Storms Bring Snow, Record Drops Across Northeast
Chicago dispatch reports two merging snowstorms caused at least 24 deaths and heavy accumulating snow across New York metro, with 25 inches-plus in places. Northeast traffic halted, New York City tied for third heaviest snowfall in history. record 258 inches fell December 26 27. Seventeen storm deaths confirmed in NYNJNE. icy Illinois roads blamed for additional fatalities. Meanwhile Florida cities saw warm rainless days and highs near 82 as cold fronts pushed temps down in the north.
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Chicago
New York
New York City
New Jersey
New England
Houghton
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Miami
Tampa
Fila
Jacksonville
Florida
Ward
Atlantic
Virginia
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Carolina Coast
Pacific Coast
Midwest
Washington
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Philadelphia
Hartford
Conn
West Coast
California
Middlewest
Missouri
Wisconsin
Ohio
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Ind
Cascade Mountains
Washington State
Shortest Day Of Year Is Tomorrow In Alaska 1948
Tomorrow marks the winter solstice with Alaska daylight from 9:45 a.m. to 4:07 p.m. The season begins as winter has already hit the territory. With Christmas this week, Alaskans face short days and tighter budgets amid festive expectations.
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Alaska
Bankruptcy Petition Filed Against Hutchings and Merritt
A debtors petition for bankruptcy was filed today in District Court against Thomas H. Hutchings and A. G. Merritt, individually and as partners.
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Thomas H. Hutchings
A. G. Merritt
Truman Dewey talk at Idlewild Airport interview
The article recalls the sole conversation between President Truman and Governor Dewey at Idlewild Airport opening last June. Whalen, famed New York greeter, introduced Truman to Dewey and Whalen reported an off the cuff remark about the White House. Mundt again praised in a campaign note.
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Wissrarox
Grover Whalen
New York
Truman
Dewey
Idlewild Airport
Whalen
White House
Communists Dominate U S Electrical Industry Report Says
Washington reports a House Labor Subcommittee says Communist forces control CIO Electrical Workers Union through its national office executive board staff and several locals. The 600000 member union handles defense contracts in atomic energy machinery jet propulsion radar and related devices. The subcommittee warns national security is threatened despite many workers remaining loyal.
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Washington
Russia
America
CIO Electrical Workers Union
House
Ac- Pat
Kersten
Two Storms Strike New York in Heavy Snowfall
Chicago dispatch reports New York City endured its third heaviest snowfall as a coastal storm from the Carolina Coast merged with a Pacific-originating system. The merged storms dumped a 19.5 inch cover across the metro area and disrupted trains and buses, with multiple fatalities reported across New England, New Jersey, and Illinois.
Survivors Rescued After Plane Crash Near Kodiak
Navy LST rescued two survivors from a single engine Stinson on Montague Island 200 miles northeast of Kodiak. Coast Guard spotted survivors last Saturday and supplied them. Air Force B 17 had sighted wreckage. details to follow once LST reaches Kodiak.
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Navy
LST
Montague Island
Kodiak
Coast Guard
Iate
Stinson
Picknicker Truck Disaster Kills 41 in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES Dec 20 A truck carrying 47 picnickers rolled down a hill into the side of a train, killing 41 and injuring several others in a tragic disaster that shocked the nation.
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Buenos Aires
Truman Eyes War Emergency Powers for Congress
Washington dispatch reports President Truman may send a special message to Congress seeking standby war powers to mobilize the nation at once if war emergency arises. The plan, likely to gain final approval by mid January, would authorize a quick freeze on prices and wages, halt job shifts, levy excess profits tax, and invoke priorities with rationing of scarce goods.
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Truman
Congress
National Security Resources Board
Bunche declares Palestine war over and Israel firmly established
New York dispatch reports Dr. Ralph Bunche, acting United Nations mediator, returning to the United States saying the Palestine war is now over and a final solution is on the way. He states the Jewish state is firmly established and that ongoing fighting is limited to local incidents, not a major threat.
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New York
Israel
Ralph Bunche
United Nations
Palestine
Family heads to Ketchikan for Christmas visit
Mr and Mrs Jim Church and their two children Jane and Jim Jr were passengers on the Baranof bound for Ketchikan They will spend the Christmas holidays with Mrs Churchs family in the First City and will return to Juneau next week
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Jim Church
Jane
Jim, Jr
Baranof
Ketchikan
Spy probes seek 10 quiz 8 witnesses
Congressional spy investigators race to gain Justice Department approval to quiz eight key witnesses before year end. The panel seeks to add testimony to its espionage inquiry report, naming Alger Hiss, Elizabeth Bentley, Chambers, Hedda Gompers and others. Mundt says Reno may illuminate the Aberdeen proving ground matter and Gompers can shed light on pre war Communist activity in Washington. The panel also agrees not to question five witnesses in the perjury trial of Alger Hiss if not needed by the Justice Department.
