Sabotage Suspected After Eight F 84 Jet Crashes
FBI and Air Force probe suspicious crashes in a single flight of eight F-84 jets near Richmond Indiana after takeoff from Wright-Patterson Field. Nine airmen died nationwide, with three pilots killed in Richmond and others injured or missing. Jets cost about 275000 each and two pilots survived crash landings. remaining details unclear.
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Associated Press
FBI
Air Force
Richmond
Ind
Jatea
Navy
U. S
Selfridge Field
Mich
Wright-Patterson Field
Dayton
Miss McMullen Assigned 10 Day Post in Fairbanks
Suzanne McMullen a clerk in the Territorial Veterans Commission will go to Fairbanks for a ten day assignment from the Juneau office. Floyd Guertin says she will replace a local employee on vacation and she will travel Sunday by Pan American plane. She is daughter of Rose McMullen secretary to U S District Attorney Patrick J Gilmore Jr. Sidney S Kennedy of Washington registered at the Baranof Hotel in Washington D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suzanne McMullen
Territorial Veterans Commission
Fairbanks
Juneau
Floyd Guertin
Miss McMullen
Pan American
Rose McMullen
U. S
Patrick J. Gilmore
Washington, D. C
Sidney S. Kennedy
Baranof Hotel
McCormick backs Dirksen in 1952 GOP strategy
The Washington Merry Go Round suggests Col. Robert McCormick aims to engineer a Taft Eisenhower deadlock at the 1952 Chicago convention. He would promote Everett Dirksen as a compromise nominee, leveraging Chicago ties to gain influence. The piece notes Dirksen’s potential appeal in Republican circles and questions Dirksen’s stance on Tribune policies.
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Col
Robert McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
United States
McCormick
Sen
Bob Taft
Everett Dirksen
Sclon
Pekin
Chicago
Taft
Eisenhower
Senator Dirksen
Dirksen
Seattle Firms Win Joint Bid for Haines Port Facilities
Bids for two Alaska construction jobs came in well under government estimates. A four firm contractor group bid 34 percent below the estimate for the Haines port facilities. Valle-Sommers Seattle bid 17 percent under for Elmendorf Air Base airmen dormitories, totaling 8,406,021 against a 10,133,516 estimate. Patti-MacDonald of Anchorage also submitted a lower bid. Other bids ranged from 1.69 to 3.08 million, with multiple firms under the estimates.
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Seattle
Alaska
Haines
Valle-Sommers
Elmendorf Air Base
Lytle- Green
Morrison-Knudsen
Haddock Engineer Associates
William A. Smith Co
Brown and Root
Anchorage
J. H. Pomeroy Co
Red Flag Incident At University Of Alaska Commencement
At Fairbanks the University of Alaska reported two students lowered the American flag and attempted to raise the Red flag during May 21 exercises with Governor Warren of California speaking. One student was expelled. the other’s identity remained unknown. ROTC guards chased the offenders, who escaped. A separate act of vandalism cut radio transmission lines before Warren spoke.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Terris Moore
University of Alaska
Warren
California
Moore
University
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Kfar Here
al Bramstedt
Lucky Luciano in Trouble in Italy
Rome June 9 Italian police accuse Charles Lucky Luciano former U S underworld czar of currency smuggling He was exiled from the United States and deported to Italy in 1946 Police say no definite link to a narcotics gang found He smuggled 57000 and an American car into Italy He must pay five times the amount and the car value as a fine If unpaid he faces arrest
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Rome
Charles “Lucky” Luciano
U. S
United States
Italy
Luciano
Dawson couple at Gastineeau Hotel amid new Alaska Coastal pilot role
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Dawson reside at the Gastineeau Hotel as Dawson begins training or duties as a pilot for Alaska Coastal Airlines. The report notes his new position and local lodging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Dawson
Gastineeau Hotel
Dawson
Alaska Coastal Airlines
Investigation China Lobby Now Ordered by Truman
President Truman orders all government agencies to cooperate with congressional inquiries into a Nationalist China lobby. Secretary Acheson said the State Department has gathered hearsay information suggesting activities by the China group may violate the law. The two Senate committees probe Far Eastern policy and MacArthur's dismissal.
