Nickel Ore Development Plans at Snipe Bay Alaska
Carl Vevelstad reports Vevelstad Nickel properties at Snipe Bay Baranof Island will produce 30 000 tons of ore monthly. Swedish experts Haglund Hoeghel sent ore samples to Fairbanks for assay while German capital funds the operation. Machinery valued at half a million dollars to be assembled in the states for quarry work. Five men accompany Vevelstad to Yakobia Island including John Owen and Gordon Jensen.
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Vevelstad
Snipe Bay
Baranof Island
Carl Vevelstad
Petersburg
Ture Haglund
Eric Hoeghel
Fairbanks
Sitka
North American
Sudburry
Onetario
International Nickel Corp
Sudbury
Portia
Yakobia Island
John Owen
Clarence Olsen
Clarence Delgaard
P. Hansen
Gordon Jensen
Fisheries Boat Kittiwake Arrives to Base at Petersburg
The Bureau of Fisheries boat Kittiwake docked in port to operate for the season with Petersburg as a base. Captain James Crawford leads the 85 foot diesel craft, with Mrs Crawford, Chief Engineer Frank Conrad, Quartermaster Irving Gore, and cook Cliff Ainsley aboard. Dr. Samuel J Hutchinson, a biologist, joined from the Aleutians and sailed to Little Port Walter on Baranof Island to study pink salmon at the government station there. The station has operated for two years.
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Bureau of Fisheries
Kittiwake
Petersburg
James Crawford
Crawford
Frank Conrad
Irving Gore
Cliff Ainsley
Samuel J Hutchinson
Bureau
Aleutian
Little Port Walter
Baranof Island
Int'l Highway Backed By Demo Convention
Washington Democrats at the convention unanimously support Alaska bound International Highway linking the Territory to the United States. Arthur Chamberlain, delegate from Deering, urged the request and won instant approval at a caucus. The action follows Alaska delegation pressure for improved access and infrastructure.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Alaska
United States
Arthur Chamberlain
Deering
FBI Holds 6 Million Fingerprints On File
Washington explains the Federal Bureau of Investigation maintains about 6,000,000 fingerprints in its headquarters files. Officials say this vast database makes it harder for even minor criminals to escape law enforcement.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal
Petersburg Pioneer Citizens Celebrate Mrs. Enge Birthday
Mrs. Rasmus Enge, aged seventy six, held a birthday party at her Petersburg home last night with many friends and visiting North Sea officers. The event featured dancing, refreshments, a speech, and a regional welcome, highlighting the couple as longtime local contributors in fishing and community life. Pershing warns of another war.
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Rasmus Enge
Petersburg
Enge
Mrs G Roundtree Dies After Heart Attack
Mrs Guy Roundtree died of a heart attack Saturday morning June 18 at her home aged forty. Survived by husband a brother Cliff Wayha three daughters Mabel twelve Agnes nine Lucille five and a son Louis Minard. Funeral services were held by Captain Moore of the Salvation Army Sunday June 14 at the Presbyterian Church and burial followed at Petersburg Cemetery by L B Cornelius.
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Guy Roundtree
Captain Moore
Salvation Army
Presbyterian Church
Petersburg
L. B. Cornelius
Don Thompson Reported Improving After Hemorrhage
Don Thompson, who left Petersburg for Juneau earlier this month to work on building projects, suffered hemorrhages last week. Physicians could not stop them for a time. Mrs. Thompson flew to Juneau, and Tuesday report stated he had a blood transfusion and was improving. The Thompsons have resided in Petersburg since their marriage last year.
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Don Thompson
Jueneau
Mrs. Thompson
Juneau
PATCO
Jimmy Rinehart
Petersburg
Kruzoff
al Peters
Mr. Thompson
Townsend Club Receives Charter and Literature
Secretary Erick Ness says Petersburg Townsend Club secured its charter this week and will distribute constitutions and by laws at the regular meeting on Wednesday July 1 at 7 PM at the Rifle Range.
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Erick Ness
Petersburg Townsend Club
Conference of Governors to study minimum wage ruling
Secretary of Labor Perkins calls a conference with governors from seventeen states with minimum wage laws to study the Supreme Court ruling invalidating the New York law. The note mentions Sagalines duties on German goods due to discrimination.
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Perkins
Supreme Court
New York
Democrats Draw Up Platform At Philadelphia Convention
Delegates at the Democratic gathering eliminated the two thirds rule for nominating candidates and agreed to reapportion delegation strength for future conventions. The platform endorses Roosevelt era aims and pledges constitutional amendments if needed to support families, democracy, and disaster relief while calling for federal action on drought, labor standards, and business reform.
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Philadelphia
Street Work Halted Temporarily
The PWA street improvement project paused after James Truitt of the U S Army Engineers arrived to inspect harbor dredging plans. He warned the sewer outlet near the Fire Hall would interfere with the proposed small boat harbor and likely must be moved before War Department work proceeds. Contractor R H Stock delayed work pending his arrival. plan is to extend the trunk line beyond the cannery with costs as the deciding factor.
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PWA
James Truitt
U. S. Army Engineers
Huskies Sweep Poughkeepsie Regatta Wins All Three
The University of Washington Husky crews swept the Poughkeepsie Regatta by winning all three races. The varsity outlasted California and Navy to finish a length and a half ahead, with California second and Navy third in the main race. Freshman and Jayvee results also favored Washington.
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University of Washington Husky
Frosh
Varsity
California
Navy
Washington Jayvee Shell
Cornell
Wrangell Sets King Salmon Prices Three Tiers
Dick Hansen reported ARB Packing Co of Wrangell pays king salmon at 10 6 and 4 cents per pound in two markets and a third tier.
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Wrangell
Dick Hansen
ARB Packing Co
Reep Recital Enthralls Audience at Variety Theater
Norwegian American contralto Elien Reep presented her fourth Peters burg recital at the Variety Theater with Grieg songs and a varied program. She spoke in Scandinavian English French and displayed strong diction and dramatic skill aided by sister Mary Reep Torkkissen at the piano. Reep planned concerts along the Alaska coast before heading to Seattle then New York and eventual Europe.
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Elien Reep
Petersburg
Grieg
Miss Reep
Norway
Mary Reep Torkkissen
Aleutian
Juneau
Alaska
Wrangell
Ketchikan
Seattle
East
Miss Keep
New York
Europe
Capone Stabbed at Alcatraz in Prison Scuffle
Capone was stabbed in the back with scissors by fellow inmate Lucas, a Texas bank robber, during an altercation at Alcatraz. Warden James Johnston reported Lucas grabbed the barber shop scissors, delivering the wound before Capone struck back. Lucas is already serving thirty years.
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San Franciseco
Capone 9
Alcatraz
James Calucas
Lucas
Texas
Capone
James Johnston
Paramount Cancels Alaska Picture
Paramount Studios called off plans to film Spawn of the North in Alaska this summer due to Carole Lombard illness. Miss Lombard and Joel McCrea were slated as leads in an all color production expected to showcase Alaska’s vast beauty to attract tourists.
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Hollywood
Paramount Studios
Ketchikan
Barret Willoughby
Carole Lombard
Miss Lombard
Joel McCrea
Trollers Offer Free 1936 Trolling Plates from Mr Johansen
Warden A P Romina directs readers to contact the Trading Union for Bureau of Fisheries trolling plates for 1936 at no charge, via Mr Johansen.
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Trading Union
Bureau of Fisheries
Mr. Johansen
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