Identification of Tee Harbor body as Joe Pocus veteran
A body found near Tee Harbor has been identified as Joe Pocus a 45 year old Sitka fisherman. Deputies W G Hellan and John McCormick reported Porcus shot himself with a 38-55 rifle though some signs suggest possible movement after death. An inquest is set before U S Commissioner J F Mullen.
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Tee Harbor
John Pocus
Sitka
W. G. Hellan
John McCormick
Porcus
U. S
J. F. Mullen
Pocus
Peter Diavid
Marshall
62Nd Artillery
Minnesota
Russia
Trollers Association
Ketchikan
Paul
Tenakee
C .W. Carter Mortuary
Stocks Rise to Old Highs Amid Broad Advances
New York May 8 Stocks climbed toward new peaks with oil shares and other leaders pushing through the 1935 high. Most issues ended near session highs as the market closed firm to strong on volume of 1,250,000 shares. Notable closes included Alaska Juneau at 17s and General Motors at 114.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
American Power and Light
Anaconda
Armour N
Bethlehem Steel
Calumet
General Motors
International Harvester
Kennecott
United States Steel
Pound
Bremner
Nabesna
Boulder Falls 200 Feet Eight Miners Killed
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania a rock slide at Glen Arden Coal Company mine toppled 200 feet and crushed eight miners inside a cage. Rescue crews responded but all eight men perished in the accident. The disaster occurred today at the Glen Arden colliery.
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Boulder Falls
Wilkesbarre
Glen Arden Coal Company
Mine Official Arrives Today for Short Stay
Livingston Wernecke consulting geologist for Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company and general manager of Treadwell Yukon Company arrived in Juneau at noon from Seattle in a four passenger Bellanca plane with pilot Charles Gropus. The trip was in good time with favorable weather. He will stay about two weeks on company property business before returning to San Francisco. Mrs Wernecke accompanied him to Seattle and returned home.
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Livingston Wernecke
Alaska
Strikers vote on proposals from two companies in Toledo
Crowds of Chevrolet and Fisher Body workers, about 33,000 in several cities, crowded the Federal building in Toledo to vote on proposals that could end widespread auto workers' strikes.
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Toledo
Ohio
Chevrolet
Federal
Fisher Body
EPIC candidates lose in Los Angeles and Ketchikan race
In Los Angeles the EPIC slate faced defeats with only three of eleven council posts won, while in Ketchikan Alaska the first EPIC candidate for council was narrowly omitted from victory. Mrs A H Mehus of Oakland received a 10 day suspended sentence and a 75 dollar fine for drunken driving and a license arrest, plus a one year driving ban.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Upton Sinclair
United States
Ketchikan
Alaska
A. H. Mehus
Sen-Council
Oakland
Assassination of Antonia Guiteras Reported in Cuba
American born Antonia Guiteras former Cuban interior secretary and radical leader was killed at Matanzas while attempting to flee the country, according to confirmed reports reaching here this afternoon.
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Havana
Cuba
Antonia Guiteras
Matanzas
Field Tests for Television Are to Be Made New
New York May 8 Immediate construction of facilities for a comprehensive field test of the high definition of television in the United States is announced by David Savanoff president of RCA. Field tests are regarded as a preliminary step toward the ultimate broadcast of transmission of sight during experimental work in the rough space.
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New York
United States
David Savanoff
RCA
Barrow Alaska influenza hits town as 13 dead
The Barrow area reports thirteen influenza deaths with one at Wainwright. A mercy plane was sought to deliver vaccines and medical staff from Fairbanks. No doctors or nurses remain in Wainwright, and efforts center on obtaining medical supplies and assistance via dog teams and air transport.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
Wainwright
Henry Grist
Health Commission
Nome
Pairbanks
Griest
Wainwright. This Mercy Plane Was Turned Back After Dr. Griest
Wainewright
Coast guard returns after fruitless search for missing man
Coast guard cutter Cyane has returned to Ketchikan after a fruitless search of the Behm Canal shores for Rudy Blossom of Seattle who disappeared while visiting a proposed homestead site along the Unuk River.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Coast Guard
Cyane
Behm Canal
Rudy Blossom
Seattle
Unuk River
War Declared on Car Speeders by Police Chief
Police Chief Roy Hoffman announced a city wide war on speeders and traffic violators. In two days the department issued over 30 violation slips as Willoughby Avenue becomes a race track and the 20 mph limit within city limits is enforced for all vehicles. City Magistrate A W Henning backs Hoffman with harsher penalties for repeat offenders.
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Roy Hoffman
Holtman
Willoughby Avenue
Juneau
A. W. Henning
Hoffman
Baseball Tragedy Follows Twilight League Game
In Aberdeen Washington Peter Vor aged 50 killed his stepson Antone make aged 2 with a club smashing his skull after a Twilight League game. Make died within a half hour. Vor then died by a self inflicted gunshot wound. The incident followed a dispute over stopping Antone from playing baseball.
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Aberdeen
Wash
Peter Vor
Antone Maike
Make
Voss
Antone
Juneau Elks Leave Special Trip to Petersburg
The Juneau Lodge Elks officers and degree team will depart Juneau at 8 PM on Tom Smith's boat Yakobs for Petersburg. There they will initiate a large class of candidates and establish on Bill's while there. Officers include Exalted Ruler John H. Walmer and others: Lu Turoff, M. E. Monagle, Martin Jorgensen, Frank Foster, Martin Lavenik, H. R. Shepard, George Shaw, J. D. Van Atta.
