Fishermen drown as boat capsizes on Turner Lake
Two Juneau trout fishermen Albert Chenard and Alvan Jones died when their small boat capsized on Glacier-fed Turner Lake in Taku Thiet. Only Bill Niemi survived by clinging to the overturned craft. Capt. Kinky Bayers attempted recovery but rough water halted a draggings. The tragedy followed brutal air raids by British and Nazi forces, with Niemi shaken by the loss and missing bodies not yet recovered.
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Turner Lake
Taku Thiet
Juneau
Albert Chenard
Sanitary Plumbing
Willoughby Avenue
Gastineau Channel
Douglas
Alvan Jones
Juneau Dairies
Dairy
Amboy
Washington
Bill Niemi
Sanitary
Kinky Bayers
Chenard
Jones
Bayers
Forester
Niemi
Annex Creek
Suneau
Coast Guard
Shell Simmons
US moves to secure tin supply with US smelter plan
State Department and National Defense Commission outline three steps to boost tin in the United States. They include seeking an RFC loan to build a domestic tin smelter with Phelps Dodge National Lead American Metals and American Smelting and Refining. They will host Simon Palino and consult Mauricio Hochschild while ordering 175000 tons of tin from Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, a supply that may arrive only after lengthy mining smelting and shipping challenges.
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Washington
State Department
United States
National Defense Commission
Jesse Jones
RFC
U. S
Phelps Dodge
National Lead
American Metals
American Smelting and Refining Company
Simon Palino
Mauricio Hochschild
Malay Peninsula
Dutch East Indies
Malaya
South Pacific
Lindbergh and Ford Attack Spark Senate Criticism
U S Senator William Smathers of New Jersey and Senator Claude Pepper of Florida clash with Charles A Lindbergh and Henry Ford over wartime stances. Smathers denounces Lindbergh and Ford for urging European cooperation while Pepper labels Lindbergh as the fifth column chief in the United States amid the debate over arming Britain and air engine sales.
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Washington
Atg
United States
William H. Smathers
New Jersey
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Henry Ford
Hitler
Germany
Europe
Claude Pepper
Florida
Senate
Mayor Camillien Houde Arrested in War Measures Act
Montreal Aug 6 Mayor Camillien Houde was taken into custody by the Mounted Police under the War Measures Act. He is charged with criticizing the government in the House of Commons last Saturday and defying Canadian law by urging the public to ignore national registration.
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Montreal
Camillien Houde
Houde
House of Commons
More Arrests by Japan Over Alleged Spying
Tokyo reports seven Salvation Army leaders arrested on suspicion of espionage amid a countrywide roundup of Britons suspected of spying All but seven of the British arrestees have been released and the others remain under investigation
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Japan
Salvation Army
Tokyo
War Office
Italians Advance Invasion Of British Somali Lands
Aug 6 report says Italian forces push into British Somali land with three columns driving toward areas near Ethiopia. Official communique notes entry into another British possession, the Kenya Colony, as operations press on the region.
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Cairo
Somaliland
Ethiopia
Kenya
Aim
Movie Men Summoned For Grand Jury Testimony
Three Hollywood figures scenarist Clifford Odets director Henry Beiberman and actor Lionel Stand er summoned to Grand Jury in Los Angeles to testify on possible Communist activity in the film industry and a claimed murder plot. District Attorney Fitts said evidence may be presented and noted 50 more subpoenas for waterfront labor figures tied to the death of Sailors Union member John Riley.
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Hollywood
Cal
Clifford Odets
Henry Beiberman
Lionel Stander
Fills
Fitts
Grand Jury
John Riley
Sailors’ Union of the Pacific
Alaska plan calls for four National Guard armories
Gov. Ernest Gruening announced plans to build four armories at Juneau, Ketchikan, Fairbanks and Anchorage at about 150000 dollars each. Local funding would cover construction while federal funds are not expected. Ketchikan Mayor McCain offered 25000 dollars toward an armory. Armories would serve as civic centers and indoor recreation venues. A National Guard air squadron may be created with flights at Nome and other suitable fields.
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Alaska
Ernest Gruening
Juneau
Ketchikan
Fairbanks
Anchorage
Washington
Harry McCain
Civic Center, Inc
McCain
National Guard
Nome
Couple Rescued After 22 Hour Hold on Mount Shuksan
Anne Cedarquist 22 of Shelton and Faye Plank 36 of Bremerton were rescued from narrow ledges on Mount Shuksan. Cedarquist hung on a three foot ledge for 22 hours as Karl Boyer descended to summon help. Plank watched the tethered rope hold and was brought down safely.
