Jurors deadlock in Smith murder trial and discharged
Jurors stood 10 to 2 for conviction on Thomas Golling’s death. After a 55 hour deadlock, Judge George P. Alexander discharged the panel and scheduled a retrial for the Smith murder case. Foreman Joseph Flanagan reported no progress, jurors exhausted from the lengthy deliberation.
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Alier
Beitus
Forrest
Baa LaLa
Smith
Gastineau Avenue
Thomas Golling
Alexander
Foreman Flanagan
Colling
Tongass
John Clausen
Alvin H. Anderson
H. L. Cochrane
Chester L. Williams
Isabelle Jorgenson
Alleine Corneil
Elsie Johnson
Hugo V. Fredrickson
Typhoon Leaves Thousands Homeless in Central Philippines
Manila reports 56 dead as a vicious typhoon swept the Central Philippines two days earlier. Communications crippled and injuries widespread, with relief workers tallying 12,000 homeless in a single Samar Island district. Uncounted numbers also injured as the storm moved into the China Sea.
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Manila
Philippines
China Sea
Samar Island
England Pleased With New U S Trade Treaty
Washington reports England glad over the U S trade pact as a counter to German trade pressure. Analyzed in the London Economist, Germany leverages a system of barter style deals to bind Balkan buyers to German goods, offering higher prices to push through sales of tobacco, wheat, and raw materials.
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Washington
England
U. S
Germany
London Economist
Balkan
Balkans
Derailment Injures Passengers on Fort Pitt Limited
In Defiance Ohio a Baltimore and Ohio Fort Pitt Limited derailed ten miles east of the city in the early morning. Ten cars plus locomotive and tender left the rails. The fast train was en route from Chicago to Pittsburgh, tearing up tracks over a long distance. many passengers injured but not seriously.
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Defiance
Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
Fort Pit
Here
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Broadening Old Age Insurance Plans Include New Benefits
The Social Security Advisory Council in Washington drafted sweeping recommendations to broaden the governments old age insurance system. They propose including funeral expenses and possibly advancing first payments. The plan would extend coverage to seamen, bank and charitable workers to defeat unsound pension schemes.
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Washington
Social Security Advisory Council
Demonstrations Break Out Across French Arab Empire
In Tunis on December 10 anti Italian demonstrations spread westward through French Arab territories while North African troops guarded the Tunisian Libyan frontier. Hundreds of mobile guards and mounted police patrolled streets to curb flare ups as protests grew volatile.
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Tunis
France
Balkan banks end with marks forcing German goods sales
Balkan banks are drained of marks used to secure German goods, pushing Balkan importers away from Britain and toward Germany. Balkans accumulate marks that can only buy German products, with Germany often steering sales toward toys and glassware rather than steel or building materials. Greece and Yugoslavia are noted buyers of aspirin and mouth organs, while Romania and other states flood German markets with diverse purchases.
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Balkan
Germany
Britain
Balkans
Balkan nations buy German munitions amid surplus
The London Economist notes Balkan states purchase German munitions to use up surplus. Germany, in an armament race, sells weapons seen as obsolete for a great power but useful for smaller nations. Similar trade patterns extend to South America.
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Balkan
Germany
London
South America
Confidence in Daladier Wins In French Vote
Paris, Dec 10. The Chamber of Deputies approved Premier Daladier by 315 to 241, backing his decree laws and strike suppression. The session focused on his hard line against Italian expansion, with measures to conscript strikers into the Army or Navy and impose military law. Longshoremen and sailors ceased strikes. some ships faced navy enforcement but resumed operation. Navy officers were placed aboard threatened vessels.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Daladier
Italy
Six Negroes Die in Electric Chair in Georgia
In Reidsville six young black men were executed for the slayings of three white men and a young mother. The electric chair finished the sentences in 81 minutes, marking the most executions in one day in the state.
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Reidsville
Georgia
Janne Nilsson dies in Stockholm former Alaskan prospector
Stockholm December 10. Janne Nilsson aged 56 a Swedish defense minister and former prospector for gold in Alaska is dead in Stockholm Nilsson prospected for gold near Fairbanks Alaska and later worked as foreman and contractor.
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Stockholm
Janne Nilsson
Alaska
Nilsson
Fairbanks
Nine-Power Pact Knocked Out by Japanese
Tokyo reports declare the Nine Power Treaty obsolete and the Open Door policy in China is denounced. Japanese newspapers say new Chinese governments will arise under Japanese protection, with conquered areas grouped into solid political and economic units to implement Asia for the Asiatics.
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Tokyo
China
Japan
Asia
Evacuation of 32 Foreigners from Kuling Zone
In Shanghai on December 10, 32 foreigners were evacuated from the Kuling mountain resort amid a severe storm. The group, including Americans, traveled down the mountain path to join the Japanese Army transport at Kukiang after being isolated since Japan captured Kukiang on July 26.
