Italian Navy Prepares for War As Italian Forces Mobilize
Italian naval specialists are recalled to service as Rome readies the fleet for possible action if sanctions rise. Ethiopian authorities report Italy seeks a native revolt in Gojjam while fighting continues in Tembien and Dolo with aerial bombardment. A Mediterranean conference on joint defense is considered.
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Mediterranean
France Will Aid Japan At Navy Conference
Paris December 27 France may propose a Meet imitation plan acceptable to all five powers when the London Naval Conference reconvenes next month Navy Minister Francois Pietri said France feels as strongly as Japan against any attempt by the United States and Britain to remain the world’s dominant sea powers.
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Francois Peitri
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Japan
America
Thelma Todd Alleged Beating Amid Death Probe
Los Angeles reports claim Thelma Todd was beaten by a man days before she was found dead in her car near her Hollywood home. The grand jury probe widened to romance inquiries involving Zasu Pitts and others as witnesses were questioned.
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Todd
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Hollywood
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Roland West
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Posses hunt for convict for killings in Montana
Posses continue to search rugged Southwestern Montana country for Harry Knight a former convict sought for four slayings A blood drenched coat owned by Floyd Woods is found in an abandoned bloodstained car in the woods suggesting Woods was Knight s fourth victim Knight shot and killed Policemen Tom O Neill James Mooney and Frank Walsh as officers tried to arrest him after wounding a woman in an apartment house
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Floyd Woods
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Japanese Parliament Opens Sixty-Tenth Session
The sixty tenth session of the Japanese Parliament opened with a vote looming on defense funding. Army and navy grants total 1,060,000,000 yen of a 2,271,000,000 yen budget. Lawmakers are described as nationalistic and wary of global enemies. Session resumes January 21 after a long New Year break.
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Tokyo
Drugriests Push to Legalize Interstate Price Fixing
Druggists press Congress to legalize interstate price fixing contracts for pharmaceuticals. Since the NRA ruling, retailers have urged state laws. ten states already have price-fixing statutes as part of the drive.
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NRA
Congress
Supreme Court
Troops Ordered Out in Minneapolis by Gov Olson
National Guard troops were ordered to Minneapolis by Gov Floyd B Olson to quell violence at the Strutwear knitting plant amid a strike. Olson cited risk to lives as city and county officials could not control the situation. The second item notes Petersburg council approving principal and interest on hydroelectric and school bonds.
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Gov
Olson
St, Paul, Minn
National Guard
Floyd B. Olson
Strutwear
Petersburg
Holiday Death Toll Rises Across Storm District
A severe cold wave across many states has caused about 200 deaths in three days. Traffic crashes lead with 86 fatalities, followed by 55 from exposure, 17 from fires tied to the weather, seven from carbon monoxide, five drownings, and 24 from other causes.
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Chicago
Spanish American War Veteran Found Dead in Alaska
Ketchikan Alaska December 27 George Miller aged 80 was found dead in his bed death likely from old age ailments. A Spanish American War veteran he served with the Roosevelt Rough Riders and is believed to be survived by a son in Seattle where he formerly resided.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
George
Trappers Fly to Kuskokwim Headwaters
Harry Arthur formerly of Seattle and Lawrence Boysen of Juneau left Anchorage on a 250 mile flight to trap furs at the Kuskokwim River headwaters. Their nearest neighbor will be 350 miles away and they plan to return next April. The Petersburg Bills' Club installed a Philco radio and victrola in their clubroom and is building a kitchen at the rear for serving mals.
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Alaska
Harry Arthur
Seattle
Lawrence Boysen
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Senator attacks Liberty League as greed driven lobby
Senator James S. Harrison of Mississippi denounces the American Liberty League as a greed driven lobby aimed at shaping legislation. He labels leaders Alfred E. Smith John J. Raskob and Jouett Shouse as figures in the organization and urges Congress not be swayed by what he calls Milliocratic propaganda.
