Indian Youth Killed at Cabin Party. Father Held
Will ie Phillips a 17 year old Indian was shot in a two room cabin south of City Cafe early today. His 53 year old father Henry Phillips is jailed on an open charge in federal custody. Sam Carillo a Pilipino and his wife were held as witnesses. Autopsy and investigation underway. A gallon of wine had been consumed the night before. Carillo said the elder Phillips shouted I’ll shoot you too as he seized the rifle. Willie died at Government hospital at 2 50 AM. Survived by mother three sisters and a brother. Sam and Agnes Carillo expected to be released later today.
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Willie Phillips
Henry Phillips
Sam Carillo
Cuarillo
Willie
Henry
Carillo
Phillips
Jack Wilson
Wilson
Roy Hoffman
Dan Ralston
Government Hospital
Elizbeth Johnson
Juneau
Annie K. Anderson
Washington State
Against Bund in City Limits
Southbury Connecticut residents vote at a public meeting to adopt zoning rules aimed at preventing the establishment of a German American Bund camp within the city limits.
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Southbury
Conn
Chaplin and Paulette Goddard Near Divorce Buzz
Hollywood sources say Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard are near divorce as rumors ripple through the film colony. The reports surface amid ongoing public speculation about their marriage and future plans.
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Hollywood
Cal
Charlie Chaplin
Paulette Goddard
Maine Woolen Mills to Close Amid Suspension of Work
Governor Barrows announced the pending suspension of work in Maine woolen mills due to competition and a low southern wage scale. The decision, made in Augusta, reflects economic pressures faced by Maine industry as officials seek to balance labor costs and output.
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Augusta
Maine
Lewis O. Barrows
Streamlining for Funerals Not Tolerated
Washington dispatch notes rising Arlington funerals disrupt unit drills. Fort Myer provides funeral escorts across the Potomac while nearby forts are further away. An officer proposed a dedicated detail to lessen training interruptions.
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Fort Myer
Potomac
Washington
Arington Cemetery
Belvoir
15 Year Old Girl To Be Queen Of Tournament Roses
Miss Cheryl Walker aged 15 from South Pasadena has been chosen as Queen of the Tournament of Roses parade after beating more than two thousand junior college coeds in Pasadena California on December 15.
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Tournament Roses
Pasadena
Cal
Cheryl Walker
South Pasadena
Roberts Reelected Head of Northwest Salmon Canners
Humphrey O. Roberts of Seattle has been reelected head of the Northwest Salmon Canners Association for a fourth term. Roberts serves as president of Agewik Fisheries on Kodiak Island, Alaska.
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Seattle
Humphrey O. Roberts
Northwest Salmon Canners Association
Roberts
Agewik Fisheries
Kodiaksland
Alaska
Bakery Wagon Drivers Seek Higher Wages in San Francisco
George Kidwell secretary of the Bakery Wagon Drivers Union announces the union will seek sanction on Monday from the Central Labor Council to strike for higher wages and a rearrangement of the hours. The strike call will cover all drivers in the San Francisco area and nearby counties.
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San Francisco
Cal
George Kidwell
Bakery Wagon Drivers’ Union
Central Labor Council
AID TAKEN TO PILOT GILLAM FROM BARROW
A driving snowstorm grounded Harold Gillam at Cape Halkett after he repaired his damaged plane with tools carried by Sergeant Stanley R. Morgan of the U S Army Signal Corps in a snow mobile. Morgan returned to Barrow with a motor generator and parts Gillam was carrying from Fairbanks for Sir Hubert Wilkins. Gillam plans to fly as soon as weather allows and will brief by radio once transmissions restart.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
Harold Gillam
Cape Halkett
Stanley R. Morgan
United States Army, Signal Corps
Morgan
Gillam
Barrow
Fairbanks
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Gape Halkett
Niy
Alaska Bills Reported Favorably by House Committee
Washington December 4 Special Correspondence Favorable report was made by the House Committee on Territories in three Alaska bills on December 1 One bill by Delegate Anthony J Diamond would transfer title of the old Ketchikan court house site to the city for a public school building The site was provided by the city at about 13000 and the transfer is not objected to by departments The other measures would extend mining rights to all Alaska shores and authorize public utility districts to incur bonded indebtedness for public works The Alaska exploration bill would transfer mining jurisdiction from the War to the Interior Department and the utility bond bill aims to aid districts in financing electric and water facilities Continued on Page Five
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Ketchikan
Congress
Alaska
United States
Bering Sea
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Interior
Territorial
Panay survivor Marshall recalls Panay’s last stand
Jim Marshall, Collier’s East correspondent and Panay survivor, says the gunboat fired on attacking Japanese planes with guns blazing until sinking. He describes bombs dropping near the Panay, crew and passengers abandoning ship, and his landing on a Standard Oil ship. Other survivors dispute reports of no anti-aircraft fire.
