New Security Rules on Maritime Workers ICY BLASTS STRIKE IN EAST AREAS
Cold artic air swept the eastern half of the nation after Christmas storms. Readings fell below zero across many midwest and northern states with cities like Rochester Minnesota and Madison Wisconsin reporting record lows. The front reached Georgia Florida and parts of Texas and Virginia with sub freezing conditions widespread.
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Associated Press
Santa Claus
North Pole
Rockies
Atlantic Seaboard
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Midwest
Gulf States
Dixie
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Minn
Mason City
Twin Cities
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Madison
Wis
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Ohio
Findlay
Columbus
Toledo
Chicago
New England
Caribou
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New York
Georgia
Texas
Alabama
Virginia
New Tax Program Planned to Meet Defense Costs
The White House said President Truman will propose a broader tax program to cover defense costs for 1951 and beyond. No date was set for sending recommendations to Congress, and officials emphasized large tax increases may be necessary to offset defense spending.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Congress
Joseph H. Short
Treasury
Union Heads To Consider Peace Pact
Four railroad operating unions plan to let their chair men decide on a three year peace pact with the railroads. Leaders voiced dissatisfaction with the plan though backing the wage increases and benefits for about 300 000 workers. The retroactive raises include five cents an hour for road service workers and 23 cents for yardmen plus a cost of living adjustment.
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Cleveland
James P. Shields
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Order of Railway
White House
Shields
John R. Steelman
David B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Stock quotations New York December 27 closing values
Alaska Juneau mine at 2 1/2 American Can 94 American Tel and Tel 150 Anaconda 40 Douglas Aircraft 96 7 Goodyear 65 Kennecott 5 Libby McNeill and Libby 8 Northern Pacific 32 Standard Oil of California 87 Twentieth Century Fox 20 U S Steel 41 14 Pound 2 80 Canadian Exchange 94 50 Sales 2 930 000 shares Averages industrials 234.21 rails 77.32 utilities 40.51
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New York
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
Truman plans price freeze delayed until staff fixed
The Washington Merry Go Round reports President Truman proposed a nationwide price freeze pending a heart to heart with Alan Valentine and Mike DiSalle. Valentine warned enforcement would fail with a tiny staff, and the President agreed to wait for a skeletal team, noting months without a Price Administrator appointed.
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Washcton
Truman
Alan Valentine
Mike di Salle
Valentine
Mike
Toledo
White House
Congress
Folta Decision Rules Credits For Employers In Suit
Judge George W. Folta ruled in favor of New England Fish Company and Ward's Cove Packing Company against the Employment Security Commission and board members. The decision constrains the Commission from denying credits and allows credits totaling 882,311.48 for employers in the territory from July 1, 1950. Attorneys H. L. Faulkner represented the plaintiffs, while Territorial AG J. G. Williams and AAG John Dimond represented the Commission.
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George W. Folta
U.S. District Court
New England Fish Company
Ward's Cove Packing Company
Employment Security Commission
Anthony Zorick
George Vaara
Ralph G. Rivers
R. E. Sheldon
H. L. Faulkner
Faulkner, Banfield and Boochever
Territorial
J. G. Williams
John Dimond
The
Marcum on leave to attend Rose Bowl game
Lt. A. G. Marcum of Headquarters and Service Company, 208th National Guard Infantry Battalion, is on leave through January 8. He plans to attend the Rose Bowl game.
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A. G. Marcum
Miss Peiper East Leaves for Seattle Holiday Visit
Miss Cecaelia Peiper a teacher at Juneau Public High School departed before Christmas and traveled via Seattle to St Paul Minnesota to spend the holidays with her family there.
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Cecaelia Peiper
Juneau
Seattle
St. Paul
Minn
Miss Bennington Orders Supplies Before Leave
Miss Wilma Bennington acting head nurse at the Alaska Native Service Bethel Hospital orders supplies in Juneau and plans a January 10 departure for a month long annual leave.
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Wilma Bennington
Bethel Hospital
Juneau
Juneau Chamber of Commerce Cancelled Meeting Tomorrow
President Robert Boochever announced no regular meeting will be held tomorrow. The next gathering is scheduled for January 4 with new officers to be installed.
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Juneau Chamber of Commerce
Robert Boochever
California man Raymond Spencer stops at Baranof Hotel
Raymond Spencer of Whittier California is stopping at the Baranof Hotel during a trip.
