TIDAL WAVE -------- Th e tida l waves and quakes continued the though on a auch amaller scale. --~~ ~ Aleutian Island~ alike report.« huge wid- " their c o ; ; i - a ~ ...... a;;...notbing like waves rolling in o t.fttt-~....,..._-""-t',..,...1---"'!'A-ffTl.n-.... 1'1""11.i.-. . .&~aa--~...-.~,.f havoc "9-- yesterday. arthquakes today are described as ■ inor --- , akocka, o c ~ o • ti■e to ti■e. vAll of which takes ua to a fantas ■ al the undersea - the botto• ot the Pacific, about ■ ilea due aouth of Scotch Cap in the Aleutians. That poiat was the center of the aight1 diaturbancea that aent enor ■ oua tidal wa•e• rolling in a •••t circle for thousands of ■ ilea. was at the bottom of the sea there that the earthquakes occurred, and to uderstaad the nature of the ca.taolya ■, one ■ uat take a look at the ocean floor'fThere i• a vast abysmal chas■, where the ~ depth runs down steeply thousands of feet. That's calle4- A TIDAL WAVE - 2 ___ ..., ___ ,_,__ ~ the AleutianTrench. ~d t. the key to the fact that the /\. line of the Aleutian Islands i• an earthquake and volcano line. Th~landa are really the tops of great - ■ ountain• of the undersea mountains that are rising ,_-e...-J~- slowl1Jthrougn~ ges - thereby causing disturbances and dislocations, earth uatea, when there 11 a giant thruat of the rock, a •hove. ' But, to gueaa what happened, let•• look ■ ore closely at · the botto ■ of the sea along the ■ ight7 chaaa called the Aleutian -t:ench. lhat'a it like? le are tol4 that the under-water land in those part• coneiata of 1reen mud, black aand, rock• and deposits of Yolcanic ••~• ,~•~•fll a lot of that at the edge of the abyaa, great deposits of what you • .. tht call - aub ■ arine soil. I .So we are told by the scientists igur~~t happened of the Coast and Geodetic 1 went like thia!- There was a violent earthquake. w-itb•a ~ a i ~ • caused an enoraous landslide. Immense ■ asses of Mtr green aud, black sand, rocka and volcanic ash were jarred loose at the edge of the chasa, and went sliding down into the abya ■ al depth of the Aleutian trench. That caused a mighty hea•ing of the water, and fro ■ the area o the aubaarine diaturbance the giabt wave• were aet in aotion. -A..- y'°"" ~ ~ - • ~ There were wild ru■ors that the tidll wa•e• ba4 ~ bee caused by an atoaic bo ■b exploaion. But the ~ > geologi■t■ point out t h a t ~ ato■icn~i~ndou a1 · 1 t ie, coul~ ha•• only a tiny tract ion of the power that caused thj{tidal wa••• ~raou■ ■agaitude piunging J\. Aleut ian-,;;ench. ... ~ euch • t~• landalid• ot / / \ into tb.t'ab1a1_.called t~• lord today ■ agnifiea the daaage of the ■■ Jc: tidal wave that hit 1••terday - more thin three hundred TIDAL WAVE - 4 -----------~ lives lost, thousands homeless, damage in the millions. r The principal havoc was in Hawaii, the tidal wave doing its worst fer to the south in the aid-Pacific, Kawai~ receiving ita heaviest blow since the Jap attack at Pearl Barbor. ' .,..c....