Price Rise Ban Looms Over NRAI Hearings
Washington August 22 Administrator Hugh S Johnson told retail dealers at the opening of NRA code hearings to resist price increases from suppliers. He warned cheaters that the Blue Eagle could be removed from their windows and urged compliance to protect workers. Officials seek agreement to cover the bituminous coal industry and finish soon. The hearing reviewed virtually all store sales except food and drugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
Oregon forest fire rages along 10 mile front
Portland Oregon Aug 22 More than 1 000 men battled a swift moving forest fire along a ten mile front as winds hinder efforts to contain it. Officials warned containment depends on wind dropping and dew. Fire reached treetops in virgin forest. all CCC camp workers were sent to the line with damage estimated at 1 000 000 dollars in one of Oregon s worst fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Oregon
CCC
Seal fur shipment reaches Seattle for St Louis and London markets
A government supervised seal kill from the Pribilof Island herds brings 64,500 pelts to Seattle aboard the Navy ship Vega. The cargo, valued at more than 1.5 million dollars, heads to St Louis and London fur markets after arrival.
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Seattle
Pribilof Island
St Louis
London
Vega
Fire blamed on gasoline sparked fatal blaze in cabin
Gasoline poured on a stubborn cook stove fire in a cabin at State Parks caused a blaze that fatally burned four Buffalo girls. Eileen Delnhart, Catherine Frank, Gertrude Sexton, and Margaret Sexton were named in the report from Salamanca New York dated August 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salamanca
State Parks
Buffalo
Eileen Delnhart
Catherine Frank
Gertrude Sexton
Margaret, Sexton
Morton Named R F C Attorney in Anchorage
Anchorage August 22 Larry F Morton a local attorney has accepted appointment as attorney for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation with offices in Washington D C Morton will report for duty in the National Capital October 1.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Larry F. Morton
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Washington, D
Morton
National Capital
Motors and Rails Lift Volume in Flat Stock Market Today
New York August 22 motors and rails led a late rally as the market closed firm with gains in Chrysler and General Motors each up about two points. Nash rose, and major names like Erie Lackawanna New York Central Santa Fe Pennsylvania Union Pacific and Dupont posted 1 to 3 point increases. Trading was light with 1.8 million shares. curb market quiet and featureless aside from autos and rails. The closing list shows Alaska Juneau mine at 27 and United States Steel at 55.
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New York
Chrysler
General Motors
Nash
Erie
Lackawanna
New York Central
Santa Fe
Pennsylvania
Union Pacific
Dupont
American Telephone and Telegraph
United States Steel
Western Union
Alile@ Chemical and alcohol
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
American Power and Light
Anaconda
Armour B
Bethlehem Steel
Calumet and Hecla
Colorado Fuel and Iron
Fox Films
American Smelting
International Harvester
Kennecott
Missouri Pacific
Packard Motors
Radio Corporation
Standard Brands
United Aircraft
Ward Baking
Curtiss-Wright
Sees
East Coast Gale Causes Deaths and Missing Persons
Nine are known dead and perhaps 20 are missing as a coastal storm lashes the Eastern seaboard. A tropical disturbance from Bermuda feeds Northwest gales with record rains, hitting New Jersey hardest and sweeping up the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Seaboard
Bermudas
New Jersey
Petitions Signed in Blood For Cadets in Inukai Case
Tokyo August 22 petitions signed by about 20 000 people pleaded leniency for eleven cadets facing court martial for the assassination of Premier Inukai last year. The most grisly signature package contained nine bloodstained fingers from petitioners aged 27 to 37, packed in a paulownia wood box.
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Tokyo
Japan
War Office
Inukai
Baranof Seaplane Heads to Sitka and Inlets
The Baranof departed at 6 PM with Pilot Meyring and Mechanic Hicks for Hawk Inlet Tenakee Todd and Sitka. Passengers included J B Caro for Sitka and R H Corbett and H Low for Hawk Inlet. Low serves as general purchasing agent for P E Harris Co. First class mail and express shipments were carried to the destinations.
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Paranor
Hawk Inlet
Tenakee
Todd
Sitka
Meyring
Hicks
J. B. Caro
R. H. Corbett
Mr. Low
P. E.harris Company
Baranos
Mahatma Gandhi Reported Growing Weaker in Fast
Reports from Poona indicate Mahatma Gandhi continues his death fast but is not yet in a critical condition. Medical observers note a further decline in strength while the aim of the fasting protest remains unclear to the public.
