Committee Named To Probe Alaska Fisheries
Four members of the House Merchant Marine subcommittee join Chairman Schuyler Otis Bland on a six week Alaska fisheries study trip. Absent Lindsay Warren who would have accompanied the group. Remaining members include Am brose Kennedy Mon Wallgren Frank Boykin and George Seger. Possible replacements include J Hardin Peterson and Richard Welch.
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Washington
House
Merchant Marine Subcommittee
Alaska
Schuyler Otis Bland
Virginia
Ambrose J. Kennedy
Maryland
Mon G. Wallgren
Frank W. Boykin
Alabama
George Ni. Seger
New Jersey
Lindsay ©. Warren
North Carolina
J. Hardin Peterson
Florida
Richard J. Welch
California
Merchant Marine
James C. Oliver
Maine
Mongol Invasion Repulsed Near Manchoukuo Boundary
A Doemi dispatch from Singking reports 800 invading Mongol sharpshooters repulsed by Japanese Manchoukuo forces. The two hour battle occurred near the confluence of the Khalka and Khortsen rivers on Manchoukuo's western edge.
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Tokyo
Doemi
Singking
Khalka
Khortsen
Manchoukuo
Alaska Queens Take Seattle Flight to Exposition
Irene Reenstrom Miss Alaska age nineteen arrived with Miss Fairbanks Jane Gordon in Seattle. A welcoming party gave elevator and streetcar rides. The pair, traveling with Lulu Fairbanks, will fly to San Francisco Exposition August seventeenth. Reenstrom was born in Seattle and attended the University of Washington.
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Seattle
Irene Reenstrom
Alaska
Geward
Miss Reenstrom
Pretty Lass
Pretty Jane Gordon
Fairbanks
University of Washington
Lulu Fairbanks
Japanese aviator Takata tours Alaska in goodwill flight
Takata of the Nichi Nich aviation desk visits Juneau en route to Nome as part of a round the world goodwill mission with Lakeo Ohara. He notes Japanese public sentiment toward Americans remains strained but not neutral. The crew operates 12 planes and a six-man crew pilots the goodwill aircraft powered by Mitsubishi Gold Star engines at 800 hp. The twin-motor transport is to refuel in Nome after leaving Tokyo and Nemuro on August 15.
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Tchitaro
Takata
Juneau
Nome
Orient
China
Nichi Nich
Columbia
Fair
Banks
Pacific Alaska Airways
Golden Heart City
Lakeo Ohara
People’s
Osaka Manifest
Tokyo
Nichi Nichi
Combine
Empire
Japan
Nichi Nichi Combine
Nemuro
Gold Star Motors
Mitsubishi Aircraft Works
Goodwill
Roosevelt and 1939 Record Seen Testing New Deal
AP Feature Service writer Morgan M. Beatty argues the 1939 Congressional Record shows the President’s battles with Congress over foreign policy and domestic reform signal a waning influence. He notes repeated congressional disagreements threaten the New Deal’s durability beyond Roosevelt’s two terms as the nation weighs competing ideals.
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Morgan M. Beatty
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jefferson
Jackson
Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
F.dr
Presidents Who Put a Disciple in Line for the White House
The article notes that Washington and Lincoln pursued unity over programs and that up to Franklin D. Roosevelt most presidents with both a program and a purpose ensured successors by backing a chosen disciple in elections. Wilson alone did not, due to his failing health, as Jefferson then held the reins amid debates over a presidential line of succession.
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Washington
Lincoln
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Wilson
Jefferson
Tension Mounts Over Danzig Amid Cross Border Rhetoric
Polish and German papers clash over Danzig as Berlin warns Poland could trigger German weapon use. Warsaw papers report Polish customs on the frontier wearing uniforms and rifles. Britain tests anti aircraft defenses with a mock sea bomber attack.
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Associated Press
Danzig
Europe
Berlin
Poland
Bree
Warsaw
Wiesaw
Cxas
Roosevelt returns to Hyde Park with 200 unsiged bills
President Roosevelt arrived at 8 24 am to work on about 200 unsigned bills before coastal vacation aboard the Tuscaloosa. He claims fulfillment of his 1937 Court reorganization program goals as the Congress ends. He announced four new federal judges appointed and noted a new Administrative Officer overseeing federal courts.
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Hyde Park
N.Y
Roosevelt
New England
Tuscaloosa
Congress
Supreme Court
Great Drive on Crime Begins in New York City
Federal Grand Jury starts hearing witnesses in a sweeping crackdown on organized crime led by figures linked to Miami Los Angeles and Chicago The probe targets Leop ard Buchalter the industrial racketeer who has evaded capture Forensic action involves Attorney General Murphy Attorney Cahill Deputy Dewey and EDGAR HOOVER joining Prosecutor Dewey and NYPD in the investigation in New York area Witnesses are underworld leaders connected to Buchalter’s long chase.
