Meeks Trial Sees Defense Rest Without Clear Blood Evidence
Defense witness William L. Paul Jr testifies Meeks was with Harries on January 8, the date of the alleged attack, as the trial nears its end. Prosecution fights attempts to admit blood stained clothing reports and seeks to discredit key witnesses amid ongoing cross examination.
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Bulletin
William L. Paul, Jr
Meeks
Harries
Clarence Campbell
George Harrison Meeks
Campbell
John Ritter
Ritter
Guikana
Tully
Gulkana
Kelso Hartness
Hilda Rondquist
Gastineau
Hartness
Helen Jackson
Washington Laboratories
Housing expeditor Wyatt wins over hostile builders in Chicago
In Chicago 3200 National Association of Home Builders members booed then listened as Wilson Wyatt defended a plan to build 3,000,000 homes in two years. He argued the program benefits veterans and sought public support while the builders debated premium payments. The audience ultimately cheered as he finished.
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Washington
Wilson Wyatt
Truman
Chicago
Wyatt
National Association of Home Builders
New REA Proposed Rural Electric Co op Meeting Sunday
Residents and property owners plan a second meeting at 2 PM Sunday in the DeHart Store Auk Bay to elect nine directors and discuss forming a nonprofit cooperative electric light and power association. Curtis J. Sherwood and James T. DeHart direct the effort with support from Howard Stabler as attorney and the U S Forest Service in advisory capacity. The group seeks REA loan terms up to 25 to 30 years to bring electricity from rural districts. Participants span Auk Lake Tee Harbor and areas including Prite Cove.
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Electric Light and Power Association
DeHart
Auk Bay
Curtis J. Sherwood
James T. DeHart
J Secure & Loan
REA
Juneau Chamber hears film show and acts on Jones Act extension
Local fishermen attended a Juneau Chamber luncheon at the Baranof Hotel where two technicolor films by J Trevor Davis highlighted Prince William Sound history. The group urged sending a War Shipping Administration request to extend Jones Act waivers to September 30 and to restore the steamship North Coast.
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Juneau
Goldstein
Coast Guard
Gastineau Channel
Cordova
War Shipping Administration
North Coast
Alaska
Harry Godson
Victoria
B. C
Chamber
Charles W. Carter
Olaf Larsen
Olaf Swanson
Harold C. Asse
Howard Kresge
Lester Weiss
Bernt Alstead
F. M. ‘Single
Seattle
Harry O'Neill
Anchorage
Alaskan Naval Hero Promoted to Commodore
March 7 Seattle A Pacific war beachmaster famed from Attu to Okinawa Capt Carl E Squeaky Anderson is promoted to Commodore. Nominated by Truman and confirmed by the Senate he now heads demobilized shipping on Rear Adm Randall Jacobs staff. Anderson earned the Silver Star two Bronze Stars four commendations and two Presidential Unit Citations for his actions across Amchitka Tarawa Peleliu Saipan Tinian Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He and Mrs Anderson reside in Seattle.
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Seattle
Attu
Okinawa
Carl E
Squeaky” Anderson
Truman
Senate
13Th Oval District
Adm
Randall + Jacobs
Pacific
Squeaky
Commodore Anderson
Seldovia
Alaska
Aleutians
Organization of Juneau Band Is Taken Up Tonight
Musicians of Juneau both amateurs and professionals will meet tonight at 8 in the Grade School auditorium to discuss forming a Juneau City band. The Rotary Club sponsors the effort and many musicians are expected to attend.
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Juneau
Juneau City
Rotary Club
Senate Sits as Committee of the Whole This Afternoon
The Alaska Senate assembled at 11 am, recessed to hear the Governor’s message in the House Chamber, and reconvened to form a Committee of the Whole to meet at 2 pm to hear the Territorial Board of Health. The session opened with full membership including Senator Howard Lyng.
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Senate
Alaska
House
Norman R. Walker
Territorial Board of Health
Howard Lyng
Edward D. Goffey
Jesse D. Lander
Frank Gordon
Don Carlos Brownell
Bess Cross
Curt Shiitelek
Robert Hoopes
Steamship firms seek broad route permits for overseas air ties
Washington report says legislation by Rep. Geller would let the Maritime Commission grant certificates to steamship companies to operate overseas or foreign air transportation. The CAB had turned down Mattson Braamship Lines for an air route between the West Coast and Hawaii tied to existing ocean service.
