U S and British Women Children In Danger
Chinese fears grow as Japanese troop and warship movements threaten Hangchow and Tsingtao. Three hundred American and British women and children fleeing central China were turned back toward Hankow. The Woosung river passage was blocked by a military boom near Matung while ships Barrace Marblehead and Pope prepare to defend the port and evacuate civilians if needed.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Nanking
Hangchow
Chekiang Province
Shangthai
Canton
China
Tsingtao
Shantung Province
Hankow
Yangtze
Matung
Woosung
U. S
Pope
Marblehead
Polar Flights Postponed Again Says Leader
Point Barrow dispatch reports Sir Hubert Wilkins and Hollick Kenyon postponed Sunday night flight in search of the Soviet polar party missing since August 14. They will conduct further tests if weather clears. bad weather could force abandonment until the next full moon.
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Associated Press
Point Barrow
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Hollick Kenyon
Six Day Battle Rages In Hendaye Amid Civilian Fears
The six day clash for strategic Teruel continues as civilians hide in underground tunnels in Hendaye. Field searchlights illuminate battle zones while machine guns and rifle fire echo through the streets.
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Associated Press
Hendaye
Tereul
Summer Air Mail Name Is Sought In Alaska Defense Debate
Delegate Dimond criticizes U S attention to Alaska defenses likening it to Mars and notes a planned weekly summer air mail route from Fairbanks to Nome and other communities. He urges the House appropriations committee to fund the Alaska air base and mail service. The article also details Christmas observances at St Joseph’s Church with Masses, carols, and a choir.
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Associated Press
Washington Die
Dimond
United States
Alaska
Mars
St. Joseph’s Church
Roosevelt
Malin Craig
Fairbanks
House
Jand Nome
Bethel
Tanacross
Valdez
Cordova
Seward
Anchorage
Nativity Program Concert Night Schedule
Piano and organ prelude of carols at 7 00 P M followed by Carols by Junior and Church choirs at 7 30 P M Prologue by Prophet Isaiah and a Reading The Story by Charley Weokuluk Shepherd Scene features both choirs Manger Scene duet Infant Holy by Mrs Freida Larson and Miss Grace OConnor Church Choir performs Silent Night in Eskimo and We Three Kings appears in program
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Prophet Isaiah
Charley Weokuluk
Freida Larson
Grace O'Connor
Ln Eskimo
Christmas Program Offerings at Local Church
The church announces a Children’s Department program with Away in a Manger and a unison prayer. An interlude features Joy to the World with reader Olaf Piscoya interpreting. The public is welcome.
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Olaf Piscoya
Walcome
High School Sets Short Program This Wednesday Afternoon
The high school presents a short program tomorrow at 2 30 in the auditorium featuring plays in preparation and the mixed chorus performing Christmas carols. The grade school is invited as guests, and parents and friends are urged to attend. The chorus draws almost the entire high school and eighth grade.
Community Xmas Tree Celebration Programs Printed
Programs have been printed for the Community Xmas Tree celebration at the Auditorium and will be distributed Thursday evening. The program will appear in the Nugget in tomorrow's issue.
Washington News Drafts Farm Bill and Labor Reform
The Senate and House discuss a farm bill backed by the White House with about a billion dollars in potential costs and no tax provisions. It envisions compulsory acreage controls for wheat and cotton and penalties for overacreage, with payments. The Wages and Hours Bill faces opposition from the AFL and calls for shorter workdays and weeks. Congress aims for a quick vote and possible action by December 13, with housing plans visible but hampered by high costs.
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House
White House
Supreme Court
Congress
Green
American Federation of Labor
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Hugh O'Farrell
W. Brown
Fred Yenney
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Vesta Polson
Alice Martin
Stanley Martin
Alice Simms
Calvin E. Pool
Wilfred Neilly
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Teddy Amarok
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