Grave incident in Shanghai as guns brandished
Aug 13 Shanghai reports wide disorders on the occupation anniversary. A clash with U S Marines occurred when three Japanese armed with pistols, occupying a licensed defense force car, refused to disarm until Marines arrived. Three Chinese were killed and 17 injured as Japanese troops fired at crowds, with Nippon troops labeled terror squads.
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Shanghai
Oriental
Meteropolis
International Settlement
United States Marines
Milton Mervin
U. S. Marine Defense Force
Nippon
Unen
Navy
Violent Battle Reported Underway at Cabeza del Buey
At Cabeza del Buey near Hendaye a violent battle rages as Insurgents claim capture of the town while the Government says militiamen still block rebel advances. On the eastern front the fight is stalemated but Insurgents report gains and recovery of Sierra Nel Pandola. Government forces push lines north of Gandesa and claim advances southeast of Teruel.
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Hendaye
Spain
Cabeza del Buey
Sierra Nel Pandola
Gandesa
Tereyl
Alaska Railroad Train Delayed by Mud Slide Near Curry
An Alaska Railroad southbound train was delayed near Curry by a mud slide on August 13. Trainmen shoveled mud about a foot deep over thirty feet of track while a plumber from Curry repaired airbrakes after pipes were broken by the impact.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Alaska Railroad
Curry
Laird Named to Position at Ketchikan
Washington Aug 13 The Bureau of Lighthouses names Edward W. Laird associate engineer in Portland as assistant superintendent of the Sixteenth Lighthouse District with headquarters at Ketchikan Alaska effective September 1 Laird succeeds Dwight Chase who transferred to Detroit Laird formerly junior engineer at Ketchikan before moving to Portland. The report also describes a submarine inspection of the 1 300 ton Seal in Washington with notes on its torpedo tubes and naval devices.
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Washington
Bureau of Lighthouses
Edward W. Laird
Lighthouse Service
Portland
Ore
Ketchikan
Alaska
Laird
Dwight Chase
Detroit
Potomac
Navy
Stock Quotations and Dow Averages Report
Closing quotation on the New York Stock Exchange shows Alaska Juneau mine at 10 percent, major stocks including American Can 96 and General Motors 39 percent. Dow Jones averages list industrials 136.21 down .27 rails 27.57 down .11 utilities 19.43 down .21. Also notes there are no Afghan railroads and merchandise moves by camel or pony along seven routes.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
New York Stock Exchange
American Can
American Light and Power
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
Commonwealth and Southern
Curtiss Wright
General Motors
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Southern Pacific
United States Steel
Pound
DOW, Jones
Afghanistan
Border Tensions Rise As France Closes Frontier With Italy
Parts Aug 13. Long simmering French Italian hostility erupts as France closes the border and requires French travelers to obtain visas and passports stamped by officials. Italy withholding Italian passport access for French travelers raises tensions amid barbed frontier patrols to guard fortifications along the line.
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France
Taly
Italy
Odd Whale Incident Near Ketchikan Bumps Troller
Fisherman William J. Selig reported a 75 foot whale collided with his 40 foot troller Viola near Bronson Bay. The whale dove under the bow and bumped the boat breaking two trolling poles and tearing lines as it circled the craft. The other two whales approached closely as they dove away, and about 25 whales have been feeding nearby this season.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
William J. Selig
Viola
Bronson Bay
Selig
Alaskan
FDR to Address Nation Monday Over Networks
Olympia Washington August 13 Otto A Case former State Treasurer filed for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator against Homer T Bone This climaxed the last minute filing fury Republican candidates for the nomination are Ewing D Colvin Howard E Poster and Frank Goodwin all of Seattle
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FDR
Otto A. Case
U.S
Olympia
Wash
State Treasures
United States
Homer T. Bone
Ewing D. Colvin
Howard E. Poster
Frank Goodwin
Seattle
Roosevelt plans nationwide radio address on political issues
President Roosevelt will broadcast a 15 minute nationwide address Monday at 9 30 p m marking the third anniversary of the Social Security Act. The program will be rebroadcast from Juneau on KINY and sponsored by the First Division Democratic Committee. The station may switch to a new transmitter at 1430 kilocycles and will have reduced airtime next week for equipment adjustments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
KINY
Juneau
First Division
Democratic Committee
C. B. Arnold
Giant Nazi plane hops ocean trip to Berlin
Germany's giant airliner the Bandenberg departed Floyd Bennett Field at 5:02 AM for a nonstop return to Berlin. The crossing marks the thirteenth transatlantic attempt this summer by various planes.
