Roosevelt Takes Stand on Conserving Resources
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, touring Montana and surrounding sites, declared the government is just beginning to fight to save resources for agriculture and industry. He cited hydroelectric plants, waterways, forests as “great public properties” to protect from individual selfishness while en route to inspect Fort Peck and Glacier Park as part of a broader tour.
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Upper
Missouri
Spokane
Wash
Glacier Park
Green Bay
Wisconsin
Relief to 600000 in Drought Area
Kansas City dispatch reports about 800000 people, equal to Idaho Delaware and Nevada populations, on relief rolls in drought blighted western states. Government buys cattle and sheep, slaughtering some or moving others to better areas as rains and cooler temps reach parts of the region.
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Nevada
United States
Stockyard Strike Ends After 12 Days in Chicago
In Chicago the twelve day stockyard strike of livestock handlers ended last Saturday after a six hour conference led by Gen. Hugh S. Johnson NRA Administrator. Eight hundred union men were involved and claim victory as work resumed Sunday with full shifts.
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Hugh 3. Johnson
NRA
New Air Routes to Alaska May Be Opened
SEATTLE Aug. 6 Interested in opening new air routes to Alaska and along the Aleutians Rear Admiral Walter R. Gherardi Chief of the Hydrographic Division of the United States Navy arrived here Saturday He has been on an inspection tour of the Navy s hydrographic stations on the Pacific Coast and has traveled up the coast from Panama He will leave here soon for Washington DC
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Aleutians
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Washington, D. C
Silver Shirts Scheme to Overthrow Communists Unfolds
Los Angeles Examiner reports before the Un-American Activities Committee that armed Silver Shirts and their Storm Troopers aim to seize the U.S. government and drive Jews from public office, including Treasury Secretary Morgenthau. Police have monitored the group in the San Diego area for months.
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San Diego
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Henry Morgenthau
the Treasury
New Plan to Aid Farmers in Drought Area
Washington reports Delegate A J Dimond favoring a small Alaska agricultural area for drought region farmers from the Midwest. He says Alaska WRA officials are considering the plan and pioneer life burdens will require careful selection. He favors a motor highway over extending the Alaska Railroad to speed produce to markets.
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Alaska
Middle West
A. J. Dimond
Anchorage
FERA
Dimond
Pioneer of Interior on Last Trail
Mrs. Daniel McKinnon aged 80 died at her Fairbanks home yesterday. A Pioneer Woman of Alaska member and Eastern Star, she hiked Chilkat Pass to Dawson and down the river to Dawson in 98. She moved to Fairbanks in 1905 and knew Yukon and Alaska interior history well.
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Alaska
Daniel McKinnon
Pioneer Women of
Order of Eastern Star
Home Owners' Loan Board Cracks Down on Politics
The Home Owners' Loan Corporation issues a nationwide order barring staff from campaign speaking and holding major offices. Employees are forbidden from wearing party buttons and using corporate offices as campaign headquarters amid rising political activity and reports of personnel involvement.
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Washington
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Pome Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Foil Attempt At Abduction Thwarted In Oklahoma City
Three men sought in apparent kidnapping attempt against Robert A. Hefner Sr a wealthy oilman social figure and former Oklahoma Supreme Court justice Hefner warned by a telephone call and police say the assailants learned habits from his apartment building janitor as the plot was foiled by timely action
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Robert A. Hefner
State Supreme Court
Hefner
Nazi Fight in Austria Not Ended
YUGOSLAVIA BORDER Aug. 6. Constant ine Kammerhofer chief of staff of Austrian Nazi forces told AP the Nazi rebellion in Austria has only begun. He said we are not finished with our fight for German Austria's freedom and when men are gone women and children will continue fighting Schuschnigg's government. Cannabis indicia and related terms appear in the text.
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Associated Press
Constantine Kammerhofer
Austria
Schuschnigg
Nine Army Air Corps planes photo vast Alaska area
Nine Army Air Corps bombers returned to Fairbanks from Anchorage after photographing 8,000 square miles on Friday, a single day record, from 16,000 feet they covered 4,000 square miles. Photos spanned west of McKinley Park, Susitna to Kenai and west of Seward. A tenth plane that went down in Cook Inlet will be salved.
