Jerusalem Battle Shapes Up Amid Conflicting Reports
Conflicting Arab and Jewish sources describe shifts in control of Jerusalem as fighting continues near the old city. Arab forces claim progress while Jewish fighters report breakthroughs at Zion Gate and near the Saragand camp, with Beisan and Safad under Syrian pressure and calls for help spreading to Ramle. The United States seeks UN action as Russia backs moves, and Tel Aviv endures renewed bombing with casualties reported.
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Associated Press
Jerusalem
Arab League
Cairo
Tel Aviv
Trans-Jordan
Abdullah
Haganath
Zion Gate
Old City
Hagangh
Saragand
Himt
Traqi
Ramle
Damascus
Beisan
Sea of Galilee
Safad
Galilee
Esdraelon
Daniel de Luce
Desert Legion
de Luce
PST
Haganah
Zion
Old
United States
Lake Success
United Nations
Palestine
Russia
Britain
China
Ava
Arumnenitien Damins
Siaar Thay
Rekovia
TE Aviv
Israel
Washington Merry Go Round on Pacific Commission Nomination
The column argues President Truman and Ed Pauley influenced the selection of two U S representatives to the South Pacific Commission. It names Paul Smith of the San Francisco Chronicle and Richard Wells of New York as appointees, noting Pauley’s alleged gambling ties and access to the White House.
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Wisamorantensaen
Trumah
South Pacific
State Department
U. S
New South Pacific Commission
Australia
France
England
Paul Smith
San Francisco Chronicle
Richard Wells
New York
Smith
Truman
Ed Pauley
Wallace Graham
White House
Pauley
Dewey Stassen Oregon Campaign Grows Hotter
In Oregon the Dewey Stassen race heats up with Stassen accusing Dewey forces of a stop Stassen coalition formed after Nebraska. Dewey dismisses the charge as a pipe dream as both camps press toward the upcoming primary the day after tomorrow.
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Dewey
Stassen
Oregon
Portland
Ore
Thomas Dewey
Harold Stassen
Roseburg
Nebraska
St. Helens
New York
Brannaman Reviews Alaska Defense Measures During Visit
Veterans of Foreign Wars National Commander Ray Brannaman toured Alaska to assess military security alongside Army and Navy operations. He said Alaska’s status in the national defense system is crucial amid ongoing war with the Soviet Union and emphasized preparedness for anticipated conflicts. Margaret W. Thomas of San Francisco is a guest at Juneau’s Baranof Hotel during the trip.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Ray Brannaman
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Brannaman
Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce
Russia
San Francisco
Margaret W. Thomas
Calif
Juneau
Baranof Hotel
Soft Coal Wage Conference Fails as Lewis Blocked
Washington May 19 Negotiations on a new soft coal wage contract collapsed as Southern Coal Producers Association backed seating its president Joseph Moody over John L. Lewis. Moody was opposed by Lewis and the United Mine Workers who voted against him, prompting a request to the NLRB for a court order to force bargaining.
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Washington
Southern Mine
John L. Lewis
Winfair
Southern Coal Producers Association
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Joseph E. Moody
Producers’ Group
National Labor Relations Board
Moody
Aken
Fblon
United Mine Worker's Policy Committee
Southern
Coal Producer's Association
Alaskan town asks official name Crystal Falls
In Washington on May 19 two Alaskan packing companies urged the government to recognize Crystal Falls as the name of a 26 year old community five miles south of Cordova in the Chugach National Forest. They said lack of an official name blocks government permits and development including a radio telephone system. The Forest Service opposed, noting seasonal camps and potential abandonment, with the Names Board set to consider the case next month.
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Washington
Crystal Falls
Cordova
Chugach National Forest
Forest Service
Names Board
New Trial Ordered Over War Contractors Overtime Wages
The Supreme Court, in an 8-to-1 decision, orders a new trial to determine overtime pay for workers on government owned war grants run on a cost-plus-fixed-fee basis. Justice Jackson announced the ruling in the Harris Kennedy et al. v. Silas Mason Co. case. Justice Black dissented on reversing the lower court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Jackson
Black
Harris Kennedy
Silas Mason Company
Bartletts Ship Scheme Opposed In Alaska Transport Debate
J Swanson vice president of Alaska's Transportation Co told a House Subcommittee that Bartletts bill to extend steamship service to 1983 is unworkable. He warned that Interior Dept contract approvals with the Maritime Commission would cause bad government administration. Clapp of the company criticized the measure and backed Hep Tollefson plan endorsed by three Seattle firms. He argued Alaska needs government ships at low cost to sustain service, calling loaning ships a more palatable subsidy than direct payments.
