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VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,679
JUNEAU, ALASKA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1950
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE TEN CENTS
Red Chinese Trap Holds 20,000 UN Forces
SKAGWAY VISITING
GROUP GUESTS OF
ELKS, BIGDOINGS
Visiting Skagway Elks and Em
blem Club members start their sec
ond busy day in Juneau as the
guests of the Juneau Elks tonight
at the cocktail party and supper
hour to which all Elks are invited,
Rnd as the special entertainers dur
ing the Days of '98 dance which
will start at 9 o’clock on the dot.
The visitors’ day will end early
tomorrow morning when they will
present a variety act at Mike’s in
Douglas.
Cocktails and the buffet supper
at the Elks tonight are for ail Elks
and their ladies.
The visiting Skagwayites will be
guests of the Juneau Elks and
‘■‘cocktails will be on the house,”
according to committee members.
Other Elks, except for the group
of Skagway visitor will stand then
own cocktails and be guests of the
club at the buffet supper, which
will be prepared by the committee
of women who attended the Elks
dedication ceremonies in Skagway
in October. Mrs. Arthur Hedges is
chairman of the group.
Cocktail hour starts at 6:30 p.m.
Supper is at 8 o’clock.
And—remember Elks—Days of ’93
costumes are in order tonight if you
have them.
Today, Kangaroo Court officials
with Dishonorable Judge Pat Car
roll leading the group, have been
around town collecting fines from
members.
The Kangaroo Court will be in
session tonight at the Days of ’98
dance when the talented Skagway
visitors will be Floradora Girls and
Singing Waiters and put on their
‘‘Shooting of Dan McGrew” act.
Responsible for the Juneau plans
for the visitors is a committee
headed by Harold Fennell, Elks
Activities chairman. Pat Carroll.
James Brunette with Exalted Ruler
Wallis George and Secretary Wil
liam Biggs among the others doing
their share.
NIGHT IN BUBBLE ROOM
Last night the Skagway Elks and
Emblem Club Troupe played to
a more than a capacity house in’
the Baranof Bubble Room. Not
since the opening night of the
new Bubble Room has it seen such
a crowd. All tables were filled, more
chairs were brought in and still
about a hundred persons were
standing.
The bright, hour-long cowboy
theme program slipped easily
through the routine from one num
ber to the next without a hitch
against a corral background—com
plete with an ‘‘empty saddle” and
smokeless fire. The program was
enthusiastically received and all
are looking forward to the Days of
’98 show schedule for the Elks only
shindig tonight.
Juanita Stevenson accompanied
at .the piano and Jackie Budd play
The Washington
Merry - Go - Round
Copyright. 1950, by Bell Syndicate, Ine.t
By DItEW PEARSON
Washington — British dele
gates who left the first Truman
Attlee White House conference des
cribed their impressions as fol
lows: “When General Bradley got
through, one felt he had been kick
ed in the stomach.”
President Truman, as host, open
ed the conference by proposing to
Prime Minister Attlee that Gen.
Omar Bradley give all present an
up-to-the-minute briefing on the
military sitution in Korea. This was
agreeable.
Bradley then disclosed calmly
and solemnly that the United Na
tions forces in Korea had suffer
ed a complete collapse. He des
cribed this as the greatest mili
tary disaster in the history of the
United States.
Bradley reported that the Chinese
Communists had brilliantly and ef
fectively slashed through American
lines in such fashion as to make
the holding of anything but a small
beachhead impossible. American
casualties in the preceding four or
five days, Bradley said, had exceed
ed anything that the Allied Forces
had suffered in a comparable per
iod of World War II or World War
I. He reported that the Marines
fighting in northeast Korea were
taking the worst, beating. However,
a complete blueprint has been
completed for the evacuation of
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ed the accordion. Gary Gregg ac
companied on the guitar.
Pat Carroll emceed, tossed in a
dash of Kangaroo Court, and read
telegrams of congratulations to the
troupe from S'kagway and Minne
I apolis.
"RidiRjg Down the Santa Fe
Trail” by the entire chorus opened
i the show that ran through nine
comedy numbers. ‘Tumbling Tum
bleweeds'’ gave the group an op
i portunity to show fine harmony
| and was the outstanding selection
1 of the show. Erv Fairbanks’ song
I on the ‘‘Facts of Life” in Swedish
I dialect kept a ripple of laughter
i running through the audience.
