Massive Jerusalem roundup nets thousands in Palestine crackdown
Amid riots in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, police detained nearly 2,000 suspects in the largest roundup in Palestine's history. Curfews persisted, British troops patrolled streets, and residents faced disrupted telephones as investigators combed wreckage from the police compound after a night of explosions and shootings.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Eden Hotel
Bezalel
Ramith Gan
Douglas AircraftDC-4 sale to Japan sparks Washington flap
The Washington Merry Go Round reports that Douglas Aircraft denied selling the DC 4 to Japan while secretly arranging the sale. The piece notes a 1939 visit of Japanese officials to the Santa Monica plant and argues the public press role in shaping opinion on arms sales and embargo authority.
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Washington
Douglas Aircraft
Japan
Corder Hull
Douglas
Terauchi
Santa Monica
Calif
Hull
Detroit Pilot Lands Plane on City Street in Emergency
Lt. Kenneth E. Parks 21 and Marine Sgt. Robert N. Clark 20 of Detroit survived a stalled engine emergency at about 1000 feet and landed a rented small monoplane on a busy Detroit street. The craft clipped a radio antenna and scratched a car fender as bystanders helped pull it to the curb. Parks said he had just returned from 43 bomber missions over Europe.
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Detroit
Europe
Kenneth E. Parks
Marine
Robert N. Clark
Parks
Love Case Shooting Fatal One
New York City reports Captain Eugene Dale 27, a Bataan Death March survivor, died at Roosevelt Hospital from wounds after a model sparked a love triangle melee. Captain Archie B Miller 25, her estranged husband, held without bail on felonious assault charges.
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New York
Der
Eugene Dale
Bataan
Roosevelt Hospital
Archie B. Miller
Edward Murphy
Fay Hancock Miller
Dale
Townsend Club Open House Monday Evening
The Juneau Townsend Club invites oldtimers and newcomers to an open house Monday evening at CIO Hall to welcome the New Year. A short business meeting will precede square and modern dancing with music by E M McIntyre and Mrs. Carl Gee and Mrs. David Milner on piano. Coffee and sandwiches will be served.
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Juneau Townsend Club
Cio Hall
E. M. McIntyre
Carl Gee
David Milner
A. B. Cain
Little Heroine Proves to Be Modest
Eleven year old Phyllis Regan slid on thin ice at Malibou Beach to reach a late girl who had fallen into cold water. She kept her identity secret so newsmen would not tell her mother. She feared her mother would not let her go skating again.
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Boston
Phyllis Regan
Malibou Beach
Phyllis
Pampering German Industrials Denied Arrest Says Nixon in Berlin
Russell A. Nixon, deputy director of the Division of Investigation of Cartels and External Assets, charged that American military authorities in Berlin’s zone were pampering German industrialists. He said industrialists should be arrested under Joint Chiefs of Staff directives but claims to have forced the release of Farben leaders from jail. Lieutenant General Lucian D. Clay backed ongoing custody, while Col. Pillsbury warned charges would be brought only with solid evidence to the War Crimes Authority or Counter-Intelligence Department.
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Charles Chamberlain
Berlin
Russell A. Nixon
Gersman
Nixoh
Harvard University
CIO Washington
United Electrical Workers
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Farben Thdustrie
E. 5S. Pillsbury
Farben Industrie
Nixon
War Crimes Authority
Counter- Intelligence Department
TICEA
Truman backs cautious step by step atomic energy disclosure
President Truman favors a slow, tested release of atomic energy secrets, demanding security assurances before sharing all know‑how. After holiday talks at the White House, State Department officials and Senator Vandenberg indicated full security requirements will guide the proposed international commission and its inspection methods with Britain and Canada.
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Washington
Truman
Moscow
International Atomic Centrol Commission
Missouri
United States
White House
State Department
Britain
Canada
Vandenberg
Michigan
International Commission
Six Die After Philadelphia Trolley Truck Crash
Philadelphia December 29 six persons were killed and seven injured when a trolley car collided with a truck near Essington Pennsylvania and was then engulfed in fire. Deputy coroner Elmer McCausland said none of the dead had been identified and four charred bodies were recovered from the wreckage.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Transportation Company
Essington
Elmer McCausland
Delaware County
Roberta Dooley Engaged to Lt John Dimond in Alaska
Anchorage Alaska December 29 announcement of the engagement of Miss Roberta Dooley formerly of Cordova and Juneau to Lt John Dimond recently returned from the South Pacific. The wedding is planned for next month and will unite two pioneer Alaska families. The bride is daughter of Mrs Minnie Dooley of Seattle and the groom is son of District Judge and Mrs Anthony J Dimond.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Roberta Dooley
Cordova
Juneau
John Dimond
South
Pacific
Minnie Dooley
Seattle
Anthony J. Dimond
Bombs Stop Shifting on Henry D. Thoreau
The Liberty ship Henry D. Thoreau reports danger from 5,000 tons of bombs in her hold has been averted and, barring unusually bad weather, the vessel will be all right. The 7,176 ton ship, operated by Luckenbach, is sailing from Naples toward Cape May, N J. Yesterday bombs were shifting and it looked as if the ship might explode.
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New York
Henry D. Thoreau
Thoreau
Luckenbach Steamship Company
Naples
Italy
Cape May
N. J
Five Children Die in Connecticut House Fire
Bridgeport reports five children aged one to nine died in a house fire believed caused by Christmas tree lights. The children were alone while parents operated a gasoline station. Victims were Samuel Salvatore Ralph Matthew and Rose Marie Carcare. Connecticut had three deadly fires in a week with nineteen dead in Hartford hospital fire and Meriden blaze killing four people.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Samuel Carcare
Samuel
Salvatore
Ralph
Matthew
Rose Marie
Connecticut
Hartford
Meriden
Pasquan on Fifteen Day Furlough in Juneau
Robert Pasquan, a young Juneau man now in the Transport Service, is in town on a 15 day furlough to visit his parents and former schoolmates. He left Juneau for the south to enlist over a year ago with Kenneth Kearney and has completed one trip to India and two voyages to Japan. He will rejoin the H. B. Freeman when his leave ends at Bremerton Navy Yard.
