New Korean Offensive Lurches Forward in Air Loss Crash
In Fairfield California a B 29 crashed during a long training flight killing 17 Air Force personnel, injuring 60 and destroying a trailer camp nearby. Brigadier General Robert F Travis was among the dead, with eight survivors including the plane commander Captain E Q Steffes. The crash exploded minutes after the belly landing as gasoline and bombs detonated and the camp was leveled.
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Fairfield-Suisun
Calif
Air Force
Robert F. Travis
Ninth
E. Q. Steffes
Fast
Chicago
Ind
Army casualty truth in Korea kept secret by army surgeon general
Washington column asserts the Army inflated casualty figures and presents a secret tally showing far higher losses in Korea. It cites 660 killed versus 96 announced and 2,975 wounded versus 587 reported, plus 3,000 missing versus 815 claimed, with additional Air Force, Navy, and Marine losses noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Army
Air Force
Navy
Army Reports Korean War Casualties For August 6
Washington August 7 The Army announced that Korean war casualties reported to families and released for publication through August 6 totaled 2 616. Army personnel only 153 killed 1 590 wounded 873 missing. Spokesmen said not hiding facts and aim to handle notifications dignifiedly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Drew Pearson
Dorothy Disney Begins Alaska Assignment for How America Lives
Dorothy Cameron Disney arrives in Juneau for a two article series on newcomers in Alaska. She will profile Mr and Mrs William Krasilovsky, comparing living costs with Seattle and outlining opportunities for East Coast families seeking life in the North. Disney aims to write accurately about expenses and to return to Washington soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Cameron Disney
Phillips
Indiana
Alaska
William Krasilovsky
Juneau
Miss Disney
Milton Mackay
Saturday Evening Post
Washington, D. C
Electric storm hits Winnipeg causing deaths and damage
An electric storm with high winds and heavy rain struck Greater Winnipeg early today. Property damage runs into thousands of dollars. One man died of a heart attack blamed on the storm and at least four others were injured. Lightning started fires and caused trees to be uprooted.
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Winnipeg
Aug
Icy Straits Salmon Company Men Stay at Baranof Hotel
Bob Welsh and Bob Mills of Icy Straits Salmon Company in Hoonah are registered at the Baranof Hotel, confirming their travel arrangement.
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Bob Welsh
Bob Mills
Icy Straits Salmon Company
Hoonah
Baranof Hotel
Marine Corps Mobilizes Most Manpower to 200000
The Marine Corps announced a broad mobilization raising overall strength to about 200000. About 50000 officers and men will report for active duty from Aug 15 to Oct 31, with calls also issued for air reserve units and all ground reserve units. The 30000 volunteers not in the first summons await further orders.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Corps
Idaho Crooning Senator Up For Reelection Tuesday
Idaho Democrat Senator Glen Taylor, a former actor and guitarist who ran with Henry A. Wallace in 1948, faces primary questions on whether Idaho Democrats want to keep him in the Senate. Nebraska and Arkansas vote this year for two seats. Connecticut and North Carolina also choose. Republican strategists hope to gain Idaho’s seat in November amid accusations of ties to Communist fronts. Taylor, back in the Democratic fold after the Progressive bid failed to win electoral votes, remains a strong Truman ally on domestic issues.
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Associated Press
Glen Taylor
Henry A. Wallace
Idaho
Senate
Nebraska
Arkansas
Connecticut
North Carolina
Taylor
D. Worth Clark
Truman
General Motors declares two dividends for stockholders
Directors of General Motors Corp announce a regular dividend of 1.50 a share and a special dividend of 2.50 a share. Both paid on Sept. 9 to holders of record Aug. 14. The 1.50 quarterly payout had been made in prior quarters. Herbert Bremner of Yakutat is visiting the Baranof Hotel.
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New York
General Motors Corp
Herbert Bremner
Yakutat
Baranof Hotel
Jensen Demands Grand Jury Probe of Palmer Airport Land
Marcus Jensen, Alaska House investigator, calls for a grand jury to decide the legality of a 150000 dollar land deal between the Territory and the Palmer Airport Association for 127.94 acres at Palmer. He cites inflated value claimed to access federal matching funds and asks the territorial attorney general for guidance on six questions. Palmer lies in the Matanuska valley farming area.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Palmer Airport Assn
Marcus Jensen
Jensen
Douglas
Alaska House of Representatives
Airport Association
Palmer
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Frank A. Boyle
J. Gerald Williams
Boyle
Matanuska Valley
Moose Meet Coast Guard In Season Finale Tonight
The Gastineau Channel Baseball schedule shows the Moose hosting the Coast Guard at 6 30 PM. This game marks the final meeting of the season between the two teams.
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Moose
Coast Guard
District Attorney Discusses Grand Jury in Palmer Airport Case
P J Gilmore says a grand jury investigation would be proper only in the Third Division area involved in the Palmer Airport matter. Jensen argues the Territorial vouchers were paid in this division and Juneau in the First Division is the Territory’s capital.
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Jenen
Palmer Airport
P. J. Gilmore
Jensen
Juneau
Juneau and Vicinity Weather Forecast Update
Juneau high 66 low 46 at night. airport forecast shows 70 high. Partly cloudy tonight, then fair with highs near 69 Tuesday. Rainfall since Aug 1 shows 1.14 inches city, 0.82 inches at the airport. since July 1 totals 11.07 and 17.86 inches respectively.