-\ Bi 1 o i • /\."t t er On the largest of the islands, the qitJ of ,;;Ji- ~ . ruin,,-_• state of eaerBencJ declare~ lo•t pitiful i• a ■ torJ, that caae in late todaJ, telling of 1t'■ chool teachers and children caught in the aael■troa of /\.. ~ e a t e r ~ •••Pt out to sea - •o•• of the• •awed, other■ loat. \ And her•'• a final detail of th• iaaenaitJ of power in the ■hock that occurred off the µe~t~•n~: ,,,. /J _ diapatch fi-oa Chile- Fro• that South J.aericaa republic coaes word that the big tidal wave of 7■aterd~ s(rqck all the waJ down to the Chilean coast, where it ' r #· .. .. ' smas~ed boat~ erecked buildings on shore, and coapelled people to flee to higher ground - as the coaber fro■ the Ale.uti~ns rolled in. Adnd 1that .1>art qf SQ.uth. · aeric;;l -~11e · 1• seven thou■ n a~es noa the Aleutian■ ! ~ • lsd/¥ere's the latest - a bulletin in froa t::L.t- Chile, which atate~ today) tihet,:, after the inward aweep of the tidal wave, the ocean then receded as much as twelve hundred feet fro ■ •■ z■ the nor■al shoreline.- t be re act i on ',< b a ck in g out • Pe op 1 e were pan i c - at rick en , ~ aa the water of the · ■ ea)•· ta• 011t - nearly a quarter of /t a aile. And one whole fiahing fleet, which had Ja•t returned to the coaat, was caught in the awirl of the receding waters - and••• l o a ~ n ob■erYator7 at ~ lat,uzi■■ x■a Yalp•r~•o warn• that the fall effects of the aub ■ arine earthquake hl llaaka •••l aay not be felt until toaorrow on the c.oast of Chile - tho~ aeven thousand a ilea away .f . IRAI --- Today was the thirteenth day of the Rew Year, aa obser•ed by the Uohaaaedans of Persia. And it was alao picnic day.According to Ioele ■ cuatoa in Iran, it'• a day of joyful outdoor festivity, and everybody who can goe1 out into the country on picnics. lhe ~radition 11 \~a\ a:: trip to the coaat»t• I.he t.hirt.eeal.h ••1 ef pe•■ i\• peeple ie eaat •••r all their traole• fer\~• .. ti■• ~•iD8 - tbe ■ orriea of bouebold ••• ~••in•••• 81 al, ,-t- 7 Teheraa toda7, a lot of people went picaicking - but not ~ the Pre ■ ier, Ah■ ad Gha•a■, and the other atatea ■ en of the Iranian go•ernment. 9• ,ht ■ piaai1ki■1 ••1Jb•Y were having one of the busiest da7e of their lives - workia1 o•er the Iranian reply to the inquiry aent by the United lationa, listening to all ' kinds of advice and auggeationa, a n d ~ p under powerful diploaatic pressure. ThPre was equal buay activity at the embassies .!RU - 2 ') of the big powers concerned, Soviet Russia, Great Britain, th• United States. lirelese tranaaittera ne•er •topped buaaing, as aees•1•• were exchanged with loscow, Lon4on, Washington. The code clerks were worked alaoat todlath, aecipbering ••••t aeaaages. The Cipher Depart■eat at t~• l■erica■ E■~Y~-:■~1•, . •hifted to a t••l•e-ho■r daJ, to handle the flood of 4iplo■atic corre1pondenc• ~Hhin&ton, " . le are tol4 the So•iet labaaaador to Teheraa ~eserti•I all hi• effort• to perauad• Pre■i•r Gha•a■ ~ . to ••■4 • reply that will air•• ■■hata■tially with the Iosco• replJ to the querJ of tb• lecuritJ Couacil. And in thia we find th• fir■t indication that loac•• intend• to reply. Th-(so•iet go•er■■e■t, •• are tol4, would like to fix it ao that -oth loaco• and Teheraa 11•• aho■t the aa■e ki■d of anawer. In other wor4e, a deaonatration that theJ are in g•neral •reeaent ua the subject of the continued presence of Soviet Red t1. • oopa in Iran. There are increasing sign• that the SOYiet foro•• are witbdrawin&, and a late report tell• of th• fir•\ unite to cro•• th• Iranian border back into Ruaia. But aeanwhil• the United latioaa are aaking th.\ que•ti• • " whether or aot there 1• a atria& to th• •ithirawal, • whether or aot the lo•i•t• are goi~I t• pall out ••l.J if the Irani••• agree to loaco• a e P a 4 • - ~ " ' ~ i;e ~ -nlc-- ~-. ■••••bile, ia loacow, aaother on• of. tbo•• propaaan4a ,1aat• ••• ieauel to4aJ - ~arle4 at Ir••• Th• loviet publicatioa ••••Ti•••• 4eclarel that Iraaiaa aatioaali•t• ~••• 14••• of ■eisl•I par\• of Soviet lueaia Tb•J waat to iuz■aau■u~ aanes · aac~ faaou• clti•• ia Soviet territorJ •• Bothara, Taahteat, 8aaartaa4. Aleo, they ha•• aotion• of ••i1ia1 territories all around the Peraiaa Gulf, aakin& that gur4, - ••• Iraaiaa lake.