Warning to Japan over two naval pacts
London December 6 1930 The United States Ambassador at Large Norman H Davis warned that abandoning the Washington and London naval treaties would bring insecurity suspicion and costly competition with no real gain to any nation He said the US favors continuing the treaties and announced President Roosevelt proposed a substantial all around reduction in naval armaments In London British Foreign Minister Sir John Simon urged quick submission of any new Japanese proposals to the naval conferences and Tsuneo Matsudaira said he would confer with his delegation
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United States
Norman H. Davis
Japan
American Correspondents’ Association
Davis
Roosevelt
John Simon
Tsuneo Matsudaira
Navy fliers search for missing airmen near Honolulu
Navy fliers again took to the air from Honolulu today to search for Capt. Charles T. P. Ulm and two companions, forced down on the Pacific Tuesday during a flight from Oakland to Australia via Hawaii. Surface craft scoured the seas in all directions as hopes waned with hours passing.
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Charles T. P. Ulm
Pacific
Oakland
Australia
Urged to Set Price of Fish During Month
Astoria Oregon December 6 Packets urge setting the Columbia River chinook salmon price before December 20 for the May 1 opening The price was fixed in April Packers say gear makers and distributors must clear year end accounts and threaten no extra supplies without strike safeguards A meeting is set for Saturday to discuss early price setting The proposal was sent to the Fishermen's Union.
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Astoria
Oregon
Columbia
New Treasury Offering Oversubscribed Amid Oversubscription
New York Dec. 6 The Treasury’s new offering totaling 900 million dollars for bonds and notes drew subscriptions exceeding five billion dollars signaling strong demand and a closer approach between the Administration and Wall Street bankers. Earlier shifts favored short term issues over long term bonds.
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Treasury
Lord Riddell dies after long journalistic career
Lord Riddell aged 69, noted British newspaper publisher and philanthropist, dies in Walton Heath from a severe cold. He built News of the World into a massive publication and held leadership roles at George Newnes and related firms. Also, evidence before the Senate Munitions Investigating Committee links Remington Arms officials to attempts to defeat the 1933 arms embargo and a 1929 powder shipment to Holland for China.
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England
Lord Riddell
News of the World
Western Mail
Cardiff
George Newnes, Ltd
C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd
Newnes- Pearson Printing Company, Ltd
W. H. and L. Collingridge, Ltd
Country Life, Ltd
Washington
Remington Arms
Senate
Threat to Kidnap 17 Year Old Girl Shocks Boston
Boston December 6 a threat to kidnap Eugenie Grew aged 17 adopted daughter of Randolph Clark Grew one of Boston's oldest families and brother of Robert Grew United States Ambassador to Japan has prompted heavily armed Department of Justice men to be stationed at the Great summer estate in Manchester New Hampshire area police tightened security around the Grew household and estate.
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Mass
Eugenie Grew
Randolph Clark Grew
Robert ©. Grew
United States
Japan
Department of Justeemen
Manchester
Peck Announces New Air Routes At D C Meeting
Lyman S Peck, Pacific Alaska Airways general manager, outlined expanded Juneau to interior Alaska routes for spring. A Juneau to Fairbanks service will begin April 1 with a Lockheed Electra plane carrying ten passengers, fare about 100 dollars, plus a 10 percent round trip discount. A Juneau to Ketchikan link is planned by June, with interior connections to Nome and Bethel, no mail contracts yet. Regular business and decorations prizes were also announced by the Chamber of Commerce.
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Junea Chamber of Commerce
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Lyman S. Peck
Pacific-Alaska Airways
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Ber
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M. 8. Whittler
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Balloss
John Jones
R. E. Robertson
Charles Naghel
Jira
White Horse
Fairbanks
Texas
Interior
Seattle-Interior
Hugh W. Terhune
Alaska Game Commission
Terhune
Storm Damage at Cordova Runs Into Thousands
Cordova, Alaska, Dec 6. A 25 mile an hour gale, the worst in three years, caused widespread damage. Strand Jensen Fisheries storehouse blown over, Cor Mi and Lumber Company shop blown off, Copper River Northwestern Railway car and repair shops collapsed. Plate glass shattered and several small buildings and garages destroyed. Two families displaced. Seward power plant down after a slide broke the pipeline, leaving the town in darkness. Communications with Anchorage down. Freighter Depere moved from Seward dock amid gale, lightning, thunder and rain. Storm abated somewhat on Wednesday.
