Three Nations Open Ten Year Pacific Fishing Pact
Tokyo reports Japan Canada and the United States signed a ten year fisheries treaty covering the North Pacific for salmon halibut and herring with a provisional demarcation line near longitude 175 west. A three power commission will review areas of intermingling and adjust lines as needed with a scientist panel in case of deadlock. The pact runs ten years with possible indefinite extension and awaits ratification by the three nations.
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Tokyo
Japan
Canada
United States
Hawaiian
Wake ‘Islands
Commission
North Pacific
King George VI Celebrates 56th Birthday at Buckingham Palace
King George VI turned 56 today as he continued recovery from a lung operation in September. He spent the morning reading congratulatory messages from around the world while members of the royal family attended a luncheon at Buckingham Palace.
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London
George VI
Buckingham Palace
Rayburn warns Truman to act on graft probes or face GOP pressure
Speaker Sam Rayburn bluntly told President Truman to initiate a cleanup or risk wrecking the legislative program. He urged naming a crusading Attorney General and warned mink coats would fly on every bill if the administration fails to move. He warned Democrats that their hold on power could slip if tax scandals persist.
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Sam Rayburn
Truman
Congress
Pennsylvania Avenue
Rayburn
Harry Truman
Capitol Hill
Wanger shoots agent in Beverly Hills parking lot
Producer Walter Wanger shot his agent Jennings Lang in a Beverly Hills parking lot as Joan Bennett watched. Lang, 39, was seriously wounded in the groin and leg and underwent a long surgery. Wanger, 37, was booked on suspicion of assault with intent to murder.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Joan Bennett
Walter Wanger
Jennings Lang
Miss Bennett
Lang
Wanger
Chief Anderson
Walter
Wanger Freed After Overnight Hold In Shooting Case
Film producer Walter Wanger was released on bail after an overnight jail stay for shooting the agent of his wife Joan Bennett. He said he slept well and declined further comment. District Attorney S Ernest Roll planned charges after investigation. Lang remains under opiates after a groin wound operation.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Walter Wanger
Joan Bennett
Roll
Lang
Oliphant Links Grunewald in Big Tax Case
Washington December 14 Oliphant former chief counsel of the Internal Revenue Service tied Henry Grunewald to a major tax case before House Ways and Means investigators. He described a six figure assessment against Baltimore businessman Hyman Klein and testified about dropped prosecutions and inquiries involving Senator Bridges and other officials.
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Washington
Charles Oliphant
Henry
the Dutchman
Oliphant
House
Ways and Means
James Morrison
D-La
White House
Kean
Reds refuse to lift curtain on prison camps truce talks
Frost bitten Lloyd Bowen described ten minutes on a spinning Cessna tail at Kellogg Airport as he wrestled the engine start and held on through a wild loop. In Korea at Munsan the Reds refused to lift secrecy on prison camps while offering a six point plan tied to troop rotation and prisoner exchanges as UN negotiators pressed for access and verification.
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Battle Creek
Lloyd Bowen
Bowen
Kellogg Airport
Munsan
Korea
Red
Red Cross
Adm
R. E. Libby
Tokyo
Panmunjom
Allied Jets Score Skirmishes Over Korea Amid Aerial Combat
In Korea, Red anti aircraft guns downed three Allied planes while U S Sabre jets destroyed one Communist aircraft and damaged three. Two F 80 Shooting Stars evaded six MiG 15s near Pyongyang, while Red flak felled an F 84, an F 51 and a Shooting Star over Communist territory. Fifth Air Force logged 663 sorties, and Friday’s battles followed a previous jet duel that left several MiGs downed or damaged. Ground forces maintained defense, while the Eighth Army conducted raiding actions.
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Seoul
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Korea
Red
Fifth Air Force
North
Mayor Harry Douglas Stopping at Gastineau Hotel
Mayor Harry Douglas of Hoonah is stopping at the Gastineau Hotel during a visit. He is scheduled for informal meetings with local leaders and to review city projects.
