Hearings on Alaska natives ends as committee departs
Senator Elmer Thomas led a two day inquiry into conditions among Eskimos and natives of Alaska. The hearings aimed to assemble first hand information for reference in potential federal action, not a detailed probe into specific charges. Witnesses included ONeil Russell Nylen Jackson and others.
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Elmer Thomas
Indian Affairs Committee
U. S. Senate
Alaska
Congress
Senate Committee
Thomas
Dimond
Bob Coomak
Duffy O'Connor
Norman Lee
James Brandon
Roger Menalook
Explosion Gun Turret Kills Two Seamen Aboard Marblehead
A breech-block explosion during gunnery practice off southern California aboard the USS Marblehead killed two sailors and wounded nine others. The dead are Boatswains Mate Second Class Percy Cooper and Seaman Second Class Steve Murdana. Injured include James Benedict Jr with a mangled right arm and Robert Opie. an inquiry is ordered as crew members recount the blazing turret and severed rifle tubing.
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Associated Press
San Diego
U. S. S. Marblehead
California
Percy William Cofer
Ley Steve Murdana
Robert William Opie
Marblehead
James Benedict Jr
Sixteen Men Feared Drowned In Lake Michigan Capsize
CHICAGO July 29 Sixteen men are feared drowned when the motor power ship Material Service capsized four miles off the south side of Lake Michigan. Seven crew members were rescued, including First Mate John Johnson who reported the vessel loaded with sand listed to port before sinking upside down between two and three A M Captain C D Brown and fifteen others are missing per Coast Guard.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Material Service
Lake Michigan
Coast Guard
John Johnson
NOME CHAMBER OUTLINES NATIVE NEEDS AND REFORM
The N W Alaska Chamber of Commerce lists urgent needs for Nome including medical care and hospitals for tuberculosis prevention, education reform with an industrial school, and greater federal aid to the reindeer industry. It calls liquor prohibition for Eskimos and structural revetment work at Seward Peninsula towns to prevent erosion and protect new Federal buildings.
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Chamber OF Commerce OF
Nome
Alaska
United States
Congress
Crowds Overrun Harrisburg Senate and House Galleries
A July 29 riot in Harrisburg blocks the Senate and House galleries as jobless demonstrators shout for relief funds and threaten food aid demands. Police clash with protesters. crowd rips crates and boards, while legislators struggle to restore order amid calls for one hundred million dollars in relief.
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Senate
House
Harrisburg
Associated Press
Tie
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Hugh O'Neil
Dorothy Russel
Andy Nylen
G. R. Jackson
The
King Island Eskimos
E. B. “Duffy” O'Connor
Thos. D. Jensen
Charlotte B. Potter
Northwestern
King Island
Condi
Charlotte Potter
S. California
James Edwin Benedict Jr
Seaman
N. W. Alaska
Seward Penisula
Judicil
Dustry
Eskimos
Tion
Army
Naval
Ter
Crt
Tory
Juneau
Bering
Endyn
Bersing
Snake River
Peteral Road
Jemied
Wgentative
Furs
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