Flu Epidemic Is Beaten in Stricken Area
Wainwright reports 200 flu cases and five pneumonia. Barrow village nearly all infected. One death, an elderly man with heart disease. Dr F B Gillespie in Fairbanks says situation under control with no food shortage. Nurses, pilots, and Indian Affairs officials coordinate care and transport. Specimens sent to Johns Hopkins for analysis.
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W. W. Council
F. B. Gillespie
Fairbanks
Jykes
Keaton
Charles W. Hawkesworth
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Henry Griest
Barrow
John Hopkins Hospital
Hawkesworth
Auto fatalities surge nationwide and local deaths reported
Auto traffic deaths rose across 23 states with several hundred injured weekend totals exceed 65 deaths nationwide. In Northwest Seattle C Alfred Smith Kent died after being struck by a car in Tacoma. Nine year old James Clinton Parsons died when an auto tire blew and the car rolled near Longview. W T Dickerson, 44, drowned after his auto struck a light pole near Kennewick. driver Bernice Harris, 25, swam ashore. Coast rice farming decline noted in South Carolina’s coastal region.
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Seattle
C. Alfred Smith
Kent
Tacoma
James Clinton Parsons
Longview
W. T. Dickerson
Columbia River
Kennewick
Bernice Harris
Governor Troy Optimistic On Alaska Highway Plan
Governor John W. Troy, traveling from Washington to San Diego, voiced optimism that the Federal Government will provide Public Works funds to build the Seattle to Alaska corridor through Canada. He travels by plane and expects to return to Juneau around June.
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John W. Troy
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Seattle
Alaska
Canada
Juneau
Poland's Marshal Pilsudski Dies at 66 in Warsaw
Warsaw May 13 Marshal Joseph Pilsudski Poland's power figure is dead aged 66. His rise from retirement to lead a five day revolution in 1926 reshaped Poland guiding it through upheaval and war. Born July 4 1867 at Vilna he studied Cracow and was exiled to Siberia after opposing the Russian czar. He led the Polish labor movement and became a dominant political force.
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Marshal Josep Pilsudski
Poland
Marshal Pilsudski
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Witos
Wojciechowski
Posen
Czar
Russia
Siberia
Princess Barbara Hutton Mdivani Wins Divorce in Nevada Trial
Reno reports Princess Barbara Hutton Mdivani was granted a divorce from her Prince in a ten minute probate proceeding. Rumors say she may wed again today or tomorrow. Meanwhile M W Odom of Prye and Company travels to Ketchikan from Skagway aboard the Northwestern.
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Reno
Nevada
Barbara Hutton Mdivani
Patman Bonus Showdown Looms in Washington
May 13 The debate over the Patman bonus issue intensifies as Democrats predict a presidential veto citing inflation concerns and the need to aid the needy first. Washington May 15 Amid calls for compromise, 23000 telegrams favor the Patman plan while White House aides expect a veto after the weekend.
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Roosevelt
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Five Convicts Escape From Kentucky Reformatory
Five inmates at a Kentucky reformatory escaped after locking guards in a vault and stealing submachine guns. They fled in an abandoned car near Spring Station, then forced a second vehicle to stop, while a third convoy of pursuing motorists surrendered.
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Ate Reformatory
Spring Station
Ethopian note to League cites Italian military buildup
Geneva reports a new Ethopian note to the League of Nations declaring that Italy shows hostile intentions through troop and matériel concentration in East Africa. Ethiopia denies mobilization. Rome dispatches mobilization orders to soldiers of the 1912 class as the Italo Ethiopian crisis intensifies.
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Predicts End Of Republic of United States
Chicago May 13 United States Senator Thomas Schall of Minnesota warned Bar Association members that if Roosevelt is elected in 1936 and wins there will be no future elections, and the Republic of the United States will be history. He said the President has usurped functions and seeks to declare himself the State like Louis XIV.
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Sehall
Hope for extension of radiophones in Alaska
Major General James B. Allison chief Signal Officer arrived in Juneau with Col Kumpe to study developing radio telephone links between Alaska and Seattle and later link Alaska towns to world centers. He expects experimental radio telephone broadcasts Juneau Seattle to continue, with hopes for secrecy equipment and potential commercial use after testing and funding. General Allison will travel on to Seattle and then Washington, inspecting Signal Corps units en route.
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US Army
Washington, D. C
Juneau
Col. G. Kumpe
Washington-Alaska
Alaska
Seattle
Signal Corps
D. C
Hood Bay Packing Co Workers Missing on Northwest Trip
Among cannery staff taken from Seattle during the Northwest trip were Hood Bay Packing Company workers. Led by superintendent A P Wolf, they were accompanied by his son John and seven others, with Wolf described as the leader of the group.
