Friendship Train Arrives in Vienna with Aid Shipment
March 23 a Friendship Train arrived in Vienna carrying 100 tons of food and clothing for Austria from donors in Montana Idaho Oregon Washington and Alaska. American officials and Austrian leaders spoke as Seattle and Alaska representatives attended. The relief will be distributed across four occupation zones under American aid agencies with observers present.
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Paeile North West Friendshp
Austria
Maraana
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Alaska
the Beautiful
Dsr
Joffrey Keyes
U. 5
Amtéricafis
Chunhellor Leopold
Otis Lampson
Volwaver Organizaions
Seattle
Ralph Bartholomew
Ketchikan
Chamber of Commerce
Missing C 17 Plane Sparks Oregon Search Progress
Kelso March 22 Hope for five missing aboard a California Laird transport rose as two red flares were sighted in the Trask River mountains about 20 miles east of Tillamook Oregon Ground parties searched the area after a report to Oregon State Police at Tillamook. The plane vanished Sunday afternoon about 25 miles north of Portland during an instrument approach to the Oregon field.
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Hoch
Titamook
Ore
Invesiianuine
Oregon
Tillamook
Trask River
Laird
Portland
Oregon Field
Kiwanis Club Dinner Dance Set at Salmon Creek Club
The Kiwanis Club announces its annual dinner dance at Salmon Creek Country Club starting at 8 o clock Wednesday evening. Members are urged to attend with guests, as the entertainment committee has planned a gala program and reservations are already made. The regular noon luncheon at Baranof Hotel will not be held tomorrow.
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Kiwanis Club
Salmon Creek
Baranof Hotel
NO SHOOTIN TONIGHT AT JUNEAU CLUB
The Juneau Rifle and Pistol Club asks all lady members to hold fire next week while the range is moved to the first door of the A B Hall. A work party is planned every night until setup is complete. The Business and Professional Women's Club will assist at the mass chest X ray each Wednesday from 7 to 9 until survey completion.
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Juneau Rifle and Pistol Club
A. B. Hall
Chawman
Barline’ Bull
Seven U S Bases Listed For Bomb Run On Russia
The Washington column outlines seven potential launch bases for a Soviet showdown scenario. It notes risks from Russian interceptors and the possibility of coordinated multi-base missions. The piece previews continuation on page four.
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Wissisores
U. S
Point No. 1
Russia
Japan
Alaska
England
Italy
Greece
Iceland
Arabia
Red Army
British Detachments Reinforce Trieste Front
March 23 Trieste reports say fresh detachments of British Military Police moved into the frontier area. Maj. Gen. Terence Airey announced the measure at a news conference to guard against repetition of September 15 incidents. A Yugoslav attempt to move forces into the American Zone was anticipated but not expected. A Yugoslav clash wounded an Italian policeman amid boundary disputes.
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Trieste
Terence S. Airey
Trieste Pree
boun_dary Ine
TENSION RISES IN TRIeste FRONT AS ITALIAN COP WOUNDED
Italian policeman Lauro Abbrescia, 23, was wounded by Yugoslav guards near the Trieste boundary during a Tuesday night clash. He and Cpl Lucio Auri exchanged fire after arguments over the line, near a poorly defined border zone under Western powers pressure to return Trieste to Italy.
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Trannier
Sard
Supd
Abbresela
jAuri
Stock Quotations and Rites in Alaska News Brief
Stock quotations from New York show Alaska Juneau mine 3 percent and other issues including American Can 81 and Kennecott 50 with total daily volume of 1,160,000 shares. Russell Hobson rites planned at Charles W. Carter Chapel with interment in Evergreen Cemetery. Garden Club to host L T Clavoyd at Alaska College Fairbanks over KINY with gardening talk at 7 p.m. on Saturday.
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Mar
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Ansconda
Caratlas-Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
New Jith Central
Northern Pacife
U. S. Steel
Pound
Rails
Utilities
Russell Hobson
Charles W. Carter
Walter Soboleff
Evergreen Cemetery
Americans Will Stay In Berlin Despite Russian Boycott
Gen. Lucius D. Clay says Americans will remain in Berlin by agreement, matching Soviet presence in Saxony and Thuringia. White House confirms U S Army will indefinitely control the American zone of Germany, with no changes to current administration and no immediate move toward self government.
