Dimond Returns to Capital on Yukon Voyage
Alaska Delegate Anthony Dimond, en route to Washington for the January congressional session, spoke on Alaska defense needs from radio station KINY after a Yukon port call. He praised Governor Gruening, defended the Troy administration and noted the Juneau Douglas bridge as a Troy achievement.
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Alaska
Anthony Dimond
Yukon
Fairbanks
KINY
Pacific
Sitka
Kodiak
Anchorage
Continental
United States
Dimond
Seattle
Juneau
Gruening
Russia Expelled by League of Nations over Finland invasion
The League of Nations expelled Russia from membership after its Finnish invasion. Moscow radio attacked the Swedish Social Democratic Party while Geneva officials announced secret steps to coordinate arms and ammunition supplies to Finland. The League also voted to support Finland.
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Russia
League of Nations
Moscow
Social Democratic Party
Geneva
League
Finland
Local WPA Sewer Project Approved
A telegram from Governor Gruening's office states that a WPA grant for sewers on E, FP and G Streets has been approved in Washington and will likely be available in about two weeks. The grant totals around $12,000 and all who wish to work must register at the City Clerk's Office, regardless of prior WHA project experience.
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Gruening
Washington
Bremen Returns To Germany Safely
Bremen, the German luxury liner, evaded a British blockade and returned from Murmansk to Bremen. Nazi officials hailed the voyage while London acknowledged a submarine was nearby but did not attack, prompting questions in British papers.
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Bremerhaven
Bremen
Murmansk
North Sea
London
Admiralty
Daily Mail
CIO Cannery Workers Press Ickes On Advisory Committee
The Frederick Sound Cannery Workers Union urged Secretary Harold Ickes to add organized labor representation to the Pacific Coast Fishery Advisory Committee, currently dominated by a banker, a cannery official, and an attorney. The union also noted more work for shrimp pickers and urged contacting the business agent, and recommended Kayler Company products be advertised in the Consumers' Journal as 100 percent union.
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Frederick Sound
Nakat Packing Corporation
W. C. Arnold
Ketchikan
Alaska
Kayler Company
Consumers’ Journal
Allies purchase shares in pooled venture
A fragmented report indicates allies may buy shares in a pooled venture with an emphasis on equal distribution. The text shows broken phrases about shares and governance, suggesting a joint investment or collaborative ownership structure under consideration.
Chamber of Commerce seeks federal building and harbor support
At its Wednesday meeting the Cham ber of Commerce urged a federal building for Petersburg and asked for an extension of the Mitkof Highway via letters to federal officials. The group discussed stationing a Coast Guard Cutter here, harbor mooring space, and awaited a health report on the city water supply with chemical and bacteriological tests pending.
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Chamber of Commerce
Petersburg
Industries and Development Committee
Mitkof Highway
M. D. Williams
Public Roads Administration
B. Frank Heintzleman
Juneau
Coast Guard
Sitka
L. T. Swanson
Territorial
Department of Health
Kaarlo Nasi
War Handicaps Santa Washington
Due to the European war, Santa Claus and the U S Post Office Department are impeded. Neither can promise delivery of packages or mail in the war zones.
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Washington
Europe
Santa Claus
U. S. Post Office Department
Planes Report Naval Battle Near Jutland Scene
Reports filtered from London say a squadron of German warships challenged the British blockade by entering the North Sea near Jutland. The Royal Air Force sighted a German battleship a cruiser several destroyers and submarines in a bitter denial fight.
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London
North Sea
Jutland
Royal ‘Bir
Royal Air Force
British Planes Rev Up To Outpace German Air Supremacy
British aircraft factories are said to be turning out airplanes at a rate exceeding one per hour, with production well over a thousand monthly in efforts to gain air superiority over Germany. The reports describe fast assembly lines and ramped up output from British plants in Washington D C.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
Finland pays war debt installment as others fail
Finland remitted 234000 to meet a war debt installment while Hungary paid 9800 as a token payment. a dozen other nations said they could not raise funds amid the ongoing conflict with Russia in Washington D C.
