Coast Longshoremen Seek Higher Wages in New Pact
The Pacific Coast CTO Union of Longshoremen informed the Waterfront Employers Association on August 1 that it seeks higher wages, stronger 8 hour days, six hour days, and clear picket line wording before contract renewal. The Employers Association asked to extend the current agreement past September 30 without changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO Coast
San Francisco
Cal
Pacific Coast Cto Union of
Waterfront Employers Association
Lending Bill Clears Senate Amid Major Cuts
Washington Aug 1 The Senate passed the Administration's Lending Bill with amendments cutting loans to 1.615 billion dollars from 2.8 billion amid a Democrat Republican economy bloc victory. The final vote 52 to 28. House then refused to consider the measure 193 against, 164 in favor, signaling possible adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Economy Bloc
HOUSE
Barkley
Leon Weiss Indicted by Grand Jury in Embezzlement Case
Baton Rouge La Aug 1 The grand jury indicted Leon C Weiss prominent New Orleans architect for aiding and abetting Dr James Monroe Smith ex LSU president in embezzlement. Weiss heads firm that designed the 5 000 000 LSU Capitol and other state and university buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rogue
Leon C. Weiss
New Orleans
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Weiss
Louisiana State Capitol
Admiral Stark Succeeds Leahy in Navy Top Post
Washington Aug 1 Admiral Harry Stark today succeeded Admiral Leahy as head of the Navy. Leahy retires after reaching the naval age limit and will become Governor of Puerto Rico. Stark, a native of Pennsylvania, is among the youngest to hold the service’s top job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry Sark
Admiral Leahy
Puerto Rico
Admiral Stark
Pennsylvania
Dimond to Alaska Soon After Congress Adjourns
Delegate Anthony J. Dimond says he will return to Alaska once Congress adjourns and may travel with a bi partisan Congressional Committee. He doubts joining the committee, citing his fisheries expertise and the need to inform lawmakers about Alaskan needs. He also argues against the Hatch bill as unnecessary political activity in Alaska and defends voter independence amid relief programs. FBI resuming activities in Alaska noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisette Riggs
Washington
Anthony J. Dimond
Congress
Congressional
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Schuyer O. Bland
Dimond
United States
Hatch
Trouble zones arise today in two labor centers
Strikes and threatened walkouts affect about 25,000 workers with rioting fear in two areas. In Barre Massachusetts state troopers cleared crowds outside the Barre Wool Combing Co as 200 of 1,000 workers on strike blocked nonstrikers. In Cleveland rioting injured 46 as police and strikers clashed near General Motors and Fisher Body plants with riot zones set up and workers sheltered inside plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cleveland
Ohio
South Barre
Massachusetts
Atlantic Seaboard
Horace Cahill
Barre Wool Combing Company
General Motors Corporation
Dredging to Begin Soon for Juneau Boat Harbor Project
Dredging of Juneau small boat harbor is set to start late next week with about twenty five men arriving to reside for four to five months. U S Engineers overseer Harry Hart will lead, while Capt. William Burke and Chief Engineer F J House manage dredging operations. The Titan dipper dredge, 115 by 40 feet with 11 foot depth, can move 4000 yards daily and will run three eight hour shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau
General Construction Company
North Sea
Aleutian
Harry Hart
U. S. Engineers
William Burke
F. J. House
Junit
Boat Harbor
Douglas Bridge
Schanck
Wrangell
L. ©. Chisholm
Portland
Oregon
Willamette
Columbia
Troll caught salmon bought at Sitka now
Sitka reports buyers announce troll caught salmon again from all trollers of the Alaska Troll ers Association. Independent trailers may be declared unfair after August 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sitka
Ketchikan
Alaska
Alaska Trollers Association
Morgenthau Goes Abroad on Pleasure Tour
Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau leaves Washington for a goodwill mission to Scandinavian countries on a purely pleasure trip. A notable stop in Finland will thank officials for timely war debt payments to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sam
Treasury
Morgenthau
Finland
United States
Granite marker marks elm tree as Maine’s largest
TREEMENDOUS MERCER Maine August 1 a granite marker proclaims the elm tree that stood in 1870 northeast of the village bridge as the largest tree ever grown in New England. It measured 32 feet in circumference at breast height and stood about three fifths of a mile north of the bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer
Maine
New England
CCC Has Enough Work to Keep Busy for 50 Years
