24 Aug 1929
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Newspaper
The Daily Alaska Empire
Location
Juneau, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1929
Page
1
The Mint reports 1928 U S refined gold output at 2,233,251 ounces valued $46,160,000 and silver production of 58,262,507 ounces worth $34,200,500. California topped gold output. Alaska second with 330,604 ounces valued at $6,834,200 and 486,859 ounces of silver produced.
A large Montana blaze near Belton and Glacier National Park destroyed multiple buildings at Appar Coram Lake and areas south west of Belton. The 75 000 acre fire pushed toward lake McDonald top past Epworth League camp and Lake McDonald Camp as 250 firefighters battle the spread.
New York August 24 Alaska dunean mine stock is quoted today at. American Tobacco A 196. Tobacco B 196. Bethlehem Steel 199. Continental Motors 1514. Coral Products 104. Cudahy 50. International Paper A 34. Paper B no sale. National Acme 35. Standard Oil of California 77. Stewart Warner 67. American Ice 54. Independent Oll 33. General Motors 7342.
Milan officials report Italian Metropolitan Opera stars balance summer leave with auditions and travel. General manager Giulio Gatti-Casazza declines sport talk while touring Ferrara and Salsomaggiore. Co stars such as diva Leonora Corona mix beach leisure with planned performances and scouting new talent.
Berlin reports women are increasingly active in German state legislatures and the Reichstag. Of 490 Reichstag deputies 32 are women, 20 of them Social Democrats. Prussia has 42 women among 450, with 20 SD. Bavaria, Baden, Württemberg show smaller counts. Hamburg leads with 15 of 150. Writers predict a powerful political and industrial future for women, especially those around forty, shaping times in many life facets.
Signorina Corona, engaged in three tough roles at the Metropolitan this coming season, spent July in Rimini with long daily rehearsals and August in Italy for special performances. Tenor Beniamino Gigli, fresh from eight months of US opera concert work, returned to Europe for recitals across central Europe. He enjoyed mineral baths at Agnano near Naples before continuing with villa family activities and plans for ten more recitals. The United States Public Health Service notes that ginger rum ming water is not always pure.
Reports say the Graf Zeppelin travels about 80 miles per hour toward the U S coast. At 4 AM Pacific time the airship was at 43.50 north 117.18 east and may pass over Seattle around 10 AM, then head south to Los Angeles. A separate note mentions the Soviet plane Land of Soviets reaching Burgan, Siberia on a New York route. Derbyists in Wichita, led by Blanche Noyes, advanced toward East St Louis after arriving Santa Monica to Cleveland.
Gen Lawrence Davis reports Democratic U S Senator from Tennessee Tyson died at Manrest Sanitarium Philadelphia aged 68 after a relapse from nervous trouble. He earned the Distinguished Service Medal for meritorious WWI and Spanish War service. Born July 4 1861 in Greenville NC, West Point graduate 1883, practiced law, entered coal and iron trade, led Sixth U S Volunteer Infantry in Spanish War, served in Porto Rico, earned brigadier general in 1917 commanding the 59th Brigade, fought at Ypres Lys Canal Bellicourt Hindenburg Line.
A political figure withdrew from the Democratic Convention in San Francisco in 1920 after serving in the Tennessee Legislature and as Speaker of the House for one term. He later won election to the U S Senate for the 1925 to 1931 term.
An elderly resident of the I Pairbanks district, Axel Hetulla, died by suicide using a rifle recently. Health is cited as the probable cause. He is survived by a widow and several children. A note on milk at room temperature is included in the fragment.
Michael J D Cudahy aged 21 scion of the Chicago meat packing family was convicted by a jury in the Los Angeles Superior Court on driving an automobile while intoxicated. The jury recommended a fine of $5,000 and the sentence becomes mandatory after the July 12 arrest following a collision with another car.
Roscoe Turner with four passengers launched at 6 21 a m EST to chase the East to West transcontinental record of 19 hours 10 minutes 32 seconds set by Captain Frank Manks. Planned refueling stops at Cincinnati Tulsa and Albuquerque toward Glendale California.
New York August 24. Twenty six crew members from the freighter Quimistan sunk at sea on August 19 were brought to port aboard the President Harrison. They drifted for more than 0 hours and arrived in good condition. The sole American was Harry Martin of Portland Oregon who called the ordeal just another shipwreck.
John Walmer, Sitka restaurant man, flew home on the seaplane Ketchikan yesterday after attending the Shrine Ceremonial in Juneau Thursday evening. He was the only candidate from Sitka to attend the ceremonial.
Berkeley Calif August 24 Chief August Vollmer head of the Berkeley Police departs Sunday for Washington to serve as consultant to President Hoover's National Committee to Law Enforcement and to undertake a national survey of police work for the committee.
In Portland Oregon on August 2 1910 private detective Anna Schrader faced an assault with intent to kill charge by Police Lieutenant William Breau ing. The pair admitted an eight year relationship and said fear of a revelation led to a planned settlement. A struggle on a sidewalk ended when a gun fired.
Los Angeles reports Ruth Elder the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic is engaged to Walter Camp Jr., president of Inspiration Pictures. He travels to New York to arrange the wedding as the air derby ends. Elder, from Wichita, confirms the engagement amid mixed prior rumors.
James Archibald, longtime Dawson character, died there recently from cancer after a long illness. He had been treated in Seattle about a year ago and returned to Dawson improved before a relapse led to his death within a week. Survived by his daughter Mrs. R J Ogburn of Pulrbanks, he was eight and a half decades old and born in Scotland.
Paris August 24 The Communist political war chest grows from court damages awarded in labor law cases. Police court judges repeatedly award fines in favor of unions, despite higher tribunals calling the method a legal monstrosity. Appeals reverse most verdicts and unions receive moral damages of four cents per employee. Large employers appeal. small ones pay when damages seem small, yielding hundreds of dollars annually for Communist receipts.
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