Juneau small boat harbor costs set at 320000 total
War Department funds start work on Juneau harbor with $232000 for breakwaters and dredging and $88000 for city terminal facilities. City plans bond issue to cover its share while Public Works Administration hopes to cover 45 percent. Harbor project history credits Col Wild and local business leaders for years of effort.
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Juneau
U. S
War Department
Empire
Milton Lagergren
Harry J. Lucas
Public Works Administration
PWA
Allen Shattuck
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Shattuck
Wallis George
Charles W. Hawkesworth
Army
Pemmer's Dock
Col
H. J. Wild
Seattle
Col. Wild
Alaska
Anthony J. Dimond
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Douglas Bridge
Capt Hawks Speed Flier Dies In Crash Near East Aurora
Capt Hawks renowned speed flier and J Hazard Campbell New York socialite were fatally hurt when Hawks sport plane struck wires and burned. Bystanders pulled them from the wreck but both died two hours later. Hawks had set trans continental records about 1930 and had retired to speed flying a year earlier. A bystander offered luck with a four leaf clover just before takeoff.
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East Aurora
N. Y
Hawks
J. Hazard Campbell
New York City
A By Stander
Capt. Hawks
Seward Woman Killed Hunting by Accidental Gun Discharge
Sylvia Martin, 30, of Seward Alaska, was killed at Cooper Lake while sheep hunting when a gun accidentally discharged. She was with her brother and four others as the party prepared to leave the scene of a successful hunt. Details await plane arrival.
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Seward
Sylvia Martin
Cooper Lake
Alaska
Fourteen Killed in Tokyo Plane Collision and Fire
Tokyo reports a midair collision over an iron foundry causing a blaze from exploding gasoline. Fourteen people died and at least 150 were injured, with ten of the dead being foundry workers burned in the blaze.
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Tokyo
Insurgents Claim Gains On Two Fronts In Spain
The Associated Press reports Spanish insurgents claim advances on two fronts. They say government lines broke under insurgent thrusts on the Ebro River front in eastern Spain and along the Tagus River in the west, with 300 square miles reported conquered on the Tagus front in the last three days.
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Associated Press
Ebro
Spain
Tagus River
Tagus
Alberta Orders More Iron Lungs as Paralysis Fears Rise
Edmonton reports Alberta hospitals order additional iron lungs amid infantile paralysis fears. The likely school opening delay in Turner Valley due to the outbreak could affect education plans and community activities as health measures tighten.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Turner Valley
Japanese Reinforcements Push South Yangtze Front
Japanese forces reinforce the south bank drive along the Yangtze River while retreating from Hwangmei, 25 miles north of Kiukiang. The new objective targets Juichang, about 25 miles west of Kiukiang and just over 100 miles southeast of Hankow.
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Associated Press
Yangtze River
South Bank
Hankow
Hwangmei
Norh
Kiukiang
Juichang
Body of Captain Arey Found on Bolinas Beach
The body of Capt. Charles L. Arey, 79, skipper of the Alaska Salmon Company's Elwyn C. Hale, was found on Bolinas Beach. Deputy Coroner Robert Russell said there is no evidence of foul play and it is believed he fell from his ship and was carried out of the Golden Gate by the tide.
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San Francisco
Cal
Charles L. Arey
Alaska Salmon Company
Elwyn C. Hale
Bolinas
Robert Russell
Arey
Golden Gate
Veterans of Foreign Wars demand instant steel vests
In Columbia on August 24 the VFW adopts a resolution calling for immediate production of steel vests. The move follows a claim by an inventor that a magazine bullet is faster than any other, linked to the prosecution of Harry Bridges as a Pacific Coast labor racketeer.
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Columbia
Harry Bridges
Pacific Coast
Four convicts suffocated in Philadelphia prison cells
Four inmates described as agitators in the Philadelphia County Prison strike died in their punishment cells. Coroner Charles Hersch said autopsies showed they were suffocated after guards closed windows and turned on steam radiators Sunday night. He suspects intentional heating and will pursue the case.
