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Newspaper
The Daily Alaska Empire
Location
Juneau, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1933
Page
1
Dun Bradstreet reports continued strong business activity across the industry with no summer lull. Employment rises and wages grow, underpinning broad consumer buying power as distribution widens weekly.
Walla Walla, Wash. June 23. W. D. Comer former President of the Puget Sound Savings and Loan Association of Seattle arrived here from Kelso to begin one to two years in prison after being convicted of issuing a false statement tied to the institution’s collapse. Also in prison are Adolph Linden and Edmund Campbell, former presidents, with W. D. Nicely, former State Supervisor of Savings and Loans Associations, serving time in the same case.
President Roosevelt and his two young cats Franklin Junior and John guard the Amberjack No. 2 as it anchors at Chandler's Cove near Portland after a calm sail from Little Harbor New Hampshire. The pair arrived from school to join for the final week of the voyage.
In Oskaloosa Iowa on June 23 a liquor runner suspect shot dry agent Harry Elliott in the face with a shotgun during an arrest attempt. Elliott died en route to a hospital. The suspect also wounded agent A A Murphy and escaped.
The nude body pulled from the Columbia River is believed to be Lee Schlessinger of Portland department store chain and San Francisco family ties. He was last seen in Vancouver Washington months ago and foul play is suspected by investigators. Scobee, a hospital patient, left St. Ann's Hospital for home.
Washington reports the Federal Reserve analysis that commodity prices rose despite a weaker dollar, advancing Roosevelt’s goal of sustained prosperity. Six basic goods cotton lard silver copper tin and rubber climbed 60 percent since February with part of the gain due to world increases and depreciation. The study notes a long path to the 1926 average target while dollar stabilization is delayed. Beer tax increases are expected to boost receipts, with annual yield rising toward 280 million dollars from a prior estimate of 150 million.
A Bremerton radio operator and a Seattle amateur heard words likely saying BOS aeroplane from a Russian vessel. The message may relate to Jimmy Mattern missing on his solo world flight after leaving Siberia for Nome a week earlier. call letters RMZA were heard amid garbled Russian text.
Washington reported that George N. Peek, chief administrator of the Farm Act, said the act may fix maximum food prices as well as minimums in stabilizing trade agreements. The goal is to narrow the spread between producer and consumer prices.
Three men died when a plane crashed at Emma Lakes north of Prince Albert Saskatchewan Capt B W Broatch pilot and two assistants Hirlam C Brooks 24 and R J D Forsyth 28 were killed Broatch worked on forestry patrols for the Saskatchewan government He had returned from Fairbanks before Canadian search teams began the Bielson Borland hunt
Washington June 23 Railroad executives and rail labor leaders signed an agreement extending the 10 percent wage reduction law to June 30, 1934. In return, management withdrew demands for an additional 12 percent cut. The union paused the dispute as the Administration urged restraint during a tense period.
The Hopewell home of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh in Jersey City will be converted into a Children's Welfare Center. Incorporation papers have been filed, with Col. Lindbergh named as one of the trustees.
At Yakima Washington a Woodsman recalled Civilian Conservation Corps trainees from New Jersey who fear chipmunks. He said the men will adapt to the new surroundings once they settle in. The anecdote highlights wartime humor about incoming youths in CCC camps.
Administration officials credit Congressional action with pushing Roosevelt’s recovery plan while warning real proof lies in how the White House uses its new powers. By mid June only a small portion of the program was in effect as budgets balance remains elusive and many measures await administrative setup and enforcement.
The 1933 Washburn mountaineering expedition heads for the Mount Fairweather range aboard the gasboat Pheasant with an advance party landing at Cenotaph Island in Lituya Bay. Leader H B Washburn and four others depart by air, Harvard and other college men among the team.
Four reformatory inmates who escaped were captured with bloodhounds near Gatesville Texas after the body of W J Leonard the reformatories blacksmith was found in his shop They are charged with murder in connection with his death.
New York Daily News reports President Roosevelt may travel on the cruiser Indianapolis to London for the World Economic Conference if Prof Richard Moley reaches there in time. Moley plans to urge swift action while British Premier Ramsay MacDonald notes progress on monetary issues ahead of the talks.
The Associated Press reports Bell resumed hearings on Alaska salmon gear at Seward amid diverse views. A suit by P. E. Harris and Co to stop a trap at East Anchor Cove caused an interruption, but the case was dismissed in Valdes earlier this week. Ivan Merrick defended traps and argued non trap methods yield unmarketable fish.
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