Emergency bills pass House and Senate on drought and construction
Washington reports House passes a 10 million dollar Emergency Construction Bill while the Senate approves a 60 million dollar drought relief measure. The emergency job bill advances to the Senate and actions await further House debate. Alaska items outline specific project sums in the emergency appropriation package.
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Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Molce
Hoover
Cabinet
Appropriations Committee
Alaska
Ketchikan Creek
Port Alexander
Seward
Wheat Bread Prices Under DOJ Investigation
The Department of Justice has begun an inquiry into the gap between wholesale wheat prices and retail bread costs. Federal Farm Board chair Legge noted farmers receive 39 cents of every dollar spent on bread, with the rest skimmed by millers and handlers. Grain Board member McKelvie argued producer price changes do not affect bread retail price.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Legge
Federal Farm Board
Sam RK. McKelvie
Misses Williams and Yurman Head South for 30 Day Trip
Misses Bessie Yurman and Belya Williams departed Tuesday aboard the steamer Alameda for a 30 day vacation. Williams plans to spend most time in Seattle, while Yurman will travel to Portland to visit a sister after a few days.
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Seattle
Bessie Yurman
Belya Williams
Alameda
Miss Williams
Miss Yurman
Portland
Teeth Pulled and Eye Sight Returns After Dental Work
Mrs. Lillian Wallace of Chicago had five teeth extracted and rubbed her jaw and left eye. She then regained vision in the eye that had been blind for 14 years as the dentist noted long standing infection and pressure on the optic nerve.
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Chicago
Lillian Wallace
Liverwort Linked as Pioneer Plant in Alaska Lava Beds
National Geographic expedition reports finding Elverwort a delicate liverwort growing in Katmai Volcano lava beds where soil and nitrogen are absent. Botanist Robert Griggs notes the barren terrain yet observes the plant thriving, suggesting a possible pioneer status for early vegetation in extreme conditions.
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Washington, D. C
Alaska
National Geographic Society
Robert Griggs
Katmai
Watson Returns to Secretary's Berth in Governor's Office
After a furlough of several months H G Watson resumes duties as Secretary to Gov George A Parks. Mrs Florence Oakes filled in during his absence and heads on vacation until year end. Watson worked on capitol building sand and gravel contracts earlier this year. Mrs M O'Brien travels to Juneau aboard the Queen departing Seattle today.
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H. G. Watson
George A. Parks
Florence Oakes
Watson
Capitol Building
Plot to Kill Chilean President Foiled in Transit
Santiago Chile December 10 An anarchist plot to bomb the Presidential train failed when Government agents found dynamite under a southern bridge. Police and detectives had tracked the conspiracy for days and disarmed the charge before the train arrived. Four men were arrested including three former army generals and a medical student.
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Santiago
Chile
Carlos Tichanez
Laval Aims to Form New French Cabinet Amid Uncertainty
In Paris on December 10, government circles show unease as Senator Pierre Laval presses to form a cabinet despite Radical Socialist opposition. It is unlikely he will announce his list of ministers before tomorrow.
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Paris
Pierre Laval
Laval
Capt Kingsford-Smith Married in Melbourne Scots Church
Capt Kingsford Smith, famed aviator, wed Miss Mary Powell in Melbourne at Scots Church. The ceremony on December 10 linked the renowned flyer with the Irish Australian beauty in a city ceremony attended by local interest and media.
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Capt
Kingsford-Smith
Melbourne
Mary Powell
Postmaster General seeks postal rate increase in 191? year
Postmaster General Brown urges raising first class letter rates for local delivery from two cents to two and a half cents while keeping local one cent for other deliveries. He projects a $55 million annual gain and calls for modest reforms in money orders and insured mail. The plan, tied to Senate inquiries, also targets economizing on leased quarters.
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Washington, D. C
Brown
Senate
Postoffice Department
Bank Robbed of Big Sum Early Today
Four unmasked robbers held up the Intere States in Kansas City Kansas this morning and escaped with roughly fifty thousand to fifty five thousand dollars. They lined up officers and employees as the time lock delayed vault access, holding about 30 people under threat until the robbers fled in an automobile.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Pacific Yukon Route In Five Or Ten Years
Maj Malcolm Elliott president of the Alaska Road Commission says the Seattle to Fairbanks highway could be finished in five to ten years. The route spans 2200 miles with 1200 miles already built and in use, costing about 10 million dollars. Surveys and funding talks involve American and Canadian groups with work concentrated in British Columbia and Yukon Territory.
