Premier Konoye administration faced House revolt defeat
A dramatic House revolt shelved the Wages and Hours Bill in an overtime session. Rayburn warned the move would end wages and hours legislation as Congress nears adjournment. The defeat marks the first major setback for Roosevelt’s program since the Court bill loss, though the Senate approved the Ever Normal Gramry Farm Bill in a separate session item.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
House
Labor Committee
Rayburn
Senate
Still Seeking Crimin als Who Broke Alcatraz
Federal Prison Director James V. Bennett says the search for escaped Alcatraz prisoners Cole and Roe will continue until they are believed dead. In San Francisco heavy shore patrols probe the Bay Area as Roe, 29, of Duncan Oklahoma, and Cole, 23, of Sproud Oklahoma, vanished after leaping from the cliff in thick fog following breaking two panes of glass and jimmied gate access.
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Washington
James V. Bennett
Cole
Roe
Alcatraz
San Francisco
Bay City
Ralph Roe
Duncan
Oklahoma
Theodore Cole
Sproud
Paper prices to be probed by government
Senator James P. Pope of Idaho has asked Attorney General Cummings for the earliest consideration of reports that newsprint prices are rising due to monopolistic practices. He says newspaper and magazine publishers are alarmed.
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Washington
James P. Pope
Idaho
Cummings
Alaska hosts new air defense unit amid Pacific tensions
The Sitka base hosts six patrol bombers and 70 sailors to survey the fogbound northwest coast while a weather station rises on Unalaska. Alaska’s 1867 purchase is reexamined as defense, commerce, and aviation growth fuel its strategic value and profitability.
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Sitka
Alaska
Northwest
Japan
US 8. Navy
Unalaska Island
Aleutian
Bering Sea
Soviet
Tokio
U. S
Ilcomfort
Alaskan
Russia
Kodiak to be advance base for seaplanes in 1938
Navy message to Gov. Troy states Kodiak will serve as an advance base for seaplanes in 1938. A squadron of planes will depart Bremerton on April 15 and reach the Kodiak base on April 20. The notice discusses old navy storage and land withdrawals for Navy use at Kodiak amid a separate Kodiak incident.
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Kodiak
Bremmerton
John W. Troy
William D. Leahy
Detroit
Mich
David
Navy
Mayott
Leahy
Kodiak Department Store
Wasgazihe
Terat
Two convicts convicted in abduction of aged man
Huntington West Virginia December 18 John Travis and Orville Adkins were convicted of abducting Dr James J Seder aged 79 The doctor died from exposure days after escaping a farm prison where he was held for ransom The conviction mandates the death penalty in this fatal abduction case
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Huntington
West Virginia
John Travis
Orville Adkins
James J. Seder
Oregon Leader Flays Labor's Fight in State
Portland December 18 Governor Charles H. Martin denounced Oregon's labor unrest urging sheriffs and district attorneys to preserve democracy amid economic upheaval. He warned of a supergovernment of goons and gangsters and condemned vigilante actions amid the CIO and APL jurisdictional clashes. Portland sawmills have been closed for four months.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Guv
Charles Hu
Martin
APL
CIO
Christmas Tree Festival Opens Community Holiday Season
The Ju neal Women's Club sponsors tomorrow's Community Christmas Festival in Juneau at 4 PM with a lit country tree, carols distributed by the committee, and a community sing led by Miss Alice Palmer at the piano. The event features the Juneau City Band, church choirs, and a Metlakatla group possible attendance, broadcast on Station KINY with Mayor Judson opening the program. Weather hope remains for snow, with nine participating musical groups and a celebratory three-fold program.
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Juneal Women’s Club
H. S. Graves
Department of Community Welfare
Alaska Electric Light and Power Company
Juneau
Alice Palmer
Carol Beery Davis
KINY
Juneau City Band
First Presbyterian Church
St. Ann's
Northern Light Presbyterian Church
Metlakatla
Judson
Bestival
Juneuu
Thirty Six Convicted in Mass Trial at Springfield
In a landmark Springfield Federal District Court proceeding, thirty six defendants mostly tied to the Progressive Miners of America were found guilty by a federal jury on three counts of conspiring to bomb trains and disrupt coal industry operations across central and southern Illinois during the 1932 to 1934 period. The mass trial reflected a nationwide response to a reign of terrorism in coal country.
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Springfield
Progressive Miners of America Union
Springfield Federal District Court
Tlinois
Gillam Arrives at Point Barrow After Flight Hazard
Harold Gillam reached Point Barrow Alaska on December 18 after patching a broken wind with canvas and replacing a damaged strut with pipe from a shipwreck at Cape Halkett. Snow blocked flues so a human line guided his landing on the ice.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
Harold Gillam
Cape Halkett
Fairbanks
Gillam
Franco German Pact Is Signed
Paris reports a Franco German agreement regulating frontier population relations was signed by Premier Camille Chautemps and German Ambassador Count Johannes von Welczein. The piece notes local Christmas activities by the Women's Club in Juneau.
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Paris
Camille Chautemps
France
Count Johannes von Welczein
Two Guilty Verdicts in Slaying Case in Washington
Mount Vernon, Wash. December 18. Clifford Hawkins aged 25 faced a Superior Court jury that returned two verdicts of guilty for first degree murder. He heard the findings calmly with a slight smile. Hawkins was convicted of shooting Ernest and Lloyd Grimm brothers of 13 year old Edith Grimm whom the state charged he had improper relations with and he shot the two when they objected. Hawkins pleaded self defense.
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Mount Vernon
Wash
Clifford Hawkins
Hawkins
Ernest
Lloyd Grimm
Edith Grimm
Widow Mrs Tyler first president's widow pension fact
Mrs John Tyler became the first presidential widow to receive a government annuity. She drew five thousand dollars annually, a pension established by Congress. Martha Washington’s gratuity was limited to free mail privileges.
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John Tyler
Congress
Martha Washington
Council to Ask For New Report From Light Co
After a lengthy discussion council members voted to request Alaska Electric Light and Power Company submit, by January first, a report suitable for Internal Revenue tax return calculations. The council rejected W D Gross's straw vote idea on public ownership as unbinding and not representative of taxpayers. Councilman Messerschmidt urged obtaining solid information on the power issue before action, while Krause noted the company must be protected from meter deposits and highlighted ongoing investigations.
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W. D. Gross
Alaska Electric Light and Power Company
Itrade
Internal Revenue Department
Gross
Henry Messerschmidt
Thomas Judson
Teading
Messerschmidt
Krause
Councl
Light Company
Controversy Over Japanese Response To Panay Incident
Reports from Tokyo on December 18 indicate a clash between Japan's military and civilian branches over how to respond to U S demands after the Panay bombing and sinking on the Yangtze River. The military favors apology indemnity and a pledge of non repetition while the civil branch seeks stronger action.
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Yangtze River
Panay
Nanking
Tokyo
Emperor Hirohito
Konoye
United States
Joseph C. Grew
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