Despondent Tacoman Murd ers Family
Amelia Earhart completes a 2400 mile Honolulu Oakland flight in 15 hours 51 minutes landing 8 29 a m Pacific Standard Time at Honolulu. She is accompanied by Paul Mantz Fred Noonan and Captain Harry Manning as they plan further legs to Howland Island Port Darwin. The eighty thousand dollar aircraft funded in part by Purdue University carries cadets whose proceeds help finance the journey.
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Fairbanks Officials Discuss Sending Miss Alaska to Atlantic City
Fairbanks Ice Carnival and Nome Kennel Club officials consider sending Miss Marguerite Lee of Nome, recently chosen as Miss Alaska, to Atlantic City for the Miss America contest. The cast includes Bob Scott as Miss America. Edith Hoop City and Fredrick Beckman are named. notes describe her Nordic type.
Two Plays at Name High in Saturday Program
Name High presents two one act comedies in its school auditorium on Saturday March 20 at 8 p.m. The Juniors and Seniors under Mrs Helen Beckman supervise the comedy The Apple Pie with characters Dovey the husband Lovey the wife and a six year old son plus a sales staff and neighbors. A second short play Nevertheless features Miss Bonstrom and a cast of Freshmen portraying the impact of a single word on a man’s life.
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Helen Beckman
Davey
Despondent Tacoma Man Kills Wife And Daughters Then Self
James Merritt Arthur, 43, Tacoma tire company manager, shot his wife Anna 40 and daughters Mary 15 and Janet 8, then killed himself after being relieved from his duties. The family was found in beds at their Lake Steilacoom home, a .25 caliber pistol beside him. Authorities believe the wife was shot first as the children returned from school.
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Name Daily Nugget Six Month Advance Offer
An offer advertises a six month subscription to the Name Daily Nugget for ten dollars paid in advance with a two dollar saving for immediate action. The call to action urges readers to act now.
Pickets Watch Warily as Sitdown Strike Continues at Chrysler
DETROIT, March 18. Pickets monitor efforts to dislodge six thousand sitdown strikers defying a court injunction at Chrysler plants amid wintry weather. Union patrols are being intensified while authorities consider writs of attachment and possible ejection steps. Washington urged Alaska air mail expansion to improve transportation links. The Senate committee recommended funding for navigation aids to support national defense and Alaska service.
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Juneau-Fair
Chrysler
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Troy
Believe Justices Should Present Their Opinions
The Associated Press reports on March 18 in Washington that there is debate over whether justices should present their opinions publicly and promptly. Analysts weigh transparency against deliberative process concerns as the court faces procedural questions.
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Workers Paralyze Industries in Paris Amid Riots
Paris reports a half day general strike as workers halt factories and shops across the capital following two days of bloody clashes. Senators push for a constitutional amendment while Roosevelt era judiciary plans spark debate on court power and the justices' role.
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Harfcourt
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Chamber of Deputies Session Postponed Amid Disturbances
This morning's session of the Chamber of Deputies was postponed due to general disturbances.
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Unstable Black Rapids Glacier Advances Amid Thunderous Ice
Otto Geist and Pilot Jack Hermann returned from a three day expedition to the Black Rapids Glacier 130 miles southeast of Fairbanks. They photographed a rapidly moving ice face in subzero winds, noting danger to the area but little immediate threat to Rapids Roadhouse nearby.
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Fairbanks
Otto William Geist
University of Alaska
Jack Hermann
Central Alaska Transport Company
Geist
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Pope Attacks Communism in Encyclical Assertion
Vatican City March 18 The Pope denounces communism as the ruin of family society in a long encyclical calling on Catholic Church to oppose its disintegrating effects. He says he has fought against it throughout his career and that only the church can counter its influence.
Glacier Music and Forking Ice in Distant Glacier Report
A narrator describes approaching a glacier that moans like a gold dredge. The ice is advancing toward a wide moraine and river mouth two miles wide, with a bifurcated mass where one fork crashes into the other at the junction.
Chamberlain Die In London At Age Seventy Three
Sir Austin Chamberlain former foreign secretary dies at his London home aged 73. He helped negotiate the Locarno treaty and is son of Joseph Chamberlain and brother of Neville Chamberlain.
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London
Sir Austen Chamberlain
Locarno
Joseph Chamberlain
Neville Chamberlain
Voters Registration Open for Municipal and School Board Election
Notice to voters details the poll book open since February 17 and closing March 27 1937. Election day is April 6 as stated by M. J. Walsh City Clerk.
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M. J. Walsh
Printing blanks offered for convenience in The Name Daily Nugget
The Name Daily Nugget lists forms for readers including Dredge Logs thawing and drill reports Mining Deeds Placer and Lode Location Notices Vouchers and Special Power of Attorney forms for convenience.
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