President calls on N W to fight Alaska shipping service
Washington report says Rep. Tollefson predicts government must run steamship service to Alaska if current subsidized plan ends June 30. He cites possible chartering of ships by the Maritime Commission or full government operation. Losses of $4 million were recorded last year under government operation. Weichel opposes extending the present law, asserting the commission can run the service.
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Washington
Tollefson
R-Wash
Alaska
Seattle
Commission
Fhil
Weichel
Ohio
House Merchant Marine Committee
Bears menace to moose calves on Kenai Peninsula
Seward Alaska June 4 hunting parties return from the Kenai Peninsula reporting bears outnumber moose about four to one and posing a serious menace to moose calves. One party counted six brown bears and 120 black bears. Dick Thomas, a hunter, shot a brown bear that stood ten feet high on its hind legs.
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Seward
Alaska
Kenai Peninsula
Dick Thomas
Forrestal's clout waning with Congress and Truman
Washington Merry Go Round reports James V. Forrestal, once the White House power broker, has slipped with Congress and is losing favor with President Truman. Once able to sway policy with praise, he now faces criticism for guiding Truman toward UN reversals and other hollow-sounding advice.
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Secretary of Defense
United Nations
Forrestal
Armistice Truce Sought as Arab Jewish Forces Battle
The United Nations mediated armistice aims to halt hostilities in the Pale as Arabs and Jewish troops pause fighting. Council discussions warn partition may require UN intervention, risking wider conflict. Irgun distrusts the truce while Egypt reports damage near Haifa and strikes toward Rehovot.
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Associated Press
Paletne
United Nations
Rhodes
U. N
Stassen Attacks Truman On Congress At Hearing
Harold E. Stassen told the Senate Appropriations Committee that President Truman’s description of Congress as “the worst” was unjustified. The GOP presidential contender criticized the remarks during a cross country trip while opposing House cuts to European Recovery Program funds. A Republican floor exchange featured sharp rebukes over heated language toward the President.
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Harold E. Stassen
Truman
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
Stassen
House
Clevenger
Rayburn
Steamers Sail Schedules and Local Visit Rumor
Northern Voyager arrives in Douglas at 9 30 tonight while George Washington leaves Seattle at 3 p m today. Prince George sails from Vancouver at 9 tonight and Aleutian and Sword Knot depart Seattle and Vancouver respectively Saturday. Alaska heads south after midnight. Princess Norah reaches at 8 a m tomorrow then sails south an hour later. Barahof bound south late Sunday or Monday. Visitors Mr and Mrs John Ashbaugh stay at the Hotel Juneau in Ketchikan.
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Northern Voyager
Douglas
George Washington
Seattle
Prince George
Vancouver
Princess Louise
Sword Knot
Alaska
Princess Norah
Barahof
Courtship Cooling as Dorothy Demands Cash for Marriage
Dorothy Lawlor, 28, in Daytona Beach, says Dan ny Wicker has shown no proof of the $19,600 she seeks for marriage. She criticizes the bar proprietor, noting only a plane ticket and hotel suite were provided. She demands cash on the line before any promise, questions who he is.
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Dan Wicker
Florida
Dorothy Lawler
Wicker
Mexico
Lawler
Daytona Beach
Fla
Dorothy Lawlor
Danny Wicker
Holly Hill
Shel
Plane Crash Kills Enlisted Man and Wife Near Fairbanks
Alaska report says an enlisted man and his wife died when their privately owned airplane crashed near Eagle Creek, 50 miles north of Fairbanks. The crash happened Monday on a return trip from Circle Hot Springs. Bodies recovered by a Tenth Rescue Squadron helicopter. names withheld.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Eagle Creek
Ladd Field
Circle Hot Springs
Plane destroyed in Alaska backfire blaze at Beaver
Pilot Cliff Everts reported a carburetor backfire ignited and destroyed a Wien Alaska Airlines single engine plane at Beaver as he prepared for a take off to Fort Yukon. No injuries. Charles N. Royds from San Francisco, California, is staying at the Baranof Hotel in Juneau.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Tames
Wien Alaska Airlines
Beaver
Cliff Everts
Everts
Fort Yukon
San Francisco
Charles N. Royds
Calif
Juneau
Baranof Hotel
Mayor and ILWU hold meeting in Spruce dispute
Union representatives met with Mayor Warne E Hendrickson to reject a back to work proposal as the 62 day Spruce mill labor dispute keeps about 300 workers idle. ILWU and CIO leaders warned the offer could open the territory to raiding and affect unfair labor practice charges.
