All on Board Plane Killed in Cal Crash
Wreckage of United Air Lines transport near Saugus leaves twelve dead. Pilot Edward Blum reportedly lost bearings while attempting to return to emergency field. Victims include A L Markwell and Yvonne Trego among others. Coast storm causes additional damages.
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Cal
Burbank
United Air Lines Transport
Saugus
Oak Mountain
Rice Canyon
Here
Department of Air Commerce
United Air Lines
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Edward Blum
Alex Novak
el Centro
Bum
Union Airport
California
A. L. Markwell
Edward T. Ford Jr
San Marino
Grace Steamship Line
John Korn
H. S. Teague
W. A. Newton
M. P. Hare
A. Novak
E. Valance
Edward Blom
Robert McLean
Oakland
Yvonne Trego
Alameda
Cecil Turman Weds in Seattle on December 29
Marriage licenses issued to Cecil Turman 24 of Juneau and Maddona Smith 20 of Seattle. also to Al Jones of Anchorage and Anne B Tinker of Seattle. Turman came south from Juneau on a Canadian Pacific steamer and worked for Rice and Ablers Company. Evelyn Jean Martin medical patient admitted to St Ann's Hospital.
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Seattle
Cecil Turman
Juneau
Madonna Smith
al Jones
Anchorage
Anne B. Tinker
Turman
Jueau
Canadian Pacific
Rice and Ablers Company
Evelyn Jean Martin
St. Ann's Hospits
Journalism enrollments surge at University of Iown
University of Iown reports higher student enrollment in journalism courses this year with 868 students enrolled up from 341 last fall. Hospital reports indicate a major operation for St. Atin's L. Mott, journalism director, who entered the hospital last night.
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Iowa City
University of Iown
Frank Rade Aripovich
St. Atin’s
L. Mott
Hospital
Wills
Miners Dive Deep for Gold Under water in Godsake Manitoba
Eldon Brown and Frank Baker of the mining company report summer prospecting 70 feet beneath water in Gods lake isolated settlement 300 miles north of Winnipeg. Surveying uses diving suits as shafts reach 600 feet and quartz veins extend 3 000 feet under the lake.
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Godslake
Manitoba
Eldon Brown
Frank Baker
Winnipeg
Brown
Stock Quotations and Dow Jones Averages in New York
Closing stock prices list Alaska Juneau at 14 percent American Can 116 American Light and Power 11 percent Anaconda 637 Bethlehem Steel 754 Calumet and Hecla 15 percent Commonwealth and Southern 3 percent Curtiss-Wright 6 percent General Motors 64 International Harvester 100 four Kennecott 61 New York Central 40 Southern Pacific 441 United States Steel 77 United Corporation 6 Cities Service 44 Bremner bid 2 percent Pound 4914 Dow Jones averages Industrials 177.55 up 49 rails 52.26 up 06 utilities 4.40 up 15.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
American Light and Power
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
Calumet and Hecla
Commonwealth and Southern
Curtiss-Wright
General Motors
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Southern Pacific
United States Steel
United Corporaton
Cities Service
Bremner
Pound
Jane Robertson Weds in Fairbanks Alaska
Jane Robertson daughter of Mr and Mrs Gene Robertson of Juneau and Albert Puller Darsh a University of Alaska graduate and farm superintendent were married in Fairbanks on Sunday.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Jane Robertson
Hitchcock Named Senator in South Dakota
Pierre December 29 Gov Tom Berry appoints Herbert Hitchcock Democratic State Chairman to the United States Senate to fill the seat of the late Peter Norbeck Hitchcock takes office as senior Senator maintaining party control in the state capital context of a posthumous vacancy warning of transition in South Dakota politics
Peace Fades as War Continues on Waterfront
Ed ward F. McGrady, Assistant Secretary of Labor, says a new break in peace talks over hiring of licensed ship officers marks the first real crisis of the 61 day dispute. Masters mates and pilots claim deadlock despite proposed modifications granting limited union preference. Harry Bridges predicts a possible Atlantic coast tieup if the Pacific negotiations stay stalled. McGrady pursues arbitration and schedules meetings with ship owners crew stewards telegraphers and longshoremen ahead of Washington
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San Francisco
Edward F. McGrady
San Pedro
Harry Bridges
Pacific
McGrady
Washington
Congress
John Wilson
Honolulu
Islands
