04 Jun 1937
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Newspaper
The Nome Daily Nugget
Location
Nome, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1937
Page
1
The report notes a blaze damaging a pier at the Port of Seattle. Officials provided no details on injuries or extent of structural damage. The incident follows other port activities and comes as authorities monitor maritime infrastructure in the area.
The Komintern and the second Socialist International end years of quarrel and call for quick action against German and Italian intervention in Spain. The move follows the German bombardment of Almeria and seeks unity among Communists Socialists International League and labor unions.
Augustus Beard, former North Carolina State College football player, was executed in the electric chair at Huntsville State Penitentiary for the murder of Dallas detective John Roberts. Wisie Ellison, a Black man, was later put to death for slaying his wife by slitting her throat.
Soviet Polar expedition reports bird life near the pole with Guillemots seen over the camp sparking discussion of undiscovered land in the Polar Sea. In Utah, oil flowed from a snowfield by a peak as rescue efforts focus on a missing transport plane.
General James Gordon Steese, famed Alaska Railroad leader and Steese Highway namesake, is described in a London visit piece. The short, bespectacled ex cowboy enjoys luxury at the Savoy Hotel and plans three weeks of sightseeing and nightlife, saying his adventures are part of daily life.
A blaze caused by a spark between planks destroyed the Connecticut Street Pier in Seattle. Damage totals reached about 170000 dollars, with 100000 to the dock, 20000 to cargo inside a warehouse, and 50000 for Coast Guard and Quaker Steamship Line supplies. The Redwing Cutter, fireboats, Navy tugs, and twenty two engines fought the fire for one hour fifteen minutes. Several injuries were reported.
Amelia Earhart and Captain F. J. Noonan completed a five hour two minute leg from Caripito Venezuela to Paramaribo Dutch Guiana and then prepared to head for Natal Brazil as weather reports said the route was clear.
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