Alaska seeks delay in hunting season change amid drought
Alaska officials pressed to modify the presidential proclamation reducing the duck and goose season to one month. The Biological Survey and President refused, warning the drought risked extinction. appeals to Senators Norbeck and Walcott and Paul Redington remained unanswered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Ketchikan
Chamber
Biological Survey
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Canada
Peter Norbeck
Frederick Walcott
Mr. Reddington
Tee
Cohan Sings for War on Gangsters in New Song
George M. Cohan dedicates his new marching song to the war on gangsters. The songwriter behind Over There promises a morale boosting tune for the public and troops alike in this latest patriotic effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohan
New York
George M. Cohan
Fire Prevention Week Designated by President Hoover
President Hoover proclaims October 4 as Fire Prevention Week to raise awareness nationwide. Officials urge schools, businesses, and communities to emphasize fire safety and prevention measures during the designated period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Hoover
Improvement in business urged for September gains
New York August 29 The news of stock market quieting and expected easing of international finances fuels belief September will bring some improvement in general business activity though modest Copper and motion picture shares traded steadily at higher levels with several lending stocks advancing including American Can Allied Steel Case Consolidated Gas Inghouse New York Central and Baltimore and Ohio Copper rose about a point Rails inched higher Alaska Juneau mine closed up to 174 American Gas at 84 Anaconda Copper 2512 Beth Steel 4112 Checker Cab 8 Curtiss-Wright 2 Films 14 General Motors International Harvester 38 Kennecott 17 Packard Motors 6 Standard Brands 19 Standard Oil of California 41 Standard Oil of New Jersey 40 Aircraft 284 United States 80 percent.
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New York
England
American Can
Allied Cl Steel
Case
Consolidated Gas
Inghouse
New York Central
Baltimore and Ohio
Eee
Alaska
Juneau
American Gas
Anaconda Copper
Béth
Schem Steel
Checker Cab
Curtiss-Wright
General Motors
International Harvester
Kenne
Bryant Freed From Charge of Smuggling
Seattle, Aug. 29. Howard L. Bryant, seaman of the Coast Guard cutter Tallapoosa, was acquitted at a court martial amid a spate of acquittals. He testified he found two bottles of Juneau home brew on the dock and made no attempt to bring them aboard. Beaman Lennard T. Odom followed Bryant’s acquittal, facing similar smuggling charges aboard the Tallapoosa.
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Seattle
Howard L. Bryant
Coast Guard
Tallapoosa
Bryant
Beaman Lennard T. Odom
Odom
Americans Plan Pacific Flight From Samushiro Beach
Tokyo reports Don Moyle and C. A. Allen, both Americans, plan to start next week on a nonstop flight to Seattle using an repaired Bromley plane from Samushiro beach. They will not be eligible for the $25,000 prize since the attempt starts from a beach, not Tokyo. Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon may join but lack Japanese permission to fly over Japan after prior fines for photographing a fortified area.
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Tokyo
Don Moyle
C. A. Allen
Seattle
Wash
Samushiro Beach
Bromley
Governor Conner
Aeronautical
Moyle
Allen
Samushiro
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon
Japan
Siberia
21 Airplanes to Be Built for War Dept
The War Department announced approval of contracts for 21 airplanes, 92 engines and other equipment costing 2,571,757 dollars. The notice comes from Washington on August 20. In Columbus, Ohio, A H Dierker of Ohio State University estimates 1000 tons of new molding sands are needed per ton of steel castings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAR Dept
Washington, D. C
War Department
Columbus
Ohio
A. H. Dierker
Ohio State University
Seattle principal resigns after unwanted advances demand
Leonard Case, Hocquiam school principal and father of three, resigns amid accusations from Miss Margaret Cox of Seattle. He allegedly proposed a photo of her in a veil and asked to visit his home, prompting his arrest and job loss. Case pleads distress while in custody as Cox resumes University of Washington studies.
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Seattle
Leonard Case
Hocquiam
Margaret Cox
Case
Childre
Miss Cox
University of Washington
Case A
Misa Cox
Hoquiam Schools
le Stil
Elty
Graf Zeppelin Ready to Fly on First South America Cruise
Graf Zeppelin moored in Friedrichshafen Germany as preparations begin for a nonstop flight to South America. Commander Eckener will take off at 11 tonight if weather allows, bound for Pernambuco with 45 passengers paying $1,000 each for the 5,000 mile trip.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
South America
Eckener
Graf
Pernambuco
Governor to Cut Expenses in Idaho
Boise report states Governor Ben Ross told a Board of Equalization meeting that state expenditures will be trimmed, reducing county-fueled revenue. A $7,000 pipeline project to bring city water to the Old Soldiers’ Home near Boise will not be constructed despite legislative authorization.
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Idaho
Boise
Hug
Ben Ross
Board of Equalization
Von Gronau En Route Through Quebec Wilds
Ottawa dispatch reports flier von Gronau is in northern Quebec en route from Germany to the United States via Greenland. Radio messages said he arrived over the American continent yesterday from Gedhyan.
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Ottawa
New Portland Milk Agreement Is Signed
Portland milk distributors sign a general agreement establishing uniform wholesale price schedules for retailers. No written home delivery price detail was agreed, per a fact finding committee during the milk war. Wholesale index for July 20 shows no downward move for the first time in three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Oregon
Washington
Department of Labor
Cannon Case Postponed to October by Senate Panel
Washington report says the Senate campaign investigating committee will reconvene after mid October to review extensive evidence about funds given to Bishop James Cannon Jr for anti Smith activity in 1928. Witnesses who refused to testify such as Ada Burroughs and J Sidney Peters face compelled testimony. Evidence includes a $5,000 charge to Claudius Huston used to fund anti Smith efforts in North Carolina.
