Skagway Elks guests join Juneau for Days of ’98 dance
Visiting Skagway Elks and Emblem Club members are hosted by the Juneau Elks for cocktails at 6:30 p.m. and an 8 p.m. buffet supper with their ladies. The Kangaroo Court fines, humor, and the Days of ’98 program feature Floradora Girls and Sincing Waiters, plus the Shooting of Dan McGrew act. The Skagway group performs again Sunday at the Bubble Room.
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Skagway Elks and Emblem Club
Juneau
Elks
Kangaroo Court
Pat Carroll
Skagway
Floradora
Dan McGrew
Harold Fennell
James Brunette
Wallis George
William Biggs
Gary Gregg
Minneapolis
Santa Fe Trail
Erv Fairbanks
Rolicky
Cowboy Joe
Elks and Emblem Club Troupe Draw Record Baranof Crowd
Skagway Elks and Emblem Club Troupe packed the Baranof Bubble Room to beyond capacity last night with about a hundred standing as tables filled and extra chairs were added. The hour long cowboy themed show moved smoothly from number to number amid a corral background. Juanita Stevenson at the piano and Jackie Budd performed as audience praised the performance ahead of tonight's Days of 98 Elks event.
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Skagway
Elks and Emblem Club
Tor
Baranof
Elks
Juanita Stevenson
Jackie Budd
Bradley outlines Korea collapse at White House briefing
British delegates recalling the Truman Attlee conference describe General Bradley's briefing as shocking He said United Nations forces in Korea suffered a complete collapse and that Chinese Communists had broken American lines leaving only a small beachhead possible He noted Marines in northeast Korea taking severe losses and mentioned a blueprint for evacuation.
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White House
Bradley
Truman
Attlee
Omar Bradley
Korea
United Nations
United States
Imperiales Win Upset Over Columbians In Overtime
Imperial high school upset the Channel League champions Columbians 45 to 37 in overtime at Juneau High Gym. Jack Pasquan scored 15 for Imperial while Rod Rohrberg added 11 to spark the win. In the second game Jim Vuille and Denny Merritt led the Night Owls to a 47 to 42 double overtime victory over Juneau Crimson Bears. Jim Rude added 17 points for the Juneau squad.
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Juneau
Imperial Five
James Terrel
Columbians
Jack Pasquan
Speedy Imperial -Orward
Imperials Fg
Pasquan
Brown
Neilsen
Weed Ineesectnenen
Rehrberg
Kearney
Moore
Ew Phe Ees
Au Essemble
Scott Smithberg
Bennett
Forrest Kelly
Eee Hogins
Wybersesssesseneasssasae
Manning
Asp
Juneau High
Graves Gaeagreseresensuevretventelen
Engstrom Wade Pegues Ninnis
Forrest Wasesans Carlson
Martin Sasenedstseneaneneeessesens
Mikes Owls
Merritt Vill
Sanenananasene
Essesessaceucanensere
Rude Manasssaeiseugssaseesssessasen
Floberg Sey Saawrers
Aase Debt
Hema Lead
Scot Ees
Vuille Russo
Seeeeaea
Anda Tere
Pet Columbians
Juneau H
Douglas H
Weather official Margaret Monte seeks care at St Ann's
Margaret Monte, map plotter for the U S Weather Bureau, entered St Ann's hospital last evening for medical treatment.
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Margaret Monte
U.S. Weather Bureau
St. Ann's Hospital
Wilma John and Wilma Calloway Stop at Bara nof Hotel
Wilma John and Wilma Calloway of Haines are stopping at the Bara nof Hotel during their travels. They plan to visit local sites and rest before continuing their journey. The event appears as a brief social note in the regional column.
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Wilma John and
Wilma Calloway of
Haines
Bara_nof Hotel
Sabotage hits Navy transport in Seattle dockyard
A large Naval transport returning from Korea was damaged in five places at a Seattle dock. Navy officials led a joint military civilian probe into the incident, with Deputy MSTS Commander M O Eaton confirming the sabotage and noting uncertainty over the ship’s exact identity, initially identified as the Gen A W Greely.
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Seattle
Korea
Navy
M. O. Eaton
Military Sea Transportation Service
MSTS
North Pacific
Eaton
A. W. Greely
Orient
Murphy Winner in Beau Bout at Madison Square Garden
Irish boxer Bobby Murphy claimed a title shot at light heavyweight champion Joey Maxim after a knockout win over Jimmy Beau at Madison Square Garden. Murphy, 28, improved to 49 knockouts in 55 pro fights, delivering a body attacking finish in 1:56 of the seventh round to extend his knockout streak.