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Wolf
John
Secret Pacific maneuvers reveal deadly navy incidents
Honolulu dispatch reports a destroyer collision killing one and injuring four, plus a plane accident killing one, tied to secret fleet exercises in the Pacific. Thirty-two of 153 warships reached Pearl Harbor as 43 planes erased their marked destination 1,200 miles westward. The Pearl Harbor fleet forms a vast concentration awaiting orders for a westward dash. A separate pair of dreadnoughts sailed from California toward the Aleutians.
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Pearl Harbor
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J. M. Reeves
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California
New Deal Faces Republican Push in Midwest
May 13 report says leaders move to purge Republican leadership warm to the New Deal. John Hamilton Kan as National Committeeman declares honest to goodness Republicans are wanted as delegates to the Springfield conference in June. In Europe Marshal Pilsudski’s death prompts London and Moscow discussions on Poland’s role and a mutual aid pact.
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John Hamilton
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Marshal Pilsudski
Poland
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Two Seattle Men Drown In Green River Search
May 14 Seattle men William Prottas a furniture company executive and Leo A Chaikin attorney were believed drowned during a pleasure boating outing on Green River 5 with four companions Chaikin drowned while trying to rescue Prottas. E A Ramuson Skagway banker arrived on Northwestern and will take the southbound Cukon for Wrangell
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Skagway
Lynn Canal City
Ballot Boxes Destroyed in Philippine Capital Area
Manila reports destruction of several ballot boxes by Sakdal Extremists as authorities take widespread precautions ahead of tomorrow plebiscite on Philippine independence.
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Pioneers in Matanuska face years of toil for farms
In Alaska on May 13, transplanted Minnesotans expect two to three years of hard work before Matanuska farms yield a livable income. Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corp. manager Don L. Irwin says only 15 percent of land will be cleared this year with two to three seasons needed to clear the remaining 40 acre tracts. The settlers remain optimistic, noting their Sabbath worship outdoors as they work amid mountain scenery.
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Don L. Irwin
Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation
Cory
Cod
Waterfront Workers Ballot Sought for General Strike
The Waterfront Workers Association has requested a ballot for a general strike to be taken next Wednesday May 16 in Vancouver. The move follows labor tensions and aims to demonstrate union solidarity and leverage in contract talks.
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Waterfront Workers’ Associaion
One Hundred Name Chain Letter Is Started Portland
Portland Oregon May 13 This citys first 10 name cobain letter which had 13 names within three hours after being filed at one of the citys four new professional promoting offices made appearance over the weekend The letter was filed by a woman who overruled the trackers objection as to the amount and insisted the money the age as a nucleus for a full grown chain Chain promoters still reported business rushing Mrs Stanton leaves Mrs Hattie Stanton mother of Mrs R J McKanna wife of the Alaska Steamship Company agent here left Juneau on the North Western for Seattle the wll way in Tacoma
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Oregon
Cobain
Traker
Ice Still Intact In Tanana River At Nat May Date
No movement indicated for several days in Nenana Alaska as of May 15 ice remains four feet thick on the Tanana River. The annual $60 000 guessing contest hinges on the latest date and time when ice begins to break up. The last breakout here occurred May 13 1927 at 5 42 am.
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Nenana
Alaska
Tanana River
Late Flurry Lifts Stock Market Amid Mixed Closing
New York May 13 A late buying flurry revived dull trading as motors rallied and leaders faced profit taking. Alaska Juneau mite stork and various big name issues showed mixed gains with General Motors and International Harvester among leaders. Closing prices reflected a steady declines in several transform shares and bids moved in thin markets.
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Juneau
American Gan
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Anaconda
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Bethlehem Steel
Calumet and
Hecla
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Kennecott
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Bremner
Nubeana
Two Nations Reach Accord In Italy Meeting
Florence May 13. Chancellor Schaschaigg and Premier Mussolini discussed Austria and Italy issues and expressed identical views. Key topics included a hoped Hapshurg return to Austria and a proposed large increase in the Austrian Army to prevent a Nazi putsch.
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Italy
Schaschaigg
Mussolini
Austria
Executed for double murder in Archangel Russia
In Archangel Russia on May 13 a 50 year old woman Alexia Cher nokova was executed for the double axe murder of four women and her daughter, after rifling their apartment. She had previously swept out military barracks in the area.
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Alexia Chernokova
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