Peace Talks Set to Avert Steel Strike
Washington plans government guided bargaining as CIO President Murray and top steel firm leaders convene to avert a New Year strike. With only 12 days to deadline, Murray warned of a broad industry walkout, while Cyrus Ching of FM S urged settlement to protect defense and economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Pittsburgh
Cyrus &. Ching
Federal Mediation Service
Ching
Steel Industry
Michael V. di Salle
70-Mile Winds Lash Northwest Coast Storm Tops Pines
Gale force winds battered the Pacific Northwest coast overnight ripping power lines toppling trees and a radio tower. At least two traffic deaths were attributed to the downpour as 70 mph gusts were recorded at the Columbia River mouth and Coos Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astoria
Ore
Pacific Northwest Coast
Columbia River
Coos Bay
Oregon Coast
McCormick and Penrod seek marriage license in court
Richard R. McCormick of Douglas and Lujian Penrod of Juneau applied for a marriage license in the U S Commissioner's court office seeking legal union verification and record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard R. McCormick
Douglas
Lujian Penrod
Juneau
U. S. Commissioner's
Sitka Man at Bar Anof Hotel
Sitka A Glenn of Sitka is at the Bar anof Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sitka
A. Glenn of
Baranof Hotel
How corruption in government began and cure sought
Washington readers are invited to follow Edna Pearson in a new series tracing corruption’s roots in U S government. The column flags three main origins: wartime focus overshadowing domestic policy, 1944 party control by big-city bosses, and key figures such as Hannegan Hague Kelly Flynn shaping the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Pearson
Pearson
Camlerron
U. S
Roosevelt
Bob Hannegan
St. Louis
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Ed Kelly
Chicago
Ed Flynn
Alaska license case heads to Supreme Court plea
J Gerald Williams, Alaska attorney general, leaves for Washington to argue before the U S Supreme Court on the legality of the nonresident fishing license. The $50 fee was upheld in district court but reversed by the Ninth Circuit. Awaiting decision could force refunds of millions. The case likely first Alaska Supreme Court appearance in 25 years, with Williams away three weeks to a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Gerald Williams
Eral
Washington, DC
U. S. Supreme Court
Alaska
U. S. District Court
Juneau
George W. Folta
Ninth Court of Appeals
San Francisco
District Court
Denman
High Court
John Dimond
Supreme Court
Williams
Council Meeting Fails to Change Bar Closures
A special Juneau city council session failed to grant leniency on closures for four bars charged with violations. Licenses will stay halted during the periods: Arctic and Victory, 30 days each after January 1. Top Hat and Triangle, 10 days each. The council plans to revisit policy next regular meeting to reduce confusion and clarify rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau
Robert Stutté
Fire Destroys Fuchs Home at Lemon Creek
A house owned by Mike Fuchs at Lemon Creek near Juneau was destroyed by a fire of unknown origin last night. Fire crews from the sub-port volunteer department responded after a seven mile alarm from the Alaska Communication System tuner station, and the blaze was struck out at 9 05 pm. No contents were saved, while a neighboring house was saved by the department’s efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Fuchs
Lemon Creek
Juneau
Glacier Highway
Alaska Communication System
Seven Mile
Juneau Man Sentenced for Bad Check Larceny
Ted R. Singer of Juneau received a 90 day jail term in U S Commissioner s Court with 75 days suspended on a larceny by the check charge. The insufficient fund check totaled 10 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted R. Singer
Juneau
U. S
Delay Looms On $500,000 Tax Fix Grand Jury Probe
A grand jury inquiry into Abraham Teitelbaum and an alleged half million dollar extortion plot could be postponed to next month. President Truman promises a drastic government cleanup as U S Judge Thomas F Murphy reportedly wields the broom. The Ways and Means subcommittee plans to question Henry Grunewald, recently hospitalized and subpoenaed, on a $1,300 loan linked to Charles Oliphant, former IRS chief counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Abraham Teitelbaum
White House
Truman
U. S
Thomas F. Murphy
New York
House Ways and Means
Mr. Truman
Henry Grunewald
de Wind
Grunewald
Charles Oliphant
Internal Revenue Bureau
Fines Levied For School Tax Delinquency In Petersburg and Wrangell
