Emergency Banking Bill Signed By Roosevelt Extends Banking Holiday
Washington reports that after swift action by the House and Senate, the Emergency Banking Bill was sent to President Roosevelt and signed. A second proclamation extends the banking holiday indefinitely, citing a continuing national emergency and the need for further measures beyond March 9, 1933.
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Washington
House
Senate
White House
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States of America
Treasury to open sound banks rapidly says Sec Woodin
Secretary Woodin announced the Treasury will open sound banks as rapidly as possible. He noted it may take days to pass on the Secretary's applications for reopening while Senator Carter Glass said the extended bank holiday gave banks time to seek shelter in the Federal Reserve system.
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SEC
Treasury
Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Woodin
The
Carter Glass
Federal Reserve System
Alaska
Dennis Winn
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Winn
Washington, D. C
Wian
Prince of Wales Island
Prince of Wiles Island
Secretary of Commerce
Bering River
Balto the famed sled dog near end of life at Brookside Zoo
Balto the legendary Nome sled dog, aged about 14, lies in failing health at Cleveland’s Brookside Zoo. Deaf and blind, he drags himself with help and has only days to live after a long life that began with the 1925 anti-toxin run. Only Balto and Sue remain of seven dogs bought for the zoo in 1927 from a Los Angeles museum for 1500 dollars.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Balto
Nome
Alaska
Brookside Zoo
Old Sue
Zoo
Los Angeles
Repeal of Dry Law Becomes House Bill Objective In Alaska
A measure introduced by Rep George Hellerich Nome seeks outright repeal of the Bone Dry Law without federal validation. Nome Rep Allyn coauthored a 1931 bill requiring Congressional approval. Other House actions include bills on legal examinations, inheritance for illegitimate children, school building materials, and printing delinquent tax lists. Rep Joe Green Hyder urges Wheeler plan for silver remonetization. Senate and House conduct routine business.
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House of Representatives
George Hellerich
Nome
CU Allyn
Senate
Congress
House
Taylor
Woman's Club of
Cordova
Nordale
Fairbanks
Swanberg
Joe Green
Hyder
Alaska
Hoover urges support for Roosevelt on banking crisis
Herbert Hoover urged support for President Roosevelt's banking program in a fourteen word statement from New York. He said there is one thing to do and that is to support the President's proper course.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Report clears Lomens of all charges in reindeer case
Interior Department report finds Eskimo population benefited from Lomen interests operations on Seward Peninsula. Field survey by Gilman and Trowbridge concludes native herds could not be marketed by government and that supervision, leases, and deer distribution should be expanded.
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Lomens
Gilman and Trowbridge
Lomen
Alaska
Kotzebue
Seward Peninsula
Buckland and Teller
Lomen Company
Lomen-Egavik
Europe in Turmoil as Rumors Spread Across Banks
Reports from Europe and Washington describe upheaval as rumors of a Kaiser return and Nazi control spread. Poland strengthens Westerplatte garrison while Vienna sees armed patrols and hunger marches. In the United States, Emergency Banking Act currency is being rushed to banks as gold hoarding faces penalties.
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New York
Associated Press
Czechoslovakia
Jugo-Slavia
Rumania
Austria— Hungary
Poland
Westerplatte
Free City
Danzig
Vienna
Germany
Kaiser
Bulletin
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Woodin
Treasury
United States
Drowned Boys Searched In Gastineau Channel Rescue Effort
Norman Fleek of Douglas and Wayne and Grant Hudson of Juneau drowned while attempting to row from Juneau to Douglas. A continuous search since Wednesday failed to find them, aided by Gov Parks approval of relief funds and fuel from the Fund for the Relief and Rescue of Lost Persons.
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Norman Fleek
W. A. Fleek
Douglas
Wayne
Grant Hudson
Juneau
C. J. Hudson
Everett Washington
Gastineau Channel
Fleek
Wayne Hudson
Alaska
George A. Parks
United States
W. E. Feero
Bartholomew Improves After Night Incident
A. Bartholomew, elected sergeant-at-arms for the House, was struck Wednesday night and rushed to St Ann's Hospital at midnight. He is much improved this morning though not yet receiving visitors. Steve McCutcheon fills the temporary position. Four hundred Fort Myers fish school children will receive dental treatment through a cooperative.
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A. Bartholomew
House
Fort Myers
Cooperni
Second Shotgun Shell Addressed To Roosevelt
Officials trace sender of a second package containing four shotgun shells addressed to President Roosevelt intercepted in Watertown New York last Monday night. The case mirrors a prior missile sent from the same city after the Miami affair.
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Watertown
N. Y
Roosevelt
Miami
Roosevelt to push beer tax to fund federal government
Washington report says President Roosevelt will announce revenue measures including a tax on legalized beer. Democratic leaders and Speaker Rainey indicate beer legislation will be rushed, amid a case where John Nelson was found guilty and fined for alleged Alaska Bone Dry Law violations with U.S. Marshal Albert White involved.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Rainey
House
John Nelson
Sveral
Alaska
Marshal Albert White
Assassin of Mayor Cermak Sentenced to Death
Guiseppe Zangara, the assassin linked to the Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak killing during the Roosevelt attack, was sentenced to death in an electric chair. He shouted at the judge, taunted authorities, and was escorted from the courtroom as spectators watched. The execution date will be set by the Governor and prison officials.
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Miami
Florida
Guiseppe Zongark
Anton J. Cermak
Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Zangara
Thompson
Balford
Halibut Life Study Aided by Silk Net Gear Offshore
Scientists from the International Fisheries Commission aboard the schooner Eagle in Yakutat and westward have nearly completed a ten week study on halibut life history. They used fine silk mesh nets to sample eggs and juvenile fish at varying depths to map distribution. Offshore accident forced the Eagle to be towed to Juneau by the Tallapoosa.
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Scientific Department
The
International Fisheries Commission
Seattle
Eagle
Yakutat
Juneaya
Coast Guard
Tallapoosa
Lawrence C. Towneee
Une
Commission
Townsend Bird
President Roosevelt seeks dictatorial powers in economy bill
President Roosevelt urges Congress to grant dictatorial power to cut veterans costs and federal salaries as he promises a path to a balanced budget within a year. Democratic leaders vow to push the bill through caucus despite dissent amid warnings about government stability and business security.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
Treasury
Roosevelt plans half billion relief bond and job corps
Senator Rob inson reveals that President Roosevelt will seek a 500 million bond issue for emergency relief. The unemployment program covers reforestation food control rivers and harbors improvements public works and power development with a half million idle men enlisted into corps paid up to one dollar a day and sustenance camps nationwide.
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Washington
United States
Joseph T. Robinson
Roosevelt
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