Baby Clipper Due Here Tomorrow For Test Flight
Pan American Airways baby clipper is set to depart Seattle at 9 a.m. for its first test flight to Juneau marking the start of regular Seattle Juneau service. Flight crew includes Capt. John Mattis and First Officer Hugh Gordon with plans for a water or land touchdown at Juneau field or Agr Bay. A reception and dinner are planned by the Juneau Chamber of Commerce with a 6:30 p.m. banquet for the visiting PAA staff and crew.
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Seattle
Juneau
Ketchikan
John Mattis
E. Robbins
Alaska
Hugh Gordon
Rowland Thompson
J. W. Smyser
Joe
Pacific Aios Pan-American
Ed Yuravich
Bureau of Air Commerce
PAA
Harry J. Lucas
Wilbur Wester
Charles W. Carter
Horace Adams
Allen
Curtis Shattuck
John W. Jones
Charles Goldstein
Harry Watson
E. S. Evans
R. L. Bernard
B. M. Krafft
Krafft
Wright
Co. D. Wright
Auk Bay
Pritz Cove
Mattis
Tye
J E Edgerton Dies After Lifelong Textile Industry Fight
J E Edgerton 58 former head of the National Association of Manufacturers in the United States died in Lebanon Tennessee. He rose from a North Carolina woolen mill laborer to national leadership and fought the 1924 textile strike and New Deal labor policies. He criticized Section 7 A of the NRA and urged relief food promises to end the strike quickly. His influence extended as a spokesman for the industrial south.
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Lebanon
Tenn
John Emmet Edgerton
North Carolina
National Association of Manufacturers
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Edgerton
National Recovery Administration
Roosevelt
National Industrial Recovery Act
American Federation of Labor
Mills
Industria
Three Members Honored at Martha Society Luncheon
A Martha Society pot luck lunch at Ray G. Day residence 126 West Seventh Street drew about fifty members to bid farewell to three members leaving for the south. Mesdames Anthony Bockmore Gunnar Blomgren and Florine Houses received gifts as the attendees spent the afternoon sewing.
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Martha Society
Ray G. Day
West Seventh Street
South
Mesdames
Anthony Bockmore
Gunnar Blomgren
Florine_ Houses
Ickes Bride to Be Greeted at Ketchikan
Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes and his bride will be greeted in Ketchikan as Gov. John W. Troy's delegation sails aboard the Princess Louise. Ickes plans a three day stay in Juneau with a determined Alaska itinerary including a railroad and Copper River trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Troy
Harold L. Ickes
Marka
W. Griffin
Alaska
Robert Bender
Ketchikan
Princess Louise
Ickes
Juneau
Mouzit McKinney
Seattle
Westward pack ahead of last season in Bristol Bay totals
Bristol Bay pack exceeds 1.8 million cases with 1,811,985 total and 1,754,487 red salmon. Bureau reports gains across Cook Inlet Alaska Peninsula Prince William Sound and Kodiak with Prince William Sound extension to August 9. Total season counts show reds lead at 2,210,796 and grand total 3,080,613 cases versus last year.
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Bristol Bay
U. S
Bureau of Pisheries
Cook Inlet
Alaska Peninsula
Prince William Sound
Copper River
Chignik
Reds
Kings
Pinks
Chums
Cohes
Cohos
South Side
North Side
Bristol Bay — Reds
Kodiak—Reds
Marine Airways Fleets Fly Wide Area and Islands
Marine Airways pilots operate multiple flights across Alaska regions. Alex Holden flies Bellanca to Sitka and Todd in charter runs with crews including B F Heintzleman and Jerry Lodge. Cope returns from Ketchikan and plans a flight around the islands this afternoon. Epworth League to meet at the Methodist Church with Lola La Pugh presiding followed by a social.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Holden
Marine Airways
Bellanca
B. B. Nieding
Bert Woods
Cope
Ketchikan
Fairchild
Lyle Hebert
Petersburg
L. G. Wingard
Oscar Bergseth
Sitka
B. F. Heintzleman
R. F. Bessey
Jerry Lodge
Bessey
Georgia Couley
A. Power
Bill Barnes
Holden
Todd
Hood Bay
Nick Bez
Arthur Wolf
Epworth League
Methodist Church
Lola la Pugh
Crump Faction Wins Tennessee Primary Amid Labor Strife
Gov. Merriam accuses CIO of fueling labor unrest as Tennessees Crump McKellar faction secures a sweeping primary victory. Governor Cooper nominated for governor. Senator Stewart leads in the Senate race amid a backdrop of national labor tension. In Kentucky, two men face murder warrants over the Breathitt County shooting near Barkley headquarters.
