General strike rejected by AFL amid Hartley Taft Law clash
AFL President William Green rejected calls for a general strike to protest the Taft Hartley Labor Law. The federation would challenge parts of the bill in court as work stoppages spread to coal fields and East Coast shipyards with 262 009 idle workers. More than 222 000 soft coal miners and 64 000 miners idle spread stoppages across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
AFL
William Green
Green
East Coast
Joseph A. Padway
APL
Washington
Bethlehem Steel Company
CIO Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Steamship Movements Reported For Seattle and Vancouver
Steamers Square Linnet from Seattle and Aleutian and Sailors Splice expected to sail tomorrow. Princess Louise from Vancouver due Saturday afternoon or evening. Princess Norah from Vancouver due June 28. Baranof to sail southbound Saturday. Alaska also moving southbound tomorrow.
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Square Linnet
Seattle
Princess Louise
Vancouver
Sailors Splice
Princess Norah
Alaska
Baranof
Truman Urges Undergraduates Into Government Service
President Truman told Princeton undergraduates there is a critical shortage of career men in government and urged entry into public service. He returned to Washington and withdrew Ray Wakefield from the Senate renomination, praising his decades of service in California and the Federal Communications Commission.
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Washington
Princeton
Truman
Senate
Ray Wakefield
Wakefield
California
Federal Communications Commviation
FCC
Charles Denny
Pt Mmianaa Be Ee
Flood Waters Surge Through Des Moines Area
Flood waters swelled in Iowa Missouri and Nebraska with Des Moines internals hit by a break in a levee tearing a two block hole. The Weather Bureau reported Des Moines cresting at 20.92 feet with the Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers driving downstream floods toward Red Rock Eddyville Ottumwa and Keosauqua. Evacuation warnings were issued for residents though the business district remained not immediately threatened.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Des Moines
Charlex Slade
Des Moles
Weather Bureau
Scott Steel
Red Rock
Eddyville
Ottumwa
Keosauqua
Raccoon
Stocks Rise As Market Responds To Light Supply Signal
New York June 26 prices show Alaska Juneau at 5, American Can 92.5, Anaconda 34.5, Curtiss-Wright 4, International Harvester 8, Kennecott 43, NY Central 14.5, Northern Pacific 174, U S Steel 86.5. Volume 630000 shares. Merrill Lynch averages industrials 176.58 rails 45.98 utilities 34.66. Gains midday as rails strengthen Gulf Mobile & Ohio preferred up over 41, Santa Fe and Union Pacific advance, Armour Preferred up 6 to 171, with firms like Coca Cola and Firestone up 1-2 points. American Hide & Leather jumps after 50-cent dividend news.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
Curtiss-Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
U. S. Steel
Merrill-Lynch
Rails
Utilities
Ouls
Chrysler
Motors
General
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Armour
Coca- Cola Schenley
West Indies Sugar
North American Co
Firestone
Dow Chemical
May Department
American Hides& Leather
Forest fires subdued by rain on Kenai Peninsula
Intermittent early week rains helped quiet Kenai Peninsula forest fires that had raged for two weeks according to Alaska Fire Control Service Chief R Robinson. Five new blazes reported at Unalakleet Galena Nulato and Moses areas. fires still burning at Pioneer Park and near Fort Richardson as crews recalled for storage due to lack of Federal funds.
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Kenai Peninsula
Anchorage
R. Robinson
Alaska Fire Control Service
Unalakleet
Galena
Nulato
Moses
Pioneer Park
Fort Richardson
Robinson
Kenal
Copper River
Indian Leaders Testify on Timber Leasing in Alaska
Alaskan Native leaders travel to Washington to testify on proposed timber leases to paper mills in Tongass National Forest. Four legislators from Alaska sit on the Alaska Territorial Legislature while questioning the Interior Department policy before the House Agriculture Committee. The group plans to decide positions during hearings believed to occur today.
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Washington
Interior Department
Tongass National Forest
House Agriculture
Senate Public Lands Committee
Alaska Territorial Legislature
Frank Peratrovich
Sn Kiawoek
Territorial Senate
Andrew Hope
Sitka
Frank Johnson
Rake
House
Fred Grant
Hanburg
Paper shortage may trim congressional speeches
Washington reports a paper shortage could force Congress to reduce speech making. The Appropriations Committee heard the Government Printing Office has barely enough newsprint to print the Congressional Record and sees no rise in supply. A special session could worsen printing chaos. Fewer speeches would save about 71 dollars per page.
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Washington
Congress
Appropriations Committee
House
Government Printing Office
Congressional Record
Printing Office
Ormand Gage Arrested on Fairbanks Seduction Charge
FBI Agent Richard D. Auerbach announced the arrest of Ormand G. Gage 27 on a Fairbanks Alaska federal warrant charging seduction of a 17 year old girl last summer. Gage was taken from the home of John Carrol in San Fernando where he had been employed to train race horses. He previously served as a First Lieutenant in charge of Military Police on the Alcan Highway and later married Dorothy L. Mullan of Pasco Washington.
