Coalition Plans to Control Tariff Bill in House
Representative John A Garner of Texas proposes a coalition with Independent Republicans to push the Senate Smoot Hawley tariff rate provisions in the House. The aim is to enact the Senate rates, sending only the administrative section back to the Senate for approval, and to secure a record vote when the bill returns.
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Washington
John A. Garner
Texas
House
Senate
Garner
Cere
Anne
Wilson Peace Prize Award Is Announced
The Woodrow Wilson Peace Prize for 1929, worth 25000 dollars, is awarded to the League of Nations for ten years of service to world peace. Sir Eric Drummond has accepted tentatively. final acceptance rests with the League’s Council meeting in January. Newton D. Baker said the prize money will fund a memorial to Woodrow Wilson in the League’s new Geneva building.
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New York
League of Nations
Eric Drummond
Council of the
Newton D. Baker
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Woodrow Wilson
League
Geneva
Goldberg Funeral Today
Funeral services for Lester Goldberg were held at 2 PM at Juneau-Young Undertaking Parlors with Rev. H R Allen of the Lutheran Church officiating. Interment followed at Evergreen Cemetery as many friends accompanied the hearse. pallbearers included George Clemens Joe Hager Fred Gregg Gus Mat tilt M Goldberg and Joe Hunter.
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Lester Goldberg
Juneau-Young
H.R. Allen
Lutheran Church
Evergreen Cemetery
George Clemens
Joe Hager
Fred Gregg
Gus Mattilt
M. Goldberg
Joe Hunter
Cuban suffrage drive targets ratification by Cuban congress
Senora Ama la Mallen de Ostolaza, head of the Suffragist Society of Cuba, plans an intensive campaign ahead of Cuban congress in winter to push ratification of the equal suffrage measure. In Washington, U S opium import data show September purchases from four countries, including Yugoslavia, Albania, Turkey and the United Kingdom totaling tens of thousands of dollars.
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Havana
Senora Amala Mallen de Ostolaza
Suffragist Society of
Cuba
Washington
America
Jugo-Slavia
Albania
Turkey
United Kingdom
Kip Rhinelander Secures Divorce from His Octoroon Wife
LAS VEGAS Nevada Dec 28 Kip Rhinelander scion of a wealthy New York family has been granted a divorce decree in the district court from his octoroon wife Alice Rhinelander she did not contest the case there are no children and no property settlement the decree does not touch financial arrangements Kip has been paying his wife an allowance
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Las Vegas
Nevada
Kip” Rhinelander
New York
Alice Rhinelander
Kip
Tremors Alarm Oklahoma City Residents
Tremors sufficient to cause people to flee their homes alarmed residents in El Reno Union City Tulsa and Oklahoma City last night. No injuries or damage were reported and no deaths were mentioned.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
el Reno
Union City
Tulsa
Pantages Remains Jailed as Court Denies Bond Appeal
Los Angeles judge denies Alexander Pantages release on bond pending appeal, citing health risks from imprisonment. Court orders medical and surgical evaluation for Pantages and jail staff as counsel plans an appeal following conviction for assault on Eunice Pringle, 17.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Pricke
Superior Court
Alexander Pantages
Fricke
Pantages
Ten Indians Believed Drowned In Christmas Passage
Prince Rupert B C December 28 A long search has failed to locate any trace of a party of ten Indians five men and five women who sailed Christmas afternoon in a small trolling boat from Prince Rupert to Kitkatla expecting to arrive before 10 PM It is believed the boat was swamped with considerable open water to cross Boston December 28 The national practice trial conference board reports the United States leads the world in natural gas crude oil coal and water power production Michigan prison inmates stat shows 4000 single 232 divorced
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Prince Rupert
B. C
Kitkatla
Boston
National Practise Trial Conference Board
United States
Michigan
Nome Radio Station Burns on Christmas Day
Nome Alaska December 28 The Government Radio Station burned to the ground Wednesday morning likely caused by a defective fan Firefighters faced a snowbound tundra route and only limited equipment could be saved Communication with St Michael 250 miles away was soon established An SOS may have been sent before the roof collapsed Families and crews are homeless Nome radio silence persists as officials investigate Fairbanks Alaska December 28 The Nome station has not been heard since December 24 The U S Signal Corps dispatched a plane from Teller to Nome to determine the cause and report back
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Nome
Alaska
Fairbanks
United States Signal Corps
Teller
Graf Zeppelin Polar Expedition Called Off for 1930
Berlin reports the Graf Zeppelin North Pole flight for 1930 has been canceled with a promise to attempt in 1931. The Aero Arctic Society cited insurance issues and shifting priorities for the decision, noting possible future long distance trips including Latin America.
