Heat Wave Roasts Nation With High Temperatures
A record breaking June heat wave sweeps across the country. Wisconsin leads fatalities with ten deaths, followed by Indiana and Michigan with nine each. Chicago hits 98 as Lone Rock and Berlin report 106.
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Chicago
Pacific Northwest
Mercury
Georgia
Lake Superior
Middle West
Wisconsin
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Nebraska
Kentucky
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Lone Rock
Berlin
Salt Lake
Denver
Chamber Talk On Recovery Plan At Noon Luncheon
Charles Rose of the U S Chamber of Commerce EB W Griffin Alaska secretary and R F Lewis Ju neau Water Co president will attend the local chamber luncheon at Bailey's Cafe. Rose will discuss the National Industrial Recovery Act and its local impact as the main speaker amid strong interest in the administration's emergency program.
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Charles Rose
United States Chamber of Commercce
EB. W. Griffin
Alaska
R. F. Lewis
Juneau Water Company
Jocal Chamber of Commerce
Bailey's Cafe
Rose
Salary Schedules Of Corporations To Be Probed
Washington reports on June 2 as government probes salary schedules of corporations. Officials plan hearings to examine compensation structures, disclose executive pay, and assess possible regulatory implications for corporate governance and wage equity.
Moley to London to aid parley at world conference
Raymond Moley, fresh from a sea talk with President Roosevelt, heads to London as the Executive Chief's messenger to the Americans at the World Economic Conference. Observers expect an early reveal of strategy behind currency stabilization and the U.S. administration's cautious approach.
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New York
Raymond Moley
Roosevelt
Rooterwell
London
Moley
Death of Eckley C Guerin Shocks Juneau Alaska
Eckley C Guerin a cadastral engineer for the U S Bureau of Surveys in Alaska dies at his Distin Avenue home after a fatal myocarditis attack Survivors include his widow three children and siblings He was born August 11 1882 in Eckley Oregon and had a long career surveying in Alaska including work on the International Boundary Survey and with the General Land Office.
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Juneau
Eckley C. Guerin
U. S. Bureau of Surveys
Alaska
Distin Avenue
Guerin
Eckley
Malcolm Morrison
Hem
Seattle
Thomas Guerin
W. Dryce
Myrtle Point Ore
Charles Guerin
Los Angeles
Coquille
Oregon
Amy H. Kinnicutt
Canada
The
Land Office
General Land Office
Salvage dredge to raise Islander from Stephens Passage
About 30 men under Capt. Frank Curtis begin a months long salvage to refloat the Islander resting 32 years in Stephens Passage. Curtis-Wiley Marine Salvage Company funds and directs the effort using barges scows a tug and gasboat. The plan is to refloat and beach the vessel at Green Cove Admiralty Island by cable and donkey engines from the Griffson barge.
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Stephens Passage
Thas
Frank Curtis
Curtis-Wiley Marine Salvage Company
C. A Hayes
Venger
Green Cove
Admiraalty Island
Griffson
United States Shipping Board
Lutherans Seek 50 Percent Delegate Cut for 1934 Convention
United Lutherans Church executive board urges district governing bodies to approve a 50 percent reduction in delegates for the 1934 convention. Meeting may move from Sayapnah Georgia to a more central location to save costs if unanimous approval is not obtained.
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New York
The
United Lutherans Church
Sayapnah
Georgia
Want Farley to speed up on patronage Washington
Democratic House members have formed a special committee to seize patronage jobs held by Republicans, targeting about 800 Library of Congress positions with salaries from 1200 to 6000 dollars yearly. The group seeks a list of posts and wants Democratic names placed into them after presenting the list to Postmaster General Parley.
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Washington
Parley
Library of Congress
Empties Mark Trail Across Saharan Sands
NATROBI Kenya June 21 Two British motorists traveling from Liverpool to the Cape report using a trail of empty wine bottles to navigate the Sahara. They praised French bus passengers for discarding empties, saying the trail helped them find their way through the sands.
