Flood Lotte At Nenana N T Great Flood Lote At Nenana
Floods on the Yukon and Tanana rivers hit Fort Yukon and Nenana with torrents at least four and fourteen feet deep. Radiophone reports say no lives were lost, but damage spread along the Tanana valley toward Fairbanks. The Chena River near Fairbanks rose to bankfull, causing additional property damage and riverbank concerns.
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Chena
Jack May East to Hunting Grounds Controversy
Confused reports from Wallington Nevada and Montreal dated May 17 describe calls to move jackrabbins to hunting grounds and a controversy over how to handle pests and sales to private clubs. Postmaster George Harvey says he will investigate other sources for jack cocks while authorities debate humane capture and sale practices.
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Walligtoan
Wertrand T. &Mall of Baston
Walliaton
Corniera
Mda
Small
George Harvey
Jack Cor
Power and Flood Control Program Shaped at White House Conference
President Roosevelt and advisers drafted a broad power and flood control plan at a White House meeting with three cabinet officers and members of the power policy commission. The topics included creating a series of Mule TY.A.'s across the country and directing a two-ridged inquiry on propaganda by utilities and government agencies. Senator King urged the plan, while TVA and Rural Electrification Commission figures discussed its scope and funding for the next budget year.
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TVA
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Iwasa
Wondring
Survivor of Dirigible Blast Heard in Probe
Lakehurst New Jersey May disaster probe focuses on hydrogen gas cell blamed for the fatal dirigible blast. Only one of the three riggers survived the fiery crash, while a survivor describes the moment of standing amid flames.
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Merly
Don Carlos as Political Drama Sparks German Dilemma
A centuries old German drama Don Carlos, once a college classic, is shown as a modern political play in Germany provoking crowds and protests in theaters. Reports trace how Berlin and other cities reacted, highlighting demonstrations masked as applause and a government wobble over the opera’s political messages.
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Berlin
America
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Nap
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Don Carlos
Friederich Seniiler
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Goethe
State Liquor System in Limbo as Petitions Roll In
Montana officials weigh suspending the new liquor and beer law as referendum petitions collect across counties. Officials fear administration could revert to the state board of examiners if the measure is suspended, with court action likely to settle the dispute. Balloting lingers in counties like Broadwater and Cascade, while several counties report lower petition totals.
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Carbon
Cascade
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Granite
Jefferson
Judith Basin
Rmussoult
Musselshell
Wark
Sanders
Silver Row
Roosevelts to Attend Roosevelt-Du Pont Wedding
Washington reports President Roosevelt and family will attend the Greenville California wedding of Miss Daisy Du Pont to Dr Franklin D. Roosevelt. The ceremony is set for June 30, with Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt revealing the plans today.
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Washington
Stores of Butte Close by Strike
Amid a downtown strike of clerks, small neighborhood family stores stayed open while larger downtown grocery and food shops closed. The strike followed a union meeting of the Hutto Clerks union which claims 788 members, excluding gasoline station workers, with refused wage increase demands for a 42 hour week.
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Hutte Rere! Teile Todiy
Borgan Us Amoriag
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Thy Hutto Clerks Union
Wnion
Jasoline Ming
Afrika
Tinve
Just A Minute With Irvin And Cobl Beauty Contest Satire
Santa Monica column mocks beauty contests and their winners. The piece quips that warm weather stirs public indifference, predicts Miss Cherokee Strip or Miss Clear View will head to Hollywood with little payoff, and notes studio demand favors personality. It ends with a wry question about winners on relief.
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Amerea
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Uncle Moe
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Strike In Hollywood Strikes Injure One As 300 Return To Work
In Hollywood California today a chaotic scene followed a return to work by 300 striking movie craftsmen. An overturned automobile and fist fights erupted as a crowd clashed near a car carrying four studio workers. Only one person was injured. The day saw 30 crafts resuming work while 31 crafts remain on strike. The Federated Motion Picture Crafts central committee claimed about 8 000 craftsmen and laborers are involved.
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RiTke
Federated Motion Picture Krafts
Insurgents Near Bilbao Reported Advancing Toward Amarelileta
Spanished field dispatches describe Spanish insurgents approaching the town of Amarelileta, ten miles southeast of a key objective, with patrols skirting the town while cutting routes to the trunk highway toward Dilline Valencia. Concurrently a government report notes Dr. Jian Negrin forming a wartime advisory body amid wartime tensions. In Indiana, Sullivan resident Alexander McDonald, 67, dies of a heart attack while gardening near Kerr. his wife Eunice, 57, also dies after a stroke.
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Hasy Lun Halt
Alesander McDonald
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Senator Wheeler Fights Opposition Over Court Plan
Washington May 17 Senate votes on the Roosevelt court reorganization bill split as fourteen Democratic opponents pledged to oppose all amendments, backing Wheeler’s line against compromise. Wheeler invited lawmakers into his office amid mounting opposition and warned the president’s word on promises. Names listed include Byrd Connally King Hailey Clark O'Malley Tydings Clown Donaley, signaling broad Senate attendance against the measure.
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Clark v Mo
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Clown
Donaley
Ohio
Solons Oppose Farm Program Proposal Amid Debate
Washington May 17 The house agriculture committee weighs a farm plan tied to crop control and price guarantees amid opposition from lawmakers. The plan proposes roughly 72 million dollars annually funded by a soil conservation program and a crop diversion fund. Committee hearings were slated for tomorrow as members weigh potential risks and political feasibility. A separate note shows the state department declining support for a New York to Paris derby due to risk concerns.
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Supreme Court
Joel
Texas
Washington
State Department
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World News Briefs With Mixed Domestic Political Notes
Fuzzy reports from Washington and Louisiana touch on court matters and political offers. A New York case involves a mother confessing about family abuse and annulment concerns. Short items also mention a Windsor wedding plan and an Albania town query in a Tuesday update.
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Xrainte Cenfer
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Winesor
Tirama
Albania
Explosion in Hong Kong kills dozens of emigrants
A blast aboard a Japanese launch near Queens pier in Hong Kong killed seventy Japanese emigrants returning to the Itlo de Janeiro Maru. Eighteen injured, twenty missing, with bodies and debris scattered up to quarter miles away. Chinese in small boats were believed to have perished. reports are unconfirmed amid chaotic wreckage.
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Windsors announce royal marriage date in France
Monts France May 17 The Duke of Windsor will announce the date for his marriage to Wallis Warfield Rogers of New York. Spokesman L Rogers says the long awaited announcement will occur at 2 30 p m and may reveal the wedding location and royal attendance plans. King George VI is believed to support his brother though a prediction from the Legden Express says official recognition may be withheld due to ecclesiastical objections.
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Legden Express
Next Step of Unions Against Ford Dubious
Detroit May 17 The United Automobile Workers committee guiding the Ford unionization campaign adjourned without deciding if Henry Ford should be charged with employee intimidation. Homer Martin UAW president said Ford distribution of management opinion cards to workers could lead to a NLRB complaint. Members were noncommittal after the meeting.
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Henry Ford
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Ford
National Labor Relations Board
New York mother admits murder of little girl
Brookhaven N Y May 17 1944 police report mother Mrs John Tiernan 25 confessed to the murder and attempted killing of her children Helen and Jimmy amid a deadly entanglement with a suitor in a crowded New York area. Investigators state the confessions implicate another man.
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Weat 47Th Street
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