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Washington
James Cannon, Jr
South
Senate
Gerald P. Nye
Nye
Bishop Cannon
Ada Burroughs
J. Sidney Peters
Wisk
Aci
Claudius Huston
National Republican Committee
North Carolina
City Council Holds Routine Session Last Night
City Council met with full membership at City Hall chambers for routine business. Regular monthly bills were approved and ordered paid in the session.
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City Hall
Grain Elevators Copying Skyscrapers in Minneapolis Rise
In Minneapolis a skyscraper style grain elevator is planned to exceed 20 stories and reach 192 foot concrete tanks with 212 foot masts. The 7,000,000 bushels capacity aims to boost the city as a grain storage hub by using gravity and taller tanks to shorten grain movement from rail cars to storerooms.
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Minneapolis
Fire destroys Trinity Packing plant on Kodiak Island
Ketchikan Alaska Aug 29 Word received that a portion of the Trinity Packing Company plant at Three Saints Bay Kodiak Island was destroyed by fire Thursday night There was considerable canned salmon loss The total damage is estimated at 40000 Officials said the plants will be rebuilt.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Trinity Packing Company
Three Saints Bay
Kodiak Island
Barthelmess Sues Brokerage Firms
Los Angeles Aug 2 A suit for 72225 filed in the Superior Court by actor Richard Barthelmess against two stock brokerage firms William Cavalier and Co Parrish and Co alleges he entrusted stocks and bonds to be converted into securities of the Missouri and Kansas Pipe Line Company and that the money was diverted for other purposes. Fingerprints are reported in Hamburg University case but not declared infallible.
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Los Angeles
Richard ‘Barthelmess
Fle
Jena
William Cavalier and Co
Parrish and Co
Missouri and Kansas Pipe Line Company
American Legion Alaska Elects Officers At Petersburg
Petersburg Alaska Aug 29 The American Legion convention Department of Alaska elected R Roesner Fairbanks as Department Commander and selected Fairbanks as the 1092 convention city Other officers named Clyde Rlits Cordova Delight A Chase Ketchikan Warren Tyner Cordova Juneau Claud Helgesen Juneau and Juneau women received honors Edyth Sheeler was elected President auxiliary Grace Liebe First Vice President E M Polley Second Vice President and J T Petrich Secretary.
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Petersburg
Alaska
American Legion Convention Department of
R. Roesner
Fairbanks
Le'ion
Clyde R,lits
Cordova
Delight A. Chase
Ketchikan
Warren Tyner
Claud Helgesen
Juneau
Mexicans Press Border Ban Lifting via Telegram
In Mexico City on Aug 20 the Interior Department received a telegram from Piedras Negras Coahuila Chamber of Commerce urging immediate closure of border gambling houses as a tactic to press the U S to rescind orders closing the international bridges at 9 p.m.
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Mexico City
Interior Department
Piedras Negras
Coahuila
Chamber of Commerce
As & Means
MacDonald ousted as Labour Party leader in London
Ramsay MacDonald is expelled as leader of the Labour Party after a party vote. Arthur Henderson is elected successor and will lead the opposition. The move accuses MacDonald of disloyalty and aiding anti-working class legislation. Parliament considers a new program backed by 400 million in credits to restore Britain’s finances.
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Arthur Henderson
London
Aig
Ramey MacDonald
Labor Party
MacDonald
Labor
Mumpstead Labor Party
Counci
Ramsay MacDonald
Return route of Lindberghs is not known
Tokyo reported Charles A. Lindbergh stated he did not know which route his wife would select for a return trip. The excerpt notes the couple thanked the Embassy of the Soviet Union for courtesy during their Pacific voyage to Japan. A separate Los Angeles item mentions a roadside honey stand where more money is left than needed to pay.
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Tokyo
Japan
Aus
Cole Charles A. Lindbergh
Soviet Union
Pacific
Los Angeles
Sian Vyor
Probe of Crop Estimating Likely if Cotton Figures Prove Costly False Alarm
Washington August 28 Congressional inquiry looms over the U S crop reporting board after the August 15 584 000 bale cotton estimate proved about two million bales above market expectations The figure triggered a sharp price drop costing the cotton belt millions and renewing calls to abolish or overhaul monthly forecasts The piece notes prior congressional actions in 1916 1929 and recent pressures and hints at continued coverage on page two.
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Frank L Weller
A. S
Washington, D. C
U.S Crop Reporting Board
Tee Board
Congress
Department of
Cotten
Ila
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Wickersham Wires Chamber
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Pioto Marion Marsh
Ahe
New York City
James J. Walker
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America
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Mrs
Geraldine Loffredo
Juanita Burns
Laura Ingalls
Elinor Smith
Ruth Nichols
Atlantic
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Buffalo
N. Y
Rome
Navigator
Aviattx
Cannon Case
Senate Committee
Council
Batty Wightman Pope
Ralph Pope
Brookline
Mass
Mary
Rosbeu
Paul Haw
New England
Newton
Cupid
Shaw
Gannery Burns
Barthelmess
Berlin
Profeamir Poll
A Lacer
Hamburg University
M'Donald
France
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