Saginaw Valley Paralyzed by General Strike Shutdown
Flint Michigan June 10 The Saginaw Valley suffers industrial paralysis as the General Motors plant in Saginaw closes at noon and electric service fails across thirteen counties. About one hundred thousand workers and four hundred thousand residents face disruption while strike leaders and officials pursue a wage dispute.
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General Motors
Saginaw
Bay City
Flint
Washington, D. C
Murphy
Michigan
Fishermen seek State Dept action over Japanese boats
Senator Schwellenbach asked the State Department to investigate claims that Japanese fishing boats have invaded U S and Canadian Bristol Bay grounds in the North Pacific. A telegram from Alaska figures urged boycotting cargo from Japan as Japanese cannery ships near shore drew protests from the Maritime Federation district council.
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Washington
Senator Schwellenbach
U.S. State Department
North Pacific Ocean
State Department
Paul Gerhardt
Alaska Fishermen's Association
Edward Coffey
Alaska
Bristol Bay
Japan
San Francisco
District Council of the Maritime Federation
Washington, D. C
Hitler to Speak in East Prussia on Frontiers
Marienwerder Germany June 10 Adolph Hitler plans a June 19 speech from the Castle of Marienburg in East Prussia before senior Nazi leaders. Details are guarded though rumors say the frontier issue will be addressed. A county party leader disclosed the plan.
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Hitler
East Prussia
Associated Press
Marienwerder
Germany
Adolph Hitler
Marienburg
Teutonic] Knights
Nazi Party
Moon Path In Eclipse Predictions Questioned
Washington June 10 observers study the solar eclipse to test if the moon stays on its narrow track. Astronomers note past errors of seconds and travel to Peru and the South Sea to observe the event as the solar system clock. The work may affect timekeeping if predictions remain off.
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Naval Observatory
South Sea Islands
Peru
Seattle Engineer Convicted of Larceny and Perjury
Joseph P. Dodd a King County engineer was convicted today on eleven counts of perjury and ten counts of grand larceny in relation to allegedly fraudulent expense accounts. The jury acquitted one grand larceny count for lack of a warrant. His attorney will seek a new trial and, if denied, an appeal to the State Supreme Court.
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Seattle
Joseph P. Dodd
King County
Dodd
State Supreme Court
British Advance Claims South Polar Regions Adopt Report
Britain moves to extend sovereignty over the Antarctic with a conference backed plan to claim southern polar areas. The United States also asserts a domain as Lincoln Ellsworth and Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd have each promoted territory in the pole region.
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British Advance
South Polar Regions
London
Antarctic
United States
Imperial Conference
Polar Committee
Pole
Lincoln Ellsworth
South Polar
Richard E. Byrd
U.S
Kennedy hails plan to build ninety five new merchant ships
Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy of the Maritime Commission said the administration’s proposal to build ninety five new merchant ships shows the United States will go places on the high seas. President Roosevelt requested ten million dollars from Congress immediately for the construction of the vessels.
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Washington, D. C
Joseph P. Kennedy
Maritime Commission
United States
High Seas
Roosevelt
Congress
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