Nome Fourth of July Draws Large Early Crowds
Nome welcomed Independence Day with record heat and large crowds gathering beside City Hall for 11 A.M. exercises. The day featured races and contests on Main Street, police and fire department crowd control measures, a baseball game at the old aviation field between Little Creek and Nome, and notable attendees including Judge Morison, Mayor Seidenberg, and visiting officials. Delegates Dimond and Governor Troy reported War Department support for an Alaska aviation base survey and possible progress toward an Alaska International Highway with Canada, while Hull noted cautious Canadian funding concerns and potential joint action.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Dimond
Troy
Alaska
Army Air Base Survey
United States
Malin Craig
War Department
Hull
Canada
Interior
Craig
Army
Nome
Aviation Field
Bessie Road
Little Creek
Sinrock
Health Service Divides Money for Public Health Programs
Public Health Service has allocated 8,881,859 dollars among states and territories under the Social Security Act for the current fiscal year. Alaska receives 35,291 dollars to be paid in quarterly installments.
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Public Health Service
Alaska
Zioncheck Returns to Seattle Amid Greeting on Fourth
July 4 crowds greet Representative Zioncheck as he returns to Seattle. He ignored the crowd, pushing through six husky men toward a waiting car, and left the station to visit his ill mother. Passengers say the bride boarded at Ellensburg to join him.
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Zioncheck
Ellensburg
Casts Bouquets At Washington After Arrival
Zioncheck, arriving in Seattle on July 4, complains of imprisonment in a hospital and targets Postmaster General Farley and others. He criticizes Spokane reception, defends Washington and blames King County official John C. Stevenson for aid refusal amid his political troubles. He also derides Texas leaders Garner and Blanton.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Zioncheck
Spokane
Farley
Troy States White House Backing for Alaska Highway Plan
Governor Troy reports a White House conference with President support for extending the Pacific Highway through British Columbia and the interior of Alaska. Delegates Dimond and editor Robert Bender attend. talks cover opening negotiations with Canada and new federal buildings for Nome Sitka Ketchikan Anchorage. Weather and Forest Service commitments, plus a Marshal’s accident at the unknown soldiers tomb.
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Associated Press
Washington
Troy
British Columbia
Alaska
White House
Dimond
Robert Bender
Alaska Empire
Juneal
Hull
Canada
Philadelphia
Post Office Department
Nome
Sitka
Ketchikan
Nome Federal
Treasury
Post Office
Anchorage
Weather Bureau
Signal Corps
Found a Wrist Watch Inquire at G R Jackson
A wrist watch was found and an appeal issued for information. Inquiries should be directed to G. R. Jackson.
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G. R. Jackson
Dellwood Sailed Friday En Route Nome Way Ports
The Alaska liner Dellwood carried 62 passengers and full cargo freight on its voyage. It is expected to arrive in Nome around July 1.
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Dellwood
Nome Way
Alaska Liner
Nome
S S Dellwood Sails for Nome With Sixty Two Passengers
The Alaska 3. S. Co. Dellwood departed Seattle at nine oclock for Nome with sixty two passengers and a full cargo. Names read like Mrs Alfred J. Lomen and child, Walter G Brown, J W Leeper, Miss C O Steiner, Mrs A Femeyer, and others including Dr Athol Cochran and J J Stokes among the travelers.
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3. S. Co. Dellwood
Oelock
Nome
Alfred J. Lomen
Siamese twin baby dies after 30 hours joined to dead sister
Medford Massachusetts reports the death of a five pound baby girl born as a Siamese twin attached to her dead sister. Dr John B Vernaglia, 31, had planned a delicate separation but warned the infant weakened by inability to assimilate nourishment. He said even a successful operation offered only one chance in a thousand.
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Associated Press
Medford
Mass
John B. Vernaglia
Fred Perry Wins Wimbledon Title for Third Time
Fred Perry captures the all England championship for the third consecutive year defeating Germany's Baron Gottfried von Cramm 6 1 6 1. Cramm injured a thigh on the first serve but finished the match.
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Fred Perry
England
Associated Press
Wimbledon
Ene
Germany
Baron Gottfried von Cramm
Cramm
Vessel carries diverse passengers to cannery destinations
The ship lists numerous passengers including Charles Olson Miss Ada Kruegar Mrs A J O'Leary Miss Eleanor King and many others. The vessel also carried twenty orientals with no listed destination though likely bound for cannery work.
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Ada Kruegar
A J O'Leary
J O'Leary
Eleanor King Moss Zura C Davis
LE Rynning & 2
Barbara McDonald
George T Wilson W M Wilson
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Young America
B Street
Lane's Way
W W Laws
J. H. S. Morison
Ed. Seidenberg
Charles F. Martin
North
Health Service
The
Washington, D.C
Roosevelt
Communications
Forest Service
Territorial Highway Engineer
Chester J. Todd
Valdez
U.S
Walter G Brown Junior
J W Leeper
Miss C O Steiner
Mrs. A Femeyer
Margaret Scott George Neville Jones
Mister Fletcher
Frank Woford
Athol Cochran W B Spague
T T Lane
Pilonski
J B Mason
H H Stokes J J Stokes
Roy Edwards
Arthur Crystal L L Lyman
Jack Castellan
Charles Olson
Reverand Widney
Edward Belden
C Schaeffer
Strand
F B Williams
Teller
Oscar Brown
Solomon
Mister Berne
Leslie Fitch F M Jacobs
George Wilson
William M Wilson
Ralph Campbell
C G Bosworth
Charles H Davis Lester Farrell E
I Mahan
Arctic Airways
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