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Truman
China
Acheson
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
China Group
Senate
MacArthur
McMahon
Chiang Kai-Shek
Eskimos Celebrate Big Whale Catch Amid Inflation
In Fairbanks Alaska on June 9 Arctic Eskimos celebrate an unprecedented haul of 11 whales, seven at Point Barrow and four near Kotzebue. With inflation driving whale meat prices to about 10 000 dollars per whale, sales planned via Alaska Airlines and others to Arctic villages amplify the bonanza as Point Hope hosts a nobikatuk feast.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Point Barrow
Kotzebue
Bering Srait
Wien Alaska Airline
Arctic
Point Hope
Japanese Peace Treaty Talks Stall in London Guidance
Special envoy John Foster Dulles said Western power talks on a Japanese peace treaty have bogged down. Diplomatic sources cite a French proposal to defer a final treaty. Dulles plans discussions with British officials in Paris and London to resolve the issue.
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London
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Japan
Paris
Union Oil Rep R S Bond Seated In Baranof Hotel
R S Bond a Union Oil Co representative from Seattle is at the Baranof hotel and available for inquiries. The brief presence suggests regional outreach or business discussions in progress during the stay.
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Union Oil
R. S. Bond
Union Oil Co
Seattle
Baranof Hotel
Washington visitor stays at Baranof hotel
H. A. Morris of Washington DC is stopping at the Baranof hotel for a visit.
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H. A. Morris
Washington, D. C
Baranof Hotel
Juneau Weather Report With Showers Forecast
Temperature readings for Juneau and the airport cover a 24 hour period ending this morning. Juneau maximum 52 minimum 46 while the airport recorded 55 and 45. Expect mostly cloudy skies with rain showers tonight and Sunday with low near 46 and high around 56. Precipitation totals include .95 inches in Juneau city and .48 at the airport in the past 24 hours.
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Juneau
Missing British Diplomats Searched From France to Italy
London sources say Burgess and MacLean, long associated with high level British American secrets, vanished May 25 and may have fled toward Italy after telegrams from Rome surfaced. Foreign Office plans a Monday House of Commons statement as police pursue leads across Paris and Rome.
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London
France
Italy
Foreign Office
Rome
Paris
Guy Burgess
Washington
Donald D. MacLean
House of Commons
Herbert Morrison
Burgess
J. R. Bassett
MacLean
England
Grand Jury Indicts Representative from Truman's District
Kansas City June 9 Leonard Irving Democratic representative in Congress from President Truman's home district was named today in two federal grand jury indictments charging use of labor union funds in the 1948 election campaign. Irving as head of the International Hod Carriers Building and Construction Union Local 264 faces one indictment alone. A second indictment names the union Roy E. Livingston and Irving. Each indictment carries 12 counts and potential penalties total 24 counts with fines up to 1000 dollars per year.
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Kansas City
Leonard Irving
Congress
Truman
Irving
International Hod Carriers, Building and Construction Union
AFL
Union
Roy E. Livingston
Albert L. Reeves
Stanley Cole
Chicago
Freom Ketchikan Clyde Henley Registered at Baranof Hotel
Clyde W. Henley of Ketchikan is registered at the Baranof Hotel, marking a brief travel or lodging notice in local records.
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Clyde W. Henley
Ketchikan
Baranof Hotel
Juneau Blood Drive Jump Starts Korea Aid
Juneau residents burst ahead of schedule to donate blood for Korea. King County Blood Bank staff reported strong turnout at Elks hall with eight beds in use and 40 pints an hour. Alaska pledges exceed 1,500 registrations for Anchorage quota of 1,000 pints.
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Juneau
Korea
King County Blood Bank
Aleutian
Elks Hall
Vance Blackwell
Ted Theobald
Blackwell
Bureau of Public Roads
Theobald
Anchorage
Keith Wildes
Pioneers of Alaska
T. D. Patel
J. Czajkowski
King County
St. Anne's Hospital
Vogeler Denounces Hung Confession as Rubbish
Robert A Vogeler, former ITT executive, repudiates a confession he says was extorted by Hungarian authorities during a 17 month Communist prison term. He recounts arrest on November 18, 1949, torture during initial 78 hours, and his release after a Department of State intervention.
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Washington
Robert A. Vogler
Hungary
State Department
National Press Club
Canadian fishing vessel Bes sie Mac disabled off Cape St Elias
The Canadian fishing vessel Bes sie Mac lost a propeller 20 miles off Cape St. Elias while bound from Prince Rupert to fishing grounds. Capella I is standing by the disabled boat and CG cutter Sedge is en route from Seward to assist.
