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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-01
2S ABOARD PLANE WHEN
 IT CRASHED

SEATTLE, Dec. 1.-tR-The crew and passenger list of the airlinel which crashed near here yesterday with six crew and passenger fatal ities. and another woman killed .in an automobile which was hit was listed as follows by Alaska Airlines.
 The dead from the plane:
 Mrs. Robert Stitsworth, B, Ia coma, Wash, known as Virginia Grafton, professional singer burn ed in plane.
 Gordon Johnson, 2l-month-old son of MT. and Mrs. J. E. John son ot Palmer, both of whom were injured MT. Johnson critically.
 Leslie Howe, listed of Seattle and Spokane; died in hospital
 Ole Ring. Anchorage, Alaska. died in hospital
 Reba Monk, Santa Monica, stew ardess, died in hospital
 Fred Smith, Tacoma. who died in hospital.
 The injured crew members:
 Capt. James E. Farris. Seattle the pilot; formerly a Watson Line pilot, San Francisco; injuries not serious.
 Richard F. Whiting, co-pilot, Anchorage, Alaska; fractured arm, burns, possible internal injuries.
 List of Injured
 The passengers injured:
 Alne Pleym, Los Angeles.
 Mrs. Leslie Howe.
 William Randall, Nenana, Alaska (also listed as Oliver RindahD crit ical
 Mary B. Kelly, Seattle; condition unsatisfactory with neck and back injuries.
 John A. Lathanan, Jr., Fairbanks, critical.
 Mrs. Lathanan treated and re- leased.
 Mrs. J. K. CChristine) Truss, Seattle.
 w. M. Koch, Snohomish, Wash. rural route.
 Mrs Flora Hunter, Anchorage. Richard Jones. Palmer, Alaska. Mrs. Selma Olsen, Anchorage. MT and Mrs. Rowland Smith Route 1, Terrabonne, Ore; Mrs Smith, an expectant mother, hos pitalized: her husband treated and released.
 Eugene Martin, Seattle.
 Zena Louise Feltrin, Anchorage. Les M Greening, Anchorage and Seattle.
 MT. and Mrs Ralph Tracy, Me- Grath, Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-01
DEMANDING 5HAkEUp IN
 cop RANKS
Senator Aiken Demands Resignation of RepubIi-
 can Chairman ReeCe

WASHINGTON, Dec. l. R- Senator Aiken tR.-VtD claimed sup port among rank and file Republi cans today for his proposal that the party free itself from reactionary control" and appeal to farmers labor and housewives"
 The New England lawmaker told reporters he has received much mail since his demand last week that COP National Chairman Carron Reece resign as part of a top to bottom party shakeup.
 The only complaints I had were from Democrats" the gray -naired former Vermont Governor said They gave me the devil, saying that if the Republicans kept MT Reece in there. they could retain the Presidency and regain control of Congress"
 Aiken said he has not talked with Reece and does not plan to do so.
 But he added, T may have statement later if things don't change I want to see the Republi- can Party win in 1948 but to do that vsa must have broader individual in the national party and more constructive legislation in Congress"
 Aiken said his remarks were not aimed at Senator Taft of Ohio, Chairman of the Senate's Republi- can Policy Committee and an avow- ed candidate for his party's Presi- dential n0mination.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-01
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DHEW PEARSON

WASHINGTON The last sec- ret meeting of the Senate Republi- can Policy Committee was one of the most significant in years. It showed that a new movement has developed within the Republican party, led by new Senators who believe that constructive action rather than destructive criticism must be the future policy of the COP.
 By careful interviews with the Senators participating in this inn portant meeting, the following play by-play account of the closed door session can be given.
 Senator John Sherman Cooper Of Kentucky, who last year won out in a normally Democratic state, fired the first gun against the COP leadership by pointing to the re- cent Republican gubernatorial de- feat in Kentucky. Many farmers who normally vote Republican, he said, had stayed away from the polls.
 "Well have the same situation in 1948 unless we start showing some results in this Congress s,' de- clared Cooper. The farmers, at least in my state, are not satisfled with the record of the Republican marty so far. If we want to hold
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-01
A|RLINE5
 I5 CITED
 BY CAB.