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Bellingham
Wash
Anne Cedarquist
Shelton
Mount Shuksan
Karl Boyer
Faye Plank
Bremerton
Roosevelt Third Term Question Sparks Debate In Washington
Washington Aug 6 The question of a possible third term for President Roosevelt fuels coffee chat and editorials. Some say he never intended a third bid after his 1940 running mate Henry A Wallace and the strain of the presidency. Critics argue re election fatigue plus wartime responsibilities shape the stance.
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Roosevelt
Jack
Tinnett
Washington
Powers That Be
Frank Knox
White House
Europe
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
P.D.R
Local airbase urged for Juneau defense needs
Juneau officials and Chamber representatives meet with House Appropriations Committee members arriving by the Clipper to press for immediate construction of a military flying operations base. Attorney R. E. Robertson warns that delays endanger protection of vital territorial routes and emphasizes Juneau as travel hub amid rising defense concerns.
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House Appropriations Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Juneau
Kodiak
Hawaii
R. E. Robertson
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Robertson
Skagway-Whitehorse
Taku River
Canada
Annette Island
Seattle
Juneau-Sitka Navy Base
Willkie Endorses Farm Aid But Seeks Change in Program
Des Moines Iowa August six Wendell L Willkie said he favors changing the farm program of the Democratic administration unless a better one develops gradually He would not take away benefits gained by agriculture people during the past years He thanked farm leaders for attending his major farm conference before departing for Colorado Springs vacation resort
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Des Mones
Iowa
Wendell L. Willkie
Colorado Springs
Willkie
Broadcast by Germans is cut off
WHIP radio at Hammond Indiana announced it is canceling the German American National Alliance of Chicago radio hour after August 10 following thousands of listeners telegraphs and letters objecting to the German program in the past week. The announcer urged attendance at the Keep Out of War meeting at Soldiers Field last Sunday.
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Chicago
Hammond
Indiana
Death of Julius Streicher Denied by Berlin Officials
London dispatch reports Julius Streicher Germany's noted anti Semite dies according to a Reuters note. Berlin authorities deny the death claiming Streicher is in good health at a farm near Nurnberg and says he was relieved of his party leadership duties some time ago.
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London
Reuters
Julius D. Streicher
Germany
Berlin
Streicher
Nurnberg
Franconia
British Fleet Feints After Early Gibraltar Departure
Spanish sources report 19 British warships left Gibraltar on Monday then abruptly reversed course, turning back toward the Atlantic after initially moving toward the Mediterranean. The Associated Press notes the maneuver as unusual with no official explanation given.
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Associated Press
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Pioneer Dies at Sitka Home
Gust Karvonen of Sitka, who first came to Alaska in 1901 as a fisherman, died last week at the Pioneers' Home ten days after admission. A native of Finland, he was 74 years old.
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Gust Karvonen
Sitka
Alaska
Pioneers
Karvonen
Finland
Attacks on Islands Reported Light by German Air Force
German raiding planes pounded Great Britain with comparatively light attacks. Berlin claimed new conquest weapons, including one enabling quick capture of Eben Emael. The British Air Ministry said a bomber was shot down off England and eight British planes were downed over the Channel. Admiralty tallies show ships sunk totaling 65,000 tons and two warships for the week ending July 20, with British losses running 4,986,000 tons since the war began. Night raids struck Kiel, a key German naval base, with unspecified damage.
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Associated Press
Great Britain
London
France
Baltic
General Kesserling
England
British Isles
Eben Emune
Air Ministry
English
Admiralty
Tropical Storm Advances Toward Gulf Coast
A tropical storm with winds near hurricane force races at 75 mph toward Louisiana and the Texas coast. People in low areas seek higher ground as distress signals come from the Greek freighter Oropus 30 miles south of the Mississippi River mouth. The American schooner J. W. Clise has been abandoned and its crew rescued by Coast Guard personnel.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Texas Gulf Coast
Oropus
J. W. Clise
Nazi Fascist Investigation Urged by Commission on Crime
Washington Aug. 6 The Commission on Crime urged a full inquiry into Nazi Fascist use of attaches at legations and consulates for subversive propaganda in the United States. Members cited large increases in foreign legation staffs and consulates in the United States and said the growth serves no honest purpose.
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Washington
Commission On Crime
United States
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Tulsequah
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MT. Shuksan
House Military Affairs Committee
Norman Thomas
New York
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
U.S
Center
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