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Newspaper
Alaska Petersburg Press
Location
Petersburg, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1936
Page
1
Secretary Cordell Hull attacks critics who distort the reciprocal trade agreements. He cites farm price improvements since 1932, argues imports rose only for feeding drought livestock, and asserts tariffs were not lowered. He compares 1929–32 farm sales to 1936 five‑month totals to refute claims agriculture was betrayed.
Mrs. W. W. Richardson of the Hotel Detroiter Detroit Michigan seeks contact with her brother Roy Stubblefield who went to Alaska about six years ago A sister died recently and his father is ill The last letter from him was mailed at Takoma about a year ago and was returned unclaimed Anyone with information should communicate to Mrs W W Richardson Hotel Detroiter Detroit Michigan
Berlin reports Jesse Owens of Ohio State dominated Olympic track with wins in the 100 meter dash 19.3 seconds broad jump 26 feet 5 inches and the 200 meter dash. Other victors include John Woodruff Glenn Hardison Ken Carpenter and For rest Towns. Tajima set a world record in hopping step and jump. Love lock triumphs in the 1500 meters. Italy edged the U S in soccer 1 to 0.
Dr. T. J. Pyle announces annual contracts with eleven dentists serving Alaska Natives and Eskimos across districts. Appointees include Wheeler Kake Carter Bethel McKenzie Ketchikan Scruby Wrangell Smith Petersburg Hodgins Sitka Poley Skagway Livie Bristol Bay Roberts Kodiak and Cook Inlet La Rue Yukon River Hughes Nome.
A vast placer gold field in Eastern Siberia, about 100 miles north of Okhotsk, draws 60,000 workers under two Soviet Gold Trust engineers. Irkutsk and Krasnoyarsk factories supply modern mining gear as supply lines improve via the North Baikal railroad. The Soviet Union aims to reach a world leading gold output near $600 million this year.
Seattle-Congressman Byron Harlan, back from Alaska aboard the Bureau of Fisheries vessel Brant, says the Matanuska Colony is a national defense move and he will recommend expanding the project. Madrid plans 300 planes to bomb fascist strongholds as Washington warns Spain over American property and indemnification. Alvin Karpis arrived at Alcatraz under guard after kidnapping Brewer Hamm of St Paul. Martial law and censorship in Greece target a suspected communist plot amid Seattle flier reports.
A delegation including Regional Forester Charles H. Florey Territorial Veterinary Dr J B Loftus and Extension Director Lorin Oldroyd visited Petersburg to inspect fox farms and explore a possible experimental fur station due to high mortality from parasites The group planned further talks in Sitka and Juneau after surveying Fairbanks and Level Islands and receiving local guidance from Forester J M Wyckoff.
Farm Journal poll shows Landon 25 307 to Roosevelt 20 869 in early returns. Only 32 states counted, yet the magazine calls the sample reliable. Analysts say farm vote will decide and forecast ongoing aid and promises from both parties. Roosevelt orders PWA survey, halting 80 million projects. auto deaths drop 8 percent. WPA employs 24 000 in five drought states.
Petersburg will follow a national trend prompting parents of beginners to have their children examined by a family physician before starting school this fall. The Territorial Department of Health lists times for exams with Dr. J O Rude and Dr. T W Benson and notes assistance by Miss Alice Moran during summer rounds.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Crosson and Mrs. Wiley Post, passengers on the northbound Alaska Tuesday, visited Sergeant Ralph R. Reeser at the Radio Station during port call in Juneau. After arrival they will fly to Fairbanks. Also with them were Mr. and Mrs. Elias Wright en route to Valdez where Mr. Wright, a Seattle attorney with Wright and Wright, will handle a Federal Court case.
Amos Burg and Roy Pepper travel from Seattle June 21 aboard the 26 foot sprit rigged Dujon to study Southeastern Alaska fisheries for National Geographic. They plan Skagway Sitka and return via Petersburg, with Burg producing plates and photos. The voyage includes their canoe Song of the Winds and a planned October Seattle return.
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