Air Force plans fourfold buildup for Korea war effort
Washington reports a fourfold growth in U S Air Force strength to meet Korea era needs. Undersecretary McCone outlined rapid expansion including more groups bases and trained personnel with a two year immediate push and potential later doubling to sustain air balance. Current output and production facilities are being scaled to hit higher rates and broader capacity.
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Washington
Air Force
Korea
John A. McCone
Pacific
United States
McCone
One Christmas Window Missed by The Empire
The Empire overlooked Bill Ray's Liquor Store window in the George Brothers building on South Franklin street showing a handsome Santa Claus. Other Christmas windows may also have been missed by Saturday's decoration listing.
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Empire Reporter
Bill Ray
George Brothers
South Franklin Street
Ray
Santa Claus
Andy Barlow Returns to Alaska Headquarters
Andy Barlow, executive secretary of the United Trailers of Alaska, returned to his headquarters here today after spending Christmas at Wrangell.
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Andy Barlow
United Trailers of Alaska
Wrangell
Young Family Stops at Baranof Hotel
Mr and Mrs Frank C Young and their Haines based family are staying at the Baranof Hotel during a visit.
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Frank C. Young
Family of
Haines
Baranof Hotel
A GI's Plea for Peace Reprinted at Christmas
The Washington Merry Go Round recalls John Crown, a paraplegic war veteran, whose two year old plea for peace inspired many Americans after August Dietz printed thousands of copies. Crown later died, and the column signals a republication on Christmas Day.
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John Crown
August Dietz
Richmond
Halloran General Hospital
President Truman Aims to Push Foreign and Defense Aims
President Truman returns from Independence to prepare his State of the Union and two other messages to the 82nd Congress. He will likely address Korea, Western Europe rearm, FEPC, Alaska and Hawaii statehood, and sweeping emergency measures including military outlays, draft law revision, higher taxes, new agencies, and extended rent controls.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Independence
82Nd Congress
Korea
Western
Europe
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Alaska
Hawaii
House
Senate
Mr. Truman
Steamer Movements Across Pacific Coast Ports
Baranof is slated to sail from Seattle Friday evening while Princess Norah is set to depart Vancouver December 30. Denali will arrive from the west and head southbound on Sunday.
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Baranof
Seattle
Princess Norah
Vancouver
Denali
West
Mass Prayer Day Called On New Year
The Associated Press reports a nationwide call for mass prayer on New Year Eve 1950 as Americans in turmoil and world conflict choose invocational reflection. The National Council of Churches of Christ of America, with over 31 million members, says the response spans dozens of denominations and spurs daily prayer movements nationwide led by Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill.
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Associated Press
United States
National Council of Churches of Christ of America
Henry Knox Sherrill
Stalin Peace Prize to be first awarded this year
In Moscow the Soviet Presidium announced a 12 member international committee to select the first Stalin peace prize winners for strengthening world peace. The prize totals 100000 rubles and will honor efforts by Russians and delegates from nine other nations including China. The date remained unclear with no meeting time set and no candidates named.
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Moscow
Supreme Soviet
China
Stalin
Kodiak Mayor North Lee Bettinger Visits Juneau Weekend
Kodiak mayor North Lee Bettinger visited Juneau over the weekend. He arrived Saturday from the south and departed on a Pacific Northern Airlines flight to Anchorage on the way back to Kodiak.
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Lee Bettinger
Kodiak
Juneau
Pacific Northern Airlines
Anchorage
Cold Snow Wave Grips U S Across North and South
Snow piles up across the northern half of the nation with subzero readings in several northern locales and frigid lows in New York state. Midwest and Dakotas report heavy drifts while Texas stays mild. Phoenix ties high mark for Christmas Day as Florida records warm temps.
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Texas
New York City
Chicago
Dakotas
Dakotas To the Eastern Seaboard
New York
Newton Falls
Bismarck
N. C
Duluth
Minn
International Falls
Minneapolis St. Paul
Jacksonville
Fla
Miami
Phoenix
Ariz
Death Toll of Holiday Rises Across Three Day Span
Associated Press reports a nationwide Christmas holiday death toll of 664 for 78 hours from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight, with 515 traffic fatalities, 149 other accident deaths, and 516 to 523 traffic deaths in later tallies. The toll exceeds the prior year and NSC estimates.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Weather report for Juneau and Airport
Ending 6 20 o clock this morning in Juneau maximum 36 minimum 33. At Airport maximum 338 minimum 32. Continued clouds with intermittent light rain tonight and Wednesday. Tonight low around 40 and Wednesday high about 35. Precipitation totals show City of Juneau 0.08 inches in past 24 hours and 3.50 inches since Dec 1 and 36.74 since July 1. At Airport 0.02 inches in past 24 hours and 2.81 inches since Dec 1 and 25.92 since July 1.