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Burbank
Calif
FBI
Richard D. Auerbach
Ormand G. Gage
Fairbanks
Alaska
Auerbach
Gage
John Carrol
San Fernando
Alcan
Dorothy L. Mullan
Pasco
Wash
Coast Guard Wings North for Alaska Aerial Mapping
Four Coast Guard Flying Fortresses equipped with high powered cameras depart Seattle for Alaska to support Coast and Geodetic Survey aerial mapping this summer. They will survey Cook Inlet Bristol Bay the Aleutians Barrow and interior regions through October. Leaders are Lieuts Wg L E Frankie Elmer P Matheson and Lorne Taylor with Karl Macklin as crew chief. Headquarters at Elmendorf Field Anchorage. Mr and Mrs William Byrd and three children stay at Gastineau Hotel. Byrd serves with Aliska Railroad.
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Seattle
Coast Guard Flying Fortress
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Cook Inlet
Bristol Bay
Aleutians
Barrow
Alaska
Wg. L. E. Frankie
Elmer P. Matheson
Coast Guard
Lorne Taylor
Geodetic Survey
Karl Macklin
B-50 conducts initial test flight over Seattle
Border Aircraft Gok successor to the Beta the B-50 flew for 38 minutes of a one hour test near Seattle. Test Pilot A Elliott reported the bomber at 5 000 feet cruising at 220 mph after liftoff. Deliveries to the Army expected in about four weeks for acceptance trials.
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Seattle
Gok
A. Elliott
Ole Army
Marion Cass returns to Juneau via PAA
Marion Cass daughter of Mr Helen Scudder returned to Juneau yesterday via Pan American Airways after attending UCLA as a commercial art major. She will resume her final semester in September in Los Angeles. She flew from Los Angeles leaving at 10 30 and arrived in Juneau the next afternoon.
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Marion Gass
Helen Scudder
Juneau
Pan American Airways
Marion
UCLA
Los Angeles
Proclamation Declares Alaska Independence Day Holiday
Governor Ernest Gruening proclaims Saturday July 5 1947 a public holiday in the Territory of Alaska and directs cessation of normal business on that day to allow inclusive weekend celebrations of National Independence Day. Returns note Mrs Ordos visits from Washington state and Mr and Mrs Henry Schimmer stay in Anchorage at Baranof Hotel during their Capitol City visit.
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Alaska
Aleka
Ernest Gruening
Territory of
Los Angeles
Henry Schimmer
Baranof Hotel
Capitol City
Molotov Arrives in Paris for European Recovery Talks
Molotov reached Paris for three power meetings on American aid to Europe as British and U.S. representatives review progress. An authoritative London source said talks with Clayton and Douglas have shaped the Washington stance on European recovery and Russia cooperation.
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Paris
Molotov
Europe
U.S
London
WilTin L. Clayton
Lewis W. Douglas
Washington
Attlee
Unese
Clayton
Brilish Inturmani
Six Die In Train Wreck Near Shelby
Six to seven people killed when twin locomotives derailed a Cleveland to St. Louis passenger train near Shiloh. Officials study if Lack edition orders were violated as “caution” papers were found on an engineer. Witnesses say speed was about 30 mph, above the cited 20 mph limit.
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Shelby
New York Central Railroad
St. Louis
Cleveland
Shiloh
Hartley Taft Law Mentioned in Moscow Dispatch
A Tass dispatch from New York debates the new Taft labor law in the United States and is printed in Moscow under the headline Step toward Fascism. Rey Roady, chairman of the Ketchikan Pulp Committee, is in Juneau conferring with the Alaska Development Board on possible pulp mill sites near Ketelaikar.
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Moscow
New York
United States
Rey Roady
Ketchikan
Juneau
Alaska Development Board
Ehhity
Ketelaikar
Nine Mysterious Objects Sighted Over Washington by Kenneth Arnold
Pendleton Oregon dispatch reports Kenneth Arnold, Boise Idaho businessman, sighting nine mysterious shiny objects flying near western Washington. He described one as large as a DC-4 passing over the Cascade Mountains at 12 hundred miles per hour, with weaving motion. Army and aviation officials voiced skepticism, noting no high speed tests in the area and suggesting possible misperception or optical illusion.
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Pendleton
Ore
Washington
Army
Kenneth Arnold
Boise
Tdaho
Cascade Mountains
Washington, D.C
Arnold
Ares
Civil Aeronautics
Portland
Amos
Mt .Reinier
Kot
Mt Rainier
Met
Adams
Government action on prices urged by CIO leaders
The CIO led push calls for immediate creation of a Federal price investigation board to expose profiteering and force price reductions. They demand a price control and wartime wage program to curb rising costs for food, clothing and machinery, urging public pressure to curb price spirals. Senator Plunders suggests voluntary meat rationing to ease living costs.
