Congress Adjournment Decision Delayed To Next Week
Washington May 23 Administration leaders postponed a decision on adjournment timing for Congress until next week. Senate Majority Leader Lucas and House leaders met with President Truman to discuss how much of the Fair Deal agenda can be delayed. Pressure grows to quit by August 1 to aid re election campaigns as lawmakers seek early town departures.
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Washington
Administration
Congress
Senate
Lucas
White House
Truman
Barkley
House
McCormack
Mass
Illinois
CAP TO TRANSPORT CADETS TO AIRPORT FOR STUDY
Civil Air Patrol cadets will be driven to Juneau airport for a tour of the CAP L-5 aircraft. Col. Neil Fritchman leads the group as they are shown the aircraft and its workings by squadron operations and engineering officers. Ken Bamoreaux of Skagway is stopping at the Gastineau Hotel.
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Civil Air Patrol Squadron
Army Dock
Neil Fritchman
CAP Cadet Corps
Juneau
CAP
Skagway
Ken Bamoreaux
Gastineau Hotel
Hoover blamed by Republicans for halting Hoover plans in Senate
The Washington Merry Go Round recalls ex president Herbert Hoover’s anger over Republican senators who deserted his four reform plans to reorganize government. Private talks show liberals siding with him while conservative GOP senators blocked plans to save billions. Only a few Republicans backed Hoover on specific measures as Taft and others led opposition. Continued on Page Four.
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Washington
Nervert Hoover
Hoover
Bales Executive Club
New York
Senate
GOP
Herbert Hoover
Truman
Congress
Comptroller
Secretary of the Treasury
American Bankers Association
Aiken
Vij Lodge Mass
Williams
Del
Robert Taft
Ken Wherry
Gene Millikin
National Labor Relations Board
Taft
National Association of Manufacturers
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Baseball season opens Sunday in Juneau at Firemen's Ball Park
The Gastineau Channel Baseball League launches its first season Sunday afternoon May 28 at 2 30 p m with Moose versus Elks. League president Stan Grammett vice president Ernie Lincoln secretary John Morrison official scorer Art Stephens. Four teams Moose Elks Douglas and Coast Guard. Managers Gene Shepard Bill Palmer Ellis Red Halloway John Erbland. A lively season is anticipated as teams display talent in practice games.
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Juneau
Firemen’s Bull Park
Moose
Elks
Gastineau
Coast Guard
Gene Shepard
Bill Palmer
Ellis
Red Halloway
Douglas
John Erbland
Mock A-Bomb Attack Will Be Tried On Seattle
May 23 An emergency civil defense plan is to be ready this summer for the nation’s worried cities. A mock attack will be staged on Seattle with surveys under way in Seattle and Chicago to shape a fill-in program. NSRB officials say the federal government will provide guidance but not pay the full costs while states and cities arrange details. Eric Biddle chairs the committee working with Washington, Seattle and Chicago authorities.
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Washington
Seattle
Civil Defense
National Securites Resources Board
NRB
Chicago
NSBB
NLRB
Spolley
Aleutian Arrives on First 1950 Trip
The Aleutian, flagship of the Alaska Steamship Co, arrives at 11 am on its first 1950 trip. Seattle Chamber of Commerce leaders led by Thomas Pelly greet Juneau officials including Mayor Warner. Seventy passengers disembark, with Seattle travelers named among them. The ship is scheduled to sail to Valdez and Seward at 5 pm.
