Senate Approves $660 Million Government Appropriation
The Senate approved a 660,299,000 dollar appropriations bill funding government operations through June 30. The measure, passed by voice vote, goes to the House with Senate amendments raising the bill by about 36 million. Funds include higher salaries, 600,000 for the Housing Expediter, 3,620,000 to combat forest insects in Colorado, Idaho, and Wyoming, 2,000,000 for the disaster relief fund aiding Minnesota and North Dakota flood victims, and 3,500,000 for wind tunnel construction at universities.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Colorado
Idaho
Wyoming
President
Minnesota
North Dakota
Big Fleet Will Fish for Tuna In San Diego Harbor
San Diego hosts one of the largest albacore fleets in American history as 800 boats are expected by Saturday, rising to about 1,000 when the season peaks. Northern skippers flock for a $400 a ton payoff, hoping to recover losses from a poor Alaska salmon season.
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San Diego
Calif
Ketchikan
Nome
Bristol Bay
Alaska
Sacramento
Columbia
Puget Sound
Tom Smith
State Fish and Games Commission
North Coast
Stock Quotations From New York June 22
Closing quotes show Alaska Juneau mine at 24 percent, American Can 115, Anaconda 31, Curtiss Wright 8, International Harvester 28, Kennecott 5744, New York Central 13, Northern Pacific 15 cents, U S Steel 364, Pound 2.80. Sales totaled 1,840,000 shares. Industrial averages at 224.51, down 5.89. utilities 43.68.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
Curtiss ‘Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
U.S. Steel
Wood and Mayer tied to Hollywood probe delays
The piece accuses Congressman John S. Wood of Georgia of failing to pursue Communist influence in Hollywood during 1945 46 while Republicans and studio chief Louis B Mayer shaped events. It notes an Edgar Dunlap hire in Wood s district and suggests the probe was postponed until Republicans gained control.
Dulles Says Captive Reds Won’t Risk War Now
In Tokyo John Foster Dulles told the American Chamber of Commerce that the captive world of Communism would not risk war with the free world at present because it is too weak. He warned of internal subversion as a danger and discussed support for Formosa. Dulles, MacArthur, Johnson, and Bradley review policy and plan to pool conclusions for potential action.
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Associated Press
State Department
John Foster Dulles
Tokyo
American Chamber of Commerce
Dulles
MacArthur
Far East
Formosa
Defense
Johnson
Omar N. Bradley
Okinawa
Japan
U.S
Bradley
Washington
Colonel Baird Denies Charges In Korean Red Case
YOKOHAMA June 22 Colonel John E Baird of Saylesville RI denied today that he supplied military information to a Korean woman under death sentence from a Korean military court as a Red agent. The woman Miss Kim Soo Im 39 testified in Seoul that she asked Baird when U S Army forces would leave Korea and when police would be disarmed. She said she passed the information to Pak Min Ho a Korean Communist. Baird said the woman had never worked in his office.
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Yokohama
John E. Baird
Saylesville
Kim Soo Im
Seoul
Baird
Korea
Pak Min Ho
US Army
United States
9th Anniversary of Hitler's Invasion Cited by Russ
London dispatch notes Pravda marks the ninth anniversary of the invasion of Russia praising Soviet leadership under Stalin and saying the Fascists were routed by the Soviet people.
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Hitler
London
Pravda
Russia
Stalin
Germany
Steamers Arriving and Sailing Schedules Turbulent
Steamship movements list arrivals and departures from Vancouver Seattle and aboard vessels including Chilcotin Princess Louise Baranof Princess Kathleen Princess Norah Aleutian and Alaska with tentative times from Friday to Sunday and boats sailing southbound or westward as scheduled.
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Chilcotin
Vancouver
Princess Louise
Alaska
Seattle
Baranof
Princess Kathleen
Princess Norah
Diplomat John Service Denies Helping China Reds
Washington June 22 Public hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee heard Career diplomat John Service deny McCarthy charges that he aided Communist China. He testified he resisted Communist domination, and said he was innocent of the Amerasia secret papers case from 1945. He noted the Times had published related facts and stated it was part of his job to provide background information to reporters on China.
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Washington
John 8
Service
McCarthy
China
Foreign Service
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Wisconsin
State Department
Amerasia
New York
Amerasia Magazine
FBI
Mark Gayn
Roosevelt
Chiang Kimi Shek
Senate
New York Times
Gayn
Hickenlooper
R-Town
Rwis
Mutual Savings Banks Mortgage First In Alaska Project
Two New York state savings banks, Community Savings Bank of Rochester and Buffalo Savings Bank, jointly insured a 3,080,000 FHA mortgage on a 272 apartment Fairbanks project. Institutional Securities Corp. acted as trustee, with Frederick W. Walker evaluating Alaska housing demand. The four-building, 12-acre development fronts the Alaska Highway and will provide 808 rooms amid a housing shortage.
