AFL Maritime Unions Threaten Strike Over WSB Ruling
In Washington on August 30 AFLs Sea farers International Union and Sailors Union of the Pacific warned they will strike coastwise if the Wage Stabilization Board does not modify its decision limiting AFL sailors to CIO wage terms. John Hawk and Harry Lundeberg said union leaders will poll members for a strike next Wednesday, Sept. 4, and affirmed readiness to walk out. They charged the WSB ruling undercuts terms reached with shipowners and accuses the board of government fiat.
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Washington
Afls
Wage Stabilization Board
AFL
WSB
W. Willard Wirtz
John Hawk
Seafarers International Union
Harry Lundeberg
Sailors Union of the Pacific
Lundeberg
Hawk
Wirtz
CIO
Truman ends his vacation in Bermuda aboard Williamsburg
President Truman wraps an eight day Bermuda cruise and sails for Washington aboard the Presidential yacht Williamsburg. The ship is due to dock in the capital at 5 pm on Monday after visiting New England waters and Bermuda.
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President Truman
Bermuda
Washington
Williamsburg
Capital
New England
Senator Barkley Seen as Preserver of Representative Government
Paul A. Porter lauds Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky as a major figure who preserved the functions and integrity of representative government during a period of great change, noting his stature and Kentucky connection.
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Paul
A. Porter
Washington
Americana
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Asma
Magnuson Pushes Canada Link Road to Alaska Highway
Senator Magnuson of Washington said he will urge the State Department to ask Canada to approve a road link from near Prince George to the Alaska Highway. If Canada agrees, preliminary work and surveys could begin in spring with construction starting in the fall.
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Washington
Magnuson
D-Wash
State Department
Canada
Northwest
Alaska Highway
Prince George
B. C
Army Engineers
Industry Reaching Capacity Across Key Sectors
Washington Aug 30 The Civilian Production Administration reports basic industries steel coal rails and power are near full capacity after continuous high output. Building activity rises with July housing up six percent and total construction up eight percent. Automobile production up 56 percent trucks 58 percent sewing machines 30 percent refrigerators 5 percent. only trucks surpass 1941 rate.
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Washington
CPA
John D.small
Small’s
Canadian Sees New Threat to Pacific Fisheries
Major J A Motherwell, retiring Federal Chief Supervisor of Fisheries in British Columbia, warned of a rising international threat to Pacific coast fisheries. He cited a country with a new Pacific Director of Fisheries and said rivals may fish off British Columbia and Alaska shores, not just at home.
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Vancouver
D. C
J. A. Motherwell
British Columbia
North American
Pacific
Motherwell
Bristol Bay
Major Motherwell
Alaskan
Man Drowned in Chena River. Relatives Sought
Pairbanks Alaska Aug 30 authorities search for relatives of Verne Boggie 37 a war veteran who fell from a log boom and drowned in the muddy Chena River Boggie was stationed in Alaska during the war and returned after his discharge from the Army.
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Pairbanks
Alaska
Verne Boggie
Chena
Boggie
General Bradley Arrives in Juneau for VA Visit
Gen Omar N. Bradley Veterans Administration head arrives in Juneau for a three day trip with Brig. Gen H. B. Lewis and Deputy Administrator Donald M. Shute. The party toured Seattle and Minneapolis en route and will file a brief vacation before continuing a survey of VA branch offices.
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Omar N. Bradley
Veterans
Juneau
Veterans Administration
H. B. Lewis
Gen. Bradley
Donald M. Shute
Northwest
Alaska
C. B
Hanson
Spetntg
William Wells
Mr. Shute
Lewis
Washington D. C
Minneapolis
Minn
EB. R. Benke
Seattle
Mr. Wells
States
United States
Possessions
Here
Bradley arrives in war veteran plane Mary Q
Gen Omar N. Bradley became the first four star general to visit Alaska in years aboard the C-47 Mary Q. The aircraft, named for the General’s wife, has flown about 1350000 air miles and carried Eisenhower Patton and Montgomery among others.