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Alaska Steamship Company
Seattle Chamber of Comers
Thomas Pelly
Seattle
Leven
Juneau Chamber of Commerce
Warner
Hendrickson
F. O. Eastaugh
Keith G Wildes
R. M. Akervick
O. F. Benecke
Robert Boochever
A. Blackerby
Charles W. Carter
Ruth Brandes
Charlotte W Brown
C. H. Barkdall
Emily Berg
George Cheney
Mary Donnem
Albert G. Evans
Lon Fleur
Art Ganson
Chester Gibbon
L. H. Hibbert
Joyce M. Howell
Laura Isaacs
C. L. Jones
A. E. Lindemuth
I. F. Lown
Alyce Manchester
Ann. K. McClurg
Arthur E. Nessett
Samuel Orosai Jr
Dorothy Pickarts
J. N. Shippen
Harold Shafer
Ole Syre
Gene E. Tolbert
H. L. van Ness
Myrtle E. Wimner
Jerry Waddell
Louise Weston
Dynamo shorts in Fairbanks power crisis widens
In Fairbanks Alaska power shortages reached emergency status after a 300 kilowatt generator at the Alaska Railroad plant broke during a union strike. Local 1550 IBEW and Local 1553 IBEW walked out over contract demands while Northern Commercial Company warns some areas may lose service and lights must be rationed. Two contractors have agreed to wage demands, keeping only ladder and Eielson projects active.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Fairbanks Exploration Department
U. S. Smelting, Refining and Mining Company
Lou Joy
Northern Commercial Company
Earely
Joy
CIO
National Electrical Contractors Association
Ladd
Eielson Air Force Base
Mrs Maribeth Turner Guest at Baranot Hotel
Mrs Maribeth Turner of the Territorial Department of Health in Anchorage is listed as a guest at the Baranot Hotel.
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Maribeth Turner
The
Territorial Department of Health
Anchorage
Baranot Hotel
Weather report for Juneau and Vicinity
Variable cloudiness tonight and Wednesday with a low around 38 and a high near 52. Precipitation amounts show small totals at Juneau and airport with traces to 1.90 inches since May 1 and higher totals since July 1.
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Juneau
Forecas
Juneau and
Oregon Journal sails Alaska cruise with 249 aboard Prince George
The Oregon Journal of Portland will take 249 travelers to Juneau for the summer cruise season aboard the Prince George. The party includes Edgar W. Smith and other Oregon and southern Washington business and political leaders, physicians, lawyers, merchants, and journalists. Notables include state senators Carl Engdahl C. Pendleton and Paul Patterson, Governor’s highway committee member Patterson, and Portland officials.
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Alaska
Oregon Journal of Portland
Juneau
Journal
Prince George
Oregon
Washington
Edgar W. Smith
Portland Chamber of Commerce
Oregon State Board of Higher Education
Smith
Arl
Carl Engdahl
C. Pendleton
Paul Patterson
Hillsboro
Henry Lemon
Klamath Falls
Portland
Huber
Northwest
California Ink Company
A. L. Lamp
Salem
White Pass
Lamb
George A. Boylston
Elizabeth C. French
Leon F. Rayall
Harvey A Woods
Ashland
Kerr Gifford Grain
Dom Provost
H. R. Worth
Henry A. Schroeder
Myrtle Point
Virgil Crum
Charles C. Proebster
Weston
Vernon R. Churchill
Journal Tours
Churchill
Roger Bailey
William W Schwartz
C. H. McCrimmon
Journal Newsroom
Les Ordeman
Parker Couple Welcomes Son at St Ann's Hospital
Mr and Mrs Robert Parker became parents of a son early this morning at St Ann's hospital. The Parkers reside on Douglas Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Parker
St. Ann's Hospital
Parkers
Douglas Road
Poppy Wreath Making Set For Thursday at the Dugout
Helpers invited to the Dugout for Poppy wreath making Thursday starting at 10 am and continuing until finished. All volunteers welcome to lend a hand for the remembrance project.
Disband New German Army, Soviets Told
The United States Britain and France accused the Soviet Union of creating a 50 000 man German military force and called on Moscow to disband it. The notes protested militarization of Eastern Germany describing the force as a military unit with infantry artillery tanks and armed vehicles. The three powers warned of grave concern over eroding trust in Soviet pacific intentions.
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Associated Press
United States
Britain
France
Moscow
Russia
Germany
State Department
Malta
London
Acheson
Bevin
Schuman
Soviet Zone
Berlin
West Berlin
Ernst Reuter
Free Berlin
Congress
Library of Congress
Weather delays return of USCG fliers to Kodiak
Fliers from the Coast Guard PBY, scheduled to return to USCG Air Detachment Kodiak, could not due to weather. The group, including Lt. JG J. E Boteler, pilots J. M. Weber and G. W. Wagner, and crew John E Horwath, Paul Cochran, Walter L. Taggart, and R. W. Patterson, stopped at the Gastineau Hotel in Juneau for another day.
