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Original index title	Northwest History. Alaska. Emigration & Immigration.
Newspaper	Spokane Chronicle ; 1934-08-11
Title	Gold Is Luring Men To Alaska.
Description	Gold Is Luring Men To Alaska.
Subject Keys	gold ; Alaska ; Washington ; American Red Cross headquarters ; John Barton Payne ; A. L. Schafer ; San Francisco ; the Pacific area ; the territory ; tremendous influx
Date.Original	1934-08-11
Resource Identifier	nwh-sh-8-4-2
Subjects	Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 20th century Alaska
Resource Type	Text
Genre	Clippings
Source	Northwest History. Alaska. Box 8
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Full-Text	GOLD IS LURING MEN TO ALASKA WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. (/P)— Once again the lure of gold is drawing men to Alaska in large numbers. This information was transmitted to American Red Cross headquarters here in an official report to Chairman John Barton Payne from A. L. Schafer, Red Cross manager in the Pacific area, who has Just returned to San Francisco from the territory. Schafer's report said there had been a "tremendous influx" of steerage passengers, attracted by the prospects of gold mining, into Alaska.
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