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Omar N. Bradley
Alaska
Mary Q
Berlin
Alvin 5. Robinson
Herbert M. Barnum
Mary
Col
C. B. Hanson
Bradley
Eisenhower
Patton
Montgomery
Holland
Italy
Germany
Yugoslavia
France
Mt. Juneau
Mt. Roberts
Big Bendix Trophy Race Underway In Cleveland Start
The Bendix Trophy race opener from Van Nuys saw Thomas, Muyson, and Paul Mantz, all piloting P-1 Mustangs, cross the finish in a close trio. Mantz led early with a 3 3 pan EST takeoff, finishing in 4 hours 42 minutes 10 seconds, about 33 minutes behind the four hour nine minute best by Col. Leon Gray. Mantz averaged 425.0 mph, Muyson 408.6 mph, with Gray setting the pace on the same route.
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Cleveland
Thomas, Muyson
Paul Mantz
Burbank
Calif
van Nuys
Alr
Mantz
Mayson
Leon Gray
Gasa Grande
Ariz
Inan Army Air Forces Pao
Gray
Munyson
Garland blocked from Seattle to Alaska freight run
Union management dispute halts the first sailing of the 540-14 motorship Garland planned for a Seattle Alaska freight service. The Garland, formerly Army cargo craft, is the only ship owned by Berger Transport Co and would haul to Cook Inlet ports.
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Seattle
Garland
Seatth-Alaska
Berger Transport Co
Cook Inlet
War brides not homesick as Juneau BPWC hears
War brides from Yakima Washington and England share views on inflation and the new OPA law. Mrs Lewis from Bridgewater speaks of rationing while Mrs Shepard from Norwich recalls wartime shortages. The group will host a dance for Canadian cruiser Uganda and luncheon notes a Juneau departure for Fairbanks.
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Old England
Warbrides
Max Yakima
Wash—Sen
Hugh B
Lewis
F_ B
Shepard
Mitchell
D-Washi
Ameri
OPA
BPWC
Washington
Con
England
Bridgewater
Salisbury
Uganda
U S Forces to Remain in Japan Amid Occupation Stakes
Tokyo Aug 30 American forces may stay indefinitely in Japan to anchor a worldwide line against the Lower Union and Communism. The article notes the Soviet Union’s growing influence in Tokyo and its plan to block Western activity while both sides observe a cautious diplomatic balance amid occupation.
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Tokyo
Japan
Th & Ho
Wisme
Korea
Russia
Trans-Pacific service terminal shift and naval patrols
Sydney reports Vancouver BC as the eastern terminal for the British Commonwealth Airlines trans Pacific route opening Sept. 15 under Australian National Airways. The Laurier cargo vessel refueled in San Diego on its voyage from Halifax to Vancouver for BC coast patrol duties. UN Security Council refuses to invite Soviet Ukraine and Greece reps. Georgia Governor seeks Truman probe of Ku Klux Klan links to the German American Bund. Argentine crew hoist flag on the Bellingham Victory as eight ships are bought by a Buenos Aires company. Bozeman and Kodiak to follow.
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Sydney
Sydney Sun
Vancouver
B.C
San Francisco
British Commonwealth Airlines
trans-Pacific
Australian National Airways
San Diego
Calif
Laurier
Halifax
N. 5
B. C
British Columbia
Seattle
Bellingham Victory
Compagnia Argentina de Navagaero Dodero
Buenos Aires
Bozeman
Kodiak
World War Sil in Sight Common View Expressed Declares Noted Writer
Kelman Morin, veteran AP Paris bureau chief, reports that Paris observers believe the peace conference is headed toward failure. Foreboding mood spreads among locals and foreigners alike, with talk of war resurfacing between Russia and the United States. Molotov Byrnes clashes and Greek indictments sharpen tensions as optimism wanes.
