Halibuters Escaped Death Off Egg Island Storm
Captain John Molver and seven crewmen from the halibuter Excel of Petersburg were saved after the crankshaft failure left the ship near Egg Island in Queen Charlotte Sound. Waves prevented abandoning in a dory, and the Canadian halibuter Lyskil towed the Excel to Ketchikan. The Excel, bound for Petersburg for Christmas, rode breakers with dragging anchors when Lyskil boarded and rescued them.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
John Molver
Petersburg
Egg Island
Queen Charlotte Sound
Halibuter Lyskil
Vancouver
B. C
Une
Lyskil
Northland Passengers Total Thirty Nine For City Voyage
Aboard the M. S. Northland a 39 passenger manifest includes Santa Claus as the ship arrived at Femmer's Dock from Seattle and Southeast Alaska. The vessel sailed for Douglas later and will depart Sitka, with Juneau-bound service slated for Monday morning at eight. The list names travelers from Seattle Petersburg and Ketchikan, detailing individuals and families aboard.
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Santa Claus
M. S. Northland
Femmer’s
Seattle
Alaska
Douglas
Sitka
Northland
Juneau
E. H. Mason
Claude Watson
Child
Mike Paskevich
Pastor Woods
T. H. Swent
L. Anderson
Impl Aalto
Hans Wick
Ketchikan
Lila Bloagett
M. Miller
Frank Klein
T. J. Pyle
Olaf Johnson
Byron Miller
I. N. Hoguenwood
F. Apsch
D. Prisch
M. Samara
Charles Conte
G. LaFrombie
Stock prices drift on dull New York session
New York officials report a slow trading day on the stock exchange with mixed moves as some issues rise and others fall. Closing quotes list Alaska Juneau at 38 percent and United States Steel at 30 percent among other prices while some names show no sale. The freighter Depere is expected to arrive in Dumai December 29 from Seattle per Alaska Steamship Company officials.
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Stock Exchange
Alaska
Juneau
United States Steel
American Can
American Power and Light
Anaconda
Armour W
Bethlehem Steel
Calumet and
Hecla
General Motors Tie International Harvester
Kennecott
Depere
Dumai
Seattle
Steamship Company
offi_cials
Northland Christmas Ship Brings Joy to Juneau
Santa Claus aboard the M S Northland greeted Juneau children and visitors for two hours at Femmer's Dock. The second Christmas Ship this week, the Northland docked at 3 AM and gave out candy and fruit from 9 AM. The social hall resembled a Christmas garden with a life like snowman and cedar wreaths while special music accompanied the event before the ship departed for Douglas.
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Santa Claus
Northland Transportation Company
Juneau
M. S. Northland
Femmer's Dock
Northland
Douglas
Lloyd George cites 2.5 million unemployed in England
In a brief pre holiday Commons address David Lloyd George outlined a New Deal for Great Britain with a brain trust. He stated two and a half million were unemployed in England and urged action with the question What are you waiting for.
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London
House of Commons
David Lloyd George
Great Britain
England
Religious Trouble on Amamichima Island in Japan
News dispatches report that several hundred inhabitants on Amamichima Island destroyed multiple churches amid rumors of espionage and Catholic missionary blame. A boycott is said to have started as tensions rose.
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Tokyo
Amamichsima Island
Council keeps faith with A J on tax question
The Juneau City Council voted unanimously to keep the 1913 tax exemption contract with the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company. City Attorney H L Faulkner advised the decision rests on policy and law, and the council approved a resolution to abide by the contract and not rescind it.
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Council
A. J
Juneau
Alaska
R. H. Belstline
Henry Messerschmidt
Wickersham
A.J
H. L. Faulkner
Faulkner
Rice
George
McKinnon
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company
City of
H. L. Waulligner
Counell
Isadore Goldstein
Empire
City Police Salary Raise Sparks Juneau Debate
City Council unanimously approved a ten percent pay raise for Juneau police officers while the mayor contends the change may be illegal under Alaska law and must wait until the new council in April 1935. The pay amendment accompanied a proposal to require officers to purchase their own uniforms.
