Funds Allocated for New Gridiron Told to City Council
The Territorial Board of Road Commissioners approved a $30,000 allocation from the Aleka motor fuel fund to build a 6M-Lont gridiron at the harbor. Plans revised to place the gridiron parallel to Harbor Way on the east side, with a 20-vessel capacity. Work to start once materials are purchased, per Mayor Hindrckton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Territorial Board of Road Commissioners
Aleka
Giall Boat Harbor
Frank A. Metcalf
Bord
United Trailers of Alaska
Juneau
Juneau Fishing Vessel Owners Association
Metcalf
J. L. McNamara
Braet Gruening
Territorial
Henry Roden
Bert Lybeck
Alaska
Community Facilities Agency
Taft Says GOP May Not Win House This Fall
Taft warned that Republicans may not recapture Congress in November and that the social State issue will not be settled before the 1952 presidential election. Behind closed doors he urged GOP members to return with a larger turnout, while Tobey and Bricker sparred over the party’s direction and aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Tobey
Senate
Tobey
Taft
Ohio
John” Bricker
Canol Pipeline Workers Missing Spark RCAF Search
Edmonton reports Canada's Air Force will search the Canol pipeline area for seven Canadian workers who have not reported to their Northwest Territories base since December 10. With subzero cold and ten days of food left, RCMP note shelters with emergency provisions are located along the line and a search plane will patrol the route starting today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Air Force
Northwest Territories
Whitehorse
Dunton
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Wiretap Evidence Forbidden in Espionage Case
Federal judge demands proof without wiretap evidence in the Caplan Gubitchey espionage case. Judge Sylvester Ryan cautions the government to show alternative proof as pretrial hearings begin next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tneir
Sylvester Ryan
Pioneer Isadore Bayles Retiring From Anchorage Retail
Isadore Bayles age 73 longtime Anchorage resident since 1916 announces retirement from active business and sale of his clothing store to employee Eugene Smith after 15 years. Bayles plans to move to San Francisco to live with daughter Dorothy at 64 Barcelona Street. Store sale became effective with the new year and will continue under the same name and lines. Bayles has been in Alaska 50 years and earlier ran business in Dawson Fairbanks and Iditarod before coming to Anchorage. From Ketchikan Guy Gibson is stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
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Anchorage
Isadore Bayles
Eugene Smith
Bayles
Dorothy
Barcelona Street
San Francisco
Smith
Fourth Avenue
Alaska
Dawson
Fairbanks
Iditarod
Loussac Seeks Territorial Senate Nomination in Alaska
Anchorage January report says Mayor Z L Loussac announces candidacy on the Democratic ticket for the Territorial Senate Third Division. He has 21 months left in office and aims to win in the Apoll primaries. Two Senators and seven Representatives will be nominated. general election in November. Incumbent Senators Rivers and Engebreth expected to seek reelection. Republicans eye a challenger to Delegate Bartlett, with no definite candidate named yet.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Z. L. Loussac
Nominaton
Territorial
Senate
Loussac
Victor Rivers
Guimald Engebreth
Repulican
E. L. Bartlett
Armed Forces Buy High-Good Meat for Troops
Chicago reports that the armed forces have started purchasing grade BR high-good meat for troops. Industry sources say previously mixed grade B and CG meats were bought. Quartermaster Corps officials declined comment. Meat insiders note the grade B announcement was made on December 15.
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Chicago
Jan
Quartermaster Corps Marketing Center
Seven Passengers Carried By Pacific Northern Flight
Pacific Northern Airlines carried seven passengers by Anchorage and brought three during a Juneau hop yesterday. On the westward leg were Mr and Mrs Charles A Penn William Swanson Elroy Day Louise Miller Jan Cropley and William Compton. Arrivals included A F Parker Archie Chase from Gustavus and Malcolm Denhard from Anchorage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Northern Airlines
Anchorage
Juneau
Charles A. Penn
William Swanson
Elroy Day
Louise Miller
Jan Cropley
William Compton
A. F. Parker
Archie Chase
Gustavus
Malcolm Denhard
Lennon couple guests at Baranof Hotel
Mr and Mrs George B Lennon are listed as guests staying at the Baranof Hotel.
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Baranof Hotel
George B. Lennon
Fire trapping patients at Mercy hospital hospital blaze in Davenport
Davenport Jan 7 streaming mental patients and attendants were trapped in Mercy hospital. Thirty-one women feared dead in the blaze that began around 2 am. Fifty-nine patients and staff were rescued, with 68 in the three story building and 37 injured. Coroner’s office reported many bodies removed and conditions chaotic as firemen battled the flames for hours.
