Much Business Unfinished By End Of Session
Congress adjourned a special session for a 12 day Christmas break delaying major legislation. Senate passed the Housing Bill 68 to 4, with administration aims to finish Firm housing and other measures in January. Joe Harry Willard, a blind Presbyterian layworker, dies from injuries after a tree fall at Klackwan. He had served 27 years as layworker and led churches in Rake Klawock and Sitka, leaving a widow and two daughters. a son died in a prior boating accident.
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John Sholter
False Fear Blamed for Recession
Washington reports that President Roosevelt plans a January message to Congress stressing that the business recession is largely psychological. At a press conference he blamed fear psychology spread by many newspapers and a minority of public utilities, following a secret conference with seven liberal senators pledging renewed New Deal support.
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Fechner Says CCC Ready In An Emergency
Miami, Dec. 22. Robert Fechner, CCC director, announced that 300,000 youths are trained in CCC camps and ready to act as a volunteer army in an emergency. He stated CCC training makes them about 65 percent prepared for military life and capable of being turned into first class fighting men at an instant’s notice.
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Ship damaged in collision returns to Hamburg for repairs
Baltimore Maryland dispatch reports the City of Hamburg, damaged in a North Sea collision during a fog, has reached Hamburg and will likely be laid up for about two weeks for extensive repairs. The Baltimore Mail Line confirms the vessel was damaged in the incident.
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Soviet Japanese Pact Keeps fishing rights in Soviet waters
Moscow Dec 22 An agreement renews Soviet Japanese fishing rights in the Soviet Pacific, resolving friction as the pact would have expired December 31. The renewal eases tension after Russia postponed renewal earlier.
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Moscow
Russia
Eee
Market closes mixed on Alaska Juneau and steel downtick
Stock quotations from New York on December 22 show Alaska Juneau at 11 percent, American Can 74, Bethlehem Steel 62, General Motors 32, Kennecott 38, and International Harvester 62. Dow Jones averages decline with industrials at 128.55 down 1.43, rails 32.28 down .37, utilities 214.2 down .39.
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Juneau
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Section Digs Out From Under Snow
Section Digs Out From Under Snow reports Southern New Mexico residents from El Paso to the Arizona line digging out after the heaviest snowfall in years.
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New Mexico
el Paso
Texas
Arizona Line
Stork Derby Will Upheld by Supreme Court of Canada
Ottawa Dec 22 The Supreme Court of Canada upheld Charles Vance Miller’s will linking a large estate to the mother or mothers bearing the most children in Toronto between Oct 31 1926 and Oct 31 1936. Ontario courts will now decide which claimant or claimants receive the money amid a dozen or more filings. Relatives argued the will violated public policy and morals.
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Supreme Court of Canada
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Castle slides burying homes in Romagna village
A medieval castle atop a cliff at Clvitella de Romagna collapsed during the night, sliding onto homes below and possibly killing about 20 people. Five corpses recovered by noon. three survivors were rescued as timbers were lifted. Heavy rains are blamed for weakening the castle foundations.
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Clvitella de Romagna
Winter Solstice Brings Record High Barometer in Interior
BETHEL Alaska Dec 22 The winter solstice produced unusually high barometer readings signaling clear cold weather. Readings at Bethel and interior points reached the highest ever recorded as the instruments neared the brink, rising over 200 points in 36 hours. Bethel marked 31.28 inches and Flat 31.30 inches.
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Bethel
Alaska
Movie Comedian Ted Healy Dies at 41 in Culver City
Culver City, California, December 22. Ted Healy, motion picture comedian, died suddenly today at age 41. Cause given as heart attack. His latest film Hollywood Hotel had its preview last night. Mrs. Healy had given birth to a child a few days earlier.
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Ted Healy
M-G-M
Hollywood Hotel
Indicted in bootlegging ring that swindled taxes
Fifty six persons have been indicted by the Federal Grand Jury on charges of running a large bootlegging conspiracy. The scheme allegedly deprived the government of at least 1 800 000 in taxes over three years. Defendants include three city policemen and a former Alcohol Tax Unit inspector. Return text mentions Mrs William Ott and daughter Loretta aboard the North stand for Sitka.
