Senate passses Patman inflationary bonus bill by 95 to 33
The Senate approved the Wright Patman inflationary bonus bill by 95 to 33, short of the two thirds needed to override a presidential veto. The measure, already passed by the House, would pay veterans the 1945 value of their certificates in cash, funded by a new government currency.
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Washington
Senate
House
Patman
Vinson
Ett the
Crovicens
United States
Secretary of the ‘Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Veterans Administration
Idle Lumber Men Drawn Out By Strike Talks
In Seattle on May 17 more than 15 000 lumber workers remained idle as mills shut down. A union representative said negotiations with operators suggest progress. A separate note reports a local goat shooting on Thane road and a hospital admission for Mrs. Percy Reynolds of the Juneau Ice Cream Parlor along with other local medical cases including Mrs. Daniel Livie Mrs. Audrey McCurdy PERA nurse and Al Osgood.
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Seattle
Percy Reynolds
Juneau
St. Ann's Hospital
Daniel Livie
Audrey McCurdy
Pera
al Osgood
Supreme Court Declares Railroad Retirement Act Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court rules the Railroad Retirement Act invalid affecting over a million employees. The five to four decision strikes down the act’s application to all Interstate Commerce carriers including non interstate workers. President Roosevelt terms the bill crudely drawn and in need of changes. New Deal lawyers reassess NRA and Social Security implications.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Associated
Owen J. Roberts
Ecvion
Charles Evans Hughes
Roosevelt
New Deal
Supreme Court
Fuil
NRA
Four Die In Boston House Fire At Artist Home
Fire swept through the four story brick residence of portrait painter John Lavalle in Boston. Mrs Lavalle 70 and daughter Alice were among the dead along with maid Miss Mary Dolan and Miss Kathleen Costello who perished leaping from windows. John Lavalle Jr 10 and sisters Mary Ellen were injured as they fled. Six others were hurt as smoke and flames trapped residents.
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Boston
Mass
John Lavalle
John Lavalla
Alice
Mary Dolan
Kathleen Costello
Walter
John Lavalle, Jr
Mary
Ellen
John
Dolan
Costello
Territorial legislator Scott visits Juneau on Yukon port call
Loibert B. Scott, known as Territorial Representative from the Second Division and an independent mining man in the Solomon district, paid a brief call on Juneau friends this afternoon while his vessel from Seattle for Seward is in port. He travels to Wrangell without his family.
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Loibert B. Scott
Solomon District
Interior
Juneau
Yukon
Scott
Seattle
Seward
Wome
Orientals on Ship Aboard Yukon Canneries Crews
Among the Yukon working crews from Seattle two Oriental groups sail. A 36 person group bound for Libby McNeil Libby Company plant at Kenai, and a 25 person group bound for Ugantic Pisheries Company at Ugantic.
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Seattle
Libby, McNeil and, Libby Company
Kenai
Ugantic
King’s Jubilee Spurs Britain to End Poverty and Unemployment
London reports a jubilee spirit driving a resolve to improve economic conditions. The monarch’s message inspires a sober pledge to serve the nation as crowds celebrate with a carnival mood into the early hours.
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London
Great Britain
Scout meeting draws fifty on hand in reorganizing drive
Fifty Boy Scouts gathered for a reorganization meeting in the Grade School Gym last night with twenty-one former Scouts and twenty-nine men present. Wayne Young became the new Scoutmaster and plans for a June Scout Camp on Eagle River were outlined. Former Scouts meet again next Monday and new Scouts Tuesday as the process continues toward camp. George Shebalin of Juneau and Mary Roussalev of Shanghai were married yesterday at the Russian Greek Orthodox Church by Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff. Witnesses were Tom Baloff and Wille Peters. Shebalin works at the A. J. mine. Harry Kawabe, owner of a Seward laundry, heads to that port aboard the Yukon from Seattle.
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Wayne Young
Eagle River
George Shebalin
Juneau
Mary Roussalev
Shanghai
China
A. P. Kashevaroff
Tom Baloff
Wille Peters
Shebalin
A. J
Juneau Proclaims Poppy Day May 25 by Mayor Goldstein
Mayor I Goldstein proclaims Saturday May 25 as Poppy Day in Juneau urging citizens to wear the American Legion and Auxiliary memorial poppy and donate to aid wounded and living veterans through Legion funds. The notice highlights WWI sacrifices and calls for community participation.
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Juneau
I. Goldstein
Lfe
France
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Goldstein
Untersea Fleet Readies For Sea Duty May End
On the twentieth anniversary of the Lusitania sinking Britain worries over a new German undersea fleet. London reports conflict between claims that the subs are ready to sail and German statements that submarine construction has not begun.
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London
Great Britain
Germany
Graduate Nurses Meet at St Ann's Tonight at 7 30
All graduate nurses of Juneau are invited to a regular meeting of the Graduate Nurses organization at 7 30 this evening in St Ann's Hospital parlor. Dr L P Dawes will speak on a medical topic and Miss Henrietta Ellis will read a paper. Plans for Hospital Day tea will be discussed and a social hour followed by supper served by the staff.
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Yuneau
St. Ann's Hospital
R. H. Williams
L. P. Dawes
Henrietta Ellis
Seward Woman Jailed on Attempt to Burn Newborn Baby
Seward Alaska May 1 Mrs Charley Curtis wife of the caretaker at the Naval radio station is jailed on a charge of attempting to burn her newborn baby girl The infant was born soon after last weeks fire that wrecked the radio station The Curtis family includes four other children. HE Crewson Schillings Products representative arrived here on the Yukon from Petersburg BUSTER POOLE arrives E L Buster Poole of Royal Blue Cab Company returns to Juneau on the Yukon from Seattle after an extended voyage in the United States.