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Mahatma
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Ens. Stuart
Blair Gordon Newell
Newell
Pho'o
Governor Troy Seeks Public Works Push Across Alaska
Governor John W. Troy returns from Nome three week trip North urging rapid mobilization of public works funds to relieve unemployment. He notes strong municipal cooperation and calls for coordinated effort across Alaska despite drought hurting placer mining areas including Nome and Seward Peninsula. He and party received warm welcomes at Skagway Dawson Fairbanks Anchorage and Seward with chamber gatherings and banquets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Troy
Nome
Alaska
Iditarod
Kuskokwim
Ruby- Poorman
Fairbanks
Seward Peninsula
S. E. Morgan
J. J. Connors
Sides
Customs
Skagway
Dawson
Anchorage
Seward
Chambers of Commerce
France and England plan aid to Austria by easing exports
Paris reports immediate aid for Austria in a grave situation, with France proposing to lift export restrictions and readjust quotas. England and possibly Italy expected to join, while Austria may bolster armed forces by 6,000 to reach 30,000 to guard borders against Nazi activity.
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Paris
Austria
France
England
Italy
Hungary
Prominent Tacoma Lawyer Dies After Auto Crash Near Shelton
Olympia Aug 22 Herbert S Griggs 72 a noted Tacoma attorney and lumberman died from head injuries in an auto accident near Shelton. His brother Major Everett G Griggs was injured but recovering at home in Tacoma.
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Olympia
Wash
Herbert S. Griggs
Tacoma
Shelton
Everett G. Griggs
Dutch Communist to Face Trial for Reichstag Fire
Berlin reports mid September trial for Dutch communist Marinus van der Lubbe at Leipzig on charges he set the Reichstag blaze. The government says several German communists will also be tried, including Ernest Torgler. Fire officials noted the structure burned in multiple points.
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Berlin
Germai
Marinus van der 10
Leipris
Reichstag
Hitler
van der Lubbe
Ernest
Reichs
Torgler
Cas
Glacier Priest Hubbard Notes Changes On Great Alaska Peninsula
Bernard Hubbard returns to Juneau after his seventh Alaska expedition. He reports rapid geological changes on the Alaska Peninsula, including Unimak becoming part of the peninsula, False Pass narrowing, and shifts in salmon runs. He describes intense weather while climbing Shishaldin Volcano and notes a dramatic wind storm recorded at Scotch Cap.
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Hubbard
Great
Alaska Peninsula
Juneau
Alaska
Fathar Bernard &. Hubbard, Sr
Alaska Empire
Seattle
Aleutians
Unimak Island
Bering Sea
Tkatan
False Pass
Unimak
Bristol Bay
Pacific Ocean
Shimigan Islands
Pulse Pass
Great Shoal
Aleutian Islands
Kamchatka
Japan
Politicians in New York Face Grand Jury Charge Showdown
On August 22 New York awaits a grand jury session over claims that politicians collude with racketeers. Federal Attorney George Medalia and Judge Frederick Kerno Chan are asked to name officials in league with gangsters as fusionists led by Fiorello LaGuardia challenge Tammany at City Hall.
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New York
Fiorello LaGuardia
Tammany
George Medalia
Frederick Kernochan
Epidemic of Sleeping Sickness Hits St Louis
In St Louis on August 22 sleeping sickness deaths rose by two in 24 hours, totaling 14 with 149 ill. Public Health officials call it the most serious outbreak known. Dr J P Leake from Washington DC viewed the scene and said there is no danger from the plague, though the illness remains serious.
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ST. Louis
J. P. Leake
Washington
D. C
Hoover asked to testify in Detroit banking probe
Detroit reports Senator Couzens demands former President Herbert Hoover testify before the open grand jury probing the closing of First National of Detroit and Guardian Nature banks. An unnamed bank director cited Hoover calling Couzens dangerous. Officials meanwhile dispatch letters inviting Hoover to appear, with a decision sought promptly.
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Detroit
Mich
Herbert Hoover
First National of
The
Guardian Natura
Couzens
Hoover
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W. K. Vanderbilt
Harry Morton
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Troy
Asia
East Anchor Cove
Tiatan Bay
Palse Pass
Unimak Tland
Shishaldin
Ferret
Alaskan
Crater Lake
Scotch Cap
Mississippi River
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