Alaska Army Flier Killed in Plane Breakup Crash
First Lieutenant William A. Anderson of Denver Colorado died when his Army bomber broke up in a power dive at the south end of the Kenai Peninsula near Portlock Alaska Elmendorf Field officials said his was the first Army airman death since fliers were stationed in Alaska Bombers searched the area but found only wreckage and a small heat while cannery watchmen reported seeing the plane fall in three pieces during high winds.
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Anchorage
Alaska
William A. Anderson
Denver
Colorado
Kenai Peninsula
Elmendorf Field
Anderson
Portlock
Hunters Vote Confidence in Alaska Game Commission
Sportsmen at a Gastineau Channel post season banquet debated army and navy hunting licenses for service members in Alaska. The crowd scrapped a hard line denials stance and unanimously backed the Alaska Game Commission to resolve the dispute while protecting local game. Wellman led a closing remark after the heated discussion about licenses.
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Gastineau Channel
Alaska
Elks Judge Hall
Army
Navy
Alaska Game Commission
Rose Wellman
Stocks and market data from Alaska and major PA 20th century
Closing quotations show Alaska Juneau mine at 2 percent and United States Steel at 521/4, with Dow Jones averages for industrials 115.56 rails 26.01 utilities 15.78. The report also notes widespread vampire belief among Slavic peoples and mentions about 4500 native reindeer owners in Alaska.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
Commonwealth and Southern
Curtiss Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
United States Steel
DOW, Jones
Can Republic
Sydney sinks Raider Steiermark in decisive battle
The 6,000-ton Australian cruiser Sydney sank the German raider Steiermark off Australia near Cocos Island after a fierce engagement. All hands aboard the Sydney were lost, with 645 men aboard the lifeboats remaining unaccounted for as the attack concluded. Separately, Scotty Allan, famed Alaska dog driver and former legislator, died in San Francisco at age and details noted in the report. Funeral services are planned for Wednesday.
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London
Sydney
Germany
Steiermark
Australia
Cocos Island
San Francisco
Alexander
Scotty
Allan
Alaska
Klondike
Nome
France
Scotland
Atlantic
Canada
Hudson's Bay Company
Garage Operators Sued for 2700 Dollars in Damages
Lewis Dyrdahl sues John and Anna Bourne operators of Gastineau Motors in a filed court action seeking 2700 dollars. He says he lent auto accessories and parts valued at 3000 on October 1 1939 with an agreement they would sell and return the 3000, but only 300 has been received. The note mentions Woodes Rogers as Bahamas governor in a separate line.
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Lewis Dyrdahl
John
Anna Bourne
Gastineau Motors Company
Dyrdahl
Motor Company
Bournes
Dyrdaahl
Convicted Socialist Workers League Members Face Federal Sentences
Eighteen people linked to or allied with the Socialist Workers League were found guilty by a Minneapolis jury of conspiring to cause insubordination in the armed forces. Federal prison terms may reach up to ten years for each defendant. Albert Godman of New York said he will exhaust all legal avenues in appealing. Sentencing was scheduled for Monday by Judge Joyce for one count of the indictment.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Socialist Workers League
Albert Godman
New York
Joyce
Hitler's Army Is On Rout
Soviet dispatches report a German retreat from Rostov-on-Don becoming a rout as Nazis flee west along the Sea of Azov after a defeat. A British broadcast cites Soviet Vice Commissar Lofovsky saying the Moscow assault has cost them 500,000 men. Red Army reports claim German setbacks near Salinogrovsk, 120 miles southeast of Moscow, with heavy snow.
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Associated Press
Hitler
Ukraine
Rostov-on-Don
Sea of Azov
Lofovsky
Moscow
Rostov
Red Army
Salinogrovsk
Churchill Warns of Attacks and Expanded Conscription
London Dec 2 Prime Minister Winston Churchill warned Parliament that Hitler could strike when defeated by the Russians and urged readiness. He said Britain’s equipment shortfall is easing and proposed lowering conscription age to 18 and raising to 50, expanding call to over 3 million men and women with women limited to non combat roles. Buy defense stamps.