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
Murphy
United States
Cahill
Flot
Miami
Los Angeles
Chicago
Buchalter
Edgar Hoover
Dewey
Valentine
Justice Department
British Bomber Crashes Result In 3 Deaths
The War Office reports three Royal Air Force crew members died when a twin engined bomber crashed at Beachy Head late yesterday. Initial word said five aboard. The aircraft went over the cliff into the sea. A woman tourist on the cliff top was killed by wreckage.
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London
War Office
Royal Air Force
Beachy
Leonard Merrick Dies After Operation at 75
Leonard Merrick, 75, British novelist famed among writers, died today following an operation in London.
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London
Leonard Merrick
Curb Exchange Stages Quiet Day With Sluggish Trading
The curb market edged lower as dull trading and subdued demand prompted slight declines across all departments. The bond market eased with foreign securities showing no rush to sell while a late minor buying flurry kept some leaders near the plus area. Volume fell short of half a million shares.
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New York
Curb Exchange
Lew
Terminating Trade Pact With Japan Signals More Jobs Ahead
Washington notes on the U S Japanese trade treaty hint at new job growth as Secretary Hull reviews treaties late at night. The diplomatic shift follows a sudden denunciation effective in coming months, signaling broader isolationist sentiment on the Atlantic but a different tone in the Pacific.
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Japan
Washington
State Department
Hull
Armbasandor Hormouch’s
Steinhardt Named U S Ambassador to Soviet Russia
Lawrence Bleinhardt, now United States Ambassador to Kuwait, assumes control of the embassy in Moscow after a 14 month vacancy. Steinhardt, previously Ambassador to Peru, succeeds Joseph Davies, who was Ambassador to Belgium.
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Steinhardt
U. S
Soviet Russia
Moscow
Alig
Lawrence Bleinhardt
United States
Kuwait
Peru
Joseph Davies
Belgium
Alaskan timber sale bill approved by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt has approved a bill authorizing the Secretary of Interior to sell timber and mineral products from Alaskan lands reserved for educational purposes. The measure clears federal action on Alaskan resources.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Secretary of Interior
Net closes in on Louisiana political figures
Assistant U S Attorney General Roge announced indictments against former Governor Lech political leader Seymour Weiss and ex University President Leith as federal grand jury investigations accelerate amid Louisiana political scandals.
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New Orlmans
United States
Rogen
Louishiam
Rogge
Lech
Seymour Weiss
Leith
Stock Quotations and Dow Averages Report
Closing quotations from New York show Alaska Juneau at 74, American Can 102, American Power and Light 5 1 2, Anaconda 26 1 2, Bethlehem Steel 60, Commonwealth and Southern 1, Curtiss Wright 5, General Motors 48, International Harvester 52, Kennecott 36 1 2, New York Central 14, Northern Pacific 9. Dow Jones averages: Industrials 141.10, Rails 28.76, Utilities 26.55.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
American Power and Light
Anaconda
Bethlehem Bluel
Commonwealth and Southern
Curtiss Wright
General Motors
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Pacific
DOW, Jones
Cabinet crisis in the Netherlands blocks new government
Aug 8 The Christian Historic Party Leader De Geer fails to form a cabinet after Queen Wilhelmina asks him to form a government. Catholic Party and former Premier Colijn's Anti Revolutionarty Party blocked coalition attempts with the Socialists while De Geer's group controls only a small parliament.
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The
Hague
Christian Historic Party
de Geer
Netherlands
Wilhelmina
de Greer St Uy
Colijn
Anti-Revolutionary Party
Socialists
Flames Rage Along Oregon Coast as Fires Spread
Portland Oregon August 8 Uncontrolled flames rage along the coast with winds driving fires southward through the Oregon Coastal range leaving ash where forests once stood. Up to 18000 acres already burned and new fires threaten communities near the Wolf Creek highway as winds complicate suppression efforts.
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Portland
Oregon
Wash ‘Eae
Wo'f Creek
Bridges Hearing Yields Clear Rulings For Defense
In San Francisco August proceedings, Bridges defense team receives clear rulings from examiner Sandia. They may not extensively discuss organizational ramifications or unrelated subservice activities without showing a direct link to improper inducements allegedly offered to Government officials.
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San Francisco
Cal
Bridges
ClOnbor
Sandia
Anti American Fires Burn Bright in China Mission Posts
Aug 8 report from Shanghai describes a Baptist Mission Hospital courier attempting to cross Japanese lines to Kaifeng to learn fate of the American mission colony amid rising anti American pressure. Earlier, missionaries prepared to flee Kaifeng about 40 miles from Chenghow, with two from the China Inland Mission Mr and Mrs Ralph Scoville displaced from Hwohsien. Capt G A Snelling of the Alaska Steamship Company arrived in port to halt transfers between vessels.
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Shanghai
Baptist Mission Hospital
Chenghow
Kaifeng
Chenghhow
Henan
Shansi
Ralph Scoville
Los Angeles
China Inland Mission
Hwohsien
Taiyuan
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