Warplanes Sweep Coast as Ships Bombed in Algeria
Three French planes search for mysterious enemy craft off Algeria as Lloyds reports an Italian and a British steamer bombed near the coast. The British tanker British Corporate and the Mongolia, both under attack, report emergency signals but few details emerge. A later dispatch says three unknown monoplanes bombed a British ship carrying gasoline to England. Separately, the Non-Intervention Committee adjourns for an indefinite period amid deadlock.
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London
Lloyds
Gibraltar
Algeria
British Corporate
Algiers
Mongolia
Genoa
New Orleans
Persian Gulf
England
Non-Intervention Committee
Alaska Aero Commission Hopes to Finish Work Tomorrow
The Alaska Aeronautics and Communications Commission and Federal agency representatives continued talks here with plans to conclude sessions tomorrow. John Cross of the Second Division arrives to participate. Joe Crosson of the Fourth Division presides in Governor Troy’s absence as other duties claim his time.
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Alaska Aeronautics and Communications Commission
Interior
John Cross
Alaska Commission
Joe Crosson
John W. Troy
Foreign officials sail to Alaska for Kenai moose specimens
Count Potocki of Poland and Francois Edmond Blane of France sail from Seattle aboard the Baranof August W1 for a special hunting expedition to procure Kenai moose specimens for the Museum of Natural History in Paris. The trip is coordinated through the Alaska Game Commission and the Geological Survey Washington office, per Frank Dufresne.
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Count Potocki
Poland
Francois Edmond Blane
France
Seattle
Alaska
Museum of Natural History
Paris
Frank Dufresne
Alaska Game Commission
Washington
Blow Logical Survey
Weather forecast for Juneau region August 6
The forecast calls for possible showers tonight and Saturday with gentle to moderate southerly winds starting at 4 p.m. on August 6 in Juneau and nearby areas.
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Juneau
Cleary
Special Session Hints On Farm Legislation In October
Reports say increased demand for federal crop loans could prompt a special October session to consider general farm measure. Senate leaders and President Roosevelt contemplate timing depending on Agriculture Committee progress. Roosevelt declined to state support, saying the question rests with the Senate.
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Washington
Congress
Barkley
Roosevelt
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Navy seeks two additional light cruisers and delays Yorktown
Admiral William Leahy announced at a Washington press conference that Congress will be asked to fund two 7500 ton light cruisers to supplement two 36000 ton super dreadnoughts already authorized. He also said the aircraft carrier Yorktown faces mechanical defects likely delaying its fleet entry by about a year, with delivery due August 16 at Newport News Virginia.
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Washington
William Leahy
Naval Operations
Navy
Congress
Yorktown
Newport News
Author Hunter Begins Annual Alaska Trek
William N. Beach, famed author and hunter, arrived in Juneau aboard the Aleutian for his yearly Alaska expedition. He plans a first-time hunt west of McKinley Park, consulting with federal and territorial officials after arrival and staying at Hotel Juneau. Beach, who largely shoots with a camera, has visited Alaska nearly every year for 16 years and wrote In the Shadow of Mount McKinley in 1931.
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William N. Beach
Juneau
Aleutian
Alaska
McKinley Park
Hotel Juneau
Beach
Mount McKinley
Ketchikan Ball Squad Matches Set for Juneau Series
The Juneau All-Star team selects a roster to face the Ketchikan squad in a three game set at Firemen's Park. Notables include Johnny Smith, Fritz Schmita, Joe Werner, and Al McKay. First game at 5 pm tomorrow with warmups at 4 30. Sunday doubleheader starts at 1 pm with 12 30 arrival. Ticket sales push continues as funds support series expenses.
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Johnny Smith
Drews
Fritz Schmita
Jack Schmltz
Joe Werner
Molly MacSpadden
al McKay
Tom Martin
Hilding Haglund
Stan Grummett
Johnny Niemi
Firemen's Park
Orin Addieman
Moose
Lefty Smith
Tex Hawkins
Alaska Coast Fisheries Receives 22000 Pounds Salmon Today
Alaska Coast Fisheries received the only cargo of fish, 22000 pounds, and sent 16 boxes of frozen halibut and 135 boxes of sable fish to Seattle aboard the North Sea ship. Ruth Goetz, a surgical patient, was dismissed from St. Ann's Hospital. Elton Engstrom Jr underwent an adenoidectomy at St. Ann's. Wayne took ice at the cold storage base. a 17 month old boy fell 17 feet but sustained no serious injuries.
