Plan for national resources seen in Roosevelt briefing
Washington reports a National Resources Board plan proposes a six year public works budget with ten billion dollar reserve, federal oversight of mineral industries, and surveys for power, irrigation, and flood control. It aims to reduce soil loss and expand socially useful public works under permanent planning agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
National Resources Board
Public Works Administration
Murder charges filed against Portland special officer
Portland Oregon December 17 special police officer Joseph Osbourne faces murder charges in the slaying of retired furniture dealer Simon Mish. The body and Mish’s dog were found in a fish pond after Mish was beaten while at home. Prosecutors cite a hand cut, blood on a flashlight, a bloody blanket in Osbourne’s car, hairs on a revolver, and Osbourne’s actions the night of the crime. Ost denies the slaying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Oregon
Joseph Osbourne
Simon Mish
Mish
Osbourne
Sean
Miss Verna Hurley to Be Honored at Delights of Bridal Tea
Miss Verna Hurley guests enjoyed a tea honoring her upcoming marriage to Rey Carrigan. The event was hosted by Miss Edna Riendeau and Miss Dorothy Green at the Riendeau residence from 2 30 to 4 30 in the afternoon with many friends and family in attendance. Mrs Anna Webster, grandmother of the bride, will host the nuptials tomorrow evening at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verna Hurley
Rey Carrigan
Anna Webster
Edna Riendeau
Dorothy Green
Riendeau
Mra
J. W Leevers
Dan
Unemployment Insurance Plan Approved by Security Board
Washington report says the Economic Security Advisory Board approved a plan for unemployment insurance with employer paid payroll tax. The plan would expand federal control over funds, align with Wagner-Lewis concepts, and pass costs to employers who would pass them to consumers. Workers would share the cost via higher prices and potential double taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Economic Security Board
Washington
Roosevelt
Beonaaile Security Advisory Board
British New Deal Planned Early in 1935
The article reports Lloyd George planning a British New Deal inspired by Roosevelt and set to launch early in 1935. It mentions a personal brain trust of farmers, business leaders, bankers, scientists, politicians, and economists, with nationalization of the Bank of England as the prime plank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Lloyd George
Roosevelt
Brain Trust
Bank of England
Powder man injured in interior explosion bound for Seattle
Thomas Day, powder man for the Alaska Road Commission, suffered severe eye injuries when a blast went off prematurely on the Olnes Livengood road. He will leave Fairbanks December 20 for Seattle with a nurse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Day
Alaska Road Commission
Olnes-Livengood
Interior District
Hawley W. Sterling
Fairbanks
Seattle
Steel Industry Unveils $100 Million Equipment Program
In Cleveland on December 17, the steel industry announces a $100 million program to invest in new equipment, responding to five years of claims that the industry is overbuilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steel Industry
Cleveland
Ohio
Stock Prices Change Little On New York Exchange
New York stocks closed steady in a narrow range with metals utilities and select ties showing activity. Alaska Juneau mine 18 percent, American Can 106 percent, General Motors 31, International Harvester 38, United States Steel 37, Kennecott 17, Bethlehem Steel 304, Armour N 5, Calumet and Hecla 3, Anaconda 11, Pound 4, Power and Light 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Ean Power and Light
Anaconda
Armour N
Bethlehem Steel
Calumet
Hecla
General Motors
International Harvester
Kennecott
United States Steel
Pound
Miss Ruth Reat Visits Friends On Way South
Miss Ruth Rest formerly of this city visits friends in Juneau while the steamer Alaska is in port. She travels south from Nome where she works for the Lomen Company and will stay away until next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Rest
Juneau
Alaska
Nome
Lomen Company
Wil
Miss Reat
Bering Sea
Nome Architect L Troast Returns to Juneau
L Troast prominent architect who aided Nome rehabilitation committee since September arrived in Juneau aboard the steamer Alaska after months away. He and B D Stewart supervising mining engineer for the Territory traveled from Nome to Cordova by plane and boarded the steamer at Cordova.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. L. Troast
