New Flood Crest Hits Along Columbia River
The article reports fighting continuing as UN mediator Count Folke Bernadotte proposes a peace plan for Palestine. Key disputes include immigration limits, Jerusalem access, and siege conditions as Arabs and Jews react to the truce terms and discussions in Cairo.
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Associated Press
Is_rael
United Nations
Palestine
Folke Bernadotte
U. N
Merchant of Peace
Bernadotte
Sid
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Hernadotte
Steamship Movements From Seattle Listed for Week
Alaska steamer from Seattle to arrive at 6 30 tonight Baranof from Seattle to arrive tomorrow forenoon Princess Norah from Vancouver to arrive tomorrow after noon or early evening Square Linnet to sail from Seattle at 10 am tomorrow George Washington to sail from Seattle Thursday Aleutian to sail from Seattle Saturday Princess Louise to arrive tomorrow at 8 am and sail south one hour later
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Alaska
Seattle
Baranof
Princess Norah
Vancouver
Square Linnet
George Washington
Princess Louise
Hardin Transferred to Barrow for ANS Construction Work
Carl Hardin, former Juneau SUBs ident, arrived here Saturday crossing Sitka and left for Point Barrow to serve as construction foreman for the Alaska Native Service. He will oversee nurses and doctors quarters at the ANS Hospital there after a stint at Mt. Edgecumbe. Anchorage Visitor Margo Preeman from Anchorage is staying at the Baranof Hotel.
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Carl Hardin
Juneau
Sitka
Point Barrow
Alaska Native Service
ANS
Hardin
Mt. Edgecumbe
Washington Merry Go Round exposes stalled aid to education bill
census shows ten million illiterate adults while Congress hoards a 300 million education aid package for peace. Rep Don Wheeler struggles to muster 218 signatures for a discharge petition to move the bill from the Education and Labor Committee, blocked by Speaker Joe Martin and Majority Leader Charlie Halleck who forbid GOP signatures. North Dakota's Bill Lemble is the only Republican to oppose orders.
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Weassacron
Congress
Georgia
Don Wheeler
Education and Labor Committee
GOP
Joe Martin
Charlie Halleck
North Dakota
Bill Lemble
Third Republican Convention Meets at Mt McKinley Park
Alaska GOP delegates meet at Mount McKinley National Park to form a regular convention, endorse the Sitka group, condemn Gruening policies, and set procedures for future Republican Territorial conventions while noting divides with White led faction. June Eliason returns to Juneau.
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Alaska
Fpatrbanks
Mt McKinley National Park
Sitka
Albert E. White
Juneau
Mount McKinley
Austin E. Lathrop
Louise P. Clegg
Fairbanks
Dele~gates
Holt
Alaska Central Committee
White
Gruening
Ernest H. Gruening
Bartlett
E. L. Bartlett
Alaskan
Rainbow Girls to greet Betty Miner at affair tonight
Juneau branch of the Order of Rainbow for Girls will host a 7 30 PM meeting to greet Betty Miner Grand Worthy Advisor for Washington Idaho and Alaska and visiting members. Initiation will follow led by Patricia Balog with officers, choir directed by Claire Folta to perform, and a 6 30 PM dinner in the Scottish Rite Temple banquet room.
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Juneau
Order of Rainbow For
Betty Miner
Washington
Idaho
Alaska
Visting
Patricia Balog
Helen Isaak
Sheila MacSpadden
Charity
Rainbow Girl
Claire Folta
Scottish Rite Temple
Carson Lawrence
Order of Eastern Star
The
Masons
Miner
Fairbanks
Anchorage
Legion
American Legion
Stock Quotations From New York June 7 And Averages
Closing stock quotations show Alaska Juneau at 3 percent, American Can 87, Anaconda 39, Curtiss Wright 8, International Harvester 99, Kennecott 56, New York Central 16, Northern Pacific 24, U S Steel 78, Pound 4 dollars and 3 cents. Bales reached 930000 shares. Market averages list industrials 190.13, rails 59.51, utilities 35.30.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
Curtiss Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
U. S. Steel
Bonnie Keithahn Returns From Washington State College
Yvonne Bonnie Keithahn daughter of Mr and Mrs E L Keithahn arrived home Saturday by PAA from Washington State College at Pullman Wash. She completed studies there and is welcomed back by her family and community.
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Yvonne
Bonnie” Keithann
E. L. Keithahn
PAA
Washington State College
Pullman
Wash
Pickets Persist At Juneau Sawmill Dispute
Local 1-16 CIO International Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s Union continue picketing the Juneau Spruce Corporation sawmill, despite Local M-271 Woods workers’ claim of control. Freeman Schultz faults delay in NLRB action and praises Mayor Hendrickson for settlement efforts, as TWA reorganizes officers and staff after member departures.
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CIO International
Juneau Spruce Corporation
CIO International Woods Workers of America
Freeman Schultz
Juneau Syrace
Portlann
TWA
Nation Labor Relations Board
Washington D D. C
NLRB
W. E. Hendrickson
Virgil Burts
PAA
Seattle
William Flint
Juneab
Gordon 8
Pederson
Frank Gustaffson
Edward Hughes
Jack Dalton
Nels Lee
Josep J. Thomas
Bill Durance
Willian Grisom
Oes
Lions Will Act On Beach Project At Meet Tonight
An important Lions Club Board meeting is set to finalize plans for the Douglas beach project. President Furness announced progress in the Gold Room at the Baranof Hotel. Work parties will be selected to begin sanitation facilities, tables, fire grates, and other equipment. a Fourth of July queen candidate may be approved. Tony Polet of Nome attended as a guest.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Miners’ Welfare Fund
CIO Packinghouse
Wilson and Company
Philadelphia
CIO Rubber Workers Union
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
Los Angeles
Lions Club Board of Directors
Douglas
M. J. Furness
Gold
Baranof
A. W. Blackerby
Lions Club
University of Washington Gleen Club
Memorial Library Fund
Tony Polet
Nome
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Evdard Benes
Benes
Klement Gottwald
Tinue Benes
Laany
Munich
London
Thamias G. Masaryk
Masaryk
Jan
Moose Play Elks Baseball Tonight
Weather permitting, the Moose will be at the ballpark starting at 6:30 tonight. Yesterday’s proposed doubleheader was called because of wet ground conditions.