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Washington
J. Swanson
Alaska’ S Transportation Co
House
Bartlett
Alaska
Interior Department
Maritime Commission
Seattle
Commission
Clapp
Eisenhower First as Democratic Nominee Possibility
May 19 report suggests General Dwight D. Eisenhower could be the first name on the Democratic ticket at the convention. Alabama delegates threaten a walkout if a civil rights platform favoring Truman is adopted, while other plans push Eisenhower as a boost before Truman's nomination.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alabama
Eisenhower
Truman
Trumtan
Mr. Truman
Montana businessmen visit Alaska for trade push
Fairbanks Alaska May 19 39 Great Falls Montana businessmen arrived on a goodwill mission to discuss increased trade with Alaska. Led by Col. R F Kitchingman former Ladd Field officer the group attended a banquet and plan to fly to Anchorage tomorrow with Skitchingman now heading the Great Falls Chamber of Commerce.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Great Falls
Mont
R. F. Kitchingman
Ladd Field
Skitchingman
Anchorage
Marshall hints on Soviet cooperation and Molotov visit
Secretary of State Marshall said Russia's future cooperation will show Premier Stalin's sincerity in world issue talks. He would see Molotov if he comes to Washington, though he did not say he would be glad to see him. Marshall noted limited recent Russian cooperation before the United Nations.
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Washington
Marshall
Stalin
Molotov
United Nations
Interior Dept reserves Taiya River for power site
The Taiya River near Skagway is set aside by a Department of the Interior order as a power site. The Federal Register notes the area covers about 5,000 acres within one-half mile of Taiya Bisse from the Nourse River mouth to the international boundary. Thomas B. Nolan, Acting Director of the Geological Survey, signed the order.
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Taiya
Skagway
Department
Interior
Federal Register
U.S
Thomas B. Nolan
Geological Survey
Talya Bisse
Nourse River
Wréu
Interior Department
Body of CBS correspondent Polk flown to Athens
The body of George Polk CBS correspondent found dead in Salonika Bay May 16 after attempting to interview Communist leader Markos Vafiades was flown to Athens in four Greek Royal Air Force planes. Polk, a 1938 University of Alaska graduate, will be buried in Athens.
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Salonika
Greece
George Polk
CBS
Salonika Bay
Markos Vafiades
Athens
Royal Air Force
Polk
University of Alaska
Consecration of Gordon Jr as Alaska Bishop Near
The Rt. Rev. William Gordon Jr, a 30 year old missionary to Alaska, was consecrated Bishop of the Alaska District of the Episcopal Church. The event drew clergy, family, and 15 bishops as the Seattle ceremony marked a new chapter in church leadership for the region. Several ships were listed as sailing or moving in the Puget Sound area with Alaska-bound travelers and cargo. Marilyn Dvorin and Mrs Nora Cogdall were noted guests in Juneau awaiting further travel toward Anchorage and Fairbanks for employment or transit.
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Raleigh
N. J
William Jones Gordon, Jr
Alaska
Cleve Hitch
Setent Episcopal Church
Attle
Seattle
United
Holy Communion
Northern Voyager
Copal
Baranof
Sal
Cogdall
Vancouver
Nora Cogdall
Juneau
Anchorage
Wrong Way Corrigan Visits Fairbanks in Alaska
FAIRBANKS Alaska May 19 The famed Wrong Way Corrigan arrives in Fairbanks amid jokes about his famed misdirection. An LA airman named Cortigan greets him and Corrigan hints at pursuing a bush pilot career in the territory while remaining open to visiting Seattle aviation concerns.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Douigiax
Corrigan
Fis Us
Irelind
New York
Fairbank
Los Angeles
Cortigan
Seattle
Lee Taylor Airways
Card Quits Juneau to Return to Coos Bay
E. H. Card, Personnel Manager of the Coos Bay Lumber Co., is to return to Oregon tomorrow by Pan Alaska Airways. He has been in Juneau for weeks assisting in resolving a 40 day labor dispute at Juneau Spruce Corp. A picket line established by CIO Longshoremen has stalled talks and no settlement is seen.
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E. H. Card
Coos Bay
Oregon
PAA
Card
Juneau
Juneau Spruce Corporation
Curd
CIO
Freighter Square Knot Trapped in Bristol Bay Ice
The 3800 ton freighter Square Knot, owned by Alaska Steamship, is stuck in Bristol Bay ice near Nuknak while Coast Guard Cutter Bittersweet races from Dutch Harbor to assist. The crew of 34 faces delays as seasonal ice floes close the route to Alaska ports.
