Midwest Storm Toll Rises With 100 MPH Winds
An early May storm powered by tornadic winds swept the Midwest killing seven people and injuring scores. Gusts reached 100 mph in some areas as tornadoes struck Minnesota, with snow hail and dust visible. Widespread damage harmed homes, businesses, cars, power lines, and livestock losses were heavy across several states.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Nincatate
North Central
Minnesota
Hugh
Nortow
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Texas
Ulinois
London ornithologist begins Alaska waterfowl study
British ornithologist Colonel Niall Rankin, aided by the U S Fish and Wildlife Service and Arctic Institute of North America, arrives in Juneau for three months of Alaska waterfowl research at Hooper Bay. He travels with his son Tan from Eton and plans stops in Fairbanks before coastal fieldwork.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Arctic Institute of North America
Juneau
Alaska
Niall Rankin
Hooper Bay
Bering Sea
North Dakota
Manitoba
Rankin
Tan
Eton
Rankins
Whitehorse
Fairbanks
Plans Made for Installation of New BPW Officers
A Juneau Business and Professional Women's Club special meeting in the Iris Room at the Baranof Hotel outlines plans for installing officers for the coming year. Further details will be announced at Monday's regular luncheon in the Terrace Room.
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Juneau Business and Professional Women’s Club
Iris
Baranof
Sitkans Visit At Baranof Hotel
Sitka residents Mrs. J. E. Shennett, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn W Morgn and Mrs. D. R. McGraw stop at the Baranof Hotel during a local visit.
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Sitkans
Sitka
Baranof Hotel
J. E. Shennett
Glenn W Morgn
D. R. McGraw
Small Business Loans Split Decision Faces White House
Washington advisers debated how to finance small business as the president prepared for a Western trip. The issue: government RFC loans versus private banks for small-business lending. Backers and opponents included Sawyer, O Mahoney, McCane, Spingarn, Taft.
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Wasmncron
Stephen Spingarn
White House
Taft
GOP
Joint Committee On the Economic Report
Hand-Waving Tour Starts Tomorrow For Harry to N. W.
President Truman launches a nine day 6400 mile tour to 16 states with trackside chats and public opinion rallies. He plans more than 50 rear platform hand waivings and daily speeches, stopping in Chicago May 15 before returning to Washington.
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Washington
Truman
Northwest
Trumut
Chicago
Movie Wedding of Note This Afternoon
Beverly Hills Calif May Elizabeth Taylor and Conrad Nick Hilton Jr head to the altar this afternoon. The couple will host a reception with carved ice statues and a horn of plenty as guests enjoy crab legs chicken turkey and oysters with champagne. They plan a three month honeymoon in Europe.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Elizabeth Taylor
Conrad Nick Hilton, Jr
Europe
Pam
Southeast Alaska Music Festival Proclaimed During National Music Week
City of Juneau proclaims May 7 to 14 as National Music Week and hosts the first Southeast Alaska School Music Festival. events emphasize youth benefits and community support while Baranof Hotel notices list visiting guests and local residents. A birth is noted: Ronald John and spouse welcome a son born at 12:50 pm weighing eight pounds five ounces. Fresh herring also advertised at Sturm's Lockers.
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Juneau
Alaska
Waine E. Hendrickson
Jugeau
Johns
Ronald John
Angoon
Alaska Coastal Airlines to cut Sitka Juneau fares
Alaska Coastal Airlines will reduce fares between Juneau and Sitka by about 12 percent starting June 1, with a total one way saving of 2.30. Children, express and freight rates will drop while round trip discounts remain at 10 percent. The move follows past fare cuts on other routes and reflects increased passenger demand.
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Sitka
Juneau
Alaska Coastal Airlines
A.B. Holden
Civil Aeronautics Board
Holdery
Haines and
Skagway
Petersburg, Wranggell and Ketehikem
Holden
Juneau Police Buy Black Nash Sedan Patrol Car
The Juneau Police Department selects a black Nash four door sedan with heater and defroster for 2331.50 delivered in Juneau. Christensen Brothers, local Nash dealers, won the bid after bids for a medium priced car. The new vehicle will include a wire screen between front seats after arrival. prior panel truck overhaul was deemed insufficient for pursuit of speeders. The Elks Club will provide the local ambulance in the Juneau Channel area.
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Juneau
Christensen Brothers
Nash
Christensen
Police
Barnard E. Hulk
Craft Work by Cub Scouts to Highlight County Fair
Pack 311 Cub Scouts sponsored by the Rotary Club will display craft projects at the old-fashioned Country Fair in A B Hall on May 13. The exhibits include pottery, bottle painting, soap carving, weaving, glass etching and more with Wolf Bear and Lion achievements showcased. Six dens compete for the best craft display with a Danner-den award. games, bean guessing, penny peep show and refreshments accompany the event. Doors open 7 pm with a short show at 9 30 and awards to follow. admission is free.
