02 Dec 1933
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Newspaper
The Daily Alaska Empire
Location
Juneau, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1933
Page
1
President Roosevelt plans to depart Warm Springs Georgia for Washington. He appears silent yet satisfied with the direction of his currency stabilization proposals. Visitors note a sun tan from the stay and a calm response to foreign views on the monetary program.
Market drifted in light turnover of about 250 000 shares, with prices showing small gains and declines. Industrials like Bethlehem Steel and Dupont edged higher, while United States Steel and General Motors posted minor moves. Traders expected a dull December amid mixed monetary signals and cautious investment stance.
The Daily Mail reports President Eamonn de Valera has clearly declared intent to advance plans creating an Irish Republic. The subject will be raised in the House of Commons on December 5.
Large herds of elk moved down toward Missoula Montana as heavy snows populated upper passes. Deer and elk annually descend from mountain passes to lower valleys to forage for pasture.
Seattle dispatch recalls the 1933 Chamber of Commerce move against Roosevelt policies and NRA controls, marking a turning point in industrial opposition. It notes George Bichich, 31, Snoqualmie rancher, killed by a cable accident while pulling stumps, leaving a widow and a four year old son.
Carl Wickman, a Denver pharmacist, confessed to killing his fourth wife and remained in police custody as investigators pursued three deaths linked to him. The probe began after Mrs Donalda Wiesman died in a hit and run, with Wickman also questioned in the deaths of two former wives and extending from Albuquerque to Massachusetts.
The government council of Norrbo in northern Sweden offers a 200 kronor bonus to communist sympathizers who agree to travel to Russia and reside there for at least two years, the program announced in Stockholm on December 2. The plan aims to encourage relocation to the Soviet Union by providing financial support.
Deputy Court Clerk William Landsear counted 1040 nickels offered by Alf Strauss for payment of two state retail beer licenses. The event took place in Paducah Kentucky and highlighted the unusual currency method used to settle licensing fees.
Delegates from Alaska recommended John Enge of Petersburg and James Sande of Ketchikan for West Point, with Donald Linek of Fairbanks and George Gilson of Valdez slated for Annapolis. Alternates named include Richard Read and David Tewkesbury for Enge, Woodrow Johansen and Roy Kinsell for Sande, Walter Herring, Clinton Gray, and John McTague for Linck, and Malcolm Radel, Award Borgen, and Theodore H Hunsbedt for Gilson.
Canon City Colorado December 2 Walter Jones of Flint Michigan was calm as he faced the gallows for killing Hartford Johnson in a box car robbery. He was hanged this morning, the last in the state as gas replaced the gallows. It took 14 minutes to die, and he refused prayers saying he did not want religion before dying.
Washington reports plans to import about four million gallons of foreign liquor in the first two months after repeal as negotiations for reciprocal trade pacts continue. Future quotas will be set with foreign countries using average imports from 1910 to 1914. Importers filed for over twelve million gallons in first allotments.
Alexander Robinson thirty, son of a prominent Lyman family, was found hanging in a barn on the family Skagit County ranch. A former bank employee, he had returned home last summer after a nervous breakdown. The father said he had been despondent for some time.
The Public Works Administration may lend 1.5 million for seadrome experiments to test a giant floating airfield across the Atlantic. Competing concepts include dirigibles and one hop planes. seadrome designs sit on hollow steel columns and buoyancy tanks, with a deck about 1,225 feet long and 300 feet wide.
The article describes a 1,500-ton saucer-shaped anchor and a three-inch cable securing a device to a buoy. The riser will swing with the wind as 100-foot waves pass under the deck. Edward R. Armstrong of Molyoke, Del, began making models in 191d.
Bulletin from Paris reports the French cabinet awaiting a confidence vote after a day of political tension. Prime Minister Cautemps staged a final parliamentary appearance as ministers pledged budget balance, while police massed outside Parliament and hunger strikers demanded work and bread.
In North Hollywood California William Lawson head of the local police patrol holds a Federal permit to shoot wild ducks and mudhens invading Lollica lake and disturbing the film colony lawns. He notes that while he also watches for burglars and lice the birds keep him busiest. William Griffin travels aboard the Northwestern to Juneau to join the local radio office staff succeeding F R Griswold in Seattle.
Harry DeWindt, 72, famed explorer who crossed continents on foot and on horseback, dies in Bournemouth England. He once attempted a Paris to New York journey for Pall Mall Gazette and nearly perished crossing the Bering Strait when ice broke. rescued by a whaling ship crew.
San Salvador reports Taleo volcano eruption sends molten lava over coffee plantations and livestock farms. Two farmers attempting to save cattle were overtaken and perished. Japan’s Mount Tarumae eruption scatters ashes over nearby villages on Hokkaido Island.
Washington December 2 a clash between Henry Ford and General Hugh S Johnson ends with a federal contract for 100 trucks awarded to a Bethesda Maryland Ford dealer. The deal stalled as Ford refused to join the NRA. The trucks are for the CCC. Mrs M Eckmann, wife of an Anchorage merchant, sails south on the steamer Yukon for a vacation.
Washington December 2 reports the current gold price fixed by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The London price is 22.52 pounds per troy ounce, with the sterling on the market at 5 2 1 1 3 to the pound.
Andrew Stevenson aged 54, Presbyterian church leader, railroad man, banker and author, died after an operation. He founded the Bank of Alaska in 1915 with branches in Skagway Wrigenet Anchorage and Cordova. Survived by a widow three sons and a daughter.
Alaska officials report a tentative Civil Works program for 1934. Ike Taylor and Gov. Troy seek Federal funds for road and trail construction and public works. About 200 000 to 260 000 dollars are allotted, with one third to Indian Affairs for work for unemployed Indians across communities including Wrangell Juneau Douglas Haines Sitka Yakutat Cordova Unalaska Tanana Kotzebue Saxman and Ketchikan. The program aims to employ Indians and improve streets sewers buildings parks and trails.
Tokyo December 2 The Japanese Cabinet approves preliminary outlines of the Budget granting the Army and Navy a combined 261000000 dollars the largest allocation in Japan's history. This amount accounts for about 40 percent of the total budget.
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