Sanctions urged as Europe fears Italy Ethiopia clash
London reports Britain backs a collective League of Nations sanction including military and economic measures against an aggressor in Ethiopia. Paris fears Britain’s move may spur Mussolini toward war as Addis Ababa reports Italian gunfire wounds the Debre Marcos consul. An anti war demonstration in Melbourne voices bread not gas and condemns Mussolini.
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London
League of Nations
Italy
Mussolini
Britain
Ramnay Mmdur— Wro
Wald
Addis Ababa
Muzzi Falconi
Debre Marcos
Wilds
Sidney Barton
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Melbourne
Australia
Armed Forces of Spain Take Sudden Action Tarifa
August 22 Tarifa in Spain watched a sudden military buildup as infantry cavalry and machine gun units arrived amid reports of Italian planes overhead. Madrid observers noted naval and soldier concentrations on the Mediterranean frontier, while semi official sources described Spain as pursuing neutrality.
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Armed Forces
Spain
Taripa
Tarifa
Strait of Gibraltar
Madrid
Mediterranean
Nation pays respects to Rogers and Post in state rites
National observances marked the farewell for Will Rogers and Wiley Post killed in the Arctic plane crash near Point Barrow. Services were held in Glendale and Oklahoma City with Roosevelt representatives attending. Thousands filed by Rogers in state bier ceremonies, while crowds in Oklahoma watched planes bearing mourning banners and crepe streamers pay tribute to Post.
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Washington
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Arctic
Point Barrow
Roosevelt
Glendale
Guang
Rogers
Claremore
Oklahoma
POST
Oklahoma City
Okla
Prized Page From Alaska Museum Register
On August 8 page 445 of the Alaska Territorial Museum register records signatures of Will Rogers, Wiley Post, and Joe Crosson. The trio visited Father A. P. Kashevaroff, with Rogers engaging Kashevaroff and asking questions while Post and Crosson spoke quietly among themselves. Rogers showed fascination with relief maps and the northern route ahead.
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Alaska , Territorial Museum
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Joe Crosson
All America
A. P. Kashevaroff
Pather Kashevaroff
Rogers
Post
Crosson
Silent Period Observed in Alaska Radio To Mark Tragedy
Radio operators from Seattle to Point Barrow held a five minute silent period at 11 o clock juneny time in honor of WI Rogers and Wiley Post. The Signal Corps wired system and Alaska network paused as a mark of respect for the two aviators and the tragedy of last week.
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Signal Corps
United States Army
Washington - Alaska
Seattle
Point Barrow
Alaska
Arctle
WI Rogers
Wiley Post
Chamber Hearing Hails Blueberry Shipments Plan at Bailey's Cafe
At Bailey's Cafe the Chamber for Commerce announced raising funds to 100 dollars to prepare and ship blueberry tests to cannery firms including Piperintutes and red huckleberries. The Local Industries Committee, led by Charles Naghel, pursues shipments for Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company and possible interests from Sussman Wormser and W brands. Also noted, Pacific Alaska Airways suspended seaplane operations in Southeast Alaska from September 1, with a request to New York HQ to rescind. Rev. Bernard Hubbard spoke on his Aleutian storms theory and Matanuska Valley colonization, recounting 237 days of lectures and 268,000 attendees.
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Chamber For Commerce
Bailey's Cafe
Juneau
Chamber
Charles Naghel
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Sussman and Wormser Company
W. Brands
Pacific Alaska Airways
Yor
Alaska
Junées-Fairbanks
New York
PAA
Bernard Hubbard
Santa Clara University
Aleutian Islands
Matanuska Valley
Mendenhall
United States
East
Mob in Santa Rosa Targets Alleged Communists
In Santa Rosa on August 22 a mob of nearly 200 vigilantes attacked and tarred two men named Green and Nitzburg, and beat three others including Ed Wolf and George Ford after an overnight raid on agitators among hop harvest workers. The crowd forced captives to kiss the American flag, shaved their heads, and paraded them as gunfire and tear gas filled the scene. Officials had not acted by noon.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
Jack Green
Solomon Nitzburg
Ed Wolf
George Ford
Meyer
Nitzburg
Wife and husband share secret birthday in Austin
Clyde Smith assistant secretary of state cannot reveal his age nor the birthday. His wife in the state department was born on the same day and year. She forbids him to disclose it.