WASHINGTON, Dec. M The Civil Aeronautics Board today ordered Alaska Airlines Inc, one of whose planes were involved in a serious accident at Seattle, Wash, yesterday to show cause why It should not be required to discon- tinue operations between Seattle and Anchorage.
 The Board also called upon the Airline to defend it's right to pro vide service between points not on the routes specified in it's CAB certificate.
 An Alaska Airlines DC-4 crash ed into an automobile Sunday, during an attempted landing at Seattle-Tacoma airport, killing eight persons and injuring sev- eral
 The Boards action today was based on a recommendation from
 ,Coptipupd 0p pooe Civ1
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-01
SIX DEAD, 17
 INJURED IN HOME BLAZE
Wind Lashes Blaze in Phil. adeIphia- a-Wdfer from
 Hose Line Freezes

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. l. - IT, Wind lashed flames whipped through a dormitorv h m e o I homeless men today killing six per sons and sending to hospitals IT other men, some with critical in- juries.
 Some of the victims--many em- ployed as street Santa Clauses-died or were hurt leaping from their quarters as the sub-freezing wealth CT turned the water from the fire mems hoses to ice.
 Mrs. Edith Gallant, who lives across the street from the dormitory operated by the Volunteers Of Am erlca. Inc, said she looked from her home and saw men, hopelessly trap ped, at the windows.
 "The fire was in back of them knew it was going to get to them It was all too much to look at. l turned away.
 Fifty one year old William G.. Wilson, who was asleep on the sec ond floor of the building when the fire began, told of staggering to window, aiding another man, and stumbling down a fire escape
 We went down. he said. Thank God we got down. I saw some of the poor devils who were trapped at the windows. They couldn't make it to the fire escape. When you see something like that you feel all tied up inside. But you're tbankful you're am. (EST) about 10 hours after the alive"
 The search for bodies ended at 10 blaze was first discovered. Forty persons were listed as safe or slight ly injured.
 The dead were listed by police as Stanley Bush, 45; Patrick Allen, TO; William Snead, 63; Michael Boyle, 59; Charles Kennev, 45 and Thomas Wallace 50
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-01
PLYMOUTH SEDAN E
 AWARDED THOMAS AT kIWANI5 DANCE

Joe Thomas, co-oWner of the Triangle Bar and Barber Shop, was awarded the Plymouth deluxe sedan at the Kiwanis dance Satur- day night.
 The Plymouth was awarded by the Kiwanis Club, and proceeds will be contributed both to the Juneau Memorial Library Fund and for the benefits of mderpriv- ileged children.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-01
Zen Trapped By Flames Meet Death Ln Fire
Where Are They!' Cries Palmer Woman, Victim
 AirIiner Crash, Seattle

SEATTLE. Dec. 1-tR-"W Where are they? Can't anyone tell me what happened to my little boy and my hustand?"
 Mrs. Josephine Johnson of Palm CT, Alaska, her face still bearing the shock of a close brush with death, asked that same question of nurses and orderlies as they rush. ed past.
 But no one at the King County Hospital could tell her. No one knew, for the rooms were crowded with doctors and nurses whose sole objective was to treat the badly injured survivors from the fiery wleckage that had once been an Alaska Airlines plane.
 "When the crash came everyone started rushing out, she related. T went back for my purse-I don't know why-and I saw my husband going out the back way. I never saw our little boy again. Where is he?"
 We were coming down to Se- attle to pick up a new car, and visit out parents in Iowa and Min nescta. We had planned it so long and now--oh, can't anyone tell we where they areP"
 No one could tell her then, for they were too busy to call New Benton Hospital where many of the victims were taken.
 Later she was to learn that her husband, Jonas lay in the Benton hospital, critically burned, and her son. Gordon, was killed in the crash.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-01
BURDI(k LEAVES ON
 COMBINATION TRIP

Charles G. Burdick, Assistant Re- gional Forester of the U. s. Forest Service, left here yesterday via Al aska Coastal Airlines for trip to Petersburg, Wrangell and Ketchi- kan From Ketchikan, he will travel via PA to Seattle to attend a court case there having to do with land litigation.
 After finishing his business in Seattle, Burdick will be joined by Mrs. Burdick. They hope to travel to Montana for their first vacation since 1889. They expect to return here after January l.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-01
White Pass Gets
 7 Narrow Gauge
 Passenger (oathes

