New assaults reported across Spain fronts
Unofficial dispatches from Barcelona say Popular Front troops captured Lazaida and Loyalists and rebels renewed assaults on North Central and Southern fronts. Loyalists reinforced for another drive in the Guadarrama range as insurgents begin a fresh campaign. An offensive is said to have started from San Sebastian and Ceuta was bombarded from the sea. Rebel forces occupy towns in the Neuspert sector.
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London
Barcelona
Popular Front
Lazaida
Guadarrama
San Sebastian
Ceuta
Neuspert
Behrends Ill in Cordova Prompted Alaska Journey
Wire report to Judge J F Mullen says B M Behrends prominent Juneau banker fell ill and left the Yukon for medical care at Cordova. Judge Mullen and Dr W W Council depart for Cordova this afternoon aboard the Irving Airways Lockheed Vega piloted by Gene Meyring. Behrends is said to be serious but not critical, per family.
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J. F. Mullen
Ben
B. M. Behrends
Juneau
Yukon
Cordova
Mullen
W. W. Council
Irving Airways
Gene Meyring
Behrenida
Alaska
Walter Ufer Dies at 60 in New Mexico
Walter Ufer internationally noted artist, of Tons, New Mexico, died Sunday after an emergency operation last Wednesday. His widow travels from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The article notes Brazil’s San Paulo state produced 1651.00 worth of farm products including coffee, cotton, corn, fruits, sugar, potatoes, beets, adicao, and tobacco.
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Santa FE
Walter Ufer
New Mexico
Minneapolis
Minnesota
San Paulo
Brazil
Weather blamed on warm water for Kodiak salmon
Dr. Frederick Davidson of the U S Bureau of Fisheries reports that abnormal salmon color in the Kodiak area stems from feeding and rapid decomposition caused by high water and air temperatures. Two canneries briefly closed. conditions are improving and packs returning to normal. Bloodshot steaks resulted from handling bruises, not disease.
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Kodiak
Frederick Davidson
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries
Frank Pf. Bell
Fish Bureau
Davidson
Flight of Two Soviet Fliers Delayed in Alaska Route
In SAN PEDRO CAL Aug 3 radio compass repairs on the new plane to be flown by Soviet fliers Levanevisky and Levchenko for a 10 000 mile flight to Moscow via San Francisco Seattle Juneau Fairbanks and Nome delayed departure for the north until later in the week The departure date is now indefinite the fliers said The flight was scheduled to have started Sunday.
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San Pedro
Cal
Levanevisky
Levchenko
Moscow
San Francisco
Seattle
Juneau
Fairbanks
Nome
Ritter and Behrends Slightly Hurt When Car overturns
John Ritter and Frank Behrends escaped with minor injuries after their car skidded and overturned near mile 18 on the Glacier Highway yesterday afternoon. Passersby aided the two young men who were taken to St. Ann's Hospital for treatment.
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John Ritter
Frank Behrends
Mile 18
Glacier Highway
Ritter
St. Ann’s Hospital
Blessed Event Confounds Alaska Railroad Officials
An Anchorage report describes a freight train incident where a cow gave birth aboard the train. Railroad officials investigated the unexpected birth and the ensuing confusion over timing and the calf’s location on the line to Anchorage.
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Alaska
R. R
Anchorage
New Tax Bill Process Seen Favoring Committees
Washington, Aug 3. A rising trend in Congress favors letting committees draft laws while the houses merely ratify. The tax bill moves from House committee to House, then to Senate, with hearings and rewriting before a joint conference. Senators Robinson Johnson Borah argue over whether to rush or debate to shape final form.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Joint Conference
Robinson
Arkansas
Johnson and
Borah
Martial law declared in Idaho county over logging strike
Idaho Governor Ben Ross signed a proclamation placing Clearwater County under martial law after a lumber strike over wages and sanitation. Ninety National Guardsmen under Col. F C Hummel were ordered to Oro Fino. Ten men were arrested for shooting at four lumber mill pickets and beating five workers. Al Bid reported being whipped with a chain used to haul logs.
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Boise
Tdaho
Ben Ross
Clearwater County
North Idaho
Idaho National
al Bid
Rival Chinese Forces Battle Across Southern China
Central Government troops defeated about three thousand Kwangsi provincial soldiers after a six hour clash at Mashan ghu near Doshing. Eugene Chen, a noted radical leader, reportedly arrived in Kwangsi amid hints of a move toward an independent Southern Government. Japanese reports also claimed Kwangsi troops were crossing into Kwantung Province, with border towns occupied as Kwantung forces rushed to block the advance. Warren Williams first drew notice on stage when compared to John Barrymore by Alex ander Woolcott.
