Heat Wave Sweeps Nation Shatters Records Everywhere
The nation endures a peak heat wave with many areas reporting 80s and 90s. Cumberland Maryland reaches 89, Sunnyside Washington 97, Grand Coulee Dam 96, Spokane 87, Portland 90 as New England feels the heat. Eight deaths blamed on drownings and prostrations, with danger expected to rise. North Pole reports rain and balmy temperatures three degrees below freezing. Dust Bowl areas escape the heat and suffer mood-related distress.
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Cumberland
Maryland
Sunnyside
Washington
Pacific Northwest
Grand Coulee Dam
North Pole
Pole
Spokane
Yakime
Walla Walla
Portland
Ore
New England
Weather Bureau
Dust Bowl
Duke Wallis to Be Wedded in Two Ceremonies
In Monts France L. Rogers announced the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Warfield will wed tomorrow in a religious ceremony after a French civil rite. Rev G Anderson Jardine of Darlington to officiate and a marriage contract sets property separation. Police guard will be heavy near the chateau as reporters gather.
Eskimo Actor Weds Russian Bride in Mexico Ceremony
Eskimo film star Ray Wise known as Mala, 29, married Russian actress Galina Kropotkin, 24, in a wedding held last week at Tia Juana, Mexico. Kropotkin is UC graduate and formerly a stand-in for Claire Treia.
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Hollywood
Cal
Ray Wise
Alaska
Mala
Galina Kropotkin
Tia Juana
Mexico
University of California
Claire Treia
House Greek chorus blocks small private bills on Tuesdays
The article describes a group of 11 House members who voice objections to private bills every first and third Tuesday, effectively stalling small claims like $30 for the Jones cow. The objectors study each bill in committee and can cause a delay or passage by silence or protest.
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Sigrid Arne
Washington
Congress
Jones
Arkansas
Uncle Sam
Bessie
House
Hoyse
C. E. Hancock
New York
C. A. Halleck
Indiana
J. W. Mott
Oregon
J. P. Wolcott
Michigan
D. H. McLean
New Jersey
R. E. Church
Illinois
D. W. Clark
Idaho
J. M. Costello
California
G. A. Barden
North Carolina
Ross Collins
Mississippi
J. H. Flannery
Pennsylvania
Mr. Jones
Fannie Sarah Hopkins
Shipping Tax in Alaska Boats Is Discussed
The House Committee on the Territories on May 19 studied Rep Magnuson of Washingtons bill to repeal the $1 per ton federal tax on ships in Alaska. The bill argues the tax applies only to interport Alaska business. Justice views say it may apply only to interport Alaska commerce. Continued on Page Three.
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J. J. Eckles
Dimond Washington
House Committee On the Territories
Magnuson
Washington
Alaska
Senate
Murray
Montana
Dill
J. J. Underwood
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Claude E. Wake-field
Alaska Steamship Company
Northland ‘Transportation Company
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Ninth Circuit
Northern Commercial Company
U. S
Federal
Territory of
Congress
United States
Department of Justice
Seattle
Liberal Party Wins British Columbia Election 1940
The Liberal Party swept the British Columbia race returning Premier Thomas Pattullo and 31 Liberal legislators to the 48 seat legislature with all ministers re-elected. Conservatives secured eight seats while Labour and Independent candidates trailed, and the plebiscite on the health insurance plan carried by about 11 000 votes.
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Vancouver
B. C
British Columbia
Thomas D. Pattullo
Pattul
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Earhart lands in Catipite Venezuela on world flight leg
Amelia Earhart arrives in Catipite Venezuela after a flight from San Juan Puerto Rico marking the second leg of her round the world jaunt. She lifted her twin motor monoplane this morning and heads toward Paramaribo Dutch Guinea about 1000 miles away.
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Miami
Pan-American Airways
Amelia Earhart
Catipite
Venezuela
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Paramaribo
Dutch Guinea
Girl shoots father to save mother in San Diego cabin
In San Diego county a 15 year old girl Marion Ayres shot and killed her father Frank Ayres 47 a chief petty officer on the U S S Dallas in a mountain cabin to stop his beating of her mother. The coroner said she fired one shot from a small gun and struck him in the heart.
