Icy Waters Swirling Through Prince George
President Truman refused to intervene in the coal dispute fueling talk of a strike or lockout after January. John L. Lewis and his miners will work only Tuesday and Wednesday in the next two holiday weeks. Some see Lewis as testing strength by pushing for a 35 cent tonnage royalty and $15 daily wage, while Truman warned he would act if a fuel emergency arises.
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Washington
Truman
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Fruman
Ice jam flood swamps Prince George streets
Nechako River ice jam backed up floodwaters six inches overnight in Prince George. Sawmills closed and residents fled their homes. Damage tops $75,000 as dynamite is used to divert flood waters leaving 200 homes at risk and seven of 31 mills closed.
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Prince George
B. C
Nechako
Long Beach
Wash
Pacific Ocean
Ohe
Eric Matson
Weather report for Juneau and airport areas
The forecast stays cloudy with intermittent snow tonight and Saturday. Temperatures hold steady with lows around 22 to 23 and highs near 25 to 27. Past 24 hours shows light snow at Jos City Juneau and airport, with totals and seasonal accumulations noted.
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Rsa
PB Ae
Juneau
Onena
Vieint
Jos
Formosa Back in Debate as MacArthur Pushes U S Control
The Washington Merry-Go-Round reports a backstage clash over Formosa involving General MacArthur urging U S occupation to block Chinese Communism. The piece notes strategic distance from Okinawa and Japan, the risk to Southeast Asia policy, and Chiang Kai-Shek’s postwar governance leading to unrest on the island.
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Wilsonsroxe
U. S
Formosa
Phiippines
Japan
China
General MacArthur
Okinawa
U.S.A
Southeast Asia
Arthur
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hope and Symington head north for Alaska Christmas tour
Comedian Bob Hope and Air Secretary W. Stuart Symington travel to Alaska for a Christmas weekend visit with Air Force units. They will tour Ladd Field and Aleutian stations, meet troops and their families, and join Governor Gruening for a housing conference.
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Bob Hope
Symington
North
Anchorage
Symngton
Alaska
Kourdes
Ernest Gruening
Ladd Field
Fairbanks
Aleusians
Air Force
Ladd
Seattle
W. Stuart Symington
Frank Armstrong
Hope
Linda
Tony
Patti Thomas
Jimmy Wakely
Armstrong
Ruaska
Hollywood
Stock Quotations and Market Averages Report
Closing quotations show Aliska Juneau mine at 3 and major issues like American Can 03 Anaconda 2814 Kennecott 50 U. S. Steel 26 New York Central 10/2 Northern Pacific 13 Curtiss-Wright 7% and International Harvester 27% amid 1,470,000 shares traded. Averages: industrial 198.88 rail 51.50 national 41.02. From Tacoma Phyllis M. Brown registered at the Baranof Hotel.
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New Yor
Aliska Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
Curtiss- Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
U. & Steel
Industrial
Raila
Ntles
Pope Pius XII Urges Unity Against Militant Atheism
In his Christmas address to inaugurate the 1950 holy year the Pope appeals for Christians to unite under Rome and invites Protestants to join the Catholic Church. He calls for religious renewal and hopes prodigal members return while criticizing atheism as a distortion of God's plan and human nature.
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Frank Brutto
Vatican City
Pius XII
Jesus Christ
Church of
Four New APL Round-The-World Liners Planned
American President Lines announced plans to build four modern combination passenger liners for round-the-world service. The ships would cost about 640 million dollars and be faster and larger than the 573-foot President Cleveland class vessels, with two additional fast ships studied and three VV-2000 luxury liners already under construction in Camden, New Jersey.
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San Francisco
American President Lines
George Killion
Compat
Killion
Camden
Ketchikan Guest MacMillan Visits Baranof Hotel
Mredoh R. MacMillan of Ketchikan is staying as a visitor at the Baranof Hotel in Ketchikan.
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Ketchikan
Mredoh R. MacMillan of
Ketchiken
U S Will Aid Tito In Move Against Aggression
President Truman orders Ambassador George V. Allen to inform Yugoslavia led by Tito of U S policy opposing aggression against any nation. Allen to depart for Belgrade December 28 to deliver Washington's stance amid Soviet pressure on Tito.
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Washington
Truman
Marshall Tito
United States
George V. Allen
Yugoslavia
Tito
Allen
Belgrade
Moscow
Life term prisoner freed after humane act at Sing Sing
Louis Bay walked out of Sing Sing in the rain after volunteering his life for a pint of blood to save a leukemia patient. Gov. Dewey commuted the killer’s life sentence to time served, and Bay received new clothes, $20, and a railroad ticket to New York to report to the Parole Board.
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Louis Bay
Sing Sing
Witte
Roy
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
State Parole Board
Mrs. Jennie Klaney Dies in Juneau at 83
Mrs. Jennie Klaney of Juneau died at the Government Hospital at age 83. Born in Angoon, her first marriage to Jimmie Young in 1902 was performed at Klukwan by Dr. Hall Young, who gave them his Christian name. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Memorial Presbyterian Church.