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Harry Douglas
Hoonah
Gastineau Hotel
Wage Increase For Anchorage Workers Planned
Seattle dispatch reports the regional wage stabilization board sent four petitions covering about 600 Anchorage Alaska retail and service workers to the national board for review. The petitions were approved 8 to 4 with industry dissent, but two public members blocked. The move to refer follows a directive to send unusual cases to the national board. The original 8 to 4 finding details were not disclosed.
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Seattle
Regional Wage Stabilization Board
Anchorage
Alaska
National Board
Ship Movements Denali Southbound Sunday Schedule
Denali is scheduled to move southbound on Sunday. Baranof plans a Seattle departure today. Cassiar freighter due to arrive southbound Saturday morning.
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Denali
Baranof
Seattle
Cassiar
Weather Forecast From U S Weather Bureau
Cloudy and windy with snow tonight and Saturday. Low around 23 degrees tonight. High near 25 degrees tomorrow. Gusty easterly to southeasterly wind 15 to 25 mph. Precipitation past 24 hours ending 7 30 a m tod.
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Tod
Two Candidates For Delegate From Alaska
Incumbent E L Bob Bartlett a Democrat seeks a fifth term as Alaska Delegate after Anthony Dimond's departure. Republican contender Bob Reeve veteran bush pilot and owner of Reeve Aleutian Airways announces bid on the GOP ticket. Wage increase noted in trailing line.
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Alaska
E. L
Bob) Bartlett
Anthony Dimond
Bob Reeve
Reeve Aleutian Airways
Third Division Democrats Meet In Convention
ANCHORAGE December 14 delegates gathered as the Third Division Democrats planned to adopt a divisional platform elect delegates to the territorial convention and discuss party matters. The division is a Democratic stronghold in the territory.
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Anchorage
William Egan
Valdez
Democratic Party
ATA Seeks Block on License Revocation
Air Transport Inc a Seattle Alaska irregular carrier asked the U S District Court to stop the Civil Aeronautics Board from revoking its permit. The CAB ordered shutdown by Dec 20 for allegedly too frequent flights. The petition seeks an injunction until a hearing on its scheduled carrier permit.
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Washington
Air Transport Inc
Seattle
Alaska
U.S. District Court
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Police Warn Drivers To Be Cautious In Icy Conditions
Bernard E. Hulk Juneau Chief of Police issued a warning to motorists to drive carefully as icy streets and blowing snow reduce visibility. He urged extra caution around schools and churches where classes are in session and where school buses load and unload, noting that one precaution may save a life.
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Bernard E. Hulk
Juneau
Bethel Hospital Problem Taken Up
Rex Lee associate commissioner of Indian affairs discussed Bethel hospital issues with Hugh Wade during his Alaska visit in Seattle. Lee has spent two days here and will depart this afternoon for Washington.
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Seattle
Bethel Hospital
Alaska
Rex Lee
Indian Affairs
Hugh Wade
Lee
Washington
Medo-Milk reps stop at Baranof Hotel in Juneau
A. Mardon of San Mateo California and Adolph Rugg of Everett Washington, representing the Medo-Milk Co., are stopping at the Baranof Hotel during a business visit.
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T. A. Mardon
San Mateo, Calif
Adolph Rugg
Everett, Wash
The
Medo-Milk Co
Baranof Hotel
Jeanne D Hermann Registered at Baranof Hotel
Jeanne D Hermann of Anchor ace is registered at the Baranof Hotel, noting a guest registration and association with Anchor.
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Jeanne D. Hermann
Anchorace
Baranof Hotel
Stock Quotations From New York December Trading
Stock quotations show American Can at 109 percent American Telegraph at 156 percent Anaconda 50 percent Douglas Aircraft 60 General Electric 74 General Motors 51 Libby McNeill Libby 88 Northern Pacific 67 Standard Oil of California 50 Twentieth Century Fox 19 U S Steel 39 Canadian Exchange 97 62. The day’s sales reached 1 360 009 shares with sector averages industrials 265 71 rails 82 25 utilities 46 79.