• llil - 4 In other words, revive the glories of th• aacieat Persian Eapire. Th~ranian nationali■t• were accuaed of • advocating a aerie• of conquest• that would p■s*■x 1ive aodera Iran all of the vast territories held \7 tb• Peraian lapire of Cyrua, Dariua, Ierxea. lell, that aaci• Pereiaa lapire ••• ai1~t1~ iadeei, aad aspired to coaq••r evea the glor7 that waa Greece~ ia tb• 4•7• of larathoa, Tker■opJlaarlala■ia. lad now, in the YicinitJ of Takara■, -H° I'--. ~AL•'~ ft. there aN)!!!+ 1 • ,t •■■lat.f■1 CJru■, Dari■■, ler:H■• lt leaat, ao ••1• luNiaa propa1aaaa,a~■n loaco~•• lateat contri~utlo• to th• 8oviet-Iraaiaa 41ap•t•, new )efore tk• hited lationa at Bunter Cell•••• ■•• Jlrt. 111 of wbic~ pr••••t•• pleatJ of coaplioatioa• to the Iranian Preaier to4ay, th• thirteenth 4aJ of I•• Year, when piou• Persian• are auppoae4 to 10 oa picaic ■• I fro■ laahington we haTe word that tbe State Departaent bad •rged the governaent of Y•1oelaTia to perait Aaerican 1oldiera to aubait eTidence at th• trial of General MikbailoTitcb - the leader of tb• Cbetnika. • J Tbe ca•• of likhailovitcb wa1 a tragic iroar of World War luaber Two. Be led patriot fore•• a1aia•~ the lada, and waa ~ of the Deaocraciea · -- ...- A:AwPw,rl"in:I lfN -- until Coaa•aiat larahall Tito oaae -- with th• all-powerful ••pport of Stalla. ~ Th• »e■ocra•i••/\abandoae4 likhailoTitoh aa4 th• , Chetnlla, aa4 went •••r to th• 114• of Tito, who It all ea4e4 with litbailoTitoh a fugfti••• tlaallJ capt•r•d in a ca••• no• to be trie4 and exeo•t•4. J llthailoTitoh and the Cbetnika gaTe prloeleaa help to th• l■ericana and th• British at a critical tiae. Thi• i i no• cited bJ the Stat• Departaeat la laabington, which says: • ■any United States air••• were resc•ed and returned to Allied li••• through th• . ' uadaunted effort• of the force, of Qeaeral likbailo•ito ln4 ••• laerioaa soldier• w,o were ln f•101la•l• waa\ to epeat in 4efenee of tbe leader of \be Cbe\alt•~ ~IIIA It look• as if the peace agree ■ ent that en4e4 the China ci•il war aight go sour - becau•e of laacburla. I• hear that at Chuagking a •ioleat diapute baa brotea oi\ bet•••• the Chiaag Ia~-•hek people an the Cbiaeae • Coaauaiata - a quarrel o•er wbicb tactioa atiall ooa\r.ol \be aort.bern pro•incft. ind in laacksria, a lar1• acale ,attle• are ■ aid to be abapia1 up ••t•••• th• latioaall•t• and the Bed• • • j It ha• j•at been anno•ncei officially in 1anila that Japanese Lieutenant Qeneral Boaaa baa been axecutea Bo••• found guilty of respon•ibilitJ for that aonu■ental Tb• lanila accouat •tat•• that lo••• went prou41J to bi• doo• - a •oldier'• 4eatb by a firing 1quad - ••like teaa9hita, who••• kange4f The gotern ■ ent i• going to buy •heat on far■• - to increase ahip•~nts of grain to fa■ ine areaa abroad. The Depart ■ent of Agriculture tell• far■ •r• that it •lll bUJ wheat atanding in their iielda - for ia■ediate deliYer7 at current l■ ■arket pricea. !1121 The word fro• London is that - for eo•• faataatic reason or other - A~ericana ha•• suddenly gone ia for buying - araor, auits of aail the knight• of old •••4 to wear. London antique dealer• ea\iaate that 4uria& the paat year, four aillioa dollar•' worth of th• aedieYal ir••••r• h•• •••• exported to