Commencement Exercises At U Alaska Today
The 14th annual commencement at the University of Alaska is held in Fairbanks in a new gymnasium. Seventeen graduates, including two Nome youths Joseph Walsh and Aben Shallit, receive diplomas. Dr. Gruening delivers the address and banquet speech. Governor Troy and other officials attend.
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Associated Press
Fairbanks
University of Alaska
Nome
Joseph Walsh
M. J. Walsh
Aben Shallit
C. Z. Shallit
Richard Dale
Albert Dorsh
Donald Fowler
Glen Franklin
George Henton
Reino Huttala
Winnifred MacDonald
Helen Linck
Louis Smith Edwin Stevens
Leonard Thompson
Paul Wickstrom
Gruening
Territorial Affairs
Interior Department
John W. Troy
Alaska Railroad
Col. Ohlson
Ike Taylor
Alaska Road Commission
Harry G. Watson
Grace Wickersham
Sheriff Recovers Amatuer Pilot After Three Week Disappearance
Sheriff Ralph Buckley returns to Spokane with Cecil W. McCollum an amateur aviator accused of embezzlement. McCollum disappeared after leaving Spokane for Portland and was later found in Chihuahua Mexico. A cryptic classified line offers a daily nugget and savings promo.
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Spokane
Ralph Buckley
Cecil W. McCollum
el Paso
Portland
Chihuahua
Mexico
Wrangel Island Administrator On Trial For Life
Soviet Supreme Court in Moscow hears case against K B Semenchuk administrator of Wrangel Polar Station charged with starving Eskimos and murder. Prosecutor Vyshinsky details coercive rule including withholding food and forcing dog sled labor during last winter. Co-defendant S P Startsev also named in the murder of Dr W F Wulfson.
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Moscow
Russia
Wrangel Island
Arctic Ocean
Soviet Supreme Court
A. J. Vyshinsky
K. B. Semenchuk
Wrangell Polar Station
S. P. Startsev
W. F. Wulfson
Barren Point Blason
Semenchuk
Babushkin
Wulfson
Arctic
Missing Hunter Council Section Failed Search
Pilot Hermann of NAT tried an aerial search for a missing Eskimo hunter who left Council three days ago after wounded a reindeer and arming himself with a butcher knife. Nome was asked to send a plane for a possible air search. no trace yet found and the hunter’s whereabouts remain unknown.
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Hunter Council
Hermann
NAT
Council
Nome
Hindenburg Heads Toward New York City in Rainstorm
The German airship Hindenburg, battered by a heavy rain storm and a forty five mile head wind, sped over the North Atlantic toward America. It is expected to reach New York City around noon Tuesday.
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Associated Press
New York City
Hindenburg
North Atlantic Ocean
America
State Department Warns on Japanese Expansion in China
The State Department renewed warnings about Japanese armed expansion in China. Reports from Moscow said a Soviet patrol was fired upon by the Japanese, signaling a new eastern border incident.
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Associated Press
Washington
American
State Department
China
Moscow
Guffy Coal Act Knocked Out By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upheld a six to three ruling voiding the Guffey Coal Act as unconstitutional and an invasion of states powers. Justices Brandeis Stone and Cardozo dissented. The court did not rule on the price fixing provision and questioned the excise tax of fifteen percent of soft coal production as a penalty rather than a true tax.
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Associated Press
Nashington
Supreme Court
NRA
Sutherland
Brandeis, Stone and Cardozo
Gulley
Pennsylvania
Audiene
Court of Appeals Rules Out Big Money Measure
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled the 1935 Relief Act unconstitutional in a sweeping opinion by three of five judges. It voided a four billion eight hundred eighty million law for improper delegation to the President, invasion of state rights, and lack of authorization. Justice Orsdel wrote the opinion.
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Associated Press
Washington
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Congress
Tugwell
Orsdel
Name Daily Nugget Six Month Advance Subscription Offer
An offer advertises saving $2.00 by paying six months in advance for the Name Daily Nugget subscription. The prompt urges readers to act now to secure the discount.
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Daily Nugget
Nome Chamber Plans Formal Visit To Dr Gruening
The Nome Daily Nugget reports Dr. Gruening of the Interior Department plans a visit to Nome Wednesday. The Northwestern Alaska Chamber of Commerce considers a luncheon in his honor to discuss Territory affairs and the Seward Peninsula region. Proposals include speeding up the Nome Federal Building project and advancing Alaska’s regular saviors service toward approval. The Maynard Columbus Hospital funding and possible transfer to the Office of Indian Affairs to serve whites and natives are raised for discussion. Jensen indicates he will be in Washington, D. C., on return.
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Nome Daily Nugget
Gruening
Bureau of Territorial and Insular Affairs
Interior Department
Nome
Northwestern
Alaska
Mome Federal
Maynard Columbus Hospital
Office of Indian Affairs
Jensen
Ing
D. C
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Dr. Gruening
U. Alaska
The
Wrangell Island
Townsenders
Oregon
McNary
Williams
Ore
Townsend Old Age
Charles McNary
Borah
Renevelt
Thep Letforts
Rey
Willis Mahoney
John A. Jeffreys
Atlanta
Georgia
Roosevelt
Thetora Ie
Chamber Nome
Board of Directors
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