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Trail
B. C
Beckman
Kootenay
Philadelphia
Charles Hersch
William Mills
Hersch
Russian Plane Hunt Fruitless at Barrow
The Post-Rogers Memorial Expedition returned to Barrow after a failed search near Oliktuk for the Russian over the pole plane lost over a year ago. The party interviewed Eskimos who claimed to have seen the aircraft disappear last year and urged further search.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
Barrow
Oliktuk
Death ends 81-year twin bachelor brothers in Iowa
Shenandoah Iowa Aug 24 Death has ended the 81 year old companionship of Henry and John Banner believed to be Iowa s oldest bachelor twins Henry died last night after a brief illness The brothers had shared a long lifelong bond and were well known in the community
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Shenandoah
Henry
John Banner
Iowa
Kansas man Hostetter hunts big game in Alaska
Samuel Hostetter a Hutchinson lumberman arrives in Juneau with wife aboard the North Sea for a two week hunt with guide Oscar Oberg aboard the Leota. He plans to hunt brown bear and goat, starting at Tracy Arm for goat then moving to Peril Straits for brown bear.
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Samuel &. Hostetter
Hutchinson
Kansas
Hostetter
FBI
Juneau
North Sea
Oscar Oberg
Leota
Tracy Arm
Oscar
Peril Straits
Magill resigns as under secretary of Treasury
Hyde Park N Y August 24 President Roosevelt accepts the resignation of Rosevelt Magill Under Secretary of Treasury with genuine regret He had served as the Treasury Department top tax expert for a year and a half He recalled in his resignation letter that the appointment allowed him to return to his professorship at Columbia University Law School this September He said he might serve again if the occasion arises and hoped the President will call him
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Rosevelt Magill
Treasury
Magill
Treasury Department
Columbia University Law School
Alaska Labor Meet Delayed in Ketchikan
The Maritime Federation of the Pacific says the Alaska Unity Conference scheduled for September 5 in Ketchikan has been postponed to October 10. The event was to unite CIO AFI and independent unions in Alaska.
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San Francisco
Cal
Maritime Federation of the Pacific
Alaska Unity
Ketchikan
Alaska
CIO
AFI
Sitka Basks in Sunny Juneau Voyage Arrival
Capt Bill Doucett steered the schooner Sitka into port with thirty tons of freight after a nearly rain free voyage from Seattle. He called the trip north the first in 15 years without rain, noting unusually clear skies.
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Bill Doucett
Sitka
Doucett
Seattle
Road plan advocates say Alaska highway feasible and needed
Col J Monroe Johnson from the Commerce Department says the International Highway is justified and feasible after flights over Alaska. In Victoria American lawmakers Magnuson MacDonald and Carey meet Premier Pattullo, who will push a Canadian Commission appointment. MacDonald estimates a 32 foot gravel roadway at six thousand five hundred dollars per mile, sufficient until paving is warranted.
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Victoria
B. C
Warren G. Magnuson
Donald MacDonald
James W. Carey
United States
International Highway Commission
British Columbia
Pattullo
Seattle
MacDonald
Col Johnson Outlines Alaska Highway and Air Base Plans
Col Louis Johnson Assistant Secretary of War says extensive surveying is needed before the International Highway. alternate routes through British Columbia should be considered. He declines to commit on an Army Air Base at Fairbanks or Point Gustavus, plans to report to President Roosevelt, and advocates developing Alaska air fields as key to transport. He notes 30 planes at Fairbanks and praises Alaska scenery while predicting more tourist traffic to benefit the Territory.
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Washington
Louis Johnson
Juneau
Ketchikan
Fairbanks
Alaska
British Columbia
Roosevelt
International Highway
Army Air Base
Col Johnson
Col. Johnson
Switzerland
Olaf Swenson Found Dead in Seattle Fur Store
Olaf Swenson, a Seattle fur merchant, was found dead in his fur store office with a rifle nearby. Detectives said the rifle likely discharged accidentally while Swenson was cleaning it.
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Seattle
Olaf Swenson
Swenson
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INT. Highway Commission AT Work
Hong Kong
Canton
H. L. Woods
Kays
Macao
Woods
China National Aviation Corporation
Okay
Loh
Aaceore
Speed Flier
China Front
Yangtze
Captain Arey
Alaska Salmon Co
Post-Rogers
Esimo
Treasury Dept
Dominion
INT
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