Wealthy Mining Man Is Found Frozen To Death
The body of Stanley Siscoe, a Montreal mining executive, was found two miles from Lake Matchimanitou after a snowstorm. He perished after crashing with pilot Wrathall who was later found wandering near Lake Des Jardins in poor weather but in good health.
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Associated Press
Montreal
Stanley Siscoe
Lake Matchimanitou
Siscoe
Pilot Wrathall
Whathall
Lake Des Jardins
Signal Corps tests wireless system over Alaska territory
In Seattle on March 23 the U S Signal Corps demonstrated the Ninth Corps Area Commanding General’s wireless telegraphy system enabling instant radio control of Alaska. Major General Paul Malone sent and received messages at two to four hundred words a minute across thousands of miles from Seattle to the Aleutians and Point Barrow. The General spoke by wireless telephone yesterday to Governor Troy and pledged a possible summer visit to military and airplane landing fields in the territory.
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Associated Press
Seattle
U. S. Signal Corps
Ninth Corps
Alaska
Paul Malone
Aleutians
Point Barrow
Troy
Short Strike Is Settled Hours After Wage Talks
Juneau Alaska March 5 1935 The Federal Housing Administration explains how insured mortgages under the National Housing Act aid home building with up to 80 percent financing for up to twenty years and limits on business use while Vancouver crew in Border Line case wins wage gains after a brief strike settling pay raises for officers crew and overtime rules.
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Juneau
Alaska
Federal Housing Administration
John E. Pegues
Associated Press
Vancouver
Border Line
Border Prince
Winch
Pegues
Union 1
City Council Considers Lot Coverage Rules and Housing
The Nome council weighs maximum lot coverage for new housing and fire protection. Council approves purchasing adjoining land to widen alleys and sets 30 percent interior or 40 percent corner lot limits, with exceptions for four family buildings and hospital needs.
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W. Slack
Ingle
Polet
Hank
Pete
F. Wright
Walter Carey
Nome
Six Die in Fire at Rendezvous Club Chicago
Six people burned to death and scores injured in a nightclub fire at the Rendezvous in Morton Grove near Chicago. Patrons stampede for the sole exit as flames trap guests around 2 30 a m with smoke curling from the cloakroom. The cause is not yet determined and the victims died while trying to retrieve their wraps.
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Club
City
Chicago
Morton Grove
Evanston
John Jake Barber
PAA Clipper Flight to San Diego Delayed
The Pan American Airways giant clipper flight from Miami to San Diego to inaugurate a new Californi to Orient route was postponed. The nineteen ton airboat returned to base for propeller adjustment after a short flight, with a new departure possible tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Miami
Pan American Airways
Here
San Diego
Californi
Orient
Court Adjourns in Not Guilty Verdict in Assault Case
A jury found the defendant not guilty in a morning court session after deliberations by W Pheratun. The trial, part of the States versus Pony, concluded swiftly with the jury returning a verdict of not guilty. The court adjourned at 2 PM and will reconvene at 10 to hear the Bob Larson trial.
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Funeh
Delevays
W Pheratun
Ty Jay
Bob Larson
Weather Turns Cold in Pacific Northwest Sees Four Deaths
Four people died as cold unsettled weather and storms hit the Pacific Northwest. Fritz Johnson of Portland died in Stayton when wind toppled a bunkhouse. Wilbur Lynns, 21, was killed near Kooskia Idaho by a falling tree on his trapline. Mrs. M A Peterson of Yakima died in Wantage Wisconsin when her car skidded on icy snow. John Berge of Aberdeen drowned when his boat hit the Columbia River jetty. Many marooned at Mount Ealer Lodge after snow blocks cut routes to towns.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Fritz Johnson
Portland
Stayton
Oregon
Wilbur Lynns
Kooskia
Idaho
M. A. Peterson
Yakima
Washington
Wantage
John Berge
Aberdeen
Columbia River
Spokane
Mount Ealer Lodge
Bellingham
Nazis, Murder Trials Stir Baltic Headlines Across Europe
In Kaunas Lithuania on March 6, 126 Nazis faced trial for a Memel seizure plot. four were sentenced to death, ten to prison, others acquitted. The cases centered on alleged conspirators and a deadly internal purge amid fears over a regional security pact. Nearby reports note German-Nazi influence and wartime perspectives affecting postwar dynamics.
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Associated Press
Kaunas
Lithuania
Germany
Prio
Tainly
Pasterny
Fish Confesses to Mutilations Behind Grace Budd Death
Albert H. Fish, condemned to die in the electric chair for Grace Budd’s slaying, told Warden George A. Casey at Westchester County Jail that he mutilated and possibly murdered three other children and a young man. He was unsure if two victims died as he claimed after fleeing the scene.
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Ossining
York
Albert H. Fish
Grace Budd
George A. Casey
Westchester County
Burhan Seen Likely to Become Canada Governor General
London sources report Colonel John Burhan, author and publicist, likely named Governor General of Canada. He would be the first commoner appointed to the post, with authorities signaling the near-future appointment.
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Associated Press
London
John Burhan
Canada
Oday
US Mail Arrives With Pilot Jerry Jones
Pilot Jerry Jones of Pacific Alaska Airways delivered the US Mail from Fairbanks today and immediately departed on the return flight with outgoing mail.
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Jerry Jones
Pacific Alaska Airways
Fairbanks
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