Haida Boat May Rescue Men Today Near Lituya Bay
Sixteen seamen from the Patterson wrecked ship trek toward Lituya Bay as Ensign Ralph Dean and Seaman Van Gordon were moved to the Cyane for hospitalization in Juneau. Rescue parties joined the march with food and medical supplies, with conditions described as excellent and a motor surf boat attempting to reach survivors before tides prevented exit.
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Patterson
Lituya Bay
Haida
Ralph Dean
van Gordon
Cyane
Juneau
Dean
Cmdr
R. C. Surratt
Lituya
Twelvemile
Eightmile
Relief Funds Sought From Congress To Aid WPA
Washington December 22 Congress and the Roosevelt administration plan an emergency relief request after disclosure the WPA will run out by February 7. CIO chief John L. Lewis calls for one billion dollars to cover relief through July 1, but lawmakers estimate far less and no agreement is reached. If no emergency funds arrive after the season opens, relief agencies may begin cutting rolls by January 1 and possibly shut down 12 days later.
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Washington
WPA
Senate
House
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
CIO
Capitol Hill
Congress
Japanese Press Calls for Use of Force in Asia
Tokyo dispatches report Japanese newspapers urge actual force against the United States and Great Britain in Asia. They call for returning Hongkong to China and reflect government opinion canvass. Premier Konoye says Japan will help China abolish foreign concessions and extraterritoriality to empower a China allied with Manchoukuo bloc.
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United States
Great Britain
Tokyo
Japan
Hongkong
Konaye
China
Konoye
Manchoukuo
Two Russians Indicted on Spy Charges in U S War Intel
A Federal Grand Jury in Los Angeles returned indictments against Hafis Salich a 33 year old former Berkeley California police officer and Mikhail Gorin a 34 year old manager of a Soviet Travel Agency alleging they passed multiple Naval Intelligence reports on American national defenses to the Soviet Union.
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Los Angeles
Soviet Russia
Hafis Salich
Berkeley
Cal
Mikhail Gorin
France braces for possible war shortages in 1939
Paris reports France counting on the West Indies and South America to supply food oil and military needs if war comes. Planned extensive battle maneuvers in the South Atlantic are announced as naval experts warn the Mediterranean could close to France and current supplies may be cut off.
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Paris
France
West Indies
South America
South Atlantic
Mediterranean
Italy France Face Trouble Over Tunisia
The Associated Press reports Italy has not accepted any invalid Mussolini Laval 1935 Tunisia accord. Rome awaits Paris’s concrete offer on a compromise while diplomats see Mussolini seeking to benefit the Rome Berlin axis in the current issue. Senate confirms no vice president candidate due to lack of Irish language knowledge.
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Associated Press
United States
Italy
France
Rome
Prance
Mussolini
Senate of Fire
Patrick Baxter
Spy hunt on in insurgent Spanish area
report from London cites a major spy taint in insurgent Spain as the Spanish insurgents state documents were seized to inform operations. About 1,000 arrests reported. The case, nicknamed the dirty shirt, involves discarded incriminating papers wrapped in a shirt in the baggage of Harold Goodman at San Sebastian. Goodman is said to be absolved. several British Consulate staff are under suspicion.
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Associated Pres
Spain
London
British Foreign Ministry
Harold Goodman
Sat Sebastian
Goodman
Rotary District Conference Comes to Juneau May 18 20
The Jun eau Rotary Club hosts the District No 101 Conference in Juneau from May 18 to 20 with sessions downtown. Delegates travel from Seattle and Vancouver aboard the Aleutian and Princess Charlotte, visiting Prince Rupert Ket chikan Petersburg Wrangell Ketchikan before returning to Seattle May 24. Officials expect at least 600 visitors, possibly over 1 000, with A B Phillips named General Chairman.
