No Blockade in Front Street Says Defense Witness
A. M. Geyer testified for the defense that no blockade prevented marchers from passing near Union Hall on Lower Front Street last June 24. He claimed special police were present and sought to incite trouble, naming officers he said were involved, and noted he held a sheet metal workers withdrawal card.
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Federal District Court
A. M. Geyer
Geyer
Lower Front Street
Alaska Juneau
Front Street
Union Hall
Sheet Metal Workers Union
Picket Boat Janie K Rescued by Trojan Tug
The Janie K with four men aboard was saved from drifting ashore at Point Salisbury by the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company's tug Trojan after a distress lantern drew its crew. The Trojan towed the disabled boat out to deep water and later transferred it to the Amy for docking at the Alaska Juneau wharf. The four men were Gus Padeef, Gus Kessell, George Matukin and Nick Kupoff. The report also notes Iowa led livestock income in early 1935.
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Point Salisbury
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company
Trojan
Alaska Juneau
A. J
Gus Padeef
Gus Kessell
George Matukin
Nick Kupoff
Farley Opens Dem Nat Committee Meeting to Kick Off 1936 Campaign
James Farley called the Democratic National Committee to meet in January to set the stage for Roosevelt’s renomination. Republicans meet December 16 and choose cities. Democrats eye January 7 or 8 with bids from Chicago Philadelphia Kansas City and St Louis.
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Washington
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Republican National Committee
Farley
Garner
Chicago
Philadelphia
Kansas City
St. Louis
Overtime Pay and Hot Cargo Tie Up Two Ships
Disputes over overtime pay kept two vessels idle. The steamer Washington of the State Line is tied up after a clash between operators and the Maritime Engineers Benevolent Association and the engine room crew was discharged. In Portland longshoremen refused to work the Katrina Luckenbach over cargo loaded in Gulf ports. Plans are announced for a summer art colony at Asheville North Carolina.
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San Francisco
Washington
State Line
Maritime Engineers Beneficial Association
Portland
Katrina Luckenbach
Gulf of Mexico
Condition of E B Ninnis Improves in Seattle Hospital
The condition of E B Ninnis of the Juneau Company in a Seattle hospital is greatly improved today private advices report and an Associated Press dispatch confirms. Ninnis collapsed Tuesday night from a heart attack while leaving the Seattle Automobile Show and was carried unconscious to the hospital.
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E. BE. Ninnis
Juneau Company
Seattle
Associated Press
Empire
Ninnis
Congress planning talks aboard Manila voyage
Washington reports that Vice President Garner Speaker Burns and Senator Robinson travel home from the Philippines aboard a single ship. They plan pre session conferences to shape the next Congress and aim for a short, decisive 1936 session before December 16 arrival in Washington.
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Washington
Congress
Capitol Hill
Manila
Philippines
Garner
Burns
Robinson
Senate
House
White House
Roosevelt
Move Against Abolishment of Fish Traps Alerted in Juneau
Chamber of Commerce luncheon hears that passage of either the Lirovich or Dimond bill in Congress would cut Alaska fish packing by 50 percent and risk closing Juneau Lumber Mills with payroll losses. Roy Rutherford of Juneau Lumber Mills and Juneau Logging Company cites $250,000 in investments, $125,000 four-year payroll, and trap values of $2000 per floating trap and $3500 per standing trap amid 1932–1935 log sales totaling $66,403.
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Lirovich
Dimond
Alaska
Juneau
Chamber of Commerce
Terminal Cafe
Roy Rutherford
Juneau Chamber of Commerce
Union Files Charges With Labor Board Over Alaska Mine
The International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Local 203 filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board Seattle region accusing Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co of coercion and intimidation to undermine rights. The company denies violations and notes the strike ended before the act and some former workers remain employed.
