Truman outlines US policy in peace seeking appeal
President Truman addressed the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa stating the United States will aid nations seeking peace without coercion or intimidation. He urged completing the St Lawrence project and cited world recovery efforts with resources to support those contributing to peace. Mountie guards observed as applause rose from both houses.
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Ottawa
Truman
United States
House of Commons
Atson
St. Lawrence Project
St. Lawrence
W. L. Mac
Death watch placed for Nelson awaiting execution
U S District Attorney notified that President Truman denied Executive clemency forAustin Nelson who faces a July 1 execution in Juneau for first degree murder. Deputy jailer William Mahaney has placed a death watch as lawyers pursue fresh evidence for possible appeal and delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Nelson
U. S
P. J. Gilmore, Jr
Daniel Lyons
U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, D. C
Truman
Nelson
Harry E. Pratt
Juneau
Jim Eilen
William T Mahaney
Henry Roden
Joseph A. McLean
Boden
Seattle
McLean
Stocks Rally on Tax Bill Hopes and Warm Weather
Closing quotes show Alaska Juneau mine at 4% and major industrials including U S Steel 67 and Northern Pacific 174 with 1,350,000 shares traded. GOP leaders plot to veto and force a fall special session while Wall Street cheered potential tax relief and coal mine return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
Curtiss-Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
U. S. Steel
Washington
Truman
House
White House
Congress
GOP
Ways and Means Committee
House Gop
Clarence Brown
Ohio
Jeaders
Magnuson seeks 45000 for Alaska agriculture research
Senator Warren Magnuson D Washington urged the Senate Subcommittee on Agriculture appropriations to provide 45000 for the University of Alaska to continue agriculture research in the Territory. He urged restoration of funds and warned he would seek amendments on the floor if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Magnuson
Fly Fishermen Headed to Bristol Bay Night Flights
Delayed by contract talks, salmon fishermen were rushed to Bristol Bay Alaska by air to be ready for the June 23 opening. Two plane loads left Boeing Field with about 500 more to follow to Libby McNeill Libby facilities in Naknek. Fishermen, members of the Alaska Fishermen's Union, accepted a 12 percent wage increase Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Bristol Bay
Alaska
Boeing Field
Northern Airlines
Libby, McNeill and Libby
Naknek
Alaska Fishermen's Union
Alaska Coastal Wins Juneau Skagway Route Authorization
The Civil Aeronautics Board authorized Alaska Coastal Airlines to carry passengers cargo and mail between Juneau and Skagway via Haines and Berners Bay for seven years with a stop at Gustavus on the Juneau Sitka route. Ellis Air Transport is cleared to carry mail between Juneau and Ketchikan for one year. Both may serve other points within 25 miles of regular routes.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Alaska Coastal Airlines
Juneau
Skagway
Haines
Berners Bay
Gustavus
Sitka
Alaska Coastal
Ellisair
Ketchikan
Ellis Lines
Juneau-Ketchiken
Ines
Soviet Union proposes world atomic inspections body
Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko outlined new Soviet proposals to create a world commission for strict international control of nuclear facilities. The plan would operate within the Security Council veto framework and advise on measures to prevent and suppress militarization while allowing access to mining, production, and stockpiling sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
Russia
United Nations
United States
Andrei
A. Gromyko
HUN Atomic Energy Commission
Security Council
Bossy
Cousell
Gromyko
Nol Ima
Preich
Alexandre Pavod
Soviet Union
Bow Lake Airport Aims to Be Nation's Best in Safety
Seattle Seaport official Col Warren D Lamport said Bow Lake airport will host its first scheduled flight Sept 1 as Northwest Airlines moves west regional offices from Boring Field. He called Bow Lake one of the nation’s safest all weather fields with TLS tests underway and GCA installation planned this summer by the Civil Aeronautics Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Seattle-Tacoma
Bow Lake
Northwest Airlines
Boring Field
Warren D. Lamport
Civil Aeronautics Adminiistration
Strikes Hit Detroit Auto Plants Over Pay Raises
In Detroit the CIO office workers shut Hudson Motor Car plant after about 15 000 production workers refused to cross picket lines. A second strike hit Continental Motor Co makers of power plants for autos planes and marine craft, the first sit down strike in over a decade. Company officials cited discipline of workers who refused to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
i/M—CIO
Hudson Motor Car Company
CIO
Continental Motor Company
Continental
Kirkpatrick Fined $200 for Liquor Offense
Robert Elton Kirkpatrick a taxi driver was fined 200 by U S Commissioner Felix Gray after being convicted of selling liquor without a license following his arrest last week by city police.
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Robert Elton Kirkpatrick
U. S
Felix Gray
City Polive
Sub cruise into Arctic announced
Pearl Harbor reports a two month Arctic training cruise by submarines and sub tenders will depart mid July. Vessels may reach Point Barrow with visits planned to Adu Kodiak Seward and Juneau. Tender Nereus and submarine Bowrish from San Diego join Cubexon Cannan and Kand Chub based locally.
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Pearl Harbor
Pour Pacific
Arctic
Submarine Force Headquarters
Tounces
Adu Kodiak
Seward
Juneau
Nereus
Bowrish
San Diego
Cubexon
Cannan
Kand Chub
Large Sum for Adak Urged by Navy for Alaska Bases
The Navy asked the House Armed Services Subcommittee to authorize 3,546,000 for Adak Alaska and 14,675,000 for Suam Naval Supply Center. Rear Admiral John J. Manning cited outside continental expansion with approval of top staff. Adak plans include storage buildings 2,560,000 ice cream milk facilities 340,000 ship repair 306,000 and a dispensary 40,000.
