Tientsin Shooting Reported Amid Concession Tension
June 16 dispatch notes two Chinese men handed food into the British Concession were shot dead by Japanese guards near the U S Marine barracks. The incident follows tightened controls as Japan steadies its position and Britain plans immediate steps. Washington voices concern over American interests in Tientsin under blockade.
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Tientsin
United States Marine Barracks
London
China
Japan
Hai River
Washington
United States
Eugene H. Dooman
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Briton Held by Japanese Is Released
Tientsin June 16 Eric Mayell British newsreel cameraman held by the Japanese military since last Wednesday for photographing Japanese positions near the blockade of the British and French concessions has been released. It is said his films have been confiscated.
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Tientsin
Eric Mayell
Closing stock quotataions and financial notes
Stocr Quotations NEW YORK June 16 closing quotes Alaska Juneau mine 7 percent American Can 91 percent American Power and Light 4 percent Anaconda 22 percent Bethlehem Steel 54 percent Commonwealth and Southern 1 percent Curtiss Wright 5 percent General Motors 43 percent International Harvester 57 percent Kennecott 32 percent New York Central 14 percent Northern Pacific United States Steel 46 percent Pound 4683.16 Dow Jones averages industrials 194.67 rolls 26.98 utilities 23.25 Marriage license issued by U S Commissioner Felix Gray to Ray Robert Hagerup and Mary Constance Metcalf.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
American Power and Light
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
Commonwealth and Southern
Curtiss Wright
General Motors
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
United States Steel
DOW, Jones
Utilities
Mead Bull bill aims at insured small industrial loans
Washington hears a Mead Bull bill to insure 80 to 90 percent of bank loans for small industries patterned after the Federal Housing Act. It faces Senate banking committee hurdles but may be revised to pass this session with support from bankers and figures like Wagner, Prank, and Senator Mead.
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Washington
Mead Bull
Senate Banking Committee
Federal Reserve System
Reserve
Eagle-Eyed
Eccles
Adams
Colorado
Wagner
New York
Jerome Prank
Securities and Exchange Commission
Senator Mead
Germany Rejects AMCC Ruling Over 1916 17 Damages
Berlin today announced Germany does not recognize the American Mixed Claims Commission decision holding the Reich liable for the Black Tom and King’s Island munitions disasters. The commission, which announced the ruling yesterday in Washington, granted American damage awards totaling 50 million dollars.
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Berlin
King's Island
Washington
King and Queen Farewell From Empress of Britain Voyage
Radio greetings from President and Mrs Roosevelt conveyed farewell wishes to King George and Queen Elizabeth aboard the Empress of Britain. The royal couple left Halifax last night on the return voyage to England after visits to Canada and the United States.
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Roosevelt
George
Queen Elizabeth
Halifax
England
Canada
United States
French Sub Goes Down With 63 Aboard
Paris reports the French submarine Phenix with 59 officers and four men aboard failed to reappear after a dive off Camranh Bay in French Indo China. Anxious officials say a search by Indo China naval forces and unattached ships is ongoing as the submarine sinks in deep water with no depth given.
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Paris
French Navy Ministry
Phenix
Fer
Bay of Camrank
Indo-China
Bay of Camranh
Dragger Recovery of Tweed's Body From Channel
The body of pilot Charnel Tweed, died in a Yukon Southern seaplane crash, was recovered from the Channel after dark last night. Dr. W. M. Whitehead confirmed drowning with burns and bruises. Chief Dan Ralston and a dragging crew found the body at 10 30 p m as wreckage was raised by Jake Cropley’s pile driver and Snuffy boat crew.
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Charnel 40
W. M. Whitehead
Tweed
Dan Ralston
Jake Cropley
Cropley
Bill Crowe
Ingwald Peterson
Jack Roberts
Ralston
Longshoremen and Warehousemen push for six hour day
In San Francisco on June 16 CIO International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union members voted to demand a straight six hour day, higher wages, and improved working conditions across the Pacific Coast waterfront. They seek recognition of bona fide picket lines and lift board provisions, with Alaska Longshoremen largely uncounted. Separately, Demmer F. Boyer and family traveled through Juneau en route to Willamina Oregon for the summer after arriving on Elecna and departing on the North Coast Route.
