World Briefs From Shanghai To Washington
A Chinese spokesman claims central China battles damaged Japanese forces with two thousand Japanese deaths along the Yellow River. A smallpox outbreak in a city sees ten thousand daily vaccinations. In Spain, Franco’s offensive plans face delays due to cold and floods and he is said to be ill with influenza. In Washington, Senate and House leaders confer with President Roosevelt as WPA relief funds risk exhaustion by February 1.
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Shanghai
China
Yellow River
WASHINGTON — _ Senate
House
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
King forms five man commission on Alaska Highway project
Ottawa Premier Mackenzie King names a five man commission to report on the Alaska International Highway project and to confer with the U S commission appointed by President Roosevelt this fall.
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Ottawa
Canada
Makenzie King
Roosevelt
Prince Olav and Crown Princess Martha to visit Hyde Park
The State Department says Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Martha of Norway will be guests of President and Mrs Roosevelt at Hyde Park during their American visit next fall.
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Washington
State Department
Crown Prince
Olav
Crown Princess
Martha
Norway
Mrs. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Japanese-Russian fishing talks end without agreement
Tokyo reports no accord after seventh interview between Shigenori Togo ambassador to Moscow and Foreign Commissar Litvinoff. Dispute concerns Japanese rights off the Siberian coast in the fishing treaty.
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Tokyo
Foreign Office
Shigenori Togo
Moscow
Litvinoff
Siberian
AMA Indicted with Physicians in Sherman Anti-Trust Case
The Federal land jury charges the American Medical Association three local medical societies and 21 physicians with violating the Sherman act. Named defendants include AMA Secretary Dr. Olin West and Journal editor Dr. Morris Fishbein for allegedly blocking cooperative medical groups and denying society membership to joining physicians. Norman Thomas condemns Nazi brutality while the Federal Reserve Board notes a sharp rise in production in autos and steel.
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Washington
Federal Land Jury
American Medical Association
Olin West
The
AMA
Morris Fishbein
Medical Association
Federal Reserve Board
Hadland Gains Ground with Fisheries Officials in Seattle
John A. Hadland, aboard the Bureau of Fisheries vessel Brant, returns from Seattle after conferring with officials on Alaska salmon purse seiners issues. He reports a permanent six-man advisory board and proposed removal of traps at Point Berry and Point Baker, with broader talks urged before 1939 regulations.
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John A. Harland
Bureau of Fisheries
Brant
Seattle
Alaska Salmon Purse Seiners Union
Hadland
Alaska
Point Berry
Point Baker
Dr. Davidson
Bureau
Frank T. Bell
Lemuel G. Wingard
Chambers of Commerce
Ketchikan
Wrangell
Rake
Petersburg
George Case
City council debates grounding power lines and fire alarm study
City officials discussed grounding Main Street power lines to improve radio reception with City Light Department to start the work. Fire Chief notes support for a fire alarm system to skip telephone calls, but committee review delayed action. Health Officer cites unsatisfactory town water tests from Juneau sanitary survey.
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City Council
A. M. Maulding
Maulding
Main Street
City Light Department
Fryer
Fire Department
Rude
Territorial Department of Sanitation
Juneau
Schwamm and Hansen Return With New Waco Plane
Pilot Tony Schwamm and co-pilot Trygve Hansen returned to Petersburg in a new red Waco five place cabin seaplane. They flew from Ketchikan aboard the Baranof and avoided Puget Sound fog to reach Petersburg Air Service. The craft features a side fuselage door for patients, 145 mph top speed, 125 mph cruising speed, high pressure automatic lubrication, air heaters, and radio gear awaiting reinstallation. ambulance capability enhances first aid service for the year ahead.
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Tony” Schwamm
Trygve Hansen
Petersburg Air Service
Ketchikan
Baranof
Seattlé
Puiget
Petersburg
Waco
Are These Your Neighbors Radio Safety Tips
Radio engineer A M Maulding reports that few homes were visited last week while several local businesses cooperated in an appliance filtering campaign. He explains homeowners can reduce radio noise by inspecting meters fuse plugs wiring light globes and cords and by calling an electrician if needed. Next week he will discuss silencing noisy BX wiring.