Nome
Juneau
Alaska
Mr. Troest
B. D. Stewart
Territory
Cordova
Peads
Peace pact eyed between steel industry and unions
A proposed steel industry peace pact, urged by Myron Taylor of United States Steel, is to be submitted this week to the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Tin and Steel workers. NRA experts review wage and labor aims as President Green pushes tougher enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron Taylor
Man
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Tin and Steel, ‘Workers
Alaska Here Bound South
The Alaska arrived in port at 9 o clock this afternoon from the Westward. After taking on concentrates at the Alaska Juneau Dock, the vessel is scheduled to move to Pacific Coast Dock. She is expected to leave southbound at 8 o'clock tonight with a list of inbound passengers including M. J. Anderson Mrs A Streed J Madsen N L Trowst O R Chitteck C Polley Mrs Pokey Rose Femmer R A Gridsley O B Tweet B D Stewart Mrs George Phinn J Saarela FF Henton H B Wetherbee Gustopher Mrs J L Green Mrs y McClung L W Clark E Swanson H Kere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Alaska Juneau
Pacific Coast Dock
M. J. Anderson
A. Streed
J. Madsen
N. L. Trowst
C. Polley
Mra. Pokey
Rose Femmer
R. A. Gridsley
O. B. Tweet
B. D. Stewart
George Phinn
J. Saarela
FF. Henton
H. B. Wetherbee
Gustopher
J. L. Green
Y. McClung
L. W. Clark
E. Swansson
H. Kere
Kenai Arrives At 1 PM With 19 Passengers
The Kenai docked at 1 this afternoon bringing 19 passengers from Sitka and other ports for the holiday season. Names listed include Mrs J J Murphy J B Sullivan J C Torrence Alex H Sokoloff from Kimshan Covntew Clyde Bolyan W H Biggs W A Brown and more passengers from Chichagof Tenakee Springs and Hoonah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenai
Sitka
Sitke
J. J. Murphy
Sullivan
J. C. Torrence
Alex ‘H. Sokoloff
Kimshan
B. Bowling
Claude Rhodes
Conrad Nordberg
Gus Anderson
Felix Alko
Tenakee Springs
W. J. Carefathers
Ole Tang
H.aug
Hoonah
L. W. Huntington
3. L. Kane
E. Lee + Jackson
Stewart arrives in Juneau to aid Nome fire rehabilitation
B D Stewart supervising mining engineer and ex federal mine inspector arrived in Juneau aboard the steamer Alaska as part of rehabilitation efforts after last September fire in Nome. He had been assisting the central committee and PWA officials for about five months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. D. Stewart
Central Committee
PWA
Nome
Juneau
Alaska
Mr. Stewart
Nom Toy
Uipeng
Seal
Senate Probers Delve Into Munitions Secrets
A Senate committee renews its probe into prewar munitions business as evidence of a booming arms trade on the eve of war. Irenee DuPont is pictured with Pierre DuPont and counsel William Donovan, while lawmakers including Van denberg Nye Clark Pope Barbour Alger Hii Raushenbush convene.
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Senate
Arme
Irenee DuPont
Vandenberg
Michigan
Nye
North Dakota
Clark
Missouri
Pope
Idaho
Sena’ Barbour
New Jersey
Alger Hii
Stephen Raushenbush
Hhi
Irenee
Pierre DuPont
William Donovan
Associated Press
Alaska urged for inclusion in Pacific Northwest planning
Delegates bound for Admenard meet urged Alaska be treated as integral to Pacific Northwest destinies. A planning conference report recommended Alaska development be considered in future regional plans and cooperation with British Columbia. Alaska observers, including I P Taylor and others, discussed establishing planning committees and regional cooperation.
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Seattle
Alaska
Pacific
Northwest States
Pacific Northwest
British Columbia
I. P. Taylor
Joly W
Gloria Vanderbilt Custody Decision Leaves Aunt as Guardian
Surrogate James Foley in New York declines to name Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt as personal guardian for heir Gloria Vanderbilt 10, keeping her ward of the court. Principal custody awarded to paternal aunt Mrs Harry Payne Whitney while other officials prepare to wind down duties, with unrelated notes on travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James Foley
Gloria Morgan Vander
Gloria
Foley
Sun
Preme Gourt
Harry
Payne Whitney
Alaskans Carry Coal to England for Christmas Visit
Seattle reports that Mr and Mrs Alfred Balls of Alaska are traveling to England for Christmas carrying chunks of Matanuska coal to show home folks back in Alaska what their mines offer.