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Berlin
Aero Arc
Tic Society Today
North Pole
Zeppelin Company
Eckener
Walter ‘Burns
Aero Arctic Society
Zeppelin
Latin America
Burns
Line Aero Society
Stock Quotations From New York Market
On December 28 in New York Alaska Juneau mine stock opened at 7 and Allied lines led steel industry names with Bethlehem Steel at 91 and General Motors near 39.7. Combustion and International Harvester moved around 5 and 76 respectively while Kennecott traded about 58 and Magma at 48. Montgomery Ward stood at 46 with National Acme at 17 and Standard Oil of California 59 and Standard Oil of New Jersey 64. Texas Corporation traded at 7.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Tee
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
Combustion
International Harvester
Kennecott
Magma
Montgomery-Ward
National Acme
Standard Oil of
California
New Jersey
Texas Corporaton Ti
Grundy Takes Seat as Pennsylvania's Junior Senator
Joseph R. Grundy, a 67 year old Pennsylvanian known for tariff expertise and business ties, is sworn in as U S Senator after Ware's resignation. Renowned for diligence and self reliance, he spends holidays at the Congressional Library and works without a secretary, his sole hobby politics shaping the nation's economy.
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Washington, D. C
Joseph R. Grundy
Pennsylvania
William 8. Ware
Senate
Grundy
Congressional Library
Joseph RB. Grundy
Insulin Monopoly Charged to German Committee
Berlin reports accuse the German insulin committee of promoting a manufacturing monopoly by blocking a new cost saving production method. Critics say granting exclusive rights to four chemical works and refusing to test competitor products deprives diabetes patients of cheaper insulin and questions the committee’s authority.
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Berlin
Louis to have make Twain home in Mark Twain State Park
St Louis December 28 The urban home of Mark Twain the house where he was born will be moved from its stein in the Mitte village of Florida Missouri to the Mark Twain State Park near Florida. Deputy Marshal J M Regan is a passenger for Valdez on the Northwestern.
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ST. Louis
Mark Twain
Ie Howe
Ste
Mitte
Florida
J. M. Regan
Valdez
Icy Highway Dangers Complaints From Juneau Roads
An Alaska wind and misty mix have coated Juneau streets and Glacier Highway with ice and slush, hindering travel and forcing the Juneau Motor Company to assist motorists for hours. No serious crashes are reported, but driving remains perilous in the city and on the highway as winter weather affects conditions. Meanwhile, population notes report 699 Williams families, outstripping Jones and Smith families in Tampa.
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Juneau
Juneau Motor Company
Harry Lucas
Glacier Highway
Airplanes Ready to Take the Air in Arctic Hunt
FAIRBANKS Alaska Dec 28 Two of the three Fairchild airplanes of the Eielson Search Expedition were practically ready to fly yesterday, the third expected to be ready this morning. The planes will be tested this afternoon or Sunday for departure to Nome and Teller on Monday or Tuesday. Matt Niemenen is returning from Anchorage to accompany the Fairchild planes to Nome.
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Fairchild
Seattle
Seward
Alaska
Fairbanks
Eielson
Nome and Teller
Matt Niemenen
Anchorage
Nome
Soviet to send three air planes in search for missing men
Moscow reports Commander Menjaniov of the Soviet Military Air Force says three additional planes will join the search for Col. Carl Ben Biel son and Earl Borland. Planes will have special apparatus fur lined clothing and food to last months. Two airplanes from Providence Bay, Siberia, are ordered and a Land of Soviets replica plane will fly from Moscow via Alaska to Siberia under Pilot Shestakov, a national hero.
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Moscow
Menjaniov
Carl Ben Bielson
Earl Borland
Providence Bay
Siberia
New York City
Alaska
Shestakov
Weather reports ordered by Soviet aid search
Secretary Wilbur follows Stefansson suggestion and asks Alaska governor to seek daily weather bulletins from Wrangell Island radio for Alfred J. Lomen and the Eielson search. Soviet authorities direct Wrangell Eskimos to relay Nome weather to assist the June 1920 expedition efforts. A boy was born to Mr and Mrs H A Moody at their home in Thane.
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Wilbur
Washington
Stefansson
Soviet Russia
Eielson
Alaska
Wrangell Island
Alfred J. Lomen
Seretary Wilbur
Foxe J
and Eskimos
Wrangelleiles
Arctic
Nome
Fielson
Borland
Department
Interior
Son
Olaska
Moopys
H. A. Moody
Thane
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