Alaska Bond Drive Lagging in Series E Purchases
Figures released by Alaska bond sales deputy manager Katharine Nordale show Seventh War Loan progress behind schedule. With a $50 000 Series E quota and less than a month left, local Series E sales total $22 331.25 while non E sales reach $50 777. overall Alaska stands at 39.1 percent of Series E and 46.5 percent of total quota.
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Katherine Nordale
Alaska
Pp. E. Harris
Petersburg
Ketchikan
Juneau- Douglas
Senators Criticize Alcan Highway Contracts and Graft Claims
Senator Robertson charged Alcan Highway contracts overcharged for equipment while worth fell short of rents. Senator Ferguson joined, saying no military security should permit graft. They cited War Investigating Committee actions and alleged intimidation of witnesses by Army and Navy superiors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robertson
Wyoming
Alcan
Senate
Ferguson
Michigan
Brewster
War Investigating Committee
Truman
Army
Navy
Magnuson Seeks Abolition of Alaska Indian Reservations
Senator Warren G. Magnuson introduces a bill to abolish Interior Department power to establish Indian reservations in Alaska. He said he does not plan immediate action but expects a Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing in Seattle to discuss Alaska natives concerns. The measure reflects efforts to create new reservations in the Territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interior Department
Alaska
Warren G. Magnuson
Magnuson
Senate Indian Affairs Committee
Seattle
Wash
Doolittle Made Member of Alaska Pioneers
In Seattle on June 14 AP reports Lt Gen James H Doolittle received a lifetime honorary membership in the Alaska Yukon Pioneers. Richard Sundquist recalled their early 1900s school days and Jimmy Doolittle as a hard opponent in wrestling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Richard Sundquist
James H
Jimmy) Doolittle
Jimmy
Sundquist
Doolittle
Alaska Yukon Pioneers
Arrivals on the Northland Highlight Sunday Call
Arrivals on the Northland this Sunday include Sitka guests Hal Fairhurst and Crewson, Juneau visitor J G Beete, Kealti Bland, Mrs Adelia, and Mi icDonal Aiah, as listed in the passenger notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northland
Sitka
Hal Fairhurst
Complete Destruction Aimed at Japan by Air Force
Gen. Arnold announced a program to drop 2,000,000 tons of bombs annually on Japan after July 1 to destroy the enemy. While speaking, 3,000 tons were falling on Osaka with 520 B 29s. The raid marked the first anniversary of B 29 operations against Japan proper and targeted Osaka Amagasaki and surrounding industrial plants.
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Guam
Japan
Arnold
Army Air Force
Osaka
Orient
Ie Osaka
Amagasaki
Nazi Von Ribbentrop Captured at Hamburg
German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop was captured in Hamburg by British forces after sleeping nude in a boarding house. A poison can was found strapped to his body but he surrendered it. His arrest ends a Europe-wide manhunt and he faces war crimes charges from multiple nations. The capture followed a tip from a wine merchant linked to the suspect. His sister identified him in a tearful scene.
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Montgomery
Germany
von Ribentrop
Hamburg
Europe
von Ribbentrop
Hitler
Riese
Boettigers Exit P I After Publisher Resigns
Seattle Post Intelligencer announces Lt. Col. John Boettiger resigns as publisher. C B Lindeman becomes publisher while his wife Anna Roosevelt serves as associate editor. The couple cites irreconcilable differences with Hearst and plans to stay in the Pacific Northwest. Boettiger will go on inactive leave in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
C. B. Lindeman
Seattle Post Intelligencer
John Boettiger
Anna Roosevelt
The
P.I
Hearst
Boettigers
Pacific Northwest
Boettiger
Norway Parliament Resumes Sessions After Five Years
Oslo reports the Norwegian Parliament resumes sessions for the first time in five years. The move follows a new majority formation and signals the return of regular parliamentary activities.
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Oslo
Tapani Rbcs
U S Task Force Bombards Kuriles Island Stronghold
A U S destroyer group led by Rear Admiral J H Brown Jr pounded Matsuwa in the Kuriles area in heavy seas and fog. The bombardment lasted about 20 minutes with several thousand shells as aircraft patrols reported no enemy responses. This marked the fourth and fifth bombardments of the volcanic island used as an enemy staging ground in the northern Kuriles.
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Clen Clements
U.S
North Pacific
United States
Japan
Kurilesland
Bastion
Matsuwa
J. H. Brown, Jr
Volcanic
Kuriles
Paramushiro
Seaplane Float To Be Built In Petersburg This Summer
The Territorial Board of Road Commissioners approved construction of a seaplane float in Petersburg this summer. City officials including Mayor Arnold Wasvick and City Clerk Carroll Clausen inspected sites but no final location was chosen, with options between Kayler's Cock and the Union Oil company. Similar floats are planned for Wrangell and Sitka.