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New York
jPersons
Federal Grand Jury
Alcohol Tax Unit
Santa Arrives as Japan Cracks Down on Suspected Agitators
Tokyo December 22 Japanese police announce mass arrests of over 300 suspected agitators as excitement builds for a seasonal Santa Claus celebration aboard the Alaska Line ship. The operation, tied to fears of revolutions linked to Communism, prompts concern over strained international relations and the detention of notable individuals including two women and a visiting parliament member.
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Santa Tokyo
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Alaska
Santa Claus
Thirty five doctors walk out on jobs in San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo. County Supervisors accepted the resignations of 35 doctors and dentists on the General Hospital visiting staff. Only one doctor remains to care for 95 patients. A spokesman for the doctors accused the Supervisors of admitting county employees’ friends to the hospital free, saying they are using the hospital as a political football.
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Cal
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Aoe
Miss Iris Moore Visits Juneau From Sea Battle
Miss Iris Moore arrives in Juneau on the steamer Alaska this afternoon. Milas Moore, from Sea Battle, plans to visit over the holidays with Mrs. Earl Clifford and their family at Blomgren Apartments.
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Earl Clifford
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Alaska
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Blomgren
G E Ackerson Dies at 48 in New York
George E. Ackerson, 48, secretary to former president Herbert Meaver from 1928 to 1931, died December 22 in New York after a period of illness. He had been in poor health and hospitalized about a month.
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New York
George E. Ackernon
Herbert Meaver
Yere
Government Army Takes Tereul in Seven-Day Fight
In a seven day bayonet and house to house battle Spanish Government forces captured Tereul, a key point in Franco's Insurgent line. Loyalist dispatches claim Tereul officially fell, though parts of the old quarter known as the City Rock remain in insurgent hands.
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Tereul
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Aragon
Big Strike in Mojave Desert Reported
Joe Larrieau a veteran Mojave desert prospector appeared with ore he claimed assayed as high as $1000 a ton The strike near Gotta about 200 miles east of here almost on the Colorado River is noted Heintzleman Regional Forester returns to headquarters after Alaska planning work and a San Jacinto battle reference closes the item
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Alaska
Internationally Known Diplomat Kellogg Dies On Eve Of Birthday
Frank B Kellogg internationally known diplomat died at his St Paul home last night just before his 81st birthday He was former Secretary of State World Court Judge and co author of the Kellogg Briand Peace Pact Kellogg died after pneumonia following cerebral thrombosis His career spanned law politics and diplomacy including a Nobel Peace Prize for the pact and leadership in anti trust actions and international accords
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International Harvester Company
Tobacco Trust
Senate
Germany
Charles Evans Hughes
Coolidge
New Attacks Planned by Japanese Threaten Coastal China
Shanghai reports Japanese bombers over Tsingtao evacuating 300 Americans as fears rise of retaliation for damaged Chinese cotton mills. Up to 30,000 Japanese soldiers in Shanghai area move inland. 80 transports ready for additional troops. Hong Kong garrison strengthened as Britain protests Tokyo. Dunera ready to deploy Royal Scouts to Hong Kong amid upcoming major offensive in South China.
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United States
Irary
Tringtao
London
British War Office
Hong Kong
Japan
Robert Leslie Cragie
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Southampton
Royal Scouts
Bombay
Canton
China
Plan Boycott Japan Imports Planned in Los Angeles
The Womens' Committee of the American League for Peace and Democracy, about 50 members, will canvass Wilshire district stores, asking owners to display placards reading We Do Not Carry Japanese Imports.
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Womens’ Committee
American League For Peace and Democracy
Celebration underground in Ishpeming miners Yuletide party
In Ishpeming Michigan miners deep at 1400 feet underground held a unique Christus party while silvergreens from Michigan's northern woods decorated the scene. Across the ocean in London news broke of Frank B Kellogg's death, longtime U S ambassador to the United Kingdom. Kellogg, honored as "Silent Diplomat" and "Friendly Ambassador" during 1923 to 1928, was celebrated in British press for his postwar diplomacy.
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England
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