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International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Local 203
Alaska Mine Workers Union
National Labor Relations Board
19Th Region
Seattle
Alaska Juneau Gold
National Labor Relations Act
Associated Press
Charles R. Hope
Hope
Juneau Mine Workers Association
A. J. Company
L. H. Metzgar
Metzgar
Canadian Pact Seen as Riddle to Politicians
The new Canadian trade treaty stumps many leaders across parties with its technical scope and broad commodity coverage. It promises months of testing in operation to gauge political impact, while warnings of future conflict linger as Democrats and Republicans weigh who benefits and who bears costs.
Waterfront Strike at Vancouver Called Off
The Vancouver District Waterfront Workers Association says the waterfront strike, ongoing since June 4, will be called off on Monday. Officials issued the statement this afternoon confirming the decision.
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Vancouver
B. C
Vancouver District Waterfront Workers’ Association
Coast Aircraft Firms Report $16 Million in Unfilled Orders
The Wall Street Journal reports Pacific Coast airplane plants and engine makers hold over $16,000,000 in unfilled orders, a likely record aggregate for six publicly owned corporations.
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San Francisco
Cal
The
Wall Street Journal
Pacific Coast
Three Bodies Found Burned in Wakonda Farmhouse Attack
In Wakonda South Dakota three charred bodies were found in a burning farmhouse. Sheriff William Russell suspects the victims Nels Chris Jacob senior his wife and son were shot to death before the fire.
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Wakonda
South Dakota
William Russell
Nels Chris Jacobsen
Same Chairs Same Price For Forty Years
Conway craftsman C S C King of Conway has kept the price and design of his handmade home chairs steady for four decades, continuing a traditional line.
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Conway, 8. C—S. C
King of Conway
Plane Crash Victims Arrive in Anchorage
Pilot Estel Call and Anchorage druggist Stanley Hermanson, injured nine days earlier in a Bristol Bay crash near Ekwak, were flown to Anchorage hospital. Hermanson has a broken leg. Call has a minor leg injury. They were aided by emergency rations and rescued by Star Airways pilots Kenneth Nesse and Steve Mills, who also endured injuries and freezing conditions.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Estel Call
Stanley Hermanson
Bristol Bay
Ekwak
Hermanson
Pilot Call
Kenneth Nesse
Steve Mills
The
Star Airways
Mystery Case Leaves Two Dead in Chicago Hotel Room
Chicago reports two people, Lawrence Lampe and a woman identified as Grace Osborn, found shot to death in a north side hotel room. A man believed to be radio entertainer Joseph Downe was wounded. Police cannot determine the shooting cause.
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Chicago
Lawrence Lampe
Grace Osborn
North Side
Joseph Downe
Chicago man shoots Lampe and Osborn then kills himself
Downe admitted breaking down a door to Miss Osborns room and shooting Lampe as he hid in a closet. He chased the woman around the room before shooting her and then turned the gun on himself in an apparent murder suicide.
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Chicago
Ill
Downe
England and France Propose End to Ethiopia War
London and Paris present Italy with set suggestions to end the Ethiopian war including possible cession of an Eritrean seaport and border tweaks that would leave Ethiopia with Sum Assam holy city and Ogaden region. Italy shows no shift toward peace while U.S. oil ties loom. British Navy reports Hood and Renown among ships in port.
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London
Great Britain
France
Italy
Paris
Mussolini
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Tigre
Aksum
Ogaden
China Clipper completes leg to Honolulu on voyage
The China Clipper arrived in Honolulu from Manila at 7 50 p m Pacific Coast Time after a 9 hour 45 minute hop from Midway Island. It is expected to depart this afternoon for Alameda. A Pan American Airways and Public Utilities Commission lease for sea base facilities at San Mateo County Municipal Airport was agreed for 20 years though terms are undisclosed. A prior $1 675 000 in PWA funds was allocated for related improvements.
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Honolulu
H. L
Manila
Midway Island
Alameda
San Francisco
Cal
Pan-American Airways
Public Utilities Commission
San Mateo County
PWA
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