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New York
Bobby Murphy
Joey Maxim
Cleveland
Joey
San Diego
Maxim
Madison Square Garden
Murphy
Jimmy Beau
Bobby
Beau
New Canaan, Conn
Gamester
Devinney to Seattle Today for Special Medical Attention
James Devinney, injured at the Chicago Mine, is being flown to Seattle for medical care. He will see Dr. S. N. Berens after a nurse accompanies him. surgeons removed his right eye following head and skull injuries from an explosion near the Chicago Mine. Alaska Coastal Airlines arranged the special flight with Dr. Joseph Rude attending.
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James Devinney
Chicago
Seattle
Victor Vinson
S. N. Berens
Devinney
Chicagos Mine
Alaska Coastal Airlines
Joseph Rude
New Trial Won On Confession By Alaska Man
The U S Court of Appeals granted Harvey L. Carignan a new trial after ruling his murder and rape conviction near Anchorage hinged on a confession obtained through religious imagery and pressure. Justice Bone led the majority, noting the confession should not have been admitted despite the voluntary claim, with Justice Pope dissenting.
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Alaska
San Francisco
Homer T. Bone
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
William Healy
Harvey L. Carignan
Anchorage
Walter L. Pope
Carignan
U.S. Marshal's Office
Christ
Alaska prepares quickie alert at Fort Richardson and Elmendorf
Alaska military forces, on alert since the Korean war began, will stage a two to three hour full scale drill at Fort Richardson and Elmendorf Air Force Base. The 8:30 a.m. (1:30 p.m. EST) exercise aims to test communications and rapid reporting to battle stations during an airborne invasion scenario.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Fort Richardson
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Island blackout reported on Shemya in Aleutians
AP photographer Ed Johnson reported arriving from Seattle that Shemya Island was blacked out before dawn. Johnson stayed about ninety minutes during refueling on the isolated Aleutian outpost and was en route to Korea after practice blackouts on the land recently.
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Tokyo
Associated Press
Ed Johnson
Seattle
Shemya Island
Aleutians
Johnson
Northwestern Airlines
Korea
Pan Am Arrivals and Departures Highlight South Route
Pan American World Airways operated on schedule with 30 arrivals and 21 departures to the south. The list details numerous travelers from Seattle and Annette areas including Pat Flynn, Eunice Flynn, John Jones, Vicky Jones, and many others, along with accompanying families and partners. The note records passenger names from Seattle and Annette, noting Hughes and Woodruff among others.
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Pan American World Airways
South
Seattle
Pat
Eunice Flynn
A. B. Hobbs
John
Vicky Jones
William Reedy
O. Schonker
C. Spieggle
Dan
Mary Stanworth
Don
Javan Beitinger
R. Berg
Evelyn Day
Edward Erickson
Audrey Lind
Milton Lawrensen
I. J. Montgomery
Juan Munoz
Harry
Lois Nicholet
Robin
Keith Pincutt
Karolin Reitlinger
Bill Twenhoffel
Annette
Robert Baker
B. A. Cochran
C. D. Bloomfield
President Truman Attacks Music Critic Over Daughter Singing
President Truman fired off a sharp letter to Washington Post critic Paul Hume after a review described Margaret Truman’s singing as flat. The White House and Republicans weighed in with mixed reactions while Miss Truman defended the critic’s right to his view during a southern tour stop in Nashville.
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Washington
Truman
Paul Hume
Washington Post
Hume
Margaret Truman
Westbrook Pegler
New York
Pegler
United States
Bernard Baruch
White House
Watkins
Utah
Congress
South
Miss Truman
Nashville
Tenn
Vets Commissioner Returns Board Meets In January
The annual meeting of the Territorial Commission of Veterans Affairs will be held in Juneau within the first 10 days of January, date to be set soon, Commissioner Floyd Guertin said. He returned from a three week trip to the states with Mrs. Guertin and daughter Barbara, visiting Highlands Park in North Chicago for Thanksgiving amid subzero conditions, and staying with Mrs. Guertin’s mother. They also visited Spokane, Washington, with Guertin’s mother.
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The
Territorial Commission of Veterans Affairs
Juneau
Floyd Guertin
Guertin
Barbara
Highlands Park
Chicago
F. M. Guertin
Spokane
Wash
New Commerce Order Bans War Goods to Red Areas
The Commerce Department barred American ships and planes from carrying war-useful items to Russia and its satellites under the Defense Production Act. Effective immediately, traffic between any world ports is covered. Honolulu seized three ships Pioneer Wave F J Luckenbach American Transport for cargo bound for Red China until unloaded.