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Shanghai
Kuling
Kukiang
Growers Vote on Crop Control in 1939
Growers across 19 states from the South Atlantic to the Pacific cast secret ballots on proposals to grant the Agricultural Adjustment Administration sales limiting power for 1939 in cotton rice and flue cured tobacco. Officials estimated 2 500 000 eligible voters participated and the results could decide the Crop Control Law’s fate in the next Congress.
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Washington
South Atlantic
Pacific
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Daughter of Civil War Officer Dies in Boston
Lady Anne Elizabeth Grenfell wife of Sir Wilfred Grenfell and longtime partner in the Grenfell missions in Labrador dies at 53 in Boston. She was the daughter of a Civil War colonel who served under General Robert E. Lee.
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Boston
Mass
Anne Elizabeth Grenfell
Wilfred Grenfell
Grenfell
Labrador
Robert E. Lee
Three Fly-Ins Aboard Lockheed Lift Passengers
Shell Simmons piloted the Alaska Air Transport Lockheed to Island points today. He carried six passengers in two trips: taking R. G. Adams to Hirst Leslie Melvin to Hoonah and August Chopp to Lisianski, and returning Mrs. John Muurstad Bertha Tiber from Hoonah and L Clark from Hirst.
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Shell Simmons
Alaska
Lockheed
R. G. Adams
Hirst
Leslie Melvin
Hoonah
August Chopp
Lisianski
John Muurstad
Bertha Tiber
L. ©. Clark
Local labor dispute nears end in Juneau
Mediator John O'Connor of the Department of Labor reported very encouraging talks with CIO and AFL leading toward a settlement. CIO Industrial Union 882 officials met with city leaders in council chambers to review a proposal they expect to present to their rank and file and then to the AFL for sanction this evening. The mediator said the outlook for peace is hopeful and that broad support is building from both sides.
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Juneau
John O'Connor
Department of Labor
CIO
AFL
CIO Industrial Union 882
O'Connor
Eden warns Democracies face ruthless challenge to freedom
New York dispatch reports Capt Anthony Eden former British Foreign Secretary urged business leaders at a banquet to unite the Democracies of the world. He warned against state worship eroding free speech and personal liberty while insisting the United States and Britain must lead to solve global problems. Eden said a period of emergency looms and hinted at talks with President Roosevelt before returning to England.
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New York
Anthony Eden
National Association of Manufacturers
Eden
United States
Great Britain
Capt
Roosevelt
Najdorf Astoria
Washington
England
Champ Certain
Air Bases For Alaska Indicated in Defense Plans
Washington dispatch reports official circles anticipate new defense legislation. Several Army and Navy air bases are listed in the administration's plans. A Navy survey board backs recommendations to Congress for more bases. High Navy officials seek a base in Alaska and the Army also supports it. Chairman May favors starting work in Alaska with appropriations.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Navy Department
Special
Congress
Alaska
Investigation Turns On Private Utilities As Fascism Question
Washington December 10 two Congress memos clashed over private utilities during the TVA investigation. Senator H H Schwartz Democrat Wyoming co author of the TVA Act asked if integration of private utilities is a form of Fascism. Senator Fred H Brown Democrat New Hampshire called it the most powerful and corrupt influence ever organized in civilized country.
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Washington
Congress
TVA
H. H. Schwartz
Wyoming
Fred H. Brown
New Hampshire
Hull urges defense, denounces despotic government at Pan American
Lima dispatch reports American Secretary of State Bill Hull delivering the keynote at the Pan American Conference. He warns any armed invasion of the New World must be faced with adequate military defenses and denounces totalitarian systems as ancient threats. He urges Western Hemisphere unity while allowing nations to choose their own measures.
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Lima
Peru
Bill Hull
New World
Hull
Western Hemisphere
United States
Hemisphere
Windstorm Destroys Buildings in Sydney Harbors Severe
Sydney reports the worst windstorms in memory causing walls to collapse and yachts to be blown ashore. Harbor communications are crippled and the 390,000 harbor bridge is shaken as streetcars and trains are blown from rails. Thousands of residents are cut off by debris and damaged infrastructure.
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Sydney
Australia
Harbor
Lon Cope Takes Three Up Today Marine Airways Flight
Lon Cope flew a Marine Airways plane to Sitka and Warm Springs Bay taking three passengers out and bringing back one. Mr and Mrs William Doe traveled to Warm Springs Bay and Oscar Tilson flew to Sitka while a Mr Olds was brought in from the Historic City.
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Lon C Ope
Marine Airways
Sitka
Warm Springs Bay
William Doe
Oscar Tilson
Olds
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Owerful
China Zone
Eynote
Nat
Secretary of State
Lon Cope
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