Spanish German Warship Bombard Almeria Sparks Crisis
European powers react as German warships bombard the Spanish port of Almeria in reprisal for the Deutschland attack. Casualties reported include hundreds killed or injured. Italy and Britain protest while calls rise for League Council action and neutral shipping safeguards.
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Seattle
Deutchland
Gibraltar
Spanish Defense Ministry
London
Almeria
Europe
Spain
Berlin
England
Eden
Chamberlain
Foreign Office
Geneva
Switzerland
Juan Alvarez Delvayo
League of Nations
League Council
Paris
Leon Blum
Germany
Italy
Rome
H. M. S. Hardy
Warship patrols guard Spanish coast as Mussolini warns
Italian warships patrol the eastern Spanish coast with unhooded anti aircraft guns and constant gun crews after the bombing of the Italian auxiliary ship Barretta. Mussolini signals that further attacks on Italian ships will invite German reprisals.
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Rome
Mussolini
Barrletta
Roosevelt targets tax dodging by wealthiest individuals
President Roosevelt urged Congress to pass immediate legislation to curb tax evasion by a small group of very rich individuals. He said widespread avoidance shifts the tax burden to the less able and outlined eight devices used to escape income taxation, including asset transfers and artificial deductions.
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Washington, D.C
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury Department
Disastrous Fire Destroys Kotzebue Road House and Store
A disastrous 7:30 A.M. blaze in Kotzebue destroyed Molly Berryman's road house and the Kotzebue Trading Post store run by Mrs Vernon and Mrs Patterson. Volunteers saved Tom Berryman's store, with flames stopping only 10 feet away.
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Kotzebue
Molly Berryman
Vernon
Patterson
Tom Berryman
Victoria Sailed from Seattle with Nome Passengers
The Alaska Steamship Company's Bering Sea liner Victoria left Seattle at 10 AM carrying 166 cabin passengers and 151 steerage passengers, 146 of whom were bound for Nome. A separate passenger list will be published tomorrow.
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Seattle
Alaska Steamship Company
Victoria
Nome
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