Soviet Aviator Invited To Visit Nome Before Return Flight
Nome Chamber of Commerce and Nome Daily Nugget report inviting Soviet Arctic pilot F B Fahrig to visit Nome before continuing his 12500 mile expedition from Anadyr. The invitation aims to contact the American air route linking Europe to the United States, with weather and communications details to be arranged through Delegate Dimond and the U S State Department.
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F. B. Fahrig
Bier
Far North
Andyr
Nome
Alaska
Uesday
Nome Chamber of
Dimond
Washington
State Department
Fahrig
Anadyr
Moscow
North Siberian
Wrangel Island
Anthony J. Dimond
Wash. D. C
Lomen
N. W
Nome Daily Nugget
Associated Press
Seattle
Chamber Commerce
Dimond Washington
U. S. Department of State
Europe
Siberia
United States
Kumpe
Signal Corps
Violence and turmoil ripple through 1930s auto strikes and Alaska fair
Outbreaks of violence heighten industrial conflict with injuries amid California Packing Corp clashes. U A W and General Motors near accord while Chrysler strikers face plant expulsion. Lansing sitdown keeps 2,200 idle. Carnegie Illinois boosts wages. Fairbanks hosts Fourth Annual Ice Carnival and Dog Derby with Miss Alaska pageant crowning, grand parade, and a 16 mile dog derby course amid a festive medal and sport program.
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Associated Press
Fairbanks
Golden Heart of Alaska
Gold Creek
Northland
Golden North
Anchorage
Way Points
Matanuska
Miss Fairbanks
Miss University
Nome
Alaska
E. J. Collins
R. E. Sheldon
The
Carnival Association
Johnny Allen
Mary Joyce
Juneau
Mary Hansen
Voter Registration Open For April 6 1937 election
The Poll Book is now open in the office of the City Clerk for the Registration of Voters at the annual Municipal and School Board election to be held April 6 1937. City Clerk M J Walsh announces.
Coadministrator Seeks Exit From Husband Estate
Mrs. Anna Wolter named coadministrator of Fred Wolter estate worth eighty thousand dollars. She claims seventy nine thousand dollars tied to a mining claim sold by her husband, asks forty two thousand for herself and fifteen thousand for each of three children, Robert nine Anna four Elizabeth two. Charles Knosher is appointed as the other coadministrator by Judge John A. Frater.
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Seattle
Anna Wolter
Fred Wolter
Robert
Anna
Elizabeth
Charles Knosher
John A. Frater
Body of Soldier Found Dead Near Fort Lawton
Everett reports the body of 19 year old Gerald Weaver, a Fort Lawton quartermasters corps soldier, found in a ditch south of the city with arms strapped behind him. Coroner Challacombe is to examine the case after identifiers on a car running board. Weaver had been missing for several days.
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Fort Lawton
Everett
Seattle
Gerald Weaver
Stowell Challacombe
Quartermasters Corps
Weaver
Two Maritime Unions Clash Over Cannery Tender Jurisdiction
In Seattle on March 11 two maritime unions disputed who may operate the Virginia 1, a cannery tender for Alaska Pacific Salmon Co. A picket line formed and police were called as the Alaska Fishermen's Union challenged the Masters, Mates and Pilots Union claim to operate the craft. The Fishermen's Union asserts a 25 year priority and membership rights for Alaska fishermen aboard cannery tenders.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Virginia
Alaska Pacific Salmon Co
Alaska Fishermen's Union
Masters, Mates and Pilots Union
Alaska
Mar Cantabrico Freighter Sunk by Spanish Regime
The Salamanca report says the government munitions freighter Mar Cantabrico was sunk, overturning yesterday's claim that insurgent warships captured it. No details provided on whether the insurgents took 2.7 million dollars of war supplies before sinking the vessel.
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Mar Cantabrico
Roosevelt to Leave for Warm Springs Vacation
President Roosevelt ordered everything but his fishing tackle packed for a two week visit to Warm Springs Georgia starting tomorrow. He plans a Gulf of Mexico sea vacation next month and will mostly swim while handling essential government business by telegraph and telephone.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Georgia
Gulf of Mexico
Rivers Liquor Bill Passed Change Approved
Special to the Nugget from Juneau reports the River's liquor bill requires a separate liquor establishment with no door or other connection to other businesses. It prohibits drug and grocery stores from selling liquor unless on a separate site. The Senate finished reviewing the appropriations bill around 4am and sent it back to the house for conference.
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Senate
House
Alaska House approves amendments to bills in session
The Alaska House amended the as say office bill to create locations at Ketchikan and Nome while dropping the college office and approved a 20000 dollar appropriation. It also passed a 3000 dollar marine aid grant between Kotzebue and St Michael and set a 15 dollar wolf bounty after tabling the prior 20 dollar rate. Vehicles on aviation field runways were barred.
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Juneau
House
Ketchikan
Nome
Kotzebue
St. Michael
Alaska Legislature Faces Final Day Budget Vote
Juneau report notes the last regular session day as both houses debate the appropriations bill. The senate cut thousands from it and rejected the Dimond bonding memorial and the health and sanitation bill. The Walker fingerprint bill passed the senate but lacked funding, and a veto override failed on the license fee collection proposal.
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