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Washington
Rep
Geller
D-Ny
Maritime Commission T
CAB
Mattson Braamship Lines
West Coast
Hawaii
Iby
Telephone Strike Averted Halting Nationwide Work Stoppage
A threatened nationwide walkout by about 250000 telephone workers was averted hours before the 6 am deadline as the White House signaled a soon emergency board. Negotiations with AT&T led to a wage settlement averaging 17.6 cents an hour, easing union calls for boosts up to 18 1/2 cents. Meanwhile railroad unions prepared to strike Monday, with possible government intervention to delay. General Motors talks remained deadlocked as Detroit urged President Truman to step in to end the 107 day stoppage.
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Washington
Edgar L. Warren
Federal Conciliation Service
Federation of Long Lines Telephone Workers
NFTW
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Maryland
Joseph A. Beirne
NPTW
Warren
R. R
Brotherhoods of Railroad
Railway Labor Act
G-M
General Motors
Detroit City Council
Truman
Halsey Named VP for Pan American World Airways
Adm. William F. Bull Halsey, former Third Fleet commander, named vice-president of Pan-American World Airways. He will oversee Pacific operations from offices in Los Angeles San Francisco and Seattle and push air routes to Alaska New Zealand Australia and possibly Japan and the Orient.
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Angeles
William F
Bull) Halsey
Pan-American World Airways
Halsey
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Seattle
Pan-American
Alaska
New Zealand
Australia
Japan
Orient
Mitchell seeks funds to keep Seattle fish liver lab open
Senator Mitchell announces request for 20 400 to sustain the Fish and Wildlife Service laboratory in Seattle for the 1847 fiscal year. The lab extracts vitamin A from fish livers, a trade tied to a Seattle based industry valued at 15 000 000 to 20 000 000 annually. The Otter Trawlers Union urges Congress to provide the money to preserve fishermen’s jobs as the current fund runs out June 30.
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Sen~ Mitchell
D-Wash
Senate
Fish and Service
Seattle
Fell
Tra N. Gabriel
Fish and Wid-elife Service
Gabrielson
West Coast
Congress
Mitchell
Phe Otter Trawlers Union of
National and international briefs sweep across capitals
Dr. Tra N. Gabrielson plans April retirement after six years as Fish and Wildlife Service director, Alfred M. Day named successor. The House passes housing bill 357 to 24 with subsidies and price controls stripped. Canada grants 1.25 billion to Britain on American loan terms. Gouin urges US aid for French economy. Senator Caperton cites Churchill’s opposition to the 3.75 billion loan and urges an opposition witness. Russian observers head to IMC on Wilmington Island. Berlin reports 12 Communist leaders arrested by American authorities. Mickey Rooney discharged from Army, heading to Hollywood. Personnel updates note Nelson and Tachirhart at Hotel Barriof, Whitmarsh at Hotel Baranof.
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Washington
Tra N. Gabrielson
Fish and Wildlife Service
Interior
Oscar L. Chapman
Gabrielson
Alfred M. Day
Russians ruin American oil wells in Hungary says sources
Budapest dispatch reports that American sources claim Russian action damaged several wells in the Lespe area of southeastern Hungary. Total American property losses cited around 25 million dollars with at least one more well reportedly ruined. An American military mission noted to Marshal Voroshilov about the claim.
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Budapest
Allied Control Commission For
Hungary
Jack Guinn
Lespe
Klementin
Voroshilov
Moscow
Stock Quotions and Market Figures From New York
Stock quotations from New York show Alaska Juneau mine up 19 percent and major names like Alleghany 67 percent American Can 95 percent Anaconda 4615 Curtiss-Wright 9 percent International Harvester 90 Kennecott 52 New York Central 28 Northern Pacific 30 U S Steel 82 with a Pound at 4 03 dollars Dow Jones averages Industrials 191 46 Rails 62 60 Utilities 39 92 Drowning at Craig prompts inquest Deputy Ken Sampaun of Kereni Kansis to Craig investigates the death of Lloyd Scott in Hydra burg Grant couple from Wrangell arrive aboard Barnet staying at Baranof Hotel.
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Marone
Alaska
Juneau
Alleghany Corporation
American Gan
Anaconda
Curtiss-Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
United Gord Borasian Bis
0. S. Steel
Dow, Jones
Eee
Bond Issue Proposed To Finance Vet Health Program Alaska
Governor Gruning urges a $250,000 bond for tuberculosis relief and veterans benefits. The plan includes housing and loans for returning World War II service members, vocational rehabilitation and expanded University of Alaska facilities. He also recommends highway improvements and a study for a Federal Hospital Program, urging action during a special session of the Alaska Legislature.
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Southeast Alaska
University of Alaska
Naknek
27Th Territorial Assembly
Alaska
Wits
Jtal
United States
Territorial Commissioner of Health
Union
Congress
G. I
Gruming
Fideral
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