Chamberlain Press Dinner Signals Ambition For Peace
Premier Neville Chamberlain urged continued European appeasement but warned oppressors that dominion claims would fail. He offered to join an international disarmament conference while defending Britain’s empire allies. German diplomats left the Foreign Press Association dinner after advance copies provoked anger. A Berlin protest, plus a calmed reaction from Rome and Paris, framed a tense Anglo German stance amid looming Mussolini talks.
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London
Chamberlain
Foreign Press Association
Great Britain
Legation
Earl Baldwin
Guttersnipe
Associated Press
Europe
Lima
Baldwin
Foreign Office
Italy
Mussolini
C F Johnson elevated to head Northwest Salmon Canners Assn
C F Johnson of International Packing Co is elected president of the Northwest Salmon Canners Association for 1939, succeeding Humphrey Roberts who retires after four years as president. Eric Pribrock becomes vice president, Arthur Ellsworth re elected secretary treasurer, H O Roberts raises to board, and other trustees from Wrangell Pyaramid Cook Inlet Pioneer Sea Foods Shepard Point Hood Bay remain. The group, allied with the Association of Pacific Fisheries, has in Roberts tenure helped launch a nationwide canned salmon ad campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Hale
Wrangell Packing Company
Lawrence Freeburn
Pyramid Packing Company
W. A. Estus
Cook Inlet Packing Company
J. W. Parks
Pioneer Sea Foods
A. W. Wittig
Shepard Point Packing Company
A. P. Wolf
Hood Bay Canning Company
Northwest Salmon Canners Association
Association of Pacific Fisheries
H. O. Roberts
Roberts
Czechoslovakia May Adopt Decree Rule Under Beran
Prague reports the new government has submitted an empowering act to Parliament that would place Czechoslovakia among authoritarian states by allowing Premier Rudolf Beran and his cabinet to make constitutional changes by decree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Rudolf Beran
Pan American Baby Clipper Lands in Ketchikan
Pan American's Baby Clipper on the Seattle Alaska run left Sand Point at 8 34 am and reached Ketchikan at 2 10 pm. After re fueling Capt John Mattis announced the ship would stay in Ketchikan tonight and proceed to Juneau tomorrow weather permitting. The Clipper would remain until Saturday or Sunday before returning to Seattle.
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Pan American
Sand Point
Ketchikan
John Mattis
Juneau
Seattle
Typhoon Death Toll Rises to 305 in Philippines
Manila report says three more deaths bring the typhoon toll to 305 from last Thursday's central Philippines disaster. The update confirms continued casualty counts as relief work proceeds in affected provinces.
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Manila
Philippine
Chinese make new advances in oriental war
Chinese army officials report recapture of Sitang village southwest of Yuchow and lines firming from Tungting Lake to Hupeh. Chinese press notes a fresh Japanese division of 20,000 men arrived at the Yangtze mouth recently, with many believed to be drafted workers and students. Meanwhile a heart wrenching plea from Wesley Wyatt’s mother asks Alaska authorities to locate her missing son, a Juneau miner last heard from October 29. Four searches have failed and officials have abandoned further efforts.
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Shanghat
Sitang
Yuchow
Tungting Lake
Hupeh
Hankow
Yangtze River
Alaska
Wesley Wyatt
Juneau
Albert Wise
Wesley
B. H. Wyatt
Camden
Tenn
Wesley H. Wyatt
Echo Cove
Eagle River Landing
Army
Malin Craig
Baker Board
Newton D. Baker
Army Air
Thompson Again Enters Chicago Mayor Race
William Hale Thompson formally announced his candidacy for Chicago mayor, aiming for a fourth term. A seasoned campaigner, Thompson previously served as mayor in three terms and later ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1936 on the Union Progressive ticket after losing to Anton J. Cermak in 1931.
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Chicago
William Ale Thompson
Thompson
Anton J. Cermak
Union Progressive
Pioneer Fund Drive Starts Here at Once
The Sitka Home fund drive begins immediately led by D W Gross who returns from the south on Mount McKinley to organize the appeal. Campaigns will also start in Wrangell and Petersburg Coliseum theaters with funds sent from Juneau to reach the Sitka Home for Christmas.
