Icebreaker Krassin Nears Barrow For Arctic Search
A Soviet icebreaker with four crew arrives at Barrow to join the hunt for a missing Russian trans polar plane with six aboard. The Krassin nears Point Barrow from Siberian icepack and may support an eastward hop to Aklavik once weather allows.
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Associated Press
Barrow
Point Bar
Siberian
Aklavik
Bob Randall
Nome
Globe
Baltic Sea
Bering Sea
St. Lawrence Bay
Bering Straits
Uelen
Siberia
Alaskan
Maurice Slipeney
How to Stake Claims in Alaska Pamphlet Sale
A pamphlet detailing how mining claims can be staked in Alaska is offered for sale at The Nugget Office for 10 cents. It describes length, breadth, claim numbers, and the Association Claim in clear steps.
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Alaska
Association
Storm halts Arctic Cruisers at Victoria fair visit
A sudden storm forced Arctic Cruisers to be recalled to Victoria after they had joined the morning fair activities following their return from St Michael. Local events paused as sailors redirected weather.
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Victoria
St. Michael
Insurgent Troops Press Through Biscay Hills Toward Santander
In Hendaye on August 20 General Franco's forces slogged through mud in Biscay hill country toward Santander. Infantry attacks pressed the last government strongholds as fog and rain grounded aircraft and hindered field artillery in the southern sector.
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Associated Press
Hendaye
Spain
Franco
Biscaylan
Santander
Vic Mada
Teller
East Cape
Northwestern Alaska Fair Opens With Parade and Program
The Northwestern Alaska Fair and Mid-Summer Festival opened last evening with a unique outdoor parade featuring floats and native groups. President L E Bynning welcomed a fair sized audience and outlined the fair’s purpose and territorial financial support. The program included Camp Fire Girls demonstrations, a reading by Georgia Slack, a skit by five young women, and the introduction of an auto-glide in Nome. A live porcupine exhibited after noon drew a large crowd to the rear glass case.
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Alaska
L. E. Bynning
Northwestern Alaska Fair Association
Bynning
Camp Fire Council
Camp Fire Girls
Georgia Slack
Mattern and Jones Fly to Arctic Coast
Mattern and Jones with radio man John Stump left Fairbanks at 11:10 a.m. to fly to the Arctic Coast and over the Arctic Ocean, planning to return tonight. Smirnov the Russian agent will depart for Aklavik tomorrow to set up a radio base, according to the Fairbanks News-Miner.
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Associated Press
Fairbanks
Nugget
Stump
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Smirnov
Aklavik
Earthquake Hits Manila Amid Terror Damage Report
The Associated Press notes a sharp Manila earthquake struck late at night causing panic as fires broke out and buildings and churches suffered damage. Refugees from Shanghai arrived earlier, injuries were numerous, but initially no deaths were reported. tremors reached two hundred miles away twenty minutes after the first shock.
Piano Sale and Tuning Services Prominent in Lincoln Hotel Ad
Expert piano tuner George Anderson now highlighted at the Lincoln Hotel. Ohler Brumback Pianos offer grand and upright models for sale and rent, including rebuilt pianos and new Tom Thumb pianos.
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Lincoln Hotel
Ohler
Brumback
House Passes Reindeer Bill After lengthy debate
Washington Aug 20 The House approved the Senate bill after over three hours of debate to give Alaska reindeer to natives The measure offered by Senator Schweilenbach in the Senate and by Delegate Dinond in the House would authorize Interior to purchase and acquire reindeer range equipment and other property to run the reindeer industry Funds of two million dollars are provided for the act and the bill goes back to the Senate for minor amendments
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House
Senate
Alaska
Schweilenbach
Dinond
Secretary of the Interior
Carl
Shell Lands on Deck of Augusta Kills One Sailor
SHANGHAI Aug 20 One U S sailor Freddie Falgout of Racefeed Florida was killed and eighteen injured when an anti aircraft shell of undetermined origin struck the after well deck of the cruiser Augusta flagship of the Asiatic Fleet in the Whangpoo river near the international settlement The shell fell at 640 p m as Japanese and Chinese batteries fired near the city as fires raged in Shanghai and near 800 crew sheltered below decks
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Associated Press
Shanghai
U.S
Freddie Falgout
Racefeed
Florida
Augusta
Chapei
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Crass
PT. Barrow
Otto J. Schmidt
North Pole
Slipenev
Piot Sigismund Levanefsky
Krassin
United States
Alaska Arctic
Simone Simon
Eee
New York
Paris
Abdul Abulbul Amear
Will
Arctic Co
Fairbanks News-Miner
Funny Papers
Native Entertainment
King Island
Diomede Island
UIT
Wally Berger
The
Giants
Bees
Frank Gabler
Cash
Manila
Igen Gerrerson
George Anderson
Washington, D.C
Whangpoo River
International Settlement
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