Seven Men to Probe Fisheries Investigation Set for Alaska
Chairman Schuyler Otis Bland announced a seven man subcommittee will sail from Seattle on August 20 for a six week inquiry into Alaska fisheries. Hearings are planned at Ketchikan Craig Wrangell Petersburg Sitka Cordova Anchorage and Kodiak with possible air testimony in Bristol Bay. The probe follows a House approval of Alaska Delegate Anthony J Diamond's resolution.
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Washington
Schuyler Otis Bland
House
Merchant Marine and Fisheres Committee
Seattle
Alaska
Anthony J. Dimond
Bland
Ketchikan
Craig
Wrangell
Petersburg
Sitka
Cordova
Anchorage
Kodiak
Bristol Bay
Japan Now Suspicious of Britain and United States
Tokyo reports a rising conviction in Japanese Army circles that Britain and the United States are conspiring to block Japan’s Far Eastern aims. A five‑ministers conference was held with generals called in, amid claims the Rome‑Berlin axis could aid Japan in any clash with the two powers.
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Tokyo
Great Britain
United States
Japan
Soviet Planes Downed Across Manchuria Front
Tokyo reports Japanese air forces shot down 69 enemy planes likely Russian over four days of combat on the Manchukuo Outer Mongolia border. Large scale fighting also continuing on the Gal border as authorities cite renewed clashes.
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Tokyo
Manchukuo-Outer Mongolia
Gal
Sheep herd helps keep fairways trimmed at Pauls Valley golf course
Fred Renhie of Pauls Valley Oklahoma runs a golf course and raises 200 sheep. He says letting the sheep roam keeps the fairways neatly cropped and the two ventures complement each other well. The note is dated August 3 in Pauls Valley.
Davies Maps Europe in Arms Embargo Debate Chalk Talk Stirs Senate
Ambassador Davies staged a dramatic briefing in Washington, spreading a Europe map before key senators to illustrate troop concentrations as the arms embargo repeal falters. The scene, with figures marching, underscores a critical European era while the administration shifts to calendar tactics rather than immediate debate. Dimond pledges Alaska labor priority for residents as Dimond joins efforts to secure Indian Affairs jobs for Territory workers.
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Alaska
Anthony J. Dimond
Office of Indian Affairs
Territory
John L. Covich
Washington
Juneau Mine and Mill Workers Union
Juneau
Indian Bureau
Dimond
Senate
Joe Davies
Europe
Belgium
Key Pittman
Foreign Relations Committee
Harrison
Mississippi
Tydings
Maryland
Davies
Germany
France
Poland
Italy
England
Africa
Russia
Bo~ Rah
Idaho
Johnson
Ida~ho
White House
Indictment for National Guard Captain in Payroll Padding Case
A 24 count federal indictment was returned against Otto G. Kuklinski San Francisco attorney and National Guard Captain attached to battery F 250th coast artillery for padding payroll. Investigators say he reported men at drill when absent forged and passed salary checks involving more than 10 000 dollars with Assistant U S Attorney Valentine C Hammack stating the case.
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San Francisco
Cal
Otto G. Kuklinski
National Guard
Kuklinski
250Th Coast Artillery
Valentine C. Hammack
U. S. Attorney
Stolen iron hitching post puzzles Enid resident
Aug 3 Enid Okla reports E L Swigert’s iron hitching post, kept on his lawn as a 250 year old keepsake, was stolen. He suspects antique hunters and asks who else would need it.
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Enid, Okia
E. L. Swigert
Swigert
Japan Breaks Off Negotiations With Britain
Bulletin from Tokyo reports the Japanese government semi officially announces the ending of negotiations with Great Britain. Economic talks will not resume unless Britain proposes to reopen them.
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Tokyo
Great Britain
Housing Bill Killed Today in House Rebuke
Washington August 3 The House coalition of Republicans and Democrats killed the President's 500 million housing bill for this session. The vote was 0 to 170 and followed last Tuesday's defeat of the Lending Bill. The defeat clears a barrier to adjournment as the Senate faces other issues including the deficit bill.
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Washington
House
Senate
Taft Signals Possible Run for Republican Nomination
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio expressed willingness to be a candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination in a letter to George Eyrich, Cincinnati GOP chair. He noted he would not run away from a harder job and urged redirection of government to sustain solvency and liberty. He urged leaders to confront vested interests opposing reform.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
George Eyrich
Republican Executive Committee
Cincinnati
Taft
Eyrich
United States
Sonya Otani Dead in China Amid Political Strife
Tokyo reports the death of Sonya Otani, president of the North China Development Company, in Kalgan China. Otani, once chief Abbot of the Honganji Buddhist sect, was accused of exploiting North China and had ties to Japanese imperial circles through his brothers who married the Empress of Japan.