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CTO
Celygress
Tustead
Congress
Labor Organization
Am Federal Investigation Board
Emil Rieve
Four California Widows Tour Alaska on Private Trip
A quartet of Long Beach widows aged over 70 will travel from Anchorage to Juneau by air and ship, visiting the Yukon and Prince William Sound. Mrs Walter Cutler, aunt of Territorial Education official Mrs Robert Novatney, will be hosted by her niece in Juneau while the others stay at the Baronet Hotel. The group includes Mrs Miller Mrs Wood and Mrs Raney and plans a return on the Princess.
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Long Beach
California
Juneau
Anchorage
Alaska
Walter Cutler
Robert A. Novatney
Territorial Department of Education
PNA
Marka
Yukon Territory
Cutler
Baronet Hotel
Miller
Wood
Raney
Ray Stevens sets 30 day Alaska trip from Juneau
Ray Stevens and wife Mrs Stevens depart to Seattle for a 30 day vacation after a stop in Juneau where they own Stevens Shop. They plan to buy a new auto in Seattle and drive the Alaska Highway to Fairbanks to visit their daughter and son in law Robert Hoopes Territorial Representative from the Fourth Division.
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Ray Stevens
Alaska Unemployment Compensation Commission
PAA
Seattle
Stevens
Flying Dentist Escapes Injury in Alaska Plane Crash
In Wairbanks Alaska on June 26 Dr Bari LaRay known as the flying dentist escaped unharmed after his float plane clipped a sternwheeler river boat during landing on the Chena River. The impact damaged a wing and pontoon strut though LaRay, an experienced pilot, has long served Eskimo and Tudor villages delivering dental care.
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Wairbanks
Alaska
Bari laRue
Chena River
LaRay
Coast Guard reassigns Leslie to Miami district command
Washington reports Leslie N. H., head of the 07th Coast Guard District in Ketchikan Abiska, will be transferred to command the 17th District based in Miami Florida. He will replace Commander J. E. Whitbeck who moves to lead the 5th District at Norfolk. The 17th District consolidates with the 13th, headquarters Seattle. The Ladies Auxiliary of Taku Post VFW meets Friday at eight in the Old room. Alaska Fish Commission Chief Engineer P Taylor returns from a summer road-inspection tour. Mrs. Lillian Silva arrives from Jack Wade to stay at the Baranot Hotel.
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Washington
Somdr N. H
Leslie
Coast Guard
Ketchikan
Abiska
Miami
Pla
Comdr
J.E. Whitbeck
Norfolk
Seattle
Taku * Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Truman vetoes wool price support bill over international impact
President Truman vetoes a wool price support bill citing potential harm to international relations. The Senate was set to review, with discussions on whether to override the veto. A substitute bill then passed, echoing Truman’s demand to extend price support while removing tariff and import restrictions.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Albert
I-Vi
Agriculture Committee
Burk
House
Barkley
Geneva
Canares
Congress
Weather summary for Juneau and Airport locations
Partly cloudy with little temperature change tonight and Friday. Records show Juneau maximum 58 and minimum 44, Airport maximum 60 and minimum 43. Past 24 hour and year totals are incomplete due to garbled text.
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Juneau
Suneau and
San. Cod
Youth Dies in Bank Cave-In Near Fairbanks Alaska
In Fairbanks Alaska on Monday 19 year old Robert Ernest Mills was killed when trapped in a bank cave-in at the U S Smelting Refining and Mining Exter Camp near the area. His mother Mrs Mildred Mills of Springfield Oregon awaits the body for flight home.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Robert Ernest Mills
Mildred Mills
South D Street
Springfield
Oregon
U.S. Smelting, Refining and Mining Co
Exter
Here
Springtele
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Curley
Mayor Agriculture Com
Bulletin
James McCurley
Boston
Pedecteral Correctional Institution
Hanbury
Conn
James M. Proctor
Jaume M. Curley
Curley Bowie
Mayer
Judie
Dave
Ormand
Flying Fortress OF Coast Guard
William Byrd
Gastineau
Byrd
Aliska Railroad
Merion Cass
Joe Ordos
Bert
Merican Govt
Uri
Hom
Migshalls
Jarapoitls
Turin
Jamatie
Treasury
Snyder
Reevery
AiYnsbeer
Faves
Harvard
Russia
Roy
Molotov Arkiyv
Kay Roady
West Wash
CIC
Union
Interior
Prom Cove
George Willams
Elfin Cove
Baranot Hotel
Uere
Wrangell
W. Hiebert
Wrage
Taylor
P. Taylor
Alaske Fad Commisssion
Jack Wade
Lillian Silva
Baranot Howi
Oese Bee Weather Report
Bank Cave
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