Eisenhower outlines defense plan shifts before Senate panel
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee that defense gains come from reallocating the current budget rather than raising total spending. He emphasized air power, anti submarine weapons, Alaskan defense, and industrial mobilization, and warned that failing to maintain air groups risks economic and security balance.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate Appropriations
Eisenhower
National Guard
Army
Truman
Johnson
Columbia University
Storis Sets Sail On Short Trial Run From Army Dock
After days of repair status the Coast Guard cutter Storis left the Army Dock at 1 pm for a brief test voyage.
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Coast Guard
Storis
Army Dock
Kerr’s gas bill sale faces Senate roll call vote
The natural gas industry’s smoothest salesman Sen. Bob Kerr of Oklahoma pushes to exempt gas producers from federal regulation. He has spent weeks selling senators with charts and cordial charm while risking public costs as consumers pay higher gas prices.
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Ashington
Bob Kerr
Oklahoma
Senate
Kerr
Truman
White House
Polar ice cap landings by C-47 mark Air Command test
Two rescue squadron landings were made March 21 and 29 about 100 miles north of Barter Island on the North Polar ice cap. Lt Col Eugene O Strause piloted the C-47, with glider escort Lt James S Keel. both landings tested surfaces for polar aviation as Col Bernt Balchen cited as significant. Crews stayed 35 to 90 minutes. weather blocked depth soundings.
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Anchorage
North Polar
Alaska Air Command
Barter Island
Alaska
Air Command
Eugene O. Strause
Topeka
Kana
Bernt Batches
Strause
Balchen
James 8. Keel
Chicago
Yukon Pioneer and Indian Scout John Bathurst Dies
Yukon pioneer John Bathurst, noted as a newspaper man and writer of the far north, died at his home in Puyallup Wash after a short illness. He went north in 1898, edited and published the Tanana Valley Leader, and later moved to Seattle in 1913. He had served as U.S. Commissioner for the 11th Alaska District and earlier as a U.S. Army scout in the Sioux War. Surviving are his widow Vinnie and three sons, John, Winchell, and Oliver.
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Puyallup
Wash
John Bathhurst
Alaska-Yukon
Far North
Bathurst
Yukon Territory
Arnd
Tanana Valley
Alaska
United States
Seattle
Idaho
U.S. Army
Ogalabas
South Dakota
Vinnie
Steamship Schedule Highlights Near Coast
Freighter Square Linnet expected to arrive from Seattle at 1 p m Friday. Princess Norah to sail from Vancouver at 8 tonight Baranof to sail from Seattle Saturday. Denali bound south at 4 a m Monday.
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Seattle
Princess Norah
Vancouver
Baranof
Denali
Juneau Weather Forecast Mixed Rain and Snow Tonight
Mostly cloudy with an occasional shower of mixed rain and snow tonight. Low near 35. Cloudy with intermittent rain and a high near 40 Thursday. Juneau and airport readings show small rainfall totals for the past 24 hours and year to date.
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Janene
Victsien
Statiuon
City of Juneau
Foreign aid cut approved by two GOP votes
Republicans won a $250 million cut in the 1961 Foreign Economic Aid Program. The House vote 165 to 163 reduces Marshall Plan funds for Western Europe from 2.95 billion to 2.70 billion while other aid remains to Korea China and the Point Four program. The administration faced setbacks as farm surplus funding and further cuts were pursued amid Truman’s pleas to preserve the aid request.
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Barney Livingstone
Washington
Europe
Korea
China
Truman
House
U.S
Rep
Burleson
D-Tex
Bank Bandit Skips Patrol After Three Trips at West Seattle Bank
A gunman entered the West Seattle National Bank and, after three visits to tellers, walked away with a paper bag containing 22,618 dollars. Police failed to stop him with roadblocks or bus searches as he fled through a parking lot. The robber brandished a German Luger and spoke to teller Jack Frost before demanding more from Paul B. Allen.