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Sitka
D. W. Gross
Mount McKinley
Seattle
Ketchikan
Gross
Wrangell and Petersburg Coliseum
Juneau
Missionary Group Social At Lutheran Church
At the Lutheran Church yesterday afternoon the Interdenominational Missionary Society held a short business session and a social program. Miss Leslie Reed spoke on Prayer Changes Things, while Mrs C G Bloxham discussed Palestine and the Jew, focusing on Arab Jewish struggles. A vocal solo, Stranger of Galilee, was sung by Mrs R B Lesher and closing remarks on Peace were given by Mrs J Cameron before refreshments.
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Lutheran Church
Interdenominational Missionary Society
Leslie Reed
C. G. Bloxham
Palestine
Galilee
R. B. Lesher
J. Cameron
Airways ship makes Sitka trip with five aboard
Marine Airways Fairchild flight carried one passenger outbound to Sitka and returned with three aboard. On the outbound leg the name W. P. F. Smith is listed and on the inbound leg the passengers were Gillis Royer Carl Grehm and C. L Durgen.
Ketchikan Vote Defeats $150,000 Bond Plan
In Ketchikan Alaska voters rejected a $150,000 bond proposal to close a roughly $100,000 deficit and fund street improvements. The special election counted 312 yes and 171 no, missing a 65 percent majority by six votes.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Banker Charged With Fraud In Valuable Estate
New York December 14 Mrs Dorothy Ledyard Knight lodges sworn information accusing Thomas H Wilson Vice President of United States Trust Company of defrauding her and her two infant daughters of a 14 million dollar estate from her late father Lewis Cass Ledyard Director of Chase National Bank She also alleges perjury and falsification in income tax reports and a falsified report required by law from the Trust Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dorothy Ledyard Knight
Thomas H. Wilson
United States Trust Company
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Chase National Bank
Knight
Wilson
Oscar Selmer Dies Suddenl y in Skagway Alaska
Skagway longtime barber and city treasurer Oscar Selmer, age 62, died suddenly this morning. Survived by wife Mrs Selmer and five sons and three daughters, all of Skagway. He belonged to Masons Elks Eagles and Eastern Star.
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Skagway
Alaska
Oscar Selmer
Rearmament foes still battling as defense rush proceeds
Washington dispatch notes renewed vigor in disarmament groups while the arms buildup accelerates. General Craig's optimistic air armament targets appear outdated amid new figures urged by Louis Johnson and Roosevelt aides. Johnson calls for rapid expansion to meet aggressive European pace and to preserve air supremacy amid faster enemy aircraft development.
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Craig
Roosevelt
Louis Johnson
Johnson
Air Corps
Europe
Cannery Hands Subject of Union Talks
In San Francisco a joint session of the Federated Fishermen's Council and UCAPAWA CIO convenes to resolve overlapping cannery worker jurisdiction in Alaska. Delegates propose organizing cannery workers under UCAPAWA with a joint convention for those splitting time between canning and farming.
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San Francisco
Cal
Federated Fishermen's Council
CIO United Cannery and
Agricultural Packing Allied Workers of America
Alaska
Ucapawa
CIO
Fishermen's Council
Norlitemen Christmas Dinner Draws Large Crowd
Approximately eighty attended the Norlitemen Christmas dinner at the Northern Light Presbyterian Church Parlors last evening. Mrs. Vena Crone coordinated dinner arrangements. Charles W. Hawkesworth spoke on Christmas and read selections from Kate Wiggins Bird's Christmas Carol. Stanley Cox sang three tenor solos with Cynthia Batson at the piano, as candlelit community carols concluded.
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Norlitemen
Northern Light Presbyterian Church
Vena Crone
Charles W. Hawkesworth
Kate Wiggins
Bird
Stanley Cox
Cynthia Batson
German Spy Convicted in Canal Zone Espionage Trial
Hans Schackow, 26, a German steamship company employee, is convicted in Canal Zone fortifications espionage case. A federal jury deliberated two hours. He is one of four accused. others to face trial later after arrests October 16 at Fort Randolph guarding the Atlantic entrance. Military testimony cited photographs useful to foreign governments.