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Bessie Mac
Cape St. Elias
Prince Rupert
Capella I
Sedge
Seward
San Francisco Woman Registered at Baranof Hotel
Mabel A. Greer of San Francisco is registered at the Baranof Hotel. She is with the Blood Bank party.
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Mabel A. Greer
San Francisco
Baranof Hotel
Blood Bank
MacArthur and Acheson clash over China Korea policy
June 9 Washington. Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Secretary of State Acheson sparred on Far Eastern policy during a Senate hearing on MacArthur’s dismissal. MacArthur denounced a December 1945 coalition idea with Communists and Nationalists in China as a prevarication, while Acheson defended postwar efforts toward a coalition government and denied plans to withdraw forces from Korea.
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MacArthur
Acheson
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Secretary of
State Acheson
Pacific
China
U. S
Korea
New York
Knowland
Defense Marshall
Raymond Spruance
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Republic of China
Courtney Whitney
Senator Sparkman
Whitney
Truman
Sparkman
8Th Army
Sam Tarrant Stops in Bellingham Washington Visit
Sam Tarrant of PAF from Bell ingham is stopping at the town as part of a regional tour. Local residents are invited to greet the visitor and learn about upcoming events and programs linked to his agenda.
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Sam Tarrant
PAF
Bellingham, Wash
Baranof Hotel
Mayo man J. P. Branson Visits Juneau Stay at Baranof
J. P. Branson of Mayo, Y. T., is in Juneau as a visitor and is lodging at the Baranof Hotel during his stay.
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J. P. Branson
Mayo, Y. T
Juneau
Baranof Hotel
Fish and Wildlife official returns from Seattle trip
Earl W. Bright of the Fish and Wildlife Service arrived back yesterday after a business trip to Seattle and is stopping at the Gastineau Hotel.
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Earl W. Bright
The
Fish and Wildlife Service
Seattle
Gastineau Hotel
NEA Tour Party Visits Juneau During Alaska Stop
National Editorial Association members in Juneau aboard the Aleutian greet locals at the port. More than 180 editors and spouses tour city offices, visit Mendenhall Glacier, Auk Bay, and lunch served by the Chamber of Commerce before touring Territorial Museum. The Aleutian sails west at 6 pm after visits to Wrangell and Petersburg.
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National Editorial Association
Juneau
NEA
Territorial Museum
Wrangell
Petersburg
Possible Maritime Strike in New York
New York reports warn of a possible strike next Friday as contracts with three CIO maritime unions expire. NMU leadership says negotiations stall amid owners' "do-nothing" stance, seeking a 25 percent wage increase beyond the Wage Stabilization Board limit, while employers offer 3.63 percent. Meetings with NMU and other CIO groups continue into the coming days.
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New York
CIO
National Maritime Union
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
American Radio Association
Joseph Curran
NMU
Ships in Pacific Movement Report From Seattle and Vancouver
NEA tour party aboard Aleutian in port from Seattle and set to sail west tonight. Princess Louise from Vancouver arrives 3 P.M. and sails to Skagway at 11 P.M. returning southbound Tuesday. Denali from Seattle to arrive late Monday or Tuesday morning. Princess Kathleen and Chilcotin sail from Vancouver tonight, Alaska to depart Seattle Wednesday. Baranof arrives from westward Sunday at 3 P.M.
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Seattle
NEA
Port
Princess Louise
Vancouver
Skagway
Denali
Princess Kathleen
Chilcotin
Alaska
Baranof
Reds Fall Back Iron Triangle
Battered Chinese Reds retreat from the Iron Triangle near Pyongyang as U S forces gain two ridges and threaten Chorwon Kumhwa and the Pyongyang valley. Allied air and artillery press a Red retreat while high level talks in Tokyo spark ceasefire fears and Korean leaders weigh responses.
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Clen Clements
Tokyo
Kumsong
Pyongyang
8Th U. S. Army
Chorwon
Kumhwa
Long Pyongyang
Wonsan
8Th Army
Fifth Air Force
Sanyang-Kumsong
U.S
George C. Marshall
Matthew B. Ridgway
Marshall
Pusan
Republic of Korea
Pyun Yung Tail
Syngman Rhee
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Drew Pearson
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Wayne Morse
Hainesport
U. OF Alaska
Lucky” Luciano
China Lobby
Freom Ketchikan
Vogeler
Yukon
Earl Bright
NEA Tour
N.Y
Ea Ul Ae
Chipo
Hwachon Reservoir
Inje
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