Gold bloc scheme tests Britain in world finance clash
London report says central banks of France Switzerland Holland and Belgium met secretly to push stabilization of European currencies with Britain. The plan could force Britain to join the gold standard while American wheat policy and dollar moves loom, with British officials wary of committing before US stance and wartime needs.
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Loin
France
Switzerland
Holland
Belgium
Great Britain
Richard Moley
Roosevelt
Bank of England
Bank of International Settlements
England
London
United States
Alaska Prohibition Bureau to be Abolished June 30
The Alaska unit of the National Prohibition Bureau will be abolished on June 30 as part of a wider cut of 13,000 bureau employees. Five Alaska staffers are named, including Acting Deputy Administrator W. R. Vinake and investigators Joe M. Freely and Ketchikan, plus Anchorage clerk L. Fillmore and Mrs. J. R. Sharpless. Officials say duties will shift to U S Marshals' offices and territorial agents will be furloughed. A provisional note adds the National Editorial Association may hold its 1934 conference in Alaska, contingent on improved conditions, with transportation talks cited between the Alaska railroad and Northern Pacific.
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Alaska
National Prohibition Bureau
Empire
Associated Press
Washington
Dry Bureau
Bureau
W. R. Vinake
Joe M. Freeley
Ketchikan
G. Swain
Pairbanks
A V. Dalrymple
Prohibition Enforcement
Department of Justice
Hawaii
United States Marshals
Romer Cummings
Prohibition Bureau
Salegal Do Udie
National Editorial Association
John W. Troy
Al-aska
Milwaukee
Harold W. Snell
Alaska ‘Allroad
Chicago
Goodsill
Northern Pacific Company
Snell
Association
W. W. Looms
la Grange
Til
W. H. Conrad
Medford
Misc
Walter H. Crimm
Salem
Ind
Douglas Fairbanks Jr Shows Recovery After Pneumonia
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. improved after a night of rest and shows signs of recovery from pneumonia. The actor recently returned from a trip to Europe, and the update comes from a New York report dated June 27.
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Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
New York
Europe
Morris Family to Join Husband in Juneau Office Move
Mrs J C Morris and her children Iris Doris and Donald will arrive in Juneau aboard the Northland to join Mr Morris who is opening a West Coast Life office there after years in Seattle. He has decided to make Juneau the family home.
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J. C. Morris
Iris
Doris
Donald
Juneau
Northland
Seattle
Prodigal Son of Nation Returns Howling for Recovery
Washington reports the prodigal nation returns, wearing a new Recovery Act suit and carrying trade cards. Textile representatives gather with Hugh Johnson to back a wage code of 10 dollars for a 40 hour week as the industrial revival plan advances. President Roosevelt and Congress stitched the garment of recovery, signaling a nationwide tour to restore industry through higher wages and broader work distribution.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Recovery
Hugh Johnson
Johnson
Industral Groups
William Green
The
Ameican Federation ‘of Labor
Banks Close as Henry Ford Grip Claimed in Detroit
June 27 Detroit bankers faced a grand jury probe into a bank crisis tied to Henry Ford. Bert Wilkins, a Detroit banker, said Wall Street stories claimed Ford could not save deposits, $65,000 reportedly on his Detroit bank account, with the banks facing possible collapse.
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Henry Ford
Detroit
Mich
Herbert Wilkins
Wall Street
Wilkins
Ford
Grains Soar to New Highs Across Major Markets
Grains climbed to three year highs as wheat topped one dollar at Chicago Minneapolis Kansas City and Portland despite limited follow through in other stocks. Gains ranged from fractions to about two cents with heavy profit taking tempering advances. Sales reached 6 million shares as corn oats rye and barley rose three to seven cents. Cotton wavered while foreign exchange and bond markets showed activity.
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New York
Chicago
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Portland
Rails
Bomé
American Telephone
Tall Sraph
United States Steel
American Can
Slack Farm Group
United States Alcohol
Owens Tlinois
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Ao Pacific
Cen
Miner Dies in Coal Mine Cave-In at Black Diamond
Seattle June 27. Andrew Postischek aged 0 years of Renton, a miner, was killed when a tunnel cave-in buried him as 50 pounds of dynamite he carried exploded at the Black Diamond coal mine.
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Seattle
Andrew Postischek
Renton
Black Diamond
Indiana Senator to Visit After Alaska Trip
Senator Arthur R. Robinson Republican of Indiana arrives this evening aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Chelan for a brief visit. He expects a conference with Guy and John W. Troy and other officials tomorrow. A senior senator since 1924, he sits on key committees including Territories and Insular Affairs Mines and Mining and Foreign Affairs.
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Arthur R. Robinson
Indiana
Alaska
Coast Guard
Chelan
Guy
John W. Troy
Congress
Robinson
Senate
F. A. Zuesky
Gertrude Wise Granted Divorce in Los Angeles
Gertrude Wise obtained a divorce from Ray Wise in Los Angeles after testifying that his love for her faded. She said they married in Nome Alaska and alleged domination by a spiritualist medium. Mothers described as Eskimos.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Gertrude Wise
Ray Wise
Jim Actor
Nome
Alaska
Gertrude
Plane expedition to search for Jimmy Mattern forms in New York
An air expedition led by Bill Alexander, with mechanics and a New York motor cop, departs to Nome via Chicago and Fairbanks to aid the search for Jimmy Mattern who vanished after crossing Siberia en route to Nome. The Bellanca plane used by prior North Pacific fliers supports the mission. Navy pilots Moffett and West report Dutch Harbor to Kanaga Island with no Mattern trace found.
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New York
Jimmy Mattern
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Nome
Alaska
Irving Freeman
Brooklyn Brewer
Bremerton, Wash
Nacy
W. A. Moffett
John West
Dutch Harbor
Kanaga Island
Navy
Mattern
Norman H Davis speeding to Roosevelt for conference
Lakeman Harbor Maine June 27 Disarmament and sea call vie for presidential attention as Norman H Davis Ambassador at Large speeds to meet the President after returning from the Geneva Conferences. Some Sacramento valley Calif bee growers move colonies to the High Sierra cedar belt for summer pasturage.
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Lakeman Harbor
Maine
Roosevelt
Norman H. Davis
Davis
Sacramento Valley
Calif
High Sierra Mountains
Cedar Belt
Wounded Man Dumped at Seattle Police HQ
A man who gave his name as Mike Lokex was shot in the side and dumped from a car at the entrance to Seattle Police Headquarters by two men who then drove away. Lokex said only they shot me, they shot me.
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Seattle
Mike Lokez
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Major Dalrymple
Albert White
Gov
Troy
Prospects Bright
Mis Morris
Prodigal
Kelso
Wash
Coweeman River
Bethlehem Breel
Liggett and
Myers
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Miner
SOLON
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Bill Alexander
F. Bennett Field
Norman Davis
Geneva
Lokex
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