Congress pushes Industrial Recovery bill toward Senate
June reports rapid progress in clearing veterans issues and moving the Industrial Recovery Act in the Senate. Finance Committee restored presidential authority to regulate recalcitrant manufacturers as part of the bill, signaling swift passage. Remaining agenda includes tariff legislation and a Glass Reform Bank bill stalemate over deposit insurance.
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Washington
Veterans’ Appropriations
Congress
Senate
Finance Committee
Ae Aire
Capt Strong's Plane Arrives in Juneau for Alaska-Yukon Plan
Captain William Strong's Fokker amphibian arrives in Juneau about 6 20 PM tying up at the government dock. L F Barr pilot and passengers Miss L A Robbins Miss A E George of Victoria and H B Kinkaid and H C McDonald of Revelstoke travel on board. Barr plans to base Alaska Yukon Airways near Juneau if weather allows. ship left Seattle Saturday with stops at Alert Bay Prince Rupert and Ketchikan.
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Alaska-Yukon Airways
Juneau
William Strong
L. F. Barr
Government Dock
L. A. Robbins
A. E. George
Victoria
H. B. Kinkaid
H. C. McDonald
Revelstoke
Strong
Telegraph Creek
McDonald
Seattle
Alert Bay
Prince Rupert
Ketchi
Mr. Barr
Eastman
Liard District
British Columbia
Junea
Fokker
Marrying Mdivanis to Wed in Paris on June 20
New York dispatch reports the Mdivani family’s royal circle again in the headlines as Prince Alexis plans a June 20 Paris wedding to Barbara Hutton heiress to Woolworth millions. The piece traces the dynasty’s high society marriages, noting Alexis’s prior union to Louise Astor Van Allen, a Dutch divorce, and connections to Georgia’s former ruler Prince Zakhari Mdivani and the Spain-based Sert family.
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New York
Alexis
Barbara Hutton
Paris
Siam
Georgia
Black Sea
Louise Astor Vani Alen
William Astor
Pryce David
Mae Murray
Acreen
Serge
Pola Negri
Silent Days
Pola
Pariy
Varce
Pirnte Bates
Mary McCormic
Zakhari Mdivani
Nicholas I of
Rissa
Jose Sert
Joseph Urbach
Mdivani
Prince Alexis Mdivani
Prince Serge
Peli Negri
Prince David
Mac Murray
Illinois Votes Wet in Ratifying Prohibition Amendment
CHICAGO June 6 Illinois m ustered an emphatic no on retaining the Eighteenth Amendment yesterday The wets swept to an overwhelming victory and the state became the ninth to ratify the amendment against prohibition Indiana is voting today and will probably be added to the wet list. Washington June 6 Attorney General Cumming said he has transmitted over 1000 suspected gold hoarders names to field offices to compel compliance with Roosevelt orders that all gold above 100 be returned to the Treasury or action will be taken Viscount Snowden says paying the June debt is prudent for Britain and warns against repudiation The June installment is about 76000000.
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Illinois
Snowden
Great Britain
Chicago
Washington
Cumming
Bureau of Investigation
Roosevelt
Treasury
London
New Veterans' Compensation Rules Signed by Roosevelt
Washington June 6 President Roosevelt signed an executive order setting new higher compensation levels for veterans with service connected disabilities. The order departs from tentative Economy Act regulations proposing an average 18 percent reduction, aiming to avoid higher taxes to fund the increased benefits.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Signs Wagner Bill Establishing National Employment Service
President Roosevelt signs the Wagner Bill creating a National Employment Service under the Labor Department. William Freeburn of Pyramid Packing Co and Mrs H Seed depart for Sitka to commence cannery operations this summer. The notice notes 30,000 Mexicans have returned to Mexico from Los Angeles County.
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Washington
Presdent Roosevelt
Los Angeles County
Supreme Court Upholds $10 Million Relief Bond Issue
Olympia Wash June 6 The State Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the 10 million employment relief bond issue authorized by the late State Legislature. Funds will be used for public construction and related relief programs.
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Olympia
Wash
State Supreme Court
Tile Falls Through Roof in Electric Storm
A tile dislodged during a severe electric storm fell from the top of a 209 building and crashed through the roof of a neighboring busy office, narrowly missing injuries to occupants. No injuries were reported.
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Kansas City
Stocks fall after Santa Fe dividend cut in slow trading
New York June 6 Stocks turned heavy after Santa Fe semisannual preferred dividend was cut from 2.50 to 1.50 causing widespread slumps of one to ten points on many favorites. Total sales exceeded six million shares as rails declined while Steel and telephone issues showed mixed moves. Closing quotes list Alaska Juneau 19 1 2 percent and United States Steel at 63 with several other majors cited.
