Generalissimo Chiang Held as War Hostage in China Crisis
Japan moves toward intervention over the Chinese crisis reports Chiang Kai-Shek seized by mutinous troops led by Marshal Liang, amid claims of Communist influence. Troop trains head toward Nanking as negotiations seek Chiang’s release to avert civil war.
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Tokyo
Japan
Intervent
Chiang Kai-Shek
Murhil Chang Héo-Laing
Marshal Liang
China
Chiang
Lianfu
Ching
Shensi
Chiang-Kai-Shek
Nanking
Millions Sign For Pensioning Under New Act
Washington officials report that three fifths of eligible employers and two fifths of eligible employees are registered for Federal pension accounts under the Social Security Law. Tomorrow’s deadline for workers’ applications will not be extended. About 2,200,000 employers have signed and 22,000,000 workers are numbered in the returns so far. It is believed that before tomorrow’s deadline the number of employees may reach 30,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ross L. Sheely Visits Juneau From Washington Trip
Ross L. Sheely, general manager of the Alaska Rehabilitation Corporation at Palmer, arrived in Juneau today aboard the Princess Norah. He has been in Washington, D C, regarding the Matanuska project and will stay three or four days to discuss colony affairs with Governor John W. Troy before continuing westward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross L. Sheely
Alaska Rehabilitation Corporation
Palmer
Juneau
Mr. Sheely
Washington, D. C
Matanuska
John W. Troy
Supreme Court Takes No Action on WPA Loan Litigations
Washington December 14 The Supreme Court sent back to lower courts for further action litigation challenging the constitutionality of Public Works Administration loans and grants to publicly owned hydro electric projects.
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Supreme Court
Washington
PWA
Boxer unloads Sitka meat. captain reports missing cargo
The motorship Boxer arrived early and began unloading 14 tons of meat and poultry from its cold storage when Sitka merchants and Sitka officials protested. Captain I Lystad said Sitka meat was aboard but later found only after unloading. He planned to return to Sitka then Seward, continuing shuttle service to Seward and westward points. Meanwhile Anchorage reported Capt Dale P Mason found dead after his car veered off a highway near a wrecked automobile.
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Boxer
Sitka
I. Lystad
Capt. Lystad
Juneau
Lystad
Seward
Arctic
John W. Troy
Northland
Peter Kostrometinos
Kastrometinoff
Anchorage
Alaska
Dale P. Mason
Virginia
Lin
Mason
Whitney
Signal Corps
F. Mason
Mattox
Capt. Mason
Fort Leavenworth
Plea Guilty in Illegal Entry Case Seattles Berguery
Jeanne Marie Berguery pleaded guilty to illegally entering the United States from Canada. She was sentenced to 12 months in jail and fined 1900 dollars after federal officers arrested her in Alaska following more than a year of search for additional suspects.
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Alaska
Seattle
Jeanne Marie Berguery
United States
Canada
Four Million Dollar Income Noted by Tax Officials
Treasury officials reported that forty Americans earned million dollar incomes in the previous year. One individual claimed four million dollars, and total net incomes up to August 31 reached about four hundred sixty five million, rising nearly two billion from prior years.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
Two Proposals For Peace and Nonintervention Endorsed
Buenos Aires December 14 Two inter American Peace Conference committee measures gain unanimous backing. A maintenance of peace and security plan calls for consultation if war threatens the Americas. A reiteration of nonintervention pledges allows joint action after consultation if intervention is deemed necessary with Mexican amendment for consultation.
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Buenos Aires
Roosevelt
Gwsie Cordell Tull
Social Security Board Plans Amendment Push
Washington dispatch notes that the Social Security Board builds support for a constitutional amendment if the Supreme Court voids retirement and unemployment features. The drive has educated workers about possible monthly retirement pay and tax effects, with leaflets detailing eligibility, benefits, and exclusions.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Supreme Court
Col Harrison Dies in Indianapolis Apartment
Colonel Russell Benjamin Harrison aged 82, son of former President Benjamin Harrison, was found dead yesterday in his Indianapolis apartment. A practicing attorney with prior public service, he traced lineage to notable Civil War and colonial figures and served in Cuba and Puerto Rico during the Spanish American War. He held posts in Montana and contributed to journalism before returning to law and public service.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Russell Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
Harison
United States
Col
Russell Harrison
Ohio
Col. Harrison
Oxford
Caroline Scott, Harrison
William Henry Harrison
Continental Congress
Cuba
Porto Rico
Spain
Montana
Pennsylvania Military Academy
Chester
Harrison
Lafayette College
Easton
Pennsylvania
United States Assay
Helena
Mont
John Sherman
Judge and Leslie's Weekly
New York
Montena
Archbishop condemns Edward's social circle in farewell broadcast
London December 14 Archbishop of Canterbury condemned a social circle in which former King Edward VIII moved. He called it strange and warned that its standards contrasted with the Church of England, noting sorrow at the King’s abdication and the mingling with wealthy American women allied to British nobility.