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Juneau
Rotary
Junneau Rotary Club
Marshall Cornett
Klamath Falls
Seattle
Vancouver
Aleutian
Princess Charlotte
Prince Rupert
Ketchikan
Petersburg
Wrangell
A. B. Phillips
Steel Quotations New York Dow Jones Averages
Closing quotations for Alaska Juneau mine stock at 9 percent, American Can 99, American Light and Power 5, Anaconda 33, Bethlehem Steel 74, Commonwealth and Southern 1, Curtiss Wright 6, General Motors 491, International Harvester 56, Kennecott 42, New York Central 194, Northern Pacific 11M, Safeway Stores 25, Southern Pacific 19, United States Steel 66. Bremner bid 1 asked 2, Pound 466% Dow Jones Averages shown: Industrials 140.53, rails 30.60, utilities 21.96.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
American Light and Power
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
Commonwealth and Southern
Curtiss Wright
General Motors
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
Safeway Stores
Southern Pacific
United States Steel
Bremner
Pound
Nude slashed body of Kingston girl found in bag
In Tunkhannock Pennsylvania on December 28 a nude, slashed body identified as 19 year old Margaret Martin of Kingston was found in a burn bag half submerged in a creek near an isolated hamlet. Investigators believe she was lured from home by a roundup man for a white slave ring and slain when the chase turned hot.
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Tunkhannock
Margaret Martin
Kingston
Unnatural Man Confesses To 3 Sordid Crimes
Police Captain Wallis says Willing Spinelli aged 59 confessed to killing his wife Rose 45 with an axe on December 12. He allegedly cut up the body and burned remains in a backyard incinerator. Spinelli admitted improper relations with two daughters and that the wife threatened to inform school authorities.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Wallis
Willing Spinelli
Rose
Spinelli
Air fleet of ten thousand planes eyed by US, says President
Dec. 22 dispatches report President Roosevelt backing a national air fleet near 10 000 planes with financing possibly over two or three years. Planned upgrades, replacements, and an 80 000 strong air force implied. Berlin reports on German mass production add urgency. Current US output falls short of capacity with various bottlenecks across 5 000 parts per plane.
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Washington
Congress
Berlin
Roosevelt
United States
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Lews Johnson
England
Diamonds, Gold Totals Over A Million Stolen From Belgian Ship
The Elizabethville reported stolen cargo of uncut diamonds and gold ingots worth more than a million dollars from its safe upon arrival at Flushing. The diamonds originated from Belgium’s African and Congo colonies. Stephen Figuli, 21, of Cleveland, died in the electric chair in Columbus for the murder of a city detective during arrest. Will Woods, a middle aged Black man, missing since December 4, sought in Rampart district.
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Brussels
Elizabethville
Flushing
Belgium
Columbus
Ohio
Stephen Figuli
Cleveland
Columbus City
Will Woods
Rampart
Nazi Protest Filed Against Ickes Speech
Acting secretary of state reports a Nazi protest filed against a speech by Harold L. Ickes. The paper cites Goebbels style agitation and quotes a dramatized flag statement accusing American officials of sympathy with fascist causes. No injuries reported.
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Ickes
German envoy told blunt facts on Ickes speech
Berlin reports said the German Charge d Affaires in Washington delivered a protest over Harold Ickes criticism of dictators to Acting Secretary Sumner Welles. Berlin called the remarks impudent and insulting, while Welles rejected Germanys demand for an apology and defended Ickes stance as reflecting American sentiment and shock at German policy.
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Berlin
Har L. Ickes
Sumner Welles
Washington
Foreign Office
Germany
Ickes
Goebbels
Derangeriff
United States
Interior
Harold Ickes
Io Cleveland
Welles
Hans Thomsen
Roosevelt
Wilson
Welee
Thomson
Thomsen
Hitler Urbsys to Meet in January on New Moves
Berlin reports say Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Juozas Urbsys will meet in early January to discuss the future of the Nazified Memes. Some sources suggest the meeting could result in expansion of autonomy for the Memes region.
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Hitler
Urbsys
Janary
Berlin
Adolph Hitler
Lithuania
Juozas Urbsys
Anton
Pene
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