Paris Strikes Halt City Services Amid Guard Deployments
Paris shuts down as more than 100000 public service workers strike over wage curbs in the 1938 budget. Premier Chautemps orders an emergency cabinet meeting as guardsmen move into the capital and threaten force to restore water, gas, electricity, subway and bus services. The strike, backed by the Communist party, targets automatic raises and cost of living measures.
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Paris
Premier Chautemps
Premive Chautemps
Governoent
Communist Party
Chautemps
United States Will Increase Sea Fight ers
President Roosevelt announces plans to build two new battleships and 16 smaller craft, signaling a possible push for greater naval armament. He cites international conditions and world armament growth in a letter to the House Appropriations Committee chair, noting failures to curb the global arms race.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Taylor
House Appropriations Committee
Matanuska Farmer Heads Back to Wasilla Ranch
A stormbound Yukon voyage brings Mr and Mrs Clyde V King back toward the Matanuska Valley Wasilla area where King has built a six room house and supports a family on root crops chiefly potatoes The Kings vacationed six weeks visiting Idaho relatives and friends In Juneau they meet Mr and Mrs Roy Sebern The article notes Kings view that Matanuska Valley rewards workers and mentions unrelated lines on juvenile court and crop data for China.
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Clyde V. King
Yukon
Matanuska Valley
Mr. King
Wasilla
Idaho
Juneau
Roy Sebern
Clyde King
Matamuska Valley
Clyde
Many Persons Endangered in 2 Alarm Fire at Plaza Hotel
Jersey City December 29 A spectacular three alarm fire endangering guests at the Plaza hotel ended without fatalities. The blaze began from a Christmas tree in the lobby as dozens of guests climbed down ladders to safety. Two men jumped from the sixth floor to life. Firemen carried others out. Mrs Ide Thomas a 50 year old head maid and William Marx a 24 year old houseboy died from smoke. Witnesses said Marx died a hero pounding on room doors to awaken guests before collapsing in a hallway.
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Jersey City
N. J
The
Plaza
Con Ol
Piremen
Former Ford Worker to Wed Princess in Dutch Engagement
Prince Louis Ferdinand, 40, grandson of former German Emperor Wilhelm, becomes engaged to Princess Kira daughter of Grand Duke Cyril Pretender to the Russian throne. The prince once worked as a mechanic at Ford in Detroit.
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Doorn
Netherlands
Louis Ferdinand
Wilhelm
Germany
Kira
Cyril
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
GOP Chairman Divorced by Wife in Topeka Case
In Topeka Mrs Laura Hall Hamilton was granted a divorce from GOP chairman John Hamilton by Judge Otis Hungate on grounds of gross neglect and cruelty. The case, filed in Topeka, was uncontested. In Washington officials recalled President Roosevelt observing the era of Wilson and the wreath sent to the tomb of the War President.
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Topeka
Kansas
Laura Hall Hamilton
John Hamilton
GOP
Otis Hungate
Washington
Admiralty Nickel Report Finds Low Nickel Content
Government geologist John Reed reports Mansfield Peninsula on Admiralty Island near Juneau Alaska has little nickel. The Alaska nickel field lies on a trocolite sill with the Mertie Lode in Admiralty Is lands northern section. The deposit shows about 0.025 percent nickel and 0.06 percent copper, with other geologists privately doubting commercial viability against Canada’s nickel industry. Reed surveyed the Mansfield Peninsula area last summer.
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Washington
John ©. Reed
Mansfield Peninsula
Admiralty Island
Juneau
Alaska
Reed
British flying boat Cen tauras arrives in Auckland
The British flying boat Centaurs of Imperial Airways landed in Auckland after a 1300 mile Tasman Sea crossing from Sydney in eight hours, marking a swift long distance flight.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Centauras
Imperial Airways
Tasman Sea
Sydney
Australia
Stock Quotations and Dow Averages From New York
Closing quotations show Alaska Juneau mine at 107 percent and big names like American Can 69, General Motors 294, U S Steel 53, Bethlehem Steel 574, Kennecott 35, New York Central 16 percent with Dow Jones averages: Industrials 120.15 up 1.22, Rails 29.15 up 0.24, Utilities 19.88 down 0.00.
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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
Southern Pacific
United States Steel
Cities Service
Pound
Bremner
DOW, Jones
Dow
Northwest Faces Floods as Storm Toll Rises
Floods menace the Pacific Northwest with more rain and melting snow flooding farms and raising travel hazards. Four deaths are added to storm toll, highway and rail facilities and communications impaired, rainfall records shattered. Additional precipitation forecast. small craft warned. storm warnings posted along Washington and Oregon coasts.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Oregon
Famed Writer Don Marquis Dies in New York
New York December 29 Don Marquis pioneer newspaper columnist and satirist dies yesterday. He inspired literary and theatrical worlds with philosophical humor and the Archie and Mehitabel series. Marquis had suffered strokes since 1936 and was survived by his two unmarried sisters Bernice and Neva.