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Davenport
Hy C Wildman
Lottie
Wildman
St. Elizabeth's Ward
Mercy Hospital
Towasty
Two Defendants Plead Guilty To Lesser Charges
Two defendants indicted earlier this week pleaded guilty to reduced charges and were sentenced by Federal Judge George W. Folta. Kalle Hirsi pled guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor and received two years. William Pugh pled guilty to simple assault and received four months. Yakchmanoff case set for 10 am January 11 on burglary with intent to rape and breaking and entering with intent to rape in Sitka.
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Tar
George W. Folta
Kalle Hirsi
Jon
William ©. Pugh
Petersburg
Walter J. Yakchmanoff
Sitka
Daughter Born to Mr and Mrs Pegues in Alaska
The Pegues family welcomes a baby girl born at 6 04 p m yesterday in St Ann's Hospital weighing six pounds. Parents are Mrs Dorothy Pegues and Mr Donald Haley Pegues, with roots in Juneau and San Francisco and Alaska relatives. The family considers many girls names from Ann to Zelda as the daughter grows.
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Pegues
Donald
Terry
Rodger
Geoffrey
Robert
Richard
William
Donald Haley Pegues
Dorothy Pegues
St Ann's Hospital
Elsie Schombel
Baby Pegues
Juneau
Grandmother Peegues
San Francisco
Alaska
Baby
Otto Schombel
Haines
Thomas Radonich
Henry Schombel
Don
Bad Jeff
Bob
Bill
Ann
Zelda
Weather Report for Juneau Area Forecast
Weather report shows 24 hour period ending 7:30 am PST with Juneau highs near 22 and lows near 12, air airport high near 20 and low near 1. Forecast calls continued fair with increasing high clouds tonight and Sunday, with low tonight about 10 and Sunday high near 20. Precipitation totals listed: city since Jan 1 99 inches, since July 1 54.93 inches. airport since Jan 1 82 inches, since July 1 36.31 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau
Noura
Juneau Ski Club to Classify Slalom Racers Tomorrow
Juneau Ski Club will host its first classification races of the winter season with Class A B and C events to test rising juniors and past standouts such as Bob Sommers Dick Keithahn Fred Wyler Ron Hildre and Jackie Gould. The 100 foot tow will run all day starting at 10 a.m with coaching for beginners and intermediates. Downhill tests set for next weekend.
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Juneau
Dean Williams
Ski Club
Bob Sommers
Dick Keithahn
Fred Wyler
Ron Hildre
Jackie Jould
Willamt Ald
Steamers and Sailings List for Pacific Northwest Ports
Baranol from Seattle due Tuesday. Princess Norah to sail from Vancouver January 14. Denali from westward outbound at 2 a.m. Monday. Gordon Pollock of Sacramento, California, stopping at the Baranol Motel in Sacramento.
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Baranol
Seattle
Princess Norah
Tom Vancouver
Denali
Westward
Sacramento
Gordon Pollock
Calif
City Becoming Tame Says Police Reports 1948 1949
Juneau shows overall drop in arrests with drunkenness totaling 474 in 1948 and 476 total arrests for all causes in 1949. Reckless driving rose from five to fifteen and larceny from seven to eight. No concealed weapons arrests in 1949, but five in 1948. Police Chief Bernard Hulk presented the figures to the City Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau
Bernard &. Hulk
Taft Opposes Truman on Government Lending Policy
President Truman urged broader Federal loan terms for business while Senator Taft opposed expanding government lending, arguing the government should withdraw from lending except in agriculture. The split reflected a chilly Capitol Hill reception to the credit proposals, though the overall national goals in Truman’s economic report found broad approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Capitol Hall
Druman
Congress
Cahoone Teams With Coast Guard In Missing Trapper Search
The Coast Guard cutter Cahoone departed at 6 a.m. from Juneau to Gambier Bay near Admiralty Island to locate Prank Young missing since December 12 after a trapping excursion from Wrangell. Aircraft from Annette Island already scouted the Gambier Bay area. Young’s wife told authorities he planned to return to Wrangell on December 23 and he had only a limited supply of sunpiles.
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Coast Guard
Cahoone
Juneau
Gambier Bay
Admiralty Island
Prank Young
Wrangell
Gembier Bay
Annette Island
Young
Meeks Loses Appeal Case in Murder Sentence
In San Francisco the U S Court of Appeals denied George Harrison Meeks of Juneau Alaska his second appeal. The case concerns the 1945 murder of Clarence Campbell and the 1948 retrial that kept the life sentence, with Meeks claiming prejudicial errors in the trial.