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U.S. Coast Guard
Uscg Air Detachment
Kodiak
Sockee 'N
Juneau
J. E Boteler
J. M. Weber
G. W. Wagner
John E (Smokey) Horwath
Paul Cochran
Walter L. Taggart
R. W. Patterson
Gastineau Hotel
Albert Evans Visits Relatives in Alaska
Albert G. Evans a Minneapolis attorney arrived via the Aleutian to visit his son Leonard Evans wife Mrs Chester Zenger and granddaughter. Leonard Evans of the Department of Labor had just returned from Anchorage on business. This is the Minneapolis mans first Alaska visit and he plans to stay about ten days with his granddaughter joining him later for a short stay in the east.
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Albert G. Evans
Minneapolis
Aleutian
Leonard Evans
Chester Zenger
Department of Labor
Anchorage
Mineapolis
Alaska
Laurence Widmark Jr at Gastineau Hotel
Laurence Widmark Jr from College is located at the Gastineau Hotel according to the report filed in the local column.
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Laurence Widmark, Jr
Gastineau Hotel
Hallinan Sentence Upheld by U S Circuit Court
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a six month jail term for Vincent Hallinan chief defense attorney for Darry Bridges. The opinion by Judge William Orr faulted Hallinan’s conduct as excusable in no grounds and criticized conduct in the courtroom during the Bridges perjury trial.
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Ban Francisco
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Whay
Vincent Hallinan
Darry Bridges
Hallinan
George B. Harris
Sridges
William Orr
William Denman
Albert L. Stephens
Bridges
James H. MacInnis
Anilinan
MacInnis
Hallnan
Phil Johnson Leaves. Schendorf Replaces Him At Hotels
With a personnel change today the amiable Phil Johnson departs as relief clerk at the 3aranof and Gastineau Hotels. Jim Schendorf, from Evanston Ill, starts at the Gastineau today after arriving May 16 from Swanston where he worked in real estate. Johnson will leave tomorrow for the Phoenix to join Clarence Moy, Sitka fish buyer, and work with Moy again next summer before returning to Juneau around September 1. Johnson previously came from San Diego, Calif, to perform similar work last summer for Moy.
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Gastineau
Phil Johnson
Tommorrow
Phoenix
Cropley
Clarence Moy
Sitka
Deer Harbor
Juneau
Johnson
Moy
San Diego
Calif
Jim Schendorf
Evanston, Ill
Swanston
Schendort
Gastineau Hotel
Blankenship of Sitka seeks divorce from Coralie Blankenship
Sitka man Coralie Carolyn Blankenship is named in a divorce suit filed today in the district court. The couple married in Sitka in November 1946 and have two children, Carolyn Elizabeth age 2 and Virgil Jack age 1. The plaintiff will grant the wife the Sitka home and Oregon property, and pay $50 monthly child support. Attorney M. E. Monagie represents the plaintiff.
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Blankenship
Sitka
Coralie
Carolyn Blankenship
District Court
Carolyn Elizabeth
Virgil Jack
Oregon
M. E. Monagie
Hughes Graves Seeks Marriage License in Alaska
Stanley Hughes chief store keeper for Arctic Contractors at Point Barrow filed for a marriage license with Glenna Victoria Graves of Juneau, formerly a waitress at the Magup Case. The application was submitted before OU and Commissioner Gordon Gray.
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Stanley
Hughes
Arctic Contractors
Point Barrow
Glenna Victoria Graves
Juneau
Waitres:t
Gordon Gray
Casey Moran of Alaska Highway Patrol in Juneau
Casey Moran of the Alaska Highway Patrol, based in Ketchikan, is staying in Juneau at the Baranof Hotel.
