City Improvement Work Progressing Council Informed
With sunny weather the street and sewer crews have made progress. E Street sewer and water lines completed, F Street planking near completion. Residents petitioned Third Street extension between F and G Streets, and extension of F Street sewer to ball park. Ness appointed city tax assessor at 150 dollars. Alaska Spruce Mills slab burner deemed not a public nuisance. conveyor possibly restricted within company limits. Hospital floor rented for two apartments at 20 dollars monthly. Warrack Construction projects school addition estimated at 26000 dollars. Lots 1 and 2, Block 32 sold to Warr for 380 dollars each.
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Hans Wich
E Street
F Street
J. E. Isom
Ofe Holm
Knud Stenslid
Third Street
G. Streets
F. Street
Ball Park
Erick Ness
Ness
Rhll
Henry Roden
Alaska Spruce Mills
Ono
Warrack Construction Co
Flyers Planned Visit to Petersburg by Ryan Monoplane
Citizens were told a Ryan Monoplane, a duplicate of Colonel Charles Sandberg’s Atlantic flyer, will tour Petersburg within weeks. The aircraft is due to depart the United States next week, fly north, and reach Petersburg between June 29 and July 4, making short sightseeing stops en route before proceeding to Fairbanks for commercial use.
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Petersburg
Ryan
Charles Sandberg
Fairbanks
President May Call Congress Extra Session
Washington June 9 Senator Reed Smoot predicted President Coolidge would call a special session to pass flood relief legislation. The White House later said no decision had been made. A conference with Coolidge suggested convening before December to consider relief and control measures, but no definite date was set.
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Washington
Reel Smoot
Coolidge
Congress
White House
Small
Broadcast reception held for Lindbergh in Washington
Washington crowds prepare for Charles Lindbergh arrival with eleven hours of radio programming from noon to eleven pm. President Coolidge approves Army Air Corps Reserve commission. Missouri Governor Baker appoints Lindbergh a colonel. Two thousand troops and reserves to assist police upon arrival. Lindbergh travels from Cherbourg aboard the Memphis, hailed as a national hero.
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Washington, D. C
Amercan
Charles A. Lindbergh
Washington
Baker
Navy
Marine Corps
National Guard
Charles Lindberry
Coolidge
Secretary of War
Lindbergh
Army Air Corps Reserve
Smithsonian Institute
Langley
Cherbourg
France
Memphis
United States
DeAutremonts Captured in Ohio for 1923 Oregon Train Dynamiting
Twin brothers Ray and Roy DeAutremont were seized in Steubenville Ohio for the 1923 dynamiting of a Southern Pacific passenger train near Siskiyou Oregon. They confessed to the crime. Their brother Hugh faces trial in Jacksonville Oregon for related murder and robbery. Also noted is the steamship William M. Tupper reaching Bethel from Seattle on the Kuskokwim river.
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Steubenville
Ray
Roy DeAutremont
Alaska
Southern Pacific Railway
Siskiyou
Oregon
Ovine
Hugh
Jacksonville
Formal Opening of Grand Cafe Attracts Petersburg Crowd
The opening night of Petersburg's Grand Cafe drew large crowds as guests enjoyed a night of dining and music. An orchestra played for dancing while refreshments were served, and the main dining room stayed crowded. Business operations began Monday morning.
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Petersburg
Local Miss Liberty Contest Draws Keen Interest
Nearly three thousand votes cast with more than a thousand purchased but not used. Miss Hedvig Mierud leads with 1 068 votes while Ruby Rayner and Rayna Ness follow. Voting ends at midnight June 20 to prep for a large Fourth of July celebration with parade, games, dances, fireworks, and contests. Votes available in Front Street businesses and from committee members.
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Hedvig Mierud
Miss Liberty
Hedvig Mjerud
Ruby Rayner
Rayna Ness
Anna Mathisen
Anna Cornstad
Frances Miller
Julia Wasvick
Minnie Nelson
Irene Runstad
Etta Jackson
Liberty
Front Street
Legion and Auxiliary Plan Float for Fourth of July Parade
The local post of the American Legion and the Legion Auxiliary decided at a joint Monday meeting to enter a float in the Fourth of July parade. Auxiliary hosts served refreshments after the session. Other groups are also planning entries for the event, which is expected to be a major focus of plans.
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American Legion
The
Legion Auxilary
Seattle Treasurer Clerk Confesses to Embezzling Funds
William H. Turner, a clerk in the King County Treasurer's office and treasurer for a community funding company, confessed to embezzling eleven thousand dollars. He claimed the funds were spent on stock gambling and bootleg ventures. officials said he had no access to county funds. Turner is married.
