Defendants Deny Street Blockade In Riot Trial
Ed Rennie testifies he sought to preserve peace during June 24 protest at Brent Street near the union hall. He, known as Tom Rivers in California, says marchers could pass and claims union pickets urged restraint, with no weapons or prearranged resistance. He describes interactions with Officer Junge, removal of handcuffs, and an arrest after a dispute over a club.
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Brent Street
Union Hall
Alaska Juneau
Ed Rennie
Federal District Court
Rennie
Tom Rivers
California
Kenneth Junge
Junge
Jange
Roy Hoffman
George W. Folta
Fella
A. J
Hoffman
Walter Beamer
A. B. Hall
Northland Steamers Secure Mail Carry Contract
The Northland Transportation Company wins authorization to carry mail from December 3. The first dispatch left Seattle last night aboard the Northland. Authority issued by Railway Mail Service Superintendent A D Lawrence after advocacy by Juneau and Ketchikan chambers of commerce and Southeast Alaska civic groups.
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Northland
Northland Transportation Company
Seattle
Postminster Albert Wise
A. D. Lawrence
Railway Mail Service
North Sea
Juneau
Vienna Official Attacks Duce. Regime Cites Censorship
Vienna’s Vice-Burgomaster Ernst Karl Winter criticized Mussolini’s Ethiopian adventure as unpopular and dangerous, prompting police to confiscate the little magazine. Winter warned that fascist aims risk European peace and recalled past colonial parallels, urging reconciliation with socialists. Continued on Page Two.
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Robert F. Schildbach
Vienna
Ernst Karl Winter
Ethiopia
Austria
Italy
Winter
England
Stresa
Europe
Duce
Mussolini
France
Morocco
Aul, Duce
Stock Prices Recover as Rails Lead Market Rally
Stocks closed firmer with rails leading a broad recovery, gains from fractions to about three points. Time-paced session saw profit taking late, but no notable features. Dow averages were industrials 143.58 rails 40.46 utilities 28.92. Prices for Alaska Juneau mine 15% and others listed. The passage notes slaves in Roman arenas wore masks of Etruscan Charan.
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New York
Rails
Government Quickly Loans $900 Million For Winter Relief
Washington December 3 The government swiftly subscribed to a 900 million loan to fund winter relief work. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau announced that the books were opened yesterday morning and closed last night with a rapid and complete subscription.
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Washington
Treasury Morgenthal
Shiels Discusses Salmon Market and PACIFIC Alaska Fishermen
Archie W Shiels, president of the Pacific Alaska Fishermen, discusses a failed red salmon pack this year and a sluggish canned salmon market. He notes the Canadian trade pact will not affect the industry and mentions a $250,000 advertising drive led by J Walter Thompson for the Del Monte convention. He plans to sail on the Princess Norah to attend Seattle advertising meetings.
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Archie W Shiels
Pacific Alaska Pisher‘of
Norah
States
H. L. Paullkner
John W. ‘Troy
Bishop Rowe
Shiels
J. Walter Thompson Company
del Monte
Cal
Princess Norah
Advertising Committee
Seattle
George Y Peek Resigns as Foreign Trade Advisor
Washington reports George Y. Peek special advisor on foreign trade has resigned after sharp disagreements with Secretary Hull. His forthcoming report on the Canadian Trade Pact is described as highly critical. The Foreign Trade Advisor post will not be filled, and Jesse H. Jones may head the two trade ranks.
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Washington
George Y. Peek
Peek
Cordell ‘Hull
NRA
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
World War Era Dispatches Describe Ethiopian War and Britain’s Defense Push
Cairo reports Haile Selassie seeks peace aid from the Coptic authority to open talks with authorities in Cairo. Addis Ababa notes massive Ethiopian forces massed on the northern front aiming to repel invasion, Ras Seyoum and Ras Kassa coordinating for a major offensive. London says King George urges stronger defense and possible use of loans for military buildup as Italy faces oil embargo pressure. Rome announces Mussolini creates a Brain Trust to streamline the regime’s wartime diet and grant Duce expanded authority.
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Harar
Addis Ababa
Bak of Nations
Morar
Abyssindi
Ras Seyyoum
Ras Kassa
London
Treasuy
George
Itwly
League of Nations
Vanderbilt Denied Appeal in Custody Fight
Albany New York December 3 Mrs Georgia Morgan Vanderbilt had the right to carry to the New York State Court of Appeals her bid for custody of her 10 year old daughter Gloria was denied by an Albany court leaving the lower court ruling in force and awaiting further action.
