Congress Set to Adjourn Tonight Amid Fire and Scores
Washington June 10 Congress aimed to adjourn tonight after a morning session. The Senate and House planned a brief extra session to finalize Roosevelts emergency program. A conference on the Industrial Bill and veterans compromise awaited action along with hundreds of nominations and eleventh hour appropriations. Speaker Rainey forecast no further session before January unless key measures fail.
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U S Goes to Parley With Five Big Arms
James M. Cox, 1920 Democratic presidential candidate, and Franklin D Roosevelt named him as a U S delegate to the London World Monetary and Economic Conference opening June 12. The Americans aim to stabilize currencies, boost silver, raise wheat prices, resume international capital flow, and cut tariffs while seeking a de facto currency anchor.
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London
James M. Cox
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cox
Ohio
Dayton
League of Nations
United States
Juneau Bar Protests Nonresidents for Alaska Posts
At a noon meeting the Juneau Bar Association adopted a resolution opposing appointments to federal Alaska posts by nonresidents. The telegram to Delegate Dimond asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to file it. The move followed talk of George F. Alexander’s nomination as U S Judge for Alaska. Mrs. Gus Schmitz departed for a trip to the states.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
George F. Alexander
Oregon
United States
Alaska
Dimond
Territory
Stock Market Dips Through Short Session
New York report describes a brief trading session with minimal enthusiasm and mixed movements. Profit taking appeared in some sectors while others showed tentative gains. United States Steel backlog outlooks aligned with expectations amid a softer dollar on foreign exchanges. An Anchorage note recounts two inmates escaping McNeil Island after a three year sentence for grocery theft.
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Consolidated Gas
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Morgan Hearing Ends with Financier Attacking Publication Policy
J P Morgan wrapped up three weeks of Senate Banking Committee hearings with a strong rebuke of publicity given to his firm's client list, saying it caused unwarranted criticism of customers. He protested breaches of confidentiality between bankers and clients as he read a list of connections including Woodin and Raskob, and warned that the disclosures harmed customers. Lamont was told to prepare for questions next fall as Morgan denied any political use of subscriber lists.
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Iain
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Nirman H. Davis
Owen D. Youn
John J. Raskob
War debts due notice sent to thirteen nations
Washington June 10 The government sent identical notes to thirteen debtor nations stating that on June 15 they will owe the United States a total of 144,179,000 dollars. The notes put pressure on capitals already involved in the pay or default dispute and follow a wave of related diplomatic activity.
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Mes Jo e Thibodeau and Family Visit Yakima This Summer
Mr and Mrs R E B Hutton and daughter Shirley H Jett will travel south on the motorship Norco to visit Mrs Thibodeaus family in Yakima Washington during the summer James Ramsey has joined the force at the California Grocery Stores in New York reporting heat waves in the Middle West and on the Atlantic seaboard with over 325 deaths and rising temperatures across the region
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Yakima
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Shirley H Jett
Joe ‘Thibodeau
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Cecelia
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Meat
Dorothy
United Food Company
Forco
Mrs.Thibodeau
Washington
James Ramsey
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Middle West
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Columbia River
New York Area
Fire blasts wreck celluloid plant in New Jersey
North Arlington June 10 eight killed five missing and seventy five injured as blasts tore a celluloid plant apart and set seven houses ablaze. Firemen searched ruins for bodies while bathers fled to the Passaic River amid rising heat and a second explosion. Police say incendarism suspected with clues found and threats against the plant operator.
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Atlantic Pyroxylin Waste Company
John Jackson
Alex Scheinzeit
Federal control urged for Alaska salmon canning trade
United States Commissioner of Fisheries Frank T. Bell, on his first official visit to the Territory, indicated that federal power may soon regulate the Alaska salmon canning industry. He arrived in Ketchikan yesterday, began private conferences and public meetings, and listened to local concerns.
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Ketchikan
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United States Commissioner of Fisheries
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