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Seattle
West Seattle National Bank
Jack Frost
Frost
Paul B. Allen
Allen
Alaska Juneau Mine Stock Closes At 3 In Turbulent Session
Closing quotations show Alaska Juneau mine at 3 with mixed results for other issues. American Can hits 116 and Anaconda 284 while Kennecott lists 50 and New York Central at 12. Northern Pacific at 15 and Curtiss-Wright at 84. Steel at 31 percent and Pound at 2.60 dollars. Sales reach 2,000,000 shares. Averages: monet 208.40 Falls 58.25 utilities 42.98.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
Curtiss-Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
Monet
Falls
Utilities
Joint plan to keep Shemya air base open proposed
Senator Magnuson proposes a joint operation to maintain Shemya Air Force Base in the Aleutians after defense plans to abandon it. He seeks talks with state and federal agencies and airlines to develop a cooperative solution, warning the base is valuable for the Pacific theater and East Asia traffic. Delegate Bartlett criticizes the decision as a mistake and urges immediate reactivation for anti-submarine patrols if needed.
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Washington
Shemya
Aleutians
Magnuson
D-Wash
Bartlett
Alaska
Air Force
State
Poat
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Defense Department
Nome
Gunnery Contest At 600 Per,5 Set For Crack Pilots
The 57 sharpest Air Force fighter pilots meet in Las Vegas for the world’s fastest gunnery contest. Twenty teams from Air Force groups, training command, and Air National Guard compete with jet and propeller fighters at speeds over 600 mph and altitudes up to four miles. Over six days some 1,100 flights, thousands of machine gun rounds, rockets and bombs will be fired. Overseas crews include the 57th Fighter Interceptor group with F 80s at Elmendorf Alaska.
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James
Las Vegas Air Force
Maren
Air Air Force
Trainng Command
Air National Galid
Europe
Alaska
Far East
United States
57Th Fighter Inerceptor
Elmendorf
Yukon Gold Rush Veteran Dies in Seattle at 76
Funeral services for Harry E. Cleveland 78, a Yukon Gold Rush veteran, will be held here Friday. He died Monday. Cleveland went to Juneau in 1895 then to Dawson in 97, Nome and Fairbanks, mined Copper River Valley 1912 to 1924, returned to Seattle. He was a member of the Alasi Sourdough Club. A brother and sisters survive, including Mrs. H. G. Kirns y of Skagway.
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Seattle
Harry E. Cleveland
Cleveland
Juneau
Dawson
Nome
Fairbanks
Copper River Valley
H. G. Kirmsy
Skagway
Princess Margaret Causes Stir by Public Smoke
Princess Margaret 19 shocks Britain by smoking a cigarette in public after an official luncheon with the Mayor of Warrington. She uses a silver cigarette holder, marking a rare public act for a royal woman and drawing comparison with British and American smoking norms.
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Margaret
Warrington
Eliabeth
Princess Margaret
Royal Famil
Expulsion of AP’s Prague Correspondent Deepens Cold War Tensions
The Czechoslovak government ordered Nathan Plowetsky, the last American AP correspondent in Prague, to leave by Friday amid accusations of unobjective reporting. AP General Manager Frank J. Swarzel calls the expulsion a shocking affront to press freedom.
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Associated Press
Prague
Vaclav Kopecky
Nathan Polowetzky
United States
Richard Kasts- Shire
New York
Frank J. Swarzel
Czechodovakia
Nathan Plowetsky
Subpoenas Issued to Top Officials Over Loyalty Records
Senate officers delivered three subpoenas to top government figures in Washington demanding loyalty records. Prompted by a probe into Communist infiltration, the targets include Secretary of State Acheson and Attorney General McGrath, with a next Tuesday deadline and possible contempt citations. President Truman had instructed records not be given to Congress citing executive prerogatives.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Joseph Duke
Marty B. Mitchell
Civil Service Commission
Mitchell
Duke
State Acheson
McGrath
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
State Department
Truman Seized A General Order To That Etter ‘ 1948. He Took the Position Therhat
Congress
Autos Kill More Than All Our Wars Claim
New York statistics from the 20th annual safety exposition report autos killed over 927000 Americans since 1907 with 31500 deaths last year. John Cruickshank of United States Guarantee Company warned the toll could reach one million soon.
