Troops Sent to Aberdeen to Maintain Order in Strike
The second battalion of the 61st Infantry National Guard arrived in Aberdeen on Sunday for strike duty at lumber mills. Governor Martin ordered guardsmen from Yakima Walla Prosser and Pullman to protect workers returning to mills, as the ten week strike persists.
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Associated Press
Aberdeen
61St Infantry
Washington State National Guard
Clarence D. Martin
Hoquiam
Grays Harbor
Yakima
Walla
Prosser
Pullman
Martin
Tacoma
Transfer Of Unemployables From Federal Relief Stalls
Washington officials reported little progress in moving unemployables from federal relief to state care. About four million remain on federal rolls with roughly 2 percent dependent long term. Hopkins plans to supply food and clothes after return to local government care as work relief peaks around November 1.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hopkins
Money Requests for Fisheries Work Funds
Applications for works funds by the Bureau of Fisheries list 55996 for salmon spawning grounds improvement and predatory enemy destruction in Bristol Bay, plus 10107 for reconditioning Alaska patrol vessels and the Pribilof Islands tender.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bureau of Fisheries
Bristol Bay
Alaska
Pribilof Islands
Huey Long Expands Power With Special Session
In Baton Rouge on July 8, Huey Long presses toward final passage of a 26 bill package. The measures aim to centralize patronage control, place non elected officials under state civil service, and grant Long authority over hiring and firing state school teachers.
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Baton Rouge
Huey Long
Long
Powers Granted Long By Legislature in Brief Special Session
In a whirlwind July session at Baton Rouge the legislature approved twenty six measures granting Huey Long broad control. The laws extend authority over elections, army command, non elective state employees, parish supervision, local finances, teacher hiring and firing, and power to spend state money. Martial law persisted throughout the session.
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Baton Rouge
Huey Long
Senator Long
Long
Wiley Post Plans Siberia Flight via Cape Prince of Wales
Aviator Wiley Post announced a planned flight to Siberia crossing forty miles of open water from Cape Prince of Wales. He would conduct trial runs this week with wife and Fay Gillis Wells, mapping a Pacific route for a commercial Alaska to Siberia line and potentially hunting bear in the North.
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Wiley Post
Siberia
Cape Prince Wales
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Post
Pacific
Bering Strait
Cape Prince of Wales
Fay Gillis Wells
Alaska
Morgerthan Describes Tax Revenue Range for New Taxes
Secretary Morgenthau told the Ways and Means Committee that wealth distribution taxes could raise between 118 million and 901 million dollars annually to fund current expenses and reduce the national debt. He noted emergencies require borrowing to cover gaps. Republicans countered that the plan would not significantly cut debt.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Theste House
Ways and Means Committees
Treasury
Jenkins
Daily Nugget Subscription Offer
Advertises home delivery of the Daily Nugget at 2.00 dollars per month, urging readers to subscribe to save 60 cents monthly with carrier service.
Douglas Fairbanks Plans East Coast Business Trips
Douglas Fairbanks in Hollywood dispatches plans to meet associates including Lady Sylvin Achley for conferences, with routes noted toward New York and Quebec. The account outlines travel by air and sea, a weekend fishing trip, and ongoing film industry ties, though some phrasing is garbled.
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Douglas Fairbanks
Hollywood
Associated Press
Vancouver
B. C
Noilis Fairbanks
Sylvin Achley
Hiutih Stas Cruisa
Quebec
England
Uys
Faybanks
Aw York
Hays
Hallywood
United States Refuses Action on Kellogg-Briand Pact
Washington reports the United States will take no action to invoke the Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact over the Italo Ethiopian dispute. After talks between President Roosevelt and Cordell Hull, a State Department note to Haile Selassie said the U.S. will not participate in Afro European conflict and praised League of Nations attention to the issue.
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Washington
United States
Ethiopia
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
State Department
Haile Selishie
Addis Ababa
League of Nations
U. S
Italy
Pirates Rob The Patrons Gambling Barge Near Barrow
Five pirates boarded the Monte Carlo night off Long Beach and held crew at gunpoint. Altogether they stole about thirty two thousand dollars in cash and jewelry. Barrow residents await the Schooner S Holmes and other ships as food supplies run low with ice conditions favorable. The Wolmes is expected to reach Barrow in about a week.
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Barrow
Schothier
Associated Press
Long Beach Calif
Baynet Monte Carlo
Avhat Ed Tanner
Feo
Wolmes
New U S Army Bomber Nears Readiness
Seattle July 8 A mystery bomber for the United States Army believed the world’s most formidable aer ial weapon nears completion in the Boeing Assembly hangar. The plane with a 105 foot wingspan powered by four 700 hp motors is to fly about July 10 then move to Canton Ohio for tests. Secrecy surrounds the project with a 70 foot length and a large bomb compartment.
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Associated Press
Seattle
United States Army
Boeing Assembly
Caton
Ohio
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Schmeling Beats Uzcudun In Berlin Twelve Round Victory
In Berlin on Sunday Max Schmeling, weighing 192½ pounds, won a twelve round decision over Spain’s Paulino Uzcudun, weighing 203. Schmeling claimed a foul in the sixth that he said drained his strength, leaving many German fans disappointed at the margin of victory.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Max Schmelling
Paulino Uzcudun
Spain
Schmelling
Udeudun
Max
Italy Increases Troop Actions On Africa Front
Rome reports Italy boosted African forces with the Blackshirts expanding from 12 000 to 15 000 troops across four divisions and a fifth ready. Over three thousand soldiers and officers head to Africa as three ships sail and more transports await at docks, amid predicted Ethiopia Italy hostilities before the rainy season ends.
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Associated Press
Rome
Italy
Africa
Ethiopia
Canadian Wheat Board Bill Becomes Law
Ottawa reports the Canadian wheat board bill is now law after passage by both houses and approval by Governor General Lord Bessborough. The act gives the government board power to fix prices and dispose of all wheat, old and new, while keeping the grain exchange functioning and dropping the proposed one year limit.
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Canadian Wheat Board
Ottawa
Lord Bessborough
Government
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