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Goldstein
William J. Beck
Beck
Rnsistant
Mayor Goldstein
Alaska
Ee Wouthers
Sig
Christmas Edition of The Empire Forward for Tomorrow
The Empire’s annual Christmas Edition will be issued tomorrow Sunday and distributed by carriers to all regular subscribers on Gastineau Channel. The issue goes on sale early, with greetings from merchants and last minute tips for shoppers. It will feature six sections of eight pages and a four page comic section with world news up to 10 o'clock tonight.
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the Empire
Gastineau Channel
Ste
The
Empire
Associated Press
Colorado gold output rises with record year
Colorado miners produced fifteen million dollars in gold this year up from last year, while silver output jumped to one million two hundred thousand dollars from twelve thousand. The United States Mint Superintendent Mark A. Skinner released the figures in Denver.
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Denver
Col
Colorado
Mark A. Skinner
United States Mint
Krupp Works See General Business Gain
Berlin December 22 Krupp works at Essen famed for arms announced general business improvement after a period of losses The company reported a moderate profit but the Krupp family principal stockholders chose not to pay a dividend and will reinvest the money in improvements.
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Berlin
Krupp
Essen
Chile approves funds to fix hospitals and build more
President Alessandri approves nearly 2 million dollars to repair Chilean hospitals and 2.5 million more to construct new ones as Chile fights tuberculosis typhus influenza and other diseases driving a high national death rate. The Times Square subway is cited as a busy New York transit hub in a separate item.
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Chile
Santiago
Alessandri
Times Square
New York
Ngures
Frederick Bannister in Critical Condition After Wound
Frederick Bannister, 65, former president of the Long Bell Lumber Company, is in critical condition with a bullet wound to the abdomen. He was found in his bed in Kansas City, a small revolver nearby, and had been ill for a year.
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Kansas City
Frederick Bannister
Long Bell Lumber Company
Seattle mayor acts as chief of police dept in upheaval
Seattle mayor Charles L. Smith holds the post of chief after ousting George Comstock who was elevated during the Longshoremen strike following a gas bombing of pickets. Comstock faces possible removal upon return from vacation.
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Seattle
Charles L. Smith
George Comstock
Comstock
Sticks
England and Wales birth sex ratio rises in 1994 quarter
The registrar general reports more boys than girls born in England and Wales in the second quarter of 1994 with 1 057 boys per 1000 girls. Total births reached 145 626.
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London
Englad
Wales
No Change in 6.0 P Line-Up Indicated
Washington December 20 Republican Liberals pressed for an immediate overhaul of the Republican National Committee. Senator Borah Idaho and Senator Nye North Dakota urged action before the 1936 campaign, while Henry Pletcher said the current organization would stay in place and fight. Chairman Fletcher refused to resign or convene a committee meeting soon.
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Washington
United States
William E. Borah
Idaho
Republican National Committee
Henry P. Pletcher
Borah
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
National Committee
Fletcher
British arms industry to face royal commission inquiry
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald announced in the House of Commons that a Royal Commission will investigate the arms industry. The U S Senate munitions committee has offered to share documents with Britain as part of its Washington probe. United States Weather Bureau records show Norfolk, Virginia, has an above average winter snowfall.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
United States Senate Munitions Committee
Washington, D. C
United States Weather Bureau
Norfolk
Invasion Report From Siberia Sparks Cross Border Tensions
Tokyo reports Soviet infantry from Siberia invaded Manchukuo near Tungning, 50 miles south of Suifenho, with Manchoukuo troops surrounding Russians and cutting their communications. Soviet authorities ask for evacuation without disarmament, urging an amicable solution to the incident.
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Tokyo
Manchcukwan
Siberia
Tungning
Suifenho
Harbin
Rimulisneetsly
Jury Acquits Martin Insull In Embezzlement Case
A Chicago jury in Criminal Court acquits Martin Insull of embezzlement charges after a six hour forty five minute deliberation. Insull greeted jurors with a gleeful handshake as the verdict was read.
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Martin
Chicago
Martin Insull
Insull
Townsend Advocates Old Age Pension Plan in Washington
Dr. Francis Everett Townsend, a Californian, promotes his old age pension scheme in New York and Washington, claiming fifteen million signatures. He proposes $200 monthly to every person over 60 who spends the money within a month, financed by a two percent tax on savings. William Green of the AFL calls the plan unworkable and politically opposed.
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New York
Franjeis Everett Townsend
Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Townsend
Pendon
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