Agreement Reported Over Chairmanship In Monet Committee
London bulletin reports United States victory in securing James M Cox as chairman of the Monetary Committee after a conference with France. Hull signals hope for progress at the conference and a possible de facto dollar stabilization within 48 hours. French mood softens with prospect of dollar stabilization amid tense relations easing.
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London
United States
James M. Cox
Vital Monetary Committee
Hull
America
France
Georges Bennett
Monetary Committee
Soviet Union Loses At London Trade Meet
London June 15 Maxim Litvinov, Soviet Foreign Affairs Commissar, offered a billion dollar trade ban at the World Economic Conference but failed to persuade. Experts say the plan required long term credits for full purchases and a world pact to end all weapons of economic warfare.
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London
Maxim Litvinoff
Soviet Union
Russia
Stock Prices Drop As Market Slides In Trading session
New York June 16 prices fell across many top shares as the dollar strength and reports of a possible Anglo American currency stabilization weighed on sentiment. Major losses hit American Telephone and Telegraph, Allied Chemical, and several others, while a number of notable issues closed lower, reflecting a dull market. Closing quotes list Alaska Juneau at 18 1 2, American Can 87, Bethlehem Steel 27, General Motors 35, United States Steel 51 1 2, and other readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Telephone
Telegraph
Allied Chemical
Volatile
Jase
Santa Fe
American Smelting
American ‘Tobacco
Delaware and Hudson
Aircraft
Dupont
American Can
North American
General Electric
Westinghouse Electric
United States Smelting
Alaska Juneau
Dome Mines
McIntyre
Porcupine
New York Central
Radio
Bethlehem Steel
Western Union
General Food
Goodyear
Alaska
American Power and Light
Anaconda
Coty
Armour B
Calumet and Hecla
Continental Ol
Fox Films
General Motors
International Harvest
Kennecott
Packard Motors
Standard Brands
United States Steel 51
Timken
Roller
American Cyn
Wien
Curtiss-Wright
Dalton family children to receive degrees at Missouri
Seven sons and daughters of F A Dalton of Columbia, a local businessman, have earned 10 degrees from the University of Missouri, with an eleventh child to be awarded later this year.
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Columbia, Mo
Sevin Sons and Daughters
F A Dalton
Columbia
University of Missouri
Goodyear and Lieberling Boost Wages in Akron
In Akron Ohio on June 15 Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co announces a 10 percent wage increase effective tomorrow. Lieberling Rubber Co says it raised pay 5 percent on June 5 retroactive to June 1. More than 25 000 employees at the two firms are affected.
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Akron
Ohio
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Lieberling Rubber Company
Capt. Wright Found Dead In Pittsburgh Hotel
Capt. William P. Wright aged 68 years and national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic was found dead in his bed this morning in his Pittsburgh hotel room. He hailed from Chicago and was a prominent Civil War veteran and leader.
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Pittsburgh
Penn
William P. Wright
Chicago
Grand Army of the Republic
Monarchial Move On Balkans Reported From Belgrade
Private cables from New York report Prince Sixtus of Parma has reached Belgrade as a confidential agent to persuade King Alexander to resolve the Croatian question. The aim is to enable restoration of the Austro Hungarian Monarchy and thwart Nazi plans for Austria's union with Germany.
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New York
Sixtus
Parma
Belgrade
Alexander
Austria
Germany
Mississippians Urged to Plant Town Gardens
Jackson June 15 Mississippi city dwellers should spend two hours daily on vegetable garden work, urged by J C Holton commissioner of agriculture. He says the schedule would produce enough vegetables to feed families and help solve the state's food problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
J. C. Holton
Roosevelt and Congress Set for Clash Over Veterans Bill
President Roosevelt prepares a veto message ready for Congress as the Senate, by 51 to 39, backs the Steiner amendment limiting liberalized allowances. House members plan to renew current appropriations and permit necessary spending for veterans and other agencies not funded.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Mattern's Alaska Flight Delayed Seven Hours
Moscow reports Jimmy Mattern, famed solo flyer, on route to Nome Alaska from Khabarovsk Siberia. He is seven hours overdue, wife in Walla Walla expresses fear and asks for word the moment the paper learns.
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Moscow
Jimmy Mulvern
Nome
Alaska
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Nome Nome
Jimmy Mattern
Khabaroosk
Stoddard King Dies in Spokane At Age 43
Spokane June 15 Known worldwide for There’s a Long Loss Trail Stoddard King columnist of the Spokesman Review and humorist died today of sleeping sickness He was 43 and survived by his widow and two daughters A fishing base in Cordova will be used once the new landing field is ready by Northern Air Transport Company formed five years ago.
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Spokane
Wash
Stoddard King
Spo Spokesman Review
Cordova
Northern Air Transport Company
Scout Leader and Boy Drown After Beach Rescue Attempt
TACOMA Washington June 15 John Bell 43 a Boy Scout troop leader who had just received a Senior Life Savers Seceaer and 10 year old Bernard Thomas were drowned last night while swimming on a beach Bell tried to rescue Thomas after a rif drifted into deep water The boy struggled and both went under.
