Pacific Coast Deluged By Severe Winter Storm
AAP reports a powerful Pacific storm lashing the coast with sixty two mph gales offshore. The President Jackson is due in Seattle today with the Maru crew. Astoria fears for pilot schooner Columbia. Ten ships weather bound at the bar. ferry service suspended. Bellingham records five and a half inches of rain in 24 hours, a new 75 year mark. Deaths from cold noted in the Western Cascades and the Midwest as floods spread.
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Jackson
Seattle
Astoria
Columbia
Columbia Bar
Washington
Bellingham
Cascades
Dixie
Governor Troy Outlines Alaska Outlook For Next Year
Alaska’s industrial and development prospects are described as reassuring with fishing and gold mining on a sound footing. Gov John W Troy notes the need for wider self government and territorial administration while citing 1933 public works aid that improved employment and economic well being for citizens.
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Troy
Alaska
John W. Troy
Nome
Secretary of the Interior
Unen
Nome City Council seeks 25000 for new public school
Nome City Council met in a special session in the mayor’s apartments to consider a memorial urging a territorial appropriation of 25000 for a new Nome public school. The memorial cites a condemned 1902 building, enrollment up 100 percent since 1931, and fire losses, with Plan No. 1 design costing 100000.
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Nome
Rex F. Swart
Pol
Seidenberg
Common Council
City of
Alaska
Commissioners of Education
Grand Jury
Commissioner of Education
Juneau
Dorbandt Plans Dogsled Rescue Expedition in Hamilton
Pilot Frank Dorbandt arrived in Hamilton on January 21 to organize a dogsled expedition aimed at rescuing stranded men. Dorbandt traveled by car to gather crew and supplies for the mission.
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Associated Press
Hamilton, B. C
Frank Dorbandt
Congress urged to keep assessment work on unpatented claims
Jan