Japan Exits Naval Talks The World Reacts
Highlights from three capitals show Japan withdrawing from the London Naval Conference. In Washington the Navy seeks more funding for warcraft. Tokyo’s Okada plays down a naval race while a high commander pledges confidence in victory if called to fight ten to one. London notes a coalition plan to limit fleets sans Japan.
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Japan
Washington
U.S. Navy
Congress
Tokyo
Okada
London
Great Britain
United States
France
Italy
Attention Community Chorus Meeting Notice
Community chorus schedules an important meeting on Friday January 17 at 8 PM in Harlan's Apartment. Attendees urged to bring song books as newspaper advertising aims to develop new business for participants.
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Harlan
Speed Indicator May Hold Clue In Plane Crash
Investigators recovered a jammed air speed indicator showing 180 mph from a muddy swamp where seventeen people died in a Tuesday night crash. The inquiry led by Eugene L. Vidal must use the instrument and buried ignition switches to determine the cause. The landing light switch was found in the off position.
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Ray
Associated Press
Goodwin
Avk
Eugene L. Vidal
Secretary of Commerce For Aeronautics
Rat Exterminator Seeks Fairbanks Pied Piper Job
W. K. Wakefield, a rodent exterminator, asked Fairbanks city council to hire him as the Pied Piper. Council refused, saying the city did not have enough rats to justify a $650 contract price.
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Fairbanks
W. K. Wakefield
Rodent Exterminator
Ike P Taylor Views International Highway Plan
Ike P Taylor Alaska Road Commission chief engineer says the proposed International Highway is a prerequisite for a commercial air service in the region. He asserts a road across British Columbia and Yukon is needed to support regular flights and trucking of supplies, though he notes concerns about cost.
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Washington
Ike, P. Taylor
Alaska Road Commission
British Columbia
Yukon Territory
Ger
Alaska
United States
Taylor
Red Cross Unit Destroyed by Italian Bombers in Africa Front
Undated report dated January 16 states three Italian bombing planes destroyed a Red Cross unit led by a British officer at Waldia in northern Ethiopia. Seven women and seven old men died. Major General Burgoyne hospital director reportedly unharmed. Italian high command claimed a sharp advance along the Somaliland front, and Addis Ababa sources predicted Emperor Selassie’s northern flight with Prince Makonnen returning by plane from Dessye. French fleet sailed from Brest for maneuvers off Morocco coast.
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Associated Press
Red Cross
Waldia
Addis Ababa
Burgoyne
Somaliland
High Command
Marshal Badoglio
Ganai Darya
Emperor Selassie
Prince Makonnen
Dessye
Quarantine Lifted Friday in Fairbanks Area
Fairbanks officials announce no new scarlet fever cases and plan to lift the quarantine Friday if no further cases arise today. The city monitors for any new developments as the period ends.
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Fairbanks
Associated Press
Alaska Highway Construction Challege Aimed at Canada
A proposal argues for building the Alaska portion now if the United States obtains assurances from Canada that a parallel highway through western provinces will be constructed simultaneously.
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Lieve
Alaska
United States
Canada
Douglas Natives Enter Coffin Making to Aid Self-Sufficiency
Mrs. Rose Davis of the Douglas government school says natives have long struggled to afford funerals. Coffins now cost about 10 dollars total after making them locally at the school, with sizes ranging from 3 feet 4 inches to 6 feet 9 inches. Four deaths in Haines highlight the need as the project expands.
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Rose Davis
Government School
Douglas
Juneau Alaska Press
Haines
Advance Payment Discount for Subscription
An offer invites subscribers to save two dollars by paying their subscription in advance. The deal targets current and new readers, encouraging upfront payments to lock in the lower rate.
Delegates Leave By Trail To Democratic Territorial Convention
District Attorney William A Holzheimer and wife Auditor Frank A Boyle Attorney General James S Truitt Secretary of Alaska E W Griffin and party left Juneau in train for Seward to attend the Democratic Territorial Convention on January 18. John E Pegues Robert Bender and M E Monagle also departed yesterday aboard the North Western to join the delegation.
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Associated Press
Juneau
Seward
William A. Holzheimer
Frank A. Boyle
James S. Truitt
Alaska
E. W Griffin
M. E. Monagle
John E. Pegues
Robert Bender
Lavery Heads to Seattle for Flying Tests
William Lavery, decorated by the Soviet government, sails from Anchorage to Seattle to take final instructions and tests for a transport flyer license. He already holds a limited commercial license and aims to obtain full transport certification.
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William Lavery
Seattle
Nine Die in Colombia Plane Crash in Caqueta Jungle
Nine persons including two women are reported dead after a tri motor plane crash in the Caqueta region of southern Colombia. Two others are seriously injured while seven are unhurt. A military plane departed Tres Arroyos on the Caqueta river to transport the victims to Bogota.
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Bogota
Colombia
Caqueta
Tresauinas
Caqueta River
Jbogota
Governor Hoffman Grants 30 Day Reprieve for Hauptmann
In Trenon on January 16 Governor Hoffman announced a thirty day reprieve for Bruno Hauptmann shortly after the U S Supreme Court refused to grant a writ of habeas corpus in the case.
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Elie AeSnitiabet
Trenon
Hoffman
Hauptmann
U. S. Supreme Court
Soldier's Medal Awarded to S Morgan for Heroism
Sergeant Stanley Morgan received the Soldier's Medal for heroism during an influenza epidemic at Point Barrow in April and May of last year, announced by Secretary Dery in Washington D C.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Stanley Morgan
Point Barrow
Dery
Bodies recovered from Pendleton city mall disaster ruins
The fourth fatality identified as Irvin Taylor, a tool maker, after salvage workers uncovered his body in a cistern beneath the burned Pendleton Town Hall. A blast from the cistern triggered by a match killed Taylor and five newly elected town council members. The town marshal Garland Brookbank was burned.
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Pondhon
Ore
Pendleton Town Hall
Irvin Taylor
Taylor
Garland Brookbank
Pendleton Fire Department
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