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American Liberty League
Seuscar Pat Harrison
Mississippi
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Roosevelt
Uruguaysbreak with Soviet ties amid unrest rumors
Uruguay plans to sever diplomatic bonds with the Soviet Union by expelling the Soviet minister Alexander Minkin and his staff as precaution against alarmist rumors of armed revolt. The move follows reports of November uprisings in neighboring Brazil and a Brazilian charge that instructions to rebellion leaders came from Montevideo.
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Uruguay
Alexander ‘Minkin
Russia
Brazil
Students Rise in Agitation Against Japan
Chinese students in Shanghai surge to 2000 amid mounting anti Japanese protests. Demonstrations at railway hubs persist as hundreds threaten to seize a train into Nanking despite 500 troops deployed. Japanese reports accuse missionary schools of influencing the unrest. Morris Harden, 36, civil engineer, dies on the Mitkot Highway project in Petersburg.
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Nanking
Tokyo
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Morris Harden
E. J. White
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Towa
Woman Files for Third Division Nomination in Seldovia
In Seldovia Alaska on December 2 Mrs Nelle Scott wife of Deputy Marshal Dick Scott filed as a Democrat candidate for Representative and became the first entrant in the Third Division race marking a notable early entry in the election.
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Alaska
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Dick Scott
Townsend Plan Stirring Worries in Washington
Washington anxiously braces for a Townsend plan session starting January 3 as organizers threaten large marches on Congress. Townsend leaders boast 40 to 50 sympathetic congressmen and predict a bloc of about 100 voting for Old Age Revolving Pensions amid growing pressure.
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Michigan
Oarp, Ltd
Lindbergh Departure Triggers Push for Crime Probe
Washington dispatch reports Senator James P. Pope of Idaho plans a congressional inquiry into crime after Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and family depart for Finland over kidnapping threats. The proposal seeks to test if a federal coordinated police system can improve safety and enforce local order.
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United States
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Pope
Scotland Yard
Airmen Fight Mauna Loa Lava With Bomb Barrage
In Hawaii a unit from the Third Engineers joined twelve B 24 bombers to blast lava from Mauna Loa. The plan aims to break the lava crust and carve a channel to the sea, though officials warn the flow may resist the 400 pound bombs.
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United Stgles Army
Mauna Loa
Ely Teel
Twila
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ST. Ann's
Two Shipwreck Survivors Refuse Help After Christmas Eve Tragedy
In Alaska on December 27 a Coast Guard cutter reported a fatal Christmas Eve accident on Rehm Canal. Viola Monroe, 40, died from exposure after she and William McHale, 40, swam to shore following their boat striking a submerged object and sinking. McHale was critically ill, nearly exhausted, and a small skiff broke from a gunboat during the attempted rescue.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Coast Guard
Rehm Canal
Viola Monroe
William McHale
McHle
Belim Canal
Dily Johnson
McHale
Aticks
Mine issues push upward on exchange
Scattered mine issues and industrials led gains in the stock market with gains from fractions to over two points before a steady close. Alaska Juneau mine stock quoted at 144 with mixed prices for American Can and other majors. Dow Jones averages show Industrials 141.58, Rails 39.4, Utilities 28.
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Juneau
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Anaconda
Bethlehem Steed
General Motors
Internaional Harvester
Kennesott
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United Blazes Steel
Pound
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Ketchikan Chamber Opposes Fish Trap Elimination
The Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce has voted disapproval of the Dimond and Skovieh bills eliminating fish trap lines in Alaska. The vote mirrors actions by the Juneau and Anchorage chambers.
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Alavka
Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce
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Skovieh
Juneau
Anchorage
Tragic Highway Crash Claims Erdman Wilson
Erdman Wilson, 27, died at the local hospital after a car ran off the road near Wenatchee Washington and struck trees before stopping. Police report indicate the vehicle failed to turn and ended in a collision with multiple trees.
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Hilo
Erdman Wilson
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