Big Senate Fight Over Conscription Stalls Again
Washington August 10 Admin istration leaders rejected a compromise in the Senate dispute over conscription. Democratic Floor Leader Barkley said linking conscription to voluntary enlistments is unlikely in the military training plan. Senator Mahoney Wyom ing favors a Burke Wadsworth substitute to draft men 20 to 31 until January 1 during voluntary enlistments. Opposing Senators discuss a possible referendum on conscription at the November elections.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
Joseph C. Mahoney
Wyoming
War nerves rise as parachute spies spark alarm across Britain
Washington reports reveal uncensored dispatch about July 1 parachute troops landing in north Wales. Spies dressed as hikers carried genuine English IDs to contact Fifth Columnists. Captured fishermen linked to a Nazi submarine. Army faces training and housing bottlenecks. Congress delays stalling contracts for barracks and supplies. National Guard maneuvers strain resources. a yearlong call would raise costs. Burke’s third term plan sparks questions among senators.
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Washington
Norway
North
Wales
England
National Guard
War Department
Congress
Army
Roosevelt
Burke
Army Officer Dies on Hike in Field Hospital
Major L. J. VanDalsem, commander of the Second Battalion, 190th Infantry, based in San Jose, California, died of a heart attack during a night march in Centralia Washington. He was a World War veteran. Several officers and soldiers fainted but were revived.
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Centralia
Wash
L. J. VanDalsem
190Th Infantry
San Jose
Cal
van Dalsem
Morgenthau Urges Extra Revenue for Defense Costs
Secretary Morgenthau forecast a 5.7 billion dollar federal deficit and urged Congress to enact an excess profits tax to secure better distribution of defense costs. The call aims to create another government revenue source to fund defense plans.
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Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Morgenthau
Congress
Stock Quotations and Dow Averages Report
Closing quotations in New York show American Can at 95 and General Motors at 487¾, with Bethlehem Steel 78 1/2, Anaconda 20, and United States Steel 537 4. Dow Jones averages list Industrials 126.99 Rails 26.86 Utilities 22.60. A note adds lower rock layers in the Bahamas can be sawed for building material as they harden later.
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New York
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
Commonwealth and Southern
Curtiss Wright
General Motors
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
United States Steel
DOW
Chungking Air Raid by Japanese Believed Heavy Losses Feared
In Chungking on August 10 large fires erupted near the U S Embassy as 64 Japanese warplanes attacked in waves, delivering the worst bombing in weeks. Casualties are feared heavy with many civilians outside shelters.
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Chungking
United States
Yangtze
Divorce Sought by Alaska Woman in Reno Suit
Leona Anderson va Carl Anderson of Fairbanks Alaska filed for divorce in Reno Nevada alleging cruelty. They wed in Anchorage on June 25 1931. Singers note Hillis Higley arrived in town this morning from Ketchikan.
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Alaska
Reno
Nev
Leona Anderson
Carl Anderson
Fairbanks
Anchorage
Hillis Higley
Ketchikan
Army to Spend Large Alaska Defense Outlay for Years
Congressman J Bud Snyder said the Army will spend 12 to 15 million dollars annually in Alaska over the next two to four years to build airfields bases and posts after inspecting Anchorage and Fairbanks bases. He warned northern waves of aggression and urged a defense barrier across Alaska while noting Anchorage merchants raised prices sharply when the funding was disclosed.
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Army
Alaska
Rep
J. Bud Snyder
Pennsylvania
House
Army National Defense Appropriations
Juneau
Anchorage
Snyder
Congressional
Col
S. H. Sherrill
PAA Electra
Fairbanks
Alaska Clipper
Representattive Snyder
United States
Maine
U. S
Tax rate set at 18 mills by Juneau City Council
The 18 mill tax rate for 1940 was approved at a special meeting. It yields about 134,362.24 dollars on a total tax roll of 7,464,569 including real personal property and autos. About 20 percent funds bond interest, 32 percent school support, leaving under half for other municipal services.