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San Francisco
Cal
Frank F. Merriam
CIO
Merriam
Nashville
Tenn
A. Crump
U. 8
McKellar
Gordon Browning
Berry
Tennessee
Prentice Cooper
Shelbyville
The
American Legion
Browning
Crump
A.T. Stewart
Winchester
Roosevelt
Cooper
Stewart
Ridley Michell
Jackson
Lee Combs
Breathitt County
Alben Barkley
Lewis Combs
Sherif Walter Deaton
Albert B “Happy” Chandler
Barkley
L. Combs
Lee
Pearl Campbell
William Combs
Wardie Jenkins
Irvin Turner
James Goff
Breathitt County Precinct Committee
Deaton
HUSH HUSH IN GERMAN AFFAIRS FEARS PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
Washington notes a quiet, careful approach from the State Department Commerce and Treasury on Germany as the keystone of European peace efforts. Officials speak off the record to avoid any offense while acknowledging tense relations and delicate trade talks. The piece also recalls World War I memorials in Washington and the public’s respect for fallen soldiers.
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Preston Grover Washington
State Department
Department of Commerce
Treasury
Germany
Nother
Washington
Knapp Hangs After Plea For Companion in Bank Robbery
Stanley Knapp died on the gallows at the State Penitentiary in Walla Walla shortly after midnight for his role in a Spokane bank holdup. He pleaded for life of companion Herbert Allen who faced execution on August 16.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Stanley Knapp
State Penitentiary
Spokane
Knapp
Herbert Allen
Stock Quotations New York August 5
Closing quotations for Alaska Juneau mine at 114. American Can 101/2. American Light and Power 5 percent. Anaconda 36 percent. Bethlehem Steel 60. Commonwealth and Southern 14 percent. Curtiss Wright 5. General Motors 45. International Harvester 621/4. Kennecott 42. New York Central 20. Southern Pacific 20. United States Steel 61. Safeway Stores 21. Pound 4.89. Northern Pacific 137.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
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
Nor _thern Pacific
Four Earth Shocks Felt in Los Angeles County
Four slight earthquakes were felt in various sections of Los Angeles County last night with no damage reported. Residents became panicky as tremors rattled this area.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Los Angeles County
Cooperage Plant Destroyed in Portland Blaze
A Pacific Cooperage Company plant and three or four small buildings were destroyed early today in a Northwest Portland Industrial district fire. No injuries reported as flames swept through the site in the morning. Fire crews battled the blaze throughout the day, estimating substantial material loss.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Cooperage Company
Northwest Portland
Soviet Shells Rain On Disputed Hill In Border Crisis
Soviet artillery pounds Changkufeng Hill as Japan offers a truce in the border hostilities. Moscow's terse terms demand cease fire, withdrawal of artillery, evacuation of Japanese troops, and recognition of the 1886 Russia China treaty with border maps.
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Associated Press
Japan
Russia
Changkufeng Hill
Manchoukuo
Bombs Drop on Valencia as Front Battles Rage
Insurgent air raiders unleash 100 bombs on Valencia as intense fighting continues on two fronts. Government reports say many Valencia buildings are destroyed. casualties not yet estimated. Madrid says government forces approach insurgent headquarters near Albarracian despite raid.
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Hendaye
Valencia
Franco
Madrid
Albarracian
Tercul
Steps on Nail Returns After Four Day Stretcher Ride
Mrs. Walter Stickman, with a blood poisoning leg, traveled four days on a stretcher from a wilderness home after stepping on a rusty nail. Marshal William Bouwens led a rescue party from Matanuska Valley to Palmer to reach the injured traveler as rivers and storms challenged the route. Pack horses carried the party while Mrs. Stickman was strapped to a stretcher for the long crossing.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Walter Stickman
Palmer Hospital
Matanuska Valley
William Bouwens
Mrs. Stickman
Palmer
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Chamber For Fliers
Paa Field
Mary Pressgrove
Claude la Varre
Explorer
Santa Clara
Talara
Peru
J. E. Edgerton
NRA
Tennesssee
Griffin
New York City
Bender
Douglas Corrigan
Ireland
Broadway
Dublin
Battery
City Hall
Corrigan
James McCurrin
James McCurrin, Chairman of Mayor LaGuardia
Stanley Howe
Harry
Charles A. Lindbergh
California
Atlantic
Department of Commerce Aeronautical Bureau
Westward Pack
Yangtze River
Kentucky
Gov. Browning
U.S
Howard Hughes
L.A. County
Moscow
Wilderness
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