Marguerite Lee Crowned Miss Alaska at Fairbanks Carnival
Miss Marguerite Lee of Nome was chosen Miss Alaska at the Fairbanks Ice Carnival pageant in a parade and coronation. The event drew spectators to the largest hall in Fairbanks and featured contestants Ruth Joy, Eileen Bagoy, Mary Virginia Browne, and Dorothy Cunningham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nome
Marguerite Lee
Alaska
Fairbanks
Golden North
Ruth Joy
Eileen Bagoy
Anchorage
Mary Virginia Browne
Wasilla
Matanuka
Dorothy Cunningham
University of
University of Alaska
Miss Lee
Seattle
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ABA votes against plan on Supreme Court reorganization
The American Bar Association announced a membership poll of 28,696 with 16,132 voting against Roosevelt's plan to reorganize the Supreme Court while 3,563 supported it. More than ten thousand ballots were not returned. Lawyers approved several presidential court proposals, including allowing justices to retire at age seventy, a provision already enacted into law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bar Association
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Association
Women’s baseball playoff at school gym tonight
The High School Girls play the Alaskan Women in the women’s series playoff. One game will be held at the school gym with fans eager to see the outcome and cheer their favorites in this spectacular matchup.
Townsend Is Given 30 Days Jail for Contempt
Dr Francis Townsend was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined 100 dollars by District Judge Peyton Gordon for contempt in the national House of Representatives. Attorney Elisha Hanson said an appeal would be filed and the bond set at a thousand dollars was continued. Townsend defended his plan in a press statement saying the idea cannot be imprisoned and urged advance payment for subscription savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Francis Townsend
T National House of Representatives
Peyton Gordon
Elisha Hanson
Gordon
Townsend
Hanson
Copeland urges maritime commission to lead shipping policy
U S Senator Royal Copeland calls the maritime commission the key to developing U S shipping and compares administration to railroads in a push for full federal responsibility. Separate dispatch notes a California committee recommendation to create a government agency with an eighty thousand dollar budget to assist informed operations and the Earhart round the world flight plan.
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Maritime Commission
California
Fairbanks Brown Bears beat Nome 48 to 12 in opening carnival
In the opening carnival games the Fairbanks Brown Bears defeated the Nome Basketball Team 48 to 12 while Fairbanks High School beat Anchorage High 27 to 14. The day also featured dog races with a Yukon delegation arriving. The northland dog derby began with Harold Meyer first off the line.
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Nome
Brown Bears
Fairbanks Brown Bears
Fairbanks High School
Anchorage High School
Harold Meyer
Buszby
Agababa
Doleshar
Pagean
Mary Hansen
Mary Joyce
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Margueritte Lee
Rep
E. E.cox
D. Ga
House
Representative Cox
Washington
Associated Presa
The
Associated Press
Chicago
Congress
William H. Dieterich
Illinois
Garner
Henry F. Ashurst
Arizona
America
Boston
U. S
Royal S. Copeland
U.S
We the Associated Press
Washington D. C
Oakland
Dawson
Yukon
Sorient Rana
Detroit
Frank Murphy
Williams S. Knuasen
General Motors
John L. Lewis
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