Shattuck Leading in Southeast Alaska Senate Race
Early returns from 19 of 52 precincts show Allen Shattuck leading with 1118 votes to 614 for F F Davis and 489 for Frank Price. Southeast precinct results split across towns. some minor shifts possible with native votes still to come, but trend favors Shattuck in major districts.
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Juneau
Allen Shattuck
Territorial Senate
Shattuck
F. F. Davis
Frank Price
Sitka
Davis
Price
Alaska
Ketchikan
Shattuck Wins Territorial Senate Special Election
Allen Shattuck, veteran Juneau insurer and former legislator, captured an overwhelming majority in three Juneau precincts with 389 of 557 votes in Precinct One, 129 of 241 in Precinct Two, and 170 of 310 in Precinct Three, defeating F. F. Davis and Frank Price. He thanked Gastineau Channel supporters for the strong showing.
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Allen Shattuck
Juneau
Territorial
Shattuck
F. F. Davis
Frank Price
Sitka
Price
Davis
Rockefeller Plans Pakistan? No, Argentina Move Shake Out Fascist Ties
Nelson Rockefeller, newly named assistant secretary of state, advocates a fresh start in Pan American relations with Argentina. He envisions a boomerang of goodwill to ease tensions and reduce boycott pressure, arguing the United States cannot press harder while seeking better regional ties. Senator Claude Pepper drew social attention at a Washington dinner hosted by Evalyn Walsh McLean, owner of the Hope Diamond.
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Washington
Nelson Rockefeller
Argentina
Rockefeller
Claude Pepper
Florida
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Allies press German bulge as Patton advances to relieve Bastogne
Western Allied lines report pressure on von Rundstedt's break in Belgium with Patton's Third Army moving northward to relieve Bastogne and American forces pushing into the bulge. Rail targets hit by heavy bombers. civilian deaths and injuries rise in German bombing campaign. Local note: Box 14 alarmed the Juneau fire department at the old Senate Rooms. no damage. Robert A. Baker from Ketchikan registered at Baranof Hotel.
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Juneau Volunteer Fire Department
Senate Rooms
Coliseum Theatre
Churchill Fired Upon by Sniper in Athens
Prime Minister Winston Churchill was fired on by an ELAS sniper outside the British Embassy in Athens. A round hit a young woman three hundred yards away as Greek factions agreed to a regency to end civil strife. Churchill spoke of Roosevelt and Stalin addressing the Greek question, while British forces began driving ELAS from central Athens.
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Stephen Barber
A. P
Athens
Greece
Winston Churchill
ELAS
Churchill
Stalin
Roosevelt
All Party
King George
London
Archbishop Damaskinos
Scobie
Troon
Acropolis
Last Stand in Budapest as Soviet Forces Close In
war desk report from Moscow December 2 describes a doomed Nazi garrison in Budapest clinging to inner defense lines amid fresh Russian penetrations. Soviets attack from southeast northeast and west as Germans lose one airport for evacuation.
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Moscow
Budapest
Fifth Army Fights Back in Serchio Valley Front
German counter-attacks press along the Serchio Valley as Fifth Army withdraws on a six mile front near Serchio and Barga. Allied HQ notes Barga fell a month earlier while Eighth Army advances along the Senior River near Alfonsine, northwest of Ravenna.
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Rome
Serchio
Fifth Army
Barga
Lucca
Eighth Army Ae
Adriatic
Alfonsine
Ravenna
Angoon Native Walter Johnson Arrested on Burglary and Rape Charges
Walter A. Johnson, 21, of Angoon, was arraigned in U S Commissioner's Court on two charges burglary and attempted rape of a Juneau woman. He is held on 3000 bond. Police said the incident occurred about 5 a m December 27. Johnson was arrested yesterday and identified this morning. He came to Juneau from Angoon about November 18. Ice on Mendenhall Lake is about 10 inches deep, drawing many skaters to the area.
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Walter A. Johnson
U. S. Commissioner's Court
Juneau
United States
R. L. Tol
Jefsen
Tollefsen
Johnson
Angoon
Government Seizes Montgomery Ward Stores in War Dispute
In Chicago and six other cities, Montgomery Ward properties were seized by order of the President as the War Department enforces wartime labor directives. The action targets Sewell Avery and Ward management amid CIO union protests over noncompliance. Federal court petitions seek injunctions to restrain interference with government operations.
