United States to centralize Alaska governance units urged
Secretary Hubert Work of the Interior calls for centralized federal administration in Alaska noting nine of ten executive departments run Territory affairs. Last year Alaska cost $10,467,064 with 22 bureaus supervising 125 activities, averaging $380 per white inhabitant and $150 per inhabitant including Indigenous groups.
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Washington
Alaska
Hubert Work
Interior Department
Federal
Work
Department of the Interior
War Department
Department of Commerce
Oregon Battleship Towed to Portland for Permanent Laying Up
The battleship Oregon with disabled guns and engines at Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton is in tow of tugs heading to Portland where it is expected to lie permanently.
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Seattle
Oregon
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Bremerton
Portland
Theatre Man Held Up And Robbed in Seattle
Theatres man Ted Harris, assistant manager at Pantages, was robbed in Seattle as he parked to enter the Canadian Bank of Commerce. Two masked armed men seized a satchel carrying $6,000 and fled. A girl observer later changed to a man in appearance as the incident unfolded.
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Seattle
Ted Harris
Pantages Theatre
Belgium to Negotiate Debt Funding Settlement
Washington June 9 Belgium will send a commissioner to the United States in late July to negotiate the debt funding settlement with the United States.
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Belgium
Washington
State Department
United States
Germany May Return to Monarchy Possible Says Ex-US Ambassador
Jane G. Gerard, former ambassador to Germany, after a six week European tour, favors von Hindenburg as president viewing it as a bulwark against Reds and Soviets. He predicts constitutional changes toward a stronger government and possible monarchy revival. The Crown Prince is praised as having learned adversity.
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New York
Jane
James Gerard
Germany
United States
Europe
von Hindenburg
Russia
Gerard
Ife
Michigan Law Aims to Curb Drunken Drivers
LANSING Mich June 9 A new and drastic drunken driver law is in effect in Michigan. Enacted by the 1925 Legislature at the urging of law enforcement and city groups, it requires mandatory license suspension for first offenders upon conviction. A first offense carries three months license surrender and fines from 50 to 100 dollars and up to 60 days in jail. Second offenses trigger automatic suspension for at least a year with fines up to 500 dollars and up to one year in prison or both.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Church Wants to Know What Collegians Expect
RACINE Wis June 9 What the student body of the Council of the Episcopal Church expects from the church in the present day regions controversy will be determined here June 18 24 when the triennial assembly of the National Student Council is in session The assembly will be divided into eight discussion groups with personnel rotating daily to allow cross campus dialogue A final forum will hear reports accept or reject decisions and shape policy for the next triennium.
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Racine
Wis
Council of the Episcopal Church
National Student Council
New Orleans
Security pact proposed for five nations
Geneva reports an Allied security note to Germany outlines a five nation pact. It would create the Rhine territory framework and neutral guarantees via arbitration treaties among France Germany Belgium Poland and Czechoslovakia. A supplement notes forceful defiance marks the aggressor and France may aid Poland if attacked.
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Geneva
Germany
France
Belgium
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Dirigibles Not To Search For Capt Amundsen
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur refused the Norwegian Aero Club of New York request to send the Los Angeles or Shenandoah to hunt for Amundsen. He said dirigibles will not chase wild geese to the Polar regions and noted neither craft would be ready before MacMillan expedition airplanes begin a search in the north.
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Washington
Wilbur
Norwegian Aero Club of
New York
Los Angeles
Shenandoah
Amundsen
MacMillan
Prediction Is Made On Polar Flight From Spitzbergen
Oslo reports meteorologists and airplane workers who joined Spitzbergen expedition have returned to Bergen and doubt Amundsen’s planes were wrecked at landing They expect Amundsen and Ellsworth will not try to fly back but continue trudging the Polar ice toward Cape Columbia.
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Oslo
Spitzbergen
Bergen
Amundsen
Ellsworth
Polar
Cape Columbia
Paris Polar Explorer Plans July Search for Amundsen
Dr. Jean Carcot, noted French polar explorer, announces plans to depart in the first week of July to search for Roald Amundsen, pursuing a new expedition in the Arctic.
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Paris
Jean Carcot
Amundsen
Supreme Court Unveils Two New Rules for Court Access
The Supreme Court announces a rule to bar unqualified lawyers from appearing before it and another rule requiring diligent prosecution of all cases. Washington reports on June 9.
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Supreme Court of U. S
Washington
Supreme Court
Paroled runners meet at Gloucester train stop
In Gloucester on June 9 a brass band and hundreds gathered to greet Albert Gowan and Charles McPhee as they stepped from a train returning from Atalanta Penitentiary.
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Gloucester
Mass
Albert Gowan
Charles McPhee
Atalanta Penitentiary
Stampeders crowd Cassiar region and Dease Lake trail
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports a bustling northern stampede along the Telegraph Creek and Dease Lake route. Ingoing stampers buy outfits despite grub shortages, while Hudsons Bay Company tractors move five tons toward Dease Lake. Leeds Townsend engineers head to McAdams Creek to inspect a dredge proposition as Dickinson Mining's tractor advances with freight and passengers.
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Seattle
Dease Lake
Leeds
Townsend
McAdams Creek
Dickinson Mining Company
Earthquake Registered At Gonzales Observatory
Victoria B C June An earthquake has been registered at Gonzales Observatory near Formosa. The tremor continued for three hours this morning.