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Robert Pasquan
Juneau
South
Kenneth Kearney
H. B. Preeman
Bremerton Navy Yard
Pasquan
India
Japan
New Japan Women Form Their Own Party
Tokyo December 29 a new political move emerges as the New Japan Women's Party launches with plans to field candidates in upcoming elections. Welfare measures promise equal employment rights, while social reforms address nationality and religion in the workplace. The Social Democrats back equal rights for women and a broader push for reform continues amid postwar upheaval.
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Tokyo
Japan
Welfare Ministry
Yokohama
Lfe
War Crimes Commission
United States
New Japan Women's Party
Social Democrats
Pioneers and Auxiliary Officers Elected in Alaska Igloo No 6
Members of Pioneers of Alaska Igloo No 6 elected officers including President A H Goddard and First Vice President Ted Laughlin. The Auxiliary chose Pearl Burford as President and Nell Biggs as Treasurer with Irene McKinley as Secretary and Anita Garrick as Sergeant-at-Arms. A joint installation is planned for Friday January 25 following a dinner.
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Pioneers of
Alaska
Igloo No. 6
A. H. Goddard
Ted Laughlin
Lewis McDonald
C. O. Taylor
Alfred Zenger
John Beck
Curtis Shattuck
William H . Biggs
W. ©. Carlson
Pearl Burford
Daisy Fagerson
Irene McKinley
Nell Biggs
Helen Rice
Anita Garrick
Crystal Jenne
Johanna Jensen
Steamship Movements From Seattle to Alaska Routes
Steamers Denali Princess Norah Taku North Sea Yukon Alaska Baranof sail from Seattle in early January with routes to Sitka Juneau Skagway and westward transfers. Denali due Monday and to Sitka then Juneau southbound. Princess Norah en route to Skagway with return to Juneau. Yukon Alaska Baranof slated for January departures with southbound legs and timing details.
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Denali
Seattle
Sitka
Juneau
Princess Norah
South
Skagway
Taku
North Sea
Yukon
Alaska
Baranof
Ammunition dump explosion kills 23 near Udine
Italian ANSA reports 23 people died and 30 injured in the blast at an ammunition dump near Codroipo, about 12 miles southwest of Udine.
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Rome
Sie
ANSA
Cordrospa
Udine
British Drive Through Western Java Seizes Key Installations
British troops seized telephone exchanges and police stations in Batavia and Baltenzerg, advancing through western Java to suppress resistance in native settlements. Paratroopers faced little opposition while securing Batavia power and water systems, with only minor resistance reported near Semarang. A composite force of British, Indonesian, and Dutch personnel replaced the Indonesian police after occupation.
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Batavia
Baltenzerg
Java
Buitenzorg
Ands
Airways
Semarang
Batavian
Excursion Inlet dismantled. POW labor returns complete
Dismantling of the Alaska barge terminal at Excurson Inlet Alaska is finished one month ahead of schedule. The last 100 of 715 German prisoners of war used as labor and 25 supervisory civilians have returned. Salvage totals include over 13 million board feet of lumber and about 10,000 tons of miscellaneous building materials.
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Seattle
Alaska
Excurson Inlet
Gol
Conrad P.hardy
Medical Corps
Quartermaster Corps
Signal Corps
Embarkation
Okinawa
Hawaii
Juneau
Spain Rejects Foreign Interference In Internal Affairs
Madrid dispatch reports Spain’s Franco government insisting it will not tolerate foreign meddling in its internal affairs. A Council of Ministers communiqué says Spain will isolate itself from nations using it as a lightning rod and accuses Communists of a defaming campaign.
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Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
Council of Ministers
United States
France
Britain
Axis
Dreiser Is Dead
Hollywood reports the death of Theodore Dreiser a leading American novelist at age 74 from a heart attack. He rose to fame as a realist after leaving a brutal newspaper career and authored An American Tragedy. He died after a second attack twenty hours after the first with his second wife Helen at his side. Born in Terre Haute in 1871 to German parents John and Sarah Dreiser he became a defining literary figure of the modern era.
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Hollywood
Theodore Dreiser
America
Helen
Terre Haute
John
Sarah Dreiser
President Truman Drafts Straight to People Speech on Yacht
President Truman and a small staff aboard the Williamsburg draft a direct to the people broadcast while en route from the White House to Chesapeake Bay. Secretary Byrnes will join to report on the Moscow foreign ministers conference.
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Washington
Truman
Aldas
Williamsburg
Byrnes
Moscow
Potomac River
Chesapeake Bay
White House
National Service Life Insurance Fund
Panama
State of the Union
Congress
Reconversion Hampered by Labor Strife
Washington dispatch reports John D. Small of the Civilian Production Administration says reconversion cannot proceed at full speed until labor management disputes are ironed out. He notes production has risen but heavy demand and material scarcities hinder full flow.
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Washington
John D. Small
Guest Louise Minard Registers at Gastineau Hotel
Louise Minard of Sitka is a guest registered at the Gastineau Hotel. Between 1941 and 1861, American tonnage in foreign trade rose from 762,898 to 2,496,000 tons.
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Louise, Minard of
Sitka
Gastineau Hotel
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Fairbanks
James P. Curran
Juneal
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