Migration to Alaska Under Study by Relief and Interior
Washington December 3 The Relief Administration and Interior Department study the forced migration of impoverished northern families to Alaska. Plans remain nebulous with no action before spring and data is being gathered on possible relocation sites. The first year may see up to 300 families, prioritizing northern states and copper mining areas such as northern Michigan on rebel rolls, to be moved to mining projects in Alaska. Officials urge no inquiries as plans are not yet advance d.
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Interior Department
Michigan
Chieftains of Industry to Help Recovery Plan
New York December 3 business leaders plan major meetings this week to join Roosevelt's All American Recovery Team. The National Association of Manufacturers sponsors the Congress of American Industry to craft a unified program. Cooperation with the Administration will be the keynote though some leaders voice concern that New Deal measures hinder private industry.
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New York
Star Witness Robert Knox Dies Suddenly in Trial
Robert Knox aged 50, United States Customs employee and star government witness in the George subband trial, died suddenly of heart failure after illness since Friday. The U.S. Attorney said Knox’s death will not affect the government's case. Malcolm Married in Cordova ceremony to Helen Torgam bon.
Pacific Northwest and Alaska program for Congress outlined
Seattle Chamber of Commerce publicized a plan for Pacific Northwest and Alaska before the new Congress. It seeks 11.5 million for Bremerton navy yard expansion, Grand Coulee dam, 10 million for Fort Lewis, and 15 000 acres irrigation for the Roza project. Alaska items include an airmail service, harbor projects at Petersburg and Sitka, airbase development, roads and trails, and Nome relief funds.
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Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Pacific Northwest
Alaska
Congress
Navy Yard
Bremerton
Grand Coulee
Fort Lewis
Petersburg
Sitka
Navy
Nome
Borah Seeks New Republican Order To Rebuild Party
United States Senator William Borah of Idaho argues for a complete reorganization of the Republican Party for the 1936 campaign. He calls for forming Young Republican Clubs nationwide to create a new national structure and challenges party conservatives to cooperate at once.
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United States
William E. Borah
Idaho
Charles D. Hilles
Republican National
New York
Borah
Idaho Republican
Raid at bleak Kinney hideout yields wounded robber and loot
Beatrice Nebraska Dec 3 A bleak Kinney ghost town hideout produced one mortally wounded bank robber suspect eleven other prisoners and $2300 in currency plus varied stolen goods at midnight officers wounded two men attempting to escape one hid in a house and fled under gunfire water.
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Beatrice
Nebraska
Kinney
Ideahouse
Borah Star Of The Republican Show And Paradox In Politics
Byron Price notes Idaho senator Borah as a paradoxical force who disrupts party discipline yet commands attention on party leadership. His resistance history, impact on debates such as the League of Nations, and lingering White House ambitions keep him central in GOP discussions, marking him as a salient star of the era.
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Associated Press
Washington
Borah
Idaho
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic Party
Bryan
Yank and File
Republican Party
G.O.P
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
Baron
High Soviet Official Is Assassinated In Leningrad
Soviet authorities reported Sergei Kiroff, a 46 year old Politburo member and secretary of the Communist Party Central Committee, shot at the Party Headquarters in Leningrad. The assassin, identified as Leonid Nicolieff, was a former Workers-Peasants troupe member and is in police custody. authorities say no wider plot is evident. The city planned to bury Kiroff in Red Square on December 6.
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Associated Press
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Conan
Serge Mironovich Kiroff
Communist Party
Ureau
Siroff
Leningrad
Kir
Sergei Kiroff
Joseph Stalin
Tnayecti Buea
Leonid Nicolieff
Nicolieff
Communist Workers
Ttnot
Soviet Republic
Kiroff
Bolshevists
Government to borrow nine hundred million dollars
The Government plans to borrow nine hundred million dollars this month pushing the public debt to over twenty eight and a half billion dollars. The borrowing funds the winter relief task and is expected to cover needs to March 15, with debt per capita around 226 dollars.
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Washington
United States
Johnson Sells Hoquiam Daily Newspaper
Hoquiam Washingtonian changes hands as Albert Johnson, former U S Congressman, sells to Russell Mack, ex Aberdeen Daily World business manager, announced in Hoquiam on December 3.