SEATTLE, Dec. 1.-tRI-Two mar row gauge passenger coaches have been loaded on a freighter here destined for service on the White Pass and Yukon route between Whitehorse and Skagway.
 Purchased from the Sumpter Valley Railroad Company, Baker Oregon. the coaches will be re- built at Skagway. Buses have re- placed coaches on the Sumpter Valley Line.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-01
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Dec. ]. = Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4, American Can 3D., Anaconda 35Y, Curtiss- Wright 5is i, International Harvester ST, Kenne- colt 46l5, New York Central 12l2 Northern Pacific 19, us. Steel 75$4 IT Pound $403A.
 Sales today were 8UU,UUU shares
 Averages today are as follows: Industrials, 190,59; rails, 4766; utili- ties, 3297.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-01
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Denali, from Seattle. due some time tomorrow.
 Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver, 9 D. m. tomorrow.
 Baranof arrived from westward this afternoon, and sailed south.
 Alaska, from Sitka and Skagway, scheduled to arrive at a. m tomorrow southbound.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-01
FROM FIT. RICHARDSON

George L. Piper, John Bamberg, and Al T. Wilson, all of Fort Rich ardson, are registered at the Barr anof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-01
Runs Over Embankmenf af Seattle Landing : Ex-
 plodes, fhen Burns SIX OF 28 ABOARD
 VICTIMS OF ACCIDENT
Others Critically Injured in Hospitals Pilot Places
 Blame on Brakes

BULLETIN--SEATTLE, Dec. l.-Eight persons arc dead as the result Of the airpIane crash at the Seattle Tacoma airport yesterday. The eighth person to succumb to the burns re- ceived while trying to escape the flaming wreck is Johnan E. Johnson of Palmer, Alaska. Johnson's son also died in the wreck and his wife suffered minor burns.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-01
WITH VETS OFFICE

Mrs. Winifred Junge began work today in the Regional Office of the Territorial Department Of Veterans Affairs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-01
WITH FOREST SERVICE

Miss Janet Hodgman, of Ketchi- kan, began work today in the Re- gional Office of the U. $. Forest Service here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-01

! SEATTLE, Dec. 1.-tRi-The pilot 1 of four -engined Alaska rlines l transport plane which crashed and burned at the Seattle-T Tacoma air. port blamed the crash today on failure of the hydraulic brakes to 1 take the slightest hold" Seven persons died and three others were critically injured as a result of the accident late yesterday.
 The pilot, Capt James E. Farris, 37 of Seattle, told the Seattle Times that the DC-4 landed at a speed of approximately 100 miles an hour, rolled like it was on bed of ball bearings until it leaped a 60-foot embankment at the end of the airport runway. It crashed into an automobile on the highway below, killing blind wo- man in the car. The plane was flying from Anchorage, Alaska, to Seattle
 It had 28 persons aboard, 25 pas sengers and crew of three
 Three passengers were reported in critical condition at the New Benton Hospital this morning and two were listed as unsatisfactory at Harborview County Hospital.
 The others had been released af- ter treatment or were recovering from minor burns and bruises i'll the hospital.
 Scared By Flames Twenty-six of the 28 aboard the big plane scrambled from door and emergency exits or were pulled from the flames by rescuers. All, however, were scared by the gaso- 1 line-fed flames that flashed l through the fuselage. Four of the rescued died later. The latest casualty was the planes stewardess, Miss Reba Monk Iof Santa Monica, Calit.. who was credited by survivors with having led many of the passengers to saf- ety.
 List of Victims
 The other dead are.
 Fred Smith, Tacoma, Wash, who died eight hours after the crash.
 Leslie Howe. 33, Seattle and Spokane, Wash, carpenter, died in the hospital Ole Ring, Anchorage, Alaska, died of burns and injuries. Mrs. Virginia Stitsworth. 33, Ia coma, entertainer known profess sionally as Virginia Grafton Gordon Johnson, 2l-month-old son of MT and Mrs. J. E. Johnson, Palmer, Alaska.
 Smashes Parked Car Mrs. Pearl Stella Jones, 43. Se- attle, blind woman trapped in the car which the big transport smash ed as 1t careened off the field onto the intersection of the Des Moines, Wash. highway and l5sth Street.
 Ten others of the planes pas sengers and crew members were in critical condition at Seattle and Benton hospitals. Several were not expected to live. Bodies of two of the dead were not recovered until nearly four hours after the crash because of the intense heat emitting from the wreckage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-01
WEATHER REPORT

 Temperature TOT 24-Hour Period Ending 7:30 O'Clock
 This Morning In Juneau-MaXimum, 42; minimum. 34.
 At Airport-Maximum, 39; minimum, 33.
 WEATHER FORECAST
 tJuneau and Vicinity Rain and slightly warmer tonight and Tuesday. South easterly winds occasionally reaching 20 to 25 miles per hour.
 tPast 24 hours ending 73o . m today)
 PRECIPITATION In Juneau .01 inches; since July l, 53.57 innches. At Airport .0l inches; since July l, 3205 inches.
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The Nome nugget., 1947-06-02
Compulsory
 Military Training Urgent Necessity

