Navy Seaplane Missing in Alaska Search Continues
A missing Navy PBY-5A based in Kodiak is the focus of a second day of air and sea search after radio last reported at 10 45 a m Wednesday. The 20 crew and passengers were en route 600 miles from Kodiak to Dutch Harbor when fuel for six hours remained.
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Kodiak
Alaska
Alaska Peninsula
Aleutians
Seventeenth Naval District
Dutch Harbor
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Next
Army
PBY
Alaska needs air facilities for large bomber and troop carrier fleet
Anchorage reports Brigadier Gen. Joseph Atkinson says Alaska must have facilities within three years to host 500 heavy bombers 500 long range cargo troop carriers and 1 000 fighters. He notes existing ships able to carry 400 troops could be used.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Joseph H. Atkinson
Alaska Air Command
Atkinson
Ohlson Appointed Receiver for Wrangell Sawmill
Col Otto F Ohlson of Anchorage named receiver for Wrangell Sawmill in the Alaska Asiatic Lumber Mills case brought by the Bank of Wrangell. Announcement by Judge George W Folta in U S District Court today.
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Otto F. Ohlson
Anchorage
Alaska Railroad
Wrangell
Alaska Asiatic Lumber Mills
Bank of Wrangell
U.S. District Court Today
George W. Folta
War Secretary Patton tieson overlooked Ginsburgh promotion
Colonel Bob Ginsburgh, a two world wars veteran and longtime aide to secretaries of war, finally boosted morale and improved press relations during the postwar period. He reshaped demobilization messaging and was moved from Guam to Patterson’s staff, revitalizing morale and humaneness in the War Department.
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Washington
Pattieson
War Department
Col
Bob Ginsburgh
Ginsburgh
T Patterson
Patterson
Rock Botton
Gi's
Guam
MacArthur
Japan
Secretary of War
Stock Quotions and Market Movements on Aug 8
Closing quotations list Alaska Juneau mine at 4 American Can 89 Anaconda 35 Curtiss-Wright 4 International Harvester 37 Kennecott 14 New York Central 14 Northern Pacific 20 U S Steel T1 Pound 4.02. Total shares 790000. Averages industrials 180.14 rails 48.22 utilities 35.55. Grain rally and cotton drop shift focus from stocks as corn hits new high on CBOT up 6 percent to 7 12 cents. Cotton production rise pressures prices.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
Curtiss-Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
U.S. Steel
Chicago Board of Trade
Tacoma Cops Charged With Grand Larceny Over Loot
Two Tacoma officers Ernest Hyatt and Richard Floberg were charged with grand larceny after confessing to taking sixty two thousand five hundred dollars from a wrecked car trunk. Prosecutor Patrick Seele said they would have returned the money if sure it was not counterfeit. The men were held on ten thousand dollar bail. Also notes Mr and Mrs Monagle aboard the Alaska from Seattle after attending the Portland Elks convention last month.
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Tacoma
Patrick Seele
Ernest Hyatt
Richard Floberg
Mike Kostelac
Gig Harbor
Monagles
Alaska
Mrs. M
Monagie
Seattle
Portland
Hughes agrees to make private papers available to Senate panel
Howard Hughes consented to place his private papers at the Senate War Investigating Committee in a dispute over seized documents. The absence of Johnny Meyer, Hughes’ publicity aide, prompted Ferguson to issue a subpoena for Meyer as the forenoon session focused on Hughes warplane contracts.
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Washington
Howard Hughes
Senate War Investigating Committee
Ferguson
Mies
Hughes
Thomas Slack
Johnny Meyer
Meyer
Slack
William P. Rogers
Noah Dietrich
Hughes Tool Company
Cliff Richmond Heads to Hidden Falls with New Boat
Cliff Richmond of the Cliff Richmond Lumber Company left Juneau yesterday aboard the LOI Sea Shell, recently purchased for hauling supplies to Hidden Falls where he operates a saw mill.
