Hard Times Seen Ahead for Europe
Washington reports from Aug seven indicate Western Europe faces a squeeze between immediate needs and the Marshall plan's effectiveness. Attlee’s Commons briefing suggests Britain will weather months with shrinking resources and minimal U.S. help. Officials note U.S. financing will pause until Congress passes the Marshall Recovery Program next year, embracing a continental recovery approach.
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Washington
Attlee
Commons
Indi
Cates
Europe
Congress
Britain
United States
Truman
Seventeen B 29s Fly Non Stop From Texas to Anchorage
Seventeen B 29 Superfortresses landed at Elmendorf Field Anchorage after a non stop flight from Fort Worth Texas lasting about fifteen hours. Col Allen W Clark commander of the Seventh Bombing Group said the mission was a routine training flight. Some 380 officers and men will stay in Anchorage five to seven days. Mrs Vic Power left by Plane for Seattle and Olympia on a combined business and pleasure trip, expecting to be south about two weeks.
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Anchorage
Alaskan
Elmendorf Field
Fort Worth
Texas
Allen W. Clark
Seventh
Ene
Vic Power
PAA
Seattle
Olympia
Wash
Entertainment tabs expose big airline costs in 1938
The Washington Merry go Round notes that Howard Hughes aide spent $5,083 entertaining Elliott Roosevelt and urges public access to similar taxpayer funded entertainment by Pan American Airways. It cites official Civil Aeronautics Board figures showing Robert G. Thach billed $10,208.30 for meals in 1938 plus other expenses totaling $49,928.24 including laundry and travel.
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Washington
Brewster
War Investigating Committee
Howard Hughes
Elliott Roosevelt
Pan American Airways
Hilliart
Pan American
Robert G. Thach
Civil Aeronautics Board
Odom Off Again On Solo Trip
William P. Odom, 27, former air ferry command officer, launched from Douglas Airport at 12:54 a.m. in the Rey Reynolds Bombshell aiming to beat Wiley Post's 1933 solo globe record. He plans a multi-stop route including Gander Paris Cairo Rome Karachi Calcutta Shanghai Tokyo and Alaska before returning to Chicago, carrying limited fuel after a postponed start due to mechanical issues.
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Chicago
William P. Odor
Aeish Ferry
Wiley Post
Douglas
Odom
Gander
Newfoundland
Post
Paris
Rome
Lake Michi
Cairo
Karachi
India
Calcutta
Shanghai
Tokyo
Anchorage
Alaska
Adak
Aleutians
Edmonton
Alberta
Pairbanks
Milton Reynolds
Moray
Three Anchorage Laundries Face Labor Troubles
Three city laundries in Anchorage confronted new labor difficulties within a day of issuing a joint statement with union officials about a yearlong agreement that raised pay and kept a union shop. Union treasurer Ar fuetle Mooney said most members had not been allowed back to work, while laundry operators did not comment. The contract ran to Aug 6, 1948, with 10 to 20 cent hourly increases and a clause allowing hire of nonmembers under a union work permit with a 30 day probation before joining. Story hour at Public Library tomorrow at 10.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Ar { Fuetle Mooney
Laundry and Dry Gleaners Union
AFL
Chinese troops drive Reds to retreat in Shantung campaign
Western Shantung forces push Red Gen. Liu Po-cheng from the riverfront as government troops tighten the Tsingtao to Jinan railway pressure in eastern Shantung. Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek and chief of staff Yu Chi-shih fly to Yenan for talks with Hu Chung-nan on northwest defenses.
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Nanking
Shantung Province
Red
Liu Po-cheng
Yellow River
Shantung
Tsingao-Tsinan
Liu
Hopeh
Elgohsien
Tsingtao
Yitu
Kisohsien
Inten
Poshan
Nan-i
Chiang Kai-shek
Yu Chi-shih
Yenan
Hu Chung-nan
China
Chiang
Bu Shangnan
Jong
U S Scouter Delegation At Jam boree
More than 1,100 Boy Scouts from the United States and Alaska are to join some 30,000 scouts from 39 countries at the International Scout Jamboree 40 miles west of Paris. The event runs through Aug 21 with mixed Anglo Saxon and French menus, transit hubs, and a vivid exchange of uniforms and insignia as troops camp, cook and tour. Max Rogers deputy US marshal at Sitka and Gus Cosac of Juneau are among hotel guests.