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Juneau Lodge
BR. P.O. Elks
Juneau
Petersburg
Tom Smith
Yakobs
Elks
Bill's
John H. Walmer
Lu Turoff
M. E. Monagle
Martin
Jorgensen
Esquire
Frank Foster
Martin Lavenik
H.R. Shepard
George Shaw
J. D. van Atta
Wisconsin Alaska colonists ready to move to Seattle
Madison Wis May 8 Wisconsin's Alaska colonists will leave next Monday or Tuesday for Seattle bound for the Matamoros Valley Col Clarence Tracy procurement director said the Wisconsin colony will sail from Seattle aboard the Army transport St Michael about May 14
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Alaska
Seattle
Matarmuska
Clarence “Tracy
WERA
St. Mi'el
Di Stasio Youth Confesses In Fire Death Plot
Boston May 8 District Attorney Warren L Bishop said Anthony di Stasio 23 confessed to plotting the death of an unidentified man burned in a Hudson car in a life insurance scheme targeting his father Frank 60. The youth faces first degree murder charges while authorities seek Frank di Stasio. A $12600 life policy on Frank di Stasio was taken out last month. Anthony says he saw his father pick up a stranger and drive away in the car.
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Boston
Mass
Warren L. Bishop
Anthony di Stasio
Hudson
di Stasio
Frank
Frank di Stasio
Young di Stasio
Omnibus Banking Bill Heads for House Passage
Washington May. Administration omnibus banking bill enters a flurry of amendments as Democratic leaders predict House passage without changes by Friday night.
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Washington
House
More Workers for Matanuska Leave Seward
Seward Alaska May 8 An other 300 workers arriving on Army Transport Mihiel left for the Matanuska to erect homes and prepare for the colonists The Minnesotans who arrived on the transport strolled around the town awed by the mountain grandeur The fog prevailing for days was chased away by a bright sun Five children quarantined aboard the St Mihiel due to measles are doing well.
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Seward
Alaska
Mihhiel
Matanuska
St. Mihald
PAA Flane Off For Fairbanks This Morning
Pacific Alaska Airways Lockheed Electra tests the Juneau airport on its weekly trip to Fairbanks weather permitting the plane is due in Fairbanks at 4 pm with a stop at Whitehorse en route participants include Joseph Barrows acting divisional engineer Murray Stuart pilot A B Hayes Miss Gladys Forrest Don Erwin N L Tronst Don Able who supervised Juneau airport construction traveled to Whitehorse for several days of work the plane return to Juneau on its weekly southbound trip at 3 pm next Sunday.
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Pacific Alaska Airways
Electra
Juneau Paa
Mali‘banks
Joseph Barrows
Murray Stuart
Pulpbanks
Whiteborg
A.B. Hayes
How
Gladys Forrest
Don Erwin
N. L. Tronst
Don Able
Juneau
Whitehorse
Lumber mill to operate Monday in Juneau
Logs will be on hand by week end and operations will resume at the Juneau Luther Mills on Monday according to an announcement made today by Madde Loday.
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Juneau Luther ‘Mills
Madde Loday
Miss Coffin to Tell 6 at Southeast Alaska Festival
Ruth Coffin, music instructor, will be the honored speaker at the Juneau Chamber of Commerce luncheon tomorrow at Bailey’s Cafe. She leads ten students from the recent Southeast Alaska Musical Festival in Juneau, with Dr Cassius Carter as a second honored guest, and a vote on changing meeting days as the business program debate continues.
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Juneau
Ketchikan
Minual
Miss Coffin
Gisellas
Cassius Carter
Government Hospital
States
Carter
W. J. B. McAuliffe
Stork Party Honoring Mrs Wigmaster At Grigsby Home
Mrs George B Grigsby hosted a Stork Party at her Bixth Street home honoring Mrs Oscar Wigmaster. About thirty five guests attended with airs and games. Eleanor Blatchford played violin selections with Eraline Was accompanying. lunch followed with a pink and blue color scheme and a large cake.
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George B. Grigsby
Bixth Street
Oscar Wigmanster
Durie
Eleanor Blatchford
G. FE. Eraline
Alor
Senate Back Expected For F D R Patman Bill
May 6 Washington observes Roosevelt signalling a message on the Patman bonus bill. Burns forecasts House override while Senate likely sustains the President. Senator Thomas moves to reconsider the vote to prevent sending to the White House as the bill faces veto. Cooperating factions aim to slow action and gather votes for passage or sustained veto amid a split outlook.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Burns
House
Senate
Thomas
Okahoma
Benare
Snadves
Father Coughlin
Negotiating settlement seen in mill strike talks
May 8 Portland reports local agreements send strikers back to work at two mills as negotiators seek a model agreement to end the spreading lumber strike involving about 15,000 workers in Washington and Oregon. Spokesmen remain optimistic over talks and the broader cost to the states is projected in the millions due to payroll losses and disrupted schedules.
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Portland
Oregon
Tanforees
Washington
Seattle
Washington State
West Coast Lumbermen's Association
Wsoclwklon
Northwest
Agnhienie
Willapa Harbor
Port All
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Dorothy J. Bourne
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Denver Conservatory of Music
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Corvallis Institution
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Miller Chosen
Byron L. Miler
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Young Miller
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Miller
Corvallis
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Vteran
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Fairbanks
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