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William
Jennie) Klaney
Juneau
Government Hospital
Klaney
Angoon
Jimmie Young
Klukwan
Hall Young
Alaska
Young
Presbyterian Church
Inunonia
Willie Peters
Chris Nelson
Suttan
Sit
Eleven Airmmen Killed In B-50 Crash Near Savannah
Savannah Ga December 23 a United States Air Force B 50 bomber crashed in a marsh above the Savannah River killing all eleven airmen aboard. The wreckage lay in muck after the crew took off from Chatham Field and went down minutes later. rescuers faced gasoline flames and difficult access by boat. Lt Rogers Hornsby son of the famed baseball player was later identified among the victims.
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Savannah
Chatham Air Force Base
Frederic E. Glantsberg
Chatham Field
el Paso
Texas
Shatham
Air Forces
Japan
Newark
Denison
Tex
Rogers Hornsby
J. R. Hayden
Air Force
Young Hornsby
Population Tops 150 Million in United States
The Census Bureau estimates the U.S. population at 150,183,000 as of November 1, 1949, up 2,132,010 in the first ten months of the year and 18,514,000 since the 1940 census. The growth runs about 200,000 per month.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Blinding Fog Halts Jerusalem to Bethlehem Pilgrimage
Dense fog shrouded Jerusalem and nearby Bethlehem delaying the traditional Journey to the Church of the Nativity. Weather officials forecast the mist would lift in time for the double procession and high mass commemorating Christmas.
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Bethlehem
Christ's Birthplace
Holy City
Church of the Nativity
Jesus
Officials Return Court In Session At U S District Court
The U S District Court opened at 10 o'clock with Judge George W Folta presiding. He considered motions and liquor license applications and had previously returned by air from Anchorage where he aided Judge Anthony J Dimond. Returning officials included court reporter Mildred Maynard deputy clerk Marie Jensen and law clerk M William Krasilovsky.
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U.S. District Court
George W. Folta
Folta
Anchorage
Anthony J. Dimond
Third Judicial Division
Mildred Maynard
Marie Jensen
M. William Krasilovsky
Hungarian Government Arrests Jewish Welfare Worker as Spy
Budapest reports Israel Jacobsen, director for the American Joint Distribution Committee in Hungary, was detained on suspicion of spying against the state. The Foreign Ministry statement gave no trial timeline. The U.S. State Department has barred private travel to Hungary after earlier arrests of Robert Vogeler and Edgar Sanders with TT&T ties.
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Tungarkyn
Israel Jacobsen
Jacobsen
Hungary
American Joint Distribution Committee
United States
Hungarist Foreign Ministry
I. G. Jacobsen
U.S. State Department
Tiungary
Robert Vogeler
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Vogeler
Edgar Sanders
T.t&t
Patrolman Reports Alaska Highway In Top Shape
The Alaska Highway from the States through Canada to Tok Junction is in top shape for winter driving, according to a report to Frank A. Metcalf, chief of the Territorial Highway Patrol. Sgt. El Turk Mayfield, stationed at Tok Junction, returned from a trip on the roadway and confirmed good conditions.
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Alaska
Canada
Lok Junction
Frank A. Metcalf
Territorial Highway Patrol
EL Turk Mayfield
Tok Junction
Alaska High Way Patrol
Metealy
Juneau Stores Planned Holiday Closures
Juneau stores including drug stores will close for the holiday season, with closures extending into next Monday. The article notes television receivers require 20 or more vacuum tubes, a detail tying into household electronics needs of the era.
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Juneau
Midwest shivers as New York warms for holiday
A cold spell grips the Midwest with sub zero temperatures from the Dakotas to northern Illinois. Chicago records 4 above as snow and sleet sweep the region. New York enjoys springlike temps around 2 degrees. At least 38 traffic deaths are linked to storms across the nation, with southern California hit hardest by hazardous roads.
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Delingis
Pembina
N. D
International Falls
Minn
Rockford
Bradford
Chicago
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Montana
Acro
Mason
California
Fire Routs Crew On Norse Vessel In Boston
A Norwegian freighter Fern Bay moored in Boston suffered a massive blaze. Explosions forced 40 crewmen and two stewards to flee in nightclothes via portholes and smoke filled decks. One crewman burned, captain escaped aboard a cargo boom as flames consumed the five deck superstructure. Damages estimated between 100000 and 500000. Vessel from Oslo arrived from Port Said carrying crude rubber and tea.
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Boston
Fern Bay
Oslo
Norway
Port Said
Far Eastern
Truman could win election now without Eisenhower
Senator Humphrey said President Truman could win another term regardless of Eisenhower. Truman stated he expects no presidential bid from Eisenhower and regards him as a friend. Eisenhower, head of Columbia University, has said he will not seek the nomination and is not pursuing political aims.
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Truman
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Humphrey
D-Minn
Eisenhower
Europe
Columbia University
Santa Claus Parachutist Delights Alaska Children
In Fairbanks Alaska Lt Louis Button of the 10th Rescue Squadron dressed as Santa and parachuted from 1500 feet onto Isolated Civil Aeronautic Administration runway 150 miles southwest of Fairbanks. He carried toys for Lake Minechu mina children and was greeted by six eyewitnesses including two to four year olds.
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Alaska
Santa Claus
Lake Minechu
Mina
Louis Button
Ladd Pield
Civil Aeronautic Administration
Alexander Murphy
10Th
Button
Santa
Steamers Set Sail From Seattle and Vancouver
Baranof is scheduled to sail from Seattle on Saturday as Princess Norah plans a departure from Vancouver. Denali, listed as westbound, is slated to sail southbound Sunday evening.
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Seattle
Princess Norah
Vancouver
Denali
West
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