MacDonald seeks end to British cotton strike
Premier Ramsay MacDonald moved to settle the cotton industry stoppage that has left nearly 1,000,000 workers idle and 1,500 factories shut. He flew from Rosssmouth to Edinburgh and met eight Employers' Committee representatives and Sir Horace Wilson to confer on a wage cut dispute.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Ramsay MacDonald
Rossemouth
Employers’ Committee
Sir Horace Wilson
Ministry of Labor
New York Party Heads to Alaska for Big-Game Hunt
James A. Stillman Joseph H. Durrell and J. C. Chadwick sail from Seattle on the Alameda bound for Seward to film a six thousand foot stock of motion pictures and photograph grizzly bears on the Kenai Peninsula and possibly Kodiak Island.
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Seattle
Alaska
James A. Stillman
New York
Joseph H. Durrell
New York City
J. C. Chadwick
Alameda
Seward
Kenai Peninsula
Kodiak Island
Pilot Eckmann returns from Seattle on eleventh round trip
Anseel Eckmann of the Alaska-Washington Airways completed the first leg of his eleventh round trip to Juneau from Seattle. He arrived in Ketchikan at 7 PM, stayed overnight, and reached Juneau at 9:45 AM. Dr. Robert Simpson and his son flew south last Friday. Robert Jr. remains in Seattle. Passengers to Skagway included Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Murphy and Mrs. W. M. Power. The seaplane carried prospectors to the Taku district and planned a Skagway round trip this afternoon. Weather was poor with heavy rain and low visibility.
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Juneau
Seattle
Anseel Eckmann
Alaska-Washington Airways
Ketchikan
Robert Simpson
Robert Jr
Skagway
F. M. Murphy
W. M. Power
Taku District
Eckmann
Breuer Returns From Alaska Trip to Inspect Kodiak School
L. D. Breuer, Commissioner of Education, arrived this morning after a weeks long trip to western and interior Alaska. He visited Kodiak to inspect the new 17,000 dollar school building and stopped at towns along the Alaska Railroad to Fairbanks and along the coast to Seward.
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L. D. Breuer
Kodiak
Alaska
Fairbanks
Here
Seward
Rain and Floods Hit Tokyo Area as Heat Persists
In Tokyo and nearby prefectures a heavy rainstorm causes floods washing away 50 homes. Landslides disrupt telephone lines and rail service. A train derailed by a washout kills the engineer. casualties feared. The city endures extreme heat with no rain since July.
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Tokyo
Japan
President Hoover Observes Fifty Fifth Birthday Quietly
President Hoover spends his fifty fifth birthday in rest and recreation at Rapid River camp with friends relatives and coworkers. Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh are among unofficial guests at the Madison Virginia gathering.
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Madison
Hoover
Rapidan River Camp
Charles A. Lindbergh
Warrant Issued for Dry Agent in Assault Case
Chicago Aug 10 a warrant charging assault and battery has been sworn against Federal Prohibition Agent William Mogland a veteran of the Spanish American War who recently returned to the dry force after a 60 day suspension for improper conduct The accuser John Randecker a restaurant owner says Mogland struck him twice during a raid leaving a blackened eye and bruised nose Mogland admits a fight occurred with three companions involved.
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Chicago
William Mogland
John Randecker
Randecker
Mogland
Fraser Returns From Taku River District
Vancouver mining expert H. M. Fraser says the Taku and Tulsequah districts show excellent mine potential. United Eastern Mining Company officials J. B. Stapler and associates traveled down the Taku River aboard a small boat, meeting the Amy at the river mouth and returning to Juneau.
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Taku
Tulsequah
United Eastern Mining Company
Alaska Juneau
H. M. McN. Fraser
Vancouver
B. C
Amy
J. B. Stapler
United Eastern
H. T. Tripp
J. O .Kirkham
Juneau
Potatoes to Be Certified in Minnesota This Year
Six thousand acres of potatoes will undergo inspection for certification across Minnesota during the current year, ensuring quality standards and official verification for production.
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Minnesota
Senate Adjusts Recess to September 4
Washington August 10 The Senate will convene August 19 and recess until September 4 instead of September 3 or earlier. Democratic leader Senator Robinson prompted the change noting Labor Day follows the initial date. Leaders had planned a three day recess to prep the House Tariff bill for floor discussion.
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Washington
D. C
Senate
Robinson
Gangland Violence In Newark Auto Fire Leaves Unidentified Man
A man believed killed by gangsters was found burned inside a car at the city dumping ground. Frank Ferrara saw two men drive the vehicle to the lot and depart in another car before the blaze. Police say the victim was unconscious or dead as gasoline ignited, and the car bore no identification marks.
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Newark
N. J
Frank Ferrara
Ferrara
Man Arrested Here Charged With Theft Of Dog
Joe Johnson was arrested on arrival from Cordova on a telegraphic warrant for dog theft. The Alaska malamute was recovered. Johnson and the dog are held at the local Federal jail awaiting transport to Cordova for formal charges.
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Cordova
Alaska
Joe Johnson
Yukon
Johnson
Inspectors Return From Western Alaska Trip
Capt. George Morgan Capt. John Newmarker and LeRoy Vestal of the local Board of U S Steamboat Inspectors returned to Juneau today after an official trip to western Alaska.
