March Draft Call For 80 000 Men In Korea War Build Up
The Army issued a draft call for 80,000 men in March, bringing total draft requests to 450,000 since the Korean War began. Navy Air Force and Marines will not issue March calls. Original January February quotas were 40 000 and 50 000 respectively, boosted to 80 000 for each month. The six month build up targets the Army’s 24 division combat force by July 1, aided by Regimental Combat Teams to reach parity with 24 divisions.
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Washington
Army
Defense Department
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Korean War At a Glance
AP summary notes UN forces defending a 150 mile front near the 38th parallel brace for a Communist blow. MacArthur warns a major offensive could come within two weeks. Red China mobilized on a national scale with a threefold 1951 military budget. Twelve Asian nations meet at Lake Success to press US for talks with China on Far East settlement. American attitude hostile to appeasement.
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Associated Press
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38Th Parallel
MacArthur
Red China
Lake Success
United States
Ostile
Cordova travelers fly in on Pacific Northern and depart by Pan American
Leo Von Tersh and Oral Burch of Cordova arrived on the Pacific Northern Airlines plane yesterday and left by Pan American clipper for Seattle.
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Pacific Northern Airlines
Pan American Clipper
Seattle
Chenault urges aiding Chinese guerrillas against Communists
The Flying Tiger general Chenault urges arming Chinese guerrillas to relieve pressure on Korea. He says Communists dominate cities and ports while guerrillas lack arms, and that smuggling weapons across borders could boost anti Communist efforts in Asia.
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Claire Chennalt
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Flying Tiger
Washington
Russia
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Chennault
Korea
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Mao tse-Tung
Red China
Moscow
Chin
Alaska Statehood Committee Meets January Sixth
The Alaska Statehood Committee plans a January 6 meeting in Anchorage to discuss pushing the statehood bill to the 82nd Congress and to consider a research program toward a possible state constitution. Chairman Bob Atwood says fourteen committee members from across Alaska and Governor Gruening will attend, with Territorial Delegate Bob Bartlett potentially present if he can travel.
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Alaska
Alaska Statehood Committee
82Nd Congress
Bob Atwood
Gruening
R. L
Bob) Bartlett
Washington, D.C
Statehood Committee
Senate
Atwood
Hoover’s speech deemed isolationist by Truman
President Truman labeled former President Hoover’s foreign policy address isolationist and rejected returning to such policy. Hoover urged halting U.S. military and financial aid to Western Europe until Europe raises a sufficient army and proposed fortifying the Western Hemisphere as a Gibraltar-like defense line from Britain to Japan.
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Hoover
United States
Europe
Britain
Japan
Changes in Alaska routes approved by Civil Aeronautics Board
The Civil Aeronautics Board authorized Alaska route changes for two airlines. Alaska Air Lines may remove Fiat as an intermediate between Nome and Anchorage and add Moses Point, with mail service extended to June 30, 1953. Northern Consolidated Air Lines may add McGrath between Steitmut and Anchorage and carry mail via Bethel and McGrath, plus passenger and cargo service between Bethel and Hooper Bay with several intermediate stops, through June 30, 1953.
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Alasa Air Lines
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Moses Point
Nome
Unalaklett
Anchorage
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Flat
Cripple Landing
Northern Consolidated Air Lines
Steitmut
Platinum
Bethel
Hooper Bay
Kwigillingok
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Tununak
Simpson Family Heads East After Seattle Visit
Dr and Mrs Robert Simpson Jr and their two children plus Miss Annabelle Simpson left yesterday on the Pan American Clipper after Christmas in the company of Dr and Mrs Robert Simpson Sr. Miss Simpson will go to New York to join Life magazine as staff writer while Dr Simpson and his family return home to Seattle.
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Annabelle Simpson
Miss Simpson
New York
Life Magazine
Dr. Simpson
Seattle
Nelsons arrive in Juneau by Pan American Clipper
Mr and Mrs Glenn Nelson and their daughter Marian arrived in Juneau on the Pan American Clipper and departed by Alaska Coastal Airlines plane for Sitka on Wednesday.
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Glenn Nelson
Marian
Juneau
Pan American Clipper
Alaska Coastal Airlines
Sitka
U.S. Govt Controls Rubber Seizes Natural Supply
The government announced control of nearly all rubber supplies, naming General Services Administration official Jess Larson as the sole importer of natural rubber and natural rubber latex. Agencies previously controlled synthetic rubber. aim is to reduce civilian rubber use.
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Washington
National Production Authority
General Services
Jess Larson
Stock Quotations New York Dec 28 Close
Closing quotations list Alaska Juneau mine at 2? American Can 94 American Tel and Tel 150 Anaconda 40 Douglas Aircraft 97 General Electric 49 General Motors 46 Goodyear 66 Kennecott 75 Libby McNeill and Libby 8 Northern Pacific 33 Standard Oil of California 89 Twentieth Century Fox 20 U S Steel 42? Canadian Exchange 437s. total shares traded 3,560,000. Averages: Industrials 235.34 Rails 77.89 Utilities 40.88.
