Red Herring Charge Hurled At Congress Probe
President Truman attacked Congress during a press conference calling hearings on Communist infiltration a red herring The president said the probes distract from inflation and slander people He noted information not yet known to the public and mentioned Wallace in connection with the Commerce Department scandal Currency and atomic era ties are alleged as part of the broader story
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
House
Sirecady
PBI
House Un-American Activities Committee
Henry Wallace
Commerce Department
Wallace
Muhdt
R-Sd
McDowell R-Pi
Russia
President Truman Slams Feeble Congress Action
President Truman assails the 80th Congress for feeble compromises on anti inflation measures and urges Republican leaders to reconsider adjournment plans. He cites blocked Cabinet testimony and refuses by the Ways and Means Committee to discuss excess profit taxes, while outlining a GOP program aimed at inflation control, housing, and UN financing. Ski club news from Petersburg notes a meeting tonight at 7 30.
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Washington
Truman
80Th Congress
E Pi Wolcott
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
Wolcott
GOP
Rep
Knutson
R-Minn
United Nations
New York City
Taft-Ellender-Wagner housing bill blocked in House
Speaker Joe Martin blocks discharge petition by Helen Gahagan Douglas to force a House floor vote on the Taft-Ellender-Wagner housing act. Senate passage and House Banking Committee OK preceded the blockage in the Rules Committee as Congress adjourns for a long weekend.
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Joe Martin
Senate
House Banking and Currency Committee
Rules Committee
House
Helen Gahagan Douglas
California
Alaska Ship Problem Up to Truman
President Truman urged rapid development of transport to Alaska for development and national defense. Delegate Bartlett reported the President favors a new highway from the Pacific Northwest up the Rocky Mountain trench east of the existing Alaska Highway and advancing shipping with stronger southbound freight capacity.
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Alaska
Truman
Washington
Aug
Bartlett
Pacific Northwest
Rocky Mountain Trench
United States
Second Salmon Derby Prize Donated by PAA
Milo Clouse, President of Territorial Sportsmen Inc, announced the second prize for the Salmon Derby arrives. A Gruen chronometer wrist watch valued at 300 dollars, presented by Pan American World Airways in Juneau with Seattle offices handling distribution. The watch features tachometer telemeter and pulseometer scales for multiple measurements.
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Territorial Sportsmen, Inc
Milo Clouse
Pan American World Airways
Juneau
Seattle
Steamship Movements With Several Sailings Scheduled
Ships Charted for departures from Seattle and Vancouver with August sailings listed. Princess Louise to arrive Vancouver Saturday. Aleutian and Sword Knot sail from Seattle August 7. Princess Norah sail from Vancouver August 7. Prince George due 6 am tomorrow, Band names appear with southbound legs and times. Mrs Robert Stewart of Ridgewood New Jersey staying at Baranof Hotel.
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Vancouver
Square Linnet
Seattle
Princess Norah
Sword Knot
George Washington
Prince George
Baranet
New Jersey
Robert Stewart
Ridgewood, N. J
Baranof Hotel
Air Bases In Alaska Inspected
A visiting Air Force group led by Lt. Gen. Jim Doolittle JuM Doolittle Maj. Gen. Earl Partridge and Col. W G Morse inspects air bases in Alaska and the Aleutians. The party includes Rev. Gerald Yates of Georgetown University. Doolittle returns to Alaska where he once lived in Nome and Seward thirty four years ago.
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Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Jimmy Doolittle
Air Force Reserve
Earl Partridge
W. G. Morse
General Partridge
Alaso
Gerald Yates
Georgetown University
Washington, D. C
Doolittle
Nome
Seward
Meili Explores Alaska Travel Plans With American Airlines
Meili of American Airlines travels from Seattle to Alaska visiting Cor dove Anchorage and Fairbanks to promote longer Alaska trips for European travelers. He notes Alaska scenery resembles Switzerland and plans to report back from Europe after August 20 in Zurich.
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Pacific Northern Airlines
Meili
Alaska
Switzerland
American Airlines
Seattle
Anchorage
Cordove
Fairbanks
Zurich
Europe
California
St. Moritz
Mr. Melll
Truman May Open Campaign Labor Day in Detroit
President Truman says Detroit is among cities he considers for starting his presidential campaign. He noted plans are not mapped out, and a labor group invited a Labor Day speech there while he weighs options. He could also speak in Wisconsin. Two new arrivals in Juneau include Mrs. John Vandve and Ted Rasmussen of Ketchikan.
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Truman
Detroit
Washington
Wisconsin
Ketchikan
John Vandve
Ted Rasmussen
Gastineau Hotel
Johnson resigns chamber amid Alaska civic actions
The Juneau Chamber discusses leadership changes as Robert Boochever is tapped to fill a vacancy. Members plan outreach to officials on steamship schedules, dredging Mendenhall Bar, airport runway work, export rates, Tracy Arm marker, and Glacier Bay surveys while pursuing ties between Senior and Junior Chambers.