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Seward
Alaska
Charley Curtis
Carewker
Naval Radio Station
Curtis
Crewson
Schillings Products
T the
Yukon
Petersburg
E. L
Buster) Poole
Royal Blue Cab Company
Juneau
Seattle
Wie
Kennecott Mine to Resume Limited Operations in June
Kennecott Copper plans a limited restart at its Kennecott mine in June under J. Duggan supervision. About 400 workers are expected. priority for former Alaska employees. Hiring will draw from Juneau Kelchikan Wrangell Petersburg Fairbanks and other points with possible railroad jobs adding staff.
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Kennecott Copper Corporaton
Kennecott
Empire Today
J. Duggan
Alaska
Duggan
Jimeai
Kelchikan
Wrangell
Petersburg
Facirbanks
Cordova
Stock Prices Decline Amid Heavy Close in New York
Prices fell across the board in New York trading on May 7 despite firmness in some oils and scattered specialties. Technical factors and discouraged selling contributed to the downward move with a notably heavy close. Alaska Juneau, American Can, General Motors and United States Steel among others showed varied declines or modest gains in closing quotes.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
American Power and Light
Anaconda
Armour N
Bethlehem Steel
Calumet and
Hecla
General Motors
International Harvester
Kenne~cott
United States Steel
Bremner
Nabesna
President Invited to Alaska Visit in Summer
Washington reports Governor Mayor Seward invites President Roosevelt to Alaska this summer. The trip would discuss general conditions and the territory’s future with the president.
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Alaska
Washington
Seward
Roosevelt
Almshit
Quick Trigger Slayers Meet Match In Fatal Arkansas Shootout
Freddie and Jarvis Busche, former Missouri convicts, were killed by Hanford Russell a 40 year old farmer in a wooded area near El Paso after a brief gun battle that ended their crime spree across Arkansas and Missouri. Russell shot out a stolen car windshield prompting a chase that led to a woods gunfight. The Busche brothers were linked to kidnappings robberies and the rural Sheridan dance slayings last week.
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Searcity
Arkansas
Freddie
Jarvis Busche
Missouri
Hanford Russell
Russell
el Paso
Busche Brothers
Sheridan
Ninnis Family Visitors Arrive in Juneau
Mrs. Bessie Ninnis arrives in Juneau aboard the Yukon from Seattle to visit her son Elroy Ninnis manager of J Heal Motors for about six weeks. M G Whittier returns to Juneau after a trip to Wrangell aboard the Yukon via Princess Norah. Mr and Mrs T L George return to Juneau on the Yukon from Beatle. George works at Leader Department Store. Shucklin bound for Seward on the Yukon from Seattle as a wholesale drug broker.
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Bessie Ninnis
Elroy Ninnis
J Heal Motors Company
Juneau
Yukon
Seattle
Georges
T. L. George
Beatle
George
Leader
Shucklin
Seward
Sam Shucklin
Matanuska Colonists Arrive in Alaska for Pioneer Colony
On May 7 the Matanuska colonists landed after delays aboard the transport St Mihiel. The North Star unloaded cargo and hospital beds were prepared. CCG engineers headed to Palmer to set up camps as the colony readies for settlers this week.
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Seward
Alaska
St Mihiel
Matanuska
Eigie
Minnesota Wilds
North Star
CCG
Palmer
Execution of Kidnaper Delayed in Missouri
Governor grants stay of execution for Walter McGee, the kidnapper of Miss Mary McElroy, delaying the hanging from Friday to May 31 while the case is studied. McElroy family pressure seeks life sentence.
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Walter McGee
Mary McElroy
Jefferson
Guy Bo Park
Guy
Kansas City
McGee
Mite McElroy
Planes rush doctor and nurses to fly district aid
Dr B Gillespie wires for immediate medical airlift from Fairbanks to Kotzebue and Barrow with nurse Mrs Eugene Brown and vaccine supply. PAA planes and pilots rush to Barrow while Frosty weather delays alter plans. no new deaths reported and officials say the situation remains under control.
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Pultz
Wainwright
B. Gillespie
Wealth
Fairbanks
Eugene Grown
Kotzebue
Wiilnwrigit
Har- Pein
W. W. Connell
Gillespie
Barrow
Lyman 8. Peck
PAA
G. £. Robbing
Fred Milligan
Jerry Jones
Polar Barrow
Woman Dies Fifth Victim In Plane Crash
Macon Missouri report says Mrs William Kaplan of Los Angeles died in a hospital from injuries after a midair crash that killed Senator Branfortt Clitting and Dr W W Couinl. Two others were injured in critical condition. the wreck occurred yesterday as passengers sought help in Seward and Fairbanks.
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Macon
Missouri
William Kaplan
Los Angeles
United States
Branfont M. Cltting
New Mexico
W. W. Couinl
Sitka
Simmons
Tor Openy Tisort
Gibson
Fairbanks
Tilo
S.J. Gibson
Tacoma
Pairbanka
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Thane Road
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Ralph Willard
Willard
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Sanaa
Harry Kawabe
ST. Ann’s
Buster” Poole
Pepetdene
N. Y
Seattle Man
NEW Union
Harry Lundberg
Wash
Lahlore Union of the Pacific
Maritime Federation of the Pacific
Fred W. Friedell
Walt
San Pedro
Calif
Marine Firemen
Oile
Vee Presdent
F. M. Kelly
Quick Trigger
Ninnis
Whittier
M. G. Whittier
United States Customs
Norah
Northland
McPonnell
Tower
Point Burrow
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