Alaska coal lease debate stirs Cordova and Anchorage chambers
Cordova and Anchorage chambers clash over coal leasing law with calls for changes to free oil land development. The Cordova chamber opposes the current law and backs Walsh Pittman reforms, while the Anchorage group urges liberal legislation to attract capital and develop fuel resources.
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Masquerade Ball Prizes Highlight Cordova Event
Preparations for a New Year masquerade ball in Cordova promise the town’s biggest social event. Prizes include a bathrobe, cut glass, electric lamp, cigars, a silk umbrella, and cash awards, with numerous donated items from local merchants and firms.
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Paul Bloedhorn
Cordova Drug Co
H. A. Slater
R. F. Hegg & Co
O'Brien & Simpson
Transport Sun By An Enemy Submarine
The old French cruiser Chauteaurenault, used as a transport, was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean on December fourteenth. The submarine that destroyed her also sank ten other cruisers, and the entire crew was lost.
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Associated Press
Paris
Chauteaurenault
Mediterranean Sea
Government changes rifle type aid to war effort
Washington report shows ordinance makers spent millions aligned with war department needs. Manufacturers testified that the switch to a new rifle type allowed use of superior ammunition and aided intended war orders. The testimony also touched on practical jokes and fashion notes in a closing aside.
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Senate
War Department
Cleanup progress in Seattle praised by police chief
Seattle reports progress in a military quarantine cleanup as Chief of Police Joseph Warren, formerly of Nome, meets General Irons at Camp Lewis. Warren asks for permission to give Seattle a Christmas greeting and the general expresses satisfaction with the work.
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Joseph Warren
Nome
General Irons
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Christmas dinner endorsed to conserve war foods
The food administration endorses an old fashioned Christmas dinner of turkey goose and vegetables to conserve red meats fats and other war foods during wartime.
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Washington, D. C
The
Food Administration
Winter Wheat Crop Slips to Record Low Condition
United Press reports for December 19 that despite record large acreage the winter wheat crop in the United States is in its worst condition on record. December 1 forecasts predicted 45 million bushels from 42 billion acres sown.
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Partment of Agriculture
Miners Urged to Take Christmas Week Off Instead of Two Weeks
United mine workers in Indianapolis call on coal miners to suspend work only on Christmas and New Year Day due to a coal shortage, instead of the customary two weeks of holiday shutdowns.
General Sarrail Recalled From Macedonian Front
Dec 19 report states General Sarrail, commander on the Macedonian front, has been recalled by Allied command. General Guillemet and Lehman are mentioned in the surrounding dispatches detailing leadership changes.
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Guillemet
Lehman
Storm's runoff halts rail and bridge links in Seattle
Dec 19 Seattle reports no rail service from the city and southern and east bridges down after yesterday's storm. Mud slides and floods are abating as northwest recovery continues.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Teutons Press Italian Line Near Monte Solarolo
Teutons push to break Italian defense with attempts to rush to the Venetan plains. Monte Solarolo emerges as a focal point of fighting while west of Brenta forces attack in the mountains.
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Seditious Talk Results in Two Arrests in Alaska
Federal officials, led by Deputy Marshal Fursman and District Attorney Manley, arrested Joe Janey and Bob Schmith in Cordova for seditious talk supporting the Kaiser and opposing the Red Cross. The men, formerly at City Bakery, face internment decisions as cases move to Washington authorities. Hartwig and Kiesling aided the investigation.
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Alaska
Joe Janey
Bob Schmith
Marshal Fursman
Manley
Cordova
Kaiser
United States
Red Cross
Messrs. Hartwig
Schmith
Zeneral Washington
Frank Gotch Resting After Funeral in Humboldt
The remains of Frank Gotch, the champion heavyweight wrestler, were buried today in Humboldt Iowa with Governor Harding among the attendees. The event followed a day of public mourning as preachers debated moral issues and the community reflected on Gotch’s legacy.
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Frank Gotch
Harding
Tracy acquitted in riots faces new timber plot charge
TI Tracy, an I. W. W. leader, was acquitted of murder in the Everett riots and has been indicted for plotting to burn timber in the Olympia forest reservation. Three of Tracy's companions have been convicted of conspiracy to burn forests. Tracy has not yet been arrested.
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TI Tracy
Everett
Olympia Forest Reservation
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Navy Building 424 Ships as War Powers Tested
Secretary Daniels testified before the house naval sub committee reviewing wartime activities. He described the navy building 424 ships while stressing the challenge of supplying gun crews to merchant vessels and expressing pride in wartime performance.
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Tary Daniels
House Naval Sub-Committee
Daniels
Germans Make A Raid On London
Sixteen and twenty German aircraft raided England last night. Ten people were killed and twenty injured in London with five more injured outside the city. The raiders were split into six groups aiming for London, but only five reached the capital. The British forced one plane to crash in the English Channel and another is believed to have gone down.
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England
London
English Channel
Prospector Hs New Manin Methods
Governor Strong lauds the prospector as essential in mining history and notes a shift to new methods and science. He laments the passing of the old-time prospector while describing Alaska’s harsher, less prospectable terrain and the solitary livelihood of early prospectors.
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Strong
United States
Alaska
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