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Newspaper
The Nome Daily Nugget
Location
Nome, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1936
Page
2
Nome newspaper item lists editors Geo S Maynard and Russell G Maynard with Nome Publish Company as publisher, noting daily evening edition except Sundays in Nome Alaska.
Subscription rates listed for Nome areas and nearby creeks. Carrier delivery in Nome, Little Creek and Sunset Creek costs £2.00 per month. Mail outside Nome is $1.40 per month. Post Office entry confirms 2nd Class Matter.
A critique of American farm policy argues the farmer dominates politics, with government programs shielding him from debts and guiding production. The piece warns of inflated influence and jokes about paying farmers to sit on porches and vote a straight ticket.
Teller Alaska reports the ice retreating from Grantley Harbor with open water toward Pt Spencer visible from town. Port Clarence should be ice free within a week, marking an early break up. Local roads are clear with no snow, and mining activity is warming up, including Gold Run dredging and the Devse Creek dredge.
Opening the twice weekly passenger train runs from Seward to Fairbanks for the summer a Mr Folger of the Lomen Commercial Company says the train will leave Seward Friday morning June 5.
Baker of Taylor made a trip to town with NAT Airways pilot last Monday. Word from Juneau says the Teller radio-telephone will arrive on the Steamer Victoria, with the technician to install it and restore communication with Nome, the outside, after arrival.
Clarke Bassett of Pacific Alaska Airways leaves Fairbanks May 22 for Juneau to head the traffic office. He previously ran the airline’s traffic here after three years as airport manager, with prior stints in Anchorage and Nome. Mrs. Bassett will join him later in Juneau and friends regret their departure.
The AP reports results across the majors with multiple games: New York 6-0 over Brooklyn 9-3. Pittsburgh 7-11. Chicago 5-7. Cincinnati 10-4. St. Louis 1-7. Philadelphia 5-9. Boston 4-6. American League games include Washington 1-1. New York 7-6. Chicago 3-3. Cleveland 4-11. Boston 4-6. Philadelphia 6-2. St. Louis 5-5. Detroit 3-0.
Coast League records show San Francisco 3 12, San Diego 5 7, Sacramento 11 3, Portland 10 7, Los Angeles 5 5, Mission 10 6, Oakland 6 7, Seattle 7 5. Standings list teams with current wins and losses across the circuit.
Sunday scores show multiple twelve inning games including St. Louis beating Detroit 11 to 10 and Cleveland over Washington 7 to 6. Philadelphia fell to Boston 6 to 5 in eleven innings. New York edged Brooklyn 4 to 3 as Chicago beat Pittsburgh 8 to 7 in ten innings.
Oakland 5 Sacramento 0 in a late game victory while Seattle 8 San Francisco 16, Portland 0 Los Angeles 8, Oakland 7 and the Missions 4-5. The day featured mixed results across California teams with notable shutout and tight contests.
In Williamstown Massachusetts 19 year old Williams College freshman Lewis Jack Somers Jr of Meridian Montana shot and killed classmate Robert Henneberry 18 of Chicago and wounded William Hartz 18 of Chicago before killing himself Officials cited mental derangement from over study during final exam period President Tyler Dennett attributed the tragedy to overstudy and mental strain.
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