Northwest History. Alaska. General.

Ships 1000 Gold Pieces: Alaskan Villager Sends His Hoard Out By Plane. SHIPS 1000 GOLD PIECES ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 3. UP) —A shipment of more than a thousand shining $20 gold pieces, sent by a man living in the Kuskokwim valley, arrived here by plane today, consigned to an Anchorage bank, in respo...

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Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1933
Subjects:
gold hoarding
Alaskan villagers
plane
Anchorage
Alaska
Kuskokwim valley
President Roosevelt
Northwest
Pacific > History > 20th century
Pacific
Kuskokwim
Online Access:http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/91932
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Summary:Ships 1000 Gold Pieces: Alaskan Villager Sends His Hoard Out By Plane. SHIPS 1000 GOLD PIECES ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 3. UP) —A shipment of more than a thousand shining $20 gold pieces, sent by a man living in the Kuskokwim valley, arrived here by plane today, consigned to an Anchorage bank, in response to President Roosevelt's decree against gold hoarding.

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