Rolicky “Cowboy Joe” by the
chorus concluded the program.
The players’ Hawaiian routine
j will be presented at 4:30 Sunday
afternoon at the Bubble Room.
IMPERIALS WIN
IN UPSET; DITTO
BY MIKES OWLS
The highly-touted green and gold
Columbians, previously undisputed
and unchallenged champions of the
Channel League, were handed their
first defeat and biggest upset of the
season in last night’s preliminary
contest in the Juneau High School
sym.
A scrapping, determined Imperial
j five, coached by wellknown basket
; ball strategist, James Terrel, moved
into the winning circle by dumping
the favored Columbians 45 to 37 in
he season’s first overtime game.
Jack Pasquan, speedy Imperial
forward, led his team to victory by
scoring 15 points. Rebound stalwart
Rod Rohrberg contributed 11 to the
unexpected triumph.
The second affair of the evening
saw the underrated Nite Owls spring
a surprise on the Crimson Bears
from Juneau High, dropping them
in a double overtime period, 47 to 42.
For the victors, Jim Vuilie and
j Denny Merritt played spectacular
ball, each contributing by expert
ball handling and deadly set-shoot
ing to the final upset defeat.
Jim Rude, former Juneau High
School star forward, also turned in
a spectacular performance garner
ing 17 points, thereby leading his
team to victory.
First Game
Imperials fg ft tp
Pasquan . 5 5 15
Brown . 4 19
Neilsen . 113
Weed . OOO
Rohrberg . 5 1 11
Kearney . 2 0 4
Moore . 113
Ihle . 0 0 0
Total personal fouls — 14.
Free Throws missed — 8.
Columbians fg ft tp
Scott . 2 0 4
Smithberg . 5 1 11
Bonnett . 4 4 12
Forrest . 2 0 4
Kelly . 0 1 1
Hogins . 0 0 0
Manning . 0 11
Asp . 2 0 4
Total personal fouls — 14.
Free Throws missed — 5.
Second Game
Juneau High fg ft tp
Graves . 5 0 10
Engstrom . 0 0 0
Wade . 0 0 0
Pegues .. 0 0 0
Ninnis . 7 3 17
Forrest . 0 11
Carlson . 3 2 8
Martin . 2 2 6
Total personal fouls — 16.
Free Throws missed — 9.
Mikes Owls fg ft tp
Merritt . 4 19
Vill . 0 0 0
Rude . 8 1 17
Floberg . 0 0 0
Sey . 2 15
Aase . 3 0 6
Vuille . 3 3 9
Russo . 0 0 0
Total personal fouls — 13.
Free Throws missed — 15.
League Standings
W L Pet
Columbians . 3 1 .750
Nite Owls . 3 1 .750
Arctics . 2 2 .500
Imperials . 2 2 .500
Juneau H. S. 1 3 .250
Douglas H. S. 0 2 .000
MARGARET MONTE ILL
Margaret Monte, map plotter for
the U.S. Weather Bureau here, en
tered St. Ann’s hospital last eve
ning for medical treatment.
HAINES VISITORS
Wilma John and Wilma Calloway
of Haines are stopping at the Bara
nof Hotel.
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TRANSPORT
SABOTAGED
AT SEATTLE
SEATTLE. Dec. 9 — TP) — A big
Naval transport, just back from
carrying troops and supplies to Ko
rea, was sabotaged at a Seattle dock
this week.
Military and civilian investigators
pressed an intensive search today
for the saboteurs.
The incident was made public last
night by Navy Capt. M. O. Eaton,
Deputy Commander of the Military
Sea Transportation Service (MSTS)
in the North Pacific.
He said the vessel was damaged
extensively in five different places
by someone “not on our ball team.”
He did not specify what parts of
the ship had been sabotaged nor
estimate how long it would take to
make repairs.
The damage occurred while the
transport was under tight security
guard. The civilian crew had been
"screened insofar as it was possible.”
Both Eaton and other Navy officers
said it was virtually impossible for
an unauthorized person to get
aboard.
