Nome Woman Believed Robbed and Slain
Body of Nome, Ohio Mrs. Benjamin Mozee found July 31 in Lake Erie. Clothing and jewelry recovered match her belongings from the steamship See-and-Bee excursion. Police suspect assault and robbery. Mrs Mozee carried cash and three diamond rings. disappearance noted after stateroom entry delay.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lake Erie
Benjamin Mozee
Nome
Great Lakes
Mozee
Pacific Coast
Reynaud Faces War Guilt Charges Over Trunk Scandal
French censorship hides details as former premier Paul Reynaud awaits trial before a special war guilt court. The case centers on “Reynaud's trunk” found after a failed escape attempt via two cars. One car crashed, killing Countess Helene de Portes. the other carried Reynaud, two secretaries, a trunk with twenty million francs, gold, jewels, and state documents including plans to destroy Romanian oil wells.
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Washington
Paul Reynaud
Renaud
Reynaud
Portugal
United Stat
Helene de Portes
Mysterus
Alaska National Guard seeks enlistments for Company A
Captain Walthers announced enlistments may begin immediately in Juneau at his apartment in the Cooper Building between 9 am and 3 pm. Applicants aged 18 to 45, single preferable, with prior Army or Guard training favored, may sign up. Company A will form two rifle platoons, four machine guns, and four 60 mm mortars with Garand rifles and government furnished uniforms. Call 318 or visit between 9 and 3.
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Alaka National Guard
Juneau
W. C Walthers
Cooper Building
Walthers
Army
National Guard
States
Selion
United States
T- 18
Alaska National Guard
Hart Rushes To Shanghai In Submarine
Admiral Thomas Hart, commander of the United States Asiatic Mort, arrived in Shanghai aboard a submarine flagships from Tsingtao. His arrival comes as Japan presses for control of the British sector of the International Settlement amid ongoing regional tensions.
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Shanghai
Shanghat
Thomas Hart
United States Asiatic Mort
Tsingtao
Stock Quotations from New York on Aug 14
Closing quotes show Alaska Juneau at 4 percent, American Can 94, Anaconda 18, Bethlehem Steel 74, Commonwealth and Southern 1, Curtiss Wright 6, General Motors 44 and a half, International Harvester 41, Kennecott 25, New York Central 10, Northern Pacific 6, United States Steel 514s, Pound at 4.014, with the Dow Jones averages for the day at Industrials 122.25, Trans 26.32, Utilities 31.78.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
Commonwealth and Southern
Curtiss Wright
General Motors
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
United States Steel
DOW, Jones
Dow,Jones
Huge Army Demand Of Sec Knox
Secretary of Navy Knox urged conscription to create a huge army as the United States faces a grave crisis with two ocean fleets missing and the possibility England could be defeated by Germany within sixty days. He spoke before the Presence Military Affairs Committee as White House leaders reviewed defense measures and Burke-Wadsworth legislation.
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Washington
Knox
United States
England
Germany
Secretary of Navy
Paesence Military Affairs Committee
Burke-Wadsworth
White House
Roosevelt
Senate
Barkley
Great Britain
Man Power Legislation Is Delayed
Washington Aug 14 Senate leaders after a poll said 10 uncommitted Senators hold the fate of Burke Wadsworth conscription changes. Poll shows others divided on Maloney plan to defer conscription until volunteers prove needed manpower by January 1. House aims to act on the President calling National Guard out in two days. Army says draft delay postpones plans for 900000 armed by October.
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Washington
Senate
Maloney
Doughton
House
National Guard
Army Command
Traveling men in town at Baranof Hotel
K Louring and Leonard Taylor arrived from a contact trip to towns south of here last night. They are staying several days at the Baranof Hotel in the Capital City.
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Leonard Taylor
Here
Baranof Hotel
Monitoring Stations Planned for Alaska and Hawaii
The Communications Commission plans to erect three receiving stations in Alaska and one in Hawaii to trace foreign agents illegally radioing. Western Inspector Gord Greaves says Juneau may host a station, with Nome and Anchorage site options for the others. He will begin the northern survey next Saturday.
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Juneau
San Francisco
Cal
the Communications Commission
Hawaii
Gord Greaves
Commission
Greaves
Juneau Io
Nome
Anchorag T
Hulls strong diplomacy at Havana praised by peers
Secretary of State Cordell Hull earns high marks for leadership at the Havana Pan American conference. He is credited with molding a united front among 21 nations, earning praise for patience and tact while contending with Argentina's cooler stance and ongoing budget-cut talk back in Washington.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
United States
Havana
Hull
Argentina
Congress
Mimic War Engulfs Pacific Northwest Training Clash
In Yelm Washington on August 14 a four day mimic war pits 41000 National Guardsmen regulars and reservists from California Washington Oregon Utah Idaho Nevada Montana and Wyoming in a large historically realistic exercise. Troops operate from Nisqually and Deschutes river areas using planes and mechanized forces to test blitzkrieg tactics.
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Yelm
Wash
Washington
Pacific Northwest
California
Oregon
Utah
Idaho
Nevada
Montana
Wyoming
Nisqually
Deschutes
Walkout Staged by Foremen at Anchorage Air Base
Mediators push to resolve a dispute between army officials and civilian construction supervisors after 30 foremen quit at the Anchorage air base over alleged countermanded orders by Major Coray. Workmen stayed at the base and continued tasks despite the foremen’s walkout.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Army
Coray
Nazi Raid Continues On Britain In Major Air Attacks
AP reports massive German bombing across Dover and the English Channel area with thousands of bombs and large fires. Britain says 140 German planes destroyed and 140 damaged in two days of raids while Italy reports British bombs hit Milan and Turin. Parachute alerts and long range guns feature in the ongoing conflict as both sides claim gains and losses.
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English Channel
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Turin
Milan
Hitler
RAF
Germany
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Italy
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Air Ministry
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Baranof
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Selfridge Field
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London Dispatch
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