Baby Clipper Reaches Seattle Maiden Flight Planned
The 10 ton baby clipper of Pan American Airways landed on Lake Washington marking a test flight toward Alaska. Captained by Gerry Mathis the twin engine amphibian will depart Saturday for Ketchikan and Juneau with no passengers or mail aboard. Joe Crosson and other officials greeted the crew as Alaska and Northwest cities sent congratulations for the upcoming air mail service. A Juneau Chamber of Commerce welcome event is planned with local officials part of the organizing committee.
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Seattle
Northwest
Pan-American Airways
Miami
Lake Washington
Juneau
Alaska
Pacific Alaskan Airways
Gerry A. Mathis
Joe Crosson
Pacific Alaska Airways
H. N. Bixby
New York
Pan-American
Robert O. Bullwinkel
DeWitt Vaile
Chamber of Commerce Department
Portland
Medford
Boise
Tacoma
Everett
West Indies
Ketchikan
California Unclaimed Insurance Checks At Capitol
Sacramento report notes checks totaling $10,000 issued under the new employment insurance law remain unclaimed at the state capitol. Many affected Californians appear unconcerned about potential job losses while awaiting action.
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Sacramento
Democrats Eye 1940 Presidential Hopefuls Across the Nation
Washington August 4 The piece surveys Democratic figures who might seek the 1940 nomination led by McNutt of Indiana and Barkley of Kentucky with budding campaigns spreading city to city. It notes concerns Roosevelt's possible third term would shift ambitions and timelines, mentions cabinet posts as strategic moves, and hints at future political maneuvering.
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Roosevelt
America
McNutt
Manila
Barkley
Paducah
Mr. McNutt
Indiana
Sena
Mercy Flight Aids Miner In Isolated Alaska Camp
Dr. A N Wilson conducted an emergency appendectomy on Leonard H Kine 35 after a rupture of the appendix at the Flagstaff Mining Company camp 40 miles west of Ketchikan Alaska. Pilot Ellis ferried Dr Wilson and two nurses to the isolated bunkhouse operating room. The trio trekked two miles through mud to reach the camp where the operation was performed.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
A. N. Wilson
Ellis
Dr. Wilson
Flagstaff
Here
Leonard H. Kine
Still Jumping North Star Edward Gordon tops Met AAU events
Still prominent at nearly 30 Edward Gordon of University of Town, once 1932 Olympic broad jump champion, won both the broad jump and the high hurdles at New York's Metropolitan AAU meet, continuing a long athletic career.
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New York
Edward Gordon
University of Town
Goron
Yangtze Floods Halt Japanese Advance Toward Hankow
Yangtze River floods threaten to block the Japanese eastward push toward Hankow the provisional Chinese capital. Guerrilla activity in several sections adds to Japanese worries amid rising waters and supply concerns.
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Yangtze
Hankow
China
Shanghai
Yangtze River
Mrs Charles Missing on Seattle Trip
Mrs Mildred Charles of Ketchikan Alaska appeals to Seattle police in aid of locating her mother in law Mrs Sidney Charles 56 wife of the Alaska Fishing News editor who arrived July 19 aboard the North Star and has not been seen since.
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Seattle
Mildred Charles
Ketchikan
Alaska
Sidney Charles
Alaska Fishing News
North Star
Heat Wave Grips Nation With Record Heat and Fatalities
July heat wave grips the United States with temperatures reaching into the 90s across Texas California and the Dakotas. New York expects 92 degrees with New England battered by heat and humidity. Drownings and other heat related deaths rise with eight more in Southern California and nine in the Imperial Valley.
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Associated Press
United States
Texas
California
Dakotas
New York
New England
Los Angeles
Cal
Imperial Valley
Vandals Damage Two Fish Traps In Ketchikan Area
Aug. 4 dispatch reports vandalism at two fish traps in the Ketchikan area as Spanish Civil War fighting shifts near the Ebro front. Separately, President Roosevelt arrives in the Canal Zone aboard the cruiser Houston and plans to inspect the Panama Canal the following day.
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Ketchikan Area
Balboa
Canal Zone
Roosevelt
Houston
Cocos Island
Panama Canal
Vandal damage hits Tree Point fish traps near Ketchikan
Fishermen report two traps damaged at Tree Point forty miles south of Ketchikan. Lester O. Gore says his nets were slashed and anchors unshackled letting the trap drift. The Beegle Packing Company trap also had nets cut and the watchmen's shack ransacked.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Tree Point
Here
Lester O. Gore
Beegle Packing Company
Women union pivots as labor convention delayed
In San Francisco on August 4, the Women's Christian Temperance Union chose the same hotel as the American Federation of Labor Bartenders International Alliance, prompting a postponement of the Bartenders' convention from today until August 15.
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San Francisco
Cal
Women's Christian Temperance Union
American Federation of Labor
Bartenders’ International Alliance
Japanese Flags Wave In Philippine Churches
Manila Aug 4 Interior secretary Elpidio Quirino reports Japanese flags used in church services and worship of Japanese images in the Babuyan islands near Formosa. He recommends stricter patrols by Philippine cutters after inspection of the Babuyans.
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Manila
P. I
Babuyan Islands
Elpidio Quirino
Commonwealth
Formosa
Motlow to restart Tennessee whiskey at Stilthouse distillery
Lem Motlow of Stilthouse Hollow expects soon to begin producing the first legal whiskey in Tennessee since 1910. A county local option vote authorized the distillery under state legislation. output must be sold outside the state as intra state sales remain dry.
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Lynchburg
Tenn
Lem Motlow
Stilthouse Hollow
Tennessee
Motlow
Border Conflict Between Russia Japan Deepens On Frontiers
The Soviet Foreign Commissar offered talks for a peaceful settlement if fighting ends, troops withdraws, and Japan recognizes the 1886 Russia China treaty with border maps. Japan proposed ceasefire while awaiting terms, with both sides trading protests over incursions as Horinouchi and Sunetian discuss terms.
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Moscow
Litvinoff
Russia
Japan
Tokyo
Siberian-Manchoukuoat
Foreign Office
Kensuke Horinouchi
Constantin Sunetanian
Alfa
Changkufend Hill
Stock Quotations and Dow Averages Report
Alaska Juneau mine at 11 percent unchanged from yesterday. Major quotes include American Can 100, Bethlehem Steel 58, General Motors 44, United States Steel 59, Southern Pacific 18, Kennecott 41, New York Central 19. Dow Jones averages industrials 142.13 rails 26.16 utilities 2048.25. Browned pears garnish veal or pork. bake half a pear per portion, coat in flour and fry, season with salt pepper and cinnamon.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
American Light and Power
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
Commonwealth and Southern
Curtiss Wright
General Motors
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Southern Pacific
United States Steel
Safeway Stores
Pound
Northern Pacific
DOW, Jones
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Ariz
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New England States
Pacific Coast
Ebro
Hendaye
Prenei
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Tereul
Farley
James A. Farley
Ketchi
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Korea
Manchaukuo
Possiet Bay
LAW
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Hill
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