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Hongkong
China
Kwangsi
Mashanghu
Doshing
Eugene Chen
Shanghai
Kwantung Province
Kwangtung
Typhoid Fever Outbreak Control Update in Bristol Bay
In Kanakanak Alaska Aug 3 Ben Grimes a Sanitary Engineer and three Juneau nurses Mae Rivette Ima Schriver and M Oygard flew to Anchorage after combatting the Bristol Bay typhoid fever outbreak which is apparently controlled Four persons have died Vaccination in our districts continues The Pacific American Fisheries tannery crews sailed Friday No new cases among them
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Kanakanak
Alaska
Ben Grimes
Juneau
Mae Rivette
Ima Schriver
M. Oygard
Anchorage
Bristol Bay
Pacific American Fisheries Tannery
Grand Fleet of Japanese in maneuvers begins
Tokyo reports the Japanese Grand Fleet initiated annual maneuvers around Formosa on Saturday under Commander Hinshi. The exercise lasts about three months, with 160 warships reaching final combat stage next October as the Fourth Fleet under Vice Admiral Koichi Shiozawa forms the imaginary enemy fleet.
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Tokyo
Formosa
Hinshi
Navy Office
Koichi Shiozawa
Catholic Charities Elects New Director President
The Catholic Charities directors from 66 dioceses elected Rev. William M. Meegan of Buffalo as 1937 President at a Seattle meeting. He succeeds Rev. Robert Barry of Boston as the Twenty-Second Annual Conference opens with 6000 lay workers and 20 bishops expected. A solemn high mass at St James Cathedral opened the conference.
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Seattle
Catholic Charities
United States
William M. Meegan
Buffalo
Robert Barry
Boston
St. James Cathedral
Colored glass criticized as detracting from wine
The Southern California Wine and Food Society in Los Angeles on August 3 warned that colored glassware ruins the appreciation of wine tones. It urged manufacturers to favor clear glass and sparkling crystal to let the hues remain undistorted for wine connoisseurs.
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Los Angeles
Southern California Wine and Food Society
Six Miners Die Trying to Rescue Nine in Coal Mine
Duquoin Illinois August 3 Six miners attempting to pull three companions from a carbon monoxide gas pocket were overcome and all nine perished. The disaster occurred at the Aston Colleries Kathleen mine in Dowell five miles from Duquoin after a fire started deep in the mine when an electric transformer exploded igniting the gas.
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Kathleen
Dowell
Louis Bleriot Dies After Heart Trouble
Louis Bleriot, 64, famed French aviator who first crossed the English Channel in 1908, died suddenly at his Paris home from a heart attack. His career spanned aviation and engineering, influencing early aviation legends and inspiring Lindbergh. Born July 1, 1872 in Gamora, he studied engineering, served in the artillery, and invented the automobile searchlight in 1896.
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Paris
Louis Bleriot
English Channel
Lindbergh
Bleriot
Gamora
Tarbes
Ader
Zioncheck withdraws from Washington district race
Seattle August 3 Representative Marion A Zioncheck said he will not seek re election, blaming his mothers ill health The Playboy Congressman departure leaves nine candidates vying for the First District Democratic and Republican nominations with anti Zioncheck campaigns dominant Howard G Goswan endorsed by the Federation to seek the Democratic nomination and Costigan has six days to file
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Seattle
Marion A. Zioncheck
Washington Commonwealth Federation
Zioncheck
President Roosevelt Ends Hyde Park Vacation Return Home
President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived at Hyde Park in Dutchess County last Saturday night, ending a vacation and business trip that took him into Canada. The journey began in Washington, D. C., on July 10.
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Hyde Park
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dutchess County
Canada
Washington, D. C
Cannery Inspectors Plan Southern Inspection Trip
Cannery inspectors, including John L. Harvey and John J. Shearer of the Pure Food Division, plan to travel south after Juneau to continue cannery inspections. The report notes market fluctuations in New York with late selling unsettled trading and closing quotes on major stocks.
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New York
Tate
John L. Harvey
John J. Shearer
Pure Food Division
Department of Agriculture
Juneau
Tex
U. S. Forest Service
Ran
Boat tragedy in Alaska claims nine lives near Dysanki
In Alaska near Dysanki a motor boat owned by Oliver A. Lawless of Chilkoot Barracks capsized, killing nine aboard including Staff Sergeant Lawless his wife and son Dean Sergeant Paul McWain Mrs H P Stone and Mrs Stone. Two bodies recovered near the Stansfield Fur Boat with search continuing for the rest.
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Haines
Alaska
Oliver A. Lawless
Medical Corps
Chilkoot Barracks
Dysanki
Lawless
Dean
Paul McWain
H. P. Stone
Sergeant Stone
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