Business outlook and naval plans loom in 1940
AP reports a hopeful 1940 for business with aims to reduce the federal deficit, as factories run near 1929 peak. The Globe notes Dr Allan Dafoe resigns as Dionne quints guardian but remains physician. Tokyo tallies Chinese wartime deaths at 1 218 462. Navy backs 65 000 ton battleship program. four ships could begin in coming years.
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Fire Destroys Navy Patents at Revere Brass Foundry
Fire swept through the Revere Brass Foundry destroying valuable United States Navy casting design patents for new destroyers. Damage was estimated at 15000 dollars. Fire Chief Thomas McCarrick hinted sabotage might be involved.
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Revere, Brass Foundry
Thomas McCarrick
French War Budget Sets 3 Month Defense Total
Paris AP reporting the French senate unanimously approved a war budget of 1.242 billion dollars for the first three months of 1940. Premier Daladier said the funds will equip aviation and armored units and finish three new 35,000 ton battleships.
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Paris
Daladier
Forest Chief Silcox An Outstanding Man
The Juneau Forest Service office announced the death of Chief of the Forest Service F. A. Silcox on the same day last week. Born December 25, 1882 in Columbus Georgia, he graduated from Yale in 1905 and helped shape early Forest Service policies. He advanced to Regional Forester for the Northern Rocky Mountain region with headquarters in Missoula Montana. Regional Forester Heintzleman noted Silcox’s interest in social issues, especially capital and labor relations, and his work with the Shipping Board.
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Yale University
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Missoula
Montana
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Shipping Board
Interested Group Discusses Petersburg Peat Plant Plan
About 60 men met Tuesday at the Sons of Norway Hall to hear Chief Forester J. M. Wyckoff present findings on marketing Alaska peat. H. Brough outlined a locally run cooperative peat plant, with Wyckoff noting support from Wilbur Ellis in San Francisco and potential Petersburg sites. Wyckoff described peat production methods used in New Westminster with two plants, one manual and one mechanized, and the need for artificial drying at Petersburg. He cited Pacific Coast peat demand and current prices around $1.10 per 125 pound bale in Seattle, with regional consumption totals in Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle reaching tens of thousands of bales yearly.
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J. M. Wyckoff
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Pacific Coast
Chamber of Commerce
C. E. Swanson
H. Brough
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Los Angeles
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Finns Report Heavy Soviet Losses in Baltic Front Battle
Helsinki AP bulletin says the Finnish command killed about 600 Russians at Kelja as Soviet attacks pressed along the Leningrad Railway near Lake Suvanto on the Karelian Isthmus. Finns add 300 more reds dead on a separate lake sector and report five tanks destroyed with two captured.
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Kelja
Leningrad
Suvanto
Karelian
Finnish Fronts Hold as Soviet Air Strikes Continue
Undated AP report describes the Soviet air force again striking southwestern Finland as Finnish communiques claim a sectoral rollback on the Eastern Frontier and ski-troop offensives toward Murmansk Railway. Stockholm dispatches note renewed Russian assaults near Lieska with General G. M. Stern named as future Finnish commander. Western Front remains quiet in the Allied-German war.
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Red Air Force
Finland
Murmansk
Lieska
Stockholm
Salla
G. M. Stern
Germany
Hoover Announces Third Hundred Thousand Sent to Finland
Herbert Hoover, chairman of the American Finnish Relief Drive, said that the third hundred thousand dollars has been forwarded to Finland from American contributors.
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Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Finland
Petersburg Masons Elect Officers
Petersburg Lodge No. 262 of Free and Accepted Masons elected officers at the regular meeting last Friday night. The following officers were chosen: Thomas AK Wilson, Worshipful Master. Lester Elkins, Senior Warden. Bue Hentze, Junior Warden. Ed Lock.
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Petersburg
I Thomas
Wilsor
Lester Elkins
Hentze
Irregularities in Fisheries Rumored at Interior
Secretary Ickes said investigations into the Bureau of Fisheries show indications of irregularities that could trigger drastic reorganization if proven. Names not released pending final reports, with possible charges by a House subcommittee that toured Alaska last summer.
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Washington, D. C
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Bureau of Fisheries
House Committee On Merchant, Marines and Fisheries
Alaska
Alaska Packers Respond to Investigation Remarks
Seattle executives from Nakat Packing Libby McNeil Libby and Alaska Packing Company voiced little concern about the probe. H B Friele and Captain Fred Svensson denied favoritism and dismissed Ickes remarks as a pipe dream.
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Alaska Salmon Packing Companies
H. B. Friele
Nakat Packing Corporation
Ickes
Fred Svensson
Libby, McNeil and Libby
Victor H. Effendahl
Alaska Packing Company
Former Fisheries chief calls Ickes smear political
Frank T. Bell, ex commissioner, denies irregularities in the Bureau of Fisheries and accuses Ickes of political smear aimed at aiding Senator Schwellenbach. He says no favoritism, questions Hubbs selection, and notes Bell now runs a ranch and hotel at Ephrata, Washington.
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Seattle
Frank T. Bell
Bureau of Fisheries
Ickes
Bell
Lewis Schwellenbach
Schwellenbach
Fisheries Bureau
Carl Hubbs
Alaska Articles Win Prizes for NEA Editors
NEA editors vie for top prize in an Alaska competition with awards totaling three hundred dollars. The event highlights literary achievement and prompts entries from regional writers.
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Alaska
NEA
Gruening condemns naval base contractors over Alaska hiring
Gov Ernest Gruening criticized Sitka and Kodiak naval base contractors for discriminating against Alaska workers on projects by denying transportation allowances and preferring Seattle labor. He announced plans to protest to the Navy Department in January and urged verification of Alaska resident hiring claims.
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Sitka
Kodiak Naval Airbase
Ernest Gruening
Kodiak
Seims-Spokane Company
Johnson, Drake and Piper
Puget Sound
Gruening
Alaska
Seattle
WPA Workers on December expected at 2.25 Million
Washington reports about 2,250,000 workers on WPA rolls for December with 50,000 on short time projects in states hit by flood and drought disasters, reflecting relief program activity.
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Washington
Horror snow and disease add to Anatolia earthquake death toll
In Ankara on December 29, officials report deep snow and sub zero cold worsening the earthquake disaster in Anatolia. Deaths reach about 20 000 with 40 000 or more injured as special trains bring doctors nurses and supplies to the isolated wrecked area. Three further shocks deepen the distress and soldiers are deployed with orders to shoot looters on sight.
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Ankara
Turkey
Anatolia
Louisiana fur exclusivity deal announced for LAFI products
Louisiana Furs Inc announces that starting January 1 1940 all LAFI muskrats mink raccoons and opossums will be sold exclusively through Lampson Fraser and Huth Inc of New York City. The first offering is January 17 in Lampson Fr asher and Huths salesroom with several days of pre show display.
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New York
Morgan J. Hammers
Louisiana Furs, Inc
Youngsville
LAFI
Lampson, Fraser & Huth, Inc
Joseph M. Bossak
Wildlife Domain
Louisiana
Wrangell Population Reaches 1142 in Census Figures
Census figures released in Juneau show Wrangell’s population at 1142, up from 946 in 1930, reflecting a gain of 196 residents over the last decade. The document notes the local count as the current population.
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Wrangell
Juneau
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