WASHINGTON, (P)-The na- tion heard from commission of nine prominent civilians today that the compulsory training of up to $50, ,000 American youths year is an urgent military necessity" in this world of insecure peace.
 The alternative to that and other multi-billion dollar outlays for national defense is to invite 'ex- perimentation," President Tru- mans advisory commission on universal training declared. The group painted this bleak picture of the future if it's warning goes unheeded:
 For a few years-from four to ten-"our monopoly of the atomic bomb" and the availability of bat tle-trained veterans of World War II may serve as insurance against a sneak assault on the American homeland.
 But the precipitate drop in the nations state of readiness-"our military forces are hollow shell'' will encourage "those to whom weakness on the part of peace lov- ing nations is a passport to aggres- sion."
 Other countries who share our democratic ideals will lose faith.
 And then:
 "The mantle of totalitorianism will spread its darkness over still larger sections of the earth, in- creasing the peril to us and mar
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-02
Police Raid Chinese Students

CHANGHAI, R)-Chinese po- lice and army forces circled in on university students in wide areas of the country today amid rumors of a. planned Communicated up rising against the central govern ment.
 Chinese newspapers told of po- lice raids in seven major cities. At Chungking, two students are said to have been killed when garrison troops raided the university there at midnight and arrested more than 1000 persons;
 The new disorders and the re- taliatory measures by the govern ment were seen as a preliminary to nationwide demonstration in China demanding an end to the civil war. The mayor of Peiping warned of an expected fifth col umn Communist uprising. As a precautionary measure, police and the military placed national Pe- king university under quaran- tine, freezing both pedestrian and motor traffic in an area one mile square.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-02
CLEANUP NOTICE

May 18th to June 9th, 1947, has been designated as Cleanup Week by the Health Committee of the Nome Common Council.
 Property owners are requested to clean up their premisse in this specified time and place debris, boxed up or sacked near the side walk where it can be picked up by truck through City accommo- dation. It takes your cooperation to make your City place of healthful and pleasing surround ings. A tour of inspection shall be made by the Health Committee. NOME COMMON COUNCIL,
 By Carrie M. McLain,
 City Clerk. Publish May 21, 26, June 2, 6.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-02
Rotary Club
 Entertains Wives

Saturday evening the Rotary Club entertained their wives at a party given at the ACS recreation Hall. The women brought beauti- fully and cleverly decorated lunch baskets which were auctioned off the the highest bidder.
 The special program of the eve ming was a movie show, courtesy of Stan Morgan, officer in charge of the Alaska Communications System, which was enjoyed by all.
 This new recreation center is complete with game tables, bar, dance floor, etc, for the use of the ACS personnel and is located at the transmitter station site at the end of Stedman Ave.
 During the evening the Boy Scout fund was made richer through the auctioning off of a large potato and six fresh eggs which were donated by Stan and Beverly Morgan. The lowly potato bringing a price of $6.9O and the six eggs $6.10. Mrs. Joseph Kehoe carried home the potato while Chris Roust carefully guarded his prize eggs. A good time was had by all
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-02
$l,OOO,OOO Theater
 Opens, Anchorage
ANCHORAGE.

ANCHORAGE, tP)-The lat est milestone in the 51-year Alas ka career of Austin E. (CapD La .throp, the Territory's first mil lion dollar theater- drew a crowd of several thousand at open house ceremonies Friday.
 Many visitors were still arriving by plane Saturday and telegrams of congratulation came from prominent persons in the United States.
 Four large bas relief memorials, a 16-panel assembly of Alaska flora and fauna, and a large re- production of the late Sidney Lau- rence's oil painting of Mount Me Kinley are among the costly deco rations.
 Construction of the theater, be- gun in the spring of 1941, was de- layed by the war and when near ly completed last year was again handicapped by the Maritime strike, so that trucks had to carry materials over the Alaska High way.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-02

A stout man got on street car and sat down beside a very skinny man, squeezing him against the window.
 They ought to charge by weight, grumbled the thin man.
 The fat man looked at him and said: "In that case it wouldn't be worth their while stopping to pick you up"
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-02
EAST END FIRE SUNDAY
 QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED

