Wife With Dog Team Drives Dying Mate To Hospital
In Alaska on March 27 widow Ethel Ross drove all day to hasten her husband Ernest Ross to Anchorage Hospital where he died after an appendicitis operation. The American Legion Jack Henry Post plans to honor him with a sea burial in Alaska waters weather and ice delays have postponed the funeral. Ross served in World War I with a machine gun detachment of the 12th U S Infantry.
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Associated Press
Anchorage
Ernest Ross
Ethel Ross
Susitna Valley
Alaska
Cook Inlet
Jack Henry
American Legion
Ross
12Th
U. S. Infantry
Criticism Under Baruch Asks End to Insinuation
Bernard Baruch, former World War Industries Board chair, demands an end to insinuations and seeks a verdict of innocence or guilt regarding trust and confidence placed in him. He was summoned to testify before the Senate munitions committee about his proposal to fix wartime price ceilings.
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Bernard Baruch
World War Industries Board
Senate Munitions Committee
William Forbes Found Dead in Fairbanks Cabin
William Forbes aged fifty was found dead in his Fairbanks cabin on Sunday. The body lay fully clothed across the bed and death was attributed to heart disease. Born in Edinburgh he served in the British forces during the world war and came to Fairbanks in 1919. Forbes was an expert accountant and long employed by the Fairbanks Exploration Company.
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Associated Press
Fairbanks
William Forbes
Edinburgh
Faibanks
Forbes
Fairbanks Exploration Company
Shipping Lines Refuse Favored Hiring in Oil Tanker Talks
Twelve major shipping lines declared they cannot concede or arbitrate on preferential hiring by the Master Mates and Pilots Association. They offered to arbitrate wages hours and working conditions while federal conciliators worked to settle the oil tanker dispute on the same issue.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Master Mates and Pilots Association
Death of Bill Stultz prompts coast guard report
A Juneau report details rescue work by the Coast Guard in February 1935, noting two infantile paralysis cases and two drownings near Seattle related to the Nome fire aftermath. The account emphasizes Yaquina Bay Station’s actions with motor lifeboat 4469 and the barge incident ending with two survivors.
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Alaska
Vance Murray
U. S. Coast Guard
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Coast Guard
Stultz
Bill Stultz
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Nome
Yaquina Bay Station
Yaquina Bay
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Former Kansas Governor John Leedy Dies in Edmonton
John Leedy eighty six former Kansas governor died Sunday night in Edmonton Alberta He lived in many places in the United States and Alaska before settling there Leedy was the second to last populist Kansas governor defeated for reelection in 1899 He went to Alaska in 1901 and practiced law at Valdez until 1908 He served there as city attorney mayor and referee in bankruptcy for the Third Judicial District
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Associated Press
Edmonton
Alberta
John Leedy
Kansas
United State
Alaska
Valdez
Third
Hitler Demands Gun Basis Except Navy, UK Responds
Berlin March 27 Hitler seeks absolute military parity gun for gun excepting the navy. He told Sir John Simon that Germany will limit arms until May 31, while expanding air service plans between Nome and Fairbanks. The pactless tone targets unequal treatment by League of Nations as France and Britain handle politics. News details routes, timetables, and new Alaska air service links.
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Hitler
John Simon
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Alaska
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Nome
France
Fairbanks
Russia
League of Nations
Tanana
Ruby
Nulity
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Vass Urwin
Séling
Peturn
Nami
Pan
Pairbarnk
Paetic Aleaska Airwaye
Tive Boon
Bor Nome
Britain Ready to Cooperate With Russia Says Radek
In Moscow on March 27 Karl Radek in Izvestia urged Great Britain and the Soviet Union to join in erecting a barrier against threats to world peace. He stated the Soviet Union is ready to cooperate seriously without ulterior motives if Britain pursues peaceful policy and avoids military catastrophe.
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Great Britain
Russia
Karl Radek
Piper Kzvestia
Hle
Soviet Union
Fingsland
Cash Cole Loses Fingers in Rope Accident
Juneau dispatch reports Cash Cole former territorial auditor and transfer man lost all fingers on his right hand when caught in a rope as an oil truck was lowered. Sir George Perrye acting Prime Minister of Canada announced that amputation was necessary. Buchan, John hill, and others noted.
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Cash Cole
Territorial
Associated “Press
Ottowa
Sir George
Perrye
Canada
John Hill
Buchan
Canbe
Ada
Court Proceedings Highlight Docketed Trial Delays At Nugget Court
Court adjourned after discussions in the Detpier Court with Judge overseeing the case of Mathew Thomas and other defendants. Leroy Sullivan represents the defendant while Lymin S Brewster serves as co counsel with the District Attorney. The government had not finished its case when court adjourned until tomorrow at 10 am.
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Mathew Thomas
Mirney Leroy Sullivan
Lymin S. Brewster
Arm
Pan American Clipper Makes Nonstop Flight to Virgin Islands
The Pan American clipper left its base at 6:15 am PST for a thrice three thousand mile journey to San Diego and back. It completed a nonstop 2500 mile test flight to the Virgin Islands and return, marking a milestone in transoceanic air travel.
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Associated Press
Miami
Marvel
United States
Orient
San
Assassins Fire On State Attorney Court ney in Chicago
On Sunday, eight shots were fired at State Attorney Thomas J. Courtney and Alderman Harry E Perry as they rode in a car in Chicago. Both men escaped injury. Courtney, noted for his fight against labor union racketeers, was targeted by two men in the attackers’ vehicle.
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Chicago
Thomas J. Courtney
Harry E Perry
Courtney
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