Attlee Arrives in Washington for Truman Talks
British Prime Minister Attlee arrived at National Airport to meet President Truman for talks aimed at aligning policies during the world crisis. Attlee said the purpose is to uphold shared right, while noting Soviet bloc attempts to wedge between the two nations. He greeted officials including Acheson and Marshall before proceeding to the British Embassy.
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Washington
Attlee
Truman
Cathay
Acheson
Defense
Marshall
Acheson, Marshall
W. Averill Harriman
Oliver Franks
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Army engineer heads to Anchorage for district duties
J. Sidney Road of the District Engineers office, U.S. Army, departed for his headquarters in Anchorage. He has been in the area inspecting army properties at Sitka, Ketchikan, Haines, Skagway and Juneau.
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J. Sidney Road
District Engineers Office
U.S. Army
Anchorage
Sitka
Ketchikan
Haines
Skagway
Juneau
Acheson warns of imminent world war risk in Korea crisis
Secretary of State Dean Acheson told the Senate and House Foreign Relations committees that a third world war is imminent if not already underway. He warned the Korean conflict could spread to Yugoslavia and other areas, urging prompt action against Russian-Chinese Communists and urging sanctions, UN-backed measures, and swift economic aid to Yugoslavia to counter Moscow.
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Senate
House Foreign Relations Committees
Dean Acheson
Yugoslavia
Europe
Asia
Acheson
Russia
House
Mrs Roosevelt Threat Targeted at Waldorf Astoria Dinner
Police guarded Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt at the Waldorf Astoria after an anonymous caller warned a man with a gun would shoot her if she appeared at the Bethel hospital dinner. Uniformed and plainclothes officers were deployed but no incident occurred.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Waldorf-Astoria
Bethel Hospital
Alaska Coastal Airline Weekend Passenger Totals 90 Carried
Alaska Coastal Airlines carried 90 passengers over the weekend with 12 on interport 53 arriving and 25 departing. The list names passengers departing for Gustavus Ket chikan Haines Skagway Sitka Tenakee and others and arriving from Sitka Tenakee Fich Cove Pelican Hoonah Shelter Island Skagway Haines Wrangell Petersburg Gustavus Cha tham.
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Alaska Coastal Airlines
Interport
Gustavus
Alice White
R. Brown
Ketchikan
R. Wilkenson
Merlin Powers
F. L. Fountain
Bishop Gleason
Emitt Solding
Miss Milbury
Carol Davis
R. Stevenson
Doris Warberg
E. Soldin
B. Wyers
E. G. Peterson
Tenakee
Ole Taug
Herluff Taug
Sitka
F. Brown
E. Wamberg
F. M. Wamberg
E. Gregory
Mike Gabriel
Eric Newbould
Janet Deubel
Helen John
Whittock
Jack Molyneaux
A. Dalytresh
Rev. Sweeny
L. Workman
Kenneth
Storis Breaks Ice in Hood Bay Tuesday
The Coast Guard cutter Storis, on a supply run from Ketchikan to Juneau for Aleutian light stations, will cut a channel in Hood Bay ice for the Forester passenger and freight boat. The Forester was to depart Hood Bay this afternoon with oil and winter supplies for Pacific Timber’s Hood Bay camp run by the Owens Brothers.
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Coast Guard
Storis
Ketchikan
Juneau
Aleutians
Hood Bay
Forester
Pacific Timber
Owens Brothers
Columbia Lumber Company
Sitka
Whittier
Harry Aase Returns from Seattle to Juneau
Harry Aase, a well known young man in Juneau, arrived by Pan American clipper this weekend from Seattle. He has spent the past several months in the Puget Sound region with his brother Olaf, working on his fishing boat.
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Harry Aase
Juneau
Seattle
Puget Sound
Olaf
Baranof Hotel Resident Connected to Juneau CAR Office
Samuel C. Little, associated with the Juneau CAR office, is living at the Baranof Hotel.
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Baranof Hotel
Samuel C. Little
Juneau Car Office
Mr. and Mrs. Carl O. Nelson at Baranof
Mr and Mrs Carl O Nelson of Mt Edgecumbe are at the Baranof hotel or location as part of a social or travel note. The fragment indicates a couple's presence in Baranof, with Mt Edgecumbe as their origin.
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Carl O. Nelson
Mt. Edgecumbe
Baranof Hotel
Marguerite Bidwere Stops in Petersburg at Baranof Hotel
Marguerite Bidwere arrives in Petersburg and plans a stay at the Baranof Hotel. She is noted as visiting the port city, with no additional events or engagements listed in the readable text.
