Factions in Russia bury hatchet now in unity drive
June 4 Moscow The Komintern ends its quarrel with the Second Socialist Internationale and pushes a united front against German and Italian intervention in Spain. The move aims to unite Communists Socialists and the International League of Labor Unions, inspired by Germanys bombardment of Almeria. An underground view suggests action if Italian warships intercept Russian vessels en route to Spain.
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Komintern
Third Communist Internationale
Second Socialist Internationale
Spain
Socialists
International League of Labor Unions
Almeria
Tragic Death of Insurgent Gen Mola mourned in Spain
In Vitoria on June 4 the insurgent front mourns Gem Mola, 44, killed in a fog bound plane crash. Flags fly at half staff, public life paused, and papers call the loss irreparable to the cause. Madrid remains under bombardment with dozens killed or wounded on downtown streets.
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Vitoria
Spain
Gem Mola
Biscayan
Bilbao
Mola
Madrid
Compromise Proposal In Ferry Strike Reached In Olympia
Puget Sound ferry boat operators accepted Gov. Clarence D. Martin's compromise to end the tie up after a four hour to midnight conference. Union leaders will present to employers in Seattle a plan granting unlicensed personnel a 30 percent wage boost on $110 per month, while the state allows a 10 percent fare increase to finance the rise.
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Olympia
Wash
Puet Sound
Clarence D. Martin
Seattle
Gabrielson Bound for Nome as Bank Cashier Transfer
Seattle June 4 Harry G Gabrielson sails to Nome on the steamer Victoria to become cashier of the Miners and Merchants bank succeeding the late J S Stangroom He organized Nome Lighterage and Commercial Company later taken over by the Lomens in 1931 and has recent years been in public accounting in Redwood City California.
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Seattle
Nome
Victoria
Harry G. Gabrielson
J. S. Stangroom
Miners and Merchants Bank
Gabrielson
Nome Lighterage and Commercial Company
Lomens
Redwood City
California
Luth Parsonage Burns in Morning Fire at Church
Firefighters battled a morning blaze at the Lutheran Parsonage above Resurrection Lutheran Church, gutting the living room and damaging the dining room due to a faulty fireplace. The Cauble family evacuated furniture and effects. repairs estimated near a thousand dollars. A second minor chimney fire at Guy Smith's Drug Store on South Franklin Street was extinguished with no damage.
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Lutheran Parsonage
Resurrection Lutheran Church
John L. Cauble
Cauble
Raby
John Robert Cauble
Hotel Juneau
Lutheran Church
Hans Berg
Erling K. Olafson
Knutson
Willoughby Avenue
George Anderson
Lutheran Brotherhood National
Chicago
Guy Smith
South Franklin Street
Nazi Executes Jewish Citizen in Berlin Trial
Berlin reports the execution of Helmuth Hirsch a 21 year old Jewish citizen of the United States by the mechanical guillotine at dawn for treasonable plotting deemed to target Hitler. Ambassador Dodd appealed for clemency four times but the Nazi government refused. The article notes U S efforts and contrasts with large U S civil infrastructure progress including thousands of miles of telephone wires fire breaks and truck trails built by D C boys.
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Berlin
Helmuth Hirsch
The
United States
Hirsch
William Dodd
D. C
Ten Die In Bus Flames On Highway Near Redding
Nine passengers and the driver Al Wilson of Redding were burned to death when a motor stage overturned at Shiloah Springs, 48 miles north of Redding, around 3 am. The bus occupants, including a child, were trapped as flames engulfed the wreck. An L A Police witness said the bus ran up a bank before overturning on the highway.
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Redding
Cal
Shiloah Springs
Here
al Wilson
F. L. Speck
Los Angeles Police Department
George Johnson Dies After Rush Trip and Fire Sparks Seattle
George A Johnson pioneer Alaska prospector and fox rancher dies at St Anns Hospital after pneumonia worsened during a fast trip aboard the Hyperion from Glacier Bay. Funeral plans announced from Charles W Carter Mortuary. Bombs explode in Paris district post offices attributed to Three Judges of Hell. Seattle pier fire at Connecticut Street pier causes 170000 dollars in damage. spark blamed from pile puller or cigarette.