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Raymond Spencer
Whittier, Calif
Skagway Resident Listed At Baranof Hotel
Leonard A. Schiler of Skagway is registered at the Baranof Hotel signaling a local lodging record.
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Leonard A. Schiler
Skagway
Baranof Hotel
Contract Signed On World Series Television Rights
Cincinnati December 27 1 1 Signing of a six year six million dollar contract for television rights to World Series and All Star games has drawn varied reactions from major league owners. Commissioner Chandler announced the Gillette Safety Razor Co deal. Some owners praised the move while others remained noncommittal or hostile. Fred Saigh criticized the signing calling it in poor taste.
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Cincinnati
Gillete Safety Razor Co
A. B. Chandler
Warren Co. Giles
Cincinnati Reds
Charles Comiskey
Chicago White Sox
Horace Stoneham
New York
Christmas Bathrobe Burns Claim a Child
Three year old Virginia Kreto wicz of Red Bank New Jersey died from burns suffered when her new bathrobe touched an open fireplace on Christmas Day. The incident occurred in her home in Long Branch area as she showed the robe to friends and family.
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Long Branch
N. J
Virginia Kretowicz
Red Bank
Virginia
Chinese Reds May Move Industry From Manchuria
Dispatches from Hong Kong indicate the Chinese Communists may be shifting heavy industries and war plants from Manchuria toward the northwest Shansi province, placing them about 700 miles farther from American bomber bases.
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Hong Kong
Shansi
Why U S Bombers Hesitate At Dams On Yalu Border
Washington reports debate over bombing major hydroelectric dams along the Manchuria North Korea border. Representative Sieminski cites wartime grip on power plants while Pentagon and General MacArthur HQ cautions risk of provoking a wider war and unclear responsibility for action. If enemy air activity remains light, B 29s could strike, but strategic peril outweighs potential gains.
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Washington
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Manchuria
North Korea
Elect Sieminski
D-Nj
Korea
Sieminski
New York
Pentagon
Russia
Yalu River
Far East
Gen. MacArthur
Tokyo
Remington’s Wife Testifies in Perjury Trial Day Two
Ann Remington, the former wife of William Remington, testified again in New York City as the perjury trial continues. She said Remington turned over a top secret explosive formula to a Russian spy ring courier and that they both were members of Communist groups in college.
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Associated Press
William Remington
New York City
Remington
New York
Russia
Ann Remington
Commerce Department
Oldroyd Arrives from Seattle En Route to Fairbanks
Lorin T. Oldroyd arrived yesterday from Seattle on PAA and is en route to Fairbanks.
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Oldroyd
Lorin T. Oldroyd
Seattle
PAA
Fairbanks
Steamers Set Schedules From Seattle Vancouver and West
Baranof is to sail from Seattle Friday evening while Princess Norah will sail from Vancouver on December 30. Denali is due to arrive from the West Sunday and proceed southward.
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Baranof
Seattle
Princess Norah
Vancouver
Denali
West
Reds reinforce as big Korea push looms
Massive Communist buildup suspected along the 38th parallel as 277,173 front troops in Korea are Chinese led with North Koreans, and near a million reinforcements move toward the line. Ridgeway vows to stay, while UN planners brace for intensified fighting and possible naval blockade and guerrilla actions.
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Associated Press
United Nations
MacArthur
Manchuria
Hong Kong
China
Eighth
U.S
Eighth Army
Matthew B. Ridgeway
Syngman Rhee
Republic of Korea
Rhee
Korea
Hungnam
10Th Corps
U.N
Weather Report for Juneau and Vicinity
Cloudy with light rain expected tonight and Thursday. Juneau temperatures ranged 35 to 39 with a 34 degree low and 37 high forecast for Thursday. Precipitation reported in the last 24 hours totals 6.43 inches for City of Juneau and 0.10 inches at the airport, with larger seasonal tallies since December and July.
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Juneau
Nationwide mobilization urges guard officers March duty
Washington reports the Army will call up 17 500 National Guard and organized reserve junior officers for duty in March. It will also mobilize 100 women army corps lieutenants and captains, 890 medical officers, and 415 medical service corps officers, reporting February 5 and March 15. Draft calls for March are expected to meet January February quotas of about 80 000 each month.
