Red Spy Network Probe Shocks State Department Files
The House Committee on Un American Activities says it has definite proof of a Red spy network in the State Department before the war. Investigator Wheeler turned over copies of secret papers to a grand jury, tied to Whittaker Chambers and a Communist underground courier. Nixon arrived to review the documents with chief investigator Stripling as hearings loom.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
Grand
State Department
Justice Department
William A. Wheeler
New York
Communist Underground
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
The
Reds
Chambers
Maryland
Rep
Nixon
Robert E. Stripling
House Committee
Coast Guard
Navy
Nixon Rcali
Stripling
Washington Merry Go Round letter to Marshall on will to fight
The piece presents a Drew Pearson styled letter to Secretary of State George C. Marshall from December 5 1948. It recalls a past talk on how soldiers need will to fight beyond weapons and notes the author’s wartime reflections in Europe and concern over arming war weary peoples as a policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Pearson
Marshall
Washington, D. C
General Marshall
Thayé
Europe
SUP APPEALS DECISION IN ALASKA CASE
The Sailors' Union of the Pacific contends 75 percent of stewards in Alaska Steamship Company ships want union representation. The SUP appeals a National Labor Relations Board ruling by Thomas P. Graham Jr that dismissed the petition for an election. It seeks a hearing to allow a separate Alaska bargaining unit due to water transportation dependence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Sailors’ Union of the Pacific
AFL
Alaska Steamship Company
SUP
Thomas P. Graham, Jr
National Labor Relations Board
CIO Marine Cooks and Stewards’ Union
Graham
Alaska
Pacific American Shinsyaees Association
Washington
Alaska Shipping
Truman Sees Missouri as Symbol of Peace Not War
Norfolk December 6 President Truman on the battleship Missouri declared the ship a symbol of America's might in peace, not war, while visiting the historic vessel where Japan signed surrender papers in 1945. He attended the presentation of a 261 piece silver service to the ship named for Missouri's home state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Truman
Missouri
America
Navy
Smith Tabler Wedding at U S Courtrooms
Edith Grant Tabler wed Albert Charles Smith Friday afternoon in the U S Commissioner's Courtrooms with Commissioner Felix Gray officiating. Witnesses were Mrs Leila Lan ej and Joe HK McNallen.
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U. S
Felix Gray
Edith Grant Tabler
Albert Charles Smith
Leila Lane J
Joe HK
McNallen
Judge Holzheimer, Alaska Pioneer, Dies in Juneau
Judge William A. Holzheimer, a famed Alaska pioneer, died Sunday afternoon in St. Ann's Hospital from heart trouble. A longtime Juneau resident, he was 78, shaped local sports and law, and helped build the Firemen's Baseball Park. Born September 29, 1870 in Savinaw Michigan, he studied at the University of Michigan and later practiced in Pocatello and Seattle before moving to Juneau in 1915. He served as Assistant U.S. District Attorney at Ketchikan, then federal judge in Nome, returned to private practice, led as U.S. District Attorney for the Mist Division, and later became City Magistrate.
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William A. Holzheimer
Alaska
St. Ann's Hospital
Judge Holzheimer
Ube
Juneau
Gastineau Channel
Michigan U
Savinaw
Michigan
University of Michigan At
Ann Arbor
Pocatello
Idaho
Seattle
U. S
Ketchikan
United States District Court
Nome
U S Court to Review Jap Trials
The Supreme Court voted 5 to 4 to review wartime Japanese officials sentenced for crimes against peace. Hearing set for Dec 16. Five other Japanese convicted of crimes against peace receive prison terms. four get life. Notables include Koichi Kido, Admiral Takasumi Oka, Gen Kenryo Sato, Admiral Nigetaro Shimada, and Shigenori Togo.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
International Military Tribunal
Douglas MacArthur
Kenji Doihara
Koki Hirota
Koichi Kido
Takasumi Oka
Kenryo Sato
Nigetaro Shaimada
Fire destroys Oldroyd home at University of Alaska in Fairbanks
A cellar explosion and rapid spread fire destroyed Loren Oldroyds home in Fairbanks. Freezing temperatures hampered volunteers. nearby departments prevented spread to adjacent structures. No casualty report and property loss undetermined amid wartime dispatches from Nanking and Chiang Kai-shek talks.
