Five Day Ordeal Ends with Rescue After Boat Sinks
D. B Mercado describes a freezing five day fight for life after his 40 foot troller sank off Boat Harbor near St James Bay. He and Andy Haffner trapped in a cabin with icy water and hunger, until rescued by B. H Manery who found the sunken vessel’s pole pointing skyward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B “Filipino
Mack" Mercado
St. Ann's Hospital
Mercado
Boat Harbor
St. James Bay
B. H. “Sack” Mane
Andy Haffner
Haffner
Coast Guard
Sentinel Island
Survivor recounts sinking of trolling boat in Arctic storm
The on_scene account details Mercado and Andy Haffner aboard a troller that capsized after gusts drove it over. Mercado swam to shore, fought freezing water and injury, and endured a long night in a cabin waiting for rescue, praying for help as Andy did not return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy
Mercade
Haffmer
Haffner
Mercado
Wallace and the atomic bomb: Groves and Wallace debated
The column reviews General Leslie Groves and Henry Wallace in atomic energy history. It notes Groves kept atomic secrets from Wallace fearing leaks, while asserting Wallace may have known as much as Groves and helped seed the bomb project. It recalls Einstein's 1941 letter and Roosevelt's secret energy board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasemotor
Wallace
Leslie Groves
Groves
Einstein
Roosevelt
Alexander Sachs
Lehman Brothers
Henry Wallace
Beelzebub Introduced in Bridges Trial Humor Breaks Perjury Hearing
In San Francisco a trial of West Coast longshore leader Harry Bridges sparked laughter as government witness Manning R. Johnson testified Bridges joined the Communist Party and later quit in 1939. The exchange included joking references to Beelzebub as part of the courtroom banter. Johnson said he became a Communist in 1931 while a Buffalo longshoreman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Beelzebub
Communist Party
Harry Bridges
Manning R. Johnson
New York
Bridges
Communist Party In America
Jwhnson
APL Clerks Union
Buffalo
N. C
Johnson
F. Joseph Donohue
J. R. Robertson
Henry Schmidt
Australia
Burning hulks and survivors in Dutch motorship disaster
Coast Guard planes found the burning Dorps 300 miles east of Miami with 16 missing after an explosion and fire. Eight survivors, including a badly burned man, were rescued. the chief engineer said all other officers were dead. The ship left New York December 8 for Port-au-Prince.
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Miami
Pin
Coast Guard
Ttotorship Corps
St. Petersburg
Coast Guard Air Sea Rescue
Sparrows Point
Hole-In-The-Wall
Hole-In
New York
Port-Au-Prince
Haltt
Holland
Amsterdam
Fia
Coast Guard Pbm
Martin Mariner
Air Sea Rescue Headquarters
Helmus
Edward Amrand
James
Guinia
Flier Rescued After Six Days Lost in California Snow
Robert Bryant survived six days after a crash in the Sierra mountains. Air searchers spotted him yesterday and he is recovering at Glendale, California hospital.
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Fier
California
Fiier
Robert Bryant
Glendale
Government Consolidation Sought in Transportation Aid
The White House released a Commerce Department report by Charles Sawyer proposing consolidation of government aid programs across air, land, and sea transportation. It would follow the Hoover commission model and seeks input from all federal transportation officials.
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Associated Press
White House
Secretary of Commerce
Charles Sawyer
Boover Commission
Juneau Weather Forecast With Winds And Temps
Weather report for a 24 hour period ends 7:30 a.m. PST. Juneau maximum 33 minimum 31. At the airport 34. Partly cloudy with northeasterly gusty winds tonight and Thursday. Colder tonight with low around 26 and a high near 30 Thursday. Precipitation shows 0.46 inches in Juneau since Dec 1 325 inches since July 1 2.13 inches at the airport since Dec 1 128 inches since July 1 3448 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau
Viet
Steamer sailings set for Vancouver Seattle routes tonight
Princess Norah sails from Vancouver at 8 tonight with Denali due from Seattle on Saturday. Baranof vessels depart westward for a southbound run Monday night.
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Princess Norah
Vancouver
Denali
Seattle
Baranof
Stock Quotations and Closing Prices Report
New York stock quotes list Alasxa Juneau 34, American Can 100, Anaconda 28, Curtis Wright 744, International Harvester 29, Kennecott 60, New York Central 10, Northern Pacific 13, U S Steel 26, Pound 2.20. Sales totaled 2,210,000 shares. Averages show Industrials 46.63 and other indices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bulgarian treason trials yield multiple life sentences
Eleven Bulgarians including former Vice Premier Triicho Kostov are convicted of treason for conspiring with the United States Britain and Yugoslavia to make Bulgaria a satellite of Tito's Yugoslavia. Kostov is sentenced to death, others receive life terms. several high officials are named as defendants amid the trial.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Triicho Kostov
Humber
Ivan Stefanov
Pinance
Tito
Yugoslavia
Nikola Pacioc
Security costs 20 billion yearly says CED
The Committee for Economic Development estimated annual national security costs at least 20 billion dollars for years ahead. It urged civilian leadership, stronger long term security, and protection of individual freedom, criticizing current planning as inefficient and unbalanced and warning a powerful military can threaten a free economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling F. Green
Washington
Committee For Economic Development
CED
Republic
U. S
Preparedne
Rita Hayworth's Baby Not Expected Before January
The Aga Khan announced that Rita Hayworth's expected baby would not be born before January. He spoke to an Associated Press correspondent at the airfield as he and the Begum departed for Rome in a Swiss Airliner.
