Royal couple sails to America on maiden U S visit
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth departed Portsmouth aboard the Empress of Australia for an American voyage, amid thundering warships and cheers. Ambassador Kennedy and Prime Minister Chamberlain bade farewell. The baggage count reached 40 trunks, with outfits for the King and Queen. This marks the first royal visit to the United States on their itinerary after Canada.
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Portsmouth
England
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Kennedy
Neville Chamberlain
United States
Dominion of Canada
Navy cancels midshipmen cruise to Europe
The Navy Department cancels the annual midshipmen practice cruise to Europe in response to the European crisis. About 1400 cadets from the Naval Academy's first and third classes will instead receive three months of sea training on this side of the Atlantic and possibly a transfer to the Pacific.
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Washington
Navy Department
Europe
Naval Academy
Atlantic
Pacific
Freight Train Collides With Gasoline Truck in Fayetteville
May 6 crash in Fayetteville North Carolina between a freight train and a gasoline tank truck killed locomotive engineer A. P. F. Buchanan and an unidentified trucker, with two others perhaps fatally burned. Six box cars burned four buses destroyed and others set ablaze as gasoline spread and entered sewers causing multiple street explosions.
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Fayetteville
North Carolina
A. P F. Buchanan
Danzig Plebiscite Proposed as German Majority Favors Return
Berlin reports a German proposal for a plebiscite in the free city of Danzig to decide if it should rejoin Germany, widely viewed as likely to vote to join Hitler. Papal Nuncio Cesare Orsenigo met Hitler on Catholic matters, while Poland denies only terrorism in Danzig and questions the 90 percent German claim.
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Berlin
Free City
Danzig
Germany
Hitler
Cesare Orsenigo
Poland
Warsaw
Four Suspects Held in Pine Bluff Girl Slaying
In Pine Bluff Arkansas on May 6 Irene Taylor a 19 year old white farm girl was found slain and Sheriff Brewster announced four black suspects were in custody. One confessed to assaulting and killing the girl over a pretty box.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Irene Taylor
Brewster
Randy
Wealthy to Lend 10 U. S. War Bonds Bill Approved
Senate Military Affairs Committee approves a wartime lending bill requiring a wealth census. Citizens worth $10,000 must invest five percent of wealth in 50 year Government bonds bearing one percent interest. Percent rises with wealth, up to 75 percent for those worth $100 million+.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
United States
Speed plane motor order awarded in Indianapolis
The War Department placed an order with Allison Engineer Division of General Motors for 800 V-12 liquid cooled airplane motors described as the greatest in the world for high speed performances. The experiment supervision is mentioned and R. E. Murphy is noted as a passenger for Juneau headquarters aboard the Yukon.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
War Department
Allison Engineer Division
General Motors Corporation
Johnson
Bombing of Chungking Rages as Thousands Die in City
May 6. Exiles flee Chungking after Japanese air raids kill an estimated 4 000 to 5 000 people. Half the city is burning as officials say bombs aim to terrorize rather than military targets. Japanese deny civilian purpose, vowing continued bombardment.
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Chungking
Tin al Chungking
Serious Question Bobs Up for U S If France and England Go to War
Washington May 6 It is possible England and France may go to war and the United States could not ship a plane since that might be an act of war. The issue hinges on whether an aircraft is a war vessel under international law. The Alabama episode looms as a precedent, with England’s Civil War era cruisers angering Lincoln Seward and Adams.
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U. S
France
England
Preston Grover Washington
Confederacy
Alabama
Lincoln
Seward
Charles Frances Adams
Coal Scarcity in Nation Tied to Miners Strike
Washington May 6 Reports of coal scarcities rose as about half a million United Mine Workers in 26 states completed a walkout. CIO President Jotus L Lewis threatened a national stoppage of soft coal. Deadlocked miners and operators resumed talks for a basic wage contract with no settlement in sight. President Roosevelt urged a prompt agreement for both sides.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Union
CIO
Jotus L. Lewis
Roosevelt
Benes Guarded by Police in Fort Wayne
In Fort Wayne Indiana on May 6 telephone threats to Dr Edward Benes former President of Czechoslovakia prompted police to guard him as he arrived for a speaking engagement. Benes said he received warnings and those who arranged his appearance were warned against letting him speak. Police say the callers are Nazi sympathizers in a city with a large German population. Standard Oil men E R McCausland and E Simonson are in town staying at the Baranof and R M Douglas is at the Gascoigne. J J Klaus merchandise broker, back from the West, is at the Baranof Hotel.
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Fort Wayne
Indiana
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Benes
Standard
E.R. McCausland
Simonson
R. M. Douglas
Standard Oil
McCausland
Baranof
Douglas
Gastineau
E- Laus
J. J. Klaus
Baranof Hunt
Baranof Hotel
Clearing of Sidewalks Ordered by Juneau City Council
Juneau officials ordered enforcement of a sidewalk obstruction ordinance. Grocery displays and magazine stands must be moved off sidewalks to ease narrow downtown passages as tourists approach. Penalties range from five to one hundred dollars.
