Alaska union man Harry Stuhr shot during escape attempt
Harry Stuhr, Alaska fishermen's organizer, was shot Saturday while fleeing Detective Roy Mahoney after allegedly molesting a seven year old girl. Prosecutor Gray Warner noted many of these men are insane. Stuhr will face a sanity test when his condition warrants, and the physician said he has a good chance to recover.
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Alaska
Lient
Roy Mahoney
Stuhr
Gray Warner
Labor Leaders Charged With Racketeering in Cleveland
Cleveland labor leaders indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for allegedly taking 2150 dollars in tribute during remodeling of five major stores. The charges claim they threatened to halt work indefinitely if demands were not met and sought 4800 dollars in protection fees ranging from 50 to 2000 dollars.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Regional Planning Proposal Opposed by Chamber Poll
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States reports a poll showing overwhelming opposition among members to pending Congressional bills creating seven regional planning authorities. The result signals strong business opposition to the regional planning plan.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Girl Shot After Being Mistaken for Deer in Eureka Cal
Lorraine Jones was shot in the neck and killed while picking blueberries. George Armstrong, 58, a deer hunter, admitted firing the shot after misidentifying the girl as a deer.
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Eureka
Cal
Lorraine Jones
George Armstrong
Hearst Land Confiscated in Chihuahua Ranch Dispute
Reports from Juarez claim the Mexican government has seized about 45,500 acres of Hearst property in Chihuahua, part of Babicora ranch, for agrarian redistribution. The El Paso Times cites prevailing reports of government action against William Randolph Hearst holdings.
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Tex
The
el Paso Times
Juarez
Mexico
Chihuahua
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
Flier Charles Levine Sentenced for Tungsten Smuggling
New York December 20 Charles Levine the trans Atlantic flyer has been sentenced to two years in prison and fined 2500 dollars after being convicted of smuggling tungsten from Canada.
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New York
Charles Levine
Canada
Harry Hopkins Undergoes Operation at Mayo Clinic
Rochester Minn Dec 20 Harry Hopkins National PERA Administrator underwent an operation today for an obstructed esophagus at the Mayo Clinic. His condition is stated as satisfactory.
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Rochester, Minn
Harry Hopkins
PERA
Mayo Clinic
Girl Killed By Falling Icicle
LOCKPORT N Y Dec 20 Helen Betty Barnes 11 was crushed to death today when a large icicle fell from the roof of her home in a brief fatal accident adding tragedy to a winter day in the city
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Helen Betty Barnes
Bingham Dies in Baltimore After Return to Louisville
Robert Worth Bingham, longtime Courier Journal and Louisville Times publisher and former U S ambassador to Great Britain, dies after malaria illness. A special railway escort from Fort Knox accompanied his body from Baltimore to Cave Hill cemetery for a private burial beside his public service career. Sir Ronald Lindsay and Marvin McIntyre attend as representatives of the President.
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Louisville
Robert Worth Bingham
United States
Great Britain
Department of War
State Department
Fort Knox
Cave Hill Cemetery
Ronald Lindsay
Marvin McIntyre
Bingham
Baltimore
London
Courier Journal l
Louisville Times
Henry Watterson
Kentucky
Idol German World War Army passes in Munich
Gen Erich Ludendorff, 72, renowned German World War Army leader, died in Munich after bladder surgery and heart complications. A key Hindenburg lieutenant, he shaped campaigns on both eastern and western fronts and organized Germany’s 1918 spring offensive.
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Germany
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Ludendorff
Paul von Hindenburg
Liege
Belgium
Hindenburg
East Prussia
Quotation surge flags Berlin figures amid postwar crash
Stock quotations show Allied and German firms fluctuating as Ludendorff’s postwar legacy and related figures dominate market chatter. Dow Jones averages reflect gains with industrials at 129.08, rails 32.58, utilities 21.80 as markets close.
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DOW, Jones
Supreme Court bans wiretap evidence in federal cases
The Supreme Court ruled the 1934 Communications Act prohibits use of evidence obtained via wire tapping in federal criminal proceedings. Justice Roberts delivered the decision reversing the Second Circuit and cited challenges to the Act’s constitutionality. The ruling relates to a New York alcohol smuggling case that led to four convictions.
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Supreme Court Today
Justice Roberts
Court of Appeals
Sutherland and McReynolds
New York
Spies of Japan Alleged Infest Pacific Coast
A Soviet official told Pravda that America is overrun with Japanese spies and that Japan hosts American intelligence activities. He cited executions of eight ex-Communists and warned that fascist spies in the United States, especially on the Pacific coast and Panama Canal area, are Japanese.
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America
Japan
M . P. Prinovesky
Pravada
Frinovesky
Palau Coast
Panama Canal
Russia
Old Klondiker Dies in Seattle After Heart Disease
Alexander McArthur, 67, once of Fairbanks Alaska, died at friends home in Seattle from heart disease. He went to Dawson in 1897, then to Fairbanks. No known survivors.
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Seattle
Dee
Alexander McArthur
Fairbanks
Alaska
Dawson
Dyer Couple Sail On Norah For Rose Bowl Trip
Mr and Mrs Tom Dyer departed on the Princess Norah to southern California to view the Rose Bowl game and visit friends along the Pacific Coast. Dyer is a Standard Oil local agent. Eiler Hansen of the Pioneers Home visits Juneau today from Sitka and plans return on the Northland.
