Electricity storms bring fires and heat to Pacific coast
Violent electrical storms sweep the Pacific Coast easing extreme heat that caused deaths in two days. In Imperial Valley Brawley wrecked buildings and uprooted trees as nine tenths inch of rain fell in ten minutes. Eleven fires started in Sierra National Forest. Red Bluff Saddle region reports 104 to 108 degrees as heat spreads through Interior California Nevada and Idaho.
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San Francisco
Cal
Pacific Coast
Brawley
Imperial Valley
Sierra National Forest
California
Nevada
Idaho
Red Bluff
Sacramento Valley
Oregon
Medford
Walla Walla
Wash
Improvements Planned by City Crews Under Mayor Goldstein
City crews under Mayor I. Goldstein plan extensive street and cemetery work. Widening Gold Belt Avenue to allow passing, clearing brush in Evergreen Cemetery, regrading and resurfacing Seward Street between Fourth and Fifth, Willoughby Avenue rock fill beginning next week, and start of a sanitation project with Indian Village using Indian labor under city supervision, starting Wednesday.
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I. Goldstein
Gold Belt Avenue
Evergreen Cemetery
Seward Street
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Willoughby Avenue
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Paul Gordon
Alaska
Office of Indian Affairs
Thousands Drown as Yellow River Dikes Break Near Kaifeng
Aug 15 Kaifeng China reports that about a thousand peasants drowned when Yellow River dikes broke, flooding a large area. Meanwhile 175,000 residents rush to reinforce city walls with sandbags as waters surge toward the town.
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Kaifeng
China
Yellow River
Joe H. Dubois Dies Suddenly In Alaska
Anchorage Aug 15. Joseph H. Dubois pioneer of the Dawson rush and Mayo silver camp died suddenly Monday from a brain hemorrhage. He is survived by brothers in Dawson and Seattle. He served in France in the Yukon regiment and had lived in Anchorage for several years.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Joseph H. Dubois
Dawson
Mayo
Seattle
France
Yukon
Cuban Government Rebuilds After Machado Flight
Havana Aug 15 The new Cuban Government seeks unity to mend internal troubles. President de Cespedes has summoned a young and experienced Cabinet to aid industrial and political recovery amid former secret police and maritime turmoil. Eighteen dead since Machado fled. American destroyer Taylor anchors while Claxton recalled. Richmond remains en route via the Panama Canal and Hamilton expected at Manzanillo today.
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Havana
Gillem
de Cespedes
Machado Flea
Taylor
Claxton
Richmond
Panama Canal
Hamilton
Manzanillo
Roosevelt and Recovery Men Meeting Today
President Roosevelt met the Recovery Council to seek agreement on a new plan to coordinate the drive for better times. Administrator Johnson studies steel and oil industry codes and aims to bring them under NRA by Labor Day. The administration promises action on coal soon as the president reviews relief and crops reports before returning to Hyde Park later this week.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Recovery Council
Johnson
NRA
Hyde Park
Grape Juice Beer Invented by Italian Wine Expert
DIONEGLIANO Italy August 15 A professor Alfredo Mazel of the Institute of Enology has patented a method to make beer from grape juice by removing vinous traits then fermenting with yeast and adding hops Mazzei a noted enology expert discusses the invention amid Italy overproduction of wine The United States purchased about 10 percent of Italian expert exports with foods and cheese as a major item.
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Dionegliano
Italy
Alfredo Mazzel
Institute of Enology
Mazel
Mazzei
Talian
United States
Grand Exalted Ruler Meier to Visit Juneau Alaska
Ruel Meier Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks will visit Juneau tomorrow forenoon arriving on the Aleutian at 5 30 and leaving at 10. He plans no general Elk meeting and will be communicated with by radio this afternoon. Meier is the first Grand Exalted Ruler from west of the Dakotas to visit Alaska. He has a lengthy career in the Washington state Elks and a legal career in Seattle and King County. Page Two continues.
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Meier
Alaska
Mr. Meier
Juneau
Walter F. Meler
Lancaster County
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
State of Washington
Seattle
State Association
James G. McFarland
Washington Northwest
Washington
Grand Forum
Meter
Grand Lodge
Miami
John R. Coon
Dakotas
California
King County
Seattle Freeholders Charter
Crete
International Higiday Fe é Feasible Road at Reasonable Cost
The American section of the International Highway Commission reports a feasible Alaska to Canada route that can be built for under 2.9 million dollars for Alaska and 12 million for Canada. It urges an early start on the Fairbanks Dawson segment to prove benefits and accelerate other sections. The 2256 mile Seattle to Pairbanks project already has 1073 miles built with additional segments planned in Yukon and British Columbia.
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International Highway Commission
Roosevelt
Alaska
Anthony J. Dimond
Friends
Fairbanks-Dawson
Fairbanks
Dawson
Chambers of Commerce
Seattle
Pairbanks
Hazelton
British Columbia
Yukon Territory
McCarty
Alaska and U S Mine Owners Seek Permit to Ship Gold Ore
Alaska and U S mine owners seek government consent to ship gold ore and concentrates to Canada for smelting and refining. The plan envisions receiving world prices for gold, with refining at Ottawa and smelting in Ontario and British Columbia. A Cabinet decision will follow Finance Department referral, amid Canada’s export controls and a 40 shipment path cleared by a Washington amendment. California miners prepare large shipments of unretorted cyanide and concentrates to London under Treasury rules, marking the first export of California gold ore in five months.
