Nome Bids In for Federal Building Contract
The MacDonald Construction Company of St. Louis bid $352,000 to build Nome's post office and federal building. The sole other bid came from James Barnes of Springfield, Missouri at $361,000, higher than the winner.
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Associated Press
Washington
Nome
Nugget Today
MacDonald Construction Company
St. Louis
Missouri
Federal
James Barnes
Springfield
Barnes
Modern Village To Be Erected On King Island
Father Bernard Hubbard and companions plan a 12 month expedition to King Island to study Eskimo history culture and industry while in Nome they confer with Father LaFortune. Supplies are arriving aboard the Derblay.
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King Island
Father Bernard Hubbard
Glacier Priest
United States
Nome
Father Hubbard
Ken Chisholm
Edgar Levin
Derblay
Franco Races 14,000 Troops Across Gibraltar for Bilbao Assault
Insurgent Generalissimo Franco sent 14,000 fresh troops from Spanish Morocco across the Straits of Gibraltar toward Bilbao. The force includes a 1590 foreign volunteer company and youths. aim to break the Basque defenses and then move to Madrid.
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Straits of Gibraltar
Bilbao
Hendaye
France
Francisco Franco
Spanish Morocco
Madrid
Franco
Emilio Mola
Spain
Joel Fidel Davilla
Mola
Lemona
Earhart lands at St Louis Senegal on world flight
Amelia Earhart completed a 1900 mile leg of her world flight landing in St Louis Senegal after 13 hours 19 minutes in the air. Other briefs note Ford plant reopening in Richmond California and questions about Helen Jacobs fitness for Wimbledon. In Madrid a skirmish occurred near La Granja Sector with no casualties. Hitler urged disarmament while claiming Germany rearmed.
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Dakar
French
Senegal
Amelia Earhart
St. Louis
South Atlantic
Death of Jean Harlow shocks Hollywood world
Los Angeles reports the death of film star Jean Harlow at Good Samaritan hospital after a coma from uremic poisoning reaching the brain. She died at 11 36 yesterday morning, with her mother Mrs. Jean Bello and actor William Powell at her side.
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Los Angeles
Jean Harlow
Good Samaritan Hospital
Fishbaugh
Jean Bello
William Powell
Plans Under Way For Cheechacco Ball This Saturday
Nome community leaders plan a Cheechacco Ball at the School Auditorium on Saturday June 12 at 9 30 P M to welcome passengers of the steamer Victoria and raise funds for the Fire Department Equipment Fund. Admission is 1 00. The event marks Nome’s first big dance since the 1934 fire damaged public halls.
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Enverg
Bassett
Taggart
Curtis Jacobs
Ernie Lottsfeldt
Calvin Pool
Victoria
Fire Department
Nome
Vic
CIO Scores First Victory On Pacific Coast Labor Drive
Portland report states the CIO won its first coast wide drive as Inland Boatmen’s Union and 2000 members favored affiliated status with the CIO. The maritime workers, including longshoremen, left 120000 wood workers backing the move amid organizational tensions. Washington coverage notes the National Labor Relations Board considering steel unions intervention in the ongoing strike. No formal action taken yet.
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Portland
Ore
Committee For Industrial Organization
Pacific Coast
Inland Boatmen’s Union of the Pacific
C.I.O
Harry B
Longshoremen’s Association
Washington, D. C
Na ‘Relations Board
Jsteel
Curr
Market Slips as Steel Leads Downtick on Heavy Selling
New York June 8 a unsettled session after early firmness. United States Steel fell below par to lead declines with Inland also down. Railroads and utilities declined while oils and rubber weakened. Masonite hit a new low, several issues gained, and Cotton futures fell on broad selling. Woolworth May sales rose 8.6 percent amid mixed overall business news.
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New York
United States
Masonite Corporation
Homestake
American Telephone
Western Union
Canada Dry
Dome Mines
Interstate Department Stores
Newport Industries
American International
Wall Street
Woolworth
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McDonald Construction
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Richmond
Calif
Ford Assembly
London
Helen Jacobs
Berkeley
California
la Granja
Berlin
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Regensburg
Hitler
Germany
Alan Dinehart
Sally Blane Foster
Dire Norman Foster
Gretchen Foster
Mozelle Britton Dinehart
Mason Alas Dinehart
John Carradine
Joan Arthur Carradine
Mittee
Sei
Dutch Harbor
CIO
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