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Petersburg
Territorial Board of Road Commissioners
W. Leonard Smith
Inetersburg
Arnold Wasvick
Carroll Clausen
Sit
Kayler
Australians Take Votal Borneo Town
Manila June 15 AP says Bru nei, a key North Borneo port and Brunei s capital, fell to the Australian Ninth Division after infantrymen entered unopposed. The town lies 16 miles from the nearest landing points where the invasion began last Sunday. It was seized after a hot jungle march with scant Japanese opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Brunei
North Borneo Sultanate of
British Borneo
Black Market Gets Most Chix and Eggs
Seattle report from the House food shortage committee hearing notes West Coast buyers and sellers say poultry and eggs are being diverted to black markets. Witnesses forecast a growing shortage beyond the eastern seaboard and cite 80 percent of poultry in the territory sold at black market prices 14 to 60 cents a pound above legal ceilings.
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Seattle
Jie 15
House
West Coast
East
Clinton P. Anderson
Unclear Travel Note from Seattle Heading Northland
Fragment mentions persons who left for Seattle on the Northland on a Sunday evening. Names referenced include Rarply Weston, Jerry, and Winka, but no dates or outcomes are provided.
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Seattle
Northland
Weston
Jerry
Winka
Food Handler School Proceedings Publicized in Petersburg
A Petersburg Health Center coordinated food handler training with the Territorial Department of Health. The three session course drew 233 attendees at the high school auditorium and awarded 51 certificates after perfect attendance. Capt. Alter presented six lectures on food spoilage diseases hygiene and related topics with several films, including a Walt Disney short. A similar program will be held in Wrangell next week, with prior sessions in Ketchikan Juneau Anchorage Fairbanks and Sitka.
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Wedney
Heigh School
Petersburg
Health ‘Center
Territorial Department of Health
Alter
Wrangell
Ketchikan
Juneau
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Sitka
Capt
Barbara Dahl
E. A. Baker
Harry van Ermén
Albért Heimdahl
Andrew ” “Heinzda
Alice Mortensen
Charles Greene
Arliss
Jean Wasvick
Berger Wasvick
Elsa Abernathy
Ann Bollen
Ernest Zehm
Chris Dahl
Hjalmar Martinsen
Gordon Parr
Irene Olsen
Alma Hansen
Marie Idem
Total Loss Reported Of Merchant Ships
The war cost the United States 1554 merchant ships and 6066 merchant seamen dead missing or captured per the Maritime Commission. UN and neutral fleets added 4770 ships totaling 21 140 000 gross tons from 1939 to May 8 1945. Army revealed 3604 American soldiers lost in sinking or damage of troop ships during 14 months of war with Germany.
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Washington
United States
Maritime Commission
United Nations
Europe
Germany
Fragmentary report hints at German occupation main line
Supreme Headquarters today said authoritative sources report the 15th army corps in Germany until December. The garbled text references "4 stor yee" and mentions forces and occupation actions, implying updates on military deployments and occupancy status in World War II era reporting.
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fAles
Supreme Headquarters
Germany
Emblem Club Elects Officers For New Year
The Emblem Club held its final meeting of the year on June 12 with Mrs Magda Lind presiding. Officers for the coming year were elected and include President Mrs Magda Lind, Vice President Nellie Malone, Recording Secretary June Olsvik, Corresponding Secretary Ruby Martens, and Financial Secretary Mae Nygaard. Committees were named for installations in September and a picnic is planned for June 26 at Sand Beach with members and families invited.
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Emblem Club
Magda Lind
Alin, McDonald
Nellie Malone
June Olsvik
Ruby” ‘Martens
Beulah Haltiner
Mae. Nygaard
Garet Wansens
Nellie, Malone
Emily Martens
Eva Lang
Magda
Roundtree
Elsie Clausen
Charlotte Fleck
Virginia Sarber
Ann McDonald
Frances Mathisen
Swill
Evelyn Welde
Willian Hagerman
Mildred Swanson
Nina Dahl
Sand Beach
Helen Forese
Ann Leckley
Katherine Schwamm
Flora
Tate
Loretta Lund
Lorraine Martinson
Fledgling Text Fragments From An Unclear Notice
Fragmentary OCR readouts show isolated phrases about a town and personal references with unclear context and missing full facts. No identifiable events dates or names are clearly discernible.
Eisenhower urges peacetime universal military training
General Eisenhower argues the United States must maintain readiness and fairness by universal military training in peacetime. His views, presented in a letter to Chairman Woodrum, were published as Secretary Stimson testified in support of peacetime draft proposals.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Supreme Allied
Europe
A Woodrum
Stimson
Bombers Hit Osaka Area as Weather Blasts Firestorms
Five hundred twenty B-29 Superforts fought dense weather on the Japan mission, delaying formations and dropping incendiaries toward Osaka and Amagashi. Fires ignited by the blasts blotted the horizon, and Tokyo later acknowledged several blazes started in the area.
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Guam
Japan
Osaka
Amagashi
Tokyo
Japanese Defense Line Cracked on Okinawa
On Okinawa Maj. Gen. Bradley's 96th Infantry Division breached the Japanese center near Yaeju Hill and advanced south capturing the 500-foot summit. Other units moved behind the 6th Division amid rugged terrain as estimated 10,600 Japanese troops offered resistance.
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Guam
Maj. En. Bradley
Okinawa
Yaeju
Establishment of a 400 Bed Vet Hospital Project
The article outlines plans for a new 400 bed veterinary hospital project. Details cover construction scope and funding considerations.
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Nazi von Ribbentrop
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Norway
Votal
Borneo
Forces
Tung
Seth N Fazis
Hsarall
Apanese
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