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Warne E. Hendrickson
Juneau Spruce Corporation
Verne Albright
Alaska
CIO) International Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s Union
Chris Hennings
CIO International
John Olofson
CIO United Trallers Union
Alaska Cio Executive Council
Anthony Wukieh
TLWU
Clarence Hellowen
Sam Adams
Albright
Olofson
CIO
ILWU
Terriory
National Labor Relations Board
TWA
Labor Secretary Schwellenbach Dies After Illness
Washington June 10 Secretary of Labor Lewis B Schwellenbach 53 a former Senator and Federal Judge died early today after a long illness President Truman said to be in Olympia with deepest regret The White House announced he had been Labor Department chief since June 30 1945 Mrs Schwellenbach at bedside Cardiac failure cited as cause He was the first Northwest figure to serve in all three branches of the federal government as lawmaker jurist and executive
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Washington
Lewis
Schwellenbach
Truman
Senate
Schwellen
Olympia
Schwelenbich
White House
Labor Department
Washington State
Frinces Perkins
Roosevelt
Stock Quotations and A Fairbanks Visitor Note
New York June 10 closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today 3 percent American Can 87 percent Anaconda 39 percent Curtiss Wright 8 percent Kennecott 57 percent New York Central 16 percent Northern Pacific 25 percent U S Steel 81 percent Pound 84 03 percent Sales today 1 100 000 shares Averages Industrials 192 50 rail 1 85 utilities 35 95 From Fairbanks Stephen Gregory from Pairbanks 18 a Junewu visitor and staying at the Baranof Hotel
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
Curtiss Wright
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
U.S. Steel
Pound
Rai
On Way Home From Alaska Tour Kiushkan Returns
James Kiushkan a 28 year old Sitka native and Tinwi Indian travels with the University of Washington Glee Club on an extended Alaska tour to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Alaska Gold Rush. A former Sheldon Jackson High School student, he pursued a University of Washington music major with hopes to teach music in Sitka after graduation.
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University of Washington
Alaska
Seatie
Glee Club
Juneau
Charlies W. Lawrence
Lawrence
University of Washington School of Music
Oberlin Conservatory
Cleveland
Ohio
James Kiushkan
Tinwit Indian
Sitka
University of Washington Glee Club
Kiushkan
Heard & Washington Glee Club
Sheldon Jackson
Klushkan
Inquiry to be held into slaying of Polk
Washington June 10 Eugene Meyer chairman of the Washington Post accepted chairmanship of a finance committee to raise funds for an inquiry into the murder of George Polk an American news correspondent and University of Alaska graduate found slain in Greece under mysterious circumstances.
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Washington
Eugene Meyer
The
Washington Post
George Polk
Polk
University of Alaska
Greece
Lightning Disrupts Omak Graduation Night
Omak High School seniors were to exchange diplomas today after a graduation night disrupted by lightning striking a power line between Okanogan and Brewster. Principal David Bilis reached for the diplomas as darkness followed and Ellis handed out the wrong diplomas.
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Omak
Wash
Omak High School
David Bilis
Okanogan
Brewster
Ellis
Weather Report From Juneau and Vicinity
Temperatures for 24 hours ending 7:30 AM Juneau daily high near 79 and low 47. Airport high 77 low 42. Forecast calls for considerable high clouds tonight and Friday with warm conditions and a peak near 7 degrees above average. Precipitation shows none in Juneau city since June 1 totaling 2.90 inches since July 1 88.66 inches at Juneau city and 53.87 inches at the airport since July 1. Territorial Department of Education announces a new appointee after several months away.
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Wrather Bureau
Juneau
Porecas
Suneau and
Wnee
Truman in Seattle Seeks Tough River Fight for Flood Control
President Truman urged Pacific Northwest residents to push a hard battle to develop river basins for flood control and cheap power. He criticized private power lobbyists and Congress for cutting river development funds and delayed transmission lines to move low coal power from California. He spoke at Memorial Stadium after traveling from Olympia with Governor Wallgren.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Seattle
Truman
Pacific Northwest
Corness
Congress
California
Shasta Dorn
Columbia River
Washington State Press Club
Memorial Stadium
Olympia
Puget Sound
Men
Wallgren
Hawkins quits as top man at Juneau Spruce
Hawkins, vice president and general manager of Juneau Spruce, resigns as general manager to focus on specialized assignments and other business. He stays as vice president and board member, overseeing logging and tow boat operations. Freeman Schultz named executive vice president and general manager, joining June 15.
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Hawkins
Jus Heal Spruce Corporation
Freeman Schultz
Coos Bay
Hawking
Juneau
Schultz
Juneau Spruce
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Drew Pearson
the Bell Syndicate
Jaye
Stassen Ini
Ketchikan
John Ashbaugh
Interior
Spruce
Labor Secu
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Stephen Gregory
Pairbanks
OULD
Hoktmerg Uevgen
Rber Ajsmer
Department of Pavention
Bremerton Bremerton
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