Gov Groening attacks Sitka Kodiak naval base contractors
Alaska Governor Ernest Groening denounced Navy base contractors at Sitka and Kodiak for discriminatory hiring against Alaskans. He plans a Washington visit next month to press the issue, citing a contract that favors U S workers and union leaders over local labor.
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Sitka
Kodiak Naval Airbase
Ernest Groening
Navy Department
Att Tude
Washington
Secretary ‘of the Navy
Kodiak
Seims- Spokane
Johnson, Drake and Piper, Inc
Puget Sound
Roosevelt Dodges Third Term Talk
President Roosevelt stated he will focus on domestic and foreign policy for now, avoiding discussion of third terms, third parties, and 1940 candidates. He criticized Alaska NavyContract discrimination favoring Seattle workers, pledging protest to the Acting Secretary of the Navy and promising to inform Washington after his January return. Governor Gruening’s Sitka visit noted, with officials from the Alaska Territorial Employment Service and Unemployment Compensation Commission in tow.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Seattle
Alaska
Sitka
Kodiak
Alaska City
Navy Department
Navy
Eller Hansen
Gruening
Joseph T. Plakne
Alaska Territorial Employment Service
Walter P. Sharpe
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Floods Sweep Luzon Section. Eleven Dead
Manila December 22 Eleven persons are known to be dead and undisclosed numbers missing as floods sweep the northeastern Luzon Province. Property damage is estimated at over one million dollars with thousands left homeless.
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Manila
Luzon
Russian Warship Kirov Sunk En Route From Tallinn
Copenhagen dispatch cites Polliken reporting the Russian cruiser Kirov sunk in the gulf while sailing from Tallinn to Leningrad. No details. Polliken says reports are authentic. Earlier claims of damage were denied in Moscow, with officials asserting the cruiser’s seven inch guns outranged Finnish batteries.
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Copenhagen
Polliken
Kiroy
Tallinn
Estonia
Leningrad
Politiken
Kirov
Moscow
PWA Sewer Project To Start Here In Juneau
Work begins next Tuesday on a City of Juneau sewer system on West 12th and H Streets to drain the harbor area. Approved by the Public Works Administration with extended time and funds, the project costs 10159.80 dollars, 45 percent federal grant. R. J. Sommers Company awarded the contract. 12 to 15 men to be employed initially.
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City of Juneau
West 12Th
Washington
Public Works Administration
R. J. Sommers Company
Wind Rush Ablaze in Caribbean as Fire Outbreak Reported
New York officials of the Shepard Steamship Company say the freight and passenger steamship Wind Rush is burning in the Caribbean Sea with investigators attributing the blaze to sabotage. Capt. Harry Jones reported a mysterious fire in Number 3 hold but believes it is under control as the ship heads toward Cristobal.
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New York
The
Shepard Steamship Company
Caribbean Sea
Otis Shepard
Harry Jones
Cristobal
Submarine and four ships spotted off Fort Lauderdale coast
From Port Everglades a submarine and four ships, at least two believed British, were reported off the coast today after the German oil tanker found refuge there following a nighttime chase by a British warship last Tuesday.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fin
Ara
Port Everglades
Employment office warns Tuesday filing for compensation
The Alaska Territorial Employment Service urges claimants to file unemployment compensation on Tuesday as offices will be closed tomorrow and Monday. A marriage license was issued today by U S Commissioner Felix Gray to Arthur Alan Griffiths and Margaret Ingeborg Undegaard.
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Alaska Territorial Employment Service
U. S
Felix Gray
Arthur Alan Griffiths
Margaret Ingeborg Undegaard
Uncle Sam To Build Small Local Hospitals
President Roosevelt outlined a plan for the federal government to fund small local hospitals in poor communities. Government would cover all costs while a local expert committee maintains them. Hospitals would be wood, one story, about 150000 dollars each, with federal title retained.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Finns Push Reds Back On Multiple Fronts In Arctic War
A Finnish counter offensive in the far north reports retreating Russian forces reaching the Arctic region of nickel finnifies. A Finnish communique claims heavy losses inflicted on Russians and seven more tanks destroyed on the Karelian front. More than 350 Russian planes raided Finland with Finnish casualties listed as 16 dead and 43 wounded.
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Messinet
Aghia
Arctic
Karelian
Ratlinus
Pinlane
Seamen dispute Columbus convoy claim during hearings
US heavy cruiser Tuscaloosa escorted Columbus survivors as three versions circulated about convoy status and internment risk. Captains differed on whether American warships convoyed from Vera Cruz or merely encountered the burning ship. Seamen claimed two destroyers controlled the Columbus and that the Hyperion British destroyer prompted Tuscaloosa to disengage before the crew scuttled and burned the liner.