Military sources said that as far
as they knew it was the first such
act of sabotage since the outbreak
of war in Korea.
Eaton first said the damaged
transport was the Navy’s Gen. A. W.
Greely, a C-4 type of 12.000 tons.
The Greely docked here early this
week from the Orient.
However, early today Eaton’s of
fice said there was some uncertainty
over the identification; that the
damaged vessel may not have been
the Greely but another transport of
that tonnage and type.
MURPHY IS
WINNER IN
BEAU BOUT
NEW YORK. Dec. 8—<0—Irish
Bobby Murphy, a slugging, give
and-take fighter of the old school,
today clamored for a title shot at
light heavyweight champion Joey
Maxim.
And if Cleveland Joey is search
ing for an opponent with color, and
crowd appeal, he’d better grab off
this 28-year-old ex-Gob, in a
hurry. The redhead from San Diego
is red hot now and a fight with
Maxim would pack Madison Square
Garden.
For Murphy, who ran his latest
knockout string to 11 in a row,
wowed the G.6G7 fans $20,743 gross!
in the Garden and millions of radio
listeners and television viewers
with a smash performance in stop
ping rugged Jimmy Beau in 1:56 of
the seventh round last night.
It was red-haired Bobby’s 49th
knockout victory in 55 pro fights
and he’s not going to waste any
time posting a title challenge.
Beau, who was outweighted 165 '4
to 170, won two of the first three
torrid rounds. But Murphy switched
to a body attack in the fourth and
wore down the rugged 20-year-old
New Canaan, Conn., gamester with
his withering left hooks and upper
cuts.
DEVINNEY TO SEATTLE
TODAY FOR SPECIAL
MEDICAL ATTENTION
James Devinney, who was injured
j at the Chicagof Mine, is being taken
! to Seattle today, accompanied by
I Mrs. Victor Vinson, a nurse. He
will go to Dr. S. N. Berens for med
ical treatment. It was necessary to
remove one eye and he suffered
| serious head injuries,
: The accident in which Devinney
: was injured occurred Tuesday after
j noon at the Chicagof mine when
| a piece of an exploding engine
1 struck him. He suffered fractures
to his upper right jaw, nose and
skull with injuries to his brain,
also. Devinney was brought in on a
special flight by Alaska Coastal
Airlines with Dr. Joseph Rude in
attendance. Dr. Rude operated Wcd
j nesday morning to remove Devin
jney's right eye.
NEW TRIAL WON |
ON CONFESSION
BY ALASKA MAN
I
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i SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 9—MB— I
Introduction of a confession pur
portedly obtained by “psychological'
intimidation" won a new trial for i
: an Alaskan accused of murder and
rape.
Justice Homer T. Bone of the,
United States Circuit Court of Ap- :
i peals, with Justice William Healy !
\ concurring, reversed the conviction
! of Harvey L. Carignan, 22, convicted !
| of murder and rape near Anchorage,
Alaska.
Justice Walter L. Pope dissented.
He said the confession was volun- ,
tary and the conviction should
stand.
The court record indicated that
when Carignan was taken to t.he i
U.S. Marshal's office he was shown
religious pictures and told:
“Look into the eyes of Christ.” j
He then was asked if he wished j
to make a confession. He did.
The defense argued that he was j
thus subjected to "psychological in
timidation.” Justice Bone's majority :
j opinion rejected this argument but j
j ordered a new trial on the grounds ;
i that the confession should not have
I been admitted in the trial,
j “Cases like this induce the sense j
' of frustration and futility which
i now assails too many people,” Jus- !
Mice Bone commented. “At a time:
i when organized and unorganized!
< lawlessness and gangsterism of the j
1 most vicious sort constitutes a most
terrifying threat to our entire social I
order and, what is more ominous j
right now, to the peace of the en- j
j tire world.”
BIG ALERT
SCHEDULED !
WESTWARD!
I - I
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 9—
j i.fi—Alaska military forces, under
! an alert since outbreak of Korean ;
! hostilities, will hold a full-scale
j quickie alert today at nearby Fort |
: Richardson and Elmendorf Air
i Force base.