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New York
Dec
American Tel
Tel
Anaconda
Douglas Aircraft
General
Service Fired From State Dept After Loyalty Ruling
John Stewart Service, longtime diplomat tied to the Amerasia case, was fired by the State Department after the loyalty review board found reasonable doubt about his loyalty. The action follows prior shelving of charges and a disputed board ruling, with Service calling the move an injustice.
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Washington
John Stewart Service
State Department
Department
Service
Charles E. Rhetts
Amerasia
Philip C. Jaffe
New York
China
Navy
Jaffe
Foreign Service
Wage boost for 12 000 in Alaska workers, 25 cent raise
An agreement for a 25 cent hourly wage increase for about 12,000 Alaska construction workers in 1952 was announced by contractors and eight AFL unions. They also seek improved living conditions in worker camps at Whittier, Fort Richardson, Ladd and Eielson Air Force bases, with the rise effective January 1.
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Seattle
Alaska
AFL
Associated General Contractors
Construction Stabilization Commission
National Stabilization Board
Hod
Teams
Whittier
Fort Richardson
Ladd
Eielson Air Force Bases
Gustavus Couple At Gastineau Hotel With CAA
Mr and Mrs James Costello of Gustavus stay at the Gastineau Hotel where he is with the CAA, confirming their current location and association.
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James Costello
Gustavus
Gastineau Hotel
CAA
Baranof Hotel Hosts H. E. Barber in Vancouver
H. E. Barber of Vancouver Washington is staying at the Baranof Hotel, Baranof.
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H. E. Barber
Vancouver, Wash
Baranof Hotel
Split Democrat Convention Splits Over Nominating Lists
In SITEA Alaska the Democratic division fractured this morning as the nominating committee led by Peter Wood proposed lists including Wrangell and Petersburg delegates. James Nolan warned he would walk out, the floor battle led to a recess, and a roll call defeated the motion to accept the report.
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Sitea
Alaska
Peter Wood
Juneau
al Smith
Nolan
Wood
Woods
Wrangell
Petersburg
James Pinkerton
Ketchikan
Platform and Resolutions Committee
Mike Haas
Earl Forsythe
Robert Ellis
Howard Bradshaw
Ken Bowman
Ben Mullen
Mike Pusich
W. C. Stump
Dan Doyle
Cleda Mae Cammock
Jeanette Edwards
Frank Peratrovich
Centralia Firm Low Bidder on BPR Road Projects
Pacific Land and Gravel Co of Centralia Washington won the Bureau of Public Roads surfacing contracts totaling 1.86 miles near Gastineau Channel Bridge and 3.33 miles on Glacier Highway with a bid of 295,876 dollars. Lytle and Green of Des Moines Iowa was the only other bidder at 313,048 dollars. Work starts when weather allows and should finish next fall.
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Pacific Land and Gravel Co
Centralia
Wash
Bureau of Public Roads Project
Gastineau Channel Bridge
Douglas
Duck Creek
Auke Bay
Lytle and Green
Des Moines
Iowa
Juneau
Pacific Sand and Gravel
Waine Hendrickson
Taken to Ketchikan for emergency medical treatment
Willard Wall, 59, was moved from Meyers Chuck to Ketchikan yesterday afternoon for urgent medical care and hospitalization, Coast Guard headquarters reported. A Coast Guard aircraft from Annette conducted the flight.
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Willard Wall
Meyers Chuck
Ketchikan
U. S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Annette
Tide Tables December 15 High and Low Waters Listed
The schedule shows December 15 tides with high tides at 3:22 a.m. 15.1 feet and 2:47 p.m. 17.0 feet, and low tides at 8:54 a.m. 48 feet and 9:29 p.m. 0.7 feet.
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Reds
Weather Report
U. S. Weather Bureau
Juneau and
Vicinity
Trace
Associated Press
ATA
Pearl Ittigiah
Santa Claus
Macy's Department Store
New York City
President Truman
Pearl
State Dept
Larry Moore
Contractor's Association
Lew Berman
Operating Engineers’ Union
Caa Man
James Nolan
Centralia Firm
BPR
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