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San Francisco
Jan
T—U
U.S Court of
George Harrison Meeks
Juneau
Alaska
Meeks
Clarence Campbell
Court of Appeals
Vial
PAA Official Praises Juneau Terminal as Ideal Model
Calvin D. Yaggy of Pan American World Airways, manager of ground divisions for the Pacific Alaska Division, hails the Juneau Airport Terminal as an efficiently laid out facility that balances traffic handling with comfort and a strong meeting space and restaurant. He notes its design focuses on use, not showroom concessions, and praises safety features and communications. Yaggy, who has compared terminals worldwide, calls for attention to terminal design amid historical shifts in American line operations in Asia and Alaska. He plans further inspections of Alaska and nearterm travel to Annette Island, Seattle, San Francisco, Whitehorse, Fairbanks, and Nome.
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Juneau Airport
Calvin D. Yaggy
San Francisco
Pacific Alaska
Pan American World Airways
Yaggy
Juneau
Wake
Island
Midway
Canton
Orient
Shanghai
Pan American
South America
Venezuela
Alaska
PAA
Annette Island
Seattle
Whitehorse
Fairbanks
Nome
Masons and Stars Install at Joint Session Monday
Monty Monday evening at 8 o'clock in the Scottish Rite Temple Mt Juneau Lodge No 147 F and AM and Juneau Chapter No 7 Order of the Eastern Star hold their annual joint installation ceremonies. Installing officers include J J Pargher Wallis George M L MacSpadden for the Masons and Henrietta P Power Mary Jeannette Cowling Lillie B Hooker for the Stars. Carol Beery Davis will be organist for both ceremonies. Refreshments follow in the Temple Dining Room. Amos Heacock, guest at the Buranofo Hotel, is visiting from Mercer Island near Seattle.
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Mt. Juneau
F&am
Juneau
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Lodge
J.J. Pargher
Wallis George
M. L. MacSpadden
Henrietta P. Power
Mary Jeannette Cowling
Lillie B. Hooker
Carol Beery Davis
Temple
Thousands Stricken as Floods and Ice Storms Roil Nation
Across the Midwest and Dixie, floods and ice storms cause widespread damage and displacement. Thousands uprooted, hundreds homeless, heat outages common, highways flooded, and several deaths reported as rivers and streams rise. Red Cross notes 500 Indiana families evacuated in multiple communities.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Tce
Middle Dixie
California
Arizona
Ohio River
Gulf
Memphis
Mississippi River
Milnois
Indian
Missouri
Morissippi
Indiana
Red Cross
Benefit Dance for Mack Mercado at Elks Hall Tonight
A benefit dance in the Elks Ballroom at 10 pm raises funds for Mack Mercado a Juneau fisherman who survived Lynn Canal tempest and lost his feet. Music by the Philippine String Orchestra and a midnight program. admission free with door donations. Proceeds aid artificial feet and hospital costs. Mercado walked barefoot ten miles to a cabin after the December 7 sinking. his partner Andy Haffner drowned. Rescued after days in cold, his feet were amputated before Christmas by three Juneau doctors who refused payment.
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Elks
D. B
Mack) Mercado
Juneau
Lynn Canal
Philippine String Orchestra
Mack
Mercado
Histroller
St. James Bay
Andy Haffner
Boat Harbor
Winedowless
B. H. Gluck Manery
Juneau Trollers
Manery
Gibson divorce granted by judge for incomparability
Divorce decree granted to Guy D. Gibson against Mary Jane Gibson by Federal Judge George W. Folta this morning. They wed June 27. Fred Cole of Cordova registered at Baranof Hotel in Juneau. Marvin Smith of Homer is a guest at the Baranof Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy D. Gibson
Mary Jane Gibson
George W. Folta
LMT
Fred Cole
Cordova
Juneau
Baranof Hotel
Homer Marvin Smith
Bomer
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Corner Bar
Triangle Club
Bailey's Bar
Blackie’s
Alaskan Hotel
Smiley's
Interial
Highlands
Joseph A. McLem
Baronof
U.S. District Court
McLean
Council
Pearson
GOP
CANOL
RCAF
Ketchikan
Guy Gibson
Piper Laurie
International Soundphoto
Pacific Northern
Iowa
Formosa
Gene Bridges
Tokyo
China
America
Okinawa
Philippines
Hong Kong
Hainan
Chinaouth
Chuang Kul-shek
Na Cionflicts
Myume Chiang Kai-shek
United States
RCA
Jan T
Harry Brides
Lawrence Seton Ross
Lee B. Harris
Tenn
Bridges
CIO Longshoremen's Union
Stridges
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Wis Heyer
Communist Party
Witeesses
Henry Schmidt
J. R. Robertson
James MacInnish
Ross
Mrs. Pegues
Juneau Terminal
Masons
STARS
Baranof
Amos
Heacock
Air Transport Associates
Tne
Mercer Island
Buranof Hotel
Mack’ Mercado
Elas’ Hall
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