President Fights for Home Plans in Co-op Program
President Truman appeals to Democratic leaders to save the 2 billion co op housing plan for middle income families. A telegram from Key West, Fla., reached House Democrats amid signals that many may oppose. The Senate has rejected it and the House vote was expected days. Truman urged Spence to back cooperative home ownership.
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Washington
Truman
Key West
Fla
House
Senate
Teenager Missing in Vancouver After Heard Screams
Police search woods near Vancouver Washington for Jo Ann Dewey an 18 year old girl who vanished Sunday night. Detectives believe her screams heard near St Josephs Hospital indicate she was seized by two men as she was due to meet a friend. Initial reports suggested a family quarrel.
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Vancouver
Wash
Jo Ann Dewey
Robert Brown
St. Joseph's Hospital
Sweden Rejects NATO Membership Stance Maintains Neutral Policy
Sweden's Foreign Minister Osten M. Unden told Parliament that Sweden will not join the North Atlantic Pact. She reaffirmed a historic neutral position and said Sweden rejects military cooperation with Norway and Denmark, both Atlantic Pact members.
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Associated Press
Sweden
Osten M. Unden
Norway
Denmark
Washington Merry-Go-Round on Atomic Defense and Europe
The column outlines two situations the author says Americans overlook. First, hydrogen defense of Washington would need a ring of fire stations outside the city and 10 000 to 15 000 trained firemen, with New York requiring far more and likely bankrupting costs. Second, Schumann argues Atlantic Pact arms defend France against Germany, while Europeans question U.S. in opposing Russia, placing the U.S. in a European cross fire.
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Washington
D. C
New York
Paris
Schumann
France
Germany
Russia
U.S.A
U N Secretary General proposes twenty year peace plan
The UN chief Trygve Lie urges a twenty year program to end the cold war through UN diplomacy. He warns time is running out amid hydrogen bomb risks and global disunity. Acheson says he will study the gesture but favors non Communist power growth as the path to peace.
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Associated Press
United Nations
Russia
West
Trygve Lie
Washington
Lees
Lie
United States
Soviet Union
Acheson
U.N
Steamers Sail Schedule Briefing in Gulf of Alaska
Princess Norah is set to arrive at 7 am Friday and depart at 9 am for a southbound voyage. Baranof plans a southbound run Sunday evening if weather holds. Denali will sail from Seattle Saturday, subject to conditions.
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Princess Norah
Baranof
Gulf of Alaska
Denali
Seattle
Life given slayer of three Negro tots in Mississippi
In Kosciusko Mississippi a 36 year old white man Leon Turner was given life imprisonment for the massacre of four year old Ruby Nell Harris on January 8 plus allegations of killing two other Black children, Mary Brunside and Frankie Thurman. The jury could not agree on death penalty. Windel Whitt also charged with Ruby Nell murder received life. co defendant Heather Spalestn to be tried Monday.
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Kosciusko
Miss
Leon Turbet
Cougirt
Ruby Neil Harris
Mississippi
J. P. Coleman
Turner
Rudy Nell
Mary Brunside
Frankie Thurman
Windel Whitt
Ruby Nell
Whitt
Heather
Spalestn
Invitations Under Censorship In Communist Poland
The British Embassy faced Polish censorship when ordering invitation cards for a cocktail party. The printer required clearance and the embassy sought formal approval of the wording. Retired Admiral Louis Denfeld predicted the U.S. would eventually build a super aircraft carrier, a topic linked to his ouster during the unification dispute.
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Associated Pressy
Communist
Poland
Louis Denfeld
United States
Denfela
Naval Operaions
McCarthy's Red Charges Up in Washington
March 22 Senator McCarthy whispered to the Senate Communist hunters that the FBI tracked four Soviet spy suspects to a U S citizen allegedly heading an espionage ring. He offered no primary evidence, while Secretary Acheson warned McCarthy's charges harm foreign relations and backed Jessup's critique as irresponsible.
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Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
FBI
Fenture Foreign Relations
Wisconsin
State Department
Acheson
United States
R-Why
Philip C. Jessup
Jessup
Six Escapees Recaptured After 13 Hours in Utah
Utah police recaptured six youths who escaped a Colorado reformatory. In 13 hours of freedom they kidnapped a man, stole three vehicles, and committed two armed robberies across about 330 miles before being stopped by a roadblock in Moab Utah.
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Associatea Press
Utah
Colorado Reformatory
Moab
Old Monastery Fire Destroys Four Buildings in Rhode Island
A blaze at the Cistercian Community of Our Lady of the Valley in North Cumberland, Rhode Island, ripped through four buildings, causing about two million dollars in damage and destroying priceless manuscripts and monk records. Fifty residents and guests narrowly escaped as monks fled via stairs and corridors. four trapped residents were rescued from the infirmary. A monk leaped from a second floor, while others escaped from the dormitory and third floor.