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Seattle
William H. Turner
King County
Turner
Ke Tost
Shields
Redondo Launches Summer Service to Prince William Sound
Seattle June 9 The steamer Redondo sailed yesterday to inaugurate the summer service between Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet.
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Seattle
Redondo
Prince William Sound
Cooks Inlet
Former cashier pleads guilty in Nevada treasury embezzlement
Reno report states H. C. Clapp former cashier of the Carson Calley Bank pleaded guilty to abetting in the embezzlement of 516000 from the Nevada State treasury and was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary.
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Reno
Nev
H. C. Clapp
Carson Calley Bank
Nevada State Treasury
Poincare Seeks Better Debt Terms From United States
Paris June 9 Premier Poincare told the Chamber of Deputies he hopes to obtain improved debt settlement terms from the United States and that he intends to pursue the effort.
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Paris
Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Medical and Dental Building Sold in Times Square Sale
Seattle report notes the Medical and Dental building in Times Square sold today by L C Bradner to J C Fowler and Rosese M Drumheller for 2 775 000 dollars cash. Purchasers plan to start construction of an addition costing over 1 000 000 dollars.
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Seattle
Medical and Dental
Times Square
L. C. Bradner
J. C. Fowler
Rosese M. Drumheller
President Coolidge and the Jews editorial in New York paper
A New York edition on June 8 editorializes over President Coolidge's omission of Charles A. Levine in his Chamberlin and Levine cablegram and condemns him for not mentioning Levine's record breaking flight to Germany, arguing resentment among Jews.
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New York
Today
President Coolidge
Charles A. Levine
Chamberlin
Levine
Germany
District Attorney Harding Visits Petersburg on Alaskan Law View
Prosecuting Attorney Justin W. Harding arrived in Petersburg from Port Alexander with Deputy Marshall Herriman and prisoner Patrick Henry for a week of business. Henry faced trial for drunkenness with a weapon and was jailed eight months in the local Federal jail. J. W. Southard’s jury trial found him sane with gas poisoning linked eccentricity. Bowmen represented Southard while he sails to Washington state to recover.
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Justin W. Harding
Petersburg
Officie
Port Alexander
Marshall Herriman
Patrick Henry
Harding
Alaska
Four Steamers Bring Nearly Thousand North
Four excursion steamers depart Seattle heading for Alaska with nearly a thousand passengers. Victoria sails to Nome with H J Christofferson of the U S Bureau of Fisheries aboard to hunt bull seals in the Bering Sea. Dorothy Alexander and Alameda sail for Southeastern Alaska while Admiral Farragut sails tomorrow for more Arctic ports.
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Seattle
Victoria
Nome
Dorothy Alxander
Alaskan
Alameda
Alaska
Admiral Farragut
Harv J. Christofferson
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Pribilogs
Akutan
Bering Sea
Soviet Minister Murdered Sparks Wide Civil Unrest
Soviet Minister to Poland M Volkoff was killed at Warsaw Central Railway Station by student Borys Kowarda. Protests erupted in Moscow and Warsaw with police guarding the Polish Embassy. London anxiously watches potential fallout from Soviet English diplomatic rupture.
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Oscow
Russia
Poland
England
Warsaw
M. Volkoff
Wolkoff
Warsaw Central
Borys Kowarda
Volkoff
A. P. Rosengolz
Lond
Moscow
Moscow Newpapers
London
Hands Off China Urged After Tilson China Trip
Congressman Tilson of Connecticut headlines a sentiment for a hands off China policy after a six week tour of China Manchuria Korea and Japan. He urged protecting American rights and property while letting China determine its destiny. Berlin diary notes add details on aviation feats and prize money.
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Seattle
United States
China
Tilson
Connecticut
National House of Representatives
Lincoln
Manchuria
Korea
Japan
Happien
Admiral Farragut Sails for Kodiak with 34 on Board
The steamer Admiral Farragut departed this morning for Kodiak carrying 34 passengers. Among them were ten excursionists and a Petersburg list including B. Wasvik, Fred Patton, Ellen Standard and Mrs. Lydia Vincent.
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Seattle
Admiral Farragut
Kodiak
Petersburg
B. Wasvik
Fred Patton
Ellen ‘Standard
Lyd’a’ Vincent
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C. A. Harris
Warrs
Ohio
Wiliam M. Tupper
Bethel
Kuskokwim River
Tuesda
Chamberlain
Berlin
Clarence
I Chamberlain
Charles A Levine
Linbergh
Perlin
Clarence Chamberlain
Charl
Devine
Field Marshall V. Hindenberg
Manson Today
I. Vine
Beaple
Atlantic
Templehofer Field
Roosevelt Field
Eisleben
Linge
Admiral
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