Christmas Celebration at Sitka Pioneer Home 1935
Account from Eiler Hansen Superintendent describes Sitka Pioneer Home Christmas 1935. Events included Sitka Public School performances, courtesy by Northland Transportation, carolers from SS Victoria and orchestra from SS Alaska. Dinner featured 200 pounds of turkey and gifts to ninety percent of inmates.
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Sitka
Eiler Hansen
Byron L. Miller
Northland Transportation Company
S S
Victoria
S S Alaska
Alaska S. S. Company
West Coast Grocery Co
Golden Glow Brewing Co
Heinie Berger
Pioneer Xmas
Commercial Air Tickets May Be Available Per haps Next Spring
United Air Lines announced progress toward routine round the world flights. A single ticket could take a traveler from an American airport around the globe back to the starting point, possibly by late spring. Current round the world routes via circuitous paths cost under $3,000. A new proposed North Atlantic line would shorten the trip from San Francisco to the Philippines, then Asia Europe and South America, ending back in San Francisco via Miami and a U S cross.
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Chicago
United Air Lines
International Air Travel
Globe-Trotter
Wings
Mother Earth
North Atlantic
San Francisco
Philippines
Asia
Europe
South America
Miami
United States
Tiny Chicago baby defies odds by surviving first days
In Chicago a baby girl weighing under a pound and a half at birth has lived two days with a seventy five percent survival estimate. Doctors say she is normal in every respect aside from her extreme small size and she remains in an incubator fed by a medicine dropper.
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Chicago
Ill
Jan. ZI
Extortion Notes Target Eddie Cantor in California
The Los Angeles Examiner reports Eddie Cantor faced an extortion plot threatening his five daughters with harm unless he paid 5000 dollars. Two letters reportedly arrived at his Beverley Hills home on successive days and were handed to federal agents.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Examiner
Eddie Cantor
Cantor
Beverley Hills
Security Plan Explained In A Letter to Troy
A letter to Governor John W. Troy from John G. Winant chair man of the Social Security Board outlines progress on the social security program. It clarifies that no payments are due until January 1, 1937 and that employers will be notified of duties in due course. The board and the Treasury are drafting rules and regulations for administration, with the first tax being an excise tax on payrolls accruing next year.
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John G. Winant
Social Security Board
Winant
Board
Treasury Department
Edward VIII Becomes King After King George V Death
Edward Prince of Wales ascends as King Edward VIII signing the message to London's Lord Mayor about King George V's death. He becomes the first English monarch to ride in an airplane, arriving in London to begin his duties while King George VI’s body awaits removal.
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Associated Press
Sandringham
Edward, Prince of Wales
King Edward VIII
London
King George
Edward VIII
George
State Agencies Face Federal Standards Check
The text notes that employment compensation aid to the blind dependent or crippled children and needy mothers remain subject to Congressional appropriations. State acts must be approved by the Social Security Board by 1946 but not all conform to federal standards per Mr. Winant.
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Congress
Social Security Board
Winant
175 Deaths Due Winter Weather In United States
Snow heavy across the nation caused 175 fatalities as blizzard conditions and heavy snowfall disrupted many areas. Reports from Chicago on January 21 describe mounting deaths tied to the severe winter weather across multiple states and regions.
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United States
Associated Press
Chicago
Funeral plans for King George announced after ascension
The new King and the Duke of York worked with palace officials to draft funeral plans. Bells tolled, guns fired in London and across the empire, and ships across the world lowered colors to half mast as George II is mourned and Windsor is set as the final resting place.
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Duke of York
King George
George
Windsor
Decree Orders Additional Mobilization Amid Italian Advance
The dispatch cites an official decree calling for further mobilization as Italy presses on in the northern front. It notes Ras Desta Demtu’s forces being pursued, and mentions Addis Ababa with a decree modifying warriors across Ethiopa’s governance. Delegates to the Democratic National Convention are named from Alaska.
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Associated Press
Seward
Alaska
Roose
Arthur M. Chamberlin
Deering
Joseph W. Kehoe
Harry Phillips
Fairbanks
A. J. Dimond
Valdez
William A. Holeimer
John W. Troy
Juneau
Grazig
Ras Desta Demtu
Titteon Lint
Ras Symum
Ued
Ita
Ras Desta
Addis Ababi
Etou'a
Tornadoes Across Southeast Claim Numerous Lives
A deadly storm system struck the southeastern United States causing 32 fatalities in Florida Georgia and Alabama while more than 50 deaths were reported from Pennsylvania northward through New England. The disaster prompted widespread search and relief efforts.
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United States
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Pennsylvania
New England
Save $2 on six months of Name Daily Nugget
An offer invites readers to save two dollars by paying for a six month subscription in advance. The notice urges action and emphasizes the reduced rate for upfront payment.
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Daily Nugget
Alaska Stamp Plan Draws Enthusiastic Public Response
The Alaska Weekly notes strong public approval for government postage stamps for Alaska. Designers favor depicting natural scenery with designs including metal color schemes inspired by local ores and one proposal cites Thomas Plunkett of Arlington Washington.
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Alaska Weekly
Alas Ohers
Thomas Plunkett Arlington
Wash
Alaska
Sans
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