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Juneau
War Menaced World Observes Christmas with Hope for Peace
War menaced world observes Christmas with solemn prayers for peace and survival in 1950s conflict climate. Messages from Truman King George VI and Pope Pius XII urge love, peace, and spiritual renewal. Archbishop Wyszynski in Warsaw urges faith over party loyalty as Western Europe fears Red aggression.
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The
Associated Press
George VI
Pope
Pius XII
Vatican City
Rome
Warsaw
Poland
Stafan Wyszynski
Western Europe
Holiday binge in Los Angeles leads to mass arrests
A three day Christmas celebration in Los Angeles produced a record 1,222 arrests for drunkenness, 362 facing drunk driving charges and 11 traffic deaths as police doubled efforts to keep the holidays safe.
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Los Angeles
Korean War At a Glance Front Lines Shift
The Korean conflict reports increasing Chinese pressure south of the 38th parallel with Chu Teh demanding UN withdrawal and threatening a new offensive. MacArthur lists the 10th Corps under unified command with the regrouped Eighth Army. Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgeway takes command.
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Associated Press
38Th Parallel
Red China
Chu Teh
U.N
Korea
MacArthur
10Th Corps
Eighth Army
Matthew B. Ridgeway
Stock Quotations from New York December 26
Closing quotations show Alaska Juneau mine at 2 percent, American Can 92, American Telephone and Telegraph 150, Anaconda 38, Douglas Aircraft 92, General Electric 47, General Motors 46, Goodyear 644, Kennecott 74, Libby, McNeill and Libby 8, Northern Pacific 31, Standard Oil of California 85, Twentieth Century Fox 20, U. S. Steel 19, Pound 2.80, Canadian Exchange 94.62. Sales totaled 2,600,000 shares. Averages: Industrials 229.65, Rails 75.62, Utilities 40.12.
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Alaska
Juneau
American Can
American Tel
Tel
Anaconda
Douglas Aircraft
General Electric
General Motors
Goodyear
Kennecott
Libby McNeill
Libby
Northern Pacific
Standard Oil of California
Twentieth Century Fox
U. S. Steel
Pound
Canadian Exchange
John L Cole Staying At Gastineau Hotel
John L. Cole of Fairbanks is staying at the Gastineau Hotel.
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John L. Cole
Fairbanks
Gastineau Hotel
Tendermen's Union in Alaska to Get Boost Wages
Members of the Cannery Tenderman's Union of Kodiak and Southeast Alaska will receive a 12 percent wage increase under an agreement with the Alaska Salmon Industry. About six other unions have announced similar contracts with the Alaska Fishing Industry.
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Seattle
Cannery Tenderman’s Union
AFL
Kodiak
Alaska
General Airways of Portland fights for routing rights
General Airways of Portland announced it will contest a Civil Aeronautics Board order denying its bid to continue operating non scheduled flights from Portland to Anchorage. Pilot-president Gus Callas said attorneys will seek reconsideration as the carrier argues it offers route type service competing with scheduled airlines. The firm operates two DC-3 type planes and previously moved fresh foods and cargo to Alaska, being the first Portland carrier to do so postwar.
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Portland
Ore
General Airways
Anchorage
Gus Callas
Civil Aeronautics Board
Dallas
Pilot and co-pilot die in Canadian Pacific crash
In Mount Okanagan wreck, Jet Cpt Quin ton Moore and co pilot Leo Dou cette, both from Vancouver BC, died of injuries after the DC-3 struck a pine enclosure en route from Vancouver to Calgary. Sixteen survivors, 10 women, were evacuated. RCMP guarded the site awaiting investigators.
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Penticton
B.C
Mount Okanogan
British Columbia
Quinton Moore
Leo Doucette
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Calgary
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
UN forces face new offensive as red troops mass north of Seoul
Communist forces are reported to be massing for a major push against UN troops along the front north of Seoul. Yonchon area 40 miles north of Seoul is a focal point as the U S Eighth Army reorganizes south of the 38th parallel. MacArthur predicted a big attack and Red China’s entry into the war prompts new UN command reshuffle.
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United Nations
Seoul
Republic of Korea
Yonchon
U. S. Eighth Army
38Th Parallel
MacArthur
U.S
Hungnam
Eighth Army
10Th Corps
Chu Teh
Red China
Korea
U. S
Formosa
Fierce attack reported near Seoul as citizens flee south
Communist Chinese troops sharply attacked South Korean forces 28 miles northwest of Seoul while Seoul emptied its residents toward the south. The battle raged in the Korangpo area east of Kaesong with intensified enemy contact along the front south of the 38th parallel. U S Eighth Army said Communist patrols probed UN positions at the western defense line.
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Associated Press
Seoul
Republic of Korea
Korangpo
Kaesong
U. S. Eighth Army
United Nations
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