Fear Deadlock Over Navy Plan At Conference
U S delegates at the naval conference agreed to study British proposals in a friendly spirit, stressing no major deviation from existing treaties. British delegates fear possible deadlock from rivals over fleet tonnage limits, while Norman H. Davis said the United States and Japan have no offensive intent and no need to alter naval power.
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NAVY
Davis
Japan
London
United States
Naval Conference
Legion Demand Outlined For Bonus Payment
American Legion lays out a legislative program before President Roosevelt including cash bonus, pensions for widows and dependent children, a universal service bill, and stronger national defense. Commander Ray Murphy says unity with Veterans of Foreign Wars on the bonus likely at Congress. Roosevelt declines comment.
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Washington
American Legion
Roosevelt
Ray Murphy
Legion
Murphy
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Congress
Juneau Christmas Tree Lights Begin Preparations
Alaska Electric Light and Power crews will string lights on the Community Christmas Tree in front of the First National Bank, sponsored by the Juneau Woman's Club. The annual tree lighting and community carol program are set for next Sunday at 4 o clock.
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Alaska Electric Light and Power Company
Juneau Woman's Club
Pirst National Bank
Fire damages igloo of Cordova pioneers
Cordova Alaska December 17 fire struck the Pioneer Igloo causing estimated damage of 1700 dollars. The blaze occurred Sunday morning and prompted an investigation by local authorities. Firefighters contained the flames with no injuries reported.
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Igloo of
Cordova
Alaska
Chris N Crone Dies at St Ann's Hospital Today
Chris N Crone aged four, Legionnaire and caretaker of the Governor's House, died at St. Ann's Hospital at 12:30 PM from septic poisoning. Survived by widow Mrs C N Crone, a popular cooking demonstrator, he served in World War I with the 158th Infantry in France 1918-19. He lived in Alaska since 1927, worked at the Governor's House, and was a member of the Alford John Bradford Post, American Legion. Burial arrangements not yet made. body at the Carter Mortuary.
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Chris N. Crone
St. Ann's Hospital
C. N. Crone
Goldstein Building
Mr. Crone
Seattle
Norah
Atlantic
Town
France
158Th Infantry
Alaska
Governor's House
Crone
Alford John Bradford
American Legion
Juneau
C. V.’. Carter
Cooking Class Demonstration Postponed After Death
The Vocational Education Cook ing Demonstration scheduled for Thursday afternoon is indefinitely postponed. The delay follows the death this morning of C. N. Crone, husband of Mrs. Crone, a popular demonstrator.
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Vocational Education Department
C. N. Crone
Simpson Heading South For Rose Bowl Trip
Dr. Robert Simpson departs tonight aboard the Princess Norah to California to rejoin his wife. He plans to attend the Pasadena Rose Bowl clash between Stanford and Texas Christian on New Year’s Day.
Offer theory Liggett slain by gangsters in Chicago
Chicago investigators led by Chief Deputy Coroner William Sehtagertorder and TA Joseph Wilmovsky will obtain photos of bullets used to kill Walter Liggett and compare them with bullets from the Malloy shooting and a stolen submachine gun to test a Chicago gang theory.
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Chicago
Walter Liggett
Coronor
William Sehtagertorder
Joseph Wilmovsky
Liggett
Thomas Malloy
Cear
Willow Springs
Alaska Railroad Tonnage Rises In Fiscal Year
Secretary Ickes reports Alaska Railroad tonnage rose by 16 702 tons in the year ending 1935 amid freight to the Matanuska colony. Deficit fell to 57 055 after deductions. revenue climbed to 1 476 567 from all sources as mining prospects and colonization drive traffic. The report credits mineral resource investigations and the Mata nuska coal field surveys for long term value and rail expansion.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Alaska
Ingzely
Matanusko
Ickes
Matanuska
Eska
Moose Creek
Millionaire Kidnapping Suspect Found Alive in Cuba
Nicholas Castano, a Cuban millionaire held for ransom, was abducted a week ago and found alive by Cuban Army police. Authorities believe the leftist Revolutionary group staged the kidnapping.
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Havana
Cuba
Nicholas Castano
Government Nurse Leaves on Princess Norah
Miss Esther L. Sandstrom, government nurse at Tetlin and Tanana Crossing, who arrived in Juneau on the steamer Northwestern, sails on the Princess Norah for Massachusetts to begin her annual furlough.
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Esther L. Sandstrom
Tetlin
Tanana Crossing
Juneau
Northwestern
Princess Norah
Massachusetts
Republicans Seek Democrats Aid In 1936 Convention
Washington December 17 The Republican National Committee voted after a heated debate to seek backing from anti Roosevelt Democrats in the next election. The body also limited delegates for the 1936 convention to 997, down from 1154 at Chicago in 1932, with Alaska gaining one extra seat to three.
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Washington
Cleveland
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Chicago
Alaska
Alibi Witnesses Testify in Mass Murder Trial
In Port Orchard Washington on December 17 the state rested late and the defense opened. Leo Hall's sister Clara Logue testified he ate breakfast at her Seattle home the morning of the Feilder cottage killings. Seattle shingler T. J. Cole placed Hall at his mother's house on March 27 the night of the crime.
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Port Orchard
Wash
Leo Hall
Peggy Paulos
Erlands Point
Clara Logue
Seattle
Feilder
T. J. Cole
Hall
Greek Assembly Is Dissolved by King
Athens dispatch says King George signed a decree dissolving the Greek Assembly and ordering a general election for January 26. The move follows mounting political pressure and will require parties to organize anew across the country, with ballots set nationwide.