Seven Wrangell and Petersburg residents were fined for failure to pay school tax in the last week. Ingvald Bratland and Palmer Peterson paid $75 each in Petersburg district court. Four Wrangell residents William Gross Ernest Rude Harry Coulter and Morris Larson were fined $75, while Virginia Layman faced a $150 penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrangell and Petersburg
U. S. Commissioners Court
Petersburg
Ingvald Bratland
Palmer Peterson
Wrangell
William Gross
Ernest Rude
Harry Coulter
Morris Larson
Virginia Layman
Film Producer indicted in Agent's Shooting
Beverly Hills, Dec. 18. Walter Wanger, film producer, indicted by county grand jury for assault with intent to commit murder in the triangle shooting of Jennings Lang, agent for Wanger's wife Joan Bennett. Wanger, free on $5,000 bond, waited with attorney Jerry Geisler. detectives' reports on Bennett Lang liaison may be used.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Walter Wanger
Jennings Lang
Wanger
Joan Bennett
Jerry Geisler
Lang
Geisler
Miss Bennett
Britain Welcomes European Army Plan But With Limits
Paris dispatch reports Britain embracing the European army concept and joining the European defense community at all political and military stages, yet not committing to direct troop participation. A communique after talks with French leaders and Eisenhower says Britain will link forces for training, supply and operation but will not pool troops with the European army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Britain
Churchill
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Schuman Steel
Europe
European Defense Community
France
Italy
West Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
So We Ate the Christmas Tree Ornaments
Western Family Magazine features a story by Mrs. Louise 5 of Juneau titled So We Ate the Christmas Tree Ornaments. The piece recounts a Sattuck home Christmas tale from last year and includes cookie recipes and decorations tied to the tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise 5
Juneau
Current
Western Family Magazine
Bert's Grocery
Sattuck
Super Hits House Goes Into Crash Near Shreveport
A B-29 Superfortress crashed while landing in Shreveport killing four crew members and injuring eight with three gravely hurt and one missing. The craft crossed U.S. Highway 80 after losing an engine and caught fire. the plane had flown from Guam to Barksdale, with Col. H. E. Ragner identified as commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Barksdale Air Force Base
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Travis
Guam
Barksdale
H. E. Ragner
Second Air Base
Fairchild Air Force Base
Spokane
Wash
Red Jets Gun Shy Over Korea Front Fronts Turbulent
In Korea on December 18 American Sabre jets engaged over northwest Korea with over 200 Communist MIGs reportedly gun shy as Fifth Air Force noted few firing passes before Reds broke off. One Sabre pilot bailed out and was rescued. Two Marine planes were shot down but crews survived. Fifth Air Force logged 661 sorties tonight including 20 in support of troops along quiet front lines. Turkish troops repelled Red probing attacks south of Pyongyang in the Iron Triangle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Pyongyang
Iron Triangle
Weather Report Juneau and Vicinity Quiet but cold winds
The forecast calls for continued fair and cold conditions with gusty northeasterly winds tonight and Wednesday. Lows near 8 in town and near zero in outlying areas with a high around 16. Precipitation at the airport none in the past 24 hours. since July 1 total 19.78 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau
Fresh Snow Threatens Northern States Amid Plague Deaths Rise
The Associated Press reports severe winter conditions across the icy north with 152 deaths attributed to the weather. Snowfall totals reach nine inches in Cleveland and five more in western Maryland. Watertown New York sees fresh snow as forecasts call for three to eight inches in Pennsylvania New York and northern Ohio. Temperatures plunge toward sub zero. The storm shifts toward the middle Atlantic and northeast as winter unofficially begins Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Midwest
Cleveland
Maryland
Watertown
New York
Middle Atlantic States
Weather Bureau
Washington
Pennsylvania
Ohio
North Central
Anchorage Tax Man Charged with Embezzlement
Paul Odlaug, former IRS and Territorial Tax employee, arrested on a bench warrant in Fargo for embezzlement. Indicted by federal grand jury in Anchorage on Oct 23. bond set at $5,000. He previously received a suspended sentence in 1950 for embezzling $160 while with the U S Internal Revenue Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fargo
N. D
Paul Odlaug
Department of Internal Revenue
Territorial Tax Division of
Alaska
Odlaug
U. S
Anchorage
U. S&s. Internal Revenue Department
