Juneau mayor says no threat but tax rise possible
Mayor Waine Hendrickson said he never threatened a 50 percent property tax increase if the one percent sales tax ordinance fails, but an increase may be necessary. He argued revenues from the tax could cover bond payments and build a reserve, while acknowledging consumer taxes impact. The special election is tomorrow at City Hall from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. with required 85 percent approval for passage.
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Waine Hendrickson
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
AFL
Juneau
Hendrickson
Water cooler bids trigger Army favoritism probe
The Army-Navy procurement is accused of favoring Westinghouse Electric in water cooler contracts after a bid batch of 16 firms, including Sunroc Refrigeration, was opened. Westinghouse allegedly modified specifications post bid despite bids closing, prompting protests and newsroom scrutiny.
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Washington
Army-Navy
Army
Westinghouse Electric Company
Johnson
Chicago Army Quartermaster’s
Westinghouse
Sunroc Refrigeration Company
Glen Riddle
Sunroc
Amerasia File May Be Open as McGrath Says
Justice Department will decide soon whether to publish a full Amerasia report from the 1945 case. McCarthy's charges about State Department communists deepen the background as six people were implicated in the secret documents found at Amerasia.
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Washington
McGrath
Justice Department
Amerasia
McCarthy
I- Wis
State Department
FBI
Senate
Emmanuel S. Larsen
Navy
Andrew Roth
Larsen
Philip Jaffe
Roth
John
Service
Dean Acheson
Poland
Cardinal Spellman
John E. Peurifoy
U. S
Vatican
Peurifoy
Tax Cut on Cheap Smokes Thrown Out
The House Ways and Means Committee rejected a provision to cut federal taxes on economy brands of cigarettes. The move clears the way for a House vote on raising corporation taxes by about 500 million dollars annually, with some members arguing higher corporate taxes could create a veto proof tag on wartime excise taxes cut by 1.1 billion dollars.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Steamers sail schedules Skagway and Vancouver ports
Port movements list several steamers with times and routes. Aleutian from Seattle arrives Tuesday at 10 am and sails west at 3 30 pm. Princess Norah from Vancouver to arrive Tuesday afternoon or evening. Chilcotin sails from Vancouver tonight. Princess Louise sails from Vancouver Wednesday. Prince George from Vancouver to Alaska sails from Seattle on June 22. Baranof to sail from Seattle on Saturday.
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Skagway
Seattle
Princess Norah
Vancouver
Princess Louise
A. Prince George
Alaska
Baranof
Stock Quotations New York June 19 Close
Closing quotations show American Can 115 percent Anaconda 31 Curtiss Wright 8 International Harvester 28 Kennecott 65 New York Central 13 Northern Pacific 15 U S Steel 25 and Pound at 2 80. Volume 1 290 000 shares. Averages list Industrials 222 00 Rails 55 53 Utilities 4335.
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New York
Anaconda
Curtiss- Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
U.S. Steel
Pound
Hawaii and Alaska statehood bills near final approval
June 19 The Senate Insular Committee finished a draft for Hawaii statehood and plans early action on Alaska. Chairman O Mahoney said committee approval depended on a printed bill. He hopes to forward both measures to the Senate before the weekend after House passage.
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Washington
Senate Insular Committee
Hawaii
Alaska
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Senate
House
Plane Missing 7 Months Found Near Fairbanks Alaska
Lt Alexander N Murphy of Kansas City missing in a Cessna five place plane since Nov 3 has been located about 40 miles from Fairbanks Alaska near Eielson field. Wreckage spotted by search planes and a Derasrestte team dropped into the wilderness area. Murphy 28, wife Bernadine and daughter Sharyl Ann 3 were residents here at the time of the disappearance.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Alexander N. Murphy
Kansas City
Ladd Air Force Base
Murphy
10Th
Eielson Field
Ladd
Ladd Field
Bernadine
Sharyl Ann
Geraldine Putnam
Weather forecast for Juneau area
Variable cloudiness and not so warm tonight. Some light rain expected by Tuesday night. Juneau high 78, low 60 tonight about 55, Tuesday high near 65. Rainfall totals: Juneau 0.75 inches since June 1, 71.89 inches since July 1. Airport 0.33 inches since June 1, 46.10 inches since July 1.
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Juneau
MacArthur outlines Far East defense amid Formosa crisis
General MacArthur described America's Asia defense as serious but not hopeless in a briefing with Johnson and Bradley. He urged rapid materiel to Formosa and Southeast Asia, warned that Fall of Formosa would threaten the Pacific defense line, and called for reinforcements to the Far East Command.
