Murdered NYU student in Asheville hotel room
Blond Helen Clevenger a 19 year old NYU honor student was shot and her face mutilated in a Asheville hotel room. An unidentified man seen at the door around 1 A M is the suspected assailant who fled. The coroner planned an inquest as police search for clues in Buncombe County.
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Associated Press
Ashville
North Carolina
Helen Clevenger
New York University
Buncombe County
Instructions Withheld on Alaska CCC Indian Hiring
Forest Service officials testified before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee that no instructions were issued barring Indians from Alaska CCC project employment. Regional forester Chas Flory said he had been told to employ no Indians, while officials noted local handling and a possible Governor Troy involvement.
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Eskimo hunt limited on Alaskan coast voyage reports
Captain Ira Rank of the schooner Mandan with crewmates David Farauer Paulson and Bill Besner returned to Nome from a trading cruise to St Lawrence Island Little Diomede Island and other points north of Nome. They reported Eskimos were not having much hunting success.
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D Farauer
Weather Today Across Alaska Cloudy Seward Peninsula Rain
Cloudy skies with light rain and light southerly winds have set in over the Seward Peninsula during the night. Interior and southeastern Alaska show fair weather with Mt. McKinley visible from Anchorage and Fairbanks. A moderate storm lies south of the Gulf of Alaska, while a high pressure ridge runs from Aklavik to Dutch Harbor. High 69, low 40, rainfall trace.
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Fairbanks
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Dutch Harbor
Third transfusion saves man in Juneau hospital
In Juneau on July 17, Don Thompson a 29 year old carpenter received a third blood transfusion for a month long nose bleed. His condition was listed as critical as the bleeding recurs with exertion.
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Associated Press
Juneau
Don Thompson
Carpenter
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Quake Hits Colorado Town Destroys Buildings
The July tremor devastated Tuquerres Colorado leaving thousands homeless. Casualties are unknown though feared high as residents were moved to outskirts during aftershocks. The main shock occurred at noon and lasted about two minutes.
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Associated Press
Tuquerres
Colo
Licensed Liquor Dealers Band Together To Fight Bootleggers
In Fairbanks dated July 17 licensed liquor dealers formed an association to combat illicit sales. John Hall, ex Chief Deputy Marshal, named Clerk of the U S District Court Third Division, succeeding Einar Tonseth as Deputy U S Marshal. John J Buckley promoted to Chief Deputy Marshal.
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U.S. District Court
Einar A. Tonseth
U. S. Marshall
John J. Buckley
Man and Woman Electrocuted In New York Murder
OSSINING N Y July 17 Mrs Francis Creighton and Everett C Appelgate were executed Thursday night for the egg nog murder of Appelgate s wife Ada Creighton went to the electric chair in a wheelchair preceded by two matrons and three guards. She was unconscious upon arrival and pronounced dead after two minutes of current. The guards and matrons formed a screen to shield observers from the sight of the unconscious execution.
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Everett C. Appelgate
Appelgate
Ada
Former editor says he objected not to hurt King Edward
London reports quote Mrs. George Andrew McMahon wife of the alleged attacker saying she will stand by him and that her husband was kind and good humored. Scotland Yard probes claims a woman in gray snatched the pistol from McMahon's hand and a royal message arrives from King Edward.
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Associated Press
London
George Andrew McMahon
Edward
Scotland Yard
McMahon
Mwktatok
Adweed
Cilin
Hyde Park
Duke of York
Queen Mary
Park
Confirmation Of Appointment Of Dufresne Made
Formal confirmation of Frank Dufresne as Executive Officer of the Alaska Game Commission was announced by Stanley Bo Young. The appointment takes effect July 1, with Dufresne succeeding Hugh Terhune and expected to return to Juneau in three weeks.
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Frank Dufresne
Alaska Game Com
Pgram
Stanley Bo Young
Biological Survey
Washington
Hugh Terhune
St. Ch;les
Arkansas
Juneau
Government Moves to Tighten French Armaments Industry
Paris reports the French Chamber of Depths approved a plan to rationalize arms production under government control. The measure targets major manufacturers, imports, and the vast ornamented plants, aiming to regulate prints and securities and shift oversight to cabinet decrees. The proposal focuses on lands and factories tied to civilian and military output, including aircraft developers.
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Will
Cabinet
Progrem Psyssages
Three Unite To Defeat London And Roosevelt
Dr Francis E Townsend Rev Father Charles E Coughlin Rev Gerald K Smith and Representative William Lemke will join a tour in support of Lemke the Union Party candidate for president Townsend leads the fifty dollar monthly old age pension plan Coughlin heads the National Union for Social Justice and Smith leads the Share the Wealth Movement
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Francis E. Townsend
Charles E. Coughlin
Gerald K. Smith
William Lemke
Lemke
New Union Party
Townsend
Coughlin
National Union For Social Justice
Smith
Bigger Plan For Japanese Defense
Tokyo reports a five year naval program costing 88 million dollars. The plan calls for at least two capital ships and extensive expansion of the naval air force in 1937 and 1938.
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Naval Jair
Soviets Blow Up Coal Fields Near Cheliabinsk
Soviet engineers set off a blast of 1850 tons of high explosives near Cheliabinsk in the Ural mountains to expose coal beds for surface mining. The ditch opened five eighths of a mile long and seventy feet deep, revealing an estimated seven and a half million tons of coal.
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Cheliabinsk
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