the Uaita4 Stataa~h• price• are high, th• cheapest brand of araor tetebl•I aboutfour ~udred dollar• a auit - the kind of aeooal ra helaet and breast plate wora \7 foot soldier• toward\~• aa4 of the 11441• lg•• - the C.I'• of that perl•••,rl• for really fi•• araor, aucb •• aight ba•e beta wora ~1 a duke or a ting, the price run• •P iato tboaaaa4~. Tbe top figure in London recently ~a• •i&ht••• tbouaad dollar• paid for a euit of aail aanafactued la ItalJ, with elaborate decoration• and ecroll wort ef aatal. The aoat oraate arao;=;;--r~r~h• caae fro• Italy and Spain. ialaid liddle lf•• !1121 - 2 The business ia ao good, that dealer• are aendia& acout• to old caetlea and aanor houaea, looting fer ••nerable esaaple• of aedie•al battle dre••· lppeale are being aade to faailie• who aay ba•• lying ~r~u•4 esa■ple• of tbe araor worn by their knightly aaceator• - aakin& that they put theae on the aartet for esport to ' laerica, aad therebJ iacrea■e tdlll Briti■h r,eaoaroei":r" A laericaa 4ollara. It'• bard to figure what people o••r ber• are 1oin1 to do with the araor tbeJ bQ. •~• A auit of aail i~ \"1(' a delicate llttl>I trinket to haYe aroa• ~ the houae, ual••• one i• deeplJ in earneat about eatabliahiag aoae aoble ancestor• back ia th• 4aJ• of chi•alry. Or aaJb• gazing at a euit of aail aiaht welcoae relief fro• thinking about the atoaic boab. The - boo• in araor over in England ia reaffiralDI one fact, that alway• surprises the layaan - the aaall aize of thoae aighty warrior• of th• liddle Agea who rode t, battle encased in iron. The suits of araor no• being brought forth aho• that the knights who wore tb•• atood fro■ fi•• feet three to fi•• feet ais ia atature - aborties, but they carried a lot of aetal. DIIOQRATS Today was apology da7 in Washington. Apology demanded b7 the southern Demoorata the7'4 been roused to wrath b7 an arti6le printea ia a aagazine iaaued 'b7 the Woaaa • a Section of the leaocratl• t ~a\tmal Coa■ ittee. Tkia article aasailed L•1i1la\era who had Toted in fayor of the Caae bill, a ••a•ar• to a\ep ■t.rlk-■• Oae seat.e,aoe ~ \his ab~oe \a woaea yotera: •Let 7oar repr•••ntati••• ta•• \hat tie passage of the reatrioti•• Caae bill••• a ••t• a1aiaa\ t-e &~er~oaa peo _ ple. • lost of the Soathera•r• ha4 •ot~d fer the •111, and to be blasted lit• that la aa off~clal P••lic1tloa of tkeir •~~ part7 irked th•••• I end. 8~ toda, a 1roap of ■ore than t~ft,7 Leaialatera frea Dixie held an in~i1aation •••tla1 aa4 de■anded apolo1iea i~ ela~~r~ , • fashion. The7 ~~~a that a■enda would have to be aade b7 th• offending · aagasine, and that Beaocratio lational Chairau llanai& •~ aaat wri . te an indi Yidual . letter of apolo17: 2 to each of the Southerners who had Toted for the . Cue bill:'\f Tl&at waa follon _ d b7 aa apolo17 froa a wo ■an exeo•tl•• of the latlonal De ■ocratio Co ■■ ittee._ ~ who explainecl/~t ••• all a aistate. She aa14 \be ,1,at re~~••ented . ~nl~ the opinion of tile "o~aa w•~•~ wM ~•• written it -- and abe'• not oa the · Job an7 ■ere. llao, the editor ahoald h••• . •••silt t Ile ex _ oori~tl.a atate■ent, ·· •~t All dida~t~:--:;tf.t wu J•t to~ • · ••• TIH ~:!~11.'qolfl!~f=.: oat of oar •a, to t'!I!:,~ a •lap at an7 De■oorat.• lt iaat reporta, lao•••er, the irate Boatlaeru•■ were at.ill aot paclfled. Tlle1• . ~e na . ■e4 . a t•~l•e ••• . •••■ it.tee to call•• latiG.aal Claair■an laaat1aa -- • • • • ... 't: • pr•~~••bl7 to exaot th• reat et th• apoloal••· I (21, ~ H- - w-e ~ (IV\ r .