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Paris
United States
Alaska
Eagle
Life Scouts
Netherlands
Belgium
Antwerp
French National Railways
Eisenhower Tours Arctic Alaska During Northbound Visit
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower toured Barrow Nome and surrounding installations in Alaska aboard a weasel. He met base leaders at Nome air base and addressed the Chamber of Commerce at Fairbanks. The trip included a reception, honorary membership in an Alaska Pioneer group, and a reunion with former sergeant George Goshaw. He planned further stops at Adak and Point Barrow.
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Barrow
Alaska
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arctic Circle
Navy
Adak
NOME
Eisenhower
Army
Alaskan
Nome Air Base
Russia
Fatr
Banks
Chamber of Commerce
Eikenhower
Nonset
John E. Bodie
James Doolittle
George Goshaw
Shishmaref
Patrbunks
Aleutians
Point Barrow
Philanthropist William Gerstle Dies of Heart Attack
William L. Gerstle, 79, civic leader and philanthropist in San Francisco, died suddenly yesterday of a heart attack. He led the Alaska Commercial Company, Alaska Salmon Packers, and Manhattan Gold Dredging, and served as a Wells Fargo and Union Trust director. An art patron, his gifts earned him the French Legion of Honor. survived by his widow and daughter Mrs Mirian Gerstle Wornum of London.
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San Francisco
Aug
William L. Gerstle
Alaska Commercial Company
Alaska Salmon Packers Company
Manhattan Gold Dredging Company
Wells- Fargo Bank and Union Trust Company
France
Legion of Honor
Mirian Gerstle Wornum
London
Anchorage Utility Workers Still On Strike
An Anchorage wage dispute keeps utility workers on strike. Conciliator Leonard Evans heads to Juneau after talks with Mayor Francis Bowden and city council, hoping to break the deadlock as officials consider cutting jobs or raising rates. Union continues emergency switchboard operation tonight after a five hour meeting.
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Anchorage
J Leonard Evans
Juneau
Leonard Evans
Territorial Commission of Labor
Rae
Francis Bowden
Henry Benson
Arymbar
Bowden
Bengon
Evans
Associated Press
Empire Today
President Orders Exhaustive Study of Government Spending
President Truman announced a detailed and exhaustive study of all facts in government spending. He will not make hasty predictions on 1948 budget savings until the full facts are available and congressionally adjusted expenditures are properly related to estimates. The public cares more about actual outlays this year than changes in appropriations.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Blackburn resigns as acting director of Government Reports
Miss Katherine C Blackburn quits the post citing Congress action and sharp agency funding cuts. The office faced a 230000 appropriation against a 600000 request, with a salary cap of 7500 annually. Seattle report notes Alaska passenger traffic surge in July.
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Washington
Katherine C. Blackburn
Office of Government Reports
Truman
Miss Blackburn
Congress
Blackburn
Seattle
Alaska
Pan American World Airways
Nome
Territory
Airways
Air
Sea Shell Vessel Brought to Juneau by Richmond
Clift Richmond of Hidden Pulls Logging Company bought the LCI Sea Shell from L Brunt who imported the craft from Seattle to Juneau. The small vessel, rated at 250 horsepower, can reach about 45 knots and is intended for hauling supplies.
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Clift Richmond
Hidden Pulls Logging Company
LCI Sea Shell
L. Brunt
Juneau
Seattle
Richmond
Heat Wave Breaks Across Midwest With Cooler Air
The Associated Press reports thundershowers and cooling breezes end the Midwest heat wave after four days of 100-degree heat, with at least 69 deaths. Chicago’s readings dropped from 81 to 72 as a shower moved through. Despite relief, forecasters warn of continued high temperatures elsewhere, including southern states. Fatalities are listed by city and state, led by Chicago with 25 and St. Louis with 11.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Chica
Timnbis
Blains
Joliet
Til
St. Louis
Wisconsin
Ohio
Iowa
Alabama
Arkansas
Louisville
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Mercury
Yuma
Ariz
Phoenix
Fresno
Calif
Advance
Batesville
Ark
Paris
Tent
Shreveport
Effingham, Til
Little Rock
Pelleston
Mich
Nashville, Tenn
Grand Rapids
Traverse City
Three Ships Take 22 Million Dollar Salmon Cargo to Seattle
Three Alaska bound vessels the Edmund Mallet Peter J McGuire and H D Whitehead carry about 1 000 000 cases of finest red sockeye salmon from Bristol Bay valued at over 22 000 000 Seattle buyers have paid 22 85 to 23 per case and all cargoes were sold in four days in eastern markets The ships sail from Naknek and depart from Bristol Bay district en route to Seattle
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Seattle
Alaska
Klondike
Bristol Bay
Alaska Steamship Company
Edmond Mallet
Naknek
Peter J. McGuire
H. D. Whitehead
Bering Sea Port
Stock quotations and averages for Alaska Juneau and major stocks
Closing quotes in New York show Alaska Juneau at 4 percent, American Can 90, Anaconda 36, Curtiss-Wright 4, International Harvester 44, Kennecott 14, New York Central 14, Northern Pacific 19, U S Steel 72, Pound 4.02. Sales reached 680000 shares. Averages list Industrials 183.16, Rails 49.13, Utilities 35.71.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
Curtiss-Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
U. S. Steel
Fire Department Meeting Tonight in City Hall
The Juneau Volunteer Fire Department holds its monthly meeting tonight at six o'clock in the club rooms of City Hall.