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London
Winston Churchill
Hitler
Churchill
Great Britain
House of Commons
Draft Board Summons 39 to Army Duty in Alaska
Thirty-nine Selective Service registrants, including 10 Juneau and three Douglas men, were ordered by the Juneau Local Draft Board to report for induction on December 10. The draftees will go to Chilkos Barracks for final physicals. Juneau residents listed include Kubek, Obert, Hill, Johnson, Williams, and others. Registrants from elsewhere in Alaska will report to boards near their homes as the Alaska Defense Command quota is filled.
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Selective Service
Juneau
Douglas
Army
Alaska Defense Command
Chilkos Barracks
John Kubek
Paul Obert
Martin
Raymond Hill
William Thomas Johnson
Steve Cheha
Thomas Harris
John Williams
Roy Roger Sandbank
Robert Joseph Geyer
Kaanie Peder Nelson
Dick Lawrence Paul
Billy Duncan
Herbert Wesley Cuff
Douglay
Fred Harris
Hjalmer
Ambrose Savikko
Frank Straspier
James L. Gray, Jr
Corvallis
Ore
John Popovich
Portland
Raymond W. Zell
Shelby
Mont
Andrew Linna
Winlock
Wash
Claude Roy Woolman
Seattle
Alaska
Clifford Henry O'Shea
Sitka
Richard Ankle
Hood Bay
William
Ernest Smith
Klawock
Jones Joe Milton
Yakulat
John Joseph Adams
British Setback in Libyan Desert Front
British losses widened as German forces punched through the Rezagh Tobruk corridor and linked up with Panzer units northeast of the encircled British. Rezagh reportedly fell again while German divisions pressed along the coast. British officials insisted the setback delays but does not undermine resolve in North Africa.
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Associated Press
Alan Cunningham
North Africa
Cairo
Rezagh
Tobruk
Northamptonshire women ship 10000 pounds of jam
In London on December 2, women of Northamptonshire have produced ten thousand pounds of fresh fruit jam under the nations cooperative fruit preserving scheme to build up winter food supplies.
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London
Northamptonshire
British battleship Prince of Wales sent to Singapore
Great Britain dispatches its 35,000-ton battleship Prince of Wales to Singapore at the head of a naval reinforcement flotilla. Troops mass along the Thailand frontier for possible invasion while Japanese reports note preparations in Indo China.
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Singapore
Associated Press
Great Britain
Great Singapore
Thailand
Far East
Nippon
Indo-China
Temporary government buildings seen as doomed to fail
Washington dispatch by Jack Stinnett argues that several wartime temporary government offices near the Mall are designed to collapse within a decade. He notes Roosevelt’s long standing plan, cites Navy and Munitions buildings as stark examples, and previews continuation on page six.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
National Defense
Navy and Munitions Buildings
United States Presses Japan on New Order During Pacific Talks
President Roosevelt disclosed Washington has asked Japan to explain moves to increase armed forces in French Indo China and in the broader Pacific seek. Japanese envoys Nomura and Kurusu visited the State Department as Tokyo studies Hull's note and delays any crisis in Washington talks for clarifications. British naval reinforcement near Hongkong heightens tension while Tokyo papers report on forces gathering in the Dutch East Indies and South Pacific.
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Bulletin
Washington
Roosevelt
Japan
Indo-China
United States
Pacific
Associated Press
Thailand
Nomura
Saburo Kurusu
State Department
Kurusu
Far East
Asia
Hongkong
Tojo
Hull
Tokyo
America
Great Britain
Dutch East Indies
South Pacific
Domei
Manila
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Surinam
Game Commission
Woodes Rogers
Bahamas
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Socialist Workers
Draft Board
City
Libyan
Manville
Tommy Manville and
Bride
Tommy Manville
Bonita Edwards
Florida
Miss Edwards
Ridgefield
Conn
War Department
Constitution Avenue
Capitol Hill
Washington Monument
Franklin D
Nippons
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