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Juneau
Jews Attacked as Government Enacts New Laws
Bucharest reports the government, pressured by Axis aims, enacts measures restricting about 750,000 Jews from public office and many professions. Scores are arrested and sent to concentration camps, families torn apart as authorities push anti Semitic policy amid claims of territorial concessions.
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Bucharest
Bulgaria
Hungary
Army airfield at Haines discussed with officials
Plans for a proposed Army air field at Haines were discussed today with Federal and Territorial officials by Lieut Col Gregory Hoisington of Chilkoot Barracks and a Haines civic committee led by Mayor John W Swets. The Army tender Fornance returned to Lynn Canal this afternoon after bringing the party to Juneau yesterday. Others aboard included Mrs Hoislington, U S Commissioner O E Schombel, William Muncaster, Mr and Mrs Samuel Troutman and daughter, Mrs Carmen Lemieux, Mrs H E Harrison, Mrs Roy Wheeler, and William Johnson and mother.
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Haines
Gregory Hoisington
Chilkoot Barracks
John W. Swets
Fornance
Juneau
Lynn Canal
Holsington
U. S
O. £. Schombel
William Muncaster
Samuel Troutman
Ten Thousand Evacuated in La Rice Belt
Crowley Louisiana faced the greatest flood in state history as the Coast Guard and American Red Cross evacuated about 10,000 residents. Up to 24 inches of rain fell in 24 hours after a tropical hurricane last Tuesday, leaving bread and milk as the only available food. All residents were moved from their homes.
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Crowley
Louisiana
Coast Guard
American Red Cross
Caribbean Defense Is New Plan
Washington Aug. 10 The Navy Department orders 2,000 Marines to Guantanamo Bay for intensive maneuvers. The move aims to strengthen defenses in the Caribbean and allow rapid reach to South and Central America.
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Washington
Caribbean
Navy Department
Guantanamo Bay
South
Central America
Riendeau Plans First Trip in 21 Years to Alaska Exposition
Arthur Riendeau Mine Superintendent at Alaska Juneau sails tonight on the Baranof marking his first trip outside the state in 21 years. He will visit Michigan then attend the New York World Pair before returning via San Francisco to California’s exposition. Mrs Riendeau will join him in San Francisco for a brief vacation. He expects to be away about two months.
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Arthur Riendeau
Alaska Juneau
Baranof
Riendeau
Michigan
San Francisco
California
Farley Named Chairman of Coca Cola Export Corp
James A. Farley is appointed Chairman of the Coca Cola Export Corporation, with Robert Woodruff announcing Farley will oversee all export business and expansion in foreign markets. Parley resigns as Democratic National Committee chair, effective August 17, leaving Roosevelt's cabinet on August 31.
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Wilmington
Delaware
James A. Parley
Coca- Cola Export Corporation
Robert Woodruff
Woodruff
Farley
Parley
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Juneau Man Near Death Returns From Wild Expanse
Alaska Juneau miner Dick Schwartz survives weeks alone in the upper Taku River valley. Starving, he built signal fires, hunted moose and grouse, and ate berries and mink meat. He found a note in a tin can and tied his underwear to a tree before drifting toward the river, hoping for rescue.
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Taku River
Alaska
Juneau
Dick Schwartz
Schwartz
Tulseouah
Tom Williams
Polaris- Taku
Bombs Rain In Early Raid Across Southeast England
German raiders bombed coastal towns and sea areas in an early morning raid. Anti-aircraft fire drove off initial strikes, then bomb loads were dropped again despite heavy ground defenses and naval targets. Allied and Axis forces report varied strikes across Europe and Africa.
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London
England
Japan In Action at Haimen Landing and Assault
Japanese blue jackets mounted a bold morning landing at Haimen and immediately attacked the Chinese garrison. A preparatory bombardment by warships and air attacks preceded the ground assault, signaling a sharp escalation in hostilities.
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Tokio
Haimen
Harold Crary Is Juneau Bound
Harold Crary of Chicago vice president in charge of traffic for United Airlines travels aboard the Alaska Clipper to study potential air traffic between Alaska and U S points.
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Seattle
Harold Crary
Chicago
United Airlines
North
Alaska
United States
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