; A two to three hour exercise calls j
for the defenders to try to stop a
j simulated airborne invasion. The
! alert is set for 8:30 a.m., (1:30 p.m. i
lEST) a spokesman said:
"This alert is just a continuation
of our regular training program.
It is intended to re-test communi
cations and the ability of our per
sonnel to report to battle stations
with speed.”
SHEMYA BLACKED Ol'T
TOKYO, Dec. 9—(AS—Associated ;
Press Photographer Ed Johnson re- j
ported on his arrival from Seattle 1
that Shemya Lsiand, in the far
western Aleutians, was blacked out
before dawn today.
Several practice blackouts have
been held on the land recently.
Johnson was on the island an
hour and a half while his North- !
western Airlines plane refueled. He
is enroute to Korea.
PAN AM BRINGS 30
AND TAKES 21 SOUTH
Pan American World Airways
was back on schedule yesterday with
130 arrivals and 21 departures for
j the south.
From Seattle: Pat and Eunice
I Flynn, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hobbs, j
John and Vicky Jones. William
; Reedy, O. Schonher, C. Spiefgle.'
! Dan and Mary Stanworth, Don and
| Javan Beitinger, R. Berg. Evelyn j
; Day, Edward Erickson, Audrey
Lind, Milton Lawrensen. Mr. and
Mrs. I. J. Montgomery, Juan Munoz.
Harry and Lois Nicholet and infant
Robin, Keith Pincutt, Karolm Reit
linger, Bill Twenhoffel.
From Annette: Robert Baker,'
Mrs. B. A. Cochran, C. D. Bloom
field.
For Annette: S. Hughes.
For Seattle: John Woodruff. Mr. j
and Mrs. Tom Brown, Frank Heint- j
j zleman, Joe Patterson, Mrs. Fred
Younker and son Tom. W. T. Bat- |
1 trick. Martin Mackey. A Tottemoff. j
i Paul Pack, Gertrude Parrish, Fred i
Manley, T. Boaul, Dewey Long, !
'Louis Orel, H..* T. Bosworth, W.
Marcus. Marsh Beartt.v, Mrs. Erim
J Erickson.
PRESIDENT
TALKS OUT
ON CRITIC
—
Newspaperman Roasts
Daughter'sSinging-Tru
man Gets Sarcastic
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 — Ml — j
President Truman’s knuckle-crack- 1
ing letter to a music critic who pan- |
ned his daughter’s singing pro- i
voked chuckles and some sharp Re- i
publican comment today.
In the free-swinging style he!
sometimes uses in private conver- j
sations with friends, the President I
let go at Paul Hume, critic for the !
Washington Post. Hume had said in
his review that Margaret Truman’s
singing last Tuesday night at a well- ’
attended concert was “flat a good j
deal of the time.”
Few outside of the President and J
Hume professed publicly knowing j
just what Mr. Truman said. But I
the Washington Daily News quoted 1
the President in an irate-father vein '
like this:
“I have just read your lousy re- ,
view buried in the back pages. You j
sound like a frustrated old man who j
never made a success, an eight- j
ulcer man on a four-ulcer job and I
all four ulcers working.
“I never met you but if I do;
you’ll need a new nose and plenty
of beeksteak and perhaps a sup- i
porter below.
"Westbrook Pegler, a guttersnipe,
is a gentleman compared to you, j
You can take that as more bf an -
insult than as a, reflection on your ,
ancestry.”
In New York, Pegler, a news
columnist often critical of Mr. Tru- i
man’s administration said:
"It is a great tragedy that in this j
awful hour the people of the United
States must accept in lieu of lead
ership the nasty malice of a Presi
dent whom Bernard Baruch in a
similar incident called a rude, un
couth, ignorant man. Let us pray.” :
Some who said they had seen
the letter described the President’s
language as even more earthy than
the publicized version. Hume said
the letter, written in longhand on
White House stationery and signed
“H.S.T.” was similar to the pub
lished version "but not quite iden- |
tical.”
wmie Hume was mennea 10 ex
cuse "an outburst of temper," at
least one Republican Senator wasn't j
quite so charitable.
Senator Watkins (R-Utah) told
a reporter:
“That is what you have to ex
pect. This is in line with some of
the comments the President has
made before when his guardians
w-ere not there to take care of
him.”