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Juneau
Juneu
Charles Rice Staying at the Baranof Hotel
Charles Rice of Ketchikan is reported as staying at the Baranof Hotel. No additional details or dates are provided in the readable text.
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Charles Rice
Ketchikan
Baranof Hotel
Alaska Juneau stock closes at 2 percent on posteom
New York Aug 7 closing stock quotations show Alaska Juneau at 2 percent and a list of other prices including American Can 95 Anaconda 33 Curtiss-Wright 11 International Harvester 29 Kennecott 60 New York Central 14 Northern Pacific 18 U S Steel 36 and Pound at 2.80. Sales totaled 1,850,000 shares. Averages: Industrials 215.82 Rails 62.85 Utilities 38.30.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
Curtiss-Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
U.S. Steel
George Metter at Baranof Hotel in Anchorage
George Metter of Taylor Alaska Sales Company, Anchorage, is staying at the Baranof Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Metter
Taylor Alaska ‘Sales Company
Anchorage
Baranof Hotel
Bridges Seeks Bail as FBI Holds CIO Leader
In San Francisco on August 7, Harry Bridges the CIO Longshoremen's Union president faced renewed federal action. His attorneys filed a writ with the U S Circuit Court of Appeals requesting bail with arguments set for 10 a m tomorrow. Judge Harris had revoked Bridges bail deeming him a national security threat.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
CIO Longshoremen’s Union
Bridges
George Harris
Norman Leonard
Circuit Court
Dal M. Lemmon
Harris
Communist Party In
Derby winner Jerry Taylor wears Martin Victor parka on trip
Soap box derby victor Jerry Taylor departs by PAA plane for Akron Ohio for the classic event. He is joined by Milt Daniel and will wear the Martin Victor parka at all appearances from Juneau to Akron.
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Martin Victor
Jerry Taylor
PAA
Akron
Ohio
Milt Daniel
Jerry
Juneau
Elks Picnic Draws 700 to 1000 At Auk Center
A Juneau lodge picnic drew seven hundred to one thousand Elks and families to Auk recreation center for a sunny afternoon of contests pony rides and generous food service despite intermittent shortages of beans ham and salad.
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Auk
Sherwood
SOS
Juneau Lodge
Richard Paschill at Gastineau Hotel in Hammond Oregon
Richard Paschill of Hammond Oregon is listed as being at the Gastineau Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Paschill
Hammond, Ore
Gastineau Hotel
Marines and Doughboys drive broad front toward Chinju
U S 8th Army reports American forces led by Maj Gen William B Kean pushed a broad front east of Chinju in the first Allied offensive of the Korean War. The attack involved the 5th Marine Regiment, the 5th Regimental Combat Team, and the 35th Regiment of the 25th Division. Reds hit back with artillery and a road bottleneck west of Chindgon, halting some armor support while air and ground patrols targeted Red field guns. Separate efforts north to the Naktong River stepped up with 25th Division units, amid concern over possible Nak tong river crossings by the enemy.
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U.S. 8Th Army
Korea
Chinju
5Th Marine Regiment
Hawaii
25Th Division
William B. Kean
Kean
Chungi
Naktong River
24Th Division
Associated Press
U.S
Fifth Air Force
U.N
Pyongyang
Red Capital
Wonsan
U.S. 24Th Division
Redg
U.S. Eighth Army
Guadalcanal
Hawaii Sugar Workers Walk Out Over Bridges Jailing
In Honolulu and Hawaii Island, members of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union walked off nearly all sugar plantations today. The action is described by some as a rank and file protest against the jailing of union leader Harry Bridges in San Francisco. Union officials say 11 of 13 plantations on the island were struck, while company spokesmen report 10 down. The walkout began simultaneously across the plantations.
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Honolulu
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
CIO
Hawaii Island
Harry Bridges
San Francisco
Steamship schedule shows arrivals and departures this week
Baranof from Seattle arrives tomorrow night. Princess Kathleen due 3 p.m. tomorrow. Prince George sails from Vancouver Tuesday. Princess Norah sails from Vancouver Wednesday. Aleutian sails from Seattle Saturday. Princess Louise due in port at 8 a.m. tomorrow and sails south at 9 a.m. Alaska heads south Saturday.
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Baranof
Seattle
Princess Kathleen
Prince George
Vancouver
Princess Norah
Princess Louise
Alaska
U S Marines and Infantry Drive Forward In Korean Offensive
U S Marines and infantrymen push about four miles on the southern Korean front in the first offensive action of the war. The advance covered a broad 20 mile front with air and tank support, despite heavy artillery and mortar fire from Communist forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Yangdong
Tokyo
Former Alaska pastor dies in Anacortes at 66
The Rev. Olav Fosso, 66, who built the first Lutheran church in Ketchikan Alaska and led Anacortes Lutheran Church for 11 years, died in his sleep at his Anacortes home. He earlier served Teller Alaska and began his ministry there. Services are set for Wednesday in Anacortes with graveside rites at Pacific Lutheran Cemetery in Seattle.
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Bellingham
Aug
Ketchikan
Alaska
Anacortes
Skagit County
Olav Fosso
Anacortes Lutheran Church
Fosse
Teller
Pacific Lutheran Cemetery
Seattle
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Dorothy Disney
General Motors
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Jakob A. Malik
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Soviet Union
Weather Report
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Vicinity
FED
Martin Victor Parka
Derby Taylor
ELKS
Oregonian
Chindgon
J. M. Steear of
Wrangell
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