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Alaska Coast Fisheries Toay
DeVee Prucha
E. O
St. Ann's Hospital
Med Swanson
North Sea
Seattle
San Diego
Cal
Wayne
Trotzky Forecasts Asian Crisis Spurs Social Revolt
In Mexico City on August 6 Leon Trotzky warned the Sino Japanese war would accelerate military catastrophe and social revolution in Japan. He predicted Soviet aid to China and tied the Asiatic campaign to recent Soviet trials in which eight high army officers were executed.
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Mexico City
Leon Trotzky
Japan
Soviet Russia
Youth Rescued After 1200 Foot Mountain Fall
Humphrey Cooper, a 21 year old Montana youth, tumbled 1200 feet down a mountain near Morley Alberts on Aug. 6. He clung 41 hours on a ledge without food or shelter until Viktor Kutschera, an Austrian guide, strapped him with a rope and hauled him to safety after five hours of rocky ascent. Cooper remains semi conscious with cuts and exhaustion but is expected to recover.
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Morley
Alberts
Humphrey Cooper
Montana
Victor Kutschera
Cooper
Benedicts Take Ore Samples South for Assay
Mr and Mrs P C Benedict and three children return to Juneau from Glacier Bay prospecting trip aboard the Princess Coulse. They are en route to Iron Mountain to have ore samples assayed and plan to return for further work if results are favorable.
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P. C. Benedict
Juneau
Glacier Bay District
B. O. Ey
Benédicts
Gastineau Hotel
Glacier Bay
Rex Beach
Bartholomew and Griswold Sail Southbound Today
J Griswold, mill equipment supervisor, and F J Bartholomew, mining machinery engineer, arrived by Marine Airways from Tulsequah and sailed south aboard the Princess Louise. Griswold has supervised the mill installation at Tulsequah and will join Mrs Griswold at the camp for ten days. Bartholomew is a consultant on the project.
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J. Griswold
F. J. Bartholomew
Marine Airways
Tulsequah
Princess Louise
Mr. Griswold
Griswold
Mr. Bartholomew
Daring bandit escapes with $20000 loot
In Vancouver Washington a masked robber tied up two tellers and the janitor at the Stevenson National Bank in Benson on the north bank of the Columbia River. He forced President Mack Beck and Walter Gregorius to the vault and escaped in a Ford sedan with more than $20000. Police checked highways and described the thief as a about 50 years old, wearing overalls and a Four inch hat.
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Vancouver
Wash
Stevenson National Bank
Benson
Columbia River
Leland Morrow
James Wessel
Mack Beck
Walter Gregorius
Beck
California Leense
Carpenters Wage Prices Rally Say No Increase
Local No. 144 of the Carpenters and Joiners Union of Juneau states there is no chance of carpenters wages rising above the current scale of 9 a day since 1932. The union refutes rumors of 11 to 14 a day, noting wage comparisons with other cities and urging the public to understand Juneau wages remain the lowest on the west coast.
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Carpenters' and Joiners Union of
Juneau
Carpenters and Joiners Union of
Corbit
Ketchikan
Sitka
Infantborn After Mother's Death Faces Fading Chance
In Philadelphia on August 6 a three and a half pound girl named Ife was delivered minutes after her mother Mary Taccassini died from illness. Doctors fought rising fever and low temperature to keep the infant alive though prognosis remained poor. Dr John Corbit reported slight improvement as the baby’s temperature rose from 109 to 102 degrees, with each passing minute seen as a potential increase in survival.
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Philadelphia
Ife
Mary Taccassini
Land
John Corbit
Armed Forces Near Conflict On New Front
Reports from Nanking and Shimon indicate Sino Japanese tensions peak as defense groups mobilize gas masks for over a million residents. Americans flee toward southern China while Tokyo hints at broader hostilities and alliance shifts with Germany and the USSR.
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NEW Front
Preas
Yellow River
Tokyo
China
Japan
Washington
Roosevelt
Russia
Hankow
United States
Ussr
Soviets
B'ob Ellis Flies to Juneau for Brief Visit
Pilot Bob Ellis landed his red Waco biplane on Gastineau Channel this morning then departed for Kell chikan base. The trip accompanied by M Cain and Einstoss includes Harry sheCain and Ketchikan attorney. the scene tied to a larger report on Juneau business as the Senate passed a housing bill with a $700 million bond plan and $26 000 initial appropriation to create low rent dwellings under a Roosevelt program.