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New York
United States
Tuscaloosa
Columbus
Wilhelm Swehne
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Harry Batt
Vera Crux
Norfolk
Delaware Capes
Brandt
Tax Expert Hanes Quits Official Job
President Roosevelt accepted the resignation of John Hanes Under Secretary of the Treasury effective December 41. Hanes said he must return to private business after years in public service, having moved from a New York brokerage to the SEC and Treasury, where he served as the Treasury department’s right hand man. The President noted he was sorry to accept the resignation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John Hanes
the Treasury
Hanes
Treasury
New York
Securities and Exchange Commission
Secretary of
SEC
Treasury Department
Haines
British Bomber Crashes Church Killing Three Fliers
A Royal Air Force bomber crashed into a church at North Bramhill Northumberland late yesterday afternoon. Three crew members were killed and one airman was rescued alive from the burning wreckage.
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London
Royal Air Force
North Bramhill
Northumberland
Christmas party for Alaska game officials set at Homer Jewell home
Alaska Game Commission and Bureau of Biological Survey staff will hold their annual Christmas party tonight at Homer W. Jewell's Glacier Highway home. About 24 guests are expected. event is sponsored by Frank Dufresne and Jewell, executive officers. London reports German air raiders over Perth, Scotland, driven off by British fighters. one German plane believed down.
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Alaska Game Commission
Bureau of Biological Survey
Glacier Highway
Homer W. Jewell
Frank Dufresne
The
Game Commission
Jewell
London
Air Ministry
Perth
Scotland
Santa Claus Must Go Down Chimneys in Quarantine
At Point Barrow Alaska on December 22 a measles quarantine shuts all churches and schools. Residents fear Santa Claus cannot visit as homes stay isolated, and children worry about holiday stockings and merry visits from Santa.
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Santa Claus
Point Barrow
Alaska
Christiaux
Unte
North American
Vilage
Looming Budget Plans Clash With Navy Ship Ambition
The Washington budget outlook shows a possible three billion dollar deficit with a nine point two five billion dollar appropriation for the 1941 year beginning July 1. Congress naval sub committees now push for sixty five thousand ton battleships, while Rep Mass of Minnesota urges up to eighty thousand ton ships as cheaper long term and would make the nation invulnerable.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congressional
Melvin J. Mass
Minnesota
House Naval Committee
Bridge collapse on Seine after barge strikes central arch
In Paris the St. Louis Bridge behind Notre Dame collapsed when a heavily loaded steel barge struck its central arch on the Seine. Gas main exploded, pedestrians and vehicles plunged into the river. two killed and at least three seriously injured. About 20 people were on the bridge. seven rescued, five revived, two dead, many uncounted. The barge Tunisie drifted downstream before crew regained control. captain seriously injured.
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St. Louis
Cathedral Notre Dame
Seine River
Isle of St. Louis
Isle of Dalacite
Local Police Close Poker and Arrest Three in Raids
Downtown card rooms faced triple raids as police shut down three poker games and arrested several operators described as dummies. Cardroom owners said the raids are an annual holiday event, occurring quietly after 9 p.m. and leaving no immediate police comment.
Ted Thompson Drowns Reported At Sea
Mrs. Fred Harrison of San Francisco transmitted a wire from Ka suan that her brother Ted Thompson twenty was drowned several days ago off the family fishing boat Horalda. The report came from her father Tom Thompson of Ka suan formerly of Seattle. No further details were received. Mrs. Harrison is en route north.
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Seattle
Fred Harrison
San Francisco
Kashe
Masaan, Maske
Ted Thompson
Horalda
Tom Thompson
Kasuan
Seatte
Harrison
Three Die in Sing Sing Electric Chair Appeals Denied
Ossining N Y Dec 22 three inmates were executed in Sing Sing Prison electric chair after failing to obtain mercy on the grounds that Christmas time makes death too terrible. The first man was put to death at 11 02 PM and the trio were pronounced dead 17 minutes later.
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Ossining, N
Sing Sing
Marge Griffin Kretzinger Divorces Fairbanks Husband
Elizabeth New Jersey December 22 Mrs Donna Dumeral Griffin Kretzinger 28 known as Marge of the Myrt and Marge radio skit was granted an uncontested divorce from William Kretzinger 34 of Fairbanks Alaska. She charged desertion on June 27 after the birth of a son Rikky.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Donna Dumeral Griffin Kretzinger
Marge
Myrt
Willam Kretzinger
Fairbanks
Alaska
Bhe
Rikky
Plane missing in Alaska guided down by pilot Jefford
Flier reports say Pilot Jack Jefford found the missing Chambers plane and dropped food and emergency supplies to aid the downed party including Mrs. Jefford's baby. He did the flight in moonlight last night near Nulato, Alaska, as rescue efforts continued by dog teams and aircraft.
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Alaska
Jack Jefford
Chambers
Mors
William Jefford
Jefford
Nome
Pred Chambers
Mirow
Hans Mirow
Nuluto
William
James Walsh
Anschorage
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