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Seattle
Square Knot
Bristol Bay
Cost Guard
Coast Guard
Bittersweet
Dutch Harbor
Alaska Steamship Company
Alaska
Nuknek
Sealdh
Kuskokwin River
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip Spotted at Paris Outing
Scottish churchmen condemned the royal couple for attending horse races a theater and a nightclub in Paris last Sunday. The Lord's Day Observance Society sent a telegram to Prime Minister Attlee criticizing their example for the youth.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Paris
Scottish Association of the
Attlee
Flood threat grows as Alaska towns face Tanana Chinook flood
Fairbanks Alaska May 19 heavy spring runoff drives Chena River to its highest level in nine years flooding basements and ground floors. Riverside cabins and businesses inundated river level rising. Tanana River nears city limits. Alaska Highway, a 200 foot rail track section washed out. Food and personnel shuttle by air to support lines.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Tanana
Chena
Geological Survey
Ruthe
Tanane
Elelyoi Pield
VFW Meeting Set To Vote On New Resolution
A VFW meeting at the Tuku Post will discuss a resolution asking Congress to slow vet benefit expansions. The measure mirrors a Juneau American Legion move and follows the new meeting schedule on the first and third Thursdays.
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VFW
Congress J
Tuku Post
Veteran's of Foreign Wars
Juneau
Ue American Legion
Frst
Oaen
Jury Sniffs Verdict In Favor Of Goats In City Case
Traverse City Michigan May 1 Goats owned by W Louie Sleder were vindicated by a municipal court jury after F J Braden complained of offensive odor. The jury sniffed the scene then deliberated 20 minutes before ruling for Sleder and his goats.
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Traverse City
Mich
Louie Sleder
F. J. Braden
Alaska Ships and B-17 Airlift Seaman for Emergency Care
Two Alaska ships and a B-17 from the 10th Rescue Squadron rushed a wounded seaman to medical care. He was picked up near Cold Bay after an emergency call from the Pacific Explorer and transported to Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage for immediate surgery.
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Seattle
Alaska
Coast Guard
Cold Bay
Bill Sent to Senate: Anti Communist Measure Clears House
Washington May 19 The House refused to strike from the anti Communist bill a provision defining Communist front organizations The Mundt Nixon bill remained intact despite Malter’s challenge linking it to Henry Wallace’s third party Nixon and Multer clashed over wording while Twiet warned of Senate opposition to the bill’s push for rapid passage.
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Washington
House
Henry Wallace
Rep Malter
D-Ny
Multer
Rep. Nixon
Nixon
The
Mouse
Pee Wage
Twit
Senate Repubient Policy
Nana
Draft Bill Hearings Up In Congress
Washington May 19 The draft bill faces House Rules Committee hearings today on a separate temporary draft already cleared by the Armed Services Committee. The measure covers registration of ages ten through 30 with a two year draft for ages nineteen through twenty five. Senate Republicans debate over the Pratt Bill race issue risking a lengthy fight when the bill reaches the Senate next week. The draft as written prohibits discrimination on race or color in the draft process.
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Washington
Capitol
House Rules Committee
Armed Services Committee
Rules Committee
House
Senate
Weather report for Juneau Alaska area
Weather report shows 24 hour period ending 7 30 morning with Juneau temperatures high 40 5 low 42 and SE winds 16 to 20 mph gradually easing Mostly cloudy forecast through tonight and Thursday Precipitation totals and inches are noted for Juneau and Airport with May and July period accumulations listed High detail on local weather figures supplied by Weather Bureau
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Eee
Weather Bureau
Juneau
Tuneau
Jouewu
Stock Quotations From New York May 19
Closing quotations show Alaska Juneau mine at 44 percent, American Can at 884, Anscorida 39, Curtiss-Wright 7, International Harvester 99, Kennecott 67, New York Central 174, Northern Pacific 25, U S Steel 104, Pound 4034. Sales totaled 1,850,000 shares. Averages list industrial 188.28 and utilties 35.51.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anscorida
Curtiss- Wright
Iuternational Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
U.S. Steel
Industri
Util
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Board On Geographic Names
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Montana
Interior Dept
Gordon JR
New York City
Marilyn Dvorin
New York, N. Y
Princess Elizabeth
South Dakota
Walter Pierce
Philips
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Gastinewu Tauw
Bill
Congress
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