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Fairbanks
Loren I
Oldroyd
University of Alaska
Ladd Pield
Suchow
Alaska
Nanking
Peiping
North Cop
B. T
China
Chi Eaton
Daughna
Greece
Turkey
Chiang Kai-shek
Truman
Air Force Transport Down Off Johnston Island
Survivors from a C-54 ditched in the mid Pacific near Johnston Island were under air watch as rescue ships sped in. Flashes and a lifeboat drop gave early hope but dawn revealed a lost ship and unknown numbers aboard. Navy vessels Rendova Zelma and PC-114 led the search while B-17s reported flare activity indicating some castaways might have boarded a lifeboat.
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Johnson
mid-Pacific
Air Force
Csa
Navy
Movolas Lovelace
Johnson Island
Spokane
Honolulu
Johnston Island
Rendoval
Zelma
Okinawa
Buy
Berlin ballot shocking blow to Communists in West
In Western Berlin on Sunday, Social Democrats won an absolute majority with 64.4 percent, Christian Democrats 19.4, Liberal Democrats 10.0, while Communists polled 19 percent. Communists boycotted the vote and warned of reprisals, while Russian authorities barred the election in their zone and denounced the process as mass arrests and a swindle. The result marks a decisive setback for the Communist party in a tense postwar Berlin.
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Associated Press
Western Berlin
Russia
Cubt
Fairbanks Boy Wins Alaska Speech Contest
John Vincent, 16, a Palibanka high school driver student, wins the Alaska wide I Speak For Democracy contest, judged by Bourghis, Mallory, and Oakes. His five minute address advances to the national finals in Washington D C for a chance at diversity scholarships among 48 states.
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Fairbanks
John Vincent
Palibanka
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Broadcasters
Vincent
Bourghis
Jean Mallory
Anchorage High School
Patricia Oakes
Juneau
Washington, D. C
Hawaii
Alaaka
M. B. Vinccent
Aif
Fiye
Washington Supreme Court blocks state ferry plan
Washington's Supreme Court ruled the state cannot enter Puget Sound ferry service. The decision voided a law backing the Toll Bridge Authority plan to issue 20.5 million dollars of bonds to acquire 21 ferries from the Puget Sound Navigation Company and build a connecting bridge.
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Olympia
Wash
Washington
Supreme Court
Puget Sound
Tol Bridge Authority
State
Toll Bridge Authority
Puget Sound Navigation Company
Seattle sailings and PTA board meeting noted
Baranot is set to sail from Seattle at 19 a m on Friday December 10. Denali to sail from Seattle on Wednesday December 15 Alaska on Saturday December 18. Preighters Victoria and Termin a Knot to sail from Seattle about December 17 Princess Norah heading south sometime tomorrow. PTA Executive Board meets tonight at 8 in the Superintendent's office with Rev H E Beyer as chairman and all committee heads urged to attend.
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Baranot
PTA
Parent-Teacher Association
H. E. Beyer
Longshore Strikes End in Peace Pact After Weeks of Halted Shipping
After a 05 day pause the five CIO and allied unions reached a guarantee from shipowners, ending a major strike that tied up about 280 ships and cost the industry billions. Embargoes lifted but western ports face two to three weeks of congestion as cargo resumes.
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San Francisco
Dev
Pactic
Weoy
Sailors’ Union of the Pueblo
Slike
AFL
CIO
U. S
Tacoma
Wash
Western
Dorks
Pacific American Shipowners Association
Marine 8
Indepe
Marine Fremen
Alaska resumes shipping with Baranof after strike
Alaska Steamship Company announces full scale service to Alaska resuming after the West Coast maritime strike. Baranof departs Friday for Southeast Alaska ports marking return of passenger service. two freighters Heroine and Terminal Knot slated to sail around December 17.
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Seattle
Alaska
Alaska Steamship Company
Baranofik
Priday
Tloup
Alaska Transportation Company
Northland Transportation
Alaska Steamship
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U. Alaska
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Willoughby Avenue
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