Federal Jury Indicts Hiss on Perjury Charges
Alger Hiss pleads innocent to a two-count perjury indictment for denying delivery of confidential State Department papers to Whittaker Chambers. The indictment follows an 18 month probe. bail set at 5000 and trial tentatively January 24 before Judge John W. Clancy.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
State Department
John W. Clancy
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
H'ss
Chambers
Red Intelligence
Hiss 1S
Grand Jury
Marines Return to Shanghai After 1941 Departure
About 700 U.S. Marines from the Ninth Regiment arrive aboard the Bayfield from Tsingtao to protect American citizens in Shanghai. They will remain on board except for shore patrol and liberty parties unless needed in force in the city.
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Shanghai
United States
Tme
Navy
Bayfield
Tsingtao
Madame Chiang Kai-shek seeks US aid to resume Chinese supply lines
Madame Chiang Kai-shek, 56, remains influential in China and the United States by leveraging charm to win American munitions. Her pro US stance made her unpopular at home, and the halted supply flow weakened her standing. Her latest bid enlarges the lobbying effort to secure U.S. assistance.
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Madame Chiang Kai-shek
China
USA
Madame Chiang
United States
U. S
Spy Hunters Target New Evidence in Red Herring Case
Washington report says the House Un-American Activities Committee shifts focus from Hiss Chambers to a federal court room after Alger Hiss is indicted for perjury. The panel reveals 26 more Chambers papers and asserts ongoing Soviet spying in government, while probing Communist influence and needed espionage laws. Mundt defends the grand jury and mocks red herrings in the case.
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Washington
Hiss-Chambers
Capitol Hill
Grand
Alger Hiss
State Department
House Un-American Activities Committee
Russia
Hiss
Rep. Mundt
Munav Ya
Communist Party In America
Mundt
Justice Department
Attorney General's Office
Grand Jury
Truman
New Evidence Unearthed In Un-American Papers
Washington December 16 Congress opens new probe into Whitaker Chambers disclosures as Arch fragments of Navy aircraft diagrams surface from documents Chambers says he obtained as a Communist courier in the 1930s. Continued on Page Five.
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Washington
Dec
Whittaker Chambers
1 House Un-American Activities Committee
Chambers
President Truman Maintains Position on Spy Probe
President Truman stated he has not changed his view of Congress’s Communist spy inquiry. He called the probe a red herring diverting from Republican 80th Congress shortcomings. He refused further comment after an Alger Hiss perjury indictment laugh line and said the matter remains closed.
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Truman
Mundt
Washington
80Th Cen
Ares
Paws
Alger Hills
State Department
Suburbs of Peiping Under Fire Amid City Encirclement
Chinese Communists swarmed Peiping suburbs with rifle fire heard near the old walls. Government commander Satay Fu Tsa-yi reportedly allowed Reds to reach Peiping’s walls, signaling strain on Chiang Kai-shek’s regime in Nanking. The Reds tightened the Nan king blockade by cutting the Pengpu railroad in 20 places, highlighting a growing encirclement of government troops.
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Associated Press
Peiping
North China
Satay Fu Tsa-yi
Chiang Kai-shek
Nanking
Pengpu
Rainbow Girls Ball and Initiation Night at Scottish Rite Temple
Initiation of four candidates Marion Jackson Elizabeth Peterson Beth Fleck and Eloise Deland will precede the Rainbow Christmas Ball at the Scottish Rite Temple. Initiation at 7 30 pm with the ball in the main ballroom at 9 30 pm. Refreshments after the dance. Rainbow friends invited to attend.
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Rainbow Girls
Scottish Rite Temple
Marion Jackson
Elizabeth Peterson
Beth Fleck
Eloise Deland
Rainbow
Where 18 Newton Receives Letter at Empire Office
George Newton will call at the Empire office to receive a letter addressed to him in care of this newspaper, with the missive awaiting pickup.
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George Newton
Empire
Supreme Court urged not to tamper with Tokyo tribunal verdicts
Washington dispatch reports the United States urged the Supreme Court not to assume power to review the Tokyo tribunal, warning that any such change would undermine international law and world peace efforts. The court allotted three hours for arguments on Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders.
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Washington
United States
Supreme Court
International Tribunal
Tojo
Tokyo Tribunal
Philip B. Perlman
United Nations
High Court
Sevell
Eskimo girl from Nome stars in Hollywood film role
Wilma Bernhard Munz of Teller and Nome recalls her nine day Hollywood experience. She rubs noses with the leading man and avoids kissing while the studio outfits her and pays expenses. Stars autographed pictures and urged future contact as she returns to Nome with plans to resume life there.
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Seattle
Quianna
Hank You
Hollywood
Wilma Bernhard Munz
Teller and
Nome
Anchorage
Universal-International
Wien- Alaska Airlines
Munz
Sailors union threatens West Coast strike over wages
The AFL Sailors Union of the F olfe filed a 60 day strike notice with the Labor Department, demanding monthly wage raises to top rate of 350 for boat swans, while the Pacific American Shipowners Association offered 16 to 20. No meetings have occurred since Monday as negotiations may resume at any time under supervisor Omar Hoskins.