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A. M. Maulding
Knud Stetislid
Robert Allen
Recreation
People’s Drug Company
Geo. Reynolds
Maulding
Benjamin Holm Very Ill in Seattle
Mr and Mrs L T Swanson report Benjamin Holm brother of Mrs Swanson is critically ill with miliary tuberculosis at the Marine Hospital in Seattle He returned from an auto trip east with his parents earlier this year and has spent many years in Petersburg working at the Pacific American Fisheries Cannery and in the Telephone Exchange He is a long time Petersburg resident known as Behnie.
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L. T. Swanson
Benjamin Holm
Pacific American Fisheries Cannery
Vikings Open Season Against Wrangell Institute
Coach Les Wingard leads the Vikings in their first interscholastic contest. They face Wrangell Institute next week after recent wins by the Town Team and a prior Wrangell quintet. Institute is described as stronger this year with a fast lineup.
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Les Wingard
Vikings
Wrangell Institute
Happy Tappers
Wrangell
Viking
CCC
Institute
S. Institute
Ralph Mize
Wrangell Independents
Wrangell Town
Wrangell High School
Independents
Miguel Zamora Found Guilty of Arson in Salva Case
A nine man and three woman jury returned a guilty verdict against Miguel Zamora for the arson fire that destroyed the John Salva residence. Judge George Alexander has not yet sentenced Zamora. A.D.A. William Folta prosecuted. defense was Mildred Hermann. The petit jury was dismissed and ordered to report January 3 at 10 a.m.
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Miguel Zamora
John Salva
George Alexander
Zamora
William Folta
Mildred Hermann
District Court
Petit Jury
Petersburg Forum Reopens January 8 After Holidays
The Petersburg discussion group adjourned for Christmas and will resume at the school January 8 at 3 p.m. R Warfield L Wingard and A R Boyer spoke on mayor council commission and city manager forms and the discussion was lively. City Clerk Carroll Clausen will present town financial data including bonded debt revenues expenditures and tax distribution.
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Petersburg
R. Warfield
L. L. Wingard
A. R. Boyer
Carroll Clausen
Gallup finds voters seek more Congress control of spending
A Gallup survey shows voters increasingly favor greater control by Congress over public spending. The findings highlight demand for tighter oversight and budgeting power in federal financial decisions.
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Gallup
Congress
Survivors Reach Lituya Bay As Rescue Teams Move In
Sixteen Patterson crew members reached Lituya Bay yesterday with four Coast Guard guides. Haida and Cyane crews landed at the bay to ferr y survivors and supplies while the Cyane returned to Port Althorp for Ju neau transport. Ensign Ralph Dean and Seaman Van Gorden were hospitalized in Juneau. Prior rescue included Pilot Sheldon Simmons making a mercy flight to Sea Otter Creek with guide Nels Ludwigson. Two survivors named as least able to trek were Chief Engineer Clara McDowell and Third Mate Steve Johnson. Relatives recount deaths of Chief Mate Gustav Swanson and Able Seaman Jimmy Moore during the wreck.
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Patterson
Lituya Bay
Cape Fairweather
Coast Guard
Haida
Cyane
Navy
Sitka
Port Althorp
Juneau
Ralph Dean
van Gorden
Alaska Air Transport
Sheldon Simmons
Sea Otter Creek
Simmons
Nels Ludwigson
Clara McDowell
Steve Johnson
Mt. McKinley
Seattle
Gustav Swanson
Jimmy Moore
Swanson
Moore
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Franco
Norman Thomas
Chicago
Barbara Beebe
Iowa
Hubert Littlefield
Louisiana
Jeffie Poland
Kendall Wilson
Gerald Hawley
Nebraska
Louise Johnson
Alabama
Britt Phillips
Georgia
Ruth Mason
North Carolina
Bureau Fisheries
Eastern Star
Northern Light Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Sons of Norway Hall
Lulu MacKechnie
West Coast
Icy Straits
Cordova
Copper River
Prince William Sound
Kodiak Island
Bristol Bay
Schwamm, Hansen
M.S. Patterson Crew
P.H.S. Vs. Institute
Forum
Garner
Hull
Methodist Episcopal Church In
United States
Pierry
Marie Curie
Bunker ‘Hill
Acton
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