Chief Monagle Resigns as Juneau Police Chief
John Monagle resigns as Chief of Police in Juneau speaking to the public. He cites lack of cooperation from the City Administration and says he performed his duties to the best of his ability, noting wartime staffing issues and the need to protect residential areas as well as downtown. He states his resignation is necessary to avoid improper interference.
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Juneau
John Monagle
Ernest Parsons
Monagle
Disetter
Tratory
Alaska
Remembering George Carlin of United Features Syndicate
The piece reflects on George Carlin guiding the United Feature Syndicate and the Merry-Go-Round column, detailing his role as peacemaker among famed writers like Pegler and Mrs. Roosevelt, his dedication to work, and the gradual decline of his syndicate as writers moved on, ending with a note that the story continues.
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Washington
New York
George Carli
Remus
United Feature Syndicate
George Carlin
George
Westbrook Pegler
Pearson and Allen
Mrs. Roosevelt
Heywood Brown
Ernie Pyle
Raymond Clapper
Marquis Childs
Tom Stokes
Pegler
White House
Ray Clapper
Jances
Roy Howard
Roy
George Darlin
United Features
Heywood Broun
New Police Force Is At Posts Today In Juneau
City police lines up under Acting Chief Leonard Williamson as former officers depart. Patrolmen include Milo Clouse, Max Rogers, Red Holloway, Sinn, Franklin T. Allen, Solon Dore, with prior Coast Guard and Navy service noted. several tied to Excursion Inlet guests.
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Juneau
New City
Leonard Williamson
Milo Clouse
Glacier Cab Company
Clouse
Max Rogers
V.et Engineers
Eager
Red) Holloway
Coast Guard
Sinn
Point Retreat
Franklin T. Allen
Multiple World Events Highlight River of Cold War News
Congress adjourns for Christmas at 2:11 PM as Senate follows at 2:47 PM. A joint Canada US committee to study border customs is set. Housing program offers low cost dwellings initially to veterans. Marshall visits Nanking for talks on China unity. Imperial and LAT 224 towed after heavy seas. San Francisco urged as UN home site amid campaign. Defense transport forecasts bottlenecks easing by Jan 1. Java arms review spurs UK cabinet deliberation. Major Fabbricatore convicted in court martial. Sunshine Mine fire progress noted. Seattle aids veterans during Christmas. Nashua fire causes estimated 100000 damage. Oslo C 47 crash claims US and Canadian lives.
Heroic Mother Dies From Burns in Pinole Fire
Mrs. Bernice Plant of Pinole dies from burns after rescuing her daughter Janet and her young brother Waype Bishop from a one story frame building where four children perished last Sunday. The 21 year old Oklahoma native previously lived in Chickasha.
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Pinole
Calif
Bernice Plant
Chickasha
Okla
Janet
Waype Bishop
War Explosives Washed Ashore on Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island residents warned after explosives wash ashore along the western coast. Police Commissioner T W S Parsons reports finds include an aluminum canister with a hand grenade, a flare with a detonator, a Tarawa water bottle, and a life raft from a U S ship, discovered ten miles west of Victoria.
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Victoria
B.C
Vancouver
Court Hears Two Game Case Dockets Involving Wildlife Violations
Wildlife Agent J H Likins testified in US Commissioner Court as Rowe and White faced deer related charges. Harold T Rowe pleaded guilty to shooting a deer out of season and related offenses, with sentence deferred. White admitted transporting deer out of season, also with deferred judgment. In a separate matter Peter Austin Robert Carben and James Grant pleaded guilty to trapping within a National Monument and were fined $50 each. All three were found with trap lines near Glacier Bay but had not taken animals.
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Hevonah
J. H. Likins
Fish and Wildlife
Grizley Beut
Harold ‘T. Rowe
Rowe
Ran White
White
Fl Galty
Naife
Wise
Peter Austin
Robert Carben
James Grant
Glacier Bay
Hnd
Legion Dugout Busy as Toy Center Headsquarters
Volunteers from the Ju nea Woman's Club the Business and Professional Women's Club the American Legion Auxiliary and others meet tonight at 7 and again tomorrow at 1 in the American Legion Dugout to wrap and pack gifts for the Community Toy Center. Mrs Perry Ashcraft and Miss sac bel Hartung oversee the project and appreciate any help to deliver gifts to homes and hospitals.
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Junea Woman's Club
Business and Professional Women's Club
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
Perry Ashcraft
Sac Bel. Hartung
Coastal Airlines Flies Two Routes Amid Notices
Alaska Coastal Airlines operated two flights from Sitka and Ketchikan listing crew and passenger names. Juneau High coach Barney Anderson heads to Lewiston, Idaho, after his father's death. Miss Christine Heller, nutrition consultant, returned from Ketchikan after speaking to Health Council and mothers and teachers groups.
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Alaska Coastal Airlines
Sitka
Johin Cushing
Walter May
Hillman Ken
DeWayne LeFlette
Karl Lietch
Newjauer
F. Fletcher
Wallace Westfall
Jim Williams
Dan Moller
Ketchikan
Hal Fairhurst
T.yyronne
James A. Jacobsen
John L. Tosney
Melvin Munson
Charles ©. Zantow
Barney Anderson
Juneau High
Lewiston
Idaho
South
Miss Heller
Christine Teller
Territorial Healtth Department
Health Council
Rare Hearing Set for Juneau Is Called Off
Government actions disrupt Alaska hearings and money losses ripple through gold mining. War Production Board orders shut gold mines impacting operations. Cripple Creek district cited as example of losses. Meanwhile Maritime Commission cancels Juneau rate hearing and postpones Alaska steamship fare talks. Governor Gruening reports delay to January hearing and emphasizes preparation time.