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George Morgan
John Newmarker
LeRoy Vestal
Board of
U. S
Juneau
Alaska
Written Instrument of Men Further World Dream of Peace
A decade after the armistice the world moves toward universal peace. Discussions of a disarmament conference and naval parity talks between the United States and Great Britain accompany the Kellogg Briand pact. Hoover upholds a White House policy echoed by Wilson, Harding, and Coolidge, highlighting milestones from the League of Nations birth to the Washington disarmament conferences and the Geneva tri party talks. Continued on Page Six.
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New York
United States
Great Britain
Washington
Hoover
White House
Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
League of Nations
Japan
France
Italy
Geneva
Arma
Suspect Held in Longview Double Crime
Longview, August 10. Gunnar Schefstrom is held on suspicion of robbing a store and wounding merchant E Alexander. He was found in nearby woods and identified by several persons as the man seen fleeing. Alexander was wounded in the abdomen and has an even chance of recovery. Police note Schefstrom previously served time in Monroe Reformatory and Walla Walla State Penitentiary.
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Longview
Wash
E. Alexander
Gunnar Schefstrom
Schefstrom
Slang Writer Harry Witmer Dies at 99 in Los Angeles
Harry Charles Witmer aged 99 died in Los Angeles after a weeklong nervous breakdown. The slang writer built a fortune from American slang, famed for prize fight stories and later film and magazine work. His Leather Pushers series and Classics in Slang marked his notable output. He began as a newspaperman before turning to fiction on his wife’s suggestion.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Harry Charles Witmer
Witmer
Alaska Juneau stock quoted at 7 in today’s listings
New York stock table shows Alaska Juneau at 7 while American Tobacco A 188% and B 190, Bethlehem Steel 121, Continental Motors 134, Corn Products 97, Cudahy 511, International Paper A 36 and B 24, National Acme 36, Standard Oil of California 70, Stewart Warner 69.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Tobacco A
American ‘Tobacco
Bethlehem Steel
Continental Motors
Corn Products
Cudahy
International Paper A
International Paper
National Acme
Standard Oil of California
Stewart Warner
Russian Plane Lands After Leg Of U S Flight
The Land of Soviets, a Russian plane bound from Moscow to New York via Siberia and Alaska, landed at Krasnovarsk after a fast crossing from Novosibirsk across Central Siberia.
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Krasnovarsk
Land of Soviets
Moscow
New York
Siberia
Alaska
Novosibirsk
Theatre man under arrest in probe of alleged attack
Alexander T. Pantages, famed theatre owner in Los Angeles, is held on a technical arrest order by Police Captain Louis Canto as investigators probe an alleged assault on Eunice Pringle, 17. The dancer was to discuss a vaudeville appearance and is now with juvenile authorities for questioning and examination.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Alexander T. Pantages
Louis Canto
Eunice Pringle
Pantages
Collector killed and robbed at Randolph Street Terminal
Delbert Sucs a 53 year old collector for the Illinois Central Railroad was shot and robbed of 3000 at the Randolph Street Terminal by three gunmen last night. The suspects forced the motorman to stop the train and fled after securing the money. Sucs had completed collections for the Lake Shore and Southern suburbs.
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Chicago
Delbert Sucs
Illinois Central Railroad
Randolph Street
Sucs
Lake Shore
Berlin Communist Killed as Police Clash Erupts
One Communist was killed and another wounded as three policemen were injured in clashes during a planned Republican Constitution Day celebration. Demonstrators tried to halt cars near a railway station after dark, triggering the confrontation with police.
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Berlin
Graf Zeppelin Reaches Home Port After World Flight Leg
The Graf Zeppelin landed in Friedrichshafen at 7 03 PM EST completing the Atlantic crossing in 55 hours 24 minutes. Spectators lined the home port as the airship sped to the hangar followed by a birthday observance for Dr Otto Eckener.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Graf Zeppelin
Atlantic Ocean
Lakehurst
N. J
Graf
Europe
Otto Eckener
Three Swiss Fliers Go Missing Near Le Bourget
Mystery deepens over the disappearance of Oscar Daeser Kurt Luescher and Alfred Tschopp three Swiss aviators who left Le Bourget for Lisbon en route to New York City. Air officials fear possible disaster as no word has been heard since their departure. The trio arrived from Zurich and their stated plan was a trans Atlantic flight.
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Lebourget
France
Lisbon
New York City
Zurich
Oscar Daeser
Kurt Luescher
Alfred Tschopp
Twenty Nine Year Old Woman Sentenced To Life In California
Irene Johnson aged 29 was sentenced to life imprisonment at San Quentin under the habitual criminal law after conviction for attempting to murder her 80 year old grandmother and forging her name to a check. She has previous forge convictions totaling three. The court ruled the life sentence ineligible for parole.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Irene Johnson
San Quentin Penitentiary
Miss Johnson
Convic
Fox
Tragedy Strikes Rescue Party For Italia Expedition
In a new setback for the Italia expedition, an Italian guide Guidoz was killed after an Italian rescue member Giannino Albertine, head of the expedition, attempted to aid him on ice near Spitzbergen. Albertine fell and a rifle discharge fatally wounded the guide three hours later.
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Rome
Italia
Suacel
Spitzbergen
Guidoz
Giannino Albertine
Albertine
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British Isles
MacDonald
Brueur
Interior
Fraser
Taku River District
Gangland
Helen Stroud
Camden
Florine N. Winkelspecht
Clinton H. Winkelspecht
New Jersey
Donald C. Bolles
A. P
Merchant
U.S
Alexander Pantages
R. R. Collector
Colections
R. A. J. Walling
Empire
Tom Grenofen
Roger Pell
Grenofen
Veronica Seabroke
Marling
Newplace Abbey
Bertram Fotherbury
Ocean
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