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Eave
Johnson
Robert ‘Boochever
June Anatorney
Predson
Eal
Olan
Juneau
Junean Kiwanis Club
Raymond Wheeler
Army Engineers
Mendenhall Bar
E. L. Bartlett
Col. Hewitt
Congressional Appropriations Committees
Alaska
Coast Guard
Tracy Arm
Glacier Bay
P. E. Harris Co
Tee Harbor
Union Ordered to Restore Birdsall to Alaska Vessel
Superior Judge James B. Kinne ordered the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union CIO to restore Charles Birdsall as utility man on the 8.8 Alaska by Tuesday or face contempt. The union had removed Birdsall after he opposed endorsement of Henry Wallace for President, and the court held the union responsible for reinstatement.
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Seattle
James B. Kinne
Charles Birdsall
Alaska
Joseph Harris
Marine Cooks and Stewards Union
CIO
Birdsall
Henry Wallace
Kine Reylied
B 29 Air Force planes reach Anchorage from Japan
Two B 29 Superfortress bombers completed a 9500 mile flight from Yokota Japan to Elmendorf Field Alaska landing 11 minutes apart after about 14 and a half hours in the air. The third plane was lost in Aden. Crew rested after the long flight.
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Elmendorf Field
Yokota
Japan
Latout
Aden
Tucson
P. D.T
Air Force
North
Paelfts
Weather Summary for Juneau and Airport
Temperatures for the 24 hours ending 7:30 this morning show a high of 73 in Juneau and 74 at the Airport with lows of 50 and 44 respectively. Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with overnight near 52 and daytime around 70. Rainfall since Aug 1 totals 1.99 inches in Juneau City and 1.01 inches at the airport. Whittiers depart for Pipestone, Minn, via Pan American Airways with a Seattle layover. Mr Whittier once a Territory police official.
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Weather Bureau
Juneau
Whittiers
Judson Whittier
Pan American Airways
Mrs. Whitier
Pipestone
Minn
Seattle
Mr. Whittier
Whittier
Whiter
Territory
Captains Change Ship Commands on Alaska Run
Seattle Aug 5 41 Capt Harry Clark former master of Alaska Transportation Co fighter Northern Voyager Nas has been given command of the freighter Sword Knot which has been chartered by the line The Sword Knot will sail for Alaska ports Saturday Capt Erling Brastad veteran Northland Transportation Co master will be on the bridge of the freighter Square Linnet of Alaska Steamship Co when she sails north tomorrow The vessel was chartered by Alaska Steam after Northland turned it back to the Maritime Commission
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Seattle
Harry Clark
Alaska Transportation Company
R Fighter
Northern Voyager
Nas
Sword Knot
Line
Alaska
Erling Brastad
Northland Transportation Company
Square Linnet
Alaska Steamship Company
Alaska Steam
Northland
Maritime Commission
Hiss Denies He Is A Communist Member
Former State Department official Mel Hiss testified he has never been a member of the Communist Party. He denied prior contact with Whittaker Chambers who testified of a Red underground in Washington before the war.
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Washingon
Mel Hiss
State Department
Communist Party
Hiss
House Un-American Activities Committee
Whittaker Chambers
Washington
Chambers
Time Magazine
Oregon Men Return Home After Derby Visit
Three Hillsboro men complete a week long trip to participate in the Golden North Salmon Derby. They traveled in a private Beebee plane and were joined by Pat Estepp, Earl Estepp’s father of Juneau, and John Teufel with his son Pred.
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Hillsboro
Oregon
Pat Estepp
Earl Estepr
Juneau
John. Teufel
Pred
Alaska Dock Chief Killingsworth to Stay in Juneau
In New York stock quotes Alaska Juneau mine at 4 3 4, Kennecott 58, U S Steel 79, and Alaska Wharf Company tied to dock operations. Sales today reached 40,000 shares. Killingsworth, former Alaska Line official, now runs wharf operations here staying at Baranof Hotel through week start.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
Anaconda
Curtiss- Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
U. W. Killingsworth
U. S. Steel
Ketchikan Wharf Company
Killingsworth
L.W. Baker
Alaska Line
Land
Seattle
Baranof Hotel
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Commie Probe
FBI
Bipa
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Petersburg
Nels’ Land
Guatineathclock
Alaska Transportal Hotention Company
Jim Church
Baranof
Fred O'Neill
Hotel
The
Merry-Go-Round
Drew Pearson
Bell Syndicate
PAA
Chamber
I. G. Farben
Ludwigshafen
Germany
Frankfurt
American
U. S
North American
Eugene 5. Briggs
Phillips University
Enid
Okla
International Association of Lions Clubs
Lions
Briggs
DERBY
Son
A. W. Killingsworth
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