Roosevelt May Plan Cross Country Trip this Fall
Informed sources indicate chances are good for President Roosevelt to travel this fall to gather firsthand impressions of the New Deal in the Northwest. He said at last Friday's press conference he has no engagements beyond September 17, when he will deliver an outdoor Constitution address near the White House.
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Hydepark
N. Y
Roosevelt
Post-Intelligencer
Northwest
Constitution
White House
Roosevelt petition for WPA job aid marches on Capitol
Two thousand five hundred workers and families from the Workers Alliance gathered on mudflats near Washington for two days marching toward the capitol. They urged President Roosevelt to exercise executive power to aid WPA employees who have not found private jobs. The protest remained orderly as Alliance flags waved and union songs were sung.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Workers Alliance Today
Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
Capitol
Blue Alliance
Franco Worried By Lusty Drive Of Government
Insurgent sources report General Franco fears the government drive toward Zarozon near Santander. A motorized column is speeding to the Arrozon front and forces are to be thrown against Madrid Valencia and the northeast army near Zar.
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Associated Press
Hendaye
Zarozon
Santander
Arrozon Front
Madrid
Valencia
Zar
Mrs Wm Brill Bound For Reno Divorce
San Francisco August 26 Mrs Nan Pierson Brooks Macy Brill arrived from New York and said she will seek Nevada divorce to resolve tangled romance with millionaire William Brill. The couple eloped to Yuma and separated, then reconciled and filed annulment suits. She plans to consult the Nevada governor on her prior divorce from George Macy and may wed again after possible divorce from Brill.
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New York
Nan Pierson Brooks
Macy Brill
William Brill
Yuma
Arizona
Nevada
George Macy
Mr. Brill
Cutter Northland Expected Tonight in Nome
Telegraphed bulletin says Cutter Northland and another vessel are approaching Nome from the Arctic. Captain Fred directions indicate attacks on the Coast Guard area as the government plans to respond to the loss of Santander.
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Northland
Fred
Goverick A. Zeusler
Nome
Santander
Arctic
Seattle Faces Threat as New Aerial Route Bypasses City
Former Seattle mayor Charles L. Smith warns in The American Aviation that the Alaska air route is two thirds completed and would bypass Seattle as air traffic shifts to an interior corridor via Lethbridge, Whitehorse, and Fairbanks. He notes possible land and seaplane solutions and urges action to protect Seattle’s gateway role.
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Orient
Ment
American Aviation Magazine
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Alaska
Seattle
Canada
Lethbridge
Alberta
Whitehorse
Fairbanks
Nome
Great Falls
Mont
Butte
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Billings
Cheyenne
Denver
el Paso
Interior Passage
Edmonton- White Horse
Ghost Friendship Ends Between Japanese General and Sun Yat Sen
The ghost of a long dead friendship haunts Shanghai as Gen Matsui, once a Japanese idealist, and Sun Yat Sen, China's National Hero, drift apart. Twenty years ago they sought lasting ties. now Matsui leads a Japanese army threatening to sweep from the Yangtze delta and crush Shanghai defenders who revere Sun as republic hero.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Twane Matsui
China
Sun Yat Sen
Matsui
Yangtze Delta
Sun
Republic
Nude Body Of Young Woman Found On East River Beach
A body found on a New York beach near the East River is identified as Mrs Basie Gordon widow of Maxie Gordon a notorious narcotics peddler killed in an automobile crash in El Paso Texas last July. The report notes multiple stab wounds bullets and a buried body with a weapon embedded in the skull. The motive remains unclear as authorities investigate.
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Ao Beach-Comber
East River
Basie Gordon
Maxie Gordon
el Pag Texis
Alaska Rivers and Harbors Bill Includes Two Alaska Projects
The rivers and harbors bill signed by President Roosevelt includes Sitka Harbor project worth 160000 and Douglas and Juneau Harbors totaling 232000. Authorized surveys cover Seldovia Harbor Tewankee Inlet Port Frederick waterway Wrangell Harbor Craig Harbor Grantley Harbor Sinuk River Elfin Cove Myers Chuck and Unga Harbors.
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Washington D. C
Roosevelt
Alaska
Sitka Harbor
Douglas
Juneau
Seldavia
Tewankee Inlet
Port Frederick Waterway
Wrangell Harbor
Craig Harbor
Grantley Harbor
Sinuk River
Elfin Cove
Myers, Chuck
Unga
Japanese Sky Fire Kills Over Six Hundred in Shanghai
Aug 28 Shanghai reports a deadly sky attack as Japanese bombs hit Nantao, Shanghai's oldest district, killing over six hundred people. Sixteen bombers took part, with many deaths from fires and shelling. Associated Press dispatch details the chaotic aftermath and casualties.
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Anese
Nantao
Shanghai
Associated Press
Woo
Toronto
M. A. Sung
Mahoney
Ottawa
Fire damages dormitory at Wrangell BIA school
A fire in the Wrangell Alaska Bureau of Indian Affairs vocational boarding school boys dormitory caused about 2000 dollars in damage. The blaze occurred in an unoccupied area and the cause remains undetermined.
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