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Washington, D. C
Russia
Finland
Hungary
James Roosevelt to Make Movies in Hollywood Debut
Samuel Goldwyn announced James Roosevelt, son of the President, will produce several films in Hollywood. Roosevelt has worked with Goldwyn for about a year as fiscal agent.
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James Roosevelt
Hollywood
Samuel Goldwyn
Roosevelt
Governor Gruening to Speak on Radio KINY Tonight
Governor Ernest Gruening will address listeners on Radio KINY at 7:45 PM in Juneau. The program commemorates the 148th anniversary of ratification of the Bill of Rights and is held at the Northern Lights Presbyterian Church auditorium.
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Ernest Gruening
KINY
Governor Gruening
Northern Lights Presbyterian Church
Juneau
Government Revenues Expected to Surpass Six Billion
Washington experts anticipate total revenues for the current fiscal year will exceed 6.0 billion dollars while expenditures may reach about 9.5 billion. The resulting deficit is projected near 8.5 billion dollars for the year ending June 30.
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Washington
Final Appeal to Russia for Truce
Helsinki reports Finland’s Foreign Minister Vaino Tanner urged Russian Foreign Minister Molotov to suspend hostilities and restart talks based on small nations’ self determination. He recalled Moscow’s prior stance and Sweden and U.S. mediation offers rejected. The air remains open for dialogue. In northern Finland Soviet artillery targeted Karélian defenses as Finnish forces held off the larger army.
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Helsinki
Finland
Vaino Tanner
Molotoff
Tanner
Kremlin
Russia
Moscow
United States
Sweden
League of Nations
Karélian
Alaska CCC training program aims to build skilled workers
Alaska CCC under Forest Service supervision starts training in Juneau area. Alva W. Blackerby leads the program as Personnel Training Officer. It blends on the job instruction with off the job lessons, emphasizing neatness, reliability and safety. Truck driving and bulldozer operation are among promising skills.
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Juneau
CCC
Alva W. Blackerby
Alaska
Forest Service
HY ‘Kazee
Bureau of Mines
Germans Repair Graf Spee as Allies Mass Naval Power
In Montevideo the Admiral Graf Spee crew bury their dead while Allied forces deploy heavy cruisers off Uruguay. British Cumberland may join patrols, and Dunkirque plus Ajax and Achilles rumored to relocate to confront the Nazi battleship.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Graf Spee
Cumberland
Buenos Aires
Dunkirque
Ajax
Achilles
Spee
Admiral Spee
Exeter
Naval clash off Montevideo leaves Exeter disabled
Graf Spee engaged three British cruisers Ajax Achilles and Exeter in the Plata estuary. Exeter put into Buenos Aires with heavy damage while Ajax and Achilles headed for the Atlantic. Graf Spee reported 30 to 40 dead and over 50 wounded. Mustard gas claim denied by Admiralty. Sailors from nine sunk British merchant vessels were released afterwards.
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Montevideo
Graf Spee
Ajax
Achilles
Exeter
Admiral Spee
Plata
Buenos Aires
Atlantic
London
Admiral Spee Trapping Sparks British News Rejoicing
London celebrates the capture of the Admiral Spee as welcome news after the Bremen returns to Germany from running the British North Sea blockade, signaling a shift in maritime pressure during wartime.
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London
Spee
Bremen
Germany
Most Effective Army Urged for U S
Senator Thomas of Oklahoma reported to Congress that inspectors on a 14,000 mile tour concluded the United States should seek the most effective army rather than the largest. He said the committee would push bigger airports fewer but larger army posts faster semi automatic rifles modern artillery and urgent air raid defense measures.
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Washington, D. C
Thomas
Oklahoma
Congress
United States
Refugee Children Sent Home From England
Three thousand Spanish refugee children sent to England during the civil war have been returned to Spain. Five hundred more await transportation and another five hundred will remain in England due to lack of homes.
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London
England
Spain
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