Christmas to be green one pacific northwest
A new danger looms as Chinook winds flood Western Washington after a week of heavy rains and gales. Hundreds are homeless or marooned. thousands of acres submerged in both business and residential districts. Flood losses run into thousands of dollars. the death toll rises to eight as warm weather extends across the region.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Bellingham
Santa Claus
Mercury
No Santa Claus This Christmas On Wall Street
New York Dec 22 Wall Street once played Santa Claus and set the pace on Christmas bonuses but slim profits in brokerage and banking explain why the Street is unable to revive the year end practice.
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New York
Wall’ B Street
Malone Deal Called Off in Chicago Baseball Trade
December report on a potential blockbuster that collapsed as the Chicago Cubs failed to land Pinkey Whitney and Lef ty Hallahan. The deal stalled after Boston balked on Pat Malone and Chicago couldn’t secure Whitney or Ed Brandt, with multiple club owners managers and executives named in the surrounding chatter. Chris Bailey exits on Yukon trip to Seattle for Christmas and business, planning to return after New Year.
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Chicago Cubs
Pinkey” Whitney
Boston Braves
Lefty Hallahan
St. Louis Cardinals
Pat Malone
Braves
Malone
Cubs
Whitney
Ed Brandt
Boston
Phil Wrigley
Charley Grimm
Emil Fuchs
Bill Mc
Kechnie
Frankie Frisch
Branch Rickey
Cardinals
William Benswanger
Pittsburgh
Chris Bailey
Bailey
Yukon
Seattle
Jupeatt
Package Window at P. O. Open Until 7 P M Saturday
For Ju neanites awaiting Christmas packages who cannot visit during regular hours the post office will keep the big package window open until 7 PM Saturday night. Other windows remain closed and only package business will be handled, per Postmaster Spickett.
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Northland
Spickett
Oujia Board Allegedly Driven Crime by 15-Year-Old Girl
In St Johns Arizona a 15-year-old girl, Matt Turley, admitted shooting her father at a ranch corral. Authorities consider punishment as she pleads guilty to attempted murder. Her mother, Mrs Turley, denied the ouija board seance and faces habeas corpus hearing next Tuesday. The girl testified that her mother urged use of the board to avoid arrest.
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St. Johns
Ariz
Gir
Matt Turley
F. J. Turley
Naval
Turley
Ineofom
Oato Board
Ways and Means Committee summoned to approve tax bill
Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Committee have been summoned in session to approve a tax bill. The bill discards several Administration recommendations including a $2 per gallon levy on newly legalized hard liquor instead of $2.60.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
CWA Workers To Be Paid Off Tomorrow Noon
George Skinner announced that workers employed on CWA projects at Gold Creek and the Scatter Mact will be paid off promptly at 12 o'clock tomorrow noon in the Alaska Road Commission office, Room 311, Federal Building.
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Gold Crek
Tomorrrow
Alaska Road Commission
Federal Building
George Skinner
Commission
Miss Stanyar Weds Monte Buchanan in U S Commissioner Office
Miss Trene Stanyar daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Stanyar and Monte Buchanan were wed Thursday afternoon in Judge J F Mullen’s office. Stanyar attended Juneau schools and has lived here many years. Buchanan is a member of the Coast Guard cutter Tallapoosa. Mrs Martha Neil of Memphis Tenn owns a Bible printed by Cambridge University Press in 1675.
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Ed Stanyar
Monte Buchanan
United States
J. F. Mullen
Stanyar
Juneau
Buchanan
United States Coast Guard
Tallapoosa
Martha Neil
Memphis ‘Tenn
Cambridge University Press
Fire Destroys Two Buildings in Santa Claus Northland Area
Fire swept the tide flats near Ninth and Tenth Streets destroying two small houses and gutting two more. Firemen and a bucket brigade saved nearby homes as water pressure failed in the cold. Amos Benson owned the destroyed and damaged houses. Loss estimated over 10000 dollars. likely uninsured. Santa Claus arrives with Ben Joyer to distribute gifts at Northland from 7 to 9 pm as part of the December holiday events.
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Northland
Tide Flats
Ninth
Tenth Streets
Amos Benson
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W. H. Marrett
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Tlere
Benson
Barbara Johnson
Magorty
Bucket Brigade
Ed Jewell
Mrs Katherine Hooker Leaves Hospital Today
Mrs Katherine Hooker who had been treated for pleurisy at St Ann s Hospital for several days left the hospital for home today.
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Katherine Hooker
St. Ann's Hospital
Johnson Working on Print Codes in Publishing Pact
Gen Hugh Johnson, NRA Administrator, said codes for printing and publishing are nearly ready. He cited a pact with the American Newspaper Publishers' Association and noted final reports on executive orders are awaited. Johnson has asked press association heads to submit a code covering news gathering agencies.
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Washington
Hugh Johnson
NRA
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Johnson
Handbuilt Gospel Ship Nears Completion in New Zealand
AUCKLAND New Zealand December 22 A handbuilt gospel ship named Ysrbel is nearing completion on Wade river banks. Crafted by L Beavty each timber piece bears Bible text carved or written. Forty one feet long with barkentine rig, built from New Zealand bush timber and shaped with axe plane and file. Bengis plans to race trans Tasman then sail to Palestine.
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N. Z
Wade River
Tne
L. Beavty
New Zealand
Bengis
Isail
Palestine
Mother of Former Alaska Governor Dies in Connecticut
Mrs Emily Janet Vail aged years mother of Walter E Clark of Charleston West Virginia former Alaska governor during the Taft administration died Sunday at her home in Chatlin Connecticut Harry Race owner of Race Drug Stores left on the steamer Yukon for Ketchikan to visit the First City and expects to return to Juneau in spring
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Willimantic
Conn. Dev
Emily Janet Vail
U Years
Walter E. Clark
Charleston
West Virginia
Taft
Chatlin
Harry Race
Ketchikan
Yukon
Yukort
Juneau
Daughter of Seattle Doctor Threatened by Kidnap Warnings
Police guard Dr. H Garner Wright at his Seattle home after two kidnap warnings target his 12 year old daughter Belly Armes Wright. Authorities caution the public while investigating the threats and ensuring her safety.