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Cub Scouts
Pack 311
Rotary Club
Hospital Admissions and Discharges Report
Shirley Speck and Paul Willard were discharged from St. Ann's hospital yesterday. No admissions occurred. Linda Marie James and Tim Luke of Juneau were admitted to Government hospital.
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Shirley Speck
Paul Willard
St. Ann's Hospital
Linda Marie James
Tim Luke
Juneau
Government Hospital
City awaits Territory funds for new building site
Juneau awaits 360,000 from the Territory to buy City Hall property and adjacent vacant lot for a new Territorial Building. Mayor Hendrickson plans talks with Territory officials next week to secure funds as council weighs downtown location and other site options.
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Fourth Street
James Larson
Larson
Waine Hendrickxor
Territoria
City Hall
Juneau
Arctic Brotherhood Hall
Counesses
Highlands District
Ghule Highway
Behrends Avenue
Highland Drive
Glacier Highway
Hendrickson
Bernard E. Hulk
Bse
Parks Street
Alder Street
Scatter
Benends Avenue
Highlands
Juneau Fire Department
Juneau Clean-Up Campaign Draws City Praise
Mayor Waine Hendrickson praised Juneau residents as annual clean-up drives begin. Two city trucks and crews are collecting rubbish from curbs and vacant lots, with continued pickups slated for next week.
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Juneau
Waine Hendrickson
Hendrickson
Nine Passengers Arrive on Pacific Northern Westward Run
Pacific Northern Aubiies carried five passengers to the westward yesterday and brought in nine. Arrivals include Hattie Fireved Victor C Rivers Mr and Mrs M G Morgan from Anchorage B N Herbstreith Gates Dubos Hanson from Cordova and Mr Wilson from Yakutet. Outbound travelers include Lawrence George to Yakutet and others to Cordova and Ko chak with Anchorage as destination for several listed passengers.
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Hattie Fireved
Victor C. Rivers
MG. Morgan
Anchorage
B. N. Herbstreith
Gates
Dubos and
Hanson
Cordova
Mr. Wilson
Yakutet
Lawrence George
Mr. McClon
Sophie Okswoll
Mr. Swenson
John Toven
R. Svortson
Carl Husey
Joseph Weber
Ko~chak
M. B. Bolles
Louise Robinson
Pete Gilmore
K. K. Kiliser
Florence Cather
Stanley McCuthcheon
N. G. Bauch
Truman urges Alaska and Hawaii statehood for democracy
President Truman told the Senate Interior Committee that granting statehood to Alaska and Hawaii strengthens national security and upholds democratic principles. He argued opposition claims misrepresent representation and urged action to fulfill promises to territorial citizens.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Alaska
Hawai
O'Mahoney
Dwyo
Senator Interior Committee
House
United States
Hawaii
America
Pan Am Special Brings Musicians for Southeast Alaska Festival
Pan American World Airways organized a special Seattle bound detachment from Ketchikan for the first Southeast Alaska School Music Festival. Louis Vacca led arrangements with a large group of students and music directors, including Mrs. Irven Wengert and numerous others, plus Juneau bound and outbound travelers listed for the flight.
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Pan American World Airways
Ketchikan
Eleanor Setje
Irene Bue
Francis Williams
Wanda High
Barbara Edenso
Marilyn Riggs
Maxine Burt
Carol Shellenberger
Jim Tucker
Beth Daigler
Yossu Casey
Gerald Shevoy
Norman Nelson
Rodney Rich
Bud Cramer
Hart Otterlie
Olga Kobbevik
Larry Droogs
Stan Henderson
Juneau
Eileen Byrne
Guy Caster
W. O. Carlson
Wallis George
James Hay
Marcia
Darlene Moyes
McClon
Nevers
Sophie Okswoll
Ed Peyton
Haskon Peterson
Elroy Sverien
L. Tibbits
John Over
Joseph Weber
Walter Welke
Louis Riley
Carl Husby
R. Svortsol
M Hutchins
C. Custer
Ralph Green
L. Anderson
W. H. Gates
Ismael Vosotros
Southeast Alaska Musical Festival Opens With Regional Talent
The Southeast Alaska Musical Festival kicks off in Juneau with Mt Edgecumbe joining groups from Ketchikan Petersburg Sitka Douglas and Juneau. Events include tryouts at 1 PM and performances at 6 PM in Grace School auditorium and Methodist church venues open to the public. The festival culminates with concerts in the high school gym Sunday and a massed band parade Monday afternoon. Funds for the Juneau Memorial Library grow to 214219 as Beez contributions and local canneries donate.