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Hoquiam, Wash
Albert Johnson
United States
Hoquiam Washingtonian
Russell Mack
Aberdeen Daily World
Pan American Airways Orders Four Giant Clipper Ships
New York Dec 3 A one million dollar order for four giant transoceanic clipper ships is announced by Pan American Airways System. J T Trippe president says after delivery the company will have ten clippers in service. Ships will be larger and faster than the four engined Brazilian clippers now in use. Build by Sikorsky Aviation Corp as work begins on America Alaska China route.
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New York
Pan-American Airways System
J. T. Trippe
Sikoraky Aviation Corporation
Trippe
France to Have Large War Chest
Paris reports Premier Flandin won a sweeping confidence vote in the Chamber of Deputies as he pushed the 1925 budget containing twelve million francs for the French war chest. The vote stood 457 to 120. Berlin assurances aside, France accelerates military preparations and calls reserve troops for January with the Saar plebiscite looming, while Ribbentrop seeks to reassure Laval over German rearmament.
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Paris
Pierre Etienne Flandin Thas
Chamber of Deputies
Berlin
Germany
France
Saar
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Adolf Hitler
Laval
Wiley Post Breaks World Altitude Record In Flight
Wiley Post took off from Bartlesville in Winnie Mae and landed claiming 48 000 feet, breaking Italian Lieut Renato Donati's 47 352 foot mark. Post had visited Juneau earlier, returning from an interior Alaskan big game hunt with Joe Crosson.
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Okla
Wiley Post
Winnie Maen
Renato Donati
Italy
Juneau
Joe Crosson
Massiamiani seeks citizenship after long fatal shooting case
In Seattle on December 3 Massiamiani a middle aged homeowner who claimed he killed a neighbor in Cleveland twenty one years ago announced he wished to “stralynvéh up my record and get my final citizen ship papers.” He arrived with wife and son and now has three daughters authorities in Cleveland have been asked to verify the alleged fatal shooting lingering from the old case.
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Seattle
Cleveland
Louis Massiamiani
Stralynvéh
Government air service proposal by Avi Com in 1935
The Aviation Commission plans a government backed transoceanic airship service using two large Zeppelin type craft and one smaller metal ship. Congress would be asked for about seventeen million dollars. The airships would be leased to private operators at nominal rental. routes and operating details were not disclosed.
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Dec
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Mercy Slayer Gets Reprieve
London dispatch reports the Home Secretary’s Office granting a reprieve to Mrs Mas Brownhill a 62 year old mother condemned for mercy slaying her imbecile relative. The brief notice notes the decision was announced today December 3 in Britain.
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Home Secretary’s Office
Mas Brownhill
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Agreement of Peace Signed Saar District
Rome reports France and Germany signed an agreement of peace over the Saar Basin. Germany will pay France 59 million dollars and deliver 11 million tons of coal for mines and credits. The pact guarantees equal voting rights regardless of race religion or language and will be presented to the League of Nations Council for approval.
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France
Germany
Saar
Naliota
League of Nations’ Council
Stock Prices Drift Lower Amid Dull Trading
New York’s market opened with muted activity as investors hesitated to push prices higher. Incentives to resume gains were lacking and overall trading was dull. Closing quotes placed Alaska Juneau mine at 17% and peers like American Can, American Power and Light, Anaconda, Armour, Bethlehem Steel, Calumet and Hecla, Curtiss-Wright, General Motors, International Harvester, Kennecott, United States Steel, and Pound at varied levels.
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Pound
Danish Fishermen Find Glacial Stone in Net
Two Danish fishermen hauled up a granite stone in their net that glittered with red spots. Experts said the gemlike object is a valuable fossil or garnetlike stone dating to the glacial era.
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Copenhagen
Navy Chief Warns Shortage of Officers Men Endangers Navy
Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson urges Congress to raise enlisted personnel to 87,500 and officers to 7,000 to restore Navy strength. He warns operating with too few sailors endangers battles in emergencies and calls for sustained funding for ship replacement and aviation progress.
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Washington
United States
Claude A. Swanson
Swanson
Congress
Swansi
Navy
Annapolis
Roosevelt Plans Vast New World Relief Program
President Roosevelt has shaped a large relief program after meetings with aides and emergency officials in Warm Springs. The plan emphasizes direct aid grants, with a heavy focus on public works and housing construction. Officials Richberg and Tugwell reported, and the president reserved judgment as details were discussed.
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Donald R. Richberg
Guy Tugwell
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