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MOOSE
ELKS
The
Garvins Take Weekend PAA Trip for Business and Pleasure
Mr and Mrs Homer Garvin and daughter Sandra left via Pan American Airways over the weekend for a several weeks business and pleasure journey in multiple states.
Truman in Idaho on West Tour
President Truman travels through Idaho en route to Bun Valley and rallies crowds at Pocatello to back public power and reclamation projects. He urged Congress to fund at least some Columbia River Basin developments while noting opposition from promoters. Mayor George Phillips counted about 500 on the train decked car, including the President, Mrs. Truman, and Margaret.
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Bun Valley
Idaho
Truman
Pocatello
Congress
Columbia River Basin
George Phillips
Margaret
Mr. Truman
Omaha
Senate debates draft bill on race segregation in armed services
In Washington on June 7 the Senate defeated a proposal to ban race segregation in the armed services by a 67 to 7 vote. The move aimed to block discrimination in assignments or induction though it was seen as a potential national test vote amid broader draft legislation.
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Senate
Department of Defense
Army
Navy
Air Force
Langer
R.-N.d
Armed Services
Gurney
Armed Services Committee
Baseball Possibility for Sitka Juneau Series
M P Mullaney president of the Gastineau League received a letter from Cecil C McSlain secretary Sitka Base Commission proposing a three game series here on July 4 with Juneau clubs facing an all star Sitka group. He also noted a Juneau visit to Sitka for Labor Day. Discussion planned at a baseball meeting at the first opportunity.
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M. P. Mullaney
Cecil C. McSlain
Sitka Base 24
Juneau
Sitka
McClain
Mullaney
Sitka Pulp Project Is Launched and Articles Filed
Articles of incorporation will form the Alaska Industrial and Engineering Corp for Sitka pulp project efforts. Bernhard Mullen H L Baulknеr and Roy W. Johnson are organizers. the plan includes timber cruises on Sitka pulp timber and surveys near Sitka to secure pulp timber allotments. Belgian industrialists led by Charles Semal are backing the venture with aims to build a pulp mill producing substantial daily output.
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Sitka
Alagka
Bernihard B-Mullen
H. L. Baulkner
Juneau
Roy W. Johnson
Seattle
Tongass Natonal Forest
J . U. &. Forest Service
Imits
Ares
Charles Semal
New York
Semal
Jimeau
Mullen
Johnson
Yukon with 40000 pounds of halibut seas off Juneau
More than 68600 pounds of halibut landed at Juneau Cold Storage over the weekend by boats The Yukon carried 40000 pounds the Pera I 21000 and the Sunset 6000 pounds The fish sold for 17 to 18.8 cents a pound with ebix at eight cents a pound The catch was taken by Brighton Engstrom Brothers and Booth Fisheries.
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Juneau
Yukon
Sunset
Andy i Frederickson
Ebix
Brighton
Engstrom Brothers
Booth Fisheries
Alaskan Scenes Displayed at Baranof Hotel Event
Two men from the Sunset area, Andy Predderickson and Ted Lammers, face illegal halIBUT fishing charges in Chatham Strait. They pleaded not guilty before U.S. Commissioner Felix Gray and requested a jury trial, released on personal recognizance, with attorney Howard D. Stabler to represent them. Trial set for 10 a.m. tomorrow. Separately, an automatic color slide projector installed at Baranof Hotel lobby by Royal O'Reilly shows Alaskan scenes, maintained by Juneau Chamber of Commerce Information Bureau under Henry Harmon, with slides supplied by the U.S. Forest Service. Visitors from Seattle, Vancouver, and other locales are noted. Continuous display in lobby.
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U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Andy Prederickson
Ted Lammers
U. S
Felix Gray
Howard D. Stabler
Clay Scudder
Fish and Wildlife Service
Chatham Strait
Buranof
Royal O'Reilly
Taku Lodge
Juneau Chamber of Commerce Information Bureau
Henry Harmon
U.S Forest Service
Seattle
Warren Nutts
R. M. Winslow
O'Reilly
Benefic All Persons Lntereatest
Baraiof Hotel
Dikes Weaken as Fraser River Flood Expands Toward Portland
Fraser River breach at Minion bridge narrows crossings between Vancouver and Hope as flood fears rise. Army engineers rush to reinforce Columbia River dike lines from Portland to the Pacific while heat and high tides worsen conditions across the Northwest.
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Vancouver
B.C
Fraser River
Hope
New Westminster
Portland
Columbia River
Pacific
Army Engineer Corps
Great River
Hull
Port Belvoir
Columbia
Praser
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Canada
Pope
Y Wonsensiva Serosa
Washington
Rou
Weather report for Juneau and vicinity
Weather report shows temperatures for four hour periods ending 7:30 this morning in Juneau and at the airport with highs 58 and 67 and lows 46 and 45. Forecast calls for variable cloudiness tonight and Tuesday with a high near 62. Precipitation data notes 1.67 inches since June 1 in Juneau and 1.79 inches since June 1 at the airport.
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Weather Bureau
Juneau
Wuneau
Drlves
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