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Juneau
American Can
American Tel
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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
Coastal Monarch and Baranof Sail Schedules Change
Freighter Coastal Monarch from Seattle arrives tomorrow night or Saturday morning. Baranof leaves Seattle at 5 PM tomorrow. Princess Norah sails from Vancouver at 2 PM Saturday. Denali expected to arrive from the West on Sunday, heading south.
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Seattle
Baranof
Princess Norah
Vancouver
Denali
West
Longshoremen Split Over Security Card Rules
San Francisco December 28. ILWU locals on the Pacific Coast delay action until January 11 meeting in Longview Washington as Coast Guard security cards move forward. Seattle processing begins with 100 plus members, 99 percent voted to proceed. Bridges' spokesman insists no sabotage will occur. Marine Cooks and Stewards Union leader defers comment while criticizing Coast Guard authority.
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Harry Bridges
Hugh Bryson
Marine Cooks and Stewards Union
Caucus of Fishermen Set in Seattle for January Meeting
A coast wide caucus of the Fishermen and Allied Workers Division of the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union Independent will gather January 29 to 31 at the ILWU Hall Seattle. Joseph Jurich, division chairman, said about 50 delegates will attend to complete merger integration and decide officer election methods.
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Seattle
Fishermen and Allied Workers’ Division
Internation Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s Union
Joseph Jurich
International Fishermen and Allied Workers of America
IFAWA
ILWA
Jurich
ILWU
Juneau Weather Updates With Light Rain Forecast
The 24 hour period ending 6 20 this morning in Juneau shows a high of 40 and a low of 34 at the airport 38 and 32 respectively with clouds and light rain through tonight and into Friday a night low near 34 and a Friday high around 36 Precipitation totals list 6 01 inches city since Dec 1 3 94 inches since July 1 37 18 inches at the airport 0 01 inches since Dec 1 2 92 inches since July 1 26 03 inches
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Juneau
National Authority Bans Hoarding 55 Defense Materials
The National Production Authority prohibited hoarding of 55 essential defense and civilian production materials. The order forbids accumulation beyond reasonable needs and resale at inflated prices. It covers cement, softwood lumber, paper, cast iron, metals, chemicals, and more, with penalties up to 10000 dollars and one year in prison. It expands prior controls to include households and closes loopholes for personal use. It also targets speculative buying by newcomers aiming to reap higher industrial resale profits.
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Washington
National Production Authority
NPA
Patrolman With 3 College Degrees Is Retiring
Boston December report details Edwin F. Flanders retiring after 28 years in the police department’s lowest grade. At 60, he holds A B, BLI, LL D and says he took exams for sergeant but never promoted. A BA from Portia Law School, a bachelor of literary interpretation from Emerson College, and a Doctor of Laws from Boston University. He plans no special retirement plans but may write a book.
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Portia Law School
Emerson College
Boston University
Flanders
Petersburg Cold Storage Workers Switch AFL Affiliation
Petersburg workers at Kayler-Dahl Cold Storage voted to switch from the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union led by Harry Bridges, ousted from the CIO earlier this year, to affiliate with the AFL Local of the International Longshoremen's Association. The unit signed a memorandum with Kayler-Dahl on wages and conditions running to March 31.
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Petersburg
A.aska
Kayler-Dahl Cold Storage
American Federation of Labor
Harry Bridges-led
International Logshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
CIO
International Longshoremen’s Association
AFL
Kayler-Dahl Om
Canadian Troops Slated for Europe Belief in Ottawa
Ottawa believes some of Canada’s 10 000 recruits, raised to back the United Nations in Korea, will be sent to Europe to bolster Western defenses. The army has recalled an advance party sent to set up a training area.
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Ottawa
Canada
Europe
Korea
United Nations
Sen
Lorea
Dulles to respond to Hoover foreign affairs speech
John Foster Dulles has been chosen to deliver the administration s reply to former President Hoover s recent speech on foreign affairs He will make a major radio address Friday night Dulles a Republican is now an American delegate to the United Nations
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John Foster Dulles
Hoover
United States
Europe
Dulles
United Nations
Work Continues on Civil Defense Plan
Senate and House conferees press ahead on a three year civil defense program estimated to cost at least three billion dollars. Officials expect to finish today with the measure moving to the House and Senate for action early next week.
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Associated Press
Senate
House
MacArthur warns of major Communist push in Korea
General MacArthur warned that Communist China has mobilized on a national scale and may launch a heavy blow with troops massed near the 38th parallel within two weeks. Allied air power increased, with reports of 35 Mig-15s, and two Soviet jets destroyed in engagements over North Korea. United Nations patrols repelled several enemy groups near Changdong as pressure rose along the midsection defense line.
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MacArthur
China
38Th Parallel
Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
North Korea
Seoul
Republic of Korea
United Nations
Changdong
Taedong
Federal Reserve Lending Rises in Week to December 20
Lending by Federal Reserve Board member banks increased during the week ending December 20 despite voluntary restraint efforts. The gain marked the second largest rise on record, according to the board.
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