Frank Noel Captured by Communists in Korea Frontline
Pulitzer prize winner and AP photographer Frank Noel was captured near Koto six miles south of the Changjin Reservoir as a relief convoy was ambushed. Marine Captain Capraro witnessed Noel dragged away by Chinese Reds after he volunteered to seek help. Noel, 45, had covered many campaigns and remained fearless.
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Tokyo
Frank Noel
PFC
Frank
Ace Associated Press
Pappy
Koto
Changjin
Korea
Michael Capraro
Noel
Capraro
Burma
Germany
Palestine
Greece
Land Management Field Work Ends for Season
The Bureau of Land Management concludes seasonal field work with Harold Radcliffe and crew returning from Wrangell after surveying homesites and lands. Leonard Berlin notes Duane Haffner and Maurice Nelson will work in Juneau this winter as cadastral engineers.
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Bureau of Land Management
Harold Radcliffe
Wrangell
Leonard Berlin
Alaska
Radcliffe
Duane Haffner
Maurice Nelson
Juneau
Bureau
Billings
Montana
Juneau Weather Summary and 24-Hour Temperatures
Juneau area temperatures for the past day show a high of 22 and a low of 14 in town with airport readings at 19 and 2 respectively. Forecast calls for partly cloudy tonight and mostly cloudy Tuesday with a chance of light snow and a high near 26. Precipitation totals show 0.01 inches at the airport today and 0.01 inches since July 1 at the airport.
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Juneau
Florida Senator Seeks Statehood for Alaska and Hawaii
Senator Holland of Florida urged swift action on the Alaska and Hawaii statehood bills, noting wartime priorities may sidetrack them this session. He praised Alaska’s potential, emphasized development and attracting new citizens, and cited Florida’s 1845 statehood as a contrast. Rep. Peterson echoed support, while Florida's House members largely backed Alaska.
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Alaska
Holland
California
Florida
Scandinavia
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Oslo
Peterson
D-Fla
Public Lands Committee
Hawaii
Florida House
Bennett
Herlong
Sikes
Rogers
Pepper
Sparkman
Alabama
Kefauver
Tennessee
Alaska statehood sidelined by rent control maneuver
In Washington on December 4, Democratic Leader Lucas withdrew his motion to set aside the Alaska statehood bill and focus on rent control extending beyond December 31. Southern foes stalled the plan, jeopardizing Alaska and Hawaii statehood measures despite House approvals. Alaska's Bartlett and Gov. Gruening vow to seek Senate action before January 3, with plans to reintroduce next session if needed.
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Washington
Lucas
Illinois
Senate
Hawaii
House
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Stennis
D-Miss
Bartlett
Greuning
Alaska
Ernest Gruening
Territory
Senate Insular Committee
Congress
Gruening
Petersburg Guest Quentin DeBoer Stays in Juneau Hotel
Petersburg resident Quentin L DeBoer is staying at the Baranof Hotel in Juneau. Anchorage resident J S Rood has returned to Juneau and is also lodging at the Baranof Hotel.
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Petersburg
Quentin L. DeBoer
Baranof Hotel
Steamship Arrivals and Departures Scheduled
Baranof from Seattle set to arrive at 11 a.m. Tuesday while Princess Louise from Vancouver is due tomorrow after noon or evening. Denali is scheduled to sail from Seattle on Friday.
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Baranof
Seattle
Princess Louise
Vancouver
Denali
Petersburg’s Richard Harris Stopping at Baranof Hotel
Richard Harris of Petersburg is stopping at the Baranof Hotel, a brief travel note indicating a temporary stay at the city’s historic lodging during his visit.
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Petersburg
Richard Harris
Baranof Hotel
Baranof Hotel Registry Entry for A E Owen
A E Owen of Barge is registered at the Baranof Hotel, indicating a guest or visitor check in at the prior noted accommodation in the city.
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A. E. Owen
Baranof Hotel
Stock Quotations New York December 4 Closing Prices
Closing prices for Alaska Juneau mine 2 percent and a range of major issuers including American Can American Tel and Tel Anaconda Douglas Aircraft General Electric General Motors Goodyear Kennecott Libby McNeill Libby Northern Pacific Standard Oil of California Twentieth Century Fox U S Steel at varying fractions and conventional dollar figures. Sales totaled 2,510,000 shares with industrials averages 222.33 rails 66.92 utilities 39.21.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Tel
Anaconda
Douglas Aircraft
General Electric
General Motors
Goodyear
Kennecott
Libby McNeill
Libby
Northern Pacific
Standard Oil of California
Twentieth Century Fox
U.S. Steel
Canadian Exchange
UN Reversals in Korea Trigger Stock Market Slide
New York early trading showed United Nations reversals in Korea sparking a broad stock market decline. Prices fell by about 1 to 3 dollars per share, with some declines nearing 4 dollars. The down-trend spanned the entire market list.