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Richard Kasischee
Erlin
Russia
Germany
United States
Berlin
Saxony
Thuringia
Lucius D. Clay
Washington
White House
United States Army
State Department
Charles G. Ross
Rose
Horrible Crimes of Japanese Revealed at Trial
In Yokohama March 23 an eighth Army tribunal heard Maj. Tomonosuke Kusumoto describe attempts to make medicines from an American air man’s liver and to produce bedbug insecticide from his blood. The experiments failed as tissues decomposed. Kusumoto testified as a defendant in a broader war crimes case involving vivisection murders of eight American soldiers.
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Yokohama
Eighth Army
Tomonosuke Kusumoto
Masazumi Mada
Kusumoto
Ial
Masazumi Inada
Aelliers
Filipino Youths to Get Military Training Budget
Manila March 23. A supplemental budget of 1.7 million dollars was approved for military training of 13 000 Filipino youths this year. Training to begin June 1. The United States will provide equipment ammunition and other supplies under the Military Assistance Pact.
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Manila
House
United States
Weather plunges Interior Alaska with deep cold
A mass of cold air has penetrated Alaska bringing extreme readings across interior towns. Barrow registers 30 below, Palmer 21 below, Dawson 22 below, and Northway 29 below with more areas likely to drop further amid continuing frigid conditions.
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Alaska
Barrow
Palr- Panks
Dawson
Northway
Five Alaska Heroes To Get Artificial Feet In Seattle
Five Alaska men who froze their feet when a shipwrecked cannery tender sank near Kodiak on New Year’s Eve arrived in Seattle en route to hospitals for artificial feet. Brothers William, Darter and Arthur Skowberg will be fitted at the Veteran Hospital in Vancouver, Washington, while Andrew Skowberg and Berg Larsen will receive fittings at the Swedish Hospital in Seattle. Andrew recalls survivors wading ashore and huddling under canvas in sub zero weather until Coast Guard rescue five days later.
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Alaska
Kodiak
William
Darter
Arthur Skowberg
Veteran Hospital
Vancouver
Andrew
Skonbere
Berg Larsen
Chignik
Wottier
Coast Guard
Ringwald Blix Dies in Seattle Pioneer Leader of Alaska
Ringwald Blix longtime Seattle resident and Alaska pioneer died in Seattle after a stroke in Vancouver. Born in Norway, he helped form the Scandinavian Alaska Colonial Association and served as secretary. He built the first roadhouse at Copper Center and was postmaster there from 1902 to 1918. later a U S commissioner and, years after returning to Seattle, a postal clerk. Funeral at 2 p m today at Johnson and Hamilton Funeral Home under Alaska Yukon Pioneer auspices. His widow Sevi lives.
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Mar
Ringwald Blix
North
Blix
Vancouver
Norway
Bux
Minneapolis
Yukon
Tacoma
North Ach Ia
Valdez
Coppet Center
United States
Alaska
Johnson and Hamilton Funeral Home
Alaska-Yukon
Sevives
International Trouble Now Over Trieste
The article reports Italy rejected the Yugoslav offer to swap Trieste for Gorizia and notes Western powers favored returning Trieste to Italy. It cites a Foreign Office spokesman and mentions political reactions in Rome, along with ongoing Cold War talks and potential allied meetings. It also lists multiple travelers staying at Juneau hotels and references UN Security Council remarks by Sir Anthony Cadogan.
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Associated Press
Ttaly
Trieste
Goriziy
Yugoslavia
United States
Great Britain
Prairce
Italy
Foreign Office
Washington
Fairbanks
Carlisle
Juneau
Cadogan Saaia
Rail worker electrocuted amid high tension line work
Bulleting from Seattle reports Virgil Cokeley a 41 year old rail road construction worker from Tacoma was electrocuted when a wire being strung by his crew contacted a 4 high tension line and fell onto his head. Elsewhere a son was lost to Mrs Nancy Bridges wife of CIO leader Murray Bridges. Details follow with visitors from Bellingham Polaris Juneau Sitka and Mt McKinley guide Grant Pearson among them.
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Virgil Cokeley
Tacoma
John P. Brill Jr
Cokeley
San Francisco
Nancy Bridges
CIO
Murry Bridges
Grant Pearson
Sitka National Monument
Glacier Bay National Park
National Park Service
Juneau
Mt. McKinley
Sitka
Anchorage Registration Urge as Senate Mulls Draft Need
In Washington the Senate Armed Services Committee backs Truman pleas for quick steps to build up America's military forces. Chairman Gurney says most members see a limited draft and universal training as an absolute necessity. In Helsinki Finns hear President Paasikivi promise free elections and discuss a Russian Finnish friendship pact. Over 1500 have registered for Anchorage city election as March 19 noon nears.
