Wages and Hours Bill Draws Heated Floor Debate
On December 14 the House delayed action as a printing mixup postponed amendments to the Wages and Hours Bill. Representative Lambertson warned it would set up a dictator industry and urged sending the measure back to committee for overhaul. Representative McReynolds warned it would sacrifice the industry of the people in the South. Printed amendments were not yet ready for a vote.
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Washington
House
Lambertson
McReynolds
South
Measure Demands National Referendum on War Declaration
Washington December 14. The Cyber for a constitutional amendment would bar a U S war declaration without nationwide approval via referendum. Indiana Democrat Representative Ludlow says Panay bombing not responsible for the measure gaining support in Congress. House Judiciary Committee members expect Secretary Hull to testify at hearings later this week.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Ludlow
Indiana
House
Judiciary Committee
Cordell Hull
More Snow Forecast for Juneau Area as City Closes Street
Snow continued in Juneau with 3.8 inches new today, bringing ground total to four inches at noon. City officials closed Gold Street in the usual area for coasting. Alaska reports from Fairbanks and Cordova show heavy snowfall, with seven and fifteen inches in nearby locales, and 23 inches of ice on the Chena River.
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Juneau
Weather Bureau
Gold Street
Alaska Fairbanks
Cordova
Kodiak
Barrow
Ketchikan
Chena River
Fairbanks
The
Prisoners placed under bond on escape charge
Alvin Merig, Charles Pierce and Harry Ek were arraigned in U S Commissioner’s Court after an aborted jail break. They waived preliminary hearing and were bound over to District Court under $20,000 bond each. Merig and Eli have five year sentences for fish piracy. Pierce faces seven years remaining.
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Alvin Merig
Charles Pierce
Harry Ek
U. S. Commissioner’s Court
Merig
Eli
Pierce
Traffic Laws for Some Not for Others Officer In Washington Finds Out
Washington case notes a long legal parking history for Mrs. Daniel G Roper wife of the Secretary of Commerce. A swastie ticket sparked a class A inquiry as officials discuss bias and discretion in tagging a Cabinet member’s car. The incident drew comments on conduct and the handling by Officer Kuhns and precinct staff.
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Washington
Daniel G Roper
Secretary of Commerce
W. B. Kuhns
Roeper
Wirt Unner
Gold mining stocks rise as Alaska Juneau leads activity
Feeble gains and declines surfaced in the market with unclear overall results. Steels gained slightly while gold mining issues show moderate demand. Homestake reached a new yearly high and Alaska Juneau traded about 900000 shares as the session closed in New York.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
Rotarians Discuss May Convention Plans in Juneau
At Percys Cafe the Juneau Rotary Club outlined plans for next May district convention expected to draw 1000 to 1500 visitors. Messages of external club support were prepared, and President C D Beale said a full report would come at next weeks meeting.
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Juneau
Rotary Club
Percy
C. D. Beale
Cannery Lease Bids Opened Tomorrow at Metlakatla
Bids on the Metlakatla cannery will be opened at 2 PM tomorrow in the Federal Building. Metlakatla community ownership leases the cannery on a five year percentage basis. W. A. Pries has held the lease for the last five years and several large concerns plan to bid.
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Metlakatla
Federal
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Yukon
Met
Flakatla
W. A. Pries
Young Father Shoots Agent in 6 Man Trap
Washington reports FBI arrest Wilson Price of Independence Missouri at Kansas City on charges of shooting Special Agent Henry Snow. Price allegedly extorted Howard Jacobs by mailing a $600 letter on December 3 and wounded Snow three days later in a 6 man trap at Independence. Snow is recovering. Price, 18 23 years old and a father of three, admitted the act.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Wilson Price
Independence
Missouri
Kansas City
Henry Snow
Price
Howard Jacobs
FBI
Snow
Game Law Violators Fined At Ketchikan
Four men named William Allen Solo mon Allen W G Black and Oscar Nordberg pleaded guilty in Ketchikan Commissioner's court to trapping marten before the season opening. Each was fined 100 dollars and sentenced to 30 days in jail. Warden Clarence Rhode and W R Sel fridge reported. Three others were arrested in the district for beaver skin possession and preseason trapping.
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William Allen
Solomon Allen
W. G. Black
Oscar Nordberg
Marten
Commissioner's Court
Ketchikan
Alaska Game Commission
Clarence Rhode
W. R. Selfridge
Albert Williams
A. L. Adamson
McHale
Rising Sun Flags Fly Over Nanking as New Japanese-Run Regime Emerges
Dec 14 dispatch reports Rising Sun flags at Nanking walls as flames consume the abandoned capital. A new provisional government for China is created at Peiping under Nipponese control. The regime allegedly aims to suppress Communism and cooperate with Manchukuo, naming former officials in its ranks.
