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Newspaper
Alaska Petersburg Press
Location
Petersburg, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1945
Page
1
A late report shows Petersburg is $5,000 short of its E Bond quota despite strong local sales. The appeal urges residents to buy one more bond to push Petersburg over the top as Victory Loan efforts end. The note links wartime headlines and reflections on Pearl Harbor and subsequent Allied victories.
The Seattle district US Army Engineers received an application for a construction permit in Wrangell Narrows at Petersburg. The Peters hare Seaplant Fort would include a 618 foot approach, a 28 by 40 foot wharf, and a 20 by 60 foot float to serve aircraft landing at Petersburg. Territory will build and the town will maintain. Leonard Smith, Territorial highway engineer, surveyed Petersburg for the float.
Standard Oil of California and its auxiliaries plan to buy 16 million dollars in bonds for the Seventh War Loan campaign. The purchase credited to Petersburg is 6000 dollars, boosting the town's quota accordingly.
The House approved 1.35 billion dollars for UNRRA with a provision urging President Truman to admit American newsmen freely to aid receiving countries. Representative Herter cited White Russia and the Ukraine as upcoming UNRRA recipients and called access a serious problem for reporters.
General Marshall testified to Congress that Admiral Stark opposed early warnings to Pacific commanders on December 7 1941 as risky to confuse them. He said he later pressed Stark by phone to send messages and amend them for naval outposts. An executive session delayed testimony while evidence, possibly Marshall–Dewey correspondence, was discussed. Dewey had blocked publication of Marshall’s request for decoded Jap messages.
Yamashita, former Japanese commander in the Philippines, is sentenced to death by a five-general military commission for atrocities and high crimes. The ruling marks the first wartime criminal conviction in the Pacific. The court cited a desire for a fair trial and envisaged January trials for Tojo and the Pearl Harbor cabinet in Tokyo.
A large crowd at the high school gym enjoyed a Winter Music Festival featuring 26 band members conducted by Charles R. Dick and a vocal program led by Miss Esther Horton. Performances included gavotte and waltz numbers, lively marches, and the Junior High Girls Chorus earning praise for their three numbers. The event closed with strong applause for duets and a standout rendition of Looking for the Lost Chord.
United States Territorial administrator Edw ie Pauley proposed to President Truman that Japan be stripped of most overseas assets including chemical steel shipbuilding capacity and half its electric power and machine tool industries. He said wartime plants for aggression must be removed and gold and precious metals sent to the San Francisco mint pending disposal.
Mrs. Etta Jones, described by the Interior Department as the only white woman known to have been captured by the enemy on American soil in World War II, received a back pay check of 7374 dollars. Secretary Ickes awarded the payment, honoring her time as an Indian Office teacher on Attu until capture by Japanese forces. Her husband C. Foster Jones radioed weather reports from Attu to Dutch Harbor. he was captured but later released.
Optimism in Detroit for an early settlement of wage disputes persisted after union rejection of GM’s latest offer. The CIO United Auto Workers sent top officials to meet with GM as the company described the proposal as a restatement of the pre strike offer. The plan would raise GM wages about 30 percent from January 1941 levels.
Voters favored the Buschmann tract by 90 to 70 for the new hospital site while 60 supported building on the present hospital grounds. At the same meeting the council approved renewal of all local liquor licenses for 1946.
Commodore Greeman told the House naval affairs committee the Navy must continue exploration in the Alaska reserve by private contract due to pending demobilization. He projected three year costs of 8.9 million dollars for technical work and wells with sold costs at least 66 percent higher. Five oil-bearing sands were found at Umiat Mountain in a test well, though none yet commercially viable, showing drilling in oil-bearing country.
Senate foreign relations committee hears Byrnes deny disloyalty charges by two American diplomats tied to Hurley. Byrnes says Hurley never asked for a public statement on U S policy toward China during his ambassadorial tenure at Chungking. He testified there is no record of such a request to the State Department.
SITRA Alaska December reports land search halted for a Navy privateer with 25 aboard as Baranof hills snowfall blocks ground teams. Authorities plan to resume if aerial reconnaissance finds lead. smoke observed over the island wilderness on November 30 after departure from Kodiak.
Invitations issued by American Legion Pet ersburg Post No. 14 announce a Saturday night celebration for the Legion's 25th anniversary. Cards and a buffet are planned with supper to be served at the event.
A Salvation Army collection drive falls short of its annual goal as volunteers report lower donations and participation amid unclear final tallies in the local area.
The senior class presents The Life of Reilly in the high school auditorium. Colleen Mortensen plays Mrs Olmstead and Ann Kerman is Ann with Lewellyn Swanson as Patrick Winslow. Jackie Hemnes, Arvid Norheim, Clara Odegaard, Elinor Winther and Norma Tentford fill key roles in a story set over 24 hectic hours in the Olmstead living room. Tickets are sold for Friday or Saturday performances with two shows due to limited space.
Petersburg reports sales of 20462.50 in E Bonds, ranking fifth in the Territory. The figure comes from a weekly report to Carroll Clausen, chairman of the local drive, forwarded by bond headquarters in Juneau.
British prosecutors pressed evidence against 20 top Nazi leaders at the international military tribunal. They traced plans for a crushing invasion and showed Hitler promised Holland Belgium Luxembourg he would not attack while Fifth column actions in Norway and Denmark preceded a later invasion of the Low Countries.
Alaska OPA director Mildred Herman cites January 8 reopening date as too soon for analysis of 1846 operating costs. Merchants face slow mail and holiday delays hindering consultation as Seattle hearings hint at freight rate hikes up to 100 percent. Alaska OPA audits shipping lines and seeks 1946 estimates via merchant questionnaires to verify cost rise offset by higher traffic.
An unreadable fragment mentions Hull and Britain in a context of peace and final opportunity. The text is garbled but suggests a loan or financial matter connected to world peace and a British topic, with no clear events or dates readable.
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