12 Aug 1936
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Newspaper
The Nome Daily Nugget
Location
Nome, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1936
Page
1
Soviet fliers, staying in Fairbanks today, completed a fast flight from Juneau. They arrived in Fairbanks and will depart for Nome tomorrow to prepare for their hop to Siberia and Moscow.
The Soviet pilots Sigis mund Levanefsky and Victor Levchenko landed at Harding Lake near Fairbanks after a 600 mile flight from Juneau. They were greeted by locals as Joe Crosson of Pacific Alaska Airways ferried them to Fairbanks. The fliers will remain until Thursday before departing for Nome to train for their Siberian route.
Soviet Vultee pilots Levanetsky and Levchenko, en route from California to Siberia via Alaska, landed in Fairbanks and will depart for Nome tomorrow morning local time. They plan to stay a day or two, visiting acquaintances before resuming an Arctic route to Moscow, while Alaska officials seek weather and radio reports for the leg to the Lena River.
The Madrid government drives to crush the fascist revolt as rebels attack to reach the sea. Madrid aims to seize Oviedo with assaults on Cordoba Granada and Seville. enemies have cut electricity and water in Cordoba Granada and Seville for days. Rebels near Irun three miles away as Madrid defends the frontier. Thirty two sailors from the gunboat Dato join at Malaga to fight fascists. Clinched by hospital equipment notes from Alaska doctors.
The Washington crew dominated the eight event in the Olympic trials with a sharp sprint, beating Britain by a half length to set a new Olympic record. The race featured strong pacing in the final stages as Washington overtook the field.
Oldtimer Mike Larson, retired in 1933 after decades with the Hudson Bay Company, came back to Wrangell. He prospected in the Cassiar from 1898 for ten years, later worked at McDennes, the Laird and Dease posts, and helped establish a Barrow Bay post in 1924. He now hunts and traps at Shakes Creek.
Nome Chamber of Commerce and city officials reviewed a preliminary survey by City Engineer Robert E. Lyle on a proposed seawall along the south side of Front street in Nome. The plan seeks U S Engineers support to protect business properties from storm surge and coastal erosion since the 1954 fire.
Reported in Washington August 12 two Japanese defendants were found by a federal grand jury to have plotted against U S interests. The foreman named Anthony Fane and others in a conspiracy involving espionage and betrayal while connected to offices in New York and California.
Berlin August 12 Juck Meds lea of Satie won the 400 meter free style championship in four minutes 34.5 seconds. Japin's Shimvie was close, with Medica dead heat in prelims. Shozi Makino finished third and Raph Flanigan of the United States was fourth. Medica holds the world record at 4 38.7 set two years ago.
Colonel Wild and Mr. Truitt will depart tomorrow for Anchorage traveling through several stops to review river and harbor projects in the Territory conducted by the U. S. Engineers.
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