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Athens
George
Santa Claus Arrives Tonight Aboard Victoria
Santa Claus sails aboard the Victoria of the Alaska Steamship Co tonight to entertain from seven to two. The ship reaches at 5 45 o clock and public greeting begins at seven with candy toys orchestra music and entertainment for young and old. George Ponter and Arch Stewart host and gifts for children and possibly adults will be distributed. The Victoria stops at Sitka Kodiak and Seward on its annual cruise bringing gifts to about 6 000 children.
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Santa Claus
Victoria
Juneau
Doliglas
Alaska Steamship Co
George Ponter
Cordova
Santa
Arch Stewart
Alaska Steamshire
Girl Scouts of
Sitka
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Ciry Scouts
Wil
Iketchikan
Seward
Treasury income tax receipts rise in mid December
Treasury income tax collections for December 1 to 15 totaled 216.4 million dollars, an increase of 31 percent over the same period last year. The report covers the first half of December and the final installments for 1934.
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Washington
Dec
Treasury
Weak Feeble Stock Market Mixed Closing Prices Given
New York on December 17 reports light trading with a feeble market yet some issues held gains. Alaska Juneau mine at 14 brightest others like American Can 182 General Motors 55 Bethlehem Steel 45 and International Harvester 60. Dow Jones averages Industrials 140.60 Rails 40.08 Utilities 28.29 Pension Board meetings note Workman and Vander Loest continuing routine busts with Gay John W Troy present.
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New York
Alaska
Junean
American Can
American Power and Light
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
International Harvester
Kelvinator
Simmons Beds
United Corporation
United Foundries
DOW, Jones
Pension Board
Workman
H.R. Vander Loest
Territorial Pension Board
Gay
John W. ‘Troy
Missing Ca Tech Milne Jr Kidnapping Seen In NYC
Federal agents with New York City police pursued a fruitless search for Ca Tech Milne Jr. a member of a prominent Philadelphia family who vanished from his New York apartment last Saturday and was reported Sunday to have been kidnapped for ransom. Police and federal agents differed on clues and still treated Milne as missing.
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New York
New York City
Tech J. Milne, Jr
Philadelphia
Hils New York
Milne
Townsend Plans Third Party Push For Pension Plan
Dr P E Burda head of the movement announces a $200 monthly pension for anyone six years and up and says the group will file third party petitions in all states to push a nationwide Townsend Plan vote in 1936. He notes a third party entry is possible if major parties fail to back the plan. A Jennings Sitka boat builder travels from Sitka to Seattle aboard the North Sea.
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Chicago
Til
P. BE
Burda Jeader
Day
Townsend
A. Jennings
Sitka
McCain Declares Candidacy for Territorial Attorney General
Hany G. McCain of Ketchikan mailed his declaration of candidacy on the Republican ticket for Territorial Attorney General to Juneau. He aims for the Republican nomination as Delegate to Congress and is a state attorney and Ketchikan city council member with a long record in Territory Republican politics.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Hany G. McCain
Cordova
Anchorage
Territorial
Juneau
Congress
McCain
Hoover Calls for Decentralized Relief to Protect Elections
In St Louis, Herbert Hoover lambasted the New Deal in a caustic speech to the John Marshall Republican Club. He urged shifting relief to a decentralized system based on voluntary spirit, claiming federal allotments should be redirected to ensure a clean election and criticizing those on relief roles as enabling partisan manipulation.
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Louis
Dec
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Joun Marshal Republicar' Club
Alaska Game Commission report prepared for visit
A report on the annual session of the Alaska Game Commission set for viewing tomorrow. Executive Officer Hugh W. Ter dune and Chairman Irving McK. Reed plan departure on the Victoria for Pullbanks, awaiting final arrangements before travel.
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Alaska Game Commission
Hugh W. Terdune
Irving McK. Reed
Commission
Junea
Victoria
Pullbanks
War in Africa flares out as troops attack
In Djibouti area Ethiopian forces outflanked Italian troops near the Tahkane River valley. Italian main forces countered with airplanes and tanks as fighting spreads. Paris reports Premier Laval backing Franco British peace moves amid signs Britain may retreat from active support. Northern front reports indicate Ethiopian forces pressing at Talli and Coalaki posts with mobile guards active.
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Africa
Djibouti
French Somaliland
Tahkane River
Talla
Paris
Lavel
Chamber of Deputies
London
Asmana
Tlallan
Coalaki
Froit
Tigre
Thelma Todd Death Ruled Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Los Angeles reports Thelma Todd, noted film star, found dead in her car in Hollywood. Police investigate why she entered the garage and what occurred. Autopsy cites carbon monoxide poisoning as the cause of death with no immediate sign of foul play.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Thelma Todd
Hollywood
A. A. Wagner
Relief Worker Kills Four Colleagues in Texas Dome Incident
In Los Angeles on December 17, Charles N. Layman, a vengeful relief worker, killed four fellow workers and wounded three others, two critically. He told police the shootings were provoked by years of perceived harassment. The report ties the case to a Texas observatory dome painted with aluminum paint, visible from 60 miles away.
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Los Angeles
Charles N. Layman
McDonald Observatory
Texas
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Minneapolis
Minn
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R.R
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Game Commission
LAVAL
Miss Todd
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