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London
Canterbury
Edward VIII
Cirmary
Eng
Edward
George SixthMakes Pledge to Parliament as Queen Falls Ill
King George the Sixth pledged to uphold the realm and promote happiness in a speech to Parliament. The day marks his forty first birthday with no official observances beyond the royal salute. Queen Elizabeth II, ill with influenza, observed quietly at Windsor as Edward, Duke of Windsor, travels in Austria for rest and medical care at a castle, seeking Viennese specialists for an old car ailment.
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George
Edward
Austria
London
House of Lords
Tlay
Voselau
Duke of Windsor
Citzen
Heinrich Neumann
Mrs Boettiger to Edit Page at Seattle Post Intelligencer
SEATTLE December 14 Mrs Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Boettiger daughter of President Roosevelt last Saturday began work at the Seattle Post Intelligencer where husband John Boettiger is publisher She has been named director of Homemakers Duty of the Northwest It was not announced whether she would edit the page on club work or serve as artist or editor electronically.
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Seattle
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Boettiger
Roosevelt
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
John Boettiger
Northwest
WPA Workers Demand Bargaining and Holidays in State Rally
Seattle December 14 delegates representing 6000 WPA workers pressed for collective bargaining a 40 hour week lower wages the right to strike sick leave and paid holidays in a statewide rally.
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Seattle
WPA
Stock Quotations New York Dec Closing Figures
Closing quotations today show Alaska Juneau mine at 14 percent and United States Steel at 78.44. Major industrials shift with General Motors at 70 and International Harvester at 103. Kennecott stands at 60 while Bethlehem Steel sits at 7. Calumet and Hecla 15 and American Can 15. Southern Pacific 42 and New York Central 44. Dow Jones averages: Industrials 181.87 up 0.5, Rails 54.82 down 1.1, Utilities 20.61 up 3.0.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
American Light and Power
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
Calumet and Heela
Commonwealth and Southern
Carlimi-Wreht
General Motors
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Southern Pacific
United States Steel
United Corporation Tia
Cities Service
Brem
Ner
Edward Windsor's First Evening Meal in Exile Aboard Zurich Express
Edward Windsor, former King Edward VIII, dined by a makeshift table of suitcases on the Zurich Express en route to voluntary exile in France. Gendarmes guarded stations as crowds cheered him from windows and platforms, while he appeared jovial and untroubled. The report notes George VI’s ascent and Windsor’s decision to live abroad for love.
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Zurich
Switzerland
France
Edward David Windsor
Duke of Windsor
Edward
London
Great Britain
George the Sixth
Edward the Wighth
George
Lord Brownlow
Simpson
Cannes
Prince
Ed Ward
England
Wallis Warfield Simp
Riviera
Settlement in sight as Seattle mayor predicts end of maritime strike
Seattle mayor John F. Dore arrives from San Francisco with assurance from Federal officials and both sides that peace will be restored by December 21. He expects a settlement within days and a revival of shipping commerce.
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Seattle
John F. Dore
San Francisco
Hiring Hall Remains Hurdle Despite Reported Progress
In San Francisco a conference between Sailors' Union of the Pacific leader Harry Lundeberg and Cooks and Stewards Association official E F Burke, plus Marine Firemen secretary J E Ferguson, with ship owners representatives Dunde and Lapham, yielded statements of progress toward licensing unlicensed personnel. The hiring hall issue remains unsettled yet promising, with both sides eager to settle promptly.
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San Francisco
Cal
Dye
Harry Landeborg
Sailors
Union of the Parifie
Lundeberg
Harry Bridges
Favithc
TLA
New York
Stamens
Ueeup
Dunn
Harry Lundeberg
Sailors’ Union of the Pacific
E. F. Burke
Cooks and Stewards” Association
J. EB. Ferguson
Marine Firemen
T P. Plint
Roger Lapham
Dundeberg
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Harpo Marx
Susan Fleming
Follies Fame
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Homemakers’ Club of Northwest
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