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Southeast Alaska
Tull
Mt. Edge
Scottish Rite
Southeast Alaska School Music Association Formed
Directors of band and chorus met in the Ira Room at the Baranof Hotel to form a permanent Southeast Alaska School Music Association based on a National Music Educators Association constitution. The festival will be hosted by Ketchikan between April 15 and May 1. Officers include Louis V. Vacca president and Ketchikan director of band, Walter L. Birkland first vice president from Sitka, Virginia Long second vice president from Juneau, Phillip E. Jerauld second vice president from Petersburg, and Mrs Irven Wengert secretary treasurer from Ketchikan with Walter C. Welke of the University of Washington as festival adjudicator.
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Juneau Memorial Library Fund
Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union of
Juneau
Las Loap
Nick Beg
Alaska
Alaska Department of Fisheries
Bez
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Empire
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Southeast Alaska School Music Association
National Music Educatorssociation
Ketchikan
Louis V. Vacca
Walter L. Birkland
Sitka
Virginia Long
Petersburg
Irven Wengert
Ketch‘kan
Walter C. Welke
University of Washington
Guest Preacher at Resurrection Lutheran Service Sunday
Resurrection Lutheran Church will host Rev. Fred Knebel of Sitka Lutheran Church as guest preacher at 11 AM Sunday. Knebel came from Edmonton, Canada last November. after the service he and Pastor Hillerman fly to Seattle for the Pacific Synod United Lutheran Church convention May 8 to 11. Hillerman returns to Juneau May 13.
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Resurrection Lutheran Church
Fred Knebel
Sitka
Central Lutheran Church
Seattle
Hillerman
Juneau
Alaska Pastor to Attend Southern Baptist Convention in Chicago
The Rev. Jimmie Bolton pastor of the First Baptist Church and Harold Cragin Sunday School Superintendent depart Sunday for Chicago for the Southern Baptist Convention May 9 to 12. Bolton will serve as Alaska Baptist Convention president and will seek to unite Alaska with the Southern Baptist Convention, the world’s largest with about seven million members.
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Cargin
Chicago
Jimmie Bolton
First Baptist Church
Harold Cragin
Southern Baptist Convent
City
Alaska Baptist Convention
Alaska Convention
Bapst
Alaska
Windy City
Southern Baptist Convention
Baptist Home Mission Field
Steamship Movements Schedule Noted
Dennis from Seattle sets sail Tuesday. Princess Louise to depart Vancouver on May 10. Baranof from West bound for the south at 11 p.m. Sunday.
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Dennis
Seattle
Princess Louise
Vancouver
Baranof
West
Petersburg Columns Register at Baranof Hotel
Among Petersburg columns registered at the Baranof Hotel are Mrs. W. C. Johnson, Mrs. George Clemons, A. Wilder and Ken Burton.
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Petersburg
Baranof Hotel
W. C. Johnson
George Clemons
A. Wilder
Ken Burton
Weather report for Juneau sees mild temps and light rain
Cloudy tonight with intermittent rain Sunday. Tonight low near 36, Sunday high about 52. Juneau airport records show 0.02 inches in past 24 hours and trace precipitation today. Total since May 1 0.76 inches in city, 0.33 inches at airport.
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Juneau
Tripod Sits on Ice Island on Tanana River
Fairbanks readers report a tripod placed on a large ice chunk in the Tanana River near Nenana with 40 rods of open water on each side. Radiomen watch as ice chips fall and flags droop in a drying snowfall while a lagoon forms behind the obstruction and fears grow of a breakup before tonight’s planned Nenana celebration.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Tanana
Nenana
Errors mar PCL Friday as Rainiers lead with miscues
The Pacific Coast League slate saw 18 errors in five games led by the Seattle Rainiers who lost to Oakland 9 2 in the opener. Seattle committed three errors in the loss while Los Angeles and Hollywood each had three. San Francisco fell 11 5 to the Seals as Les Fleming starred for San Francisco and Portland beat San Diego 4 2 in the series shift.
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IM Bubbart
Associated Press
Pacific Coast
Kup
Seattle Rainiers
Kro
Seattle
Solons
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Oakland
San Francisco
Les Fleming
Seals
Portland
San Diego
Beavers
Fifteen Classy Colts in Kentucky Derby
Churchill Downs prepares for the 76th Kentucky Derby as track conditions improve from a drench. Fifteen entries include In Your Host, a California bred colt bought for 20 000 dollars from Louis B. Mayer in January 1949, seen as the horse to beat.
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Churchill Downs
Louisville
Tom Young
Bill Goetz
Louis B. Mayer
Plover Feared Grounded Off Stephens Island South of Ketchikan
A 69 foot Bellingham trolling boat named Plover ran onto rocks 60 miles south of Ketchikan and sought Coast Guard help. Four aboard reported no immediate danger while the Canadian vessel Bernie offered aid near Stephens Island in Canadian waters.FROM PETERSBURG Mrs. GC EB Becker of Petersburg is registered at the Gastineau Hotel.
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Bellingham, Wash
Coast Guard
Ketchikan
Petersburg
EB. Becker
Gastineau Hotel
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