Smith and Ickes clash over Public Works critique
Washington dispatch notes Al Smith calling the Public Works Administration a failure while Ickes counters that Smith holds a grudge. The exchange follows editorials and responses, with Blanks and others debating the agency and wage cuts in Alaska Railroad employees under the Economy Act of 1932.
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Washington
al Smith
Public Works Administration
Herold L. Ickes
Interior
Smith
Tekes
Boilch
P.W.A
Hugh
Works Administration
Johnson
Alaska
Dinend
Ickes
Arthur J. Lovell
One Brotherhood of Locomotive
G. W. Laughlin
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
W. G. Johnson
The
Order of Railway Conductors
A. F. Stout
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees
E. L. Harrigan
Brotherhood of
L. M. Eddy
United States
Secretary of the Interior
Hubert N. Work
Alaska Railroad
Ea Eerie Et Alera
Bacchus Returns as States Prepare for Liquor Day
Washington dispatch notes Bacchus, the Roman god of drink, rising from retirement as December 5 approaches. States race to pass regulatory measures for the Twenty-first Amendment's effective day and to permit lawful liquor sale and consumption, aiming for orderly observance amid a gala atmosphere.
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Washington
Bacchus
NRA Policy For Puerto Rico And Territories Announced
Washington dispatch reports Gen Hugh Johnson disclosing NRA policy extending the recovery program to Puerto Rico and possessions. Alaska may adopt U S codes. other codes tailored to Territorial industries will be used. Three public hearings will include management labor and consumer representatives. procedure to be announced soon.
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Washington
NRA
Puerto Rico
Alaska
Hugh Johnson
United States
Noted Banker Richard Mellon Dies in Pittsburgh
R B Mellon aged 75 president of Mellon National Bank and brother of Andrew W Mellon former Secretary of the Treasury died in Pittsburgh after falling health. He was a banker with wide interests in business civic railroad education and humanitarian efforts and never sought public office.
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Pittsburgh
R. B. Mellon
Mellon National Bank
Andrew W. Mellon
Treasury
Richard Beatty Mellon
the Treasury
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Richard Meilon
Forn
Stellan
Alaska Liquor Ad Mailing Banned Under Reed Law
Washington December 1 The Post Office Department lists Alaska among regions where liquor advertisements cannot be mailed or liquor orders solicited under the Reed law of 1917.
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Washington
the Post. Office Department
Alaska
Stocks Drift After Early Rally On Wall Street
New York December 1 United States Government securities spurred a moderate bond rally while alcohol stocks drew demand and kept the market firm early. Most gains of one to about three points faded by close. several issues held small advances as others, including American Telephone and Telegraph, slipped after news of enforcement on the wave and working hours proposal. Closing quotes show United States Steel 44 percent and Allied Chemical among notable movers with mixed results across the board.
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New York
United States
Stock Exchange
United States Steel
Dupont
National Distillers
American Can
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
A. S
Gandhi convert seeks thrills quits seminary
Nila Cram Cook, an American woman who fled Gandhi's seminary in New Delhi seeking thrills, has been offered a movie contract. Despite Gandhi's request to return, she leaves rigid life, craving speed and a red hot orchestra. She cited sleeping on red bricks and a flutter from a man with beautiful eyes as factors in her change.
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New Delhi
India
Nila Cram Cook
Gandi
Juneau Girl Joins Oregon State College Prom Committee
Alice Merritt of Juneau a junior in home economics at Oregon State College Corvallis has been appointed to the programs committee for the Junior Prom to be held in the winter term. The queen will be selected by the junior class men.
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Oregon State College
Corvallis
Alice Meritt
Juneau
Rebuke Aimed at Rolph Policies Hits California Defense
In San Francisco a Chamber of Commerce rebuke signed by Herbert Hoover targets Gov. James Rolph Jr over the San Jose lynching of two kidnappers and killers of Brock Hart. Rolph replies blaming Hoover for troop use in Washington’s bonus march crackdown, warning against violence by government forces. London reports Ambassador Bingham defending U S monetary and naval policy and the dollar protection fund amid Anglo American ties.
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United States
San Francisco
Cal
James Rolph Jr
Herbert Hoover
San Jose
Broke Hart
Chamber of Commerce
Sacramento
Rolph
London
Robert W. Bingham
England
Bingham
Associated Press
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Trade Tempo Slows In Weak Week Of Commerce
The weekly Dun Bradstreet review from New York notes a slower general trade tempo this week with caution tempering both commerce and industry. It says gains are not as strong as earlier in the month, but stronger confidence in a stable upturn partially offsets the slowdown. Consumer demand decline is not pronounced.
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New York
Dun-Brad Street Inc
Fraud in Washington State Highway Department Rights of Way
Olympia December 1. An examiner's report filed with the State Auditor cites fraud extravagance and favoritism in rights of way transactions of the State Highway Department during the past biennium. The auditor promises to disclose the most notorious example of extravagant waste of state funds yet uncovered.
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Olympia
Wash
State Highway Department
General Highway Department
Federal Trade Commission Report on Chain Store System
Washington Dec 1 The Federal Trade Commission’s report on its investigation of the chain store system of retail distribution suggests that the stronger size of chain stores to cut prices below competitors may be an unfair trade practice.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commissions
Sitkin volcano erupts on Kanaga Island Alaska
Reports from Kanaga Island indicate Sitkin volcano is erupting. Dorothy, captained by Edwin H. Larsen, sails toward the Aleutians for fur trading, with Fred Hamberg aboard on a two to four month Westward voyage.