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San Francisco
AFL Sailors' Union
Folfe
Labor Department
Harry Lundeberg
SUP
Pacific American Shipowners' Association
French blow up towers of Russia's Berlin radio
The French destroyed the towers of Radio BerUn in the German capital’s Russian sector claiming the lines endangered airlift. Officials notified station managers on November 20 that the towers must come down, while a second, inferior outlet east of the city remained off air as Russians scrambled to restore broadcasts.
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Associated Press
Russia
Berlin
Radio
Ber- UN
Seldovia Woman Barbara Wick Dies in Seattle
Seattle obituary notes Mrs Barbara Wick 56 who came from Seldovia Alaska five months ago died yesterday at her home. Rosary will be sung tomorrow night and Requiem Mass Saturday noon at St Nicholas Orthodox Church. She was born in Kodiak Alaska. Survived by husband Axne a brother and several nephews and a niece all of Seldovia.
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Seattle
Barbara Wick
Seldovia
Alaska
St. Nicholas Aussie Orthodox Church
Kodiak
Axne
Tutus
Stock Quotations and Averages From New York Market
Closing quotations show Alaska Juneau at 3, American Canal 32, Anaconda 32, Curtin Wright 7, International Harvester 27, Kennecott 5645, New York Central 13.5, Northern Pacific 184, U.S. Steel 10, Pound 4034. Daily sales totaling 1 010 000 shares. Averages list industrial at 175.83, rails 53.06, utilities 33.18.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Canal
Anaconda
Curtins- Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York ‘Central
Northern Pacific
Sterl
Defense System Costly and Overhaul Urged by Hoover Task Force
A Hoover Commission task force found the national defense system costly and poorly organized. It urged six measures including stronger Defense Secretary control, budget reform, better interservice teamwork, closer ties between science and strategy, rapid mobilization plans, and readiness against unconventional weapons.
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Washington
Dec
Hoover Commission
United Mlitary Establishment
Commission On Organization
Ferber Hoover
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Joint Chiefs
Glider Rescue Delayed by Severe Greenland Weather
Severe Arctic weather near Goose Bay and Natsarssauk threatens a high risk glider mission to rescue nine U S fliers stranded in a Greenland piotown. Officials report sketchy weather and possible delays as rescue equipment assembles and crews prepare for harsh conditions.
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Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Pierce
U.S
Greenland
Goose Bay
Labrador
Natsarssauk
Forum on Alaska statehood and resources debate
Interior Department hosts a ten day Alaska forum led by Assistant Secretary Warburton focusing on statehood prospects and administrative coordination. Delegates discuss Indian land claims Eskimo reservations Native rights industrial growth pulp mills roads coal exports and a potential synthetic fuels plant in Alaska.
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Vern Maughland
Washington
Interior Department
Dee
Department
Carlton Skinner
Varia
William
Warhe
Steretary Krug
Oscar Chapman
Mignyef
Statehood
Gruening
Truman
Senate
Congress
Kenneth J. | Idow
Anterior
Alaska
John P. Johnson
Alaska Railroad
Skinner
Vessel Owners to Elect Directors at Friday Meeting
Edward J Krause secretary for e Junetu Vessel Owners announces an important meeting Friday evening at Fishw chen's Hall. Board directors will be elected and a delegate chosen to attend the International Fisheries Commission meeting in Seattle on January 12. The Juneau Vessel Owners' organization has 36 members.
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Edward J Krause
E Junetu Vessel Owners
Fishw|chen's
International Fisheries Commission
Seattle
Juneau Vessel Owners’ Organization
Steamship Schedules Note Coastal Arrivals
The Princess Norah from Vancouver is due at 7 30 tonight en route to Skagway. Denall from Seattle arrives Sunday. Victoria sails from Seattle today and Alasta is set to sail from Seattle tomorrow amid Christmas holiday traffic. Baranot from the west is due to depart Sunday.
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Princess Norah
Vancouver
Delbek
Skagway
Denall
Seattle
Victoria
Alasta
Baranot
West
Alaska fishing gear limits proposed as basis for lease ration
A proposal linked to territorial referendum for abolition at fairtraps outlines licensing for all fishing operations in Alaska. Clarence J. Rhode reports from Albert M. Day that five principles would require licenses for boats and fishers, with staged issuance through 1946 to 1948 and revocation for violations. Public comment urged to Juneau and Washington.
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Alaska
Wildlife Service
Clarence J. Rhode
Albert M. Day
Rhode
Ieee
PWS
South Crertor Day
Feltery
Armad
Juneau
Fish and Widlife Service
Washington, D. C
Empire
Unclear Weather Report From Juneau and Airport Areas
Snow tonight and Friday in Joneau Maximum and Velocity Cloudy areas with brief snowfall. Temperatures slowly rise tonight with a low near 2 and a high near 38. Winds southeast 15 to 25 mph. Precipitation figures show inconsistent historic totals for Juneau and the airport, with varying inches noted since July 1.
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Joneay
Rome
Juneau
Dro
Airport
Cince Dee
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