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Alaska
U.S
Canada
Ottawa
United States
Dominion
Department of Finance
Cabinet Counil
Nortern
Ontario
Trail
Brili
Columbia
States
Royal Mint
Washington
California
San Francisco
Cal
London
United States Treasury
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company shows July profit
An October monthly estimate from Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company reports a total profit before charges of 111,700 for July. The document details ore tonnage, per ton costs, operating revenues from gold and lead, milling, mining and tram costs, and non operating income adjustments.
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Alaska
Juneau
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company
L. H. Metzgar
Mui. c
New York Brook
San Francisco
Gold mining revival reaches Virginia City Montana
The Virginia City Gold Mining Company began 24 hour operation of a newly built mill as part of a local revival. Financed largely by Spokane Capital, this comes after another firm started extensive work in the past ten days. A strike was made less than two weeks ago with placer activities near Old Baldy Mountain in Alder Gulch.
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Virginia City
Montana
Virginia City Gold Mining Company
Spokane Capital
Virginia City Mining Company
Old Baldy Mountain
Doctor Slain Mystérieux Morning in Spokane
Spokane, Aug. 15. Dr James I. Gaines, 41, a drugless physician, was mysteriously slain as he stepped from his car in front of his home. An attacker hidden in shrubbery fired three times and fled in a car without lights. neighbors heard a woman's voice and saw the getaway. Mrs Gaines said she knew of no enemies for her husband.
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Spokane
Wash
James I. Gaines
Rome opens rice eating units under farm relief plan
The Italian government deployed two mobile kitchen units to showcase rice quality as part of the farm relief program. The units demonstrate cooking methods and rice dishes for public inspection and to promote agricultural support during the relief initiative.
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Rome
Goverrument
Stock Prices Hold Steady Amid Slow Trading
Market quiet with 800000 shares transferring while grains stay unchanged and dollar rates rise. Leaders drove minor gains as bulls and bears stayed absent. notable movers included Allied Chemical and American Tobacco, with several majors like U S Steel and Bethlehem Steel slipping slightly. Closing quotes list Alaska Juneau 26 American Can 85 American Telephone 126 United States Steel 52.
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Chicago
Winnipeg
Allied Chemical
American Tobacco
New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
American Power and Light
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
Calumet and
Hecla
American Telephone and Telegraph
American Smelting
General Motors
International Harvester
Kennecott
Missouri Pacific
Packard Motors
Radio Corporation
Standard Brands
United States Steel
Western Union
United Aircraft
Ward Baking
Curtiss-Wright Am
Escaped Lynch Mob in Stascalooba Alabama
National Guardsmen protect Elmore Clark who fled a lynch party that killed Dan Pippen and A. T. Harden. Clark and two other Black men were taken from a jail amid charges of killing a white girl. Clark was found in a shed at his home. he gave no details of the escape. Nearby, a separate note mentions the 1932-33 Rio Grande cabbage crop yielding about $1,290,000 to producers.
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Stascalooba
Alabama
National
Elmore Clark
Dan Pippen
A. T. Harden
Lark
Rio Grande Valley
Public Works Fund Released for Territory
United States Treasury released one million and 96 thousand dollars to the Alaska Road Commission for road and airplane landing construction. Sixteen road projects and 18 aviation fields are funded with work starting immediately. The program aims to finish smaller jobs this fall and add 250 workers in weeks. Cordova and Nome projects proceed, with most funds in the Third and Fourth Divisions, including the Guikana Nabeana and Anchorage Matanuska highways.
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United States Treasury
Alaska Road Commission
E. W. Griffin
Alaska
Troy
Haines- Pleasant Camp
Yke P. Taylor
Commission
Cordova
Nome Aviation
Pen Cordova
Guikana-Nabeana
Anchorage-Matanuska
Anchorage Welcomes Gov Troy and His Party
Anchorage Alaska August 15 An enthusiastic welcome awaits Gov Troy and his party on arrival here en route to Juneau from Nome. The group is due today in McKinley National Park and will pass here Thursday and Seward Friday Saturday.
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Anchorage
Alaska
W. Troy
Juneau
Nome
McKinley National Park
Seward Fyr
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Eoges
Joe H. Dubois
Walter F. Meter
Ficial
Elkhom
Foree
Ale
Roosevelt and Recovery Men
ELKS
Darow A. M
Walter F. Meier
Jacqueline Roth
Mancer
Michael John Warrick Cudahy
Ife
Low
Angeles
Congress
Cateos Osc
Ctbaan
Montana Camp
Travis Rice Eaters
George Foster Alexander
Portland
Aleutian
Miss Jane Alexander
New York Central
Homestake
National Guard
Administration
Treasury
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