Nome School Gets Ten Thousand Dollar Aid
In Juneau on January 31, Representative Growden introduced a bill for fifteen thousand dollars for shelter cabins in the Second through Fourth Divisions. The House approved ten thousand dollars to establish a grade and high school in Nome and two thousand for Craig to aid recovery after a recent coil building fire. The Senate delayed the cooperative marketing bill.
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Nome
Associated Press
Juneau
Growden
President Roosevelt
Senate
Craig
Army to Select Equip Airbase in Alaska
Washington January 31 Representative Rockwiler of California introduced a bill to authorize the Army Chief of Staff to select and equip an airbase in Alaska. The measure would provide four million dollars for site preparation barracks construction and a modern airfield. A hearing was promised for February 21.
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Associated Press
Washington
Rockwiler
California
Army
Alaska
McSwain
Open to Public Entries Mads at Bon Marche
Public entry window set at Bon Marche with last acceptance at 4:00 p.m. Today. Participants urged to bring required materials and follow posted rules.
Witness Repeats Hauptmann Sighting in Bronx Bakery
Elvert Carlstrom testified he saw Richard Hauptmann in a Bronx bakery lunch room on the night of the kidnapping. Detectives across New York and New Jersey comb through details as the state plans to use the testimony to challenge the witness.
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Hauptmann
Associated Press
Flemington
Jan
Elvert Carlstrom
Richard Hauptmann
Bronx
New York
New Jersey
Four Die In White Pass Plane Crash
Juneau reports four men aboard a plane traveling from Skagway to Dawson were killed when it crashed into a cliff near the White Pass. The crew included pilot Lawrence Muehleisen and C. C. Larsen. bodies were recovered by a snow plow crew. The crash occurred after leaving Skagway at 11 30 a m. The victims were connected to Dawson Mayo and International Airways.
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Associated Press
Juneau
Geet
House
Senate
Skagway
Dawson
White Rass Pummin
Wrence Muehleisen
John R. @K
Vancouver
B.C
Archie King
C. C.larson
White Pass Yukon Railroad
C. Larsen
J.W. Larsen
San Francisco
Muehleison
Clyde G. Wann
International Airways
Larsen
King
Dawooty
Mayo
New Fuel Speeds Planes by Thirty Miles An Hour
Berkeley report shows a 100 octane anti knock motor fuel designed by a University of California scientist. Army Air Corps tests indicate the fuel boosts speeds by about thirty miles per hour. The same era notes a vaccine-like approach to colds using cold antigen derived from bacterial components.
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Associated Press
New York
University of Cali- Army Air Corps
Milfornia
Pro- Institute of Aeronautical
Farthest Inland Cannery Is In Montana
Montana hosts a far inland canning operation on Flathead Lake near Polson. The hand packing plant processes 600 to 1000 cans daily with 50 workers for relief purposes amid questions about fish quality and inspection. Salmon runs occur yearly in November. nets loaned by the state enable shipments from Seattle aboard the Aleutian and Victoria under commission supervision.
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Montana
Pacific Fisherman
Flathead Lake
Polson
Columbia River
Montana State Fish and Game Commission
Lses
Seattle
Aleutian
Victoria
Nome’s Paralysis Benefit Brings Large Take at Dream Theatre
The President's Birthday Ball benefit in Nome raised 297 dollars from ticket sales and office receipts, with 162.50 from students and 134.50 at the Dream Theatre. Net funds after expenses will be split seventy percent for Nome and thirty percent sent to Washington, D. C. The event featured a twelve-number program including an orchestra overture, addresses, vocal solos, a Dutch dance, the Hill Billies Orchestra, and a one act play, all greeted with strong audience enthusiasm.
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Dream Theatre
Nome
Washington, D. C
Richard Lee
Russell Maynard
Neva Whaley
Bud Bell
J. H. S. Morison
Luther Dunbar
The
Minnetonka
Lorene Hagen
Helen
Dodo Hartford
Hill Billies Orchestra
Ed. Steffen
Alvin Bahlke
Abe Reimer
John Reimer
Ed Hoven
Ross Kinney
Flu Epidemic Delays Fairbanks Roosevelt Birthday Observance
In Fairbanks a flu epidemic forces postponement of the second annual Roosevelt Birthday observance to February 12. Schools and theatres close. Cordova hosts a bigger celebration. Ketchikan holds a double observance due to a date mixup. Juneau marks a legislative felicitation with a President's birthday ball.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Ketchikan
Fairbanks
Cordova
Sons and Daughters of
Norway
Lodge
Roosevelt
Priest Describes Mass Thirst Deaths in War
A Colombian priest reported from Santiago that Bolivian and Paraguayan troops in the Paraguay Bolivia conflict die of thirst. He claimed about 6600 Bolivian soldiers have perished from thirst, describing parched throats, dry eyes, and swollen tongues.
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Associated Press
Santiago
Chile
Alphonse Zansky
Grand Chaco
Paraguay
Bolivia
Funeral set for Roy Thompson pioneer Ketchikan merchant
Roy Thompson aged fifty one, a longtime Ketchikan merchant, died in Seattle. Funeral services are planned for Saturday with arrangements announced by local officials. He is survived by a widow in Ketchikan and a sister Mrs. Grace Cornish of Seattle, plus a brother Ralph in Juneau.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Roy Thompson
Ketchikan
Lorene
Hagen
Alice
J.ascher
Sorrento
Nicole Cellefage
Grace Cornish
Ralph
Juneau
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Nome Athletic Club
Territory Liquor Store
White Pass
Territorial
Glass
John B. Powers
Brunelle
James Frawley
Andrew Nerland
William N. Growden
H. H. McCutcheon
Arthur M. Chamberlain
T. B Scott
Joseph Green Washington
A. H. Ziegler
Borah
Mineral
Charles Murray
Joint Committee
All- States
Berkeley
Zoom
4Leda Brinkerhoff
Alvin Polet
W. H. Bloom
Walter Ruben
Catherine Deiner
Jimmie Davidson
Kenneth Rude
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