Breakup Is On Pictures Of Coronation to Be Flown to U. S
Latest advices say the Chena River ice at Fairbanks went out at 11 31 am today after a large jam earlier. Nenana ice remained solid at 8 am. Merrill and Lambie, American trans Atlantic fliers, landed at North Weald and flew to Croydon to cover Coronation pictures for the United States awaiting permission to return.
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Fairbanks
U. S
Nenana
Jack Lambie
North Weald
Royal Airforce Airdrome
Croyden
Croyden Airdrome
Engdand
Merrill and
Lambie
Atlantic Ocean
England
United States
Ickes urges long range Alaska development and tourism use
Secretary Ickes urged Congress to fund a planned Alaska development program. He cited the Matanuska valley's potential, need for airfields and roads, and interest in expanding aviation and tourist trade under the American flag. He stressed Alaska as a frontier with vast resources awaiting orderly development.
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Interior Department
Matanuska Valley
Elee
Congrea
Press Sees Daily News Shaped By Pictures And Color
Washington editors at the American Society of Newspaper Editors symposium predict tomorrow’s papers will be more individualized, interpretive, and self-contained with more pictures diagrams and charts. Color use will spread and 50 percent of news space may shift to pictures replacing front page sensational copy with background and synopsis.
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American Society of Newspaper Editors
Six Months Paid in Advance Subscription Inquiry
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Coronation Day Set As King George VI And Queen Prepare
London May 11 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth face a stiff day starting May 12 with dawn gun salutes from Hyde Park to the Tower of London. A procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey will feature the State coach and a royal guard. The ceremony includes the Archbishop of Canterbury administering the coronation oath and anointing rites with two million spectators expected along the route. Amid solemn rites the sovereign wears regal attire and is girdled with the sword of state while foreign dignitaries and royal guests attend.
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London
George VI
Elizabeth
Hyde Park
Tower of London
King George VI Hosts Gay Banquet in Buckingham Palace
King George VI presided over a lavish banquet at Buckingham Palace as mass crowds estimated over a million gathered in London for the pre coronation celebrations. The king's reception underscored the festive mood marking upcoming coronation events.
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King George VI
George
Buckingham Palace
Film Actors and Movie Films Reach an Agreement
Hollywood reports a working agreement between six major studios and the Screen Actors Guild on guild shop conditions improved pay and working conditions for extras. The guild leaders pledged to bring others into line at a Guid meeting while four thousand advocates applauded. Motion picture craftsmen remain on strike.
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Associated Press
Hollywood
Producers
Screen Actors Guild
RKO
Paramount
MGM
Universal
Columbia
20Th Century
Fox
Hollywood Legion Fight Stadium
Baseball Scores from Associated Press Weekday Games
National League results include Pittsburgh 4 over Boston 3, Cincinnati 3 over Philadelphia 10, St. Louis 2 over Brooklyn 8, Chicago 4 over New York 3. American League highlights New York 7 over Chicago 0, Philadelphia 9 over Detroit 5, Washington 3 over St. Louis 6, Boston 5 over Cleveland 6.
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Detroit
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Ceveland
Strong Light Seen On Hindenburg Before Disaster
Testimony from May 11 describes a bright light in the Hindenburgs upper fin preceding the fire that destroyed the airship in New Jersey. Messier testified that bow and stern ballasting showed the ship heavy in the stern before a combustion engulfed the vessel and it sank with 35 lives lost.
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Associated Press
Lakehurst
New Jersey
Hindenburg
United States Investigation Board
Cs Vor Messier
American-Zepplin Transport Company
U.S
Frances
von Messier
Boards Organizing JUNEAU May 10 meeting of unemployment panel
An organizing meeting of the Unemployment Compensation Commission was held in Juneau with Chairman Bob Bartlett presiding. Members R A Bragan of Anchorage and R E Hardcastle of Ketchikan attended. The board will name an executive director Tuesday. Two applicants are Walter P L Sharpe and John Pegues. Welfare board members arrived and will join meetings starting Wednesday. Members include J G Rivers Fairbanks John Walmer Juneau Mrs Margaret Monkman Anchorage and Russell Maynard Nome.
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Unemployment Compensation Commission
Bob Bartlett
R. A. Bragan
Anchorage
R. E. Hardcastle
Ketchikan
Walter PL Sharpe
John Pegues
FHA
Board of Welfare
J. G. Rivers
Fairbanks
John Walmer
Margaret Monkman
Russell Maynard
Nome
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