Believed Alive? Schlesinger Tragedy Explained
Mrs. Schlesinger tells the Los Angeles Examiner that Lee Schlesinger drove into the Columbia River near Vancouver Washington years ago and fled to South America after financial reverses. She says she and their two children remain in California while police never found his body, keeping the case unresolved.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Lee Schlesinger
Columbia River
Vancouver
Washington
South America
Schlesinger
McGreer Elected Vancouver Mayor Over Taylor
G G McGreer won the Vancouver mayoral race by 9021 votes over incumbent Louis D Taylor. McGreer led with 34498 votes in a decisive election result reflecting reform momentum.
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Vancouver
B. C
G. G. McGreer
Louis D. Taylor
McGreer
Taylor
Conference on Naval Policies Nearing End
Japan and the United States seek a future bilateral naval accord with Great Britain as three powers near adjournment on naval issues. Britain refuses to discuss the situation now, with possible resumption of talks next year. Ross A. Gridley leaves for Seward on PWA business aboard the Alaska, planning a Juneau return.
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London
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Ross A. Gridley
PWA
Alaska
Seward
Juneau
Clarification on 5 Percent Discount Modernization Loans
The article explains that under the National Housing Act the maximum discount for modernization loans remains 5 percent, not 8 percent. Director Pegues addresses widespread confusion as cash in circulation nears 5.0 billion dollars and outlines loan safeguards and eligibility details.
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John E. Pegues
Mr. Pegues
Roger Steffan
Dictatorship Seen on France's Political Horizon in Parliament
Paris dispatch reports growing talk of dictatorship as France faces cabinet resignations and street clashes. Flandin warns of a final parliamentary test while Doumergue and Herriot clash over power, amid Stavisky fallout and corruption rumors. Public protests erupt despite police action.
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France
John Evans
Paris
Gaston Doumergue
Edouard Herriot
Doumergue
Marshal MacMahon
Herriot
Flandin
Fance
Stavisky
Thiat
Deaumergue
Senator Steiner backs Alaska base in defense plan
United States Senator Frederick Steiner of Oregon endorses including Alaska in a broad Army air defenses strategy. He advocates three Pacific Coast bases, with one in Alaska and one in Hawaii, to strengthen national defense. Vilhjalmur Stefansson argues Alaska is the most strategic U S military base in war against Asia, calling the Arctic a future frontier and fortress.
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Oregon
Army Air Defense Base
Alaska
Stefansson
Washington
United States
Frederick Steiner
Steiner
Pacific Coast
Hawaii
Pittsburgh
Vilhjalmer Stefansson
America
Stock prices firmer today in mixed market
Stocks showed firmness in spots led by specialties while old line leaders drifted. Closing quotes include Alaska Juneau 19 percent American Can 106 Armour N 5 Bethlehem Steel 29 Kennecott 16 United States Steel 37 and International Harvester 374 with Pound 4.9414 amid demand for retail issues and metals recovery.
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New York
Alaska
Junea
American Can
American Power and Light
Angeonda
Armour N
Bethlehem Steel
Calumet and Hecla
Curtiss-Wright
General Motors
International Harvester
Kennecott
United States Steel
Pound
Robertson outlines nine point program for 1935 chamber
R E B Robertson as Juneau attorney was elected president of the Chamber of Commerce at Bailey's Cafe. He announced a nine point program focus including guard of local industries, a small boat harbor, a public airplane hangar, Glacier Highway expansion, new Alaska serving industries, a government aviation base, and closer cooperation with city officials. The year 1935 is seen as pivotal for Juneau.
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R. EB. Robertson
Near Chamber of Commerce
Bailey
Robertson
Juneau
O.T. Gardiner
Chamber
Alaska
Dawes Predicts 1935 Prosperity With Summer Recovery
Chicago financier and former Vice President Charles G. Dawes forecasts real prosperity to return next summer. He cites durable goods demand and a rising steel production index, based on graphs of pig iron and steel prices, as signs of an imminent wave of recovery beginning in June or July.
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Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
United States
Dawes
Byrns Named Likely Speaker. Rayburn Withdraws From Race
In Washington on December 11, Joseph W. Byrns of Tennessee appeared to secure the Speakership of the next House after Sam Rayburn of Texas suddenly withdrew. A Democratic Floor Leadership fight then emerged with John W. McCormack of Massachusetts and John E. Rankin of Mississippi as early frontrunners.