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Casey Moran
Alaska Highway Patrol
Ketchikan
Juneau
Baranof Hotel
Stock quotations from New York close for Alaska Juneau and peers
Closing quotations show Alaska Juneau at 2 percent, American Can 149, Anaconda 32, Curtiss Wright 9, International Harvester 29, Kennecott 574, New York Central 14, Northern Pacific 16, U S Steel 33, Pound 52.80. Total sales reached 1,460,000 shares with daily averages for industrials 222.47, rails 56.85, utilities 44.13.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
Curtiss Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
U.S. Steel
Pound
Rails
Cannery Picket Line Barred in Md Office Case
Superior Judge Frank D. James granted Dr. R. B. Seth an injunction after reconsideration. He had denied it previously but retracted Monday following new evidence from attorney Stuart G. Oles showing medical exams for non cannery workers and that picketing Dr. Seth’s office interfered. The dispute stemmed from a fight between the union and Alaska Salmon Industries.
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Seattle
Frank D. James
R. B. Seth
Cannery Workers Local 70
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Stuart G. Oles
Dr. Seth
Alaska Salmon Industries, Tne
ILWU Leaders Offer Union View in Cannery Dispute
ILWU officials Germain Bulcke and Bob Kinney with Vern Albright released a press statement denying CIO bias and urging workers to participate in negotiations. They criticized CIO disaffiliation moves and urged early settlement, stating Local 7's long role and the industry’s failure to bargain threaten Alaska canneries.
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Germain Bulcke
International Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s Union
Empire
Bob Kinney
TLWU
International
Kinney
Bulcke
Vern Albright
Alaska
Seattle
CIO
Bukcke
ILWU
Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc
FTA
CILWU
Lit
Local 7
Nine Western canneries operate despite Alaska picketing
Seattle May 23. The Alaska salmon industry reports nine canneries in the Anchorage Cordova area began operations despite picketing that halted shipment of supplies to Alaska. The plants on Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound are expected to produce about 10 percent of the industrys pack this summer. Non resident Local 77 workers of CIO manning part of the plants. Local 70 CIO Longshoremen oppose the contract. NLRB seeks injunction against picketing as unfair labor practice and charging the industry with signing a contract with Local 77 before certification. A trial on the charge is set for July.
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Seattle
Alaska
Anchorage-Cordova
Cook Inlet
Prince William Sound
Local 77
United Parkinghouse Workers
CIO
Local 70
Tnternations! Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s Union
National Labor Relations ;Board
TLWU
Local 7-C
NLRB
Local 71
I Dearing
Salmon Industry Issues Statement
The Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc. issues a statement claiming a death struggle with extreme left wing forces and recounting changes in union contracts. It notes former unions, CIO purges, charters to Local 17 and Local 0, and later ILWU actions and demands.
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Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc
Alaska
Mawalt
Call of the Food, Tobacco and Agricultural Workers of America
National Cio
United Packinghouse Workers of America
Harry Bridges
Local 7
ILWU_ Bridges
Travel guests at Batanof Hotel in Anchorage
Continued on page sixty CAR MEN HERE R J Petite and HB Brown of the Civil Aeronautics Administration Anchorage are guests at the Batanof Hotel FROM POINT LAY Mr and Mrs Jack Parr of Point Lay arrived here yesterday on the Pan American flight and are staying at the Batanof Hotel.
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R. J. Petite
Hb, Brown
The
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Anchorage
Batanof Hotel
Point Lay
Jack Parr
Point ‘Lay
Pan American
Steamers in Pacific Northwest service updates
Aleutian in port from Seattle and to sail west at 5 this afternoon. Princess Louise from Vancouver due at 5 this afternoon and to sail for Skagway at 11:30 tonight. Prince George to arrive tomorrow afternoon with Oregon Journal tour party. Alaska to sail from Seattle tomorrow. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday.
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Aleutian
Seattle
Princess Louise
Vancouver
Skagway
Prince George
Oregon Journal
Alaska
Baranof
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington Merry -Go- Round
Drew Pearson
Bell Syndicate
Rom Ketchikan
D. Toa Kinkle
M. Tmunneu
Anil
Valdez
Seward
Cael Eng Ahl
Pendleton
Meney Semon
Orehim
Begon
Mon
Engdahl Hicks
Friends
Dynamo
Weather Report
Albert Evans
Schendorf
Blankenship OF
FROM
Cannery
M.D
LWU
Western Canneries
Alaska Balmon Industcy, Inc
United Packinghouse Workers
Salmon Industry
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