North American Northwest Federal Building Grapples With Frozen Ground
Government officials outline designs for an H shaped Nome federal building to be built on frozen ground with wooden pile foundations and a roof designed to shed snow. The complex will house a radio station post office weather bureau jail courtrooms and offices for marshals Home Owners Loan Corp and reindeer service among others.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
Plantary
Reindeer Service
Weather
Jjail
Home Owners Loan Corp
Will Use Force to Evict Strikers in Paris Businesses
Paris July 10 An armed force will be used with care to oust French strikers who refused appeals to evacuate business places said Minister of the Interior Roger Salengro explaining by armed force he meant policemen without bayonets
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Associated Press
Paris
Busines
Roger Salengro
Mexican Killed Wife Six Children and Worker
Celestino Gonzales, a Mexican, killed his wife and six children with an axe and then shot and killed Jose Aro in Indiana Harbor. He shot himself in the locker room after the killings. Police found the scattered bodies, ranging from age two to seventeen, while Gonzales took his own life.
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Celestino Gonzales
Jose Aro
Aro
Gonzales
Ten
Midwest farmers hail Alaska rain aboard USS Victoria
A party of 135 Midwestern farmers from Indiana Illinois Tennessee Michigan joined a Alaska cruise on the USS Victoria at Ketchikan on July 10. They described the rain as valuable and said it would be worth a million dollars back home.
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Associated Press
Ketchikan
mid-West
Alaska
Midget Airplane Set for Tests at Long Beach
A midget monoplane designed by California Institute of Technology engineers is prepared for test flights near Long Beach. The all metal low wing craft, seating two, aims for 17 miles per gallon and 138 mph, with a 700 mile range and a 32 ft 6 in wingspan, powered by a 125 horsepower motor and featuring dual controls and wind breaking for economy.
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Associated Press
Long Beach
Calif
California Institute of Technology
Salmon Packing Underway Across Alaska in 1936 Season
Bureau of Fisheries figures show salmon packing gaining pace for 1936. Weekly totals for the weeks ending July 4 and June 27 reach 574,118 cases across Bristol Bay remote areas, Copper River, and Cook Inlet with district tallies for Alaska Peninsula, Kodiak, Chignik, and South Prince of Wales. Last year’s figures for Chignik, Kodiak, Copper River are listed in the report.
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Copper River
Cook Inlet
Alaska Peninsula South Side
Kodiak
Chignik
South Prince of Wales
Yakutat
Alaska Peninsula North Side
Six Murderers Meet Fates As Law Takes Lives
Six condemned killers were executed in four states by three methods: firing squad lethal gas chamber and electric chair. Delbert Green 28 was shot in Salt Lake City for the murder of his wife mother and sister father. Frank Rascon 26 died in the gas chamber at Florence Arizona after denying his involvement. Grady Warren and brothers Mack and Oscar Brown died by electric chair in Huntsville Texas for a holdup and slaying. John Collis 37 was electrocuted at Sing Sing Ossining New York for a holdup and murder.
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Delbert Green
Salt Lake City
Florence
Arizona
Frank Rascon
Huntsville
Texas
Electric Chair
Grady Warren
Mack
Oscar Brown
John Collis
Marc Red
Sing Sing Prison
Fog Halts Plane Carrying Premier Pattullo
An airplane carrying Premier T. D. Pattullo and his secretary left Prince Rupert at 10 A. M. but fog over Hecate Strait forced it to return. The party will resume the tour once weather improves, heading to Ketchikan Juneau Atlin Whitehorse and Dawson.
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Prince Rupert
T.D. Pattullo
Queen Charlotte Sound
Alaskan
Hecate Strait
Ketchikan
Juneau
Atlin
Whitehorse
Dawson
Year Moratorium on Farm Rehabilitation Loans Declared
Washington officials announced a one year moratorium on rehabilitation loans for destitute farmers in drought designated counties, issued by the Resettlement Administration.
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The
Resettlement Administration
Dill Granted Divorce After Spectacular Trial in Spokane
Former U S Senator C C Dill of Washington was awarded a divorce by Superior Judge W E Huneke after a sensational Spokane trial. The case involved a complex financial dispute over a $40 000 payment to Dill from his wife Rosalie Gardner Jutes of New York during nine years of marriage, with testimony touching on personal habits and upper court proceedings.
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C.C
The
Associated Press
Spokane
W. E. Huneke
U. S
C. C. Dill
Washington
Dill
Rosalie Gardner Jutees
New York
Rayburn named new chairman of Democratic Speakers Bureau
Washington July 9 Representative Sam Rayburn of Texas was chosen as chairman of the Democratic Speakers Bureau. The announcement came from James A Farley Democratic campaign chief.
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Associated Press
Washington
Sam Rayburn
Texas
James A. Farley
Senator Borah Files for Sixth Term in Idaho Primary
Boise Idaho July 10 Senator William E Borah seeking reelection to a sixth term filed petitions for the August 1st primary with the Secretary of State Borah stated he will not bolt the Republican ticket and backs the platform he helped craft at Cleveland He has one opponent Byron Defenbach former state treasurer Defenbach claims Town send backs Democratic nominees including Governor C Sean Ross and Boise attorney Leslie Aker
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Ator William E. Byrah Sorame
Borah
Byron Defenbach
Defenbach Clais
Townsend
C. Sean Ross
Leslie Aker
Boise
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