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Chicago
Ill
Joseph Byron
War Department
Montgomery Ward
War Labor Board
Washington
Montgomery Ward Company
Cacm
Detroit
Kansas City
CIO United Retail and Wholesale Department Store Employees Union
Sewell Avery
Ward
Justice Department
Avery
St. Paul
Denver
Jamaica
Portsland
Oregon
San Rafael
Calif
Pioneers of Alaska to Meet Friday Night
The last regular monthly meeting of the Pioneers of Alaska for 1944 will be held tomorrow night starting at 8 o'clock in the OOF Hall. After the business session there will be a social gathering attended by the Pioneers Auxiliary which will hold a business meeting.
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Pioneers of
Alaska
Pioneers’ Auxiliary
Colorful 79th Congress Emerges With Shifting Alignments
Washington dispatch notes the 79th Congress will differ from the 78th amid foreign policy gains for the administration after Secretary Hull’s resignation. The Senate landscape shifts as six opponents left, new Democrats like Hoey and Fulbright rise, signaling a temper change likely to affect treaty power and legislative cooperation.
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Hull
Cordella Hull
Congress
State Department
Senate
Gerald P. Nye N.D
John A. Dunaber
Rufus C. Holman
Ore
D. Worth Clark
Idaho
Bennett C. Clark
D “Cotton Ed" Smith
Robert RK. Reynolds
N.C
Amory
Clyde Hoey
N. C
William Fulbright
Ark
Superforts Bomb Tokyo Plane Works in Heavy Strike
Twenty first Bomber Command reports a one and a half hour raid on Tokyo breaking from a clear sky. Capt Vance Black led a formation that struck the Musashina factory of Makajima Aircraft, with early photos showing a dozen hits and hopes of heavy damage to Japan's aircraft works.
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Twenty-First Bomber Command
Saipan
Tokyo
Musashina
Makajima Aircraft Company
Vance Black
Pew
Japan
Air Allies Press Western Front Tactical Gains
Secretary Stimson said France news favorable but Western Front remains critical. British and American heavy bombers attacked Germany under sleet, hitting Ophuden near Cologne to disrupt rail and workshops. US Fifteenth Air Force operations and large Allied air activity demolished rail transport and downed fighters amid broad daylight raids.
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Waitington
Henry L. Stimson
France
Western Front
London
Dee
Germany
Royal Air Force
Ophuden
Cologne
United States Bightly Air Force
United States Strategic Air Pores
Reich
United States Fifteenth Air Force
Nazi Flank Sagging as Yanks Hit Paris
Field reports say von Rundstedt's southern flank 35 miles to the German border is sagging as American tanks and infantry press the counterattack. US forces crossed the Sure River in four places by Wednesday dawn, creating a relief corridor as the German bid for a December victory runs into trouble.
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Paris
von Rundstedt
Market closes mixed with several major quotients in New York
Closing stock quotations show Alaska Juneau Mine at 64 and American Car at 89, along with Anaconda 284, Beechcraft 14.5, Bethlehem Steel 64, Curtiss Wright 5, International Harvester 104, Kennecott 35, North American Aviation 10, New York Central 22, Northern Pacific 20, U S Steel 594. The dollar stands at 4.04 pounds. Dow Jones averages place Industrials at 150.47, rails at 47.08, utilities at 25.98.
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New York
Alaska
Juneaut
Armerican Car
Anaconda
Beech” Aircraft
Bethlehem Steel
Curtiss Wright
International Morvester
Kennecott
North American Aviation
New York Central
Northern Pacific
U. S& Steel
Dow, Jones
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Davis Price
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Vey
Tuneau
Douglas
Drew Pearson
Rosbert S. Allen
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Bulletins
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Third
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Bulge
Baker
Robert A. Baker
Baranot Hotel
Athens Case
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Yates McDaniel
MacArthur
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China Sea
Mindoro Taland
Haly
Walter Johnson
Mendenhall
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Edward Kelthahn
Territorial Museum
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Jack Stinnett
8Th Congress
Porl Harbor
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