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Nice
France
Aga Khan
Rita Hayworth
Begum
Rome
Associated Press
President Truman Finishes Final Vacation Week in Key West
President Truman enjoys the final week of his Florida vacation as he soaks up sunshine in Key West. He plans to return to Washington next Tuesday and then depart for Independence Missouri for the Christmas holidays.
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Associated Press
Truman
Key West
Washington
Independence
Missouri
Arctic mosquitoes menace Arctic attack defenses
Army entomologist Maj. Robert Traub warns that “the world’s worst mosquitoes” in the Arctic would bite soldiers rapidly, with vast breeding swamps and no natural predators. He cites radioactive markers showing mosquitoes can spread five miles, and notes Arctic climates invite persistent swarms. Traub spoke at a joint entomology meeting in Tampa.
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Frank Carey
Viated
Tampa
Fila
United States
Arctic Circle
Robert Traub
Arctic
Traub
Malayan Tropics
Army
Chemical Corps
Alaska
Bering Strais
Siberia
Army Research and Graduate School
Washington, D. C
American Association of Economic Entomologists
Consul Denies Spy Ring Charge On U S Mission
Consul General Angus Ward rejected claims that the Mukden Consulate served as a U S spy ring headquarters. A Mukden court convicted eight Japanese and Chinese of spying and plotting uprisings, with prison terms from two to four years and deportation of foreign personnel.
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Lakeland Victory
Pusan
Korea
Angus Ward
Mukden
United States
Manchuria
Mukdén
Peoples’ Republic of
Air violators fined 36000 by states in CAA survey
Thirty states under police power prosecuted 349 cases and levied fines totaling nearly 36000, the Civil Aeronautics Administration said. The two year survey ending this fall is described as incomplete and unofficial. Alaska reported one violator and one jail sentence.
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CAA
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Alaska
Northwest Airlines bases to operate Orient flights from Seattle
Northwest Airlines will base Orient operations in Seattle starting December 15. The Seattle Tacoma Airport will host four weekly round trips to Manila and Becal Korea. Flights will use great circle routes via Anchorage, moving Orient services from Minneapolis St Paul to Seattle with four DC-4s initially and Boeing Stratocruisers planned for 1950.
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Seattle
Territory Defense Sought for North by Association
The Sil-America Defense Association announced by Fred W. Ayer aims to secure adequate defense for American territory and support the unofficial Joint Congressional Committee on National Defense led by Senator Magnuson and E L Hob Bartlett. Robert K. Christenberry heads the Hotel Astor Corp. with other officers named from diverse groups.
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New York
Sil-America Defense Association
Fred W. Ayer
Ayer
San Francisco
Detroit
Washington, D.C
Joint
Congressional Committee On National Defense
Maghuson D
Wash
E. L
E. L. “Hob” Bartlett
Robert K. Christenberry
Hotel Astor Corporation
Alan
Pacific Coast
A. J. Hayes
Milwaukee
Wis
International Association of Machinists
Edward F. Holter
Middleton
Maryland Grange
Clyde A. Lewis
Plattsburg
N.Y
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Murray Lincoln
Columbus
Cooperative League of the United States
Ben Brown Edwards
Tulsa
Ohina
Plying Tigers
Tre
Wayne Richey Joins Burford Staff as Sales Rep
Wayne C. Richey formerly Chief Accountant for the Alaska Road Commission has joined the staff of the J. B. Burford Company as sales representative. Richey arrived in November 1948 from Baltimore Maryland where he was negotiating with F. W. Ilventrant Company CPA firm.
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Wayne Richey
J. B Burford
Wayne C. Richey
Alaska Road Commission
J. B. Burford Company
Richey
Baltimore
F. W.ilventrant Company
CPA
Explosion at Swift & Co. Plant Blasts Sioux City Office
An explosion at the Swift & Co. packing plant office in Sioux City destroyed the front of the five story building and killed an estimated 30 to 35 people. Up to 200 injured were reported as gas hampered rescue efforts and emergency units, including the National Guard, rushed to the scene.
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Sioux City
Swift & Co
Charles Grabl
Iowa National Guard
Des Moines
Walter W. Lindgren
Gloux City
al Wright
Swift
Walter Frets
Krebs
National Guard
Naval Reserve
Vic ‘Tims
Lindgren
Dew Moines
Guy
William 5
Beardsley
Jahim
M. W. Peddersens
Feddersen
Naval Reserve Training Center
Taft refutes slide toward socialism in Ohio voters
Republican Senator Robert Taft reports Ohio residents worry about public debt and government spending after 13 weeks of campaigning. He insists there is no slide toward socialism among his constituents.
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Taft
Associated Press
Robert Taft
Ohio
Plot to Overthrow Mexico City Government Reported
A reported plot to topple the Mexican government in favor of a Communist regime surfaced in Mexico City. Federal officials say evidence arose after the arrest of a leftist labor leader, according to a report by the Associated Press.
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Amobiied
Mexico City
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