Most Democrats in Congress ap
parently assessed the incident as a
human sort of reaction by a proud
papa whose daughter’s art wasn’t
appreciated as he thought it should
be.
On a concert tour in the south.
Miss Truman said yesterday in
Nashville. Tenn., "Mr. Hume is a j
fine critic and has a perfect right
to say whatever he thinks.”
VETS COMMISSIONER
RETURNS; BOARD TO
MEET HERE JANUARY
The annual meeting of the Board
of the Territorial Commission of
Veterans Affairs will be held in Ju- i
neau within the first 10 days of
January, the definite date to be set
in the near future, Floyd Guertin,
Commissioner said today.
Guertin returned this week from
a three weeks’ vacation trip to the ]
states. He was accompanied by Mrs. i
Guertin and their little daughter,
Barbara. The family visited at j
Highlands Park in North Chicago |
with Mrs. Guertin’s mother. Mrs.!
J. D. Zook with whom they spent
the Thanksgiving holidays. The |
temperature was five degrees be-1
low zero in Chicago Thanksgiving |
Day, Guertin said.
Westbound the three visited with j
Mr. Guertin's mother, Mrs. F. M.
Guertin in Spokane, Wash.
LINDS HERE
Mr. and Mrs. John Lind of Nomes j
Point CAA station are at the Bara- j
nof Hotel. Mrs. Lind arrived yester- |
day from Seattle on PAA and Lind j
flew down from Anchorage on I’NA. j
"Grand Prize Baby"
Lester Massengill, 29 months old, was adjudged "grand prize baby”
In a field of 5,244 baby rivals at a public ceremony at Detroit, Mieli.,
is held by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George L. Massengill. Mr. Mas
sengill is a Negro. Mrs. Massengill, a former WAC, is white. (/PI
Wirephoto.
SUPPLIES,
RED AREAS,
CUT OFF
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 — UP),—
American ships and planes have '
been forbidden to haul war-useful ■
goods to Russia and her satellites.
The tough, new order issued by
the Commerce Department is aimed
at such items as weapons, atomic
materials and strategic industrial
products. Effective immediately, it
applies to traffic between ports
everywhere in the world.
Shortly after it was announced
the Collector of Customs at Hon
olulu ordered three ships held In
port until cargo for Red China is
unloaded.
The ships were the Pioneer Wave
of the American Pioneer Lines, the
F. J. Luckenbach of the Luckenbach {
Lines and the American Transport j
of the Pacific Transport Lines.
Shipments can’t even be dropped
off at non-Communist ports or air
fields if they are destined for for
oidden areas.
The order, issued under the De
fense Production Act, came from
Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming, Trans
oortation Chief operating under the
Commerce Department.
It rounded out a series of steps
barring shipments to Red areas
from America, via America or on
American carriers of materials that
night strengthen Communist
irmies.
:G STORIES RETURNS
FROM SUPPLY RUN TO
ALEUTIAN STATIONS
The Coast Guard Storis docked
ate yesterday afternoon at the
mbport from a supply run of
ibout a month to light stations in
he Aleutian Islands. The run was
lelayed by bad weather causing
difficulties in making landings of
supplies including oil at several
stations in the chain. The Storis
rroke six inch Ice at Hood Bay on
he return trip so that the freighter
Forester could take supplies to the
)wen Brihers logging camp there.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Denali from Seattle scheduled to
arrive Monday night.
Princess Norah scheduled to sail!
from Vancouver Wednesday.
Baranof from west, scheduled to
arrive Sunday noon southbound.
AT THE BARANOF
Harold A. Stover of the Storis
is at the Baranof Hotel. j
30 YEAR
SENTENCE
FOR GOLD
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 9— i/B —
Harry Gold, slim, dark haired re
search chemist, today was sentenc
ed to 30 years in prison as the
sell-confessed courier of a Russian
atomic spy ring—a crime he told
the court was a "terrible mistake.”
Gold, was sentenced by U. S.
District Judge James P. McGran
ery to two terms of 30 years each,
to run concurrently. He was charg
ed with espionage in wartime,
which carries a maximum penalty
of death. The Federal Government
had recommended 25 years in pri
son.