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Gonzales
Victoria
B. C
Gonzales Observatory
Formosa
Logging Camps to Shut Down in Western Washington
Ninety percent of logging operations in Western Washington using rail transport will suspend when higher rates take effect. J. L. Bridge of Sound Timber Company made the announcement after a conference with Associated Log Shippers. Railroads have announced a 40 percent rate increase, leaving five hundred workers out of jobs as camps close in the Willapa Harbor district.
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Seattle
Washington
J. L. Bridge
Sound Timber Company
Associated Log Shippers
Raymond
Willipa Harbor
Chinese Bankers Back Students Boycott Efforts
The Chinese Bankers Association pledged support to students boycotting British and Japanese bank notes. In Shanghai a strike by wharf workers, quarter masters, seamen and engine crews disrupted several ships as student demonstrations spread.
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Peking
Chinese Bankers’ Association
Shanghai
Dirigible Los Angeles Breaks Down on Flight
Mechanics race repairs on the dirigible Los Angeles at Lakehurst New Jersey after engine failure in heavy winds over Central Ohio. Officials expect orders from Washington to resume the Minnesota flight within three to four days once repairs are complete.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Los Angeles
Washington
Minnesota
Ohio
Direct Primary Law Changes Are Proposed
SEATTLE June 9 A bill modifying the direct primary law to provide for an advisory party nominating conventions will be introduced at the special session of the Legislature in the Fall State Senator George Christenson announces. The bill aims to prevent members of one party from running under cover of another.
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Seattle
George Christenson
Neighbors Save Boy Attacked By Mad Dog
Ida Wallace June 9 report describes quick neighbor aid for Thomas Jordan of Gem after a large shepherd dog went mad and attacked him. The dog was shot after inflicting deep wounds on the boy’s face shoulders chest and arms.
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Wallace
Ida
Thomas Jordan
Gem
Bank Robbery Cleared Up in Bothell Case
Seattle dispatch reports Justice Court charged Alva Kilbourne of Everett with the Bothell State Bank holdup last Friday. Kilbourne, in critical condition in Portland, claims George Jones was killed by citizens after the robbery. He describes the events leading to two deaths, loot dumped in the Snohomish River, and subsequent movements to Snohomish and Portland with his brother Harry.
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Seattle
Justice Court
Alva Kilbourne
Everett
Bothell State Bank
Harry
John Pollock
Portland
Matt Starwich
George Jones
Bothell
Alva
James Pollock
Kilbourne
Snohomish
President Coolidge Leaves For Washington
President Coolidge has started for Washington and will arrive there tomorrow. A reception was held for the President and his party at the home of Secretary of State Kellogg in St. Paul.
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Paul
Coolidge
Washington
Kellogg
Seven Hundred Shriners Open Rainier National Park Season
Seven hundred Shriners arrive in Tacoma to formally open Rainier National Park season. This marks the largest party to visit the mountain so early in the year as the sightseeing begins.
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Shriners
Big Park
Tacoma
Wash
Rainier National Park
Mania for legislation threatens American politics
Secretary Hoover urged credit restrictions and punishment for credit criminals to the National Association of Credit Men. Senator Wess warned a mania for legislation endangers policy by prioritizing public appeal over sound economic judgment, noting bureaucratic growth in government over the last two decades.
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Washington
Commerce
Hoover
National Association of Credit Men
Wess
Ohio
Agriculture Department
Canton Rebels Fire On Boat With U S Flag
A Hong Kong dispatch to the Evening Post says Canton rebels fired on a launch flying the American flag. Four Americans were aboard the launch at the time, but no further details are provided.
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Canton
U. S
New York
Evening Post
Hongkong
Rivalry Claims Spark Chinese Power Shift
A Tokyo dispatch to the Daily Telegraph cites an Associated Press report that Russia and Japan back Feng and Chang as China rivals. A Hongkong dispatch to the Daily Express notes Canton residents fled to an island amid British protectorate guards, as Yunnanese forces gain strength and threaten Cantonese control.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Associated Press
Washington
Russia
Japan
Feng
Chang
China
The
Daily Express
Hongkong
Canton
Canton under renewed fighting amid refugee river traffic
Fighting factions in Canton renewed attacks with casualties reported as river steamers crowded with refugees await a crossing blocked by fire across the Chukang river.
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Canton
Chukang River
Investigating Coal Deposits at Chickaloon Ridge
Seattle June 9. The Bureau of Mines will investigate anthracite coal deposits at Chickaloon Ridge after the Geological Survey report last year. Permits in the Anchorage district are in use. Alaska Railroad locomotives will test the coal and, if satisfactory, large shipments are planned.
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Seattle
Chickaloon Ridge
Geological Survey
Bureau of Mines
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Anchorage
Alaska Railroad
Bank of Carbon Robbed Near Terre Haute
Terre Haute Ind June 9 The Bank of Carbon near here was held up yesterday afternoon by three bandits who escaped in an automobile with 30000 dollars.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Bank of Carbon
Here
Ocean currents blamed for rains shift in two oceans
Washington reports two ocean current changes linked to rainfall in arid regions. Humboldt current altered its path bringing rains south of Peru and a Japan current shift about 600 miles east of Japan, possibly tied to three year low solar radiation. Ocean response lags atmospheric input.
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Washington
Navy Hydrographic Office
Antarctic
South America
Japan
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