Danzig Poles Incident Sparks War Threats Study
Free City of Danzig charges Polish Customs Inspector Jan Henryk Lipiński with attempted kidnapping and espionage after he sought military details from visiting German storm troops by posing as a former officer. Warsaw protests while Britain and Russia push a new mutual assistance plan. Halifax outlines, Strang heads to Moscow.
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Associated Press
Free City of
Danzig
Free City
Great Britain
Russia
Jan Henryk Lipinski
Poland
Warsaw
Marian Chodacki
London
Lord Halifax
Ivan Maisky
Britain
Moscow
William Strang
Foreign Office
Bargaining Recognition Sparks Riot in Flint
In Flint Michigan June 12 police clashed with United Auto Workers pickets during a fight for recognition as the bargaining agent for General Motors workers. One dozen injured, three seriously, six men arrested as the entire police force mobilized. Plants began operations today despite the strike call.
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Flint
Mich
United Auto Workers
AFL
General Motors
Poisoned wine at Tokyo dinner targets Nanking officials
Japanese authorities in Nanking hunt for Chinese agents after wine served at the Japanese Consulate General's official dinner sickened twenty officials from both Japanese and Chinese sides. The statement calls the act a bold assault by enemies of the regime on officialdom. A separate note mentions M. Weston and Edward Burnett of Routhboro, Massachusetts, claiming invention of the first milk centrifugal separator in 1789.
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Tokyo
Nanking
M. Weston
Edward Burnett
Routhboro
Massachusetts
Two Divers Blow Up From Squalus Rescue Scene
Portsmouth New Hampshire June 12 Mishaps to two divers when both were accidentally blown to the surface one unconscious slowed the Navy salvage work on the sunken submarine Squalus. Walter Squires of Los Angeles shot upward after a 17 minute dive 240 feet below the surface and lay in decompression for hours Ted Weymouth rose with water in his suit and was freed quickly with no ill effects.
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Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Navy
Walter Squires
Los Angeles
Ted Weymouth
Alaska Editors Bound West On Alaska Cruise From Montana
Helena Montana June 12 The special rains carrying newspaper folk to the Alaska convention arrive en route to Seattle Editors depart Chicago St Paul and Minneapolis for Spokane Seattle and the steamer Aleutian which sails to Ketchikan Wrangel Juneau and Seward The trip includes visits to Anchorage Palmer Matanuska and Fairbanks with Mount McKinley Park lodging and a southbound itinerary to Valdez Cordova Sitka Skagway Petersburg Ketchikan Metlakatla and Seattle concluding June 29 The convention session and officer election are scheduled during the cruise.
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Helena
Montana
Alaska
Seattle
Chicago
Union Station
Town
Kansas
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Spokane
Aleutian
Seward
Valdez
Cordova
Sitka
Skagway
Juneau
Petersburg
Ketchikan
Metlakatla
Fire destroys fourstory building in San Francisco
Cal June 12 Michi Kigenoma 21 was burned to death and several others were carried or leaped to safety when a four story building housing the Japanese American News burned. The loss is estimated at 100000 dollars. Eleven firemen were injured fighting the blaze.
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San Francisco
Cal
Michi Kigenoma
Roosevelt warns against pacifism as defenses urged at West Point
President Roosevelt addresses the United States Military Academy graduation stressing that peace desires must not signal weakness while international politics demand stronger defenses. Alaska’s Theodore N. Hunsbedt, 23, graduates 147th of 456, from Juneau by Dimond appointment, seeking field artillery.
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West Point
America
Roosevelt
George
United States Military Academy
Juneau
Theodore N. Hunsbedt
B. Hunsbedt
United State Military Academy
Raymond
Wash
Anthony J. Dimond
Hunsbedt
Fieid Artillery
North Sea Stalled by North Sea Picket Line at Alaska Dock
The North Sea failed to unload at Beegle Packing dock as Alaska Salmon Purse Seiners picket boat blocked sailors. Sailors say no orders to break the line and the cannery cargo will be returned to Seattle aboard the North Sea.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
North Sea
Beegle Packing Company
Seattle
Six States Storm Hit and Lives Lost
A weekend wind and rain storm across six Midwestern states left six dead—three in Indiana, two in Ohio, one in Wisconsin—and caused extensive property damage. About 50 people were rescued from Lake Erie near Cleveland as the storm toppled houses, uprooted trees, and disrupted utilities across Indiana Illinois Ohio Michigan Wisconsin and Kentucky.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Ohio
Wisconsin
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Illinois
Michigan
Kentucky
Crafty Cincinnati Outfielder Sets League Putout Record
June 12 report notes Harry Craft of the Reds led the National League last season with the most putouts and the most total chances among all outfielders, highlighting his defensive prowess and reliability in center field.
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Cincinnati
Harry Craft
Reds
Wizard Jerome Frank to advise on rail legislation bloc
Washington June 12 The rail finance reform bloc gains inside help from Jerome Frank newly named chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission He aligns with Senator Wheeler and Congress urging to replace bonds with common stock as rails face financial strain The dispute over WPA pay meanwhile exposes Washington interests and Frank’s rising influence in New Deal policy debates
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Washington
Jerome Frank
Securities and Exchange Commission
Reforma
Wheeler of Montaner
Congress
SEC
Toreador
New York
New Deal
WPA
Prank
Interstate Commerce Com
Ceorgan
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Frank
Roosevelt
America
Thins
King and Queen End Four Day Visit in United States
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth wrapped up a four day U S tour aboard the Royal Pilot Train after a Hyde Park stopover with President Roosevelt. They drew large crowds across Canada and the United States during a 7 000 mile journey, enjoying picnics, hot dogs, and a glimpse of American life as they prepare to sail for England.
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ROYAL
Hyde Park
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Canada
England
United States
Roosevelt
Hudson Valley
Fairbanks Air Field Essential in Defense Plan
Washington reports plans for an eight million dollar air depot near Ogden Utah and a four million dollar air base at Fairbanks Alaska. The projects form key parts of War Department air defense expansion with immediate appropriations sought. General Arnold calls inland Alaska base essential for national defense and training in all weather flying.
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Washington
Ogden
Utah
Pairbanks
Alaska
Congress
War Department
House
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
Muir Craig
United States
Army
Arnold
Congress asked for more money for War Department
The House Appropriations Committee urged Congress to add 292 million dollars to next year’s War Department appropriation, seeking funds to build more Army planes and expand the Panama Canal Zone garrison and to provide education orders for war material purchases.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
War Department
Panama Canal Zone
Five inmates escape reformatory and hostage capture near Buena Vista
BUENA VISTA Colorado June 12 Four of six Colorado Reform atory inmates who escaped yesterday and for a time held Warden W H Johnson hostage were surrounded and captured shortly after daylight today in the rugged mountain country 20 miles east of here. The four were cold and hungry and were huddled around a camp fire. Two others are still at large.
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Buena Vista
Colorado
Mission Bombing Protested by U S Embassy
PEIPING June 12. The United States protested to the Japanese Embassy against the May 24 bombing of the American Southern Baptist Mission at Laiyang in Northern Shangtung Province by Japanese planes.
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Peiping
China
United States
American Southern Baptist
Laiyang
Shangtung Province
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Germany
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