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Natrobi
Kenya
Sahara
Liverpool
Cape
Film Comedy Team Changes Roles and Dramatic Leads
Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel shift from slapstick to serious leads. Less than a month earlier Lai sued for divorce from wife of 20 years, while the duo faced a divorce case charging Myrtle Lee Hardy with mental cruelty.
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Oliver Hardy
Lai
Les Laurel
Myrtle Lee Hardy
Hardy
Rev Harstad Dies in Tacoma Court Divorce Case
In Tacoma a 1921 marriage joined Rev Harstad and Mrs Hardy. A 1929 divorce suit alleged cruelty and misconduct by Harstad, then 84, with disputed links to Pacific Lutheran College. The fragmented OCR recalls postwar allegations and a contested split.
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Hardy's
Tacoma
Wash
Hardy
Harstad
Pacific Lutheran College
Women Aid Men in Levee Battle at Bonners Ferry
Bonners Ferry Idaho June 21 Women join men in defending Kootenai River levees weakened by the heaviest flood in 30 years. About 1500 workers have fought the rising waters for days as exhaustion rises among the team. Portland Oregon June 21 reports the Columbia River flood recedes in most areas with Wenatchee noted as an exception.
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Idaho
Kootenai River
Portland
Isregon
Columbia River
Wenatchee
Juneau Citizens Thanked by C of C Tourists
Radiogram from Sitka signed by Foster McGovern of the Alaska Department Seattle Chamber of Commerce carries a message from the Goodwill Tour thanking Juneau citizens for a cordial welcome and delightful time. The party was enthusiastic about the friendly reception.
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The
Empire
Sitka
Foster McGovern
Alaska
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Juneau
Alfonso Bourbon Jr Marries Cuban In Laubanne
Alfonso Bourbon Jr the former Prince of Asturias and heir to the vacant throne of Spain wed Elcairda Sampedro y Robato of Havana Cuba in Laubanne Switzerland on June 21. The ceremony joined a former prince and a Cuban merchant's daughter in a high society federation.
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Laubanne
Switzerland
Alfonso Bourbon, Jr
Prince of Asturias
Spain
Alfonso
Elcairda Sampedro Y Robato
Havana
Cuba
Paul Kester Dies at 62 A Romance and Comedy Writer
Paul Kester, aged 62, author of When Knighthood Was in Den and Sweet Nel of Old Drury, died yesterday after a brief illness at Mowegan Lake. He was known for romantic plays and sharp comedy.
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Mowegan Lake
Paul Kester
Den
Old Drury
Landslide for change in dry law sweep grows
Iowa joined Connecticut and New Hampshire in voting for repealing the Eighteenth Amendment, pushing total repeal states to fourteen. Repealist margins exceed dry votes in twelve states that have voted on the substitute amendment, with Iowa's repeal lead above 125 000. Connecticut voted one to one, New Hampshire over two to one.
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Chicago
Til
Iowa
Connecticut
New Hampshire
United States
Roosevelt Resting Aboard Yacht on Nantucket Run
Gloucester Mass June 21 The president’s yacht anchored in the outer harbor after a run from Nantucket. Weather allowed a longer voyage toward Provincetown and officials planned to resume the cruise. Roosevelt discussed international and national issues with Col E M House and Budget Director Douglas on veterans’ allowances.
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Gloucester
Mass
Roosevelt
Nantucket
Provincetown
Col. E. M. House
Wilson
Douglas
Making Effort to End Strike in Seattle
Striking salmon fishermen weigh a new price plan six cents for small and four cents for white meat, with large fish at ten cents a pound. Dealers propose the deal to start the summer run and a decision is expected tomorrow as fishermen doubt acceptance. Mrs. J H Guffey, widow of Langley leader, arrives in Juneau aboard the Princess Louise, to stay a week.
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Seattle
J. H. Guffey
Langley
Washington
Juneau
H. R. VanderLeest
Guffey
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Uderstood
Curtis- Wiley Marine Salvage Company
Wiley Interests
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Farley
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