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Alaska
Yeaterday
Strand Jensen Fisheries
Cor Mi and Lumber Company
Copper River Northwestern Railroad
Depere
Alaska Steamship Company
Seward
Moses Phillips Goes On Trial In U S Court
Moses Phillips faces a second degree murder indictment for the August 12 killing of John Lindoff at Hoonah. Judge George F. Alexander presided as a jury was selected this morning with 12 jurors named. Defense attorneys Grover C. Winn and Henry Roden and U S prosecutors George W. Polta and Wilfred Stump are handling the case.
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Moses Phillips
John Lindoff
Hoonah
United States District Court
George F. Alexander
Catherine Balog
H. S. Graves
L. FE. Tucker
C. F. Brown
Chester Barnessen
Kenneth Cole
Joe Nello
Jean Harlow Seeks Divorce From Hal Rosson
Los Angeles Dec 6 Jean Harlow a platinum blonde has filed a suit for divorce from Hal Rosson cameraman She charges he reads in bed until late hours and she could not enact film roles to the best of her ability making the marriage untenable
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Los Angeles
Cal
Jean Harlow
Hal Rosson
Miss Harlow
Rosson
Mountain Vanishes in Honduras Earthquake Roar
TROUCIGALPA Honduras December 6 Disappearance of a mountain during recent earthquakes shakes Honduras as Mount Gerroavist sinks from sight with a thunderous roar.
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Troucigalpa
Honduras
Mays
Stock Prices Dip as Profit Taking Persists in New York
Stock prices fell again today as profit taking touched most issues, while leaders largely held. Copper, aircraft, farm machinery and scattered specialties stayed active, with Alaska Juneau mine and major names like American Can, Bethlehem Steel, General Motors and United States Steel cited among quotes.
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Bethlehem Steel
Calumet
Curtiss-Wright
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International Harvester
Kennecott
United States Steel
Pound
Junk material reused by John Marshall boys in Beattle
In Beattle Washington on December 6, John Marshall junior high school boys salvage junk to craft tools playthings cooking utensils radios hunting knives and other useful articles.
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John Marshall Junior High School
British Plan to Police Saar for Plebiscite
Geneva officials announced that Britain would assist police the Saar Basin during the January 13 plebiscite if France agrees not to deploy troops and Germany consents. League officials said Germany accepted a small international police force, meaning British troops, for the period.
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Dec
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Tob
Saar
Great Briuain
Adolf Hitler
League of Nations Council
Anthony Eden
League of Nations
France
Saar Basin
Germany
Great Britain
League
Russians Fear French German Pact Alarms Geneva
Geneva dispatch says Russia pressed France to delay a Franco German accord pending the fate of a projected Eastern European pact. League sources describe Russia fearing isolation if such a pact forms and noting France agreed not to sign any special bilateral treaties without Moscow’s consultation.
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France
Germany
Russia
League
Landis and Griffith Share Birth Date in Baseball News
Washington high commissioner Landis and Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith both celebrate November 30 as their birthday. Griffith is 65 and Landis 68, marking a rare coincidence in baseball leadership and ownership.
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Kenesaw M. Landis
Baseball
Clark Griffith
Washington Senators
Griffith
Landis
Exile Edict Drives 27,000 Hungarians From Yugoslavia
Belgrade reports the government will expel all 27,000 Hungarians living in Yugoslavia. The march toward uprooting the Hungarian element will be gradual and relentless, following Hungary’s backing of the king’s assassins and the foreign minister. Refugees already number in the hundreds arriving in Budapest amid mobilized police and rising tensions with Yugoslavia.
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Yugoslavia
Hungary
Alexander
Barthou
Budapest
League of Nations
Sixty-six White Guards Executed After Russias Terror Trial
The Soviet government announced the execution of sixty six White Guards for terrorist actions against officials. The move followed the assassination of Sergei Kiroff, a senior Communist official, though not officially linked to his ally. The released names show none were prominent leaders of the earlier White reaction.
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U.S
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Sergei Kiroff
Bolshevists
Rock Falls Into Niagara Gorge But Falls Look Unchanged
Niagara Falls—Two hundred tons of rock fell into the Niagara Gorge from the Canadian shore late yesterday. The slide did not alter the appearance of the falls, with the stream continuing to cascade over the cataract as before.
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