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San Francisco
Cal
CIO International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Pacific Coast
Alaska
Demmer F. Boyer
Noorvik
Juneau
Willamina
Oregon
Boyers
U. S
Walter Hellan Leff
Waterfall
Prince of Wales Island
George F. Alexander
Alaska Steamship Company
Northland Transportation Company
Alaska Transportation Company
Pacific American Ship Owners Association
Sakina
Hellan
Alex Holden
Junvali
Petersburg
Ketchikan
Stearns
ASPSU
Alaska Purse Seivers' Union
Metlakatla
Hydaburg
Craig
Klawock
Wrangell
Hoonah
Sitka
Angoon
Kuake
Doe
George Welas
E C. Sukow
Red McLeod
Oliver Olson
Whitey Nichols
Brady Edenso
Pete Carrier
Lex
Ter Gelson
Tommy Francis
Joe Krause
George Case
Wilbur Ridley
Tommie Thompson
Inman
Army Engineers to fly Alaska for new air base site study
Board of Army Engineers will fly to Alaska on June 22 to study sites for an Army air base planned for next year. The group will visit Ketchikan Juneau Sitka Anchorage Kodiak Unalaska Bethel Nome and Fairbanks. Delegate Dimond says Fairbanks remains favored. The trip is described as a double check.
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ARMY
Alaska
Washington
Board of Army Engineers
War Department
Territory
Wart Department
Anthony J. Dimond
Sand Point Air Station
Ketchikan
Juneau
Sitka
Anchorage
Kodiak
Unalaska
Bethel
Nome
Fairbanks
Taelegate Dimond
Army Air Base
Fast Service To Alaska Inaugurated
United Air Lines announces a new four day plane and steamer service to Alaska. A passenger leaving San Francisco Saturday morning can reach Juneau by Tuesday morning and proceed to Whitehorse or Fairbanks by Tuesday noon, with connections at Juneau to Pan American Airways.
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San Francisco
Cal
United Air Lines
Alaska
Juneau
Whitehorse
Fairbanks
PAA
Baseball Scores From This Afternoon in Both Leagues
National League Pittsburgh defeated Boston 4 to 2. American League games saw Cleveland 3 New York 4, Detroit 8 Boston 7, St. Louis 10 Philadelphia 11, Chicago 2 Washington 9.
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Boston
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
New York
Detroit
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Chicago
Washington
Plane crash survivor in Juneau hospital with pilot dead
In the Juneau harbor tragedy, pilot Charles Tweed, 40, was killed as a gasoline laden plane crashed after striking a dolphin on Douglas Island. Mechanic Cecil Pickell, 23, survived with severe shock and told how two boys, Jerry Cole and Wayne McGee, rescued him from the burning craft. Pickell praised the youths for their courage and recounted the fatal moment and the explosion that drove him from the wreck, while noting Tweed did not survive.
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Juneau
Charles Tweed
Cecil Pickell
Tweed
Pickell
Dease Lake
Douglas Island
Jerry Cole
Wayne McGee
Daily
Alaska Empire
Young Cole
Rae
Charlie
W. M. Whitehead
NEA Delegates Bask in Alaska Cruise Welcome
About 200 editors from small town papers toured Alaska as NEA leaders weighed a possible tile change. They visited Alaska Juneau mine and Mendenhall Glacier, then gathered for a record luncheon at the Baranof Hotel hosted by Juneau Chamber of Commerce officials. King salmon, iris, and marigolds highlighted the event with remarks from NEA President W H Conrad, Howard W Palmer and others.
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Alaska
National Editorial Association
NEA
Walter
Crim
Marjory Eck
Don Eck
Charles Carter
Mortick
Juneau Chamber of Commerce
Virginia Conrad
W. H. Conrad
W. W. Loomis
Rearrow
Curtis Shutinelli
Tom Dyer
Jinneau Rotary
Murry J. Lucas
Brooks Conrad
W. Conrad
Juneau
Baranof
Ray Harrington
Howard W. Palmer
Donald Eck
H. L. Paulkaher
PA. Silcox
U. S. Forest Service
Forest Service
NEA convention delegates listed by states in Alaska visit
Editors and their families from across the United States attend the NEA convention tour in Juneau Alaska. A complete delegate list includes California figures Fred M. Rolens Louis Meyer Mrs R M Sabine Helen M Stevens Dan L Beebe Bertha Phelps and D C Kennedy from Sausalito and Compton among others with Connecticut Howard W. Palmer noted.
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Juneau
NEA
Alaska
California
Fred M. Rolens
South Pasadena
Louis Meyer
Oakdale
Sabine
Review
Helen M. Stevens
Vista
Dan L. Beebe
Mercury Register
Oroville
Dan L. Beebe, Jr
Bertha Phelps
Sausalito
D. C. Kennedy
Compton
Connecticut
Howard W. Palmer
Press
Green
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