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New York
Santa Fe
Banta Fe
Umawares
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
American Power and Light
Anaconda
Armour
Morgan Probe Continues On Income Facts
Washington June 6 The Senate Banking Committee voted 2 to 1 in a closed session to seek added power to probe stock deals of J P Morgan partners including Thomas Lamont William Ewing Harold Stanley and other Morgan affiliates related to Van Sweringen Railroad ventures and income tax payments.
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Washington
Morgan
van Sweringen
Senate Banking Committee
Thomas
Lamont
William Ewing
Harold Stanley
J. P. Morgan
Roosevelt Signs Resolution Voiding Gold Clause
The president signed a resolution voiding the gold clause in contracts, stating that promises to pay in gold may now be settled with paper money. The move eliminates mandatory gold payments, signaling a shift to fiat currency in financial settlements.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Uniform revival for Brazil palace guard sparks color parade
Rio de Janeiro June 6. Gay uniforms from a century ago will be revived under a decree. The battalion on state occasions will wear blue jackets and caps, yellow sashes, green cockades white trousers and spats.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Jenni
Dog Cart Trek to Alaska Led by Carolina Man
ASHEVILLE N C June 6 A 42 year old German Lindauer of Lake Lure plans a year long expedition to Alaska and back in a dog drawn cart with Belgian shepherd Bess and a fox terrier companion. He previously completed a 1400 mile trip to Miami and back without incident.
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Alaska
Carolina
Asheville
N. C
Lindauer
Lake Lure
Bess
Secret Police Guard Against Anti Nazi Plots Across Prussia
Berlin reports Hermann Goering has launched a Secret police system to oversee the Gleichschaltung wave. The force, answering to Goering, will monitor and suppress activities deemed dangerous to the state with Berlin headquarters coordinating across Prussia and district offices reporting directly to him.
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Prussian
Berlin
Hermann Goering
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Reich
Goering
Hermann ‘Goering
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Prussia
Ber- UN
German Jews recover lost positions pledge at League meeting
A representative of Chancellor Hitler at a League of Nations council meeting pledged that Germany will restore positions lost by German Jews in Upper Silesia. The move responds to claims Jews were barred from professions, violating a Polish German treaty guarantee of rights regardless of race. Oscar Jacobson received 90 days in Ketchikan federal jail after pleading guilty to larceny in Craig.
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Geneva
Hitler
Council of the
League of Nations
Germany
Upper Silesia
Ketchikan
Oscar Jacobson
Yester
Craig
Peters
Land
United States
Albers White
Bodies of 2 boys found in Tulare Creek
Anchorage report says Harris Schultz aged 19 and Seragi Schultz aged 15, sons of T. J. Schultz, Indian Bureau School Tilamna, were recovered from Tulare Creek after drowning May 8 while trapping beaver.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Matt Nieminen
Harris Schultz
Seragi Schultz
T. J.schultz
Indian Bureau
Tilamna
Tulare Creek
Brennan Named Acting Postmaster Petersburg Alaska
Post master General Farley named Richard Brennan acting postmaster at Petersburg Alaska on June 6. Brennan will oversee local mail service as city officials and residents await further appointment details.
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Brennan
Petersburg
Washington
Farley
Richard Brennan
Alaska
Mattern’s around the world solo flight halted at Omsk
Jimmy Mattern reached Moscow and then Omsk for repairs delaying his record attempt. He logged 12 hours 21 minutes for the leg from Moscow and plans to press toward Irkutsk, aiming to catch the Post and Gatty record despite a nine hour stoppage for repairs and lingering headwinds.
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Omsk
Siberia
Jimmy Mattern
Moscow
Mattern
Post
Gatty
Yakubak
Atlantic
Post and Gatty
Novosibirsk
Irkutsk
World’s greatest dam begins rising in Boulder City
Concrete pouring starts on the Colorado River dam at 11 this forenoon and will continue over two years. The structure will rise about 730 feet above foundation, using 7,000,000 tons of concrete.
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Boulder City
Nevada
Colorado River
Flier's Widow Engaged to Mining Engineer in California
Mrs. Thra Stella Merrill widow of Russell Merrill the Alaskan aviator who died in a 1929 Anchorage crash announces her engagement to William Blackstone Maitland an Arizona and Nevada mining engineer. Maitland a Stanford graduate and member of a prominent Los Angeles family is currently active in Nevada mining.
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Cal
Thra Stella Merrill
Russell Merrill
Anchorage
Alaska
Wiliam Blackstone Maitland
Arizona
Nevada
Stanford
Los Angeles
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