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Ann's Hospital
Glacier “Bay
George A. Johnson
Pionteer Alaska Prospector
Fox Rancher
Sway
St. Ann's Hospital
Johnson
Juneau
Sweden
Hell
Seattle
Connecticut Street
Port of
Riot as visitors resist at Newberry dock blaze
A riot in Newberry Michigan began when striking workers clashed with company guards at the Newberry Lumber and Chemical plant dock. A fire caused by the clash damaged private cargo and the pier, killing an unidentified man and injuring several. Coast Guard aided by fire boats and a navy tug fought the blaze for over an hour while ammunition exploded and supplies burned.
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Newberry
Mich
E. Blaine Rossman Eral
Newberry Lumber and Chem
Coast Guard
Quaker Steamship Line
Woods
Munsing
Redwings
Pour
Ketchikan Man Shoots At Girl Then Kills Self
In Ketchikan Alaska Peter Guidvile 27 a laundry truck driver shot at a high school girl twice then killed himself near the roadside south of town believing he had killed the girl. He left notes claiming he would end his life and referenced harming the girl who had tried to end their relationship. The girl faced shock at her home. Guidvile had financial troubles and had lived in Seattle and Shelton Washington before moving to Ketchikan several years ago.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Peter Guidvile
Ketchikan l
Guldvik
Seattle
Shelton
Wash
Duke and Duchess of Windsor Ride Grand Canal in Venice
June 4 reports the Duke and Duchess of Windsor greeted by cheering Venetians as they travel the Grand Canal on a three hour layover during their honeymoon trip to an Austrian castle. They alight from a special car for a canal ride with British Consul Allen Napier in attendance. Receptions occur at stations along the route.
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Venice
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
Grand Canal
Allen Napier
Reauty
Baseball Today Major League Scores With Rain Postponement
Scores from this afternoon show National League games including Chicago defeating New York in eleven innings 6 to 5 and Cincinnati edging Philadelphia 9 to 8 While American League action with Boston at Chicago was postponed by rain Philadelphia beat St Louis 7 to 6 and Detroit defeated Washington 10 to 3.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Boston
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Washington
Detroit
Crazed Slayer Runs Amuck in Manila Killing Spree
Manila June 4 Police pursued jealous, grief stricken tribesman blamed for slaying eleven of twenty four persons he voted to kill. Eighteen died in the frenzy of Klinga Bole who began nine days ago believing his wife unfaithful. He killed his wife and five relatives, then three children and two men and a woman in a rice field.
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Manila
Bole
Amuck
Program Bears Fruit in Midville Hog Shipment
The Midville program to boost livestock farming shows success as a large hog shipment, the biggest in the area’s history, leaves Midville. The initiative aims to increase local farming and livestock output with farmer participation.
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Midville
Pia
Motor plants closing down in Detroit strike action
Chrysler officials announce the closing of two plants employing 11,000 men after a sitdown strike when two union men refused to work with two non unionists. The De Soto Division, with 1500 workers, also closed due to part shortages. Packard Motor Corp reportedly curtails production and sent 3000 men home for lack of materials.
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Detroit
Mich
Chrysler Corporation
de Soto
Packard Motor Corporation
Puccinelli Paid More by Minors Than Athletics in 1936
Baltimore, Md June 4 Geore Puccinelli former Cardinal outfielder may have taken a step up in prestige by playing with Baltimore this season. He is earning more money with the minor league club this year than he did with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1936.
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Baltimore
Geore Puccinelli
Cardinal
Philadelphia Athletics
Army Men Was Men In Them Days At Port Riley
June 4 Port Riley Kansas prints excerpts from a 1842 frontier army post order. Soldiers were instructed to shoot buffaloes on the parade ground without firing toward the commanding officer quarters, illustrating strict drill and discipline of the era.
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Port Riley
Kas
G Man Killed in Albuquerque Amid Remount Training
A troop officer training remounts in Albuquerque was killed in a confrontation over a weapon. Gay Osborne, 24, already charged with first degree murder, pleaded not guilty and claimed the gun fired during a struggle. The case highlights stricter grooming regulations for officers and ongoing disciplinary actions.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Gay Osborne
Vict
Oklahoma
United States Commission
G-Man
Truitt Rowe
Gallup
Osborne
Birds Found at North Pole Spark Polar Land Debate
MOSCOW June 4 Soviet scientists at the North Pole report bird life existing there. The sighting of a guillemot, a black and white seabird common on North Atlantic coasts, sparked talks of possible undiscovered land in the Polar sea. The bird flew over the camp yesterday.
