Juneau Chamber Elects Seven New Directors
The Juneau Chamber of Commerce elected seven directors at today’s luncheon: George W. Folta Charlies W. Carter Francis E. McDermott Wilbur Wester J Horace O. Adams Tom Byer and R. B. Martin. They will meet December 29 to elect officers for the new year.
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Juneau Chamber of Commerce
Percy
George W. Folta
Charlies W. Carter
C. W. Carter Mortuary
Francis E. McDermott
Ve Juneau Lumber Mills
Wilbur Wester
Gastineau
Horace O. Adams
Juneau
Alaska Steamship Company
Tom Byer
Standard Oil Company
R. B. Martin
Alaska Electric Light and Power Company
Allen Shattuck
H. L. Faulkner
M. S. Whittier
Folia
A. B. Karnes
Territorial
Dean Sherman
Sherman
George FP. Alexander
Alaska
Anthony J. Dimond
Seattle
Anchorage drives gambling crackdown in December action
In Anchorage Alaska on December 16 the Net reports a citywide clamp on lotteries punch boards card games and all gambling devices. District Attorney J W Kehoe and Marshal C J Todd ordered the move to curb family funds lost to betting and related activity. Deputy Marshal Joe Bell spent two days notifying merchants to remove gambling paraphernalia from their establishments.
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Anchorage
Alaska
J. W. Kehoe
C. J. Todd
Joe Bell
Boycott Urged On Toys Made in Japan
Detroit December 16 Homer Martin president of the United Automobile Workers urged a boycott of Japanese goods saying a Japanese made toy is a bomb for a Chinese child. He urged parents to show opposition to aggressor nations by refusing gifts made in Japan.
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Detroit
Mich
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
Japan
Appropriations For Alaska Get Scant Attention
Washington dispatch reports Alaska Delegate Anthony Dimond criticizing Budget Bureau restraint on Alaska spending. He urged lenient Alaska funding next year for roads airfields and Indian work, and urged more Indian Service hospitals in TB prevalent areas. Two hospitals were authorized in 1937 at Point Barrow and Bethel.
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Washington
Alaska
Anthony J. Dimond
Budget Bureau
Bell
Dimond
Indian Service
Point Barrows
Bethelgate
Mutineers Convicted in Algie Ship Mutiny Trial
A Federal jury in Baltimore convicted all 14 defendants on both counts for conspiracy and revolt tied to a sitdown strike aboard the Algie in Montevideo on September 10. The captain ordered the crew to return to duty, they complied after the ship had been held, and charges were brought on return to Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Algie
Montevideo
Builder Laing Offers British Labor Cost Model
John Laing of London, head of J. L. Laing and Son, compares British and American labor practices. He notes Britain staged annual wage periods to secure steadier work, lowering house costs and extending building seasons. He claims English house unit costs fell about 30 percent, while U.S. builders work about 30 weeks yearly, raising relative costs. He cites advantages but acknowledges dissenting views and hints at continued discussion.
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Washinu Lon
Lee
John Laing
London
J. L. Laing and Son, Ltd
England
Laing
Britain
America
Alaska Pilot Loses One Leg but Aims to Fly Again
Dr Roger Anderson said Percy Hubbard an Alaska flier injured in a July 1936 Fairbanks crash will regain flying ability after a right foot amputation. The operation was performed so Hubbard can still pilot his plane.
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Seattle
Roger Anderson
Percy Hubbard
Alaska
Hubbard
Fairbanks
Morgan Aids Gillam After Blizzard at Cape Markett
POINT BARROW Alaska Dec 16 Sergt Stanley R Morgan returned here with tools for Harold Gillam at Cape Markett. He faced a blizzard and rough ice on the trip back using his snowmobile with his chin out the window to see. Gillam later radioed he could not take off despite temporary repairs.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
Stanley R. Morgan
Harold Gillam
Cape Markett
Morgan
Gillam
Wilkins Plans Polar Flight From Point Barrow
Sir Hubert Wilkins announced at Point Barrow that his Polar expedition may fly from this base to search for six missing Soviet flyers, noting that one Polar flight covers Atlantic distances with many hazards.