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Washington
Navy
House
Armed Services
Naval Operating Base
Adak
Alaska
Suam
John J. Manning
Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks
Continental
United States
Point Chiefs of Staff
Seattle Taxi Strike Ties Up City as 700 Drivers Idle
Seattle's taxi service stalls with 700 drivers off the job over wage demands. Among strikers are 54 Parwest Taxi owner-operators who say they are striking against themselves. They seek a $10 daily minimum or 49 percent of fares, a five day week, eight hour day, and paid vacation after one year, increasing after two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Parwest Taxi
Lois Nicholson Joins U S Fish and Wildlife Service
Lois Nicholson, graduate of Juneau High School, is employed by the U S Fish and Wildlife Service here as a clerk stenographer. Mildred K Maynard, court reporter for the U S District Court in the First Division and secretary to Judge George W Polte, returned yesterday via PAA after a one month medical absence and vacation visiting Seattle, Portland, and Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Nicholson
Juneau High School
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Tenographer
Mildred Maynard
Mildred K Maynard
U. S. District Court
George W. Polte
PAA
Seattle
Portland
Los Angeles
China protests Soviet act over Mongol incursion into Sinkiang
Chinese Foreign Office spokesman said Moscow bears partial responsibility for an outer Mongolian assault that sent a Mongol cavalry battalion 50 miles into Sinkiang. China protested to Soviet and Outer Mongolian authorities. Chinese warplanes dispersed the clash after several Mongol invaders were reported killed and two Chinese soldiers died.
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Nanking
Russia
China
Moscow
Chang Yuan-cheng
Foreign Office
Central
Outer Mongolia
Sinkiang
Peitashan
Two Start Paddling to Juneau
Seattle June 11. Bob Miller and Les Welch, two University of Idaho air veterans, paddle a 68 pound aluminum canoe through Puget Sound toward Juneau Alaska. They expect a slow trip possibly lasting a week to clear Puget Sound. Miller handles the bow paddle kneeling on an air cushion. Welch is 26 from Orono.
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Seattle
Bob Miller
Les Welch
Puget Sound
Alaska
Welch
University of Idaho
Juneau
Miller
Lewiston
Maine
Orono
Idaho
Clearwater
North Fork
Steamers Set Sail From Seattle and Vancouver in June
Vessels Voyager Aleutian Square Ginnet Sword Knot Princess Louise Alaska Baranof and others are listed for sailings from Seattle Vancouver and Juneau on June 13 through June 17 heading to Southeast Alaska and southbound routes. Labor recruiter Louis Akers will visit Juneau Friday to interview applicants for Anchorage and Palrbanks work openings at the Alaska Territorial Employment Service office.
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Voyager
Beatle
Seattle
Square Ginnet
Sword Knot
Princess Louise
Vancouver
Alaska
Princess Norah
Port
Louis Akers
Birch-Johnson-Lytle Construction Co
Juneau
Arthur A. Hedges
Alaska Territorial Employment Service
Akers
Bel L
Anchorage
Palrbanks
ATES
Murnie Way
Alaska timber sale plan advances with eight billion feet
The Forest Service outlined a sample contract for selling eight billion board feet of pulp timber near Petersburg Wrangell and Thomas Bay Alaska to West Coast and New York financiers. Bids require at least eight million dollars available for plant construction and a lowest acceptable price of 85 cents per 100 cubic feet. The plan hinges on Congress approving authority to sell Tongass timber while native land claims are resolved.
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Petersburg
Congress
Vern Haugland
Washington
Forest Service
West Coast
New York
Interior and Agriculture Department
Wrangell
Thomas Bay
Alaska
Frank Heintaleman
Alaskan Forest Service
Ree 1 Yorber
Heintaleman
Pacific
Secretary of Agriculture
Tongass National Forest
Mrs Washburn Becomes First Woman On Mt McKinley Summit
Boston June 1. Explorer Bradford Washburn and six expedition members reach the 20 300 foot summit of Mt McKinley in Alaska. Mrs Washburn becomes the first woman to stand atop North America’s highest peak. Project aims included scientific data and a cosmic ray station at 18 000 feet. Roster includes Robert Lance Melrose Army Lt William Hackett Camp Carson Colorado William Beke Woodridge New Jersey Robert Prague Sejee James Gale Anchorage Alaska and George Browne Yoss California.
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Boston
Bradford Washburn
Mt. McKinley
Alaska
North America
New England Museum of National History
Washburn
America
Museum
Washburns
Robert Lance
Melrose
University of New Hampshire
Army
William Hackett
Camp Carson
Colo
William Beke
Wood‘Idge
Njj
Robert Prague
Sejee
James Gale
Anchorage
George Browne
Hoss
Calif
Ridin
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Chemical Group
Mercantile
Bloomingdale
Montgomery Ward
Agriculture Dept
Kirkpatrick
North
Sinkian
Heintzleman
Furest
Acopt
MeIntzleman
Tongass
Heinteleman
Junewu
Curry
James Curry
Senate Committee
Interior Department
Warner Gardner
Tnhterior
Mom Granger
Bartlett
Gardner
Mrs. Washburn
Mckinley
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