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Women's Army Corps
Medical Service Corps
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Naval Reserve
Deportation hearing nearly complete for Mangaoang
In Seattle, authorities said the government’s deportation hearing against Ernesto Mangaoang, a Seattle cannery union official, was virtually finished with final briefs pending before it would be sent to Washington. The case follows a nationwide roundup of alleged key Communist aliens.
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Ernesto Mangaoang
Washington, D. C
John Keane
Mangaoang
Justice Department
Dilly
Interned Nationalist Soldiers to Mine in Indochina
Wen Wei Pao claims the United States France and Nationalist China agreed to use 30000 interned Chinese Nationalist soldiers as mine workers in Indochina. The move purportedly balances Nationalist demands to fight on the Indochina front with French public opinion. Thousands fled into Indochina as Nationalist armies collapsed before the Communist drive. Interned Nationalists were held by French forces now fighting Viet Minh guerrillas.
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Associated Press
Hong Kong
Wen Wei Pao
United States
France
China
Indochina
Petersburg Visitor Guests at Baranof Hotel
Petersburg resident F. C. Anderson is listed as a guest at the Baranof Hotel indicating a temporary stay or visit in the city.
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F. C. Anderson
Petersburg
Baranof Hotel
Longshoremen Refuse Waterfront Security Cards
West Coast longshoremen will not apply for new Coast Guard security cards until at least January 11 when their union meets in Longview to discuss the screening orders. Morris Watson said locals will form policy at an emergency conference amid questions about card issuance and qualification, while the Marine Cooks' and Stewards' Union denies reports of a forthcoming strike and vows to study the rules.
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San Francisco
Coast Guard
Morris Watson
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Longview
Wash
Watson
Hugh Bryson, Jr
Marine Cooks’ and Stewards’ Union
Daughter of Rich Oilman Elopes Weds Son of Shoe Cobbler
Houston reports Glenna Lee McCarthy, 17, daughter of oilman Glenn McCarthy, eloped December 2 with Rice Institute football player Georg Pontikes, son of a Houston shoemaker. They wed by Justice of Peace Oliver Nash in Waco after the Baylor Rice game.
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Glenna Lee McCarthy
Glenn McCarthy
Georg Pontikes
Rice Institute
Justice of Peace
Oliver Nash
Waco
Baylor-Rice
McCarthy
Glenna Lee
Mary Margaret McCarthy
Pontikes
Mary Margaret
Snowstorm Smothers Western Germany in 61 Years
Heavy snowfall across southern two thirds of western Germany paralyzed regions from Frankurt plains to the Alps. Ranging from 13 inches in the plains to 68 inches in the Alps, the storm began on Christmas night and set weather records not matched since 1889. Despite the heavy snow trains and planes kept nearly normal schedules.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Alps
Juneau Council To Discuss Harbor Plan And Seat Vacancy
The Juneau City Council will meet tomorrow at 8 PM in the Council Chambers to review a new approach to the small boat harbor involving trailers and vessel owners. The meeting may also consider filling the council seat left by Al Zenger.
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Juneau
al Zenger
Coast Guard screens subversives from maritime workers
Washington Dec 27 The Coast Guard ordered immediate port and ship security rules to bar subversives from U S maritime jobs amid a West Coast strike threat. Commandant Merlin O Neill announced final regulations that expand grounds for denying security cards to workers connected with subversive or disloyal groups. Union heads Harry Bridges and Hugh Bryson Jr argued the rules were vague. the measures require reasonable grounds for card denial based on treason sedition espionage or foreign influence among other factors.
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Washington
The
Coast Guard
Merlin O'Neill
Korea
CIO
Communist Party
Harry Bridges
Warehousemen’s Union
ILWU
Hugh Bryson, Jr
Marine Cooks and Stewards Union
MCSU
Bridges
United States
Union
O'Neill
Milk Icicle Foils Detroit Would-Be Robber
Detroit December 27. A would-be robber attempted to rob Mrs. Dorothy Kozol as she returned from a grocery. She struck him with a half gallon milk carton over his head. The carton broke and milk froze instantly in the frigid air. He fled empty handed.
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Detroit
Dorothy Kozol
Haines Resident Marvin Smith Stops at Gastineau Hotel
Marvin Smith of Haines is stopping at the Gastineau Hotel. The brief note places Mr Smith in residence or visiting during the current period.
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Marvin Smith
Haines
Gastineau Hotel
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