Truman Tours West As Floods Alter Pacific Northwest Visit
President Truman, touring aboard the Truman Train, aims to gauge public support on an 18 state swing. Flood damage in the Northwest causes changes to his schedule, canceling a Hanford visit for a Spokane stop and a Grand Coulee inspection. Margaret Truman accompanies him. Seattle and Omaha appearances are planned.
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Truman
Chicago
Washington
Pittsburgh
David L. Lawrence
National Demcritic
White House
Ray- Missourian
Tale
Mr. Truman
Seattle
Victory Square
Washington State Press Club
Margaret
Omaha
Northwest
Pacific Northwest
Hanford Atomic Energy Project
Washington State
Spokane
Wash
Grand Coulee
Ephrata
White House changes Chicago arrival time from 3 30 to 4 30
Democrats bail President Truman out of a near blunder during a Chicago visit by shifting his arrival from 3 30 to 4 30 so crowds would be present. Housing bill remains bottled up in Banking and Currency committee with growing Southern pressure to sign on.
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Truman
Chicago
White House
Ed Kelly
Taft-Ellender-Wagner
Banking and Currency Committee
President Plans Talks With Striking Boeing Union
President Truman will meet with Harold Gibson head of the Aeronautical Mechanics Union in Seattle during his June 10 visit. Union spokesmen said petitions by business leaders harmed by the Boeing strike will be presented seeking his aid in settlement. Boeing president William M. Allen welcomed a private conference.
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Seattle
Truman
Aeronautical Mechanics Union
Boeing Airplane Company
Harold J. Gibson
Mon Wallgren
William M. Allen
Boeing
Acaskan Graduates from Naval Academy in Annapolis
Two Alaskans graduate from the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis. Frederick Louis Nelson of Petersburg and John Dickens Clithero of Sitka receive commissions after completing studies and brigade ranks. Nelson stood in the top half of his class and earned naval numerals in soccer season. Clithero, son of Sitka residents, held multiple petty officer ranks in the brigade.
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Katherine Wainwright Austin
North Andover
Mass
Marine Corps Airman
Frederick £. Nelson
U. S. Naval Academy
Nelson
Petersburg
Alaska
Annapolis
Frederick Louis Nelson
John Dickens Clithero
Sitka
Frederick Nelson
Naval Academy
Drews Preparatory School
San Francisco
Russel L. Cithero
Clithero
Sitka High School
Severn Prep School
Severna Park
Maryland
Top Military Leaders to Visit Juneau Tonight
Alaska's senior military officers led by Lt. Gen. Nathan F. Twining and Maj. Gen. Stanley L. Scott will tour highways rail port facilities in Southeast Alaska and Yukon Territory. The Juneau City Council meets at 8 PM to discuss several important items.
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Juneau
Anchorage
Alaska
Fort Richardson
Canada
Yukon Territory
Nathan F. Twining
Stanley L. Scott
U. S. Army
James Barnett
Alaska Command
Stock Quotations NY June 4 Closing Prices
Alaska Juneau mine 3 percent, American Can 87.5, Anaconda 39, Curtiss-Wright 75, International Harvester 99, Kennecott 57, New York Central 151, Northern Pacific 241/4, U.S. Steel 79.5. Volume 1,100,000 shares. Averages: Industrials 190.18, Rails 59.75, Utilities 35.15.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
Curtiss- Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
Steel
Lewis Ordered to Bargain with Southern Coal Group
John L. Lewis was ordered by Federal Judge T Alan Goluborough to bargain with the Southern Producers Association or face fines for contempt. The ruling follows prior court sanctions against Lewis and the United Mine Workers. Lewis later consented to the order and said talks would resume the next afternoon.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Southern Producers’ Association
T. Alan Golborough
United Mine Workers
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Lewis
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Association
Te South
Alaska Coastal flights bring 21 aboard for Juneau run
Alaska Coastal service carried 21 passengers on a Juneau flight yesterday, up from 20 on arrival. Names listed include Lester Green from Petersburg, Horace Pope from Wrangell, Ruth Krein and Betty Carson from Taku Lodge, and Walter Jewell among others bound for Sitka.
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Alaska
Juneau
Petersburg
Lester Green
Wrangell
Horace Pope
Ketchikan
W. Be, Hixson
Taku Lodge
Ruth Krein
Betty Carson
Ross Mill
Funter Bay
Ned Albright
Pelican
R. D. Cammon
Hoonah
Violet Dalton
Susie Broulette
P. Ganty
Haines
Larry Lindstrom
Jack Gucker
Seawall Plan for Nome Receives House Approval
A bill to authorize a Nome Alaska seawall was passed by the House and sent to the White House. Rep Dondero said the project would cost about 1 875 000 dollars and extend roughly 3 360 feet. Dr Horace Pope of Mt Edgecumbe is staying at Baranof Hotel in Juneau.