The soft-spoken 39-year-old Phil
adelphian received the sentence
calmly after a brief statement be
fore the bar. He said:
"Nothing has served more since
my arrest to prove to me what a
terrible mistake I made than the
manner in which my court-ap
pointed counsel have worked on my
behalf, despite personal criticism
and invective.
Gold, who will be 40 years old
Tuesday, pleaded guilty to acting as
a go-between in delivering atomic
secrets from Dr. Klaus Fuchs, con
fessed British spy, to Russian
agents.
CAULEY TO LEAVE
SUNDAY FOR VACATION
Mr. and Mrs, James Cauley and
son Charles are leaving on the Bar
anof for a vacation in the states.
They plan to go to St. Paul, Minn.,
to visit Cauley’s mother, Mrs. P.
H. Cauley, for Christmas. From
there they will go on to Coeymans,
N. Y„ to visit Mrs. Cauley’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Clouse.
Cauley will return to his duties
as fiscal officer in the Employ
ment Security Commission office
here about mid-January, while Mrs.
Cauley and son Charles will re
main with her parents until spring.
Cauley plans to see some basket
ball and hockey games while in
the states.
FED. PURCHASING AGENTS
VISIT ALASKA DEPARTMENTS
G. R. Sessions and Glenn Bower
sox of the General Services Admin
istration Federal Purchasing Agency
in Seattle, conferred yesterday in
Juneau with the heads of federal
agencies here regarding require
ments for their offices for the 1951
year. They left today on similar
missions to Anchorage and Fair
banks.
DOUGHBOYS,
NARINES IN
BIG BATTLE
Trying to Link-up with
Rescue Column-Enemy
Lines Are Shelled
(By the Associated Press)
Some 20,000 U.S. Marines and
Doughboys of the Allied 10th Corps,
seeking to break out of a Fted Chi
nese trap in the Changjin reservoir
area of northeast Korea, neared a
linkup today with * a northbound
rescue column. Marine patrols
pushed three miles south of Koto on
the road to Hamhung and the port
of Hungnam.
Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, UN.
Naval Commander, said his ships
are standing off Hungnam in the
Sea of Japan, ready to meet “any
eventuality.” He apparently meant
a “Little Dunkerque" will be at
tempted to save ground forces able
to fight their way through to
Hungnam.
Rattling 100,000
The greatly outnumbered Marines
and Doughboys were battling 100,000
Chinese Reds and blizzard blasts ,
with the new hope of rescue and
evacuation. The Marine patrols on
both sides of the road set up flank
protection for the main body of
retreating troops. In the first stages
of their withdrawal from the re
servoir area to Koto, the troops
had no flank protection but many
got through. Now their chances of
driving through the Chinese wall
south of -Koto seem good.
Planes in Action
With skies blue and clear, C-47
transport planes began landing at
Koto to evacuate wounded. A wave
of planes came overhead soon after
sunrise. They worked over Chinese
Reds on both sides of the road,
after U.N. artillery poured shells
against the hills all night.
Massed U.S. artillery was blasting
clear the aproaches to the breakout
road from a forward position not
many miles south of the Marine
Army column. A Chinese prisoner
said the harassing artillery fire was
effective, killing or wounding 40
men in his company last night.
American officers said the firepower
should ease the last escape stretch
ihead of the column.
Blocking Escape
Four or more Chinese divisions
are attempting to block the escape.
An American officer said they were
attempting a double envelopment
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• WEATHER REPORT •
• Temperatures for 24-Hour Period •
• ending 6:20 o'clock this morning •
• In Juneau—Maximum, 41; •
• minimum, 34. •
• At Airport—Maximum, 38; •
• minimum, 32. •
• •
• FORECAST •
• (Juneau and Vicinity! •
• Mostly cloudy with occa- •
• sional rain tonight and Sun- •
• day. Low temperature to- •
• night near 34 and high Sun- •
• day near 38. •
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• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 34 hours ending 7 30.a in today •
• City of Juneau—0.03 inches; •
• since Dec. 1 — 1.83 inches; •
• since July 1—35.07 inches. •
• At Airport — 0.01 inches; •
• since Dec. 1 — 1.23 inches; •
• since July 1—24.35 inches. •
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