Basque Army Reform on New Defense Near Santander
Exposed to ceaseless sea shelling and air bombings the Basque Army shelters in the Galdames Mountains to defend Santander. The weary force concentrates along the hills near the Bilbao to Santander highway about 30 miles from Bilbao, with no sleep for days and little food while thousands of refugees strain supply lines.
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Castrourdiales
Spain
Galdames
Santander
Bilbao
Bay of Biscay
Catholic Schools Closed Across Bavaria in Obedience to Decree
In Munich and Bavaria hundreds of thousands of Catholic schoolchildren withdraw from church schools as authorities order dissolution of Catholic institutions. Parents consent to closures as the government enforces the decree, affecting 966 confessional schools across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bavaria Land
Munich
Bavaria
Southeast Alaska Fair Dates Set for September
The Southeast Alaska Fair in Juneau will run September 8 through 11. Secretary W. S. Pullen will hire R. B. Martin to oversee the event again. Board officers J. Mullen, J. P. Anerson, William B. Kirk, and W. S. Pullen were reelected, with Anderson Whittier and Robertson also reelected as directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau
W.S. Pullen
R. B. Martin
J. Mullen
J. P. Anerson
William B. Kirk
W. S. Pullen
John Beck
R. E. Robertson
M.S. Whittier
Anderson
Governor Gets Commission for Another Four Years
Governor John W. Troy received his commission from President Roosevelt to continue as Chief Executive of the Territory. The appointment was certified May 27, 1937, and runs four years to May 27, 1941. M. E. Monagle administered the oath with Alaska Secretary E. W. Griffin and Secretary to the Governor Harry G. Watson witnessing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Troy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Territory
M. E. Monagle
Alaska
E. W. Griffin
Harry G. Watson
Holzheimer
Nome
Ketchikan
Jail Term Made Easy
Evansville man James H. Yangley, 43, was convicted of drunken driving in city court and given a 30 day jail term to be served in his spare time, allowing him to spend time in jail only when he has free hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
James H. Yangley
Giant Hotel to Rise in Mount McKinley Park
The Interior Department plans a 350000 dollar giant hotel in Mount McKinley National Park. Construction starts around July 15 with 100 workers, operated by the Alaska Railroad, aiming for a grand opening next June.
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Washington
Interior Department
Mount McKinley National Park
Lsfret
Alaska Railroad
Students Pay Tuition Costs In Blood Money
Blood money helps pay tuition at the University of Texas as hospitals offer $25 per pint for blood donations. Donors report being sleepy briefly after giving. some have donated multiple times in nine months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
University of Texas
Fame Catches Up After 1 200 Years
Princeton June 21 New evidence that John Damascus eighth century theologian of the Eastern Church was both the Father of Byzantine Music and Father of Byzantine Art was disclosed by Prof Albert M Friend Jr of Princeton University A manuscript expedition to the Greek Orthodox monasteries on Mount Athos furnished the basis for identification
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Princeton
N. J
John Damascus
Albert M. Friend Jr
Princeton University
Mount Althos
Odox
Mount Athos
Back to Work Orders Stir Steel Regions
Federal mediators in Cleveland pressed for settlement as Youngstown Sheet Tube and Republic Steel ordered a seven o clock return to work. About 24 000 workers in the Youngstown area were involved in a strike ravaged by tension with CIO organizers predicting trouble if plant access occurred. John Mayer of the Steel Organizing Committee and Tom Gardier of the Mediation Board outlined the companies refusal to sign CIO contracts.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Little Steel
Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet Tube
Republic Steel
John Mayer
Steel Organizing Committee
Tom Gardier
Mediation Board
CIO
Catholic boys at camp for two weeks near shrine
A group of about a dozen Catholic Irish boys leaves this afternoon for a two week camp near the Shrine of St Terese. Named are Kenny Thibodeau Jacky Pasquan Robert Pasquan Emanuel Suarez Harold Manson Merritt Monagle Bob McManus Chuck Notar Bob Thibodeau George Shaw and others. Frank and Harry Cashen along with Joe Michaelson plan to depart for the camp next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shrine of St. Terese
Kenny Thibodeau
Jacky Pasquan
Robert Pasquan
Emanuel Suarez
Harold Michaelson
Merritt Monagle
Bob McManus
Chuck Notar
Bob Thibodeau
George Shaw
Frank
Harry Cashen
Joe Michaelson
Wek
Karnes Back A E Kathes After Alaska Textbook Talks
Commissioner of Education A E Kathes, who traveled to Ketchikan to confer with Superintendent Kelly on textbooks, returned to Juneau aboard the Dorothy Alexander today.
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A._E. Kathes
Ketchikan
Kelly
Juneau
Dorothy Alexander
Body of Red Haired Woman Found Near Grave in Los Angeles
The body of Mrs. Alice Jones wife of wealthy optical company owner Harole Jones was identified. A ten year old boy Malcolm Alberts found the body under a house while retrieving a baseball. Detectives found two graves under the house and a ring engraved Hal to Alice dated August 31, 1912.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Alice Jones
Harole Jones
Jones
Malcolm Alberts
Jeter
Hal
Alice
Tour Parties on Alexander for Interior
Two travel groups depart Seattle aboard the steamer Dorothy Alexander to voyage the Yukon River return to the Coast via Alaska Railroad. Julia Ann Hyde leads seventeen travelers from Orange County California with her travel service and praises the Alaska trip as a success.
