Hearing on 1949 Fishing Regulations
Public hearing urged for 2 PM tomorrow in Room 430 Federal Building to discuss proposed commercial fishing rules for 1949 in Southeast Alaska. Alaska officials seek public views as hearings extend to Sitka Wrangell and Ketchikan with closures affecting about 31 percent of traps and area reserves.
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Fish and Wildlife Service Office
Federal Building
Alaska
Clarence J. Rhode
FWS
Seattle
Sitka
Wrangell
Ketchikan
Fish and Wildlife Service
Stone
United States Congress
Washington Merry Go Round Antideflation AInflation Efforts
The article reports that the Tru man administration advisers are quietly studying both anti deflation and anti inflation programs. Confidential memos indicate business downturns nationwide with department stores down as much as 18 percent and weak demand for radios refrigerators and other appliances. Layoffs rise and employment falls below 60 million for the first time in about a year.
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Wisencro
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Truman Is Again Named Man Of The Year
Time Magazine named President Truman Man of the Year for 1948, marking a second honor after 1945. The selection notes his election as a personal victory nearly without historical parallel and credits the fighting spirit behind his win.
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Truman
Man
New York
President Truman
Time Magazine
Tine
Mr. Truman
Time
Chambers Reveals New Names In Espionage Probe
Whittaker Chambers met with Rep Mundt and Rep Nixon on his Maryland farm and, under oath, disclosed new names and detailed information about espionage activities from the past. Mundt said the fresh leads could keep the committee busy for months, with Chambers recounting his story at length.
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Baltimore
Whittaker Chambers
Mundt
R-Sd
Nixon
R-Cal
Chambers
Maryland
Baltimore Sun
William Knighton, Jr
Washington
Sim
House Un-American Activities Committee
Robert P. Stripling
Westminster
Knighton
the Sun
Brother in law of Goering found guilty of treason
In Vienna on December 30 the people's court sentenced Franz Hueber Hermann Goering's brother in law to 18 years hard labor for high treason and illegal Nazi party membership Hueber aged 54 former minister of justice for the Anschluss his property was confiscated and he was convicted in a treason case noted in the report
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Vienna
Hermann Goering
Franz Hueber
People's Court
Hueber
Benfor
Anschluss
Bataan Surrender Order Denied by General Wright
San Antonio dispatch reports General Jonathan M W Wright retired U S Army denied a claim that Lt General Edward P King surrendered on Bataan against Wainwright s orders. Wright said King never disobeyed any order and criticized Professor Morton s account.
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San Antonio
Tex
Jonathan M. W.wright
U.S.A
Edward P. King
Bataan
Wainwright
Louis Morton
Army
Pacific
Seattle
King
Bataan In 1942. “I Flatly Deny That General King
Professor Morton
Steamer Movements Princess Norah Sailing Tram Vancouver
Princess Norah is scheduled to sail from Vancouver tonight at nine o clock aboard the steamship Tram. The voyage plan and departure time are listed for local readers monitoring river traffic.
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Norah
Vancouver
Hospital Operation Is Probed
A government run Glenn Dale Sanitorium operation removed ribs from the wrong side of a tubercular womans chest. The patient, unnamed, is in serious condition but expected to recover. Surgeon Dr Frank Ashburn said it was his scheduling error and that the right lung was not collapsed as planned. Dr James Conant noted the schedule on file for a week and no one noticed the error.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Glenn Dale Sanitorium
Glenn Dale
Frank Ashburn
James 8. Conant
Conant
Ashburn
House Democrats plan rules shakeup to aid civil rights bills
Washington December 30. Democratic leaders tentatively agreed to curb the Rules Committee’s power to pigeonhole legislation to ease action on labor and civil rights measures. Rep Sabath said the new House will change rules, form a witness fair-treatment code, and protect citizens called before committees.
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Waseington
House
Rules Committee
Congression
Sam Rayburn
Tex
Sabath
D-Tll
Committee On Un-American Activities
Alaska Steamship Adds Abigail Adams to Fleet
The Liberty ship Abigail Adams, recently chartered from the Maritime Commission, was delivered to Alaska Steamship Company at the company dock. Previously chartered to Lepard Steamship, the vessel had been in Tacoma and will operate in the Alaska trade. A night watch service is set for Friday at Douglas Bible Church starting at 8 p.m.
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Seattle
Abigail Adams
Alaska Steamship Company
Maritime Commission
Lepard Steamship Company
Tacoma
Douglas Bible Church
RR Freight Rates Are Going Up
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted railroads a temporary freight rate increase averaging about 5 percent, far short of the requested 8 percent. The rates will stay in effect until a permanent 15 percent late boost is ruled on, with five days notice after tariffs are filed.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
TOC
Crack found on Alaska bound ship goes back
A crack nearly two feet long was found in the hull of the Army Transport Sgt. Charles Mower just after it left port for Alaska. The vessel, returning after a nine foot crack a month earlier, discharged eight civilians and 155 soldiers who would have spent New Years at sea pending repairs in Whittier Alaska.