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Senate Armed Services Committee
Truman
America
Gurney
R- SD
Helsinki
Juho Pansikivi
Juhy
Sims
Anchorage
Het Sa
Senate panel backs rapid steps to boost U S military strength
Washington March 23 The Senate Armed Services Committee pressed for quick passage of both the draft and universal military training as it met behind closed doors with Marshall Forrestal and Roy. Chair Gurney said most members favor immediate action amid a European crisis and warned the final line on Russia expansion remains undrawn. Morse joined the group during the 50 minute session with nine colleagues absent Gal.
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Senate Armed Services
Truman
America
Gurney
R-Sd
Presen
Marshall
Defense Forrestal
Army Royall
Bénator’ Morse
Oregon
U.S
Europe
HOUSE
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Ways and Means
Earier
Martin
R-Mass
Coairman
Leo Allen
R-Ili
Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Rep
Doughton
North Carolina
Pan American flies sixty six on Monday
Pan American reported a Monday flight with sixty six passengers from Juneau to Seattle and Whitehorse and Fairbanks routes. The list includes named travelers from Seattle Fairbanks and Nome with multiple passengers aboard led by Ytnerady and others.
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PAN American
Panamerican Aignes Ytnerady
Juneau
Seattle
Alice Stewart
Ben Stewart
John Peterson
Robert Halliday
Mary Sue Morgan
William Sterling
Henry Hogue
Anne Hogue
Filsworth Brandenburg
Olgerich
G. McKay
R. Mattson
A. Seii
Jars Linden
John Pintaran
Expedition seeks world’s highest mountain in 10 days
Milton Reynolds said his scientific team has ten days to locate the world’s highest peak by measuring Arie Machit reported higher than Mount Everest. In other news, a three power Foreign Ministers Conference was planned in the United States next month but was officially denied in Paris London and Washington. Also, MacFarlane of Whitehorse is staying at the Baranot Hotel.
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France
Italy
Eritrea
Somaliland
Libya
Georges Bidault
Ernest Begin
United States
Britain
Benelux
Shanohat
Milton Reynolds
Mount
Everest
Paris
Lormdon
Washington
Whitehorse
MacFarlane
Baranot Hotel
Income Tax Cut Moves Through Senate and House Vote Planned
Senate approves a 4.8 billion tax cut bill and sends it to the House for approval today. The measure promises broad rate reductions, higher personal exemptions, and increased deductions, with final passage expected and the White House likely to sign.
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Senate
House
Washington
White House
Nouse Com
Ways and Means Committee
Martin R-Masa
Truman
Knutson \R-Minn
Billy
Martin
Weather in Juneau Forecast and Totals
Weather Bureau reports Juneau daily high 20 and low 20 with airport high 27 and low 1. Increasing cloudiness tonight through Wednesday with light showery activity by Wednesday night. Lowest temperature in Juneau around 12. Rain totals: city since Mar 1 4.43 inches. since July 1 79.59 inches. Airport: 3.78 inches since Mar 1. 48.07 inches since July 1.
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Weather Bureau
Juneau
Marely
Miller case appealed in Alaska tidelands dispute
Notices of appeal were filed in district court by attorney William L. Paul on behalf of James Miley and 22 others over 10.95 acres of Juneau tidelands. The suit was dismissed last week by District Judge George W. Folta. Also listed are multiple Anchorage visitors, a Hollywood visitor, a Petersburg visitor, and a Seward couple staying at the Baranof Hotel in Juneau.
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Anchorage
J. C. Morris
Judea
San
Kelly
Arthur Lapp
Dave
G. Shertock
Juneau
Baranof Hotel
Steamer Arrivals and Departures Reported
Imm Beatie arrives west bound at 4 30 this afternoon. Grommet Reefer from Seattle due Wednesday, Alaska to sail from Seattle Thursday. Barunot set to sail from Seattle Saturday with Lueider due at 4 pm today. Tish to Cold Storage. Princess Norah scheduled south bound tomorrow.
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Meuueh
Imm Beatie
Grommet Reefer
Seattle
Alaska
Barunot
Lueider
Doa Tish
Princess Norah
No Wand Practice Tonight at Junesu City Band
Owing to weather conditions and conflicting engagements there will be no practice of the Junesu City Band tonight per an official announcement.
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Accord Ug
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