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California
Pacific Coast
Tom Dyer
Princess Norah
South
Dyer
Standard Oil Company
Eiler Hansen
Pioneers Home
Juneau
Sitka
Receiverships for Railroads Great Racket
Senator Truman denounced railroad receiverships as the greatest racket on earth in a spoken briefing to the Senate. He condemned Judge James Wilkerson of Chicago as the most notorious federal receiver in the bench. He cited two Chicago Milwaukee railroad receiverships as examples of lawyers using unethical tricks.
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Wilkerson
Chicago
Washington
Harry 8. Truman
Senate Today
Senate Railroad Finance Investigating Committee
Truman
James Wilkerson
Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad
Dividend Declared for Alaska Pacific Mine near Anchorage
Seattle Dec 20 The Alaska Pacific Mines officials operating in Willow Creek district near Anchorage announce a dividend of 80000 will be paid December 28. It is also announced that mine operations will continue all winter.
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Seattle
Alaska Pacific Mines
Willow Creek
Anchorage
Roosevelt nominates Ebert Burlew for Interior post
President Roosevelt nominated Ebert Burlew of Pennsylvania as First Assistant Secretary of the Interior to replace the late T A Walters. The announcement came from Washington on December 20.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ebert Burlew
Pennsylvania
Interior
T. A. Walters
Navy Planes From Sitka Visit Juneau Harbor Today
Two Navy planes from Sitka naval air base landed in Juneau harbor this morning. Officers Lt. C. L. Eckstrom Lt. (Jg.) N. S. Haines and Aviation Cadets A. E. Magee and W. Windham were aboard. Lt. K. R. Green, guest of the Coast Guard cutter Haida, will return tomorrow with Lt. Haines' plane.
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Juneau
C. £. Eckstrom
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N. S. Haines
Aviation Cadeta
A. E. Magee
W. Windham
K. R. Green
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Haida
Sitka
Haines
Loyalists Drive Insurgents Back In Fierce Battle
Loyalist forces stormed Teruel after encircling Franco’s Insurgent troops. House to house fighting and thousands of civilians fled as three government columns reached the center of the besieged city. Observers call it the war’s greatest reversal to date.
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Teruel
Hamilton Predicts Republican Gains Without Majority
Hamilton foresees gains for Republicans in forthcoming elections without achieving an overall majority. Analysts note party strength in key districts and voter shifts that could broaden influence though single seats may remain contested.
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Hamilton
Kidnaper's Father Dies in Tennessee
The father of Thomas H. Robinson Jr. died last night at age 64 in Tennessee. Robinson Sr. faced federal charges connected with the 1934 kidnapping of Mrs. Alice Berry Stolling but was acquitted. John Hamilton, National Republican Committee Chairman, spoke in Nashville predicting gains for Republicans in 1988 though not a majority.
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Robinson Sr
Kent Roosevelt
Industrials Rally on Eastern Market Boosts Steel Influence
New York stock action sees industrials rally led by steels with Galvis advancing to four points among favorites. A late profit-taking wave trimmed top prices before the close as transfers reached 1,400,000 shares.
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New York
Galvis
Action on housing bill indicated in Senate postponement
Washington dispatch reports the Senate postponed all action on the anti-lynching bill until January 6, making possible progress on the Administration's housing bill at the current session. The lynching measure had been set as a special order for January 6 at Senator Barkley's request despite Senator Connally's protest.
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Senate
Congress
Barkley
Connally
Kellogg Critically Ill as Pneumonia Spreads Hope Fades
Dr. J A Lerka said Frank B Kellogg co author of the Briand Kellogg peace pact is critically ill with pneumonia near Itasca County Minnesota and has rallied but there is virtually no hope for his ultimate recovery.
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Paul, Minn
J. A. Lerka
Frank B. Kellogg
Japan claims Panay incident differs from US reports
Shanghai December 20 A Japanese military attache issued a report on the Panay bombing and sinking contradicting prior American British and Italian survivor statements. Major General Kumakuchi Haroda denies Japanese boats fired on Panay as it sank and says the ship was moving. Panay reportedly was anchored for over two hours in the Yangtze River before bomb threats. Hankow December 20 China refuses peace overtures and vows to resist Japan until exhausted, officials tell AP a united government supports continuing the war despite perceived gestures from Germany and Japan.
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United States
Kumakuchi Haroda
Yangtze River
Nanking
Hankow
China
Japan
Associated Press
Germany
Cofferdam Collapse Claims Eight Lives at Port Stanley
Eight men are known dead after a coffer dam collapsed at Cattle Creek in Port Stanley Ontario. The wall failed during the night trapping workers beneath water and debris as divers search for bodies.
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Ont
Cattle Creek
Youths confess to gang war murder in Detroit
Detroit police say two youths Sigmund Piasecki eighteen and John Szymborski seventeen confessed to taking part in the fatal shooting of Edward Kaminski twenty five outside a beer parlor. Investigators describe the crime as part of a youth gang quarrel over a stolen radio.
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Michael Flannigan
Edward Kaminski
Sigmund Piasecki
John Szymborski
Kaminski
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