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Seattle
Skagway
Dorothy Alexander
Yukon River
Alaska
Julia Ann Hyde
Santa Ana
California
W. A. Shedd
Berkeley
American Express
Orange County
Johnston
William Ellsworth
Safford
Arizona
Henry Meter
Roy Smith
Myron
Roy
Richard
Allen
Virginia Lee
John D. Rinard
John J. Harrison
F. E. Moore
Lulu B. Finley
Paris Sees Efforts to Rebuild Cabinet After Blum Overthrow
June 21 reports say trucks and mobile guards patrol Paris as Camille Chautemps seeks to form a new Cabinet to steer France from crisis after the Senate ousts Blum’s government. Guards guard the Senate against protests as Chautemps holds conferences with party leaders to gain support.
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Camille Chautemps
Paris
Mier
France
MM Trout
Senate
Ean Blum
Chautemps
International Park Plan Seeks Cross Border Alaska Park
Alaska leaders Dimond and Schwellenbach propose a joint international park from Chilkoot Pass to White River Pass to allow an inside route for American fliers, with Canada trading land and the U S designating Skagway as a free port. Roosevelt receptive. plan aims to ease winter travel hazards and create cross border recreation.
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Washington
Canada
Skagway
Alaska
Chilkoot
Chisana
White River
Anthony J. Dimond
United States
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Senate
Dimond
Schwellenbach
White House
Roosevelt
Mass Flight Navy Planes Underway Bound for San Diego
Twelve naval planes take off from the Canal Zone heading to San Diego in the longest nonstop mass flight in US naval history. The 3,000 mile journey began at noon and is expected to last about 24 hours with twelve officers and sixty enlisted men aboard.
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San Diego
Cal
Canal Zone
United States
Woman Passes As Man For 27 Years
BUDAPEST June 21 Paul Kuszenda 39 was jailed for obtaining money under false pretenses and placed in the men's section. A prison doctor later learned the inmate was a woman, who confessed to being Maria Kuszenda. She said she wore male clothes since age 12 fought 18 months on the front in World War I and later burglaries, for which she served terms as a man.
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Budapest
Paul Kuszenda
Maria Kuszenda
Longest Day Marks 18 Hours 17 Minutes Of Sunlight
The Weather Bureau reports 18 hours 17 minutes of possible sunshine today, the longest day of the year. The sun rose at 2:53 and sets at 9:10, with similar length for about a week before days begin to shorten as the sun moves southward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Weather Bureau
Dimond Sees Moscow to United States Route From West Pole
Vancouver Washington June 21 Soviet flier Chekaloff finished a 63 hour Moscow to North Pole flight. Ambassdor Troyanovsky said the trip foreshadowed future flights. Barographs were removed for Washington checks. Visitors barred. flight to Oakland planned then return to Moscow. Idaho delegate Dimond called the flight experimental and noted potential Arctic routes.
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Dimond
Moscow
United States
West Side
Pole
Vancouver
Wash
Chekaloff
North Pole
Vancouver Barracks
Troyanovsky
General Marshall
Fers
United, States
Washington
Oskland
Boise
Idaho
Anthony 7
Arctic
Russia
Alaska
Senate panel OKs anti lynching bill 13 to 3 vote
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Wagner Van Nuys anti lynching bill by a 13 to 3 vote. The measure targets mob violence and seeks to curb racial killings nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Aviation base on the Aleutians planned now
The House Naval Committee approved a 50 million auxiliary ship construction program to boost Navy efficiency within years. Rear Admiral Cook, head of the Bureau of Aeronautics, said the Navy is studying expanding existing naval air stations and doing exploratory Alaska summer work from Sitka, with a possible aviation base on the Aleutians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Naval Committee
Cook
Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics
Naval Air Stations
Alaska
Sitka
Aleutian Islands
Alaska Oyster Bill Boosted to Senate Approval
Mouse approved and sent to the Senate a bill to aid oyster culture in Alaska. The measure would authorize the Secretary of Commerce to lease the bottoms of Alaska waters for commercial oyster cultivation.
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Washington
Senate
Alaska
Secretary of Commerce
Alaskan
Constitutional Amendment Looms On Child Labor
Washington dispatch notes the Van denburg proposal for a constitutional amendment to permit child labor, with broad support and unanimous approval in the process. The item highlights political momentum and potential implications for labor policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Soviet fliers land in Vancouver after long Moscow to Oakland flight
Three Soviet aviators completed a near five and a half thousand mile journey from Moscow to Vancouver amid low visibility. They landed safely after 63 hours in the air and plan to dismantle their plane before flying to San Francisco with the Russian ambassador. President Roosevelt and Stalin sent congratulations as crowds gathered to witness the historic flight.
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Vancouver
Washington
Moscow
Oakland
Chekaloff
Codas and Rossi
New York
Syria
Russia
New World
San Francisco
Troyanovsky
Chekuloft
Bering Sea
Franz Josef Land
Patrick Henry Island
North Pole
Roosevelt
Stalin
Alaska
Pacific Coast
Coast
Empire
Edmonton
Mackensie
Flat Rivers
Fort Simpson
Pacific
Canadian Rockies
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Johnstown
Bethlehem Step Company
George H. Elsie
Mt. McKinley Natl. Park
Fairbanks
Black Rapids
Richardson “Highway
Big Delta River
Col. Reville
Black Rapids Glacier Road House
Harold Gillam
Cordova
E. E. Parmenter
Gene Meyring
Endicott Glacier
Karnes
Ngeles
Alexander
Blum 1S
William A. Holzheimer
Y. Danteret
West Division
Aleka
Aleutians
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