Washington Aug 1 For six years the Civilian Conservation Corps has charted new courses for Uncle Sam in youth and natural resource conservation. Since April 17 1933 the corps has planted trees built trails erected towers and improved lands while aiding health and earning ability of jobless youths. More than 2 200 000 men and many veterans and residents have served in some 4 200 camps. At present over 1 600 camps operate with up to 311 000 enrollees. Each day roughly 300 000 enrollees perform conservation work across forests parks farmlands and refuges. Officials say national forest and park development may be accelerated 20 to 30 years by CCC efforts. Note continued on page seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
Uncle Sam
Trst CCC
Fechner
CCC
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Sub Raising Prevented by Sudden Storm
A sudden electrical storm with 60 mile an hour winds halted efforts to lift the sunken submarine Squalus and its 26 dead crew. Navy men expect a possible second lift attempt within ten days after today’s setback at Portsmouth New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Texas pensions push seeks guaranteed monthly aid
Director Jan Anderson of the Texas Pension Union accuses Gov. O'Daniel of broken promises on $30 monthly old age pensions. He urges an immediate special session to pass pension legislation, noting current average pensions run about $15 monthly and may fall to $5 this fall without action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Jan Anderson
The
Texas Pension Union
O'Daniel
Anderson
Matanuska Colony Wins Favor With Fitzpatrick
Congressman James M. Fitzpatrick of New York toured the Matanuska families in Fairbanks Alaska and voiced enthusiasm for interior development. He urged expansion of interior transportation and facilities in Mount McKinley National Park, including a Wonder Lake Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Alaska
James M. Fitzpatrick
New York
Matanuska Colony
Fitzpatrick
Mount McKinley National Park
Wonder Lake
Texas oil man party sails to Alaska aboard Maria Dolores
Clifford Mooers of Houston leads a Texas party including his wife daughter Maria Dolores and Fort Worth oil men F J Adams and H B Fuqua on an 82 foot Maria Dolores diesel yacht from Seattle to Ketchikan for a fishing hunting and sightseeing cruise in Southeast Alaska with possible Ju neau stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ketchikan
Alaska
Clifford Movers
Oil Company
Houston
Texas
Maria Dolores
Juneau
Seattle
Mooers
Maria Dolores Movers
F. J. Adams
H. B. Fuqua
Fort Worth
Puqua
Adams
Oll
Texas Governor launches drive against open gambling and saloons
Austin Aug 1 Gov O Daniel initiated a statewide campaign to end open gambling and saloon operations. He urged citizens to aid enforcement and criticized local officials for shifting responsibility to the state. The governor cited pressure from civic and welfare groups as support for the crackdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Admission price to World’s Fair cut to 50 cents weekends
New York August 1 The Executive Committee of the World’s Fair said admission will drop from 75 cents to 50 cents on Saturdays and Sundays. The move aims to boost lagging gate receipts that have fallen more than 90 percent in the past three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Yugoslavia in Trouble as Internal Strife Grows
AP report flags rising Yugoslav discord with Dr Vladko Machek threatening secession. Croats seek German protection. Poland tightens Danzig border, bans fat products exports, and widens the herring and margarine dispute. Warsaw launches a crackdown on foreign espionage as German activity and Polish Ukrainians arrests surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yugoslavia
Danzig
Europe
Vladko Machek
Poland
Warsaw
Berlin
House allocates funds for probes and committees
Washington August 2 Acting swiftly on committee recommendations the House appropriated fifty thousand dollars for investigation of the National Labor Relations Board. Speaker Bankhead said appointments to the five member committee would be set before Congress adjourns. The House also allotted fifteen thousand dollars for the Merchant Marine Committee Alaska Fisheries inquiry and five thousand dollars for the Ways and Means Committee post session tax study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
National Labor Relations Board
Bandkhead
Congress
Merchant Marine
Alaska
Ways and Means
Jackie Coogan Renews Love for Betty Grable Amid Divorce
Hollywood star Jackie Coogan said he still loves Betty Grable but will not contest their divorce. Grable filed suit last Saturday accusing him of physical and mental cruelty. The former juvenile star and Grable were separated and reconciled twice during their two year marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Cal
Jackie Coogan
Betty Grable
Miss Grable
Kid
Silent Screen
Betty
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leon Weiss
Louisiana
Leahy
Marion Martin
Fisheries Probers
FBI
Edgar Hoover
Mount Baker
Washington Teachers’ College
Treasury Secretary
Treemendous
Robert Fachner
Civilian Conservatio Corps
Preston Grover
Squalus
Texas Pensions
Congressman Fitzpatrick
Matanuska
Marie Dolores
Lone Star State
Jackie
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!