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New York
Germany
Bandenberg
Berlin
Floyd Bennett Field
Duck forecast from Alaska official spurs fall season
Frank Dufresne of the Alaska Game Commission predicts a banner duck season this fall. He notes potholes in the north are filled with ducks and is due in Juneau aboard the Columbia. The trip followed a visit to Interior with Stanley Young of the Biological Survey. Separately, farm data show 1940 tenant operation at 73 percent for cotton farms and 21 percent for dairy farms.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Frank Dufresne
The
Alaska Game Commission
Dufresne
Farm Security Administration
Charles Cameron Dies at Cameron's Cafe in Seward
Charles Cameron aged 67, proprietor of Cameron's Cafe in Seward, Alaska, died yesterday after an operation. Blood transfusions failed. He previously ran restaurants in Valdez and Anchorage. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Cameron, and son Charles.
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Seward
Alaska
Charles Cameron
Cameron
Valdez
Anchorage
Charles
Royal Air Force Flying Boat Crashes Off Felixstone
In FELIXSTONE England on August 13 six Royal Air Force air crew are believed dead after a flying boat on an experimental trip crashed into the sea this afternoon.
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Felixstone
England
Royal Air Force
Juneau Public Schools Set September 6 Opening Time
Juneau Public Schools will open for the fall term at 9 30 a m on September 6 with classes starting at 8 45 a m thereafter. Kindergarten eligibility is age five by January 1 and first grade for those age six. No enrollment after four weeks. Textbooks provided free with a 1 50 deposit, refundable at year end or on transfer. Continued on Page Two.
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Juneau Public
A. B. Phillips
Jena
Phillips
A. 8. Dunham
A. F. Dryden
Frey names 280 CTO organizers as Communists in hearing
John P. Frey chief of the Metal Trades Department AFL testifies before the Senate Civil Liberties Committee that 280 CTO organizers are active Communists. He says many CIO officials are Communists and alleges close contact with the Communist Party, naming Harry Bridges Harold Pritchett and George Woolf among others as Communists or sympathizers.
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Washington
John P. Frey
Metal Trades Department
AFL Today
Committee On Investigation
UnAmerican
CTO
Prey
CIO
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Communist Party
Cleveland
Ohio
la Follette Committee
Harry Bridges
Harold Pritchett
Northwest Lumber
Frey
George Woolf
Seattle
CIO Fish Cannery Workers’ Union
British Isles Hit by Freakish Storm Chaos
London reports Terrific freak storms hit across the British Isles causing fires floods and major damage. Three dead and 7.5 million dollars in losses. Snow two feet deep in Yorkshire and Norfolk while hail the size of walnuts pounded northern London. Lightning struck an evangelist tent at Wold-Newton injuring a youngster. Telephones down and rail traffic halted as quick melting snow floods villages.
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London
British Isles
Yorkshire
Norfolk
Wold-Newton
Transport Crashes Eleven Are Killed in Germany
KEIL Germany Aug 13 A Czechoslovakia transport plane crashed on landing killing one aboard and seriously injuring another A divorce suit was filed in Federal District Court by James Rona against Rose Rona of Juneau Artist Mary Myrtle Santo from Los Angeles is touring on the steamer Prince Rupert
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Keil
Germany
Czechoslovakia
James Rona
Rose Rona
Juneau
Mary Myrtle Santo
Los Angeles
Cal
Prince Rupert
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Paris
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Fritz Heiler
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Whale
Troller
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AFL
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