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Wilkins
Point Barrow
Alaska
Hubert Wilkins
Aklavik
Atlantic
Car Collision Injures U.S. Engineers Couple in Seattle
Seattle newsroom reports Capt Arthur Trudeau, military assistant to the U.S. Engineers office, and his wife Helen sustained serious injuries when their sedan collided with a truck. First Lieut George Kumpe, 26, on leave from the Philippines, has a fractured skull and grave prognosis. Kumpe is the son of Col George E Kumpe, Signal Corps officer in charge. Capt Trudeau was driving the sedan.
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Seattle
Arthur Trudeau
United States Engineers Office
Helen
George Kumpe
Engineers' Corps
Philippines
George E. Kumpe
Signal Corps
United States Army
Trudeau
North Pole Ice Drift Sees Justice Black Resign
Washington reports Associate Justice Hugo Black has resigned from the Supreme Court and is named successor to Blake for ocean currents. The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee in Nashville notes the resignation, while United States Senator Joseph William Bailey of North Carolina is named successor.
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Nashville
Tenn
Southern Baptist Convention
Washington
Hugo Soviet
L. Black
Supreme Court
United States
Moscow
Russia
North Pole
Joseph William Bailey
Carolina
Blake
Manslaughter Charge Filed Against Father
Henry Phillips faces a manslaughter charge in U S Commissioner’s Court after his son and wife were shot during a cabin quarrel on South Franklin Street. The Carillos, the accused man’s daughter and son-in-law, were questioned and released. Phillips says the shooting occurred while he tried to wrest the gun from his son. The report references broader sectional tensions in Congress over wage, hour, and farm bills, noting regional economic fault lines and moral issues akin to past civil strife.
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U. S. Commissioner’s Court
Henry Phillips
Phillips
South Franklin Street
George W. Falta
Sam Carillo
Carillok
America
Gongress
House Rules Committee
Department of Labor
South
Senculor Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
New England
Japan recalls naval official over Panay attack
Shanghai dispatch reports Rear Admiral Teizo Mitsunami relieved as chief of Japanese Naval Aerial Operations in Shanghai following the Panay bombing. Demei notes the move shows Tokyo’s pledge to punish officers and underscores blame on young naval duties. Tokyo says Foreign Ministry seeks a satisfactory Panay settlement amid improving U S Britain sentiment. Navy also to honor Panay victims with a ceremonial salute at the site.
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Mitsunami II
Shanghai
Teizo Mitsunami
Demei
United States
Damel
Mitsunami
China
Tokyo
Koki Hirota
Foreign Ministry
Great Britain
Japan
Navy Ministry
Japanese to Enter Nanking Tomorrow in Triumph
Shanghai, Det. 14 reports Japanese forces plan a formal triumphal entry into the fallen Chinese capital Nanking tomorrow afternoon. Other Japanese columns, according to a spokesman, continue pushing into the interior of China.
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Shanghai
Nanking
China
Telegraph Operators May Strike Across Several Cities
The CIO announces that Postal Telegraph operators in New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh Buffalo Detroit and Washington will strike to force negotiation with the American Radio Telegraphers Association.
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Washington
CIO
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Detroit
American Radio Telegraphers’ Association
Panay attack confirmed by Japanese surface vessels
Secretary of State Cordell Hull announced official reports confirm Japanese surface vessels machine gunned the gunboat Panay after it was bombed by Japanese fliers. Two Japanese Army motorboats also approached and fired, with some crew boarding for five minutes as the American colors flew. Hull said the new details deepen the incident and the information was sent to Ambassador Grew in Tokyo for protest notes.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
United States
Hull
Secretary of State
Grew
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Shanghai
Great Britain to Send More Warships to China Waters
London reports a movement to urge Britain to deploy additional warships to Chinese waters to restore prestige. The proposal, likely to be raised in a House of Commons debate on foreign affairs next Tuesday, argues fleet reinforcement would deter attacks on British ships, notably near Shanghai.
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London
Great Britain
China
House of Commons
Orient
Shanghai
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