Vital Air Strip on Korean Front in UN Hands
Anchorage Master Plumbers protested to President Truman after exclusion from a Seattle meeting on an Anchorage strike now 18 days old. They warned wage talks could set Alaska costs and jeopardize private building and industry, urging inclusion and transfer of the session to Anchorage.
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Vital Air Strip
Anchorage
Alaska
Seattle
Truman
Defense
Johnson
E. L. Bartlett
Cyrus Ching
Federal Conciliation Service
Ching
AFL Plumbers Union
President weighs sending diplomat to Vatican despite Catholic warnings
The President contemplates naming a diplomatic minister to the Vatican, a move that faces opposition from Catholic leaders and a devout Congressional ally who suggest informal channels via Myron Taylor. Critics warn a formal redeployment could spark Senate religious debates amid wartime unity concerns.
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Vatican
Rome
Myron Taylor
White Hose
Senate
Taylor
Citations Made for Contempts Against 56 Witnesses
The House voted 56 contempt citations against witnesses who defied the un American Activities Committee. Prosecutors in Honolulu and Washington will decide whether to present cases to grand juries. 39 citations go to Honolulu district attorney, 17 to the Washington DA for testimonies given in Hawaii and Washington.
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Washington
House
U.S
Honolulu
Capitol Hill
Congress
UN- American Activities Committee
U. S
Hawaii
Weather outlook for Juneau and Airport with light precipitation
ORECAST for Juneau and Vicinity notes continued fair conditions tonight and Sunday with some early cloudiness. Lows around 50, highs near 72, with trace to modest rainfall totals reported since August 1 across Juneau and Airport. The Oberammergau passion play has a long uninterrupted history since 1634.
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Juneau
Lone Stand of 24th Division in Korea Told
Chicago Aug 12 The Chicago Tribune details the 24th Division’s early Korean war stand from Eighth Army HQ. Major General William DeAn Carlyle Ill is missing in action. The unit arrived with 12 500 of 18 000 officers and men, suffered 94 killed, 901 wounded, 2 562 missing, and lost numerous vehicles and weapons while advancing 200 miles within Korea within three days of leaving Japan.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Eighth Army
Korea
Walter Simmons
Tribune
William Dean
Carlyle
Ill
Simmons
24Th
Japan
Russia Promises Reply On Lend Lease Account
Washington reports that Russia will answer the U S demand to settle Moscow s long overdue lend lease account Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko pledged the response to American Ambassador Alan Kirk in Moscow this week Officials offered no timetable but anticipated a slow offer to clear the nearly 11 billion dollar claim There is some hope the reply may locate 100 small naval craft long sought for return by the United States over the past three years
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Washington
Russia
United States
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
Alan Kirk
Bearded Lowell Thomas Returns From Ice Cap Mission
Lowell Thomas and Joan Roberts return from Juneau Ice Cap field work with JIRP researchers. Thomas bears sunburned lips and a beard, hindering broadcasting plans, as he contemplates next travels. Maj. Robert Ackerly led the glacier landing crew with Lt. Victor W. Rudd, Jr. and Fred Milan also back from the expedition.
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Andy
Thomas
Lowell Thomas
Alaska
New York
Roberts
Baranof Hotel
Fred Milan
Robert Ackerly
Victor W. Rudd, Jr
Ice Cap
Death Comes 10 Harry Sperling A Civic Leader
Harry Sperling a Forest Service administrative officer and active community leader died at 7 40 last evening in St Ann s Hospital after two months illness He was 55 Born in Grodno Russia he came to the United States with his parents as a youth He served 18 months with the A E F in France during World War I and joined the Forest Service in 1921 coming to Alaska the same year He was a longtime member and leader in the Juneau Elks Club Lions Club Chamber of Commerce and the National Federation of Federal Employees He was president of the Juneau PTA and worked in cancer control and library fundraising Funeral arrangements are pending and he is survived by three sons a daughter and a sister
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Forest Service
St. Ann’s Hospital
Mr. Sperling
Grodno
Russia
United States
Minneapolis
Minn
France
Alaska
B. Frank Heintzleman
Sperling
Juneau Elks Lodge
Juneau Lodge
Organization For Alaska
Heintzleman
Juneau Lions Club
Juneau
Parent-Teacher Association
Drive For Memorial Library
Harry, Jr
Sitka
Southern Waters
E. W
Mary) Ely
Harry
David
U. S. Naval Academy
William
Agnes Gordon
Pilot Dies in B-26 Crash During Training Flight
Victorville Calif Aug 12 One Air Force reserve pilot was killed and another seriously burned when their B 26 light bomber crashed and exploded returning from a routine training mission Dead is 2nd Lt John T Vesser of North Hollywood Capt Robert D Clark 30 Santa Monica is in March Air Force Base Hospital
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Victorville
Calif
Air Force Reserve
John T. Vesser
North Hollywood
Robert D. Clark
Santa Monica
March Air Force Base Hospital
No Buses No Street Cars Shut Down St Louis
Residents of St. Louis faced a total transit halt as the state seized public transit system shut down after a wildcat strike by AFL Union operators seeking higher wages. The walkout defied Gov. Forrest Smith and union leaders, paralyzing the city of about 3,100 workers.