New Charge Is Hurled by H Hughes
Howard Hughes cited an attorney for the Senate War Investigating Committee claiming Francis D Flanagan said they are set to get Elliott Roosevelt during the inquiry into Hughes wartime plane contracts. Roosevelt testified on Hughes Aircraft Company books and entertainment spending as Hughes accused the inquiry of ulterior motives to force a airline merger.
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Washington
Howard Hughes
Senate War Investigating ‘Committee
Elliott Roosevelt
Hughes
Francis D. Flanagan
Flanagan
Roosevelt
Hughes Aircraft Company
War Department
Senate War Investigating Committee
Flannan
Nash Dietrich
Hughes Interest
Deitrich
Brewster
Senate
Trans World Airlines
Pan American
Ching Named Head of New Independent Mediation Service
President Truman appoints Cy rus S. Ching to lead the new Independent Mediation Service under the Taft Hartley Act. The news conference also named Raymond Foley as Housing and Home Finance Agency Administrator along with other administration appointments including Franklin D. Richards and Dillon 5. Myer to housing roles.
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Washington
Truman
Cyrus S. Ching
Ching
U. S. Rubber Company
Raymond Foley
Michigan
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Senate
Franklin D. Richards
Utah
Federal Housing Administration
Dillon
Myer
Ohio
Public Housing Administration
Anchorage Taxi Cab Owners Fined for Ordinance Violation
Three Anchorage taxicab owners were fined 50 dollars each for using city streets as taxi terminals in violation of a city ordinance. Their attorney gave verbal notice of appeal to district court. The owners asked the City Council to allow stands on side streets off Fourth Avenue, but the proposal was tabled.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Fourth Avenue
Airplane crashes into furnace at oil plant in Everett
A fog bound morning crash at Beacon Company oil plant in Everett, Massachusetts claims four prominent victims. Pilot Nelson Pell, 32, and three Mandell family members including Thomas Mandell, 41, treasurer of Mandell Air Conditioning, and his daughters Anne, 22, and Harriet, 19, are reported killed. The plane reportedly misjudged lights atop the plant, struck gas stores, and plunged into a 20 foot field burner, triggering a large explosion.
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Everett
Mass
Boston
Thomas Mandell
Mandell Air Conditioning Corporation of
George &. Mandell
Old Boston Transcript
Mandell
Anne
Harriet
NelsonFull
Long Island
Mandells
Montreal
Pell
Beacon O Company
Santa Ana Makes Last Sailing for Kuskokwim Points
Santa Ana Steamship Company's lone freighter the Coastal Rider sails Saturday on its second and final Alaska season run to the Kuskokwim River district. Capt. Sharley Carlon will carry general cargo to Goodnews Bay and Bethel. Air deliveries now supply essentials, reducing winter cargo needs. The Coastal Rider connects with up river stemmers of Alaska Rivers Navigation Company to serve river points.
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Seattle
Santa Ana Steamship Company
Coastal Rider
Alaska
Kuskokwim River
Sharley Carlaon
Goodnews Bay
Bethel
Kuskokwim
J. D. Reach
Santa Ana
Alaska Rivers Navigation Company
Airports in Alaska Get Congressional Action Expected
Anchorage and Palmer Alaska are the focus as Rep Evan Howell and six other congressmen tour the proposed $8 million airport site. Howell says airport legislation enacted this session should pass in the next Congress. Mrs Marie Loy of Petersburg is in Juneau with plans to stay at the Baranof Hotel.
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Alaska
Congress
Anchorage
Evan Howell
Howell
Marie Loy
Petersburg
Juneau
Baranof
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Drew Pearson
U.S
Sitkans
Max Rogers
V. S
Sitka
Baranof Hotel
Gus Cosac
WM. Gerstle
ACT OF Congress
H. Hughes
Committee
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