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Washington
War Production Board
Dian D. Conover
American Mining Congress
Wold Mining
Burse
Patterson
Calif
Eingle
Conover
Con Brest
David P Strickler
Cotorada Springs
Colo
Cripple Creek
United
Golden Cycle Corporation
Sinekler
Ernest Ginevine
Alpako
Maritime Commission
Jinewu
Mask
Gruening
Alwakink
Groening
Asuka
Low
M. Williams
Alaska
Gener
Western Air Lines seeks Great Falls to Edmonton route
Twenty nine Western Congressmen back Western Air Lines extension from Great Falls Montana to Edmonton Canada. Rep Mansfield Mont forwarded petition to the Civil Aeronautics Board urging approval noting benefits for western and north western states including Alaska and a shorter direct link for 13 000 000 people in the inter mountain region. He says the inland route already used by the Army provides the best connection to the Orient rather than forcing travelers east or west.
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Washington
Western Air Lines
Ite
Great Palls
Mont
Edmonton
Canada
Mansfield-Monti
Civil Aeronautics Board
Montasan
United States
Alaska
Sunshine International
Air Transport Command
Orient
Inter-Mountain
Mansfield
Eether
Stock Quotations and Wrangell Holiday Plans
Closing quotations for Alaska Judeau mine and other stocks are listed with percent changes and prices. Sales today reached 949,000 shares as Dow Jones averages show Industrials at 189.07 rails 162.66 utilities 37.70. Wrangell secretary Lew Williams plans Christmas at home, flying to Wrangell tomorrow for the holiday weekend.
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New York
Alaska
Judeau
American Can
Anaconda
Curtiss Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Culttral
Northern Pacific
U. S. Stevl
Dow, Jones
Rails
Wrangell
Lew M. Willams
MacArthur Denies Split Over Soviet Troop Role in Japan
General MacArthur rejected a broadcast report claiming clashes with Soviet occupiers over troop assignment in Japan. He said he came to serve and finish the job, calling the broadcast false and alleging misreporting by Larry Tighe of ABC.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Dig
Bome
Japan
Russia
Broadeasr
Larry Tighe
American Broadcasting Corporation
Tighe
Riwslan
Hokkaido
San Francisco
WBC
Harily
United Nations Organization
Seven Elite Guards Hanged at Smolensk
Moscow reports Seven Elite Guard members were hanged after conviction for war crimes at Smolensk. Three others received prison terms from 12 to 20 years for atrocities against Smolensk residents.
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Moscow
Severt Germin
Smolensk
Eritattials
Shortest Day Around 1945 Arrives Tomorrow
Fragmentary notes describe the "Shortest Day" event for 1945 with scattered phrases about winter, timing, and changing daylight. The text mentions specific times and vague actions but remains largely unreadable, offering only hints of a periodical reference to daylight length.
Rationing of Tires Ends January First
Washington reports the end of tire rationing on January 1 after four years of tight controls. The OPA and Production Administration say there is no longer transportation danger and relief is on the way, but new tires will not be widely available for motorists for several months.
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Washington
Jon D. Small
Civitan Production Administration
OPA
Eivisian Production Administration
Felony Count Brought Against William Doherty
William Doherty, recently turned over to federal authorities, faces a new felony charge of attempted robbery. Mrs. R. McNutt swore complaint alleging he tried to force entry at 420 Willoughby Avenue and theft of her purse after answering the door. Doherty had pleaded guilty to drunk and disorderly conduct and is held at a federal jail awaiting further action.
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William Doherty
R. McNutt
Doherty
Willoughby Avene
Gladys Mulvihill dies in Skagway after illness
Gladys Mulvihill, wife of Harold E. B. Mulvihill, died Thursday afternoon in Skagway after six weeks illness. Born July 1905 in Skagway, she was active in the Bantern Blrar club and seal affairs. Survived by husband, son Carl, her mother and two sisters in Chehalis and one in California. funeral and interment in Skagway Cemetery. Naomi Krater of Chehalis has been present recently.
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Bragway
Dent
Gladys Mulvihill
Harold EB. Mulvihill
Ue White Punt
Abe
White Pass
Skage Way
Carl
Chehalis
Wash
California
Naomi Krater
Mulvihill
Skagwa
Bantern
Big evening seen ahead for council
Tonight’s second regular December council meeting at City Hall will focus on routine items. The agenda includes renewal of liquor licenses by the district court clerk, bids for city dock repairs, and discussion of Tunak as a proposed site for a Southeast Alaska extension of the University of Alaska, with remarks from former police officers.
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Cowell
At & W
He City
Southeast
Alaska
University of Alaska
Patton Dies in Heidelberg Prominent War Leader Passes
Gen George S Patton died in an Army hospital at Heidelberg Germany at 11 60 PM after a spinal injury from a car crash near Mannheim. The 60 year old Third Army commander famed for rapid campaigns from Africa to Germany led Allied forces with strict discipline and bold strategy. His death shocks Hamptonsville neighbors and the nation as flags fly at half mast. The death is officially attributed to a stomach infection and complications from his injuries, ending a storied wartime career.
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Potter
Patton
Glen
Daxeph McNarney
McNarney
Wankie Dath
Third Army
Heidelberg
Germany
Manheim
Badelot
Maleop
Hampton
Africa
France
Austr
Czechoslovakia
Pation
Seine
Lotte
Rhine
Tunisia
Niel Luftwaffe
Hermann Goering
Tte
Mike
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Truman
China
Chiang Kaishek
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J. Monroe Johnson
Defense Transportation
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Java
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Mitchell Field
Alphonse J. Fabbricatore
Wallace
Sunshine
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Pacific North West
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New Hampshire
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Norway
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RAF Transport Command
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Ty Tien
Skagway
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