Roosevelt to Keep Grip on Bank Situation
President Roosevelt plans to maintain control of the national monetary situation until permanent legislation is possible. A new proclamation is expected tomorrow after the bank holiday ends, with a message to Congress seeking broad powers to meet the crisis and a plan to use Federal Reserve notes based on impounded gold if needed. The administration aims for a temporary recess of two to three weeks to draft a permanent program while keeping the gold embargo in American vaults.
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Roosevelt
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Bankers Day at Juneau Chamber Meeting
Bankers Day will showcase confidence in local banks at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Bailey's Camp. B. M. Behrends and S. B. Pope, bank leaders, will be honored as Juneau businessmen affirm financial security of local banks closed for the Roosevelt national banking holiday.
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Behrends
Pope
Roosevelt
Husbands Barred From RAAF Recruitment in War Planes
Canberra dispatch reports a Federal Ministry order banning married men from joining the Royal Australian Air Force. Officials say family men lack nerve for an expanding air force and fear compensation claims for widows and orphans.
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Alaska Legislature approves patronage resolutions in bank measure seen
Two resolutions related to Federal patronage in Alaska advance toward final passage as the House supports appointing a Democratic Governor and the Senate backs appointments limited to bona fide Alaskans. The Hess bank stabilization measure passes Senate unanimously and heads to the House for swift action.
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Parks Urges Budget Cuts To Balance Alaska Treasury
Gov George A Parks in his biennial message to the Eleventh Alaska Legislature urges drastic curtailment of expenditures to balance the budget. He warns of a grave and uncertain economy, calls for cautious legislation, and notes that revenues and industries may be affected by recent developments. The governor stresses that individuals bear the ultimate cost of government.
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Relief Plans Accelerated As Currency Replaces Scrip
WASHINGTON March 8 Plans sped forward in banking relief aids as Secretary Woodin announced actual currency will circulate instead of scrip or clearing house certificates in late today developments.
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Go-Between in Denver Kidnapping Case Talks
Carl Pearce, 31, a key go-between in the Boettcher kidnapping case, told police he wrote all notes but did not take part in the abduction nor receive any payoff. Investigators say $60,000 was paid to abductors, and Pearce acted as middleman using a typewriter in an office building for Vern Sankey and Boettcher's father.
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Boettcher
New Officer in Charge of Alaska Radio Service
Col. George Kumpe of White Sulphur Springs Montana named Officer in Charge of the Alaska radio service. He sails from New York June 20 to Seattle to assume duties, succeeding Col. Dawson Olmstead who moves to the War College. Three presidents of the University of Poledo died within a span of years.
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Alaska Radio Service
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Proposals on reorganizing are expected
Washington March 8 President Roosevelt will present sweeping Government reorganization proposals in his banking and financial message to Congress as the first step in a plan to balance the budget. In London reports say Japan’s cabinet approved a draft to withdraw from the League of Nations and submit to it on March 20. Marshal Chang Hsiao Liang resigned as military overlord in North China, blaming loss of Jehol Province to the Japanese.
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Chang Hsiao Liang
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Scrip plan delayed in New York uncertainty over national policy
Alfred F. Smith heads the New York State Scrip Board as a decision on a national scrip plan nears. Indications show the administration may shift toward controlled currency expansion under the Glass-Steagall act. Clearing House scrip plans are on hold awaiting Washington word.
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Roosevelt
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New York State Scrip Board
Washington
Homesteads Sought by Hundreds on New Irrigation Project
Hundreds of homestead applications flood the reclamation office as the new irrigation project nears completion in September opening 72 000 acres, with 5 000 potentially claimable, Ellensburg Washington March. Berlin March reports five killed in four German cities amid political unrest as the Republican flag is banned and Imperial and Nazi flags fly over public buildings.
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Janet Gaynor Seeks Divorce From Lydell Peck
Los Angeles reports film star Janet Gaynor filed for divorce from bond broker Lydell Peck. She cites undue jealousy and bad temper as grounds in a March filing.
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Janet Gaynor
Lydell Peck
Hudson boys missing believed drowned in Gastineau Channel
Three young men are believed drowned after a skiff capsized in Gastineau Channel. Norman Fleek 17 and Grant Hudson 19, both of Juneau, and Wayne Hudson 21 of Juneau, were last heard planning a crossing to Douglas. A skiff was found near Union Oil Dock. searchers continued probing beaches on both sides of the channel.
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