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Austin
Tex
Clyde Smith
State Department
Smith
Hoover as 1936 Nomination Symbol in Roosevelt Circle
Washington dispatch reports Roosevelt insiders debate Herbert Hoover as a potential 1936 Republican candidate. Hoover is viewed by some as the fully conservative standard, while others urge him not to run. Senator Nye notes public sentiment favors New Deal change over Hoover-era policies. Evidence of a formal candidacy remains unsettled.
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Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt
Washington
Iselves
Hoover
Chicago
Mr. Hoover
Old Guard
Nye
Last of Will Rogers Remarks in Arctic Letters
A fragment from Will Rogers humor columns recounts Arctic dispatches from Aklavik and Fairbanks Alaska. The letters compare locals to the FBI G Men and describe endless daylight near the Arctic Circle while noting aviation progress and regional prospects.
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Will Rogers
Road work in Matanuska to be carried on
Announcement from PWA of $225 000 allocation to the Alaska Road Commission for Matanuska Valley Colony roads. Of this, $125 000 funds surfacing ten miles of roads under construction, while the rest backs the Maranuska Anchorage highway with about $46 000 already allocated.
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Matanuska
Washington
Alaska Road Commission
Matanuske Valley
PWA
Maranuska-Atechorage
Social Security Act Gains Passage and State Plans
The Social Security Act H R 7260 passed both houses August 9 and awaits presidential approval. It provides a framework for federal old age benefits, unemployment insurance, and child welfare, with states required to implement nationwide plans, offer fair hearings, and report to the Social Security Board. Existing Alaska laws fall short, but Treasury funds will aid states without pension systems until plans are ready.
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Washington
Congress
Social Security ‘Board
Alaska
Oder
Secretary of the Treasury
Fairbanks Ship Believed Down West of Dawson
Reported missing after leaving Dawson for Fairbanks last Monday afternoon a plane carrying Pilot Arthur F Hines, along with Mr and Mrs John Tana and Allen G Neddale, was not heard from. Search operations over the Chicken Creek region led by Murray Mall involve several pilots and planes amid rough weather and isolated terrain. Mrs Nordale and two children of a passenger flew to the scene as the search continued, irony noted as Nordale’s plane passed along part of the intended route.
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Dawson
Pairbanks
Alaska
Arthur F Hines
John Tana
Fairbanks
Digo
Allen G. Needale
United States District Court
Chicken Creek
Hines
Serta
Murray Mall
Department of Commerce
Aeronautics Branch
Stinson
Miers
Harold Gillam
Cordova
Percy Hubbard
Mer
al Monson
PAA
Christenson
Lynn M. W. Saseen
Vern Brookwalter
A. Nordile
Prassengers
Juneau
Jairbanks
Yordale
Almahortty
Pwirbanks
Arthur Hines
Pairbarthe
Mrs. Nordale
Aviators Die in Muddled Training Case
Tulsa dispatch reports a tragic aviation training incident involving instructor Ward Crawford and students Pred Hil. The miscommunication about payment led to wrong id checks and improper control measures, with steps found to be in incomplete working order.
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Tulsa
Okla
Ward Crawford
Meadows
Tepe Chemerce Repetter
Hill
Opening Prices Of Salmon Announced In Seattle
Seabern, Skinner and Eddy Sales Manager announced official opening prices on salmon in Seattle. Pound tall reds 2.25, hat?nd flat reds 1.85, pom all coboes 1.75, tall pinks 1.10, pinks 0.80, tall lemony 1.00, all F.O.B. Seattle for September and October shipments. Libby McNeill and Libby were not yet announced.
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Seattul
Seabern, Skinner and Eddy
F.O.B
Seattle
Libby, McNeill
Libby Whee
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Arctic Ocean
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Old Wiley
Arctic Circle
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the Post-Intelligencer
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Canada
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