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MacArthur
America
Redmenaced
Asia
Johnson
Bradley
United States
Far East
Formosa
Southeast Asia
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Japan
U.S. Pacific
Aleutians
Okinawa
Philippines
Truman renames four Atomic Energy Commission members
President Truman renominated four AEC members on June 19. Sumner Pike of Maine was named for a new four year term starting July 1, Gordon Dean of California received a new three year term, Thomas Murray of New York a two year term, and Henry DeWolff Smyth of New Jersey a one year term. Pike will continue as acting chairman until a permanent chair is chosen. Cordova’s Don Miller is staying at the Baranof Hotel.
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Truman
Atomic Energy Commission
Sumner T. Pike
Maine
Gordon Dean
California
Thomas Murray
New York
Henry DeWolff Smyth
New Jersey
White House
Pike
Seattleites Here Among Seattlettes Registered at Baranof
Among Seattlettes newly registered at the Baranof Hotel are Mrs M Chiovitte R Blenkinsop Stamars Krieger and John C Martin.
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Baranof Hotel
Mrs. M, Chiovitte
R, Blenkinsop
Stamars Krieger
John C, Martin
Foreign Arms Aid Bill Approved by Senate Committees
Two Senate committees approved a 2.5 billion foreign arms program for non-Communist nations and blocked use of European Recovery funds. The Foreign Relations and Armed Services panels voted 12 to 0 to continue the arms program and limit presidential authority to aid Western Europe. Chairman Connally pledged to seek a Senate vote next Thursday.
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Senate
Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committee
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Group
Truman
Europe
Fog Blankets Aleutian Area Haze Seen Here
Fog and haze hover over the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands. A Cordova Coast Guard plane cannot reach Kodiak due to fog. Local haze blots Lynn Canal. officials cite inversion and possible industrial or forest fire smoke.
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Cordova
Alaska
Lynn Canal
Weather Bureau
Juneau
Kodiak
Roy Nolan
Tee Harbor
mid-Pacific
Hawglian Islands
McCarthy Divides Governors at West Virginia Meeting
At the Governors conference in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia on June 19 governors including Dewey Warren and Duff split over McCarthyism. Dewey showed mixed views while Warren and Duff condemned blanket charges without solid evidence as they pressed party unity ahead of the November elections.
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Wisconsin
Warren
McCarthy
California
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Senate
Boss Gambler Pleads Guilty in High-Profile Case
Frank Erickson, longtime head of a nationwide bookmaking empire, pleaded guilty in a New York court on gambling charges. He faces up to 60 years in prison and $300,000 in fines after admitting conspiracy and 59 counts of bookmaking. His attorney says he seeks to withdraw the initial innocent plea.
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New York
Frank Erickson
Pudgy
Special Sessions Court
Erickson
Frank Hogan
Sol Gelb
Nathan B. Perlman
Tuna Gold Rush Opens in South California Seals
The annual fishing gold rush begins as top-grade tuna move north from Mexican waters. Catches reported 60 miles south of San Diego with opening price of 400 a ton. Boats from Alaska to Newport Beach join the hunt as the High Seas reports 15 albacore.
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Ban Diego
Mexico
Can
Alaska
Hame
Fred Holmes
Sitka
High Seas
New‘port Beach
Calif
Milk Strike Clears as Washington Settlement Reaches Drivers
The eight day milk drivers strike in Washington ends with a 50 hour week at current pay, allowing 1,650 workers to return by midweek. Western Pennsylvania deliveries to 2.2 million residents remain halted amid a separate ten day dispute. Spokane and other regions report new bakery and transit strikes adding to U S disruption.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
California
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Bremerton
Evyerett
Wash
AFL
Washington
Dairies
Lake Erie
Ohio
Bethlehem Steel Company
Johnstown
Allies Mine Roads to Avert Russian Attack
Frankurt Germany June 19 Allied forces mined key roads and bridges across West Germany and parts of Europe to stall any Soviet advance. A German magnate published photos of a winding Rhine highway near Lorelei with holes drilled and capped for explosive charges possibly to collapse the road. American HQ declined comment while a Koblenz French source said such preparations are widespread and Allied high command ordered them.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Alles
West Germany
Europe
Mifmck
Magnane
Lorelei
Rhine
Koblenz
Wah
Plane plunges into Kuskokwim near McGrath. pilot killed
Patrick J. Carroll, a Civil Aeronautics Administration employee and radio beam station communicator, piloted a light plane that crashed into the Kuskokwim River near McGrath 275 miles from here. Wreckage was on a sand bar. Carroll's body had not been recovered.
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Alaska
Patrick J. Carroll
CAA
Kuskokwim
McGrath
Here
Carroll
Charles J. Pierson
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Pierson
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