Late last evening the fire de- partment was called out to ans wer an alarm from the east end of town.
 The fire which was in the cabin of Ed Jones, employee of the Nome Motors and located in the front stormshed and quickly ex- tinguished by the prompt arrival of the fire department.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-02
THE STRAW POLL BEGAN AS

an intermittent practice of U. S.. journalism in 1924, according to the Encyclopaedia Britannica. In that year the Harrisburg, Pennsyl- vania sent out reporters to inquire among citizens whether they were going to vote for Henry Clay, An drew Jackson, John Quincy Adams of William H. Crawford for Pres ident.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-02
NOTICE

Bids will be accepted till PM. June IA for moving St. Joseph's Hall 10 Odd Fellow lot on 3rd Ave. and placing on foundation. Hall 10 be moved by August l. For plans of foundation see s. David Mazen. ODD FELLOW -REBEKAH
 BUILDING ASSN.
 Robert F. Baldwin. SectY. Publish GA to II.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-02
NOTICE

Any person who desires 10 pur- chase a High School Annual for ls47 please send in your name 10 the High School Annual. Box 26l. Nome. Alaska. Orders must be sent within inc next two days. The annual will range in price from $2 10 $3. Ii will contain twenty photo pages.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-02

rowing the company of those on whose aid we can count in the search for lasting peace"
 The document was drafted and signed unanimously by the nine members of the commission headed by Dr. Karl T. Compton, scientist and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-02
NOTICE

Regular meeting of Arctic Ma live Brotherhood. Monday. June 2. 7:30 P.M.. at Native Club House.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-02

Nugget Ads Bring Quick Results
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-07
COLLEGES ENDORSE
SUGGESTED BUDGET
Heads OF Major Units In
State System Outline
Needs For Two Years

RALEIGH, Feb. 6.-(P-Repre-
sentatives Of the three units of the
greater university told the general
assembly's joint appropriations
committee today that although ad-
ditional permanent improvements
were urgently needed. they were
satisfied in general with the appro-
priations recommended by the adj
visory budget commission for the
next biennium.
The commission recommends
tons: University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, 81, 458, 757 for main
tenance and S 1874, 800 for per-
manent improvements; N. C. State
College at Raleigh 81, $3.50, PIT for
maintenance and Sc, 485, 1888 for per-
manent improvements; Woman's
College at Greensboro, $1,951, 786
for maintenance and SO, 1T, 600 for
permanent improvements; a n d
SOL, 1878 for general administration.
The permanent improvements
recommended for the university in
clude provisions for a four-year
medical school and teaching hos
pital at Chapel Hill to be built at a
total cost of S., 200, 900 including ST.
500, 900 in expected federal funds.
Only hints Of an impending bit
ter legislative battle yer the medi-
cal school and teaching hospital
were heard today, since the entire
program of the medical care COM
mission will be presented to the
committee at a hearing next Thurs
day evening.
Sen. R. N. Simms, Jr., Of Wake
sought to draw from Chancellor r.
B. House of the Chapel Hill unit
an admission that he regarded
other permanent improvements
recommended for the university as
more vital but House replied that
he would not put anything, any
where, at any time ahead Of the
recommendation for the medical
school.
House also described the medlca.
school as having an '~unbreakable
relationship to the unified medica
program in the state"
Victor S. Bryant of Durham.
chairman of the trustees visiting
committee for the Chapel Hill unit
told the committee that the salary
schedules for the three units were
below those of other comparable
schools, and he urged the commit
tee Ito make it possible to put il
effect a salary schedule that viii.
give us the very best possible ia.
Guilty members"
However, w. c. Carmichael, uni
versity controller, told the commit
tee that with appropriations recon-
mended by the advisory budget
commission. plus what the univer-
sity is receiving from the fedora.
government for students under the
CT Bill of Rights. The greater I'm
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-07
JAYCETTES VIEW
TUBERCULAR film
Special Movie Showing Use
Of X-Ray In Treating TB
Seen At Meeting

A film entitled, This is T. b.,
giving special emphasis on the
importance of X-ray to detect
tuberculosis in its early stages,
was shown by Miss Lucy Nash,
secretary of the New Hanover
tuberculosis and Health Associa-
ton, to members Of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce auxiliary
during their regular dinner meet
ing last night in the Friendly
cafeteria. The program Was ar
ranged in observance Of National
Health Week.
Mrs. vi LeGwih was elected
corresponding secretary Of the
auxiliary last night to replace
Mrs. William Boles who resigned
on leaving the city. Mrs. Wallace
West, president, presided over
the meeting.
Mrs. j. Y. Whedbee was induced
into the club by Mrs. Bob Howard,
vice-president.
Guests last night included Mrs.
Ray Simmerson. Mrs. Barry Hin
nant, and Miss Daisy Stackhouse.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-07

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