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Paris
Belman Morin
Pari
Europe
Luxembourg Palace
Russia
United States
Govier Forten
V. M. Molotov
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Greece
Spy Network Exposed in Stuttgart Arrests
Intelligence officers report a Soviet backed German clandestine movement operating across the American British and French zones of occupation. The Stuttgart arrests of 16 Germans with Soviet sympathies reveal a ringleader who supplied the Russians with troop movement data. Walter Kazmarek of Stuttgart is named as a defendant.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Europe
Stuttgart
Walter Kazmarek
Usnn
USFET
Kazmarek
Pan American cuts Seattle Anchorage air fares
Seattle August 30 Pan American World Airways Alaska Region Traffic Manager J D Fessio announced lower fares to Anchorage Alaska One way 126 dollars round trip 226 dollars. The previous one way 200 and round trip 279. Also 35 additional round trips monthly to and from Seattle begin September 15. Pan American flights to Anchorage connect with Pacific Northern at Juneau.
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Seattle
Anchorage
Alaska
J. D. Fessio
Pan American World Airways
Fessio
Pan American
Pacific Northern
Hendricksons Found Safe After Yukon Search
After as many as 16 planes scoured thousands of square miles in the Yukon for six days, H C Hendricksen and wife were found safe on a Yukon River bar. They had taken off from their Eagle gold mine and ran low on fuel. A canoeist relayed that Hendricksen asked for gas and oil to resume travel. A second note: Miss Pat Becker joins the Se lective Service staff as clerk-typist, from Paortersville, Calf, recently arriving and planning to reside in Douglas.
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Fairbanks
Yukon
H. C. Hendricksen
Eagle
Charles Clement
Stevers Village
Hendrickson
Pat Becker
The
Selective Service
Paortersville
Calf
Miss Becker
Douglas
Holiday Market Shutdown Across U S and Canada
Markets across the United States and Canada will close at end of business today for a three day holiday through Labor Day. The Chicago Board of Trade and major livestock markets operate tomorrow as usual, while other centers stay dark until after the holiday.
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New York
United States
Canada
Chicago
Death Penalty Pronounced for 23rd Stern Gang Saboteur
In Jerusalem on Aug 30 Jacob Menahem Abulay, last of 24 Stern gang members, was sentenced to death by a military court for sabotaging Haifa railway yards last June. The ruling awaits confirmation by the British Palestine commander, who commuted the death sentences of 18 other group members to life imprisonment.
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Jerusalem
Jacob Menahem Abulay
Stern
Haifa
Palestine
Greece Greek-Albanian border dispute topic at peace talks
Molotov accused the United States and Britain of interference in Greece as the peace conference debated the Greek Albanian border. He urged stopping outside meddling and letting the Greek people choose their government while noting Greece’s unpopularity with the current regime. The council voted 32 to 7 to discuss the border at a future session, with France siding with the Slav bloc and Norway abstaining.
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Paris
Russia
United States
Great Britain
George II
Erith
V. M. Molotov
Pimice
Molotov
Greece
Balkan
Epirus
Albania
Gtyr Ato
Meard
Byrnes
jHot
Conneil
Portlgn
France
Belgium
Norway
Stock Quotations In U S After Market Close
New York August 30 closing quotes show Alaska Juneau mine at 6 percent and gains for American Can to 41 percent. Dow Jones averages indicate industrials 189.19, rails 57.20, utilities 39.04 amid overall market caution before a holiday. Early losses narrowed as steels and rails recovered, Chrysler and General Motors rebounded, American Telephone and Du Pont rose from lows, Montgomery Ward and American Can also recovered.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American
Anaconda
Curtiss-Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
Steel
Dow, Jones
Raila
Utilities
Bethlehem
Chrysler
General Motora
Southern Pacific
Atlantic Coast Line
American Telephone
du Pont
Montgomery Ward
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Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Western Union Telegraph Co
Drew Pearson
Paul. A. Porter
Office of Price Administration
Sen. Magnuson
Veterans’ Administrator
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Astoria
Ore
Monterey
William Helvens
Triple Slayer
Kaiser Company
Richmond
PAA
Norrine Kunz
Grove King
Alaska Road Commission
U.S
Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations Security Council
Ukraine
Council
Ellis Arall
Georgia
Ku Klux Klan
Bund
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