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Juneau
Dan Ralston
Grover C. Winn
Robert Cowling
McCaul Motors
Connors Motors
GMC
Economy
Diamond-T
Juneau Motors
Pord
Gastineau Motors
International
R. Sager
Radio Engineering and Manufacturing Company
Sager
John McCormick
Henry Messerschmidt
Ralph Beistline
Harry T. Lucas
Pope May Offer New Peace Appeal At Algiers Congress
Vatican sources say the Pope may address the Eucharistic Congress in Algiers with a fresh appeal for peace in Europe. He previously urged a peaceful settlement on Easter, but amid the Danzig crisis officials fear renewed armed conflict.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Europe
Eucharistic Congress
Algiers
Danzig
Ee Ais
Royal Etiquette Changes For Royal Visit Unearthed
U S officials plan to drop formality for the upcoming royal visit in June. The change is to place your Majesty in the first sentence only. City projects proceed as funds arrive and Milton Layergren to supervise a city tax map for property assessment records. Mrs. J B Bernhofer returns home to Juneau aboard the Yukon after a Pacific Coast trip.
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Washington
England
State Department
Milton Layergren
J. B. Bernhofer
Pacific Coast States
Juneau
Yukon
Johnstown Wins Fifty Thousand Derby at Churchill Downs
Johnstown of the William Woods ward stables won the sixty fifth Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs this afternoon. Charledon owned by W H Brent placed second, and Heather Broom owned by John Tay Hammond finished third. The field was cut to nine as Challenge was scratched. The weather was clear and the track fast.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Johnstown
William Woodsward
Churchill Downs
Charledon
W, Lh. Brent
Heather Broom
John Tay Hammond
Juneau council adopts 99495 school budget with raises
The City Council approved a 993,495 budget for 1939 40 to fund Juneau schools with a minimum teacher salary of 1 800 and a 45 annual raise for five years. The city will contribute 42 851 toward operating costs while the Territory covers the rest. The increase stems from a 1939 state law though the council added the five year raise not in the law. The average teacher raise is about 200.
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Juneau
Couwnedl
Walter Sharpe to Build 7500 Dollar Home on West 11th
Permit issued today for a 7500 dollar home at 603 West 11th Street to Walter Sharpe, director of the Unemployment Compensation Commission of Alaska. Gily Building Inspector credited. H B Foss Company as architect. Mendenhall Construction Company as builder. Separate permit for 400 dollars of remodeling at McCaul Motor Company, 115 Front Street, now owned by Robert Cowling. Ed Cowling to build. garage to be remodeled, shop moved, showroom created.
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Wear 11Th Street
Walter Sharpe
Unemployment Compensation Commission of Alaska
Gily
Tts
H. B. Foss Company
Mendenhall Construction Company
McCaul Motor Company
Front Street
Robert Cowling
Rich New York Woman's Penthouse Raided for $26,000 in Luxuries
May 6 report that Customs Agents confiscated Parisian clothes and jewelry valued at $26,000 from the penthouse apartment of Mrs. James C. Ayer widow of the multimillionaire surgeon painter and social figure. Fire incidents are noted among common causes in the city.
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New York
James C. Ayer
Cannery Workers Conference in Seattle on Labor Talks
Seattle May 6 Members of the Shipwrights Union voted to accept the Alaska Canned Salmon Industry contract and employers planned talks today to settle another phase delaying Alaska salmon operations. Agreements already reached with the Alaska Fishermens Union and Machinists Union. Conrad Espe of Cannery Workers Union Local No 7 accused two companies of shipping cannery workers to an affiliate of the APL, threatening a new snag in settlement talks.
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Seattle
Conrad Espe
Cannery Workers Union
CTO
APL
Espe
Percy G. Charles Dies at 68 in Alaska
Percy G. Charles, 68, a former Ketchikan city councilman and past Grand President of the Pioneers of Alaska, died in a hospital after years of ill health. He headed a real estate office and earlier ran an express business on the Yukon River, with a noted gold train operation. He served as Deputy U C & Marshal in the Fourth Division from 1908 to 1913 and was among the first Yukon River boat couples to be married, on the steamer Yukon in 1913.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Percy G. Charles
the Pioneers of Alaska
Charles
Northern Express Company
Yukon River
Patrbanks
Waleden
UC & Marshal
Fom
Yukon
Arctic Circle
Dr. G. Burke
States
Sanitarians Return After Westward Service
E. P. Clements, Territorial Sanitarian, has returned to Juneau after six weeks of routine health work along the rail belt and at Nome in the Westward. The report notes a rise in the South pig crop from about 13,000,000 head in 1929 to 16,000,000 in 1998.
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E. P. Clements
Juneau
Department of Health
Nome
South
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U.S
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Reichstag
Hermann Goering
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R. E
Dupont) Murphy
Horror Center
Robert Burgunder, Jr
Phoenix
All
M. Burgunder Jr
Jack Pellepson
Ellis Toury
Birguncderchs
Withh
Foreign Office
Indiana City
Pope
Council
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