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Shanghai
Japan
Nanking
China
Peiping
Camel
Chiang Kai Shek
Manchoukuo
U S Warships to Remain in Chinese Waters
Admiral Yarnell of the Asiatic Fleet declares U S vessels now in Chinese waters will stay to protect U S nationals as long as necessary. The note follows rumors of a Japanese suggestion to withdraw gunboats from the Yangtze. No such suggestion was made to him. Mrs Cauthorne is due aboard the Yukon returning from Juneau after work in Wrangell and Ketchikan on maternal health. Couple Club met at Northern Light Church to prepare toys for Christmas distribution to needy children.
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Shanghai
Harry B. Yarnell
United States
Pve
Orient
Yangetei River
Yarnell
Cauthorne
Mary K. Cauthorne
Yukon
Juneau
Wrangel
Ketchikan
Northern Light Presbyterian Church
Morgan Leaves Barrow in Roaring Boring Alice to Rescue
In Alaska near Barrow a rescue mission sails from Point Barrow toward Cape Halkett after Harold Gillam crash lands a Big Ship attempt. Sergt Stanley R Morgan drives the Roaring Boring Alice through the tundra to aid Gillam requesting help from Sir Hubert Wilkins. Temperature 8 degrees above zero.
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Morgan
Barrow
Alice
Point Barrow
Alaska
Stanley R. Morgan
Cape's Halkett
Harold Gillam
Fairbanks
Point Bartow
Sergt. Morgan
Gillam
Cape Halkett
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Wilkins
Tundra
Smirnov
Cape Kalkett
Sergi
Refugees of Panay Again Hit By Fire
Refugees from the bombed US gunboat Panay face renewed danger as fighting between Japanese and Chinese forces near Hoshin disrupts rescue by US and British vessels on the Yangtze. Oahu and Bee lie at the creek mouth awaiting sabbath, while efforts to reach Hanshan and recover the Panay dead and wounded continue amid hostilities.
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Hou
Nanking
Panay
Hanshan
Oahu
Bee
Hoshien
Carlson
Harlal
Two Dead From Panay Reported As Rescue Continues
Fifty-two Panay survivors move toward the Yangtze with two dead and eight severely wounded. Allied ships and planes stand by at Hanshan and Hohsien to aid the injured as reports name the dead Charles L. Ensminger and Sandro Sandri. Wounded include James Hughes Arthur Anders and Jim Marshall, a Collier's correspondent.
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Shanhai
Panay
Yangtze River
Hanshan
Hohsien
United States
Bee
Charles L. Ensminger
Ocean Beach
California
Sandro Sandri
Iuilian
James Hughes
Arthur Anders
Jim Marshall
Collier
Marshall
Seattle Star
Coller
Wuhu
Reparations Doubts Dominate Foreign Policy Briefing
Washington reports doubt among higher ups that Japanese officials have agreed to reparations. Canada outlines fortification plans costing over half a million dollars as defense minister Kenzie revises Atlantic and Pacific coast works to boost coast defense. The U S imports exceed all other nations in coffee. An Elks Lodge turkey shoot follows a regular meeting led by Norman Banfield.
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Washington
Toronto
Canada
Pacific Coast
Lun Muc
Kenzie
Atlantic
Pacific
The
Elks' [Lodge
Norman Banfield
Two Japanese Officers Race To Kill Chinese Soldiers
Tokyo December 14 two Japanese lieutenants raced to kill 100 Chinese soldiers but overshot the mark and are held at 106 the Nichi newspaper reports the two lieutenants agreed to race on to 100 and continue their deadly contest in the field
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Tokyo
Nichi
Italy Calls Panay Bombing An Accident
Rome dispatch reports from Sandro Sandri killed and two Italians wounded in the Panay bombing. Italian press calls the incident a regrettable mishap of war with no implication of deliberate act. Mentions Italy’s Ethiopia and Spanish war involvements as context.
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Panay
Rome
Ttalian
Sandyo Sandri
Italy
Panay tragedy prompts formal note from Japan and U S response
Japan sent a formal note to the United States apologizing for the Panay bombing and sinking and promising indemnification. The note claimed measures to prevent recurrence have been taken as Washington demands full apologies, indemnification, and security against future attacks. The State Department said the United States protested and demanded adequate reparation and noted prior violations of American rights by Japanese forces. Miss Mildred Apland has recovered from an appendectomy at St Ann's Hospital and plans to see friends soon.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Roosevelt
Panay
Yangtze River
Nanking
Koki Hirota
Joseph C.grew
Grew
Washington
U. 5
State Department
Hirohito
Apland
Mildred Apland
St. Ann's Hospital
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Tony Sarg
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Alvinen
Kuhns
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Nippon
U.S
Chinese
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