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North Pole
Undiscov
Ered
North Atlantic
Film strike widens in Hollywood with independents
Hollywood June 4 The film strike expanded to 28 independent companies as 7050 workers reported called out by the Federated Motion Picture Crafts. The walkout, aimed at union recognition, was extended to independents to pressure producers and halt production.
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Hollywood
Cal
Federated Motion Picture Crafts
Aredios
Ship Wrecked Drowns 39 Off Manila
Manila June 4 report from the master of a sailing ship from Ab. Jug. states a shipwreck left 39 drowned. The sailing boat Rosario lost twelve sailors and 27 passengers in a storm after striking rocks. All victims were Orientals or Filipinos.
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Manila
Ab. Jug
Rosario
Slayers Die in Electric Chair in Huntsville
Augustus Beard, ex NC State football star, died in the electric chair at Huntsville State Penitentiary for slaying former Dallas detective John Roberts. Wisie Bilison, a Black man, was later electrocuted for slitting his wife’s throat.
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Huntsville
Texas
Augustus Beard
North Carolina State College
State Penitentiary
Dallas
John Roberts
Wissie Bilison
Van Eaton Sails North on Aleutian to Rejoin Family
George Van Eaton 21 of Sioux City Iowa arrived in Seattle after hitch hiking from Phoenix. He missed the steamer last Saturday when his parents and brother sailed for Alaska. He interpreted a family message to mean they were to leave June 29 not May 28 and will sail tomorrow on the Aleutian to rejoin them.
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Seattle
George van Eaton
Sioux City
Iowa
Alaska
Phoenix
Arizona
Young van Eaton
North
van Eaton
Aleutian
Flood fears rise as Pecos crest nears Carlsbad dam
Flood waters menace central New Mexico and Carlsbad as the Pecos crest nears the McMillan Reclamation project dam. Seventy five hundred residents brace to evacuate while two hundred workers rush repairs. Santa Rosa hydro plant shuts, damages hit twenty thousand dollars.
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Carlsbad
Peros
McMillan Dam
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Pecos
McMillen
Court Program Will Be Passed Present Session
President Roosevelt said there is no doubt the court reorganization bill will be passed during this Congress. He indicated the administration might accept a compromise, noting Senator Robinson’s correct statement about amendments to be offered on the Senate floor. He avoided a direct reply on specifics.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Joseph T. Robinson
Senate
Jack Gilbert Joins Shiels BellIngham
J N Gilbert of Seattle formerly with Alaska Pacific Salt Sal Mon Company has been appointed Vice President in charge of operations for the Pacific American Fisheries. Archie Shiels, PAP president, said Gilbert will leave soon for Alaska to supervise the fishing season. Gilbert is known in Alaska and has years of salmon canning experience.
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Bellingham
J. N. Gilbert
Seattle
Alaska Pacific Sal
Mr. Gilbert
Alaska
Impetus Given Alaska Mining by Statement
President Roosevelt spoke at a press conference saying there was no change in the government's gold policy and advised not to worry about the gold situation. The Commerce Department reported weekly gold shipments at 40.945 million dollars for the week ending May 28, up 11 million from the prior week, expected to boost gold mining in Alaska and the mainland. In New York, rumors of major nations willing to buy gold at about 35 dollars an ounce sparked Wall Street activity.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Department of Commerce
Alaska
New York
Wall Street
Plans curb vandalism at Anchorage
Mayor J. Romig proposes a civil group social welfare committee as a city advisory body to create recreation programs for children and curb vandalism including incidents on Oscar Neilson's cabin outskirts. Bullets fired through dirt planes noted.
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Anchorage
Alaska
J. 4. Romig
Oscar Neilson
Earhart Begins New World Flight Leg Toward Natal
Amelia Earhart took off from Paramaribo on a new lap of her world flight heading toward Natal Brazil. Reports say weather along the route is clear and she landed in Fortaleza, Brazil after a 1300 mile flight, 300 miles short of her previously announced target.
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Dutch
Guina
Amerlia Earhart
Natal
Brazil
Fortaleza
Amelia Earhart
Brazi
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