Trans Atlantic Flight Ends In Irish Crash
Felix Waitkus, 28, from Wisconsin, landed near Ballinrobe Ireland after a 24 hour flight from New York in a storm battered attempt to reach Kaunas Lithuania. He escaped unharmed despite a rough field crash, and fog prevented a planned Ballinrobe landing.
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Baer
Louis
Ballinrobe
County Mayo
Ireland
Felix Waitkus
Wisconsin
Waitkus
New York
Kaunas
Lithuania
Vaitkus
Floyd Bennett Field
Stephen Darius
Stanley Girenas
Kanaus
Reelection Issues Clouded for Congress in 1936
Analysis by Byron Price shows mixed party support on key Roosevelt proposals and a complex vote pattern across Social Security Labor Relations AAA amendments Works Relief Wealth Tax Guttey Coal and Utilities. Democratic solidarity appears for some measures, while defections cloud the outlook for central campaign committees.
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Roosevelt
Alaska Relief Plan Hurdles Amid Budget Rules
The Washington Territory delegate, after Congress adjourned, seeks to apply Emergency Relief funds in Alaska under strict per man cost limits. Costs exceed allowable averages in many projects, limiting public works like buildings and river harbor improvements. Alaska negotiates possible modifications with Works Progress Administration officials and discusses air base site selection for Alaska under the Wilcox Bill.
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Alaska
Anchorage
Matanuska
Palmer
Harry Hopkins
Frank Walker
National Emergency Council
Addison T Foster
Air Corps
Dimond
John D. Reardan
United States
Wilcox
Alaska Air Base
Japanese War Party Sails Flotilla Up Sungari River
Moscow dispatch reports a Japanese war flotilla moving upriver into Soviet interior waters via the Sungari River toward Khavarovsk. Tass agency notes no stated reason and that the plan targets late September.
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Moscow
Soviet Russia
Tass Bureau
Sungari
Kasakexicheva
Khavarovsk
Hunters Asked to Observe New Shooting Rules in Alaska
The Alaska duck season opens September 20 at 7 am and runs to October 19 with shooting hours from dawn to 4 pm. Earl N. Ohmer of Petersburg, new Commission member, says laws should be enforced but relies on sportsmen as wardens to uphold standards.
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Alaska Game Comi
Earl N. Ohmer
Petersburg
Frank Dufresne
Comi
Tnt Lf
Alaska
Ham Lewis Suffering Pneumonia in Moscow
Senator J Hamilton Lewis of Minnesota and former Washington state politician is reported in Moscow with pneumonia. Russian doctors attending him describe his condition as serious but not hopeless, noting the overall prognosis remains unfavourable.
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J. “Ham” Lewis
Moscow
Ussr
Associated Press
J. Hamilton Lewis
Minos
Washington State
Waterfront Crisis Grows Toward Showdown On Coast
Frisco reports a waterfront crisis escalating as employers push longshoremen to handle strike cargo. ILA representatives and employers meet amid fears of a general waterfront tie up. A separate notice seeks a two or three room cabin to rent for one year at the Nugget Office.
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Associated Press
Frisco
I L. A
Nugget Office
Walla Walla convict charged with murder in Spokane case
A Walla Walla inmate, serving a long larceny sentence, is charged with murder in the shooting death of Spokane druggist Mary G. Philips. The suspect, identified as Hezekide or George Gregory alias, was returned from Walla Walla after pleading guilty to theft.
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Spokane
First
Mary G. Philline
Oltivials
Hekeidge
Walla Walla
Rams
Piilips
Bakeilye
Buise
Idaho
Wanted to Buy An Inexpensive Civic Pressure Pump
Wanted to Buy an inexpensive civic pressure pump for use with a kitchen stove hot water tank. Inquire at Nugget Office.
Louis Baer Square Off as Big Fight Looms Tomorrow
Joe Louis and Max Baer exchanged taunts eve of their headline bout in Pompton New Jersey. Louis predicted a six to seven round finish if Baer presses, while Baer vowed to tear Louis apart and reclaim the title. Odds favor Louis at 2 to 1 and the main event drifts to a 6 pm PST radio broadcast.
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Joe Louis
Max Baer
Associated Press
Pompton
N.Y
Doc Louis Aya
Baer
Lois
Louis
New York
Northwind to Sail as Replacement for Baldwin in Nome Run
Arctic Transport Co reports SS Northwind of Northland Transportation has been chartered to replace SS Baldwin on its final Nome voyage of the 1935 season due to heavy cargo demand. The Northwind, chartered by Nome interests this spring, is set to depart Seattle for Nome on September 23.
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Arctic Transport Co
Seattle
Northwind
Northland Transportation Company
Baldwin
Nome
Nome Company
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The
Byron Price
Washington
Senate
House
Guttey
Republic
Washington News - Letter
A. J. Dimond
J. J. Eckles
Congress
Eckeidge
George Gregory
Fam
Prion
Milan
Aly
Ater Servi
Tno
Maeteay
Philips
Jon Louis
Braddock
Buddy Beer
Max
Jetta Ford Smith
Wallspell
Montana
Houte
N.A.T
Fairbanks
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