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Marshall
Colin McDonald
London Daily ‘Times
All Foreigners Safe After Nanking Capture Report
Dec 15 report from the Japanese Embassy states 27 foreigners, including 18 Americans in Nanking during its capture, are safe. It says about 150,000 Chinese are in the safety zone, with no foreign officials left in Nanking or the Yangtze fighting area. Chinese force of about 140,000 rallied on a new line at Punchen to halt the Japanese advances.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Yangtze River
Punchen
Hungary Pays War Debt to United States First Since Finland
Washington Dec 15 The Hungarian Government paid a partial remittance of 9000 dollars on the war debt becoming the first nation outside Finland to resume payments.
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Washington
United States
Finland
Former Resident of Juneau Dies at 78 in Seattle
Funeral services will be held Saturday for Alex Ross, 78, who died Monday in Seattle. Ross lived in Juneau for 30 years after going there in 1887, making him a former resident with long ties to the city.
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Seattle
Alex Ross
Ross
Juneau
Goig
Airplane Prices to Rise in 1938 After Demand Rise
CHICAGO Ill December 15 The heavy demand by governments for military aircraft is announced by J B Manning president of the Aviation Corporation and is the reason for predicting higher retail airplane prices in 1938.
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Chicago
Ill
J. B. Manning
The
Aviation Corporation
Questioning Citizenship of Fritz Kuhrn by Immigration Panel
The House Immigration Committee asks the Department of Labor to probe Fritz Kuhrn, leader of the German American Bund, for possible citizenship concerns. A decision on canceling his citizenship has not yet been made.
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Washington
House Immigration Committee
Department of Labor
Fritz’ Kuhrn
Bunds
United States
Gold from Japan Arrives on Liner Tatsura Maru
Gold valued at about 5 million dollars arrived in San Francisco aboard the Tatsura Maru from Japan and was escorted to the new mint. Passengers Loulie ovemen and sister Mrs. Margaret Burke were seen aboard the Alaska bound for Ketchikan to spend holidays with their parents. Louise works at the Juneau Ice Cream Parlors. Mrs. Burke is married to Art Burke of the Paynn Takit grocery store.
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San Francisco
Cal
Japan
Loulie Ovemen
Margaret Burke
Alaska
Ketchikan
Louise
Juneau
Britain warns Japan over attacks on shipping
London December 15 British Foreign Secretary Sir Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that Britain seeks definite Japanese action to prevent repeat attacks on British shipping in the Far East. He warned that further incidents would jeopardize Britain’s relations with Japan.
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London
Porelen
Anthony Eden
House of Com- Toons
Great Britain
Japan
Far East
Pickets Put In Jail At Port Assembly Plant
Mass picketing by men women and children began at the Port Assembly Plant in Kansas City. Police rounded up about 150 protestors in patrol wagons, including 22 women and eight children. CIO representative Carl Stevens defended the action and warned the union would keep picketing to press employee membership in the CIO Automobile Workers of America. The article ends with an unclear line about the ancient name for a river in Asia Minor.
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Kansas City
Womer
Port Assembly
Carl Stevens
CIO
Automobile Workers of America
United States and Japan seek path after Panay incident
Washington reports say U S protest to Japan over the Panay bombing and sinking raises questions about rights in China and possible war policy shifts. President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull await a direct Japanese reply with terms for reparations and guarantees against unlawful interference. A House petition pushes for a constitutional referendum before war declaration. Tokyo confirms Japan seeks to meet the diplomatic emergency and considers a national salute and military honors for the Americans killed.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Yangtze River
China
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Panay
House
Hull
Tokyo
U. S
Anti Japanese Parade Staged by Panama Pacific Crew
In Cristobal Canal Zone on December 15, about 150 crew members from the Panama Pacific steamship California staged a street parade expressing anti Japanese sentiment. The demonstration drew local attention as an isolated protest in the port area.
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Anne Cavendish-Bentinck
Duke of Portland
Leopold of
Belgium
England
Leopold
Elizabeth
Prince Charles
Welbeck Abbey
Anne
Astrid
By Preston Grover
Fort Mayer
Arlington
H. C. Roberts
N.S.C.A
Sergt. Morgan
C. Halkett
Hungary
U.S
Jean Rogers
Larry
Buster") Crabbe
Miss Rogers
Crabbe
Acress
F. Kurhn
Lydia
Asia Minor
Nippon Note
Future of Rights
Jpping
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