Flyer And Sweetheart Vanish In Rented Plane
Alameda April 24 Fears for aviator Richard Smith aged 28 and Mrs Doris Trethaway aged 21 who vanished in a rented plane to commit death by own action were strengthened by a friend’s statement. He said Smith and Trethaway discussed taking their lives and planned to dive into the ocean. The two appeared despondent during the conversation.
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Associated Press
Alameda
Richard Smith
Doris Trethaway
Smith
Trethaway
Clipper Plane Brings 14 000 Letters From Honolulu
The Pan American clipper completed the first Honolulu run, carrying fourteen thousand letters. Commander Musick called the trip a calm success as ten thousand people welcomed the arrival at Alameda airport. The flight took twenty hours and fifty nine minutes with plans for more Honolulu hops and regular schedules this year.
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Associated Press
Alameda
Honolulu
Musick
Dynamite Plot Found Tied to Oil Strike Disruption
San Francisco reports police investigated eleven mar ine labor affiliates after arrests at Modesto tied to a dynamite terror plot against Standard Oil. A dozen sticks of explosives were seized, with authorities linking the men to plans to blow up oil property near Patson and Vinson during ongoing labor tensions and a potential Patman bonus bill debate.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Police Today
Marine Labor
Modesto
Standard Oil Co
Harrison
Finance Committee
Special Mediation Board
NRA
Harriup Standard Oil
Patson
Terson
Patman
Vinson
House urged to speed up bases plan across US air defenses
On April 24 the Military Committee urged quick enactment of legislation to establish a chain of strategic army air bases. Alaska is among bases proposed with tentative costs of 9.629 million for Alaska, 7.141 million for the Pacific Northwest base, and 6.5 million for the Rocky Mountain base as oceans no longer deter attacks.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Alaska
Pacific Northwest
Rocky Mountain
Prime Ministers to Discuss Defenses With British Cabinet
London reports that prime ministers from dominions will meet with the British cabinet in coming weeks to discuss tightening the Empire defenses globally.
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Associated Press
London
Globe
Two Missionaries Held For Ransom In China
London reports the China Inland Mission says two British missionaries Rudolph Basshardt and A. Hayman were kidnapped by Chinese bandits and face death May 9 if ransom is not paid in money and anti aircraft guns.
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Associated Press
London
China Inland Mission
Rudolph Basshardt
A. Hayman
Bankrupt Rosenbaum Grain Seeks Reorganization
In Chicago on April 24 the board of trade heard that Rosenbaum Grain Corporation seeks reorganization under the amended federal bankruptcy act after delaying clarification of legal issues stemming from its filing.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Board of Trade
Rosenbaum Grain Corporation
War Department Announces Enlistment Of 31000 Men
Washington April 24 The War Department announced the enlistment of thirty one thousand men to begin July 1 to double the Army’s fighting strength. Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood Gymnasium of Native School hosts a Thursday program listing translated songs and activities including races, fishing, old style seal hunting, drum making, stories, and dances by three women.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department Today
Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood
Alaska Work and University Ties Highlight Washington Visit
John B. Dorsh of Fairbanks, alumnus of the University of Alaska, met in Washington to discuss ongoing American Museum of Natural History archaeology work in Alaska and will return to Fairbanks May 4. Dr. Charles E. Bunnell of the University of Alaska shows partial recovery in hospital. A Senate hearing on Alaska Geological Survey funding stressed underfunding and the need to map more of Alaska, with support from Delegate Dimond and John W. Finch of the Bureau of Mines. Senators Hayden Adams and others attended.
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Washington
John B. Dorsh
Fairbanks
University of Alaska
Dorsh
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Alaska
Seattle
American Museum
Charles E. Bunnell
Georgetown University Hospital
Senate
Geological Survey
W. C. Mendenhall
Survey
Mendenhall
John W. Finch
Bureau of Mines
Dimond
Bureau of Mines In
Rioting Unemployed Damages Hudson Bay Store in Vancouver
In Vancouver British Columbia on April 24 unemployed protesters attacked the Hudson Bay Company store. Demonstrators in nuisance parades earlier in the week sparked clashes. sixteen men were arrested and officials estimate thousands participated in the unrest with hundreds entering the store and causing extensive property damage.
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Vancouver
Hudson Bay
B. C
Hudson Bay Company
Rocco J Degrasse Arrested in Portland Morning
Portland April 24 Rocco J Degrasse a former midwest underworld figure aged forty one was named in an arrest today after his four year old son Julian led police to his sleeping location. He is wanted in Chicago for a December 1932 mail robbery involving nearly half a million dollars.
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Associated Press
Portland
Seamen organize Pacific Seamen Federation in Seattle
In Seattle on April 24 a convention bound eight unions and thirty five thousand workers into the Maritime Federation of the Pacific elected officers. Officials said the move was organizational and not a strike effort nor a bid to enter national politics.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Maritime Federation of the Pacific
O Mahaney of Wyoming Juneau official seeks federal aid
B D Stewart supervising engineer of the Territorial Mining Department at Juneau arrived in Washington on Tuesday to enlist federal aid for Alaska mining work. The report appears in The Nugget.
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B. D. Stewart
Territorial Mining Department
Juneau
Washington
Mr. Stewart
Alaska
North Star Sails Midnight Bound for Matanuska District
SAN FRANCISCO April 24 Men and equipment head north aboard the North Star which sailed shortly before midnight bound for the Matanuska farming district.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Matanuska
North Star
Navy Patrol Planes Reach Seattle Before Alaska Trip
Twelve Navy patrol planes arrived at Sand Point Seattle from San Diego this morning. They will stay four to five days before continuing to Alaska, according to members of the party who said they did not yet know their next destination.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Alaska
Navy
Sand Point
San Diego
Riddle Confirms Self Referencing Grandfather Paradox
A riddle traces a family twist where the narrator ends up marrying relatives across generations leading to paradoxical roles. The sequence shows marriages linking wife, mother in law, daughter, and grandfather, culminating in the line that the narrator is his own grandfather.
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