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Tokyo
Sony Otani
North China Development Company
North China
Kalgan
China
Oteni
Japan
Japanese world flight to start soon to Nome stop
Seattle Aug 3 Nippon Yusen Kaisha Steamship Line announces the projected world flight by the Japanese plane Nippon, manned by Japanese newsmen, will start from Tokyo with Nome Alaska first stop in foreign territory. The ship, powered by two 900 horsepower motors, is scheduled to arrive at Nome about August 15. The plane will then head to Whitehorse, thence to Vancouver and Seattle.
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Seattle
Nippon Yusen Kaisha Steamship Line
Nippon
Tokyo
Nome
Alaska
White Horse
Vancouver
IRA Funds Sway From America to Support Campaign
London Aug 3 IRA members say a major portion of their funds for organizational support came from the United States while denying German money. Home Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare signs deportation orders against a dozen more Irish suspects as police round up and prepare to ship those ordered out. IRA spokesmen quote the campaign costing about 50 000 dollars weekly with no agents in England paid for their activities.
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London
Irish Republican Army
United States
IRA
Germany
Samuel Hoare
TRA
England
Pribilof Seal Take Is Record for Season
The Bureau of Fisheries announced the Pribilof Island seal harvest for the season is the largest since 1889 with 60,473 skins collected, up 2,109 from 1938. St Pauls and St Georges Island yielded 47,646 and 12,827 skins respectively. sales go to the United States Government with 15 percent each to Canada and Japan.
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Washington
Bureau of Fisheries
Pribilof Island
Jackson
St. Paul’ Island
St. George Island
United States
Canada
Japan
Dynamite used in Oregon City marital tragedy
An estranged husband and wife were killed in a blast set by the husband after a marital rift in Oregon City. The 15 year old daughter from a prior marriage was likely fatally injured. Lee Phillipy of Lone Elder, Oregon, 40, detonated dynamite at the trailer home of his wife and Ruth, his wife’s daughter, and was blown apart. the wife’s body was hurled 150 feet into a tree.
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Oregon City
Oregon
Lee Phillipy
Lone Elder
Ruth
Phillipy
Blocking German efforts 70 million bond issue blocked by SEC
The Securities and Exchange Commission temporarily halted a 70 million dollar German government bond issue in the United States. The delay follows Germany's failure to disclose key fiscal data including the government budget and public debt. Hearings are set for August 15 to allow Germany to supply the requested information. The Ketchikan fair is scheduled from September 1 to 4.
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Washington
The
Securities and Exchange Commission
United States
Germany
Parliament to Adjourn for Summer Recess in August
London Aug Prime Minister Chamberlains Conservative majority rebuked critics by voting 246 to 129 to adjourn Parliament for the summer recess. Labor leader Arthur Greenwood warned of risks of a triple alliance with Russia and new Munich fears as Churchill urged Parliament to stay in session amid European tension. Ministers plan close call contingencies near London.
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London
Chamberlain
Munich
Arthur Greenwood
Chamber
Greenwood
Russia
Far East
Churchill
Winston Churchill
Germany
Aus
Europe
Conference to outline air routes linking U S Canada Alaska
Washington reports a Canadian American conference in Ottawa next Wednesday will outline air routes linking the United States Canada and Alaska and strengthening Pacific defenses. Officials from the State Department and Civil Aeronautics Authority will study proposals including a US Alaska plane service with or without Canadian stops and three route concepts.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Alaska
Pacific
Ottawa
State Department
Civil Aeronautica Authority
Sent
Great Britain
Scandinavian Countries
Crisis in Poland Nearing Showdown Over Danzig
Aug 3 report notes rising Polish concern that a conflict over Danzig will erupt within weeks. Polish officials cite Nazi agitation in the Free City, including talk of a Danzig Germany customs union and replacement of Danzig currency. Warsaw vows to block unilateral moves while Germany appears to mobilize two million under arms for summer exercises. Continued on Page Three.
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Warsaw
Danzig
Free City
Reich
Germany
Whelea
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James A. Parley
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Democratic Party
Hyde Park
Parley
Goodby
New York
America
U. S
Ketchikan Fair
Near
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