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Fairbanks
Maj
Malcolm Elliott
Alaska Roa Commission
International Highway Commission
Hoover
Associated Press
Empire
Washington
Road Commission
Herbert Rice
Chalrfeat
May
Ernest Walk
Sawyer
Wilbur
Interior Department
Washington, D. C
British Columbia
Mr. Sawyer
Hazelton
Vancouver
Wash
Dawson
Revalde Chamber of Commerce
Alaska
Tolnie
Yukon Territory
Millions of dead letters reported in 1930 harbor toll
The post office reports 22,685,940 letters in the 1930 fiscal year drifted as lost hopes. Of the undeliverable mail 770,445 contained money. After attempts to deliver failed, 70 percent of cash totaling 105,000 and 98 percent of checks and drafts totaling 5,286,124 were returned to senders. Deputy Marshal C. J. Sullivan returned to Haines from Juneau after a business trip.
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Washington
D. C
Postoffice
Brown
Alaska's Needs Get Aid From Western Business Leaders
Portland Oregon December 14 The Wetten Division of the United States Chamber of Commerce adopted resolutions urging construction of the highway in Alaska to South America extension of the airmail lines to Alaska maintenance of the Alaska Railroad as an instrument for Interior development and a survey of adjacent fishing waters The resolution will be submitted to the National Chamber at its next meeting.
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Portland
Oregon
We Tten
United States Chamber of Commerce
Alaska
South America
Ahwki
National Chamber
Revival of liquor smuggling on high seas noted
Attorney General reports a revival of liquor smuggling with 35 foreign ships seized. Yearly totals show 23 in 1925, then 31, 22, 17, and 20. The French base at St Pierre-Miquelon rises in activity while British vessels predominate among the foreign ships. Nova Scotia ports see increased stingeling trade with Canadian owners listed.
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Washington
Mitchell
Congress
St. Pierre-Miquilon
Nova Scotia
Et Pierre
Nova Scota
Clttwena
Bootleggers and Rum Runners Faced Heavier Penalties
Washington December 10 Federal punishment rose for bootleggers and rum runners in the last fiscal year. Attorney General Mitchell’s annual report shows enforcement improving over 1929, with 27,700 prosecutions in 1930 107 more than in 1923. Jury convictions held steady, with many cases ending in pleas or dismissals as prosecutions continued.
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Washington
D. C
Congress
Mitchell
Treasury
Pilot dies of exposure as 2 others survive
Bulletin from White Horse Y T reports Pilot E J A Paddy Burke died of exposure after his plane was found 40 miles from the rescuers. Companions Emil Kading and Bob Marten were rescued by Pilot Everett Wasson, who located them about 35 miles north of the stranded craft. The trio had been 23 days without food, surviving on a caribou at one point. Marten suffered two frozen toes but overall health was reported as good.
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Whitehorse
Y.T
Paddy) Burke
Emil Kading
Bob Marten
Burke
Everett Wasson
Wasson
Y. T
Everett
Marten
Wassen
Stocks in New York Mixed With Wide Losses and Gains
Today's stock quotations from New York show Alaska Juneau mine at 64, American Can 111 percent, Anaconda Copper 33, Bethlehem Steel 58, Fox Films 30, General Motors 33 percent, Kennecott Copper 25, Montgomery Ward 194, National Acme 7, Packard Motors 0, Simmons Beds 16, General Electric 48, Westinghouse Electric 94, Pacific Gas and Electric 26, Pennsylvania Railroad 64, Standard Oil of California 47, and other listings. Market symbols include various company and industry figures with mixed movements.
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N. Y
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda Copper
Bethlehem Steel
Fox Films
General Motors
Granby Corporation
Titernatonal Harvester
Kennecott Copper
Montgomery-Ward
National Acme
Packard Motors
Simmons Beds
Standard Brands
Standard Ol of
California
Standard of of New Jersey
Unite Aircraft Vs. US
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Curtiss-Wright
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pacific Gas and Electric
General Electric
Westinghouse Electric and Mechanical
Navy Won't Reach Treaty Strength by 1926
Admiral Pratt told the Naval Committee today the United States Navy cannot be built to the maximum strength allowed by the Ten den Naval Treaty by 1926. He warned the program would be too costly and expressed hope for authorization by then. Secretary Adams said a general construction program will be presented to Congress.
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Washington, D. C
Pratt
United States Navy
Naval Committee of the House
Adams
Congress
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