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San Diego
Cnl
Marion Ayres
Frank Ayres
U.S.S. Dallas
Charles Gunn
Ayres
Plan Protection for Bristol Bay Salmon Fisheries
The House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee reported favorably on a bill to protect Bristol Bay Alaska salmon fisheries. Scheduled air line aircraft must carry static free radio direction finders and antenna systems after January 1 1936.
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Washington
House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
Bristol Bay
Alaska
Air Une
Ketchikan Man Appointed to Alaska Fisheries Commission
Gov. John W. Troy names John W. Mendenhall of Ketchikan as the third member of the Alaska Fisheries Experimental Commission. The panel, joined by Gov. Troy and U. S. Fisheries official L. G. Wingard, plans a laboratory funded with 20000 dollars and matched by a federal agency, likely to be housed at the Ketchikan Cold Storage Plant with work extending across Alaskan waters.
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Fish Commission
Mendenhall
Laboratory
Ketchikan
John W. Troy
John W. Mendenhall
Alaska Fisheries Experimental Commission
Mendenthal
Alaska
L. G. Wingard
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries
Alaska Fisheries
Alaskan
Dizzy Dean Suspended Indefinitely by National League
Ford Frick, NL president, suspends Dizzy Dean indefinitely for conduct detrimental to baseball. The Cardinals star has fueled disturbances this season as officials, teammates, and fans grow increasingly fed up with his actions on and off the field.
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Dizzy Dean
National League
New York
Ford Frick
National Baseball League
Dean
Gt. Louis Cardinal
Alaska Bond Bill Heads to White House
The Senate passed the Alaska municipalities bond bill and sent it to the White House. It would allow bond issues with approval by 65 percent of taxpayers voting in a special bond election, correcting a 1935 law that required 65 percent approval of all taxpayers.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Hose
Billion and Half Relief Bill Passes in House
The billion and a half dollar relief bill cleared the House 223 to 44 after a compromise ended revolt. It funds flood control and water projects in the Southwest dust bowl, revokes a pass labor order, and allocates 131 million for the PWA revolving fund. It aims to complete many city projects funded by bonds.
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Washington
House
Senate
Southwest
Dust Bowl
PWA
Lutheran Ladies Aid Society 18 Meeting
The Ladies Aid Society of Resurrection Lutheran Church will meet tomorrow at 2 30 PM at the home of Mrs John Sunderland on Kennedy Street.
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Lutheran Ladies Aid Society
Ladies Aid Society of the
Resurrection Lutheran Church
John Sunderland
Kennedy Street
Will Tour Alaskan To Alaska On Chamber Of Commerce Train
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce departs on a thirteen car train for Alaska on June 2. The party led by Byron Hanna sails from Vancouver on the Prince Robert and arrives in Juneau on June 9. They stay until June 11 before returning to Skagway and Alaska.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Alaska
Skagway
Juneau
New Mexico Floods Claim Ten Lives
Roswell reports three days of relentless rain floods the area leaving ten drowned and many missing. Damage runs into hundreds of thousands of dollars as debris fills streets and fields.
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Roswell
New Mexico
Italy Blocks Spanish Waters Amid Russia Crisis
Italian warships have set a de facto blockade of eastern Spain to stop Russian vessels from delivering war supplies to Madrid and the Valencia government. Diplomats fear a major breach of neutral norms, while Italy seeks safety guarantees for its ships and a return to the Non Intervention Committee.
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Rome
Spain
Madrid
Valencia
Mussolini
Russia
Italy
Oil companies win in court in Washington ruling
The Washington State Supreme Court affirmed the lower court dismissal of charges that aimed to disenfranchise virtually all major oil companies by alleging a conspiracy to monopolize the gasoline business. The decision upholds the dismissal as substantiated by the lower court.
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Olympta
Wash
State Supreme Court
Jower Court
Washington
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Chicago
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Guy M. Peters
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