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New York
U.S
John Cruickshank
United States Guarantee Company
Atlantic alliance plans new moves with Russia in wartime diplomacy
London diplomats say Atlantic Pact powers prepare a high gear diplomatic push to pressure Russia as foreign ministers set May 8 for talks on economic and defense issues. A military chiefs committee approved a master plan assigning roles to each nation. In Washington, Acheson and Jessup brief senators on anti Communist policies in Asia.
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London
Russia
Atlantic Alliance
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Hague
Evacuation From Shanghai Remains Uncertain
Hong Kong reports no agreement yet to evacuate foreign nationals from Shanghai. CNC official E G Price says no arrangements made. Butterfield Swire and American President Lines note possible cooperation but lack word from Shanghai authorities. Chinese Communist officials reportedly discussed evacuation with CNC ship.
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Hong Kong
China Navigation Co
CNC
Shanghai
E. G. Price
Butterfeld and Swire
San Francisco
Geo. . Killion
Lines
GNC
Air Force officer says opponents within reach in three days
Anchorage Alaska March 2 an Air Force officer said in a Chamber of Commerce talk that after the first shot US bomb 48 major cities within three days. Lt Col Charles Hessner director of plans and operations of the 11th Fighter Interceptor Wing warned Soviet missile progress outruns the United States and that Russian troops have first line combat equipment.
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Anchorage
Alaska
United States
Charles Hessner
Ith
Cutter Aids ACS Crew Returns From Midway Island
The Juneau based Coast Guard cutter 89254 departed for Midway Island with Sgt John Lloyd of the Alaska Communications System aboard. It is to return to Juneau today after completing repair work on an ACS installation on the island.
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Juneau
Grand Jury at Anchorage Gets Underway Postponed
In Anchorage Alaska on March 20 the grand jury for alleged antitrust violations in the Territory was postponed after only seven of 40 drawn jurors appeared. The hearing was to open today with seven anti trust division officials present led by Charles I Whittinghill.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Alaka
Jenn
Department of Justice
Charles I. Whittinghill
Northwest
Gerard G. Galassi
Isadore Cohen
Seattle
Gareth M. Neville
Washington, DC
Thomas ©. Kerr
Washington, D.C
Last Defense For Bridges Made Today
In San Francisco on March 29 1 the defense closed in the perjury case against Harry Bridges the CTO longshore union leader. Attorney James MacInnes urged the jury that a conviction would endanger reforms and jeopardize safety for future generations as witnesses testified Bridges had sworn he was not a Communist at a 1946 citizenship hearing.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
James MacInnes
CTO Longshore Union
Bridges
MacInnt
Circus elephant executed for killing child in Sarasota
Delly the circus elephant was put to death by cyanide at dawn in Sarasota after killing five year old Edward Schooley who was feeding her peanuts last Sunday. John Ringling North cited a flood of protests before the decision and announced the execution in a brief notice.
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Sarasota
Fin
Delly
Dawn
Edward Schooley
John Ringling North
Acheson and Jessup urged more Far East aid
Senator Connally reported an urgent request for increased aid to resist Communism in the Far East, presented after hour-long talks with Secretary of State Acheson and Ambassador Jessup before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Connally, committee chairman, issued a formal statement summarizing the discussion.
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Washington
Jean Acheson
Philip C. Jessup
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Asia
Connally
D-Tex
State Acheson
Phillp Jessup
Bittersweet Departs for Alaska Cruising Route
The Coast Guard cutter Bitter sweet left for Ketchikan at 9 a.m. today with a planned stop there before likely heading to Kodiak, according to Coast Guard Headquarters.
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Coast Guard
Ketchikan
Kodiak
Com Guard
Keynoters Blast Demo Socialism At Alaska Caucus
Republican leaders assailed spending and welfare programs at the Alaska Territory wide caucus opening in Juneau. Howard Stabler urged a clean up of government with a next election turnover, while John Manders warned of a “slavery of socialism” under Democratic rule.
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Alaska
Howard D Stabler
Juneau
Stabler
Hercules
Augeas
Manders
Democrats
Charles D. Jones
Nome
Andrew Nerland
Fairbanks
Jones
Republican Party
Nerland
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Alvert White
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Carteus
Ray Beach
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