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ST. Louis
Forrest Smith
AFL
Senate expected to grant Truman wage price control powers
Senate administration leaders said Republican Senator Ives support virtually assures passage of a bill giving President Truman authority to invoke wage price controls and rationing. They claimed Ives blocked efforts to narrow the bill. The House had previously approved a similar measure by 383 to 12.
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Washington
Senate
Ives
Truman
House
Steamer Schedules Slow Traffic in the North Pacific
The Princess Nora from Vancouver is due this afternoon at 3 30 and sails for Skagway at 11 30 tonight. The Aleutian from Seattle is due Tuesday with other vessels Chilcotin from Vancouver due Sunday, Ring Splice due 1 a m Monday, Princess Louise to sail from Vancouver tonight, Alaska from the west bound at 6 30 tonight, and Baranof from the west due southbound at 4 p m Sunday.
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Princess Nora
Vancouver
Skagway
Seattle
Alaska
West
Baranof
Douglas 4-H Meeting At Mrs Rex Hermann Residence
Members of Douglas 4-H will meet Monday at 1 o'clock at the residence of Mrs Rex Hermann. The group will make muffins.
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Douglas 4-H
Rex Hermann
Fireball in Northwest Sky Triggers Wide Curiosity
A bright meteor split into three bright segments before vanishing over the northwest last night, prompting calls to newspapers in Portland Seattle and Tacoma. Observers in Salem Yakima and central Washington also reported sightings as experts labeled it a fireball a large meteor. A Seattle astronomer described the object as a lone traveler in space that often explodes with a brilliant light.
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Seattle
Portland
Tacoma
Vancouver, Wash
Salem
Ore
Yakima
Central
Washington
Bror Grandal
Fifteen Die in Luzon Floods as Red Cross Reports
Manila reports at least 15 people drowned in floods that have swept central Luzon Island for ten days, according to the Red Cross.
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Luzon
Manila
Red Cross
Humpback salmon run expected near Ketchikan area
Alaska fishing area reports indicate the Ketchikan region will host the main humpback salmon run when the purse seiners open the season Tuesday in Southeast Alaska. Early catches were west of Prince of Wales Island and near Coronation Island, with humpies seen in Clarence Straits and king salmon fished at Point Baker. Petersburg shows no clear signs, though purse seiners scout with seaplanes and boats. last season Petersburg packed 213,191 cases in 25 days.
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Petersburg
Alaska
Ketchikan
Prince of Wales Island
Coronation Island
Point Baker
Clarence Straits
Wally Read Departs for Seattle as VCS Red Cross Officer
William W. Read travels on Pan American Airways to Seattle where he serves as assistant field director of the Veterans Claims Service for the Red Cross. He has been handling 500 Alaska claims and will end monthly trips as he expects a transfer to another Pacific Coast station. His successor is not yet named.
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William W
Wally” Read
Pan American Airways
Seattle
Veterans’ Claims Service
the Red Cross
Alaska
Pacific Coast
North Korean Red reinforcements strike central front in Korea
From Tokyo dispatches the warfront report heavy North Korean reinforcements across the Naktong river in the Changnyong and Waegwan sectors. MacArthur HQ cites a POW claiming three NK regiments from the Fourth Division crossed the river while U.S. 26th Division moves northward to counter.
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Tokyo
Naktong
MacArthur
Changnyong
Waegwan
Norway to place ship at UN disposal in Korea
Oslo announced that Norway will place a 10 000 ton ship at the disposal of the United Nations joint command in Korea after surveying UN shipping needs. The government stated the decision followed the assessment of UN requirements for tonnage.
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Korea
Oslo
Nor Way
United Nations Joint Command
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Bell Syndicate, Inc
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JIRP
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Juneau Chamber of Commerce
National Federation of Federal Employees
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Howard Sweitzer
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Richard Long
White Plains
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Mars
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Miryang
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