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Associated Press
Our Lady of the Valley
Cumberland
Rhode Island
Dover
Nova Scotia
Juneau Library Drive nears goal with pledges and cash
Juneau Memorial Library Fund moved toward a $70,000 goal as 19 donors contributed cash and pledges totaling 8785. Rotary Club canvassing local firms boosted progress with major gifts led by Alaska Music Supply and Casters Men’s Wear. Dr. James C. Ryan urged continued effort as only about 4,870 remained.
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Juneau Memorial Library
James C. Ryan
Rotary Club
Incheon
Juneau
B.D. Stewart
Drive
Alnka Music Supply
Stevens Apparel
R. W. Cowling Co
WL. Nance
Vic Power
CG. E. Hooker
Thomas Hardware
Sully
J. Malcolm Greany
W. P. Johnson
Joseph Werner
Henry Harris
William Campbell Madsen
Rowland Helen Webster Zola Devlin
Musical recordings of textbooks heard in schools
Stanley B Hastings for American Book Company discussed a new method using Decca recordings to teach music in Alaska public schools. The system offers songs sung in multiple voice ranges and ensembles to aid students and teachers, with costs partially funded by the Territory and supported by city purchases. Hastings plans visits to six Alaskan cities to demonstrate the program.
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Stanley B. Hastings
American Book Company
James C. Ryan
Juneau
Hasting
Ketchikan
Sitka
Cordova
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Decca Company
Alaska
Vita
Hastings
Decca
Ryan
Board of Education
U. S. Court of Appeals Upholds Loyalty Program
The U S Court of Appeals ruled President Truman may remove any federal employee deemed disloyal or a risk to national security. Dorothy Bailey, a former FSA clerk, challenged the program after being dismissed in 1949. The three judge panel affirmed the program as constitutional and allowed loyalty board actions to stand.
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Washington
United States Court of Appeals
Truman
Dorothy Bailey
Federal Security Agency
Bailey
Miss Bailey
CIO Government Workers Union
Communist Party
U. S. District Court
Alexander Holthoff
Fedral
Obituary by Deathbed Note Marks Newswoman’s Farewell
Plymouth report notes newswoman Maren Kripp of Old Colony Memorial died at 40 after a cancer battle. She drafted her own obituary on the deathbed asking to be dressed in a brown dress with gold beads and hair styled by Margie. California legislature advances bill banning slot machines with a 67 to 3 vote.
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Plymouth
Masi
Maren
and ‘Kripp
Shere
Old Colony Memorial
Beaman
Margie
Lenore
California
Assembly
Top US defense building priorities listed in public works bill
The Defense Department outlined top priority projects for Army Navy and Air Force defense needs including security communications facilities costing 10 million Alaska housing 100 million and an air defense program eight million plus a 15 million radar fence. A new Navy air defense training center at Dam Neck Virginia costs 18.693 million with Alaska highlighted as a key frontier. The bill totals about 161 million.
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Washington
House Military Armed Services Committee
Senate
Army
Navy
Air Force
United States
Defense Department
Army-Air Force
Alaskin
Amy Defense Program
Air Force—Arnold Air Engineering Development
Tullahoma
Tenn
Dam Neck
Alaska
Air Force Ty
Congress
Six Sitka youths bound over on burglary charges
Six youths from Sitka Alaska were bound over for grand jury action on four burglary complaints. The juveniles waived rights and include Steward Brown 17 Lynn King 16 Richard Brookman 16 James Rusch 18 Paul Willet 14 and Carl Bud Fetter 18. One count also alleges theft of government property from Mt Edgecumbe.
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Sitka
Alaska
A. S
Frank H. B. Richards
Mt. Edgecumbe
Steward Brown
Lynn King
Richard Brookman
Ames Rusch
Paul Willet
Carl
Bud" Fetter
Four Superforts Inaugurate Aid To British Arms
Marham England March 22 A contingent of four of 70 B 29 Superfortress bombers landed in Britain as part of a billion dollar military aid package to Britain The craft will be followed by others until all 70 are transferred to the Royal Air Force bomber command One plane landed with a dead engine but all proceeded safely from the Azores air hop
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Marham
England
Britain
United States
Royal Air Force Bomber Command
Azores
Stock Quotations from New York Markets
Closing quotations for March 22 show Alaska Juneau mine at 2 percent, American Can 7, Akaconda 28, Curtiss Wright 8, International Harvester 26, Kennecott 51, New York Central 13, Northern Pacific 154, U S Steel 324, and Pound at 28.04. Trade volume reached 2,010,000 shares with industrials 209.31, rails 55.67, utilities 43.70 as market averages.
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Alaska
Juneau
Ahaconda
Curtiss~ Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
U. S. Steel
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