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Seattle
H. Garner Wright
Belly Armes Wright
Silver stocks rally as prices advance on new silver plan
New York December 22 led by elven issues which spurted after the new silver plans. Market gains dominated with 1 to 5 point advances. U.S. Smelting up 1, several names up 1-6 points. Closing quotes show broad strength in industrials and utilities with Alaska Juneau stock at 20 1 2 percent and United States Steel at 47.
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U. S
Peatit
U.S
Depasco Live
Colorado Southern
Tatino
Howe Sound
Kennecott
Allied Chemical
Auburn
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Johns Mapville
Columbia Carbon
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Montgomery-Ward
Standard of of California
Work Resumes in Seatter Tract Sewer Project
Hawley Sterling of the Alaska Road Commission announced that the Scatter Trace sewer improvement, a Civil Works project, will resume tomorrow morning after a cold snap paused work. No work will occur Sunday or Monday and Gold Creek work, halted since last Monday, will not restart until weather moderates, expected before next Tuesday.
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Hawley Sterling
Alaska Road Commission
Gold Creek
Quake Shattered Town Is Now Being Rebuilt
In Pecara Italy, a new complex of 36 concrete houses built in 18 days provides shelter for Salle’s families after the September 26 quake. Six hundred workers labored day and night to complete the homes and an aqueduct serving the ruined town.
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Pecara
Italy
Salle
Hope for Doll Baby to Live and Grow in Hoquiam
The doll baby of Vean Gregg's wife in Hoquiam Washington weighed one pound and fifteen ounces after 19 days, gaining five ounces since birth. Hope remains that the girl will live and grow.
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Hoquiam, Wash
Vean Gregg
Liquor Legislation Pushed Amid Holiday Adjournment
Washington state lawmakers rush liquor control bills as House and Senate prepare for Christmas recess. Senate passed liquor measure last Saturday while House committee continues review, with three sections already examined. Twenty measures include NRA strengthening, chain store tax, and gasoline sale regulation as a flood of bills arrives.
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Washington
House
Senate
Stengthen Nra
Oregon guard Cuppoletti to play in East West game
Eugene Oregon December 22 Bree Cuppoletti University of Oregon guard has accepted a bid to play in the East West football game in San Francisco on New Years Day He is the third Oregon player to receive an invitation joining All American fullback Mike Mikulak and center Bernie Hughes Also Gonzaga added to Oregon schedule for a September 23 game increasing the 1934 slate to ten games.
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Eugene
Ore
Bree Cuppoletti
University of Oregon
San Francisco
Cuppoletti
Oregon
Mike Mikulak
Bernie Hughes
Gonzaga
Pigeon Attends Belle Plain School With Pupils Daily
Pueblo Colo December 22 A pet pigeon named Andy joins Belle Plain schoolchildren in attendance reports Miss Wilma McKay. The bird has not missed two months of class, perches on desks, and appears engaged in classroom work. When the class leaves, Andy exits, and returns when they come back.
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Pueblo
Colo
Belle Plain School
Aandy
Wilma McKay
Andy
Death by own action verdict in coroner’s inquest
A coroner’s jury at a U.S. inquest before Commissioner J F P Murten found Nick Kobak died by taking mercurous chloride in a personal crisis. The jury attributed the act to despondency from ill health and financial worries.
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U. S
J. F P. Murten
Nick Kobak
Harmonious Advance Value Congress Looms From 43 Cents
A terse notice notes a surge or looming value shift related to a white metal with a reported price level around 43 cents. The fragment references a monetary context tied to a commodity or investment term without clear attribution. Further readable details are limited.
Important Bills To Be Presented In Silver Price Push
An executive order outlines upcoming measures tied to market actions and policy shifts. A reported price point notes 641 per ounce for silver, signaling fiscal or trade implications.
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White House
Roosevelt
London Agreement Ratified and Silver Coinage Plan
Washington reports the London silver agreement ratified as part of Roosevelt’s program with a 50 50 split of producer silver between coinage and treasury reserve. The proclamation sets minting rules and aims to lift prices, stabilize foreign trade, and aid industry while detailing the mechanics of converting ounces to coins and the producer’s net gain. Also notes birth in Augusta Georgia amid reporting gaps.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Treasury
Orient
South America
Washnuri
Three Killed by Police in Rogers Park Raid
Chicago dispatch reports a police raid on an apartment in Rogers Park aimed at John Dillinger and his band. In a short decisive gun battle officers killed Louis Katerwitz, Charles Tattjebaum alias Chuck Tilden, and Sam Dinsourg, with authorities acting on a street tip.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
Finks
Rogers Park
Louis Katerwitz
Charles Tattjebaum
Chuck Tilden
Sam Dinsourg
Michigan
Protection of Spaniards to be Asked
Madrid dispatch reports the Spanish government considering measures to protect Spaniards in Cuba after recent anti Spanish outbursts in Havana. The move raises the possibility that the United States could be asked to enforce the Platt Amendment enabling intervention in Cuba under specified conditions.
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Madrid
Spain
Havana
Cuba
United States
Kansas City Posts Five Thousand New Street Signs
Kansas City unveils plan to install 5,000 street markers at intersections with orange on black lettering. The move follows testing of 25 standard types and aims to improve visibility and wayfinding across the city.
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