Joint Strike Policy Committee
Ketchikan Plans Protest to Legislators Over Maritime Strike
In Ketchikan Alaska the City Council and Pioneers of Alaska call a mass meeting as the Canadian steamer Princess Norah arrives with Territorial Legislators en route to Juneau. They urge action to avert strike impacts on mining and fishing gear shipments and to move 5 million pounds of fresh fish southward. They appeal to President Roosevelt Congress shipowners and unions for support. They warn government operation needs more boats and early charters. The note cites Gorgas cargo and liquor on a Seattle dock as payroll concerns.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Pioneers of
Princess Norah
Juneau
Roosevelt
Congress
Gorgas
Seattle
Roosevelt to Deliver Annual Message in Person January 6
Roosevelt plans to address Congress in person on January 6 at 2 PM EST. The session will count the presidential vote and cover topics including neutrality policy relief crop insurance and farm tenancy. The move follows debates over export licenses for secondhand airplane engines to Madrid and potential shifts in neutrality rules.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Death Ends Life of Helen Breaker Former Saint Louis Photographer
Paris reports Helen Pierre Breaker 46 formerly of St Louis died by gas inhalation. She lived in Paris for eight years and worked as an art photographer. She left a lengthy 80 page letter to police explaining her despair, blaming deafness and isolation as chief factors. Church rehearsals at Northern Light Presbyterian Church are noted and may be mentioned in context of her feelings.
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Paris
Helen Pierre Breaker
St Louis
Courtroom shooting shocks Jackson as mother seeks vengeance
In Jackson Kentucky Mrs Viola Wickline 35 shot and likely fatally wounded Johnny Shepherd 18 during a trial for the Christmas Eve slaying of her son Harvey Gabbard 17. Spectator George Shouse 27 was critically wounded and two others hurt. Wickline and three others jailed. Johnny Shepherd died later that day.
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Jackson, Ky
Viola Wickline
Johnny Shepherd
Harvey Gabbard
George Shouse
Wickline
New Mexico Legislature Approves Unemployment Measure
Santa Fe New Mexico reports the twelfth legislature met in special two day session and unanimously approved an unemployment compensation bill before adjourning.
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Santa PE
N. M
New Mexico
Production of Gold for 1936 Is Placed High
Treasury experts estimate the 1936 world gold crop will reach a new peak, around 40,000,000 ounces, up from 30,000,000 in 1935. They warn the monetary spillover is hard to predict due to government controls, but US policy to sterilize new gold may cushion inflationary effects.
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Washington
Treasury
Russia
United States
The
Rotary Club Meets Today at Terminal Cafe
Rotary members gathered in large numbers at the Terminal Cafe for a community singing event led by Alex Dunham and Cynthia Batson with piano accompaniment. Mrs Vladimir Solovieff, a new singer from Juneau, performed solos to enthusiastic applause as Frances Harland accompanied. The program aired on KINY with C. E. Arnold discussing radio broadcasting. Legion Meeting Postponed to Monday due to Dugout heating plant oil shortage.
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Alex Dunham
Cynthia Batson
W. W. Council
Tte
Juneadu
Vladimir Solovieff
Frances Harland
KINY
C. E. Arnold
Failed abduction search leaves Mattson case unsolved
Tacoma reports the 10 year old Charles Mattson may be an accidental victim after 36 hours of searching. A dirty folded ransom note suggests pocket carried planning. A recovered ladder linked to earlier break ins and a bearded man. Seattle Times notes a rational accomplice may exist. Hoover directed efforts from Washington.
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Tacoma
Wash
Charles Mattson
Mattson
Seattle
Seattle Times
The
Times
Pope Pila Deteriorates as Sedatives Sought
Vatican officials report physicians are seeking mild sedatives for Pope Pila as officials brace for possible death, with the pope’s condition described as pale and serious. Best Vatican circles warn death could come at any time, though weeks or months remain possible.
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Vatican City
Italy
Pila
Vatican
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