Alaska Leaders Call for Strong Transport Links
Senator Robert R. Reynolds urged Alaska’s expanded transport network, highlighting roads air routes and the International Highway as critical for agriculture and a booming tourist trade. He predicted millions in tourist spending and urged better freight rates and military route use while visiting Fairbanks Juneau and Ketchikan.
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U. S
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North Carolina
Senate
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PAA
Fairbanks
Point Barrow
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Gol
Louis Johnson
Seattle
Gastineau
Thay
Territories Committee
Congress
United States
Vast glacier system found west of polar regions by Washburn
Bradford Washburn reports a 235 mile long glacier river in the St Elias Range, the largest glacier mass outside the polar caps. The National Geographic Society Harvard expedition mapped a connected ice sheet 6000 to 7000 feet high linking Bering, Seward and Malaspina glaciers.
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Alaska
Bradford Washburn
Associated Press
St. Elias Range
Washburn
National Geographic Society
Harvard University
Harold Gillam
Bering
Seward
Malaspina
Bering Glacier
Bob Reeves
Warrack Wins Ketchikan Bulkhead Contract
The Treasury Department awarded an $18,900 contract to the J. B. Warrack Company of Seattle and Juneau to construct a retaining wall and bulkhead at the Post Office and Customs House in Ketchikan Alaska.
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J. B. Warrack Company
Juneau
Post Office
Customs House
Ketchikan
Alaska
German Navy Parade Before Horta Impresses Hamburg
Adolf Hitler showcased Germanys rebuilt fleet to Hungarian Regent Admiral Nicholas Horta in Kiel as about 130 vessels including battleships cruisers destroyers torpedo boats subs and minor craft steamed past. The display accompanied the christening of a 10000 ton bruiser during Hortas state visit. New Zealand approves railway tunnel through the Rimutaka Range at 4 937 500 dollars.
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Germany
Adolf Hitler
Nicholas Horta
Horta
New Zealand
Rimutaka Range
French Cabinet Crisis Narrowly Averted in 2 Hours
Paris reports a brief internal crisis as two ministers Taidovic Froshard and Paul Radalar resigned after Premier Daladier announced plans to scrap the 40 hour week. He reshaped the cabinet within two hours naming Anatole de Mozic as Public Works and Charles Pomaret as Labor, both from the same party.
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France
Taidovic Froshard
Paul Radalar
Daladier
Anatole de Mozic
Japan Sends Sharp Note to Russia Over Frontier Violation
Tokyo reports another protest to Moscow accusing Russia of violating the spirit of the truce on the Siberian Manchoukouan frontier. Ambassador Shigemitsu has protested to Litvinoff over Russian air flights across the disputed border. No progress on the Chengkufeng Hill incident. both sides remain firm.
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Two Subway Trains Bump Causes Panic in New York
Aug 22 two trains on the Lexington Avenue line collided southbound trains crowded with passengers. A fire and blackout sparked panic as an unidentified man pulled an emergency cord after Esther Marza became jammed in the doors at 116th Street.
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Government forces advance in Spain as Ebro front holds
Aug 22 Hendaye The government defense lines hold firmly amid intense fighting against the Insurgent attack on the Ebro River valley front. In other sectors the Insurgents admit government forces are not yielding but are gaining ground.
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Alaska Clipper Spends Weekend At Local Field
The Alaska Clipper made the first scheduled Pan American air express flight from Seattle to Juneau landing at Auk Bay. Captain John M. Mattis piloted the S43 amphibian with a crew including S. E. Robbins and J. D. Donnelly. The plane delivered seventy five pounds of air express and carried one passenger, Sanford B. Kauffman, with a ceremony featuring Charles Carter and local officials. The craft then proceeded to Juneau Airport, with weekly Friday flights planned pending Bureau of Air Commerce approval.
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New York
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J. D. Donnelly
Hugh Gordon
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Kidnapping at Olympia Charged in First Degree
Olympia Prosecutor files new information against Berg, Reddick, James Macaloon and John Doe for first degree kidnapping and assault. Bonds rise from 10,000 to 25,000 as authorities seek two additional suspects. Irving Baker identifies Dr K W Bery and James Reddick as part of gang. Bery and Reddick held on kidnapping charges. Jealousy over Baker's attention to Mrs Bery cited as motive.
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Alaska
Wash
Troy
Berg
Reddick
James Macaloon
John Doe
Olympia
Smith Troy
Irving Baker
Coast Guard
K. W. Bery
James Reddick
Will of James M. Golding Hints Wife Remarry
In his will James M. Golding late Kings County commander of the American Legion expresses affection for his wife and the hope she will remarry. He writes that she has been an ideal mate and should continue in that role with another man more worthy than he has been.
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James M. Golding
Kings County
American Legion
Golding
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