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Harry sheCain
Ketchikan
Einstoss
Bob Ellis
Gastineau Channel
Kellchikan
McCain
Kinsiss
Washington
Juneau
Senate
Gastineau Wagner
Roosevelt
Harold Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
PWA
Officials warn dog catcher returns to service
City Hall announced the dog catcher is back on the job and stray dogs are being gathered into the pound. Strays and unlicensed dogs will be seized and disposed of after three days unless claimed by owners. A daily pound fee and a one dollar license under the new act are noted.
Moose and Elks Postponed Baseball Showdown Tonight
The Moose and Elks baseball teams will play at 6 30 this evening in a delayed league game seen as a warm up for the Ketchikan series starting tomorrow. Bob Kimball pitches for the Moose against “Big 1 Mac” MacSpadden of the Elks.
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Moose
Elks
William A. Holzheimer
Bob Kimball
MacSpadden
Fire crews battle overheated furnace at Hemle home
Firemen from the JuQeau Volunteer Fire Department were called at 9 15 this morning to the John Hemle residence at 10th and E Streets to quell an overheated furnace. No damage was reported.
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Ju~ Qeau Volunteer Fire Department
John Hemle
10Th and
E Streets
Stock Quotations New York August 6
There was no sale of Alaska Juneau mine stock today. Closing quotations list Ameri can Cants 108 American Light and Power 10% Anaconda 61% Bethlehem Steel 98 Calumet 16 Commonwealth and Southern 2 International Harvester 117 General Motors 56 Curtiss Wright 6 Kennecott 62 New York Central 294 Southern Pacific 47 Cities Service 3 Pound 4987/16 Republic Btees 8 4 Pure Oil 20 Holly Sugar 32 O S Treasury bonds 24s 094 Dow Jones averages Industrials 185.43 Rails 52.64 Utilities 26.81.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Light and Power
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
Calumet
Commonwealth and Southern
International Harvester
General Motors
Curtiss Wright
Kennecott
New York Central
Southern Pacific
Cities Service
Pound
Republic
0. S. Treasury
Atchison
General
Halibuters Sell At Seattle Report Listing Totals
Halibuters in Seattle report prices and quantities for boats on August 6. Western banks sell 40,000 pounds at 10.5 cents per pound, Western 35,000 pounds at 10 cents, Thor 36,400 pounds at 10.5 and 10 cents. Local banks Argo 14,000 pounds at 11.5 cents, Live ly 1,000 pounds at 13.0 cents straight.
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Seattle
Halibuters
Prom
Western Banks
Pacific
Western
Thor
Argo
Lively
Flight Planned By Washburn Over Mount McKinley
Bradford Washburn an explorer from Cambridge Massachusetts arrives in Cordova Alaska and plans a maiden flight over Mt McKinley to take photos from about 21 500 feet. Pilot Estol Call has been selected to fly the plane. The expedition aims to photograph glaciers and their course.
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Cordova
Alaska
Bradford Washburn
Cambridge
Mass
Mount McKinley
Esto
A J Profits Down in July and Year Rise Tally
San Francisco August 6 Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co reports July operating profit before depreciation depletion and charges of 224300, down from 269500 last July. First seven months profit totals 1 639000 vs 1 411300 for the prior period. Addison B Day of Los Angeles Gas and Electric Co. figures in the year’s gains. Ziegler arrives on business. Winquist surveys icy Juneau locales aboard the Aleutian.
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San Francisco
Cal
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company
Addison B. Day
Los Angeles Gas and Electric Com
Juneau
Princess_ Charlotte
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Aero Commission
Admiral Leahy
William Beach
Juneau Pire
Ruth Goetz
Elton Engstrom, Jr
Jack Gamble
Government Hospital
Hawkiet
Trotzky
Guido
Benedicts
J. Bartholomew
J. Griswolds
Fies
Stevenson National
Carpenter
Hankow R. R
Nanking
Sulletin
Ang
The
Defense Association
Hiroata
U. 5
M’cain
Medford
George W. Porter
Skagway
Cleveland
Bobert L. Hyde
Prince George
U.S
Washburn
A. J
Ziegler
A. Hi. Ziegler
Territorial
D. A. Winquist
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