Defense chiefs meet at Lima on Western Hemisphere defense
Delegates at the Pan American conference report rapid progress in plans to defend the Western Hemisphere against any nation seeking South or Central American territory. Secretary Hull of the United States is active. former Kansas governor Landon also participates. The Misses Venetia and Geraldine Feere depart aboard the Mount McKinley for Skagway on a holiday visit.
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Lima
Peru
Dac
Western Hemisphere
South America
Central America
Hull
United States
Kansas
Landon
Polleys Travel to Mount McKinley for Skage Way Visit
E M Polley and Mrs Polley embarked on the Mount McKinley voyage to Skage way to visit their son Dr Clayton Polley and his wife.
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E. M. Polley
McKes son drug head and aide arrested in securities case
Fairfield Connecticut December 14 United States government agents arrested Donald Caster president of McKes son Robbins drug concern and George Dietrich assisted treasurer after warrants issued in New York charged them with violations of the Securities Act. The warrants were served at Dexter's country mansion. The case centers on the disappearance of about 18 million of the firm s 87 million in listed assets. Both men expected to post bonds later.
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Fairfield, Conn
Donald Caster
McKesson, Robbins
George Dietrich
New York
Dexter’s Country Mansion
United States
Bernard Pitch
Coster
Dietrich
Ruth Etting Weds Man Shot By Ex Husband
Ruth Etting married Myrl Alderman in Los Angeles as ex-husband Martin Snyder faces trial for attempted murder. The ceremony occurred in Judge William Orrs chambers with Rev. C H Sloan officiating. Etting aged 37 and Alderman 30.
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Ruth Etting
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Martin Snyder
Myrl Alderman
Snyder
William Orr
C. H. Sloan
Misa Etting
Alderman
Eva Tanguay Seriously Ill in Hollywood Hospital
Physicians hold little hope for recovery for Eva Tanguay the former vaudeville star known as the original I Dont Care girl. She is seriously ill in a Hollywood California hospital.
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Hollywood
Cal
Eva Tanguay
Norwomen Dinner Event Tomorrow at Northern Light Church
The Norwomen Christmas party starts at 6:30 PM in the Parlor of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church. Reservations close tonight with Mrs Mary Jeanneatte Whittier. Miss Francis Wheeler will play piano as carols are sung. attendees should bring a wrapped simple gift for the needy. food and money are not accepted.
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Norwomen
Northern Light Presbyterian Church
Mary Jeanneatte Whittier
Francis Wheeler
Parcel Post Window Extended to Eight Tonight at Post Office
The parcel post window will stay open until eight tomorrow night to allow mailers to place packages for the North Coast passenger train, which sails south Friday morning at eight. Postmaster Albert Wile announced the extension to accommodate time for sending urgent mail.
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Tute
Albert Wile
Planes Drop Supplies To Ship S Crew In Distress
Two Alaska Air Transport pilots along with Navy bombers dropped clothing and provisions to eighteen survivors of the wrecked motorship Patterson off Sea Otter Creek north of Cape Fair Weather. Guides will accompany the survivors toward Lituya Bay where Navy planes may pick them up.
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U. S
Felix Gray
Alaska Air Transport
Sheldon Simmons
Patterson
Lituya Bay
Juneau
Cape Fairweather
Sea Otter Creek
Shell Simmons
Graham
Alaska Air Tisswrt
Guido Simmons
Li~tuya Bay
Jim Huscroft
Simmons
Huscroft
Toko
Coast Guard
Halda
Navy
Sitka
Haida
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Washington
Labor Department
Pa Henal
C. F. Johnson
Intacles
Pioneer Fund Drive
Freston Grover
Alr
Canal Zone
Young Steamship Company
Venetia
Geraldine Feere
Polleys
McKesson
TREAS
Nevada
L. A
Lifuya Bay
Shopping
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