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Byrns
Washington
Joseph W. Byrns
Tennessee
Sam Rayburn
Texas
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
John E. Rankin
Mississippi
Thirteen Quarantined Travelers Face Christmas in Ontario
In Horne Wayne Ontario on December 13 thirteen travelers were quarantined in a railway passenger coach after a man who rode it for thirty minutes contracted smallpox. The coach was moved to a siding to determine if any passengers may proceed. They may remain if new cases arise. all are booked to sail to London.
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Horne Wayne
Ontario
London
Post fails to break altitude record in recent flight
Wiley Post reports that the United States Bureau of Standards did not confirm a sufficient altitude for a world record in his recent flight. Post stated the bureau did not inform him the instrument reading, leaving the exact height undisclosed.
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Post
Bartlesville
Okla
Wiley Post
United States Bureau of Standards
Washington Debates Next Phase of Economic Recovery
The debate outlines three approaches to the nation's next recovery phase: targeted government spending to boost private business, drastic government spending cuts with private sector reliance, and inflation. Proponents across methods seek two outcomes: revival of production in basic industries and higher money velocity. reopening mills and factories is seen as easing unemployment.
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Washington
Besieged BC Officials Rescued by Police in Nanaimo
In Nanaimo on December 13 two British Columbia government officials J. F. Carrigan and J. F. Edge remained besieged by unemployed relief recipients including women after relief payments were cut from 21 to 16 dollars monthly. Police dispersed the crowd last night and released the two officials who were unharmed.
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Nanaimo
B. C
British Columbia
J. F. Carrigan
J. F. Edge
Balcony Collapse At St Clements School In Liverpool
Five hundred people fell fourteen feet when the balcony floor collapsed during a concert at St Clements school in Liverpool. About 150 were injured and 33 taken to hospitals. a janitor named Dougherty cut the gas in the basement to avert fire or explosion.
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Liverpool
England
St. Clements School
Dougherty
Death toll rises from Kerns Hotel fire in Lansing
Reports from Lansing say 20 dead in the Kerns Hotel blaze with officials stating the toll will reach at least 26 as rescue teams extract bodies from the ruins. Six state legislators among the victims, prompting a temporary special Legislature session to fill vacancies.
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Lansing
Mich
Kerns Hotel
Kerns
D. Knox
Jos
Hauptmann Murder Indictment Details Disclosed
Justice Thomas Trenchard denied defense request for particulars on the Hauptmann murder indictment but ordered the state to explain the prosecution theory on how Charles Lindbergh Jr died during the kidnapping.
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Plemington
N. J
Thomas Trenchard
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Missionaries Stam Couple Killed by Brigands in Shanghai
Deaths of Mr and Mrs J C Stam American missionaries of Paterson New Jersey reported to the China Triand Mission office. The couple and their baby were abducted and killed by Communist brigands. Their baby's fate is unknown. Eric Branholm formerly employed at the Cleary Hill Mine at Fairbanks is en route to Sweden for a months long stay.
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Shanghai
J. C. Stam
Paterson
New Jersaey
China Triand Mission Office
Eric Branholm
Cleary Hill
Pairbanks
Sweden
Roosevelt plans to curb war profits with new inquiry
Senate Munitions Committee hears of Baruch Johnson and others shaping a wartime profits control program. The plan calls for price freezing, 95 percent income tax, and swift mobilization of resources. Wartime profits up to 800 percent are disclosed from Bethlehem Loading Calumet and Hecla.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Roosevelt
Bernard M. Baruch
Yes
Terday
Hugh §. Johnson
Europe
Baruch
New York
War Industrial Board
Gen Johnson
Senate Munitions Committee
Bethlehem Loading Company
Calumet
Hecla
Internal Revenue Bureau
Senator McAdoo Falls Ill in Philippines Travel
United States Senator William Gibbs McAdoo became ill at Tolls on Panay Island after arriving by air from Manila. Doctors say the problem is not serious and a rest is needed. Oscar Dahl, a noted northern gold operator, left Seward for Moose Pass to begin large scale work next spring.
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Manila
United States
William Gibbs McAdoo
Tolls
Panay Island
Here
Oscar Dahl
Seward
Moose Pass
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Pacific Coasts
M’greer
L. D. Taylor
Pegues
Virginia
Mexico
Lazaro M. Cardenas
Republic of Mexico
Abelardo Rodriguez
Cardenas
National Stadium
Mexico City
Byron Price
The
As Press
John Nelson
Mile 12
Will
Que Hotel Overland
Pipa Recrats
Hauptmann
Philippines
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