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Washington
Russia
Commerce Department
Honolulu
China
Pioneer
American Pioneer Lines
F. J. Luckenbach
Luckenbach Lines
American Transport
Pacific Transport Lines
Philip B. Fleming
America
Coast Guard Makes Aleutian Supply Run Despite Ice
The Coast Guard ship Storis completed a month long supply run to Aleutian light stations despite severe weather. Delays hindered landings of oil and other supplies across several stations in the chain. On return, Storis broke six inch ice at Hood Bay enabling the freighter Forester to deliver to Owen Briders logging camp.
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Coast Guard
Aleutian Islands
Hood Bay
Forester
Owen Briders
Steamers schedule near Seattle and Vancouver
Denali from Seattle arrives Monday night while Princess Norah sails from Vancouver Wednesday Baranof from the west is due to arrive Sunday noon heading southbound
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Denali
Seattle
Princess Norah
Vancouver
Baranof
West
30 Year Sentence for Gold in Spy Ring Case
Harry Gold, a Philadelphia chemist, was sentenced by U S District Judge James P McGranery to two concurrent 30 year terms for espionage as the self confessed courier in a wartime Russian atomic spy ring. He pleaded guilty to acting as a go between delivering atomic secrets from Klaus Fuchs to Russian agents.
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Philadelphia
Harry Gold
Gold
U. S
James P. McGranery
Klaus Fuchs
Cauley Family To Vacation In United States
Mr and Mrs James Cauley and son Charles plan a Bar anos vacation departing Sunday. They will visit Cauleys mother in St Paul Minnesota for Christmas then travel to Coeymans New York to see Mrs Cauleys parents Mr and Mrs B Clouse. Cauley returns to fiscal officer duties in the Employment Security Commission office around mid January while Mrs Cauley and Charles stay with her parents until spring. He hopes to catch basketball and hockey games during the trip.
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James Cauley
Charles
Baranos
States
St. Paul
Cauley
Lind couple stay at Bara hotel amid travel arrivals
Mr and Mrs John Lind of Names Point CAA station are guests at the Bara hotel Mrs Lind arrived yesterday from Seattle on PAA and Lind flew down from Anchorage on PNA.
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John Lind
Names Point Caa
Baranof Hotel
Lind
Seattle
PAA
Anchorage
PNA
Harold A Stover at the Baranof Hotel
Harold A. Stover of the Storis is listed as staying at the Baranof Hotel.
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Harold A. Stover
The
Storis
Baranof Hotel
Federal officials visit Alaska departments for 1951 office needs
G R Sessions and Glenn Bower of the General Services Administration conferred in Juneau with heads of federal agencies on requirements for their offices for 1951. They departed for Anchorage and Fairbanks to continue similar missions.
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G. R. Sessions
Glenn Bowersox
General Services Administration
Federal Purchasing Agency
Seattle
Juneau
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Doughboys Marines in Big Battle Near Changjin Reservoir
About 20 000 U S Marines and Doughboys of the Allied 10th Corps push toward a linkup with a northbound rescue column in northeast Korea. They battle 100 000 Chinese troops under blizzard conditions while planes evacuate wounded at Kato and Hungnam traffic routes.
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Associated Press
U.S
10Th Corps
Changjin Reservoir
Korea
Koto
Hamhung
Hungnam
Adm
C. Turner Joy
U.N. Naval
Sea of Japan
Hunenam
Reservoir
Kato
Rainfall Report for Juneau and Airport
The past 24 hours ending 7 30 a m shows Juneau receiving 0 03 inches of precipitation with 1 83 inches since December 1 and 35 07 inches since July 1 While the Airport recorded 0 01 inches in the last 24 hours and 1 23 inches since December 1 along with 24 35 inches since July 1
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Juneau
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Tom Brown
Frank Heintzleman
Joe Patterson
Fred Younker
Tom
W. T. Battrick
Martin Mackey
A. Tottemoff
Paul Pack
Gertrude Parrish
Fred Manley
T. Beaul
Dewey Long
Louis Orel
Tr. Bosworth
W. Marcus
Marsh Beartty
Erim Erickson
Lester Massengill
Detroit
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George L. Massengill
Massengill
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FED
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Weather Report
Juneau and Vicinity
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