Manslaughter Conviction of Alaska Man Upheld
The Ninth Circuit upheld Lilburn H. Barbeau’s manslaughter conviction for the 1950 shooting death of Paul Gunn in Anchorage. The court ruled a careless handling of a Walther P 38 without a safety catch proved culpable negligence. one judge dissented, saying there was no substantial evidence the safety was off and the act was not a crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Lilburn H. Barbeau
Anchorage
Alaska
Paul Gunn
Ninth
U. S. Court of Appeals
Barbeau
Gunn
William Denman
William E. Orr
Albert Lee Stephens
Trapping Violations Lead to Fines in Petersburg Court
Two Wrangell men, John De Witt and James Marten, were fined $100 each for illegal trapping during the closed season. The arrests, handled by Dan Ralston of Fish and Wildlife Services, occurred in the Portage Bay area before Commissioner Dale Hirt in U S Commission er's Court in Petersburg yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrangell
U. S. Commissioner's Court
Petersburg
Dale Hirt
Dan Ralston
The
Fish and Wildlife Services
John de Witt
James Marten
Portage Bay
List of 11,559 Communist prisoners includes 3,198 Americans
The Reds turned over a prisoner list to the United Nations listing 11,559 captives, 3,198 of them American, with 7,142 South Korean and other nationalities also named. UN officials warned the list may contain errors and said verification would be pursued as truce talks paused to study the document.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Korea
United Nations
U.N
Reds
Matthew B. Ridgway
Tokyo
William F. Dean
U.S
Dean
Taejon
Panmunjom
Associated Press
Frank Noel
Canada
Greece
Netherlands
Nuckols
U.S. Army
PAA Seeks 100 Percent Flight Schedule Despite Strike
Pan American World Airways said it would operate all scheduled flights within 24 hours as ground crews pursers and stewards strike for higher pay. It reported 92 percent of normal flights since the strike began and that Latin American and Pacific services remained uninterrupted. A union committee reportedly recommends strikers return to work and cooperate with a Truman emergency fact finding panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pan American World Airways
CIO Transport Workers Union
Truman
Pan American
United States
Ridgway Conference Pushes Korea Armistice Talks
In Munsan Korea Gen Matthew B Ridgway supreme commander in the theater led a strategy conference with UN military officers and truce negotiators on Korea. He said military and truce delegations are in complete accord, with no disclosed details on renewing ground fighting or armistice talks after prisoner list exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Matthew B. Ridgway
Mink flight carries 24 ranch mink to Cordova for release
Twenty four ranch raised mink from the University of Alaska fur farm at Petersburg were Pacific Northern Airline passengers bound for Cordova to be liberated on Montague Island by the Fish and Wildlife Service. Eight males and sixteen females were shipped. no mink have been found on Montague Island and it is believed they will thrive there.
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Pacific Northern
Cordova
Montague Island
Fish and Wildlife Service
University of Alaska Experimental
Petersburg
Publicized prisoner list of 3198 Americans in Korea
The military in Korea Tokyo and Washington began notifying kinfolk of 3198 Americans reported held by the Communists. First notices may go out by early afternoon. Many families will hear their sons are alive though many others face grief.
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Washington
Korea
Tokyo
Pentagon
Stock Quotations From New York Stocks and Prices
Stock quotations from New York on December 18 show Alaska Juneau mine at 2 percent, American Can 110, American Telephone 156, Anaconda 51, Douglas Aircraft 59, General Electric 58, General Motors 514, Goodyear 44, Kennecott 86, Libby McNeill Libby 8, Northern Pacific 66, Standard Oil of California 50, Twentieth Century Fox 19's, U S Steel 39, Pound 2.79, Canadian Exchange 97.18. Sales today reached 1,390,000 shares with market averages Industrial 266.53 Rails 62.02 Utilities 46.75.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
American Tel
Tel
Anaconda
Douglas Aircraft
General Electric
General Motors
Goodyear
Kennecott
Libby, McNeill and Libby
Northern Pacific
Standard Oil of California
Twentieth Century Fox
U. S. Steel
Pound
Canadian Exchange
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Bell Syndicate, Inc
Fuchs
W. R. Custer
Georgetown University Hospital
Adrien de Wind
House
Army Plan
Gun Shy
Weather Report
Tee
R. E. Libby
William P. Nuckols
U. N
U.N. Command
Red Cross
Communist List
PAA
Ridgway Cenfers
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