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New York
Don Marquis
Mong Ginéas
Marquis
Christopher Morley
Bernice
Neva
Archie
Mehitabel
Plane Plunges Into Lake Erie Killing Three
In Toledo on December 29 a plane crashed into Lake Erie near Put-In-Bay. Three men died: N Howard 42 Delbert Watkins 30 and Albert Anderson 45. Pilot William Somogy 32 was rescued after falling into open water in heavy fog while attempting to land on ice.
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Toledo
Ohio
Lake Erie
Put-In-Hay
N. Howard
Delbert Watkins
Albert Anderson
William Somogy
Scottish Rite Open House Slated for Saturday
New Year's Day will be marked by the Scottish Rite Masons open house in the Temple from until 5 o'clock assembling all Masons of the Gas stineau Channel district. A large group of members, led by chairman Charles W. Hawkesworth, will oversee the affair.
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Temple
Gasstineau Channel
Charles W. Hawkesworth
Memorial to Miners Dedicated in West Virginia
Funds will be raised by public subscription to erect a monument honoring 952 men who died in the Monegan mine disaster thirty years ago, the greatest mining catastrophe in American history. The memorial will be placed along the Clarksburg Fairmont highway.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Monegan
Clarksburg
Quebec Wage Board Orders Increases for Thousands of Workers
December 29 Montreal reports the Province of Quebec Fair Wage Board has issued an order raising wages for workers earning below minimum standards. Increases range from 5 to 10 percent across defined categories, affecting about 640,000 workers including 158,000 women.
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Montreal
Province of Quebec
Fair Wage Board
Bes
High flying promised in next six years
Indianapolis December 29 The traveling public will be offered all transportation at altitudes of six or seven miles with a speed of 27 miles an hour within the next five years This prediction was made by D W Tomlinson a research thief to the American Association for Advancement of Science members present Keep in mind this summary preserves the humorous misattribution and the period tone while noting the bold forecast and the unusual speaker name.
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Indianapolis
Ind
D. W. Tomlinson
American Association For Advancement of Science
Opium Secret Solved Two Held in Chicago Raid
Chicago detectives led by Lieut. William Cusack raided a third floor opium den on the second flight stairs. Moy Tong and Moy Yut, alleged operators, were seized along with $1,600 worth of opium and two opium pipes and a lamp. The raid followed clues about a wired third step triggering alarms.
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Chicago
William Cusack
Twce
Cusack
Lieut. Cusack
Moy Tong
Moy +Yut
Secret arrests tied to antiagrarian plot in Guanajuato
Secret agents report 30 people including public officers and a woman arrested in Guanajuato on charges tied to an antiagrarian plot. A seizure of rifles pistols and ammunition is announced. The dispatch adds that the Public Works Administration has spent 1 117 675 000 dollars through June 30 1937 including Alaska.
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Mexico City
Cardenas
Guanajuato
Washington
Public Works Administration
Historic Norfolk House Sold for Modern Apartments in London
London dec 28 Norfolk House the Dukes of Norfolk town house since the 17th century has been sold to contractors. The plan is to replace with streamlined apartments featuring curved glass windows and central heating. The Duke withdrew a 1930 auction bid of 1 250 000 dollars. George III was born in a back room of Norfolk House in June 1738.
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London
Norfolk House
Dukes of Norfolk
Duke of Norfolk
George III
Small Gasboat Sinks At Float
A 24 foot gasboat owned by John Pagerhelm, painter, sank at the Lower City Float amid a howling Taku wind. City Street Department workers under Bert Lybeck secured lines, pulled the craft from its moorings to a gridiron piling, using Irvine Noble's boat for support, as it was towed to safety. Flagerheim plans to repair and refloat it tomorrow.
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John Pagerhelm
City
City Street Department
Bert Lybeck
Irvine Noble
Flagerheim
Sled Stops Thief in South Bend Incident
A boy sledding down a hill frightened a man trying to snatch a purse from Mrs. Mary Gluchokski. The would-be thief fled the scene as the boy intervened.
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South Bend
Ind
Mary Gluchokski
Japan claims right to extend military law to Shanghai settlements
In Shanghai a Japanese army statement asserts the right to apply military law beyond its zones by entering the International Settlement and French Concession. Foreigners could be arrested and tried for crimes against Nippon's forces, expanding Japanese jurisdiction over non military areas. Debt concerns grow as China’s external liability and customs payments remain uncertain amid heavy ship landings by Japanese vessels.
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Japan
Shanghai
Nippon
China
United States
Hundred Dead Quake Hits City with Wide Damage
A devastating earthquake leaves one hundred dead and many injured as Tremors strike the city. Heavy structural damage is reported across multiple districts with emergency crews responding and tents set up for relief. Authorities urge residents to stay clear of unstable buildings and await further guidance.
Big Business Charged With New Deal Strike
Assistant Attorney General Robert Jackson accused big business of striking against the New Deal during a Philadelphia address to the American Political Association. He argued recession is used to extract concessions and argued government alone can steer capitalism and industrialism to survive. Fred Hamberg, formerly with Goldstein's Emporium, is en route to the West aboard the Yukon.
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Philadelphia
Robert Jackson
Big Business
American Political Association
Jackson
Pred Hamberg
Fred Hamberg
Goldstein's Emporium
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