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Wasmnoron
Nome
Alaska
White House
Dondero
R-Mich
MT. Edgecumbe
Horace Pope
Baranof Hotel
Marshall warns big foreign aid cut would ruin recovery plan
Secretary of State Marshall says the proposed 533 million dollar reduction in European Recovery Program funds would turn the plan from reconstruction to mere relief. He cautions the cut could trigger a serious effect on Europe's political situation as Congress considers the House Appropriations Committee recommendation.
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Washington
Marshall
House
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Europe
Harvard University
Juneau Weather Report and Local Court News
Weather report notes Juneau high 68 and low 45 with forecast cloudiness and light rain tonight and Saturday. Police court reports state Chick Ashby received a six month suspended jail sentence yesterday from U S Commissioner Felix Gray after a drunk and disorderly conduct charge.
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Ae E
Weather Bureau
Juneau
Chick Ashby
U.S
Felix Gray
Japanese American Soldiers Honored at Arlington Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery buried two Japanese American soldiers Privates First Class Pumitake Nagato of Arlington Virginia and Saburo Tanamachi of San Benito Texas. Gen Jacob L Devers led a graveside declaration praising their loyalty and devotion. They died in 1944 in the Vosges Mountains France during the 442nd Combat Team assault on a German ridge.
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Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Pumitake Nagato
Arlington
Saburo Tanamachi
San Benito
Texas
Vosges Mountains
France
Jacob L. Devers
Army Field Forces
Armistice talks stall as fighting rages near Tel Aviv
Folke Bernadotte aims to clear Jewish Arab differences on a four week Palestine armistice by Sunday. In Jenin a heavy battle rages as an Iraqi counterattack repels a Jewish armored column. Egyptian Navy shells Caesarea and bombers hit Tel Aviv area. two Egyptian bombers are destroyed.
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Associated Press
Folke Bernarotte
Dows
Palestine
U. N
United Nations
Lake Success
Trans-Sordan Foreign Office
Bernadate
Jenin
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Aitte
Egypt
Cae
Teamsport
Two-Twin Birth Stuns Connersville Nurses
In Connersville Indiana on June 4 Mrs Wayne Murray gave birth to twins. Mrs Murray is a twin and her mother is a twin. Coincidentally each of the two nurses caring for the babies is a twin.
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Connersville
Ind
Wayne Murray
Mrs. Murray
Kimberley Visitor Players at Baranet Hotel
YROM KIMBERLEY B C W T Irvine from Kimberley B G 15 Juneau staying at Baranet Hotel Gustvus Visitor K M Cross visiting Iron Gus tavus playing at Baranot.
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YROM
Kimberley
W. T. Irvine
B. G
Juneau
Baranet Hotel
Gustavus
K. M. Cross
Iron Gus*tavus
Baranot Hotel
Record Crest Threatens Northwest as Dikes Fail
Unchecked floodwaters sweep dikes from British Columbia to Oregon as the Fraser dikes breach Barnston and Hatze Islands. Canadian Navy reports 360 evacuated from Barnston. Columbia flood toll rises to 21. Vancouver and Portland readings rise, with Army Engineers bracing for two more weeks of crisis. Effie Dawson among 14 unaccounted for in Sunday Vanport flood.
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Portland
Columbia
Elmer Pisher
Vancouver
Wash
Red Cross
Effie Dawson
Eld
Detty
Pacific Northwest
Fraser River
Canada
Barnston
Hatzie Islands
British Columbia
Port Kells
Navy
Columbia River
Grogon
Washington
Bie
Pacific
Mountainn
Snake River
Wise
Hatzie
Northwest
Fraser
Idaho
Oregon
B. C
Steamers blaze coastal schedule with multiple arrivals and departures
Princess Louise from Vancouver arrives tomorrow afternoon while Alaska from Seattle is due Monday. Princess Norah sails from Vancouver at 9 PM tomorrow and Baranot sails from Seattle at 9 AM tomorrow. Aleutian heads southbound late Sunday or early Monday. Dale Robinson Calvin Ward and Ling Loy from Yakutat stay at the Baranof Hotel.
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Princess Louise
Vancouver
Alaska
Seattle
Princess Norah
Baranot
Dale Robinson
Calvin Ward
Ling Loy
Yakutat
Baranof Hotel
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Pacific Coast
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Drew Pearson
the Bell Syndicate, Inc
Acaskans
Secretary of State
Joanne Adams
Pasadena
Ocean Park
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Cal
Santa Cruz
Atlantic City
Arlington Plot
A. Thatcher, H.paulson and
E. A. Bates
Bernaf Rotel
Columbia - Fraser River
Yakutat Visitors
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