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Seattle
Alfred Balls
Alaska
England
Matanuska
Mrs Borah Found Dead in Gas Filled Kitchen
Washington December 17 Mrs Juanita Borah aged 30 wife of Dee A Borah associate editor of National Geographic Magazine was found dead in a gas filled kitchen at home by her husband and son A native of Spokane Washington and University of Washington graduate she had been suffering from nervous disorders A death by own action certificate was issued by the coroner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Juanita Borah
Dee A. Borah
National Geographic Magazine
Borah
Spokane
Wash
University of Washington
Acquittal for Judson Doke in Second Murder Trial
Judson Doke is acquitted by a jury in Woodland California at his second trial for the murder of Lamar Hollingshead last summer. The court ruled the slaying was within the province of the state’s sumwritten law. Hollingshead was a poet and lover of Doke’s wife.
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Woodland
Cal
Udson Doke
Lamar Hollingshead
Hollingshead
Doke
Ranger Chipperfield to Return From Ten Day Trip
Ranger W A Chipperfield of the United States Forest Service returns from a ten day administrative trip involving ECW work timber sales and land work in the Sitka district. He heads to headquarters in Juneau aboard Ranger 1X.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Chipperfield
United States Forest Service
Sitka
Juneau
Nicaragua Canal Proposal Reaches New Push in Congress
Washington reports a plan to authorize a 722 million dollar Nicaragua canal for commerce and national defense. House Naval Committee Chairman Carl Vinson says he will discuss with President Vinson as the Panama Canal nears capacity. Tokyo calls the move untimely and warns it could strain U S Japan relations amid London naval talks.
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Washington
Congress
Nicaragua
United States
Carl Vinson
House Naval Committee
Vinson
Panama Canal
Vinton
Nicaragua Canal
Atlantic
Pacific
Orient
Tokyo
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Foreign Office
Japan
America
London
Contestants line up for leadership race in House
Washington Dec 17 Representatives John J O Connor of New York and William B Bank of Alabama are touted as leaders by backers in the House leadership contest. Other candidates include James M Mead of New York John W McCormack of Massachusetts and Joseph W Burns of Tennessee is assured of the Speakership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John J. O'Connor
New York
William B. Bankhead
Alabama
James M. Mead
New [York
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Joseph W. Burnsy
Ternessee
Japanese Navy to Conduct North Pacific Maneuvers in 1935
Tokyo reports indicate the Imperial Navy will hold North Pacific maneuvers in 1935. The events aim to parallel United States Battle Fleet drills planned for the North Pacific between the Pacific Coast Alaska and Hawaii. A Tokyo paper claims the U S games threaten to threaten Japanese shores.
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Tokyo
Japan
North Pacific Triangle
North Pacific Ocean
Pacific Coast
Alaska Coast
Hawaiian Islands
Naval Race Nears as Japan Teeters on Abrogation
Washington reports Japan will inform the State Department of its plan to abrogate the Washington Limitation Treaty on the expiration date December 41 1936. The move implies no international naval power limits after January 1 1997 and the United States Navy aims to rebuild to full treaty strength with 78 ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
Saito
State Department
United States Mevy Department
Terrorists Executed in Moscow Raise Total to 107
Moscow reports eight more terrorists have been executed, bringing the total to 107 since the assassination of Sergei Kirov on December 1. The announcer notes the event occurred on December 17 and confirms the ongoing crackdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Tence
Sergei Kiroff
Supreme Court Takes Up Railroad Retirement Act Case
The Supreme Court agreed to review a lower court ruling that the Railroad Retirement Act is unconstitutional. The case centers on federal retirement provisions for railroad workers and involves key questions of federal power and worker benefits.
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Railroad Retirement Act
U.S. Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Court
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