Locarno Pact Signatories Consider Virtual Military Alliance
In London on March 20 the House of Commons heard that the four remaining Locarno Pact signatories would join a virtual military alliance if Hitler refuses proposals to restore European security. French delegates pitched a League of Nations style plan for an international conference to address Germany's Rhineland remilitarization with five points: collective security, defined sanctions, armament limits, stronger economic ties, and a non aggression framework.
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Western Pacific Locomotive Explosion Fatalities Near Wendover
An explosion aboard a Western Pacific locomotive near Wendover Utah killed two men and fatally injured four others. The blast occurred about thirty four miles west of Silver Zone Nevada as the train was moving and the injured were rushed to a local hospital for treatment. Investigators seek the explosion’s origin amid unclear circumstances.
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Associated Press
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Silver Zone
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Sion
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Anchorage Field Lease Lets Bunsen Build Plane Shop
The Anchorage City Council issued a lease to William Bunsen of Cordova to construct an airplane repair shop at the city airport. He plans immediate work to handle all commercial aircraft business from private owners and independent companies.
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Anchorage City Council
William Bunsen
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Juneau Chamber backs Glacier Bay mining Park opening
On March 20 the Juneau Chamber of Commerce endorsed a resolution calling for the opening of Glacier Bay National Monument Park to prospecting and mining activities, signaling support for mineral development in the area.
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Associated Press
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Glacier Bay National Monument Park
Nome Business Men's Volleyball Club Postpones Meeting
The regular Tuesday meeting of the Nome Business Men's Volleyball Club has been postponed to Friday this week.
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Nome Business Men’s Volley Ball Club
Alaska asked to contribute funds for flood victims
Juneau report details a national disaster from floods across Pennsylvania and New England with over two hundred thousand people seeking Red Cross relief. The article notes a public appeal for contributions to aid shelter, food, clothing, and medical care as agencies mobilize.
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U.S
Red Cross
New Deal Plans $400 Million Flood Rehabilitation Push
The Associated Press reports heavy floods across New England and Ohio Valley causing 136 deaths and 200000 homeless. Officials tally unofficial damage near 300 million dollars as the New Deal administration weighs a 400 million dollar aid program for property and housing recovery.
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ALL TRAILS TO CONCORD CUT OFF
Floods in Concord New Hampshire strand residents with no power or gas since term start. Population around 25 000 cannot leave by road or rail. Over four hundred homeless as floodwaters force families from homes. Candles sell for fifty cents each as darkness looms.
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Roosevelt Postpones Trip Over Typhoid Fears
Roosevelt again postpones travel amid 20 state health officials warning of a possible typhoid outbreak. The precautionary move follows rushing water supplies and flood conditions impairing water in Binghamton and surrounding areas.
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Associated Press
Binghamton
N.Y
Typhoid Serum Rushed To Flood Area
A dispatch from Washington reports typhoid serum rushed to flood areas amid flood alarms. President Roosevelt's planned Washington to Florida trip is postponed for days due to checkups and flood level concerns.
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Associated Press
Washington
Florida
Roosevelt
Senate approves Alaska farm extension and experiment service bill
Washington March 2011 The Senate Agricultural Committee approved the Schwellenbach Bill extending farm extension and experimental service to Alaska. A House committee considers a Dimond bill setting annual funding from July 1937 starting at five thousand dollars for experimental work rising to thirty seven thousand five hundred by 1947 and two thousand dollars for an extension service rising to ten thousand in 1940. Dimond notes sixty six families settled on Alaska farms in the past year excluding Matanuska project.
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Matanuska
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Explosion and Fire in Texas City Kills Three
Three people died when a blast followed by fire wrecked six businesses in Texarkana Texas today causing about seventy five thousand dollars in damage. A fortune teller named Van Zan was the identified victim living above a grocery store. Firemen searched ruins for additional victims as the blast shook the neighborhood and ignited adjacent buildings.
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Texarkana
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van Zan
Severty
Witner
Borrowed Blood Keeps St. Louis Man Alive
James Hedley, 23, of St. Louis relies on borrowed blood after two years of aplastic anemia. He has had 32 transfusions, two operations, and 17 hospitalizations. doctors expect another transfusion today while marrow recovery is pursued.
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St. Louis
James Hedley
Hedley
Notice to Voters on Registration Closure
The Poll Book for the municipal and school board election closes March 28, 1936, after opening February 19. City Clerk M J Walsh issues the notice.
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M.J. Walsh
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