intervals you are dosed with!
water and plant food. You work
energetically at your task of
blooming right through the
Christmas season. But then you
begin to tire. Your leaves shrivel
and drop.
If you were a plant, at this
point someone would take you
away to a quiet, dark place for
a rest. Unfortunately, most of us
can’t take a rest cure in the mid
dle of the wdnter. But since we
are human beings, not sensitive
plants, w'e can get along without
it.
The old saw goes: a change is
as good as a rest. Start with your
self, since that’s the only thing
in the world you can be sure of
changing. This doesn’t mean that
you can have a new temperament
overnight. You can stand off and
take a look at yourself, and con
sider where you might make a
change. A new hairdo, a diet for
a new figure, a new interest. If
you’ve never owned a red hat,
this is the time to try one. If
you’ve never painted a picture,
try it. Cookbooks have recipes
from all over the world. Try some
experiments in the kitchen.
Above all, keep two facts in
mind: 1. You are not the only
sensitive plant suffering through
the winter, and 2. Spring will
come.
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This column is sponsored, in
the interest of better health by
the Nome Public School.
with me. I’ll stand on it. There is
a definite evil here that we should
face up to and not ignore just be
cause it has been with us for a
long time.”
When an amendment to the bill
was suggested Speaker Kay inter
jected from the chair: “I don't see
how anyone could amend this bill
and make it satisfactory.”
To which Rep. Dora Sweeney
<D-Juneau* retorted: “I resent
some of your statements from the
chair.”
When Johnson asked Rep. War
ren Taylor <D-Fairbanks> on what
basis the Judiciary Committee
recommended against the bill,
Taylor replied: “We judged the
bill on its foolishness.”
Mrs. Sweeney pointed out that
the Health and Welfare Commit
tee had been for it.
The seven members who voted
against killing the bill included
the three feminine members—
Irene Ryan, Mrs. Sweeney, Edith
Bullock—plus Johnson, Charles
Fagerstrom, Joe McClean and Ed
Locken. That included all the
three Republicans in the House.
Rep. E. G. Bailey *D-Anchor
age* got the biggest laugh of the
session when, in opposing the bill,
he asked:
“What kind of trouble could a
man get into if he got out half a
bottle he had had around for a
month without touching and took
it to his car for medical purposes
on a fishing trip?”
Frank Whaley On Tour
Of States Promoting
Tourism In Alaska
Frank Whaley, now on a pro
motional tour of the states in the
interest of tourism, is finding an
enthusiastic response in the San
Francisco Bay area, according to
reports received in the Juneau
office of the Alaska Visitors
Association.
Mr. Whaley has appeared on
radio stations JSFO and KNBC.
His estimated listening audience
was 100,000. Frank also made an
appearance on television station
KGO with an audience of an es
timated 140,000. He gave a tour
talk on television, and showed
many 8x10 pictures covering all
parts of Alaska.
Newspaper stories are appear
| ing in the San Francisco Exajn
iner, and the San Francisco Call
| Bulletin.
Mr. Ed Brady of KNBC declares
; that Frank Whaley is an able
| spokesman for the Alaska Visitors
Association, and his warmth and
! sincerity will make many new
friends for Alaska.
WEATHER FORECAST
night and Saturday with light
Continued cold and clear to
variable winds becoming easterly
15-20 mph Saturday. Low tem
perature expected tonight -23,
high tomorrow -5.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7:00 a.m. today: highest tempera- .
ture -7, lowest -27. Max. wind 12
mph from the North. Sunrise at
7:49 a.m., sunset at 8:44 p.m.
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