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Tacoma
Wash
John Bell
Seceaer
Bernard Thomas
Bell
Young Thomas
Navy Criticizes Navy Custom After Akron Crash
Washington June 15 The Congressional Committee investigating the Akron airship crash criticised the Navy practice of transferring airship personnel to sea duty and warned of loss of aircraft operations to a separate Navy Air Corps if not corrected by the next Congress session Commander Herbert V Wiley the lone surviving Akron officer was moved to sea duty on the West Coast
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Washington
Congressional
Akron
Navy
Congress
Navy Air Corps
Herbert V. Wiley
Sonat
Three Fourths of States Stage Musical Contests
Emporia Kansas June 15 three fourths of the states in the union now hold high school music contests a survey by Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia reveals. Prank A Beach head of the college music department is credited with originating the idea in 1912 and has helped launch similar contests nationwide. Beach has acted as judge in more than five hundred contests.
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Emporia
Eas
Second Dimond bill for home rule approved
The Chamber of Commerce endorsed Delegate Dimond's second home rule bill, transferring control of fur and game animals in Alaska to the Territory, with minimal debate and broad support. CT Gardner opposed costs near 90,000 annually. Notables at the meeting included Mrs. A H Nordale, P C McMullen, I Merrick, Nick Bez, Hans Floe, and W R Garster. Merrick urged a Washington trip to secure funds from Congress for Alaska projects.
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Chamber of Commerce
Dimond
Alaska
CT. Gardner
Chamber
Alaska Game Commission
A. H. Nordale
P. C. McMullen
Territorial Board of Education
I. Merrick
Seattle
Nick Bez
Hans Floe
W. R. Garster
Congress
Merrick
Washington
Dinand
Focal
Alaska Get Explicit Provision in National Recovery Act
Delegate Dimond telegraphed Gov. John W. Troy that Alaska is expressly provided for in the National Industrial Recovery Act. The public works section covers almost all kinds of public works in states and territories including Alaska. It authorizes the President to allot funds for highways and improvements, including National Forest roads.
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Dimond
John W. Troy
Alaska
Sage
National Forests
Macon Returns From Air Trip After Chicago Visit
Airship Macon completed a test flight of 48 hours and 50 minutes then returned to the airdock last night after cruising the Midwest and visiting the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago.
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Akron
Ohio
Macon
Mid- West
Chicago
Seattle Judge Threatened Over Riot Eviction Case
Superior Court Judge Malcolm Douglas presiding over the ring of 16 unemployed men charged with rioting during eviction proceedings received a threatening letter directing how to conduct the case. The note was handed to city detectives.
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Seattle
Superior Court
Malcolm Douglas
Oklahoma hiker trick at crossings causes cautionary pause
Lawton Oklahoma residents report a new hitchhiker tactic at railroad crossings. Unidentified individuals position themselves as flagmen to urge motorists to slow down and plead for a ride, prompting safety concerns and police attention.
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Lawton
Okla
Oklahoma
Roosevelt denial ends rumor of attempted kidnapping at fire scene
In Rye Beach New Hampshire June 15 the Roosevelt family stayed with relatives after a blaze caused at least 5000 in damage to their home. James Roosevelt son of the president disputed a White House and police claim of threats to kidnap his young daughter saying there is no truth to the report and investigators viewed the fire as unrelated.
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Rye Beach
New Hampshire
James Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
Young Roosevelt
Boston
White House
Washington
Kidnapper Is Shot and Killed When Trapped in Roseburg
In Roseburg Oregon on June 15 policeman shot and killed Jack Haley a garage mechanic who tried to collect a 125 ransom after kidnapping Ray Compton attorney. Prank Park driver of Haley s car and Reta and Douglas Winningham were arrested as Compton was found chained at a house on the town outskirts where he was overpowered and forced to write a ransom note to his wife.
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Roseburg
Oregon
Jack Haley
Ray Compton
Haley
Prank Park
Reta
Douglas Winningham
Compton
Girl Kidnaped From Room In Night Clothes
Denver authorities search for Phyllis Nickerson a 14 year old girl kidnapped last night after answering a bedroom window knock. She was found to have obtained a marriage license to wed George Legler 24 alleged rejected suitor. grandmother says he kidnapped her.
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Denver
Col
Phyllis Nickerson
Prominent San Francisco Pair Visit Alaska
Mr and Mrs V Ford of San Francisco travel north aboard the Princess Norah. They plan a stop at Skagway to visit Atlin and Wess Taku Arm and will return south on the Princess Louise next week. Mr Ford is an officer with Grace Line steamers in San Francisco.
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V. Ford
San Francisco
Gkagway
Atlin
Wess Taku Arm
Princess Louise
Pord
Grace Line
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Explorer
Lincoln Ellsworth
North Pole
Mary Louise Ulmer
Pottsville
Capt. Wright
Mattern
Walla Walla, Wash
James Mattern
Stoddard
Crowns
Boy
Lamson
Allene
Stanford Universe
Cal
David A. Lamson
San Jose
Dolores Roberts
Miss Roberts
Margaret Lamson
Allene Genevieve Ars
Duncan Oneal
Associated Press
England
Miss Hall
Congressional Committee
France’s
Lyette Teppas
Paris
Montreal
Canada
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