Alaska Log From a Crossing to Ketchikan
A traveler writes from Ketchikan Alaska describing the town as a salmon canning hub with nine canneries and two cold storage plants. He notes local culture a potlatch and mackerel Snappers, explains pink salmon economics, and recalls a near confrontation over a Texas yell. He visits a cannery, observes canning machinery, and comments on Alaskan fishing life and government rules.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Amarillo
Livestock Market Report From Kansas City
Kansas City August 29 market update shows hogs salable 4500 total with prices near 6.75 to 7.10 per cwt for select cuts and cattle with 2500 salable and 300 calves. feeders and yearlings active with 10 to 15 cents higher while stockers steady and waters strong.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Tack Young Man Seeks Work In Café and Delivery Jobs
A brief notice from Tack Tam a young married man seeking employment. He states experience in cafe and fountain work and can drive a delivery truck or car. Continued on page 19.
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Tack Tam
Safest Truck Driver in Langdale Honored for 26 Crash-Free Years
Amos Crenshaw, a Langdale textile mill truck driver, has a 26 year no-accident record with numerous awards and diplomas. His bosses call him the best truck driver in America, noting seven worn out company trucks and his rule to keep his mind on his business and never speed. He served in the 106th ammunition train during the war and emphasizes cautious driving and vigilance.
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Langdale, Ala
Amos Crenshaw
Langdale
Crenshaw
America
106Th
Mint Pensioner Claims Record Gold Handling
Harry L. Hastings aged 70, after a 49 year U S Mint career in San Francisco, says he handled about 22 billion dollars worth of gold. As weigher of all gold, Hastings weighed each consignment on arrival and after melting, and every transfer must balance within one hundredth of an ounce. His average monthly turnover reached 45 million dollars as he retired on a pension of 100 dollars.
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San Francisco
W.P
Harry L. Hastings
United States Mint
Hastings
Mint
Kissin Bug Season Arrives As Insect Strikes Lips
Michigan State College entomology warns that the kissing bug or assassin bug appears with warm weather and bites people near lamps at night. The half inch black insect with a sharp beak can swell lips and is difficult to deter. experts suggest swatting it as a quick control.
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Lansing
Mich. U.P
Michigan State College Tentomology Department
Ration System Begins To Feel British Force
London reports ministry of food tightening rules as 170 inspectors crack down on racketeers. Officials target altered trades unfair preferential rations and smuggling by grocers bakers butchers and housewives amid wartime food controls.
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London
Ministry of Food
Crown
Livestock market steadies with mixed loads reported
Stockers and feeders show steady to strong tone with several loads rated good to choice on rainfed cattle. Medium to good fed grassers listed at 8 to 8.65 per cwt, good to choice vealers near 9 dollars, and high grade yearling heifers around 9,500 dollars. Cows quoted 7 to 17.25, feeders 9.75 to 8.65. Sheep slow. best natives above 8.75, Utahs over 9.25. Financial security fund fractional quotes listed with liquidity at 1.4833 and offering at 1.63.
Louisiana $3 780 Dinner At Roosevelts Hotel Stirred By Inquiry
Attorney General Eugene Stanley examined a $3 780.80 bill for a dinner hosted by former Governor Richard Leche for President Somoza of Nicaragua. The Roosevelt Hotel billed for 350 dignitaries, including Leche and Earl K. Long, who refused payment. Stanley noted exotic dishes and planned to discuss the matter with Governor Sam Jones.
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Baton Rouge
U.P
Eugene Stanley
Richard W. Leche
Anatasio Somoza
Nicaragua
Roosevelt Hotel
New Orleans
Leche
Earl K. Long
Stanley
Roosevelt
Sam Jones
Police Probe Stolen Car Found Wrecked at City Corner
Police investigated a case of a stolen car found wrecked last night at Fourteenth Avenue and Washington Street. The report notes a local crime scene and ongoing inquiry.
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Fourteenth Avenue
Washington Street
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