Nome City Council Hears Proposals At Length
Nome Alaska council holds a lengthy meeting approving minutes and hearing proposals. E B O Connor presents ideas for a municipal powered plant while liquor license applications from Solomon Greenberg Seidenberg are referred to the law ordinance and printing committee. Property offers from Harber Kennedy Buckley Bourdon added to town leasing talks as National Housing Day noted for May 25 with guidance to proclaim the date.
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Swartz
E. B. O'Connor
O'Connor
Jack Solomon
Herbert Greenberg
Leo Seidenberg
Law Ordinance and Printing Committee
Board of Liquor Control
Juneau
B. J. McConaghy
River Street
Polson and
Hagen
B. M. Buckley
Mr. Buckley
Fred Bourdon
Eral Housing Administration
Alaska
John E. Pegues
Territorial Board of Liquor Control
Frank A. Boyle
Nome
S. W. Taggart
Nome Lumber Co
City Ground
Alaska approves 25 of 44 home loan applications
The Alaska office of the Home Owners Loan Association approved 25 of 44 applications, with 19 from Ketchnkan, 3 from Jurneau, and 3 from Petersburg. The average loan was two thousand dollars as delays from distance to the local office delayed appraisals.
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Alaska
Seattle
Home Owners Loan Association
Ketchikan
Jurneau
Petersburg
Traffic Accidents Reported Across Coast Over Weekend
Weekend crash toll rises with four fatalities. C Alfred Smith of Kent died after being struck by a car in Tacoma. James Clinton Parsons, nine, killed when a tire blew and the car overturned near Longview. W Z Dickerson, 34, drowned after his car struck a light pole and plunged into the Columbia River near Kennewick. The driver Nice Harris, 25, swam ashore.
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Associated Press
Seattle
C. Alfred Smith
Kent
Tacoma
James Clinton Parsons
Longview
W. Z. Dickerson
Columbia River
Kennewick
Mr Nice Harris
Money Sought for Stranded Western Mining Districts
A request for an initial allotment of twenty five million dollars was made to Congress for the relief of stranded metal mining districts in the western United States.
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Associated Press
Washington
West
Congress
Liberty Loan and postwar finance debated
The commentary discusses unpaid Fourth Liberty Loan bonds and the plan to refinance them after the war to save interest. It notes the higher cost of the war after its end, considers a midterm payment option, and suggests veterans deserve a share in postwar distributions. A Washington to Europe contrast is mentioned with a dining car scene en route to a conference.
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United States
Shakespeare
Washington
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau radio address on currency policy
Secretary Morgenthau said the United States will not block international currency stabilization and will not act alone to peg the dollar. He outlined a three point view on dollar value, monetary policy, and international trade, noting the U S would stabilize as needed and could move in either direction.
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Washington
Belgium
Shipbuilders Press Drive to Close Every U S Shipyard
Camden New Jersey May 24 Striking workers at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation vow to extend the stoppage to all major yards across the country aiming to halt warship production and pressure for concessions.
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Ascrigted Press
Camden
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Contention Over President's Stand On Bonus Issue
Washington May 13 leading democrats predict President Roosevelt will veto the Patman bill and frame a stand against inflation. Some say retreat from the position is impossible amid the looming bonus issue showdown.
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Roosevelt
F. D. Roosevelt
Government program aims to aid needy first, with talks of promises
The article notes ongoing discussion about ensuring help to the needy before other priorities and mentions a possible compromise or substitute for a proposed bonus bill. It indicates uncertainty about timing and completion of the plan.
More Colonists Now Enroute To Seattle Alaska
One hundred and three Wisconsin emigrants left Green Bay on May 14 to reach Alaska’s Matanuska settlement. The group travels by train from Wisconsin’s oldest settlement and joins Michigan families en route to Seattle. The youngest colonist is eight month old Norma Noreen Nelson of Mountain Wisconsin.
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Seattle
Alaska
Matanuska
Associated Press
Green Bay
Wisconsin
Matanuski
Michigan
St. Paul
Norma Noreen Nelson
Mountain
Five Room House For Sale At Nugget Office
A new five room house with bath for sale. Size 20 by 36 feet, double construction throughout. Piped for oil burning stoves. Inquire at Nugget Office.
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Nugget
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