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New York
Fairbanks
Alaska
Community Savings Bank of Rochester
Buffalo Savings Bank
Institutional Securities Corp
New York State Savings Banks
Mutual Savings Bank
Frederick W. Walker
Alaska Highway
Weather Summary for Juneau and Vicinity
Continued fair and warm tonight and Friday with lows near 47 and highs around 72. Juneau maximum 62 minimum 45, airport 60 maximum 40 minimum. Precipitation reports show city and airport totals with last 24 hours and monthly figures.
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Juneau
Jupan
Campaign Costs to Be Probed in Four Senate Races
Senator Gillette says a Senate subcommittee will investigate complaints of high expenditures in at least four senatorial primaries in North Carolina Florida Pennsylvania and Illinois. Reports show Pennsylvania candidates filing expenditures between 1.5 and 2 million dollars in the GOP race where Governor James Duff defeated Rep Kunkel.
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Washington
Gillette
D-1a
Senate
North Carolina
Florida
Pennsylvania
James Duff
GOP
Kunkel
Republicans attack Marshall Plan funding in Congress
Republicans in Congress aim to trim the Marshall Plan and curb Truman’s 35 million dollar request for backward areas. They argue the effort is a toe-in to extend postwar aid beyond its 1952 end, while Administration leaders deny the claim.
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Associated Press
Congres
Truman
Europe
Contempt Citations Issued Against 36 Refusing Hawaii Inquiry
The House Un American Activities Committee votes to punish those who refused to answer questions about Communism in Hawaii. Contempt citations are issued against 36 individuals identified in the April investigation.
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House Committee
Associated Press
House Un-American Activities Committee
Hawaii
New Trial Request For Judith Coplon
The federal district court in the national capital will hear a plea today for a new trial for Judith Coplon serving 25 years after two espionage convictions. The request argues that new evidence justifies reconsideration of the charges against the 29 year old former Justice Department analyst.
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Associated Press
Federal District Court
National Capital
Judith Coplon
Ples
Miss Coplon
Justice Department
Douglas Says Not Candidate to Seek Presidency
Supreme Court Justice William Douglas told an audience in Cheyenne Wyoming that he will remain on the bench for life. He said he wants to surpass John Marshall who served 34 years on the court.
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Douglas
Associated Press
Supreme Court
William Douglas
Cheyenne
Wyoming
High Court
John Marshall
No Settlement Reached in Apt Project Strike
Workmen idle for a third day as a strike against Anderson Construction Company continues on a 14 story apartment at Fourth and Franklin Streets. Union officials hope for a settlement tonight while discussing transportation cost payments and wage increases with company president Martin A. Anderson.
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Apt
Anderson Construction Company
Fourth and
Franklin Streets
Juneau
Annual Rotary Picnic at Auk Bay Beach
The Juneau Rotary Club holds its annual picnic Sunday at Auk Bay Recreation Area from 2 p m to closing. Swimming is highlighted for youngsters, with a surprise attraction promised by President Bob Akervick. Refreshments include coffee soft drinks and ice cream. members are asked to bring basket lunches and utensils. Howard D Stabler chairs the committee with Franz Naghel and Alex Young, and Rotarians needing transport should call Tom Morgan at 387 or 349. Visiting Rotarians and families are invited.
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Juneau Rotary
Auk Bay
Bob Akervick
Rotary Anns
Howard D. Stabler
Franz Naghel
Alex Young
Tom Morgan
Bank Bandit Is Hunted in Langton Cash Heist Hunt
Ontario police close in on swampland near St Thomas pursuing a bank bandit who robbed Imperial Bank of Canada in Langton. After killing two pursuers, the gunman abandoned his $23,000 loot as planes and radios aid the manhunt.
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Associated Press
Ontario
Sat Thomas
Imperial Bank of Canada
Langton
Secret Marriage Of Lena Horne Revealed In Paris 1947
Paris reports that Negro singer Lena Horne and MGM musical director Lennie Hayton secretly wed in Paris in 1947. Ralph Harris, Horne's manager, said the couple hid the marriage for professional reasons and now plan to publicize the union.
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Paris
Lena Horne
MGM
Lennie Hayton
Miss Horne
Ralph Harris
Harris
Draft bill sped by senators near False Pass
Senate moves a draft extender on a speed schedule to beat a Friday deadline. Obstacles include Russell’s race segregation proposal, a call for White House control, and House insistence on its draft extender version. Congress votes a 16 day extension to keep the act alive beyond tomorrow. Seattle accident near Cold Bay injures none. Nick Bez escapes, plane damaged. Bez, Intercoastal and West Coast Airlines leader, heads to False Pass after engine failure.