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New York
United Nations
Korea
Alaska statehood fight races to final Senate vote
Senate action on Alaska and Hawaii statehood bills faced a near hopeless battle as Republicans pressed for a vote. Senator O Mahoney kept hope alive declaring he would not concede defeat while leaders pressed Southern Democratic support and Lucas sought to move rent control.
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G. Milton Kelly
Washington
Senate
Alaska
Hawaii
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
House
White House
Truman
Cordon
R-Ore
Morse
Oregon
Dixie
Lucas
D-Ill
Alaska and Hawaii statehood bills near Senate vote
Delegates Farrington of Hawaii and Bartlett of Alaska say the Senate would pass the two statehood bills if allowed a vote. Farrington estimates under 20 Senators use filibuster tactics with Butler and Dixiecrats blocking action. Bartlett sees poor odds this session but notes strong momentum for a larger majority if voted on, urging supporters to make speeches to show broad backing.
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Washington
Congress
Alaska
Hawaii
Senate
Farrington
Butler
Ned
Bartlett
Howard Dilg Heads to Seattle for Medical Checkup
Howard Dilg departed yesterday on the Pan American flight to Seattle where he will enter the Virginia Mason Clinic for a medical examination.
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Howard Dilg
Pan American
Seattle
Virginia Mason Clinic
Mass retreat clogs roads in Korean sector
The U S Eighth Army in Korea is in retreat seven days after a Chinese offensive. Roads south from Pyongyang are clogged with soldiers, trucks, and heavy equipment as UN forces pull back to avoid encirclement. The Chinese attack redressed the line but could not secure a full victory.
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U.S
Korea
Pyongyang
United Nations
U.N
Eighth Army
Changchon River
Lions Club meeting features Juneau speakers and Alaska power talks
At the Juneau Lions Club noon meeting the speakers included Gordon Smith a special international representative from Seattle and Joseph Morgan head of the Bureau of Reclamation Investigations Division Alaska. Smith announced three new Alaska clubs at Spenard Homer and Anchorage and expressed hope to attend the Sitka Lions convention March 15 to 17. Morgan discussed low cost power vital to Alaska’s future and noted $5 700 000 approved for the continuation of the Eklutna power project near Anchorage. New member installation is planned next Monday at the Baranof Hotel.
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Juneau Lions Club
Legion
Juneau Woman's Club
Gordon Smith
Seattle
Special International
Joseph Morgan
Bureau of Reclamation Investigations Division
Alaska
Smith
Spenard
Homer
Anchorage
Sitka
Lions
Morgan
Bureau of the Budget
Eklutna
Lake Dorothy
Juneau
Swan Lake
Ketchikan
Susitna
George Tapley
Alaska Coastal Airlines
Walter Soboleff
Jerry Williams
Baranof Hotel
Mrs LaJoie and sons fly to Seattle for holidays
Mrs Robert LaJoie and her two young sons Gary and Rickie left by Pan American plane for Seattle. They will spend the Christmas holidays with Mrs LaJoie’s sister and brother in law and may decide to remain outside until spring.
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Robert LaJoie
Gary
Rickie
Pan American
Seattle
Severe storm floods drive Californians from homes
An intense storm battered the east and forced about 5,000 Californians from their homes as flood waters rose. By dawn, snow depth reached four inches in western Maryland, adding to the day’s weather woes.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Reds Drive Deepens Crisis in Korea War
United Nations forces face a worsening retreat in Korea as Chinese Communist troops surge southward. Pyongyang falls under enemy pressure while U.N. units withdraw toward Hungnam and Seoul may form a defense perimeter. Generals MacArthur and Collins meet amid dire battlefield news and heavy casualties. Negotiations at Lake Success offer limited hope as Rau and Wu discuss possible peace terms.
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Associated Press
United Nations
Korea
Pyongyang
U.S. 8Th Army
Seoul
U.N
Korean
Lake Success
India
Sir Benegal N. Rau
China
Wu Hsiu-Chuan
Sir Benegal
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Communist Bloc
Mr. Truman
Bell Gyuabcate, Inc
Drew Pearson
Mrs. Roosevelt
W. N. Biart
Marguerite Bidwell
Roy Downing
Chatham
John Davies
Nelsons
Marguerite Bidwere
Stan Swinton
Wonsan
Swinton
By Stan Swinton
Weather Report
Juneau and Vicinity
By Wilbur Jennings
Senate Public Works Committee
Bill
J. S. Rood
Statehood
Bloc
Scandinavian Peninsula
Finland
Denmark
Dilg
BY Don Whitehead
Hungnam
MacArthur
North Korea
Manchurian
Gen
J. Lawton Collins
Hagaru
U.S. Seventh Infantry Division
Hamhung
Tom Lambert
Leif Erickson
Walter H. Walker
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