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Pew Congress
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R-Sc
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Alger
Alger Hiss
Elizabeth Bentley
Chambers
Henry Julian Wadleigh
William Ward
Pigman
Franklin Victor Reno
Hedda Gompers
National Bureau of Standards
Reno
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Army
Aberdeen
Mimdt
Gompers
Alger Hias
Tighten Spy Laws and Unify Intelligence Agencies
Washington reports disclose plans to tighten spying laws and place the nation’s intelligence agencies under centralized civilian control. Secretary Forrestal describes a campaign to coordinate internal security work across FBI, Secret Service, State Department, and other bodies while denying any move to abolish the FBI or create a secret police.
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Park
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U. S
Forrestal
National Security Council
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Quechnois
Jetter
Mary B. Hartman
Philadelphia
Truman
White House
French to Return Stolpe Village to Russians
The French prepared to return the small village of Stolpe to the Russians on January 3. Stolpe near Berlin has under 1,000 residents, mostly farmers, and was handed to the French in October 1945 so an airfield could be built. The field was never completed.
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Associated Press
Stolpe
Berlin
Injections Impure Fifty Nine Children Die Kyoto
Diphtheria immunization deaths in Kyoto climb to sixty with impurities blamed for the injections. Officials report the fatalities among children as the city conducts investigations and health authorities consider remedial actions.
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Tokyo
Kyoto
Steamship sailings and arrivals in Alaska report
Steamers movements list Seattle departures with Baranof at 11 am on December 24 and Alaska bound vessels. Princess Norah to sail from Vancouver on December 30. Denali expected to head south around December 28 from the west. Alaska services timetable notes a Tuesday noon arrival for the Seattle origin steamer.
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West
Weather Revision From U S Weather Bureau Juneau Forecast
24 hour period ending 6 am PST shows Juneau high 35 low 31, and airport high 33 low 30. Mostly cloudy with snow flurries tonight and Tuesday. Low near 29._precip totals and rainfall measurements shown, including Juneau and airport figures and year totals.
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U8 Weather Bureau
Juneau
Extraordinary session called for January 6 1949 in Alaska
An official proclamation summons the Nineteenth Alaska Territorial Legislature to meet in Juneau at 10 am January 6 for a 17 day session. Government seeks revenue measures to cover arrears for schools welfare health and other functions and to address territorial finances. The regular session begins January 24.
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Alaska
Territory of
Legislanies
Gruening
Juneau
High Court Refuses Interference in Tojo Case
The Supreme Court, in a 6-1 ruling, refused to intervene in the International Military Tribunal that condemned former Premier Tojo and six Japanese warlords to death. It held no authority to review or alter the tribunal’s judgments, denying petitions for writs of habeas corpus.
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Supreme Court
International Military Tribunal
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Conq
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Mega
United States
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Mac
Arthur
Call for Special Session Valid, Rivers States
Attorney General Rivers declares the call for a special session valid and explains that terms of 18th legislators expire by January 6, 1949, making the 19th Legislature the proper body for the January session. He cites legal principles and Alaska election certification to argue the session should involve the newest representatives.
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Alaska
Legislative Council
Sesson
Genera Rivers
Lott
Senate
Perritoria
Ganvasy‘ing Board
Legislative Assembly
Market closes with mixed Alaska Juneau and miners gains
New York stock quotations show Alaska Juneau and several miners up while major industrials drift. Trading volume reached 980000 shares as averages edged higher in industrials to 176.84 and utilities to 33.18, with other indices mixed.
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Ing
Alaska
Juneau
American
Can Epa
Anaconda
Gurnex
Wright
International Harvest— Fer
Kennecott
Central
Northern Pacific
U.S Steel
Util Ney
Massive Canadian plane plant in Valcartier blaze destroys factory
In Valcartier Quebec a 1,000 foot long shell manufacturing plant at the arsenal, part of the army training and research center, was described as complete and destroyed after a fierce fire that broke out Saturday night. The blaze burned through seven buildings. cause unknown and water facilities were lacking as hundreds of workers fought to contain the inferno.
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Valcartier
Queb
G Arsenal
Seanad
Flood in Central Iran Leaves 200 Missing and Homes Destroyed
Ettalaat reports 200 missing after flood inundates five villages near Tafahar in central Lewe. About 20,000 people made homeless without food as heavy rains cause widespread damage and aftershocks follow.
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Tran
Ettalaat
Tafahar
Lewe
Sid
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