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Seattle
Charles Mower
Alaska
Whittier
Plutonium Plant At Hanford To Cost Half Billion
Washington Dec 30 United States officials disclosed that a new plutonium production plant at Hanford Washington will cost about half a billion dollars. Atomic Energy Commission Chairman David E Lilienthal called the project the largest peacetime effort in American history and said it aims to increase production capacity while ensuring continuity of output during winter operations.
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Washington State
Washington
Hanford
Wash
David E. Lilienthal
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Littenthal
News
Frankfurt
Germany
Congress
Forrestal Urges Re arming Non Communist Europe
Secretary of Defense Forrestal calls for greater presidential power over the armed services and a drive to reform non Communist Europe. He proposes amending the unification act to give the Defense Secretary direct authority, creation of an undersecretary post, and federalization debates for the National Guard. He hints at tax costs to fund defense and European stability efforts.
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Forrestal
Europe
Elton C. Fay
Washington
Congress
United States
Navy
Porrestal
White House
Defense Secretary
Hoover
Ground
Air National Guard
Defense Secretary backs Alaska Army comms bill
Washington December 30 Defense Secretary Forrestal urged President Truman to submit a bill to Congress authorizing the Army to build a communications system in Alaska. The notice notes the scope and relation to existing telegraph and ad systems, and cites planned and proposed expeditions to gather strategic and geographic data for national defense.
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Washington
Defense
Forrestal
Truman
Congress
Alaska
Army
Air Force
Portrestal
Strategic Air Command
Com
Africa
Arabia
Wage Increase Agreed for Pan Am Mechanics
Labor negotiators reached a tentative one year contract raising wages by ten cents an hour for about 4000 Pan American Airways mechanical workers. Agreement awaits union approval and will raise payroll by over one million dollars yearly. Also includes health plan changes, advancement and weekend office provisions.
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New York
Pan American Airways
Wiliam Grogan
San Francisco
CLO Transport Workers Union
Grogan
Pan American
Vatican Excommunicates Hungarians Tied to Mindszenty Case
A Vatican spokesman announced that all Catholics connected with Cardinal Mindszenty’s arrest have been excommunicated. The action removes them from church sacraments. Mindszenty, arrested by Hungary’s Communist government on treason and black market charges, remains at the center of a broader purge that include ten other church figures held by the regime.
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Der
Vatican
Hungary
Cardinal Mindszenty
Red
Coast Strike Averted in San Francisco Wage Talks
Settlement of a wage dispute between the Pacific American Shipowners Association and the AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific averts a strike threat. Negotiations lasted three weeks with proposals from $16 to $36 monthly raises, top pay at $290 for the highest group. Union leaders to recommend acceptance at a special meeting. A similar tentative agreement is reached for the Coast steam schooner dispute with an $18 monthly raise, with union meetings pending.
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Francisco
Pacific American Shipowners’ Association
AML Sailors Union of the Pacific
Vad
Tion
SUP
AFL
Harry Lundeberg
Antons
Foremen Checkers Open Port Seattle
Foremen and checkers at the Port of Seattle voted to resume work on the Alaska route, clearing the way for port reopening. The move follows a weeklong stoppage linked to CIO longshoremen and APL crew tensions amid a broader West Coast labor dispute. Alaska sailing schedule for 11 am tomorrow was canceled due to the labor difficulties.
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Seattle
APL
Lasiille
Af Labor
Ed) Westoh
CIO
Weston
Winterfront bin Players Association
AML Maritime
Jeaders
GLO
Tacoma
CI0
Alaska
Alaska Steamship Company
Cials
Memorandum to Alaskans from Alaska Steamship Co
A memorandum to the people of Alaska outlines transport priorities for the Alaska Steamship Company as it resumes regular service after the West Coast maritime pause. It urges unity with unions, broad support from Alaskans, and careful monitoring of freight rates to sustain service and load factors amid rising operating costs. The memo notes the May 21 1947 rate structure and cites July 26 1948 as a date of earlier appeal, with continued discussion to follow on page three.
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Regilar
Alaska
Alaska Steamship Company
Alaska Steamatop Company
Tll
Alensky
Peace War Talk Dominate China Taining Talks With Generals
Peace or war talk dominates China as Chiang Kai-shek meets with top generals who fail to halt the Communists. A government spokesman denies any Nanking summit on China's future. Peiping and Taiching are besieged while signs point to ongoing peace talks and a comparatively quiet war front with Communist regrouping.
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China
Chiang Kul-nbek
Nanking
Peiping
T “Tain
Tidyuan
New Line Expands Sails Between California and Alaska
Seattle Dec 30 P Coastwise Line adds two more sailings to Alaska from California via Portland. James W Cannon set to depart San Francisco January 17 and Portland January 23 reaching Seward January 30. John Cropper to sail Los Angeles Long Beach January 28 San Francisco January 31 Portland February 8 arrive Seward February 15.
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Seattle
California
Alaska
Portland
Ore
Coastwixe Line
James W. Cannon
San Fran
Seward
Beautiful Duchess Convicted High Treason in Madrid
The Duchess of Valencia was convicted of high treason in Madrid today and sentenced to a year in prison for her monarchist activities. The case highlights ongoing opposition to the republic as authorities maintain strict oversight of political dissent.
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Madrid
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