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Alaska
Army Air Corps
Anchorage
McKinley Park
Susitna
Kenai
Seward
Cook Inlet
Forest Fires Under Control Five Sections
Forest fires yield to squads of fighters drafted from Washington Oregon Idaho Montana and British Columbia. Near Missoula twenty firefighters were injured two perhaps serious when two trucks overturned en route to blows.
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Wash
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
British Columbia
Missoula
Banking committee censures banks over bond deals
The Senate Banking Committee branded banker methods in selling billions of near worthless securities as scandalous and unethical. It cited firms like J P Morgan and Company Kuhn Loeb National City Dillon Read and others for failing to curb speculative booms and for selling securities to a preferred list to extend influence over influential individuals.
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Senate Banking Committee
Banking Committee
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Kuhn-Loeb Company
National City Company
Dillon-Read Company
Prince says King George quit golf over anger
London Aug 6 The Prince of Wales says King George quit playing golf because it made him too angry. Asked why he did not continue, the king replied I got too damned angry.
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Prince of Wales
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Prince
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Alaska salmon pack tops four million as reds drive total
Alaska’s 1934 salmon packing reached 4 157 490 cases by July 28, led by red salmon. The North Side and Bristol Bay districts posted notable gains, with Chignik, Kodiak, Cook Inlet, Copper River and Prince William Sound all reporting substantial year over year increases, while pink runs remained weak in Southeast. Warden Haley noted a fresh run near Icy Strait as the season closed in that region.
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Prince William Sound
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Red Tails
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Chums
Yakutat
Toy Strait
Wrangell
Ketchikan
Prince of Wales Island
Bristol Bay
Eyvichak-Naknok
Nushagak
Egegik
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North Side
Pinal
Central Alaska
Aos
Will. Sound
Resurrection Bay
Woman Shot Four Times in Struggle Ends in Death
In San Francisco on August 6, Anita B. Watkins, 35, was killed after being shot four times during a confrontation with her estranged husband on a downtown street.
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Cal
Anita B. Watkins
Justice Department official tours Alaska on trip
Mr and Mrs BP W Girvin of San Francisco are round trippers on the steamer Northwestern. Mr Girvin is connected with the Federal Department of Justice at the Headquarters the Hall of Justice in San Francisco.
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BP. W. Girvin
San Francisco
Northwestern
Navy Week in Juneau Wraps With Open Air Concerts and Farewell Dances
After a week of cordial entertainments in Juneau the U S Navy aircraft squadrons base force and flagship U S S Feet prepared to depart westward though fog delayed the plan. Weekend events included dances baseball and basketball games Wright band concerts church services house parties and a farewell reception aboard the U S S Wright Admiral Johnson led the hospitality as residents of Juneau Douglas and nearby communities enjoyed the naval visit. Open air concert drew hundreds near Front Street then most attendees attended the Mandarin Ball Room farewell navy dance. The officers hosted guests from shore to boat and back detailing a warm hosted visit before departure.
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Base Force
United States
Tey Straits
Cordova
Navy
Wright
A. W. Johnson
Douglas
Hitler says no war clouds seen in Berlin interview
London Daily Mail quotes Adolf Hitler promising self defense only if Germany directly rests war choices. He calls Hindenburg innocent of starting the war and praises him as a leader who would have spared Germany from humiliation. President Chancellor honors Hindenburg as an enduring symbol of the Reich.
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London Daily Mail
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Germany
Hindenburg to be laid away this evening in Germany
In Neudeck Germany aug 6 the body of former president Paul von Hindenburg will pass in a torched procession a 60 mile lane to the grave. Planes will scatter red roses over the palate as brief exercises at the manor house precede the casket’s transfer to a gun carriage for the trip to tannenburg where he will be buried
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Germany
Paul von Hindenburg
Tannenburg
Senator Bronson Cutting Heads to Alaska for Vacation
Seattle August 6 Senator Bronson Cutting Republican of New Mexico arrived by plane for a short vacation and boarded the steamer Yukon for Alaska. He plans to go as far north as Seward and his return date is not definite.
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Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
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Seward
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