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Albany, N. Y
Georgia
Morgan Vanderbilt
New York State Court of Appeals
Gloria
Nationwide stevedores strike hits Gulf port services
A nationwide ILA order led by Joseph P. Ryan went into effect against Steamship lines serving Gulf of Mexico ports. In San Francisco, Harry Bridges claimed the ban should target all ships. Katarina and Luckenbach arrival crews faced work stoppages.
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S. S. Lines
San Francisco
Joseph P. Ryan
International Longshoremen’s Association
Gulf of Mexico
Dent
ILA
Ryan
Harry Bridges
Hines
Bridges
Katarina Luckenbach
Dean Rice Defends Indians Against Bishop Rowe Critique
The Rev Charles B Rice Dean at Trinity Cathedral Alaska argues against Bishop Rowes charge that whites take everything and give nothing He cites missionary funding figures showing whites provide most support and notes Indians show strong religious devotion Across Alaska ministers disagree with Rowes assessment and defend both communities
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Charles B. Rice
Maly ‘Trinity Cathedral
Alaska
Bishop Rowe
Empire
Ia Associated Press
Usey
York City
Trimble Rowe
Picea
Alice
Devine
Political geography used in 1936 election maps
Major Frank Stoner will leave Seattle in June to command the General Staff of the School of the Army at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Political strategists study 1935 election returns by three regional blocs East, West, and South to project outcomes. The South holds 135 votes, the East 151, and the West 245, with 266 needed to win. any two regions can unite to elect a president.
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Seattle
Frank ©. Stoner
Signal Corps
United States Army
School of the Army
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Stoner
Latte
Midwest
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Corona
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Texas
Tennessee
Virginia
Connecticut
Delaware
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New Hampshire
New York
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
Ohio
Potomac River
Ohi
West Virginia
Kentucky
Missouri
Eight Escape From Massachusetts Prison Ends With Fatality
In Charlestown Massachusetts one inmate was killed and four were recaptured after eight prisoners broke from the state prison. The escape occurred while they were working outside the wall. Guards overpowered then fired, wounding several prisoners with Guard Edward J Shaughnessy among the wounded.
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Boston
Massachusetts State
Charlestown
Edward J. Shaughnessy
Mad Trapper Captured Near Rat River
Edmonton dispatch says Sgt. F V Vernon of the Canadian Mounted Police captures the so called Mad Trapper of Rat River with a five dog team. The trapper John Hayma is wanted for the death of his partner Johnny Anthony on Singed Dog Island in Saskatchewan. The report also notes the Grand Canyon of the Colorado extending about 280 miles.
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Edmonton
Alta
F. V. Vernon
Canadien Mounted Police
John Hayma
Rat River
Johnny Anthony
Search Beings Made Over 50 Mile Section
Six aircraft join a wide search over a 60 mile stretch between Naknek and Dillingham for two men missing since November 24. Estel Call, pilot, and Stanley Hermanson vanished after leaving Naknek, with multiple planes scouring the Bristol Bay area and a report of a plane sighting eastward about a week ago.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Naknek
Dillingham
Estel Call
Stanley Hermanson
Bristol Bay
Air racer set to search for lost polar fliers
Russell W Thaw, an air racer from Los Angeles, plans a Friday takeoff to locate Lincoln Ellsworth and Herbert von Kenyon who disappeared after departing ten days ago on a trans Atlantic flight toward the Bay of Whales. Thaw aims to reach Cape Horn in five days then contact the Wyatt Earp steamship, Ellsworth Expedition ship. The men were last heard during a radio contact as they tried to map the largely unknown Antarctic coast.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Russell W. Thaw
Lincoln Elsworth
Herbert Kenyon
Bay of Whales
Antarctic
Thaw
Cape Horn
Wyatt Earp
Ellaworth
Atlantic
Pacific
Antarctica
Ickes Signals Trade Limits With Italy and Ethiopia
Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes aligned with government policy to discourage excessive commerce with Italy and Ethiopia. He stated his earlier remark referred to munitions exports rather than war materiel, saying past quotes were misunderstood.
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Ickes
Italy
Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Ethiopia
Oil Industr
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Douglas van Vinck
Tacoma
Mildred Hook
Twin Falls
Idaho
American Can
American Power and Light
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
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Kennecott
Simmons
United Corporation
United States Steel
Southern Pacific
United Foundries
Jones
PAF
George Peek
Ghurch
Cairo
Haile Belassie
Taly
Lion of Judah
Johannes
Rome
Maissolini
Vanderbilt
Dean Rice
Juvewth and Douglas Ministerial Association
Major Stoner
Amy
Mad Trapper
Grand Canyon
the Colo~ Tado
Air Racer
Russell Thaw
Ellsworth and
Kenyon
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