Alaskan Dies of Exposure after Glacier Crossing
An Anchorage report details the death of 88 year old George E. Martin of Seattle after a Valdez Glacier crossing during a storm. His companions Gene Miller Ray Tippen and an unnamed Indian suffered severe frostbite. A rescue plane found them near Valdez. Tippen survived with severe frost injuries. Martin leaves a Seattle widow and daughter.
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Associated Press
Anchorage
Valdez
George E. Martin
Seattle
Gene Miller
Ray Tippen
Ramsey Rutherford Mine
Tippen
Martin
Miller
Bob Reeve
Earhart Visits Mother in Los Angeles
Amelia Earhart Putnam flew from Oakland to visit her mother Mrs Amyotis Earhart in Los Angeles. She had planned to fly to Washington D C on Sunday but bad weather stopped the trip.
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Amelia
Los Angeles
Mother
Associated Press
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Oakland
Amyotis Earhart
Washington, D. C
Pioneers Set Jan Meeting as Officers Nominated
Winter plans for building and social events discussed and deferred to next meeting. A regular Pioneers meeting is set for January 23 with officer nominations for the coming year. A Nevada build project owned by Henry Burgh advances, including a dance hall expansion and social space with a two week completion target. The hall may be rented for early winter socials and dances, later converting to hotel rooms and apartments in spring.
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N. W. Alaska
Ber of Commerce
Nevada
Henry Burgh
Polet
S. Weaver
W. A
Oliver
Burgh
Congress Prepares Remedies For Social Security Debates
Congress faces a week of crucial decisions on social security with a Roosevelt message pending. Debates on the Townsend plan old age pensions draw intense lobby pressure while the Ways and Means Committee weighs the bonus bill. Support and opposition to the World Court proposal rise as veterans flood offices with requests.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Social Security
Roosveelt
Townsend
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means
World Court
United States
Capitol Hill
Perkins questions Townsend Plan in New York interview
Frances Perkins secretary of labor called the Townsend Plan economically and socially unsound arguing it would cost twenty four billion dollars a year, exceeding half of 1933 national income. She favors old age pensions with adequate relief instead.
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New York
Frances Perkins
Secretary of
Labor
Miss Perkins
Pioneers of Alaska Igloo No 1 Names Representatives
The Pioneers of Alaska Igloo No 1 met yesterday and voted to appoint James Frawley John Devine Howard Lyng and Garnet Martin as representatives to the Grand Igloo order of Pioneers of Alaska meeting to be held in Juneau on February 1. Several other matters pertaining to the organization were discussed.
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The
Pioneers of
Alaska
Igloo No. 1
James Frawley
John. Devine
Howard Lyng
Garnet Martin
Grand Igloo Order of Pioneers of
Juneau
Name Daily Nugget Subscription Offer
The notice advertises a subscription to The Name Daily Nugget priced at $2.00 per month by carrier and $1.50 per month by mail. It invites readers to subscribe and receive the daily publication through preferred delivery.
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Daily Nugget
Nome City Council Eyes Big Session Tonight
The Nome City Council will meet at 8 PM in the Office of Indian Affairs building. Major items include grading and dragging main streets hindered by recent heavy snow and drifting. A grader is needed to cut down drifted piles before work can proceed.
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Nome City Council
Offfice of Indian Affairs
Swartz
Territorial Legislature In Session With Partial Membership
The 12th Territorial Legislature convenes in NEAU with three senators and nine representatives yet to arrive by boat. Judge George F. Alexander to administer oaths at noon, then brief session under temporary officers. If the S S North Western arrives by 3 PM, both houses may recess until full membership is present.
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Territorial Legislature
George F. Alexander
S. S. Northwestern
State Offered Clemency To Hauptmann Rebuffed
In Flemington on January 14 Hauptmann’s trial tense as handwriting testimony dominates. Prosecution shows clemency offers twice made to Hauptmann for full crime confession, both rejected. Witnesses include Henry Slig who doubts Hauptmann’s guilt and suspects Fisch received ransom money.
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Flemington
Hauptmann
Osborne
Abe Samuelson
Bronx
Bunk
Reilly
Henry Slig
Fisch
French condemn plebiscite as unfair terror poll
In Saarbrucken on January 14 anti Nazi leaders argued the plebiscite was conducted under Nazi intimidation with machine gun watched ballots. French officials in Paris criticized the vote as unfair while Max Braun claimed high pressure influenced turnout amid reports of overwhelming Hitlerite victory.
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Associated Press
Saarbruecken
Paris
Max Braun
Germany
Changes in Regular Advertising Nuggets Policy
The notice states that changes to regular advertisements are accepted up to 4 PM for the preceding insertion and new ads may be accepted for insertion in the paper up to 1:30 PM on the day of insertion. It outlines deadlines for regular ad updates and new ads.
Osborn Names Hauptmann as Ransom Note Writer
Osborn testifies that Hauptmann wrote the ransom notes, calling the evidence irresistible and overwhelming. The defense then cross examines the handwriting expert as Hauptmann shows strain, hesitancy, and declining health in prison with sparse eating and growing pallor.
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Flemington
Osborn
Hauptmann
Joseph Lanigan
Marie Dressler and Polly Moran Star in Politics at Dream
Marie Dressler leads a new Metro film in Politics where a small town housewife sparks a reform drive after her neighbor’s daughter is killed by racketeers. Polly Moran assists as political manager, with a cast including William Bakewell Karen Morley and John Miljan. directed by Charles F. Riesner.
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Marie Dressler
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayor
Dream Theatre
Miss Dressler
Navor
Polly Moran
Charles F. Riesner
Miss Dressner
William Bakewell
Karen Morley
Villian
John Miljan
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