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Newspaper
The Daily Alaska Empire
Location
Juneau, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1933
Page
1
Governor John W. Troy departs Washington for the Pacific coast en route to San Francisco. He plans to visit Tang Beach and San Diego before returning, with no fixed arrival date.
After seven weeks in Washington with Governor Troy and Interior officials, P. Taylor chief engineer of the Alaska Road Commission, returns home for his mother's funeral. He reports satisfactory results from the stay, expects budget approval near last year's $465000, and notes progress on Civil Works and Public Works Administration projects. Delegate Dimond is pushing Alaska interests and preparing hearings for Congress.
New York authorities report Jesse L. Livermore known as the boy plunger is missing after Mrs Livermore filed the report with police. Separately in Washington the Department of Justice orders federal agents to enter a kidnapping case in New York.
In Ketchikan Alaska two men George Steele 60 and Charles Manson 50 were found crawling on Palmer's Rock after a blizzard wrecked their small boat. Rescuers say they crawled along the beach freezing. Indians spotted a light and brought them to a hospital. Hansen was delirious. Steele in better shape.
City Superintendent R S Raven announces no school until January 2 after U S Weather Bureau forecast. Christmas break extended due to extreme cold and ongoing severe weather. Christmas Carol program in Grade School Auditorium canceled. high school carolers directed by E H Erickson.
H W Terhune executive secretary of the Alaska Game Commission renames home after weeks in Washington and Seattle working on the PWA restocking and boat building program. He aims to establish camps January 1 and return to Seattle soon to speed construction while funds are cut. no annual meeting will be held due to reduced administrative funds.
Members of the Legion of Moose Juneau Lodge No. 25 gathered in the Moose Lodge rooms last evening and elected officers for the coming year. North Moose Steve Harvey South Moose Ed Glovanett East Moose E M Rodenberg West Moose Carl White and treasurer Pred Waller were chosen. Following the election, members enjoyed supper at the Gastineau Cafe.
Declines in specialty issues push indices down with five to nine point losses before support steadies. Trading volume totals 2,300,000 shares as bonds weaken and commodity markets slide with wheat down three cents. Notable gains include Standard Oil of New Jersey, Santa Fe, American Can, Chrysler, U S Steel, and AT&T.
London reports a rumor that the Dalai Lama was poisoned and did not die naturally. The death was announced yesterday, ending his role as Tibet's supreme ruler and spiritual head.
Members of the Juneau women's calisthenic classes will not meet until the weather moderates. The announcement was made this morning by Mrs. R. J. McKanna.
Nearly a thousand people including children and adults attended the Alaska in port open house hosted by vice president T B Wilson's team. Santa distributed gifts and holly sprays while musicians led lively performances aboard the Christmas ship.
Verna Reed a 15 year old Westbound passenger on the steamer Alaska travels to Anchorage to spend Christmas with her parents Mr and Mrs Herb Reed. After January 1 she will return to Seattle to attend the University of Washington.
President Roosevelt informed Democratic leaders the administration wants Congress to pass the proposed tax bill in the first week of the January session. He plans his annual message to include a recovery era stewardship report and fiscal recommendations. The blanket reemployment code is renewed for four months from January 1, expanding coverage beyond 70 percent of workers.
At 11 15 AM firemen responded to the Nels Rogne home in the Casey Shattuck Addition where a frozen water jacket caused a kitchen stove to blow up. Pieces spread fire to walls and windows. Mrs Rogne was narrowly injured. Firemen quickly extinguished the blaze with no major damage beyond stove fragments. The house is a Niemi property.
President Roosevelt discussed merging the Coast Guard with the Navy with leaders of both services in Washington as a potential economy move. In Seattle, the Merchants Exchange protested the proposal fearing reduced efficiency from shifting Coast Guard duties to the Navy.
The salmon stream improvement project in Alaska under the Civil Works program will launch January 2. Agent L G Wingard will depart for Washington, 198 men are slated to begin work after the new year, and bureau vessels Teal Scoter Auklet will support the operation from Seattle and Wrangell.
A forecast by R C Mize predicts a slight temperature moderation of four to five degrees in Juneau tomorrow with no major near term changes. In the interior several districts cooled notably with Sagle at minus 34 and Dawson at 56 below. Small boat navigation remained limited as winds eased.
Paris dispatch reports ten suspects, including American Robert Switz and wife, plus three women, held on charges of complicity in a vast international spy ring in France. Also named are Canadian couple Benjamin and Clara Bercowitz, plus several other nationals and French citizens. Evidence seized includes wireless sets, military documents, photographs, cameras, and large sums of money.
Seattle report states D E Skinner, prominent ship builder and operator and capitalist, was in critical condition in a hospital yesterday. Dr George C Miller to discuss the nature of his condition and potential prognosis.
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