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Senate
Congress
White House
Russell
D-Ga
Truman
Vinson
House Armed Services Committee
House
President Truman
Seattle
Nick Bez
Alaska Peninsula
Bez
Merle Sasseen
Everett
Cold Bay
William Calvert
Tn=tercoastal Packing Company
Beg
Alaska
Bee
Intercoastal
P EB
Harris Co
Harris
Palse Pass
Unimalk Island
Calvert
United Nations Eyes Global Arms Reduction Plan
The United States urged the United Nations to create an international authority to reduce and regulate conventional weapons of war while excluding atomic and other mass destruction arms. The U.N. commission on conventional armaments met despite Russian objections and a boycott, continuing work that could form the basis of a broad arms reduction program.
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Associated Press
United States
United Nations
U.N Commission
Former Alaska trapper leaves estate to niece in will
The estate of Carl I. Carlsen of Vashon Island, a former Alaska trapper, miner and trader, value estimated between 125000 and 150000 dollars. The bulk goes to his niece Gyda Frederikson of Vashon Island. Carlsen, age 69, died on June 14.
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Trapper
Alaska
Seattle
Carl I. Carlsen
Vashon Island
Gyda Frederickson
Wash
Carlsen
Nehru accuses India Communists of destroying nation
India’s Premier Nehru charged that Communists in India are arming gangs and aiming to destabilize the country and its youth. He said Reds seek strength for future war but are wrecking their own land. Nehru spoke en route home from Indonesia.
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Rangoon
Burma
India
Mawoharlal Nehru
Nehru
Indonesia
Balcony Collapse Injures 30 at Sequoia Theater
In Redwood City California on June 22 thirty people were injured when the balcony ceiling at the Sequoia theater collapsed showering ten tons of ornamental plaster on moviegoers. Priority entities include Redwood City and Sequoia theater with the incident occurring at night and resulting injuries.
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Redwood City
Calif
Gunfire Wounds Three at Struck Rayon Factory
Morristown Tennessee June 22 Three men were wounded by gunfire at the American Enka Corporation rayon plant during a shift change. Earlier a barrage shattered windows at the strike hut after the CIO Textile Workers Union Local 1054 began a wage drive on March 28. A second outbreak occurred around 9 am as shots were heard near the main gate, with about 60 percent of workers outside armed. State police sent 70 officers with gas bombs to the scene.
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Morristown
Tenn
American Enea Corporation
CIO Textile Workers Union Local 1054
State Highway Patrol
National Air Races Canceled for 1950 in Cleveland
The fourth running of the National Air Races has been called off for this year in Cleveland. Labor Day weekend spectacle attracted about 200000 spectators last year but was canceled for 1950 after Defense Secretary Louis Johnson refused military planes’ participation, prompting the executive committee to cancel the event.
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Cleveland
Louis Johnson
Death of East German police chief shocks regime
Communist chief of East Germany Kurt Fischer died at 49 in Berlin. State plans a funeral. State mouthpiece says his death resulted from a heart ailment. Fischer led a police force of about 40,000 and his passing was announced today.
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East Germany
Berlin
Kurt Fischer
Fischer
Truman opposes a 70 group air force increase
President Truman told reporters that the nation cannot afford a 70 group air force now, arguing budgets must dictate force size. He noted the air force has about 48 groups and stressed purchasing armed forces within fiscal limits. He also spoke on politics and foreign affairs, endorsing Democratic tickets in Ohio and naming Charles M. Spottard for a deputy role in NATO affairs.
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Washington
Truman
Ohio
Taft
Joseph T. Ferguson
Charles M. Spottard
New York
W. Va
Surplus ships bill advances in House committee
A House Merchant Marine subcommittee approved a bill to extend government authority to sell and charter war built surplus ships. Sale rights extend to January 31, 1953 and charter rights to September 30 of this year. Commerce Secretary may authorize six month charters after September 30. Alaska Steamship Co may keep 11 chartered vessels if public interest, lack of private sources, and service continuity are shown. Refrigerator vessels used in Japanese trade may receive the same continued charter treatment.
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Washington
Merchant Marine
Secretary of Commerce
Alaska Steamshi, Co
Rep. Tollefson
R-Wash
Queen Contest Vote This P M at Juneau Drug Store
Judy Greene announced that the first official count of votes for the July 4th queen candidates will be held this afternoon between 6 and 5 30 o clock at the Juneau Drug Store. The four candidates and their supporting organizations have campaigned vigorously since ticket sales began, and the afternoon tally may indicate the campaign's momentum.
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Juneau
Judy Greene
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