Allies Face Chinese Traps in Korean War Standstill
Thousands of American and allied troops battled to break through fiery Red Chinese traps aiming for the Korean east coast escape by sea. Reports place the enemy close behind retreating units at Koto airstrip and along a convoy route to the sea, with others near Hungnam and a northeast sector push toward a northwest escape port. General Collins said forces can hold with no further serious losses after his Korea tour, while Truman and Attlee concluded their briefing.
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Koto
Hungnam
Korea
Eighth Army
Washington
J. Langen Collins
Army
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
Attlee
Boiler Explodes at Ouzinkie Cannery Injures Worker
A boiler explosion at Grimes Packing Company cannery in Ouzinkie severely burned Roy Heinrichs, 26, on the face chest and bands Tuesday. He was flown to Griffin Memorial Hospital by Bob Hall and treated by Dr. A Holmes Johnson. Mrs. Heinrichs accompanied him to Kodiak. cause of the blast was not disclosed. Heinrichs had lived in Ouzinkie for several years.
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Grimes Packing Company
Ouzinkie
Roy Heinrichs
Heinrichs
Griffin Memorial Hospital
Bob Hall
A. Holmes Johnson
Hall
Kodiak
Crawford Family Heads South For Holidays Visit
Mr and Mrs Don Crawford and their daughter Dawn Louise departed yesterday aboard PNA Northwest United and Mid Continental Airlines to Jas or Mo to spend the holidays with Crawford family there.
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Don Crawford
Dawn Louise
PNA
Northwest
United
Mid- Continental Airlines
Jasor
Crawford
Health Boat Returns To Port
The Health ship, operated by the territorial department of Health and skippered by Capt. Robert Burchard, returned to port after ten months along the peninsula and in the far north. It will go to Seattle drydock, with Dr. Hazel Blair, Mrs. Sylvia Metcalfe, and Miss June Bagley aboard. The voyage covered Nikolski Nome Pt Hope St Lawrence Islands and Little Diomede, with TB vaccine administered onboard and flown by Coast Guard and navy planes. The vessel’s home port is Seattle awaiting rehabilitation in February.
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Territorial Department ,of Health
The
Health
Peninsula
Seattle
Robert Burchard
Hazel Blair
Sylvia Metcalfe
June Bagley
Nikolski
Nome
Pt. Hope
St. Lawrence Islands
Little Diomede
Kodiak Island
Coast Guard
No Statehood This Session For Alaska Statehood
Washington P A new bill to make Alaska a state will be introduced in the Senate on January 3 opening day of the new congress Delegate E L Bartlett said this week Earlier Democratic majority leader Lucas declared there is no chance of getting further consideration on the House approved statehood bills this year The statehood bills for Alaska and Hawaii were stymied this year by the Democrats over civil rights issues Chairman O Mahoney of the Senate Insular Affairs Committee will recommend the new bill to the Senate at once without hearings Bartlett said Long bitter hearings were held this year over the statehood bill.
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Washington
Alaska
Senate
Congress
E. L. Bartlett
Lucas
Hawaii
O’ Mahoney
Senate Insular Affairs Committee
Bartlett
Scout Drive Aids Alaska Boy Scouts Fund Campaign
The Alaska Council of Boy Scouts plans a fundraising drive Monday after a morning breakfast at the Elks Club where team captains and collectors are chosen. Local health nurse Marion Curtis and contractor Patrick Lynch wed Thursday at the Montmartre Inn Kodiak with a large reception afterward.
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Alaska Council of Boy Scouts
Elks Club
Marion Curtis
Patrick Lynch
Kodiak
A. M. Vokacek
Montmartre Inn
Montmartre
Jake Foley
Three Base Personnel Fly to Anchorage for Examinations
Three servicemen were scheduled to depart yesterday for Anchorage for pre draft physical examinations. Kenneth E. Rhein of the telephone shop Alton Morris of the motor pool and Willard Karjalghti of the power plant were named for the trip Rhein is the son of Mr and Mrs Fred Rave.
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Anchorage
Kenneth E. Rhein
Alton’ Morris
Willard Karjalghti
Rhein
Fred Rave
Lingerie thefts solved by arrest at mission sale
A 25 year old man described as a lingerie robber was arrested at the Ko diak Baptist Mission sale building Saturday night, tied to a spree of local burglaries. William Anderson admitted breaking into Krafts store and the Donnelley and Acheson shop, with evidence including lingerie and a designer watch. The case involved help from mission staff and led to a grand jury bound over on a breaking and entering charge.
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Kodiak Baptist Mission
William Anderson
NOB
Anderson
Kraft
Donnelley and Acheson
William Stone
Dewitt Fields
Jasper and
Jerry Holman
Dizney
Mission Safe House
U. S
A M. Vokacek
Grand Jury
Mission
NQB
Benson
D&a
Robert Acheson
American Legion
Allies Fight Southward Defense Perimeter Near Seoul
Allied forces retreat from Pyongyang may form a two line defense around Seoul while northeast forces in Changjin reservoir area brace for a Reds push toward Hamhung and Hungnam. US units at Hyesanjin ordered to withdraw, ROC troops push up the east coast with no reports.
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Korea
Pyongyang
Seoul
U. N
Changjin Reservoir
Hamhung
Hungnam
U. S
Hyesanjin
Christmas issue notice from Kodiak Mirror
The Kodiak Mirror announces its Christmas issue will publish December 23. Businesses that are not regular advertisers and wish to place Christmas greetings in the paper are asked to notify the Mirror during the coming week.
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Kodiak Mirror
Space Iix
Mirror
Poland Family Relocates for Winter in Homer
Mr and Mrs Bill Poland and their infant left by passenger train Tuesday for Homer where they will spend the winter. The move reflects a seasonal pattern for cold months with the family settling in Homer for extended stay.
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Bill Poland
PNA
Homer
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Man Mart
U.S
Clarence Dizney
Ben Benson
Marshal Dizney
Stone
Fields
South Korea
ONSAN
North Korea
Tallel
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