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Dutch Harbor
Kanaga Island
Sitkin
Washington
United States
William E. Borah
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
American Federation of Labor
Fred Hamberg
Juneau
Dorothy
Aleutian Islands
Edwin H. Larsen
Alaskan
Wedyat
Mr. Hamberg
Cape Ominey
Seattle
Coast Guard
Hamberg
Goldstein
Hudson's Bay Company
Northwestern
Kodiak
Aleutian
Aleutians
Ice closes in on two boats in Arctic rescue mission
Ninety men and women aboard a ship jammed by Arctic ice for two months may abandon the vessel and seek refuge on floes in the east Siberian sea. Five women and one child have been taken aboard the ice breaker Chelisukin as efforts to rescue the stranded scientists continue amid perilous conditions.
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Moscow
East Siberian Sea
Chelisukein
Murmansk
Davidoff Ta
Carlisle Arrives to Spend Several Days in Territory
Chief Special Agent H A Carlisle of the General Land Office arrived from Cordova aboard the Yu kon with Mrs Carlisle to conduct investigations. They are guests at the Gastineau Hotel and will remain several days in the area.
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H. A. Carlisle
General Land Office
Territory
Cordova
Yukon
Carlisle
BC Elections Cost 3000 Per Candidate
Victoria B C December 1 The British Columbia provincial election cost rate payers about 4000 dollars per candidate, more than twice as much as an ordinary election.
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Victoria
B. C
British Columbia
Ti Joo
George A. Lingo Plans Alaska to Seattle Trip
Territorial Representative George A. Lingo and Mt. McKinley Park tourist agent arrived in Juneau aboard the Yukon. He will stay a week then press on toward Seattle for business, keeping him south for a month or more.
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George A. Lingo
Mt. McKinley National Park
Juneau
Yukon
Gold price soars to $34.01 amid RF C move
Washington December 1 The Reconstruction Finance Corporation raised the gold price to a new high of 34.01 dollars an eight cent gain from last Wednesday. The rise comes as the dollar and government bonds show strength despite recent RF C quotations. Today's London price stands at 32.57.
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Wasilington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
London
Sharkey gangster dies by hanging in Ramsey County jail
Willie Sharkey, alleged Chicago gangster and Touhy gang member, hanged himself with a necktie in his Ramsey County jail cell during the night. Sharkey and three others were recently acquitted in the $100,000 Kidnaping of William Hamm Jr. case and are now held on charges linked to the abduction of John The Barber Factor in Chicago. The gang members are to be taken to Chicago tomorrow.
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St, Paul
Minn
Willie Sharkey
Chicago
Ramsey County
Sharkey
Touhy
Roger ‘Touhy
William Hamm, Jr
John
Verne Miller Body Found Near Detroit City Edge
Police recover the battered nude body of Verne Miller, the Midwest desperado linked to a Kansas City machine gun slaying last June. Detained clues and theories are scarce as authorities name a North Dakota sheriff involved in the case.
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Detroit
Verne Miller
Notorius Midwest
Dynamite Explosion Harms Woman and Kin in Tacoma
Theltha Walton, 26, critically injured in a Puyallup area farmhouse blast. Gilbert Kough, 40, head lacerations. James Watson, estranged husband of Walton, fled scene. Watson later surrendered and confessed to dynamiting the home. He faces $10 bail as authorities hold him. Also in London, Clarence Guy Gordon Haddon is charged with blackmail against King George, claiming royal lineage.
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Tacoma
Theltha Walton
Puyallup
Gilbert Kough
James Watson
Watson
Kough
Wash
London
Clarence Guy Gordon Haddon
George
Haddon
Scotland Yard
Clarence
Edward the Seventh
Prince of Wales
Two Men Injured in Auto Wreck on Thane Road
Whzard Martinson and Hon Polson are in St Anns Hospital with scalp wounds bruises and minor cuts after a car overturn near the Union Off Dock on Thane road. The recently purchased Pord car was badly damaged but both men are not believed to be in critical condition.
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Whzard Martinson
Hon. Polson
St. Ann's Hospital
Clarke turns $1 million stake into $65 million fortune
Senate committee records show Harley L. Clarke grew a $1 million stake into a $65 million paper fortune in five years through stock exchanges. He became President of General Theatres Equipment, Inc., the holding company tied to Fox Theatre properties and other firms.
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Washington
Senate
Harley L. Clarke
Exchange of Stock
General Theatres Equipment, Incorporated
Fox Theatre
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Dimond
P.O. Dept
American Power and Light
Anaconda
Armour B
Bethlehem Steel
Calumet and
Hecla
Colorado Fuel and Tron
Curtiss-Wright
Fox Films
General Motors
International Harvester
Kennecott
Chicago and
Milwaukee
Standard Off of
California
United Corporation
Washington State Highway Branch
Fed. Commission
Senator Borah
Isle
Welles
Cuba
Roosevelt
Sumner Welles
Warm Springs
Havana
Arctic
Touhy Gang
King George
Thane Road
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