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Cliff Richmond
Fishermen land 2100 pounds of salmon in Juneau sale
Three troilers Dan Sutphin Cheater Taft and Lester Weiss delivered about 700 pounds each at Juneau Cold Storage today selling to Sebastian Stuart. Unclear lines reference marriage license dispute and Indonesian arbitration involving Vernon P Lewis and Julia B Johnson.
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Troilers
Juneau
Sebastian Stuart
Dan Sutphin
Cheater Taft
Lester Weiss
Mabel K
Lake Success
Netherlands
Vernon
Cis
P. Lewis
Julia B. Johnson
No Freight for Alaska Ports Now
G W Skinner president of the Alaska Steamship Company announced in Juneau that no further cargo will be loaded for any Alaska regular port until the strike is settled. He cited two demands by longshoremen: immunity from liability under the Taft Hartley Act and authority to work all hatches during unloading. The strike has spread to four ports, risking perishables and ongoing losses for merchants like those in Juneau last year.
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G. W. Skinner
Alaska Steamship Company
Juneau
Alaska Regular
Skinner
Seward
Alaska
Longshore Strike Expands to Alaska Ports
The longshoremen strike spreads to Ketchikan Wrangell and Seward Alaska. An AP dispatch from Seattle says the steamer Aleutian bound for Cordova and Valdez will carry cargo only for those ports while mail and baggage are handled by strikers. No change in Juneau. The Princess Louise sailing from Vancouver remains unaffected.
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Ketchikan
Wrangell
Seward
Associated Press
Seattle
Aleutian
Alaska
Cordova
Valdez
Juneau
Princess Louise
Vancouver
New Taxes Proposed for Anchorage City Revenue
Anchorage officials seek new tax ordinances to fund street improvements a ball park and a playground. Measures include beer and malt 25 cents per case hard liquor 25 cents a gallon gasoline 15 cents a gallon and five cents per quart. Liquor tax eyed to raise 60000 to 75000 annually for ball park and playground.
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Anchorage
Alaska
McGee
Alaska Coastal Airlines Flies 10 Trips In Southeast Alaska
Alaska Coastal Airlines operated ten flights serving numerous Southeast Alaska stops including Skagway Ketchikan Wrangell Pelican Excursion Inlet Tenakee Chatham Lake sort. Passengers included Judge Edward Freeman Reverend Edward Freeman and many local residents.
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Alaska
Skagway
Ketchikan
Wrangell
J. Rude
C. H. Kail
Litke
J. L. Brown
Max Rogers
Mike Lyons
Mr. Putnam
Gustavus
Parker
R. E B. Anderson
Jones
David Neuman
Chatham
P. E. Nyhic
Lake Hasselberg
R. E. Fellows
H. H. Hill
H. H. Starling
Ed Breckager
Petersburg
Don Davis
L. Trump
Hoonsh
Jack Sorri
Mike Cooke
F. R. Norton
Pelican
Juneau
Sally Jacobsen
James Linea
Excursion Inlet
Alvin Werday
Tulsequah
B. C
Martin Eld
G. Brooks
Truman Signs Installment Credit Controls for Nov 1
President Truman signed legislation ending all controls on installment buying on November 1 1947 He criticized Congress for not extending regulation of consumer credit as urged by the Federal Reserve Board and the Council of Economic Advisers The move aims to support economic stability Seattle mayor Captain Andrew Myer Stuen 73 a marine pilot active in Puget Sound and Alaskan waters died Monday ten days after retirement from the sea
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Truman
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
Council of Economic Advisers
Seattle
Andrew Myerstuen
Puget Sound
Alaskan
Trade convention may meet outside British Columbia
The Associated Boards of Trade of Central British Columbia voted to remove a constitutional restriction barring meetings outside BC, opening the 1948 annual convention to Juneau Alaska. Juneau and Ketchikan leaders promote Alaska venue while Alaska chambers prepare folders and banners for the effort. Governor to speak on final day. delegates include W. R. Webb, Jack Fletcher, and Will Goding.
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W. Robert Webb
Prince Rupert
B. C
Associated Boards of Trade of
British Columbia
Juneau
H. G. Perry
Ketchikan
Alaska
Pet
Dominion
Alaska Chambers of Commerce
Pearce
Provincial Legislative Assembly
Myself
Jack Fletcher
Will Goding
Crisis powers bill passes in British Commons
London reports Britain's socialist dominated House of Commons approved the government's sweeping crisis powers bill described by Winston Churchill as a blank check for totalitarian government. Princess Hermine von Schoenaich-Carolath dies in Frankfurt aged 60. Firefighters parachuted to Condor Peak assist in Big Tujunga Canyon blaze now in fourth day with 150 reinforcements. Rebels surround Asuncion as Formosa dispatches say Loyalist capital under peril. Fire losses at Armed Drainage and Metal Products plant estimated at 750 dollars. cause under inquiry. Otto Geisler funeral in Tenakee with interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Los Angeles
Condor Peak
Angeles National Forest
Big Tujunga Canyon
Salt Lake City
Drainage and Metal Products, Inc
Roy Grant
South Third West St. Joe
Otto Geisler
Traiter
Tenakee
Charles W. Carter
Evergreen Cemetery
Heat Wave Death Toll Rises Across Regions
Chicago reports 112 heat deaths as a cooling trend spreads through the Midwest. While Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana face 100 degree heat with Shreveport at 106, other areas such as Washington and Oregon show cooler 80s and lows near 50. The Weather Bureau forecasts scattered showers from the Rockies to New England.
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Chicago
Midwest
Black Douglas Arrives in Port With Live Seals for San Diego Zoo
The Black Douglas of the Fish and Wildlife Service has reached Juneau from the Pribilof Islands en route to Seattle with five live fur seals bound for the San Diego Zoo. Dr Victor Scheffer and team study seal biology to improve management while field activities include tagging, weighing, liver sampling, and a migration study on sea lions.
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Black Douglas
Fish and Wild Life Service
Juneau
Pribilof Islands
Seattle
Clyde Dell
St. Paul Island
Zoo
San Diego
California
Victor Scheffer
William B. Sholes
Karl W. Kenyon
Bob Z. Brown
Scheffer
Lowell J. Mills
Colorado Springs
Colorado
St. Louis
Steamship Schedules and Guest List Highlight Alaska Run
Alaska arrivals from Seattle expected tonight with Princess Louise from Vancouver to follow by weekend. Northern Voyager set to depart Seattle August 13 and Aleutian will sail Saturday along with Princess Norah from Vancouver. Baranof bound south Sunday carries guests including Arthur J. Theis of Norris Montana and E P Bloom of Missoula, with Bloom with the U S Forest Service.
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Alaska
Seattle
Princess Louise
Vancouver
Northern Voyager
Princess Norah
Baranof
West
Arthur J. Theis
Norris
Montana
E. P. Bloom
Missoula
The
U. S. Forest Service
Five Alaska Mills Promised by Tongass Timber Bill
President Truman signed legislation to allow sale of Tongass National Forest timber to news print firms in Southeast Alaska. Forest Service would ensure a sustained wood supply for five new mills costing about 30 million each, with each mill expected to support towns of 6000 or more. Timber proceeds await native land claims decisions, which opponents of the bill challenge.
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Washington
Alaska
Truman
Tongass National Forest
Forest Service
Agriculture Department
Tongass
Congress
U. S. Treasury
Odom completes leg of world circumnavigation to Cairo
Pilot William P. Odom reached Cairo in 5 44 p m after 19 hours 20 minutes flying from Paris. The 27 year old, flying a converted A 26 bomber with 2000 gallons of gas, aims to complete the 19000 mile route in 90 hours, seeking a new solo world record. He was in Cairo with Milton Reynolds and T Carroll Salee on the April circumnavigation.
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William P. Odom
Roslyn
Chicago
Wiley Post
Odom
Paris
Gander
Karachi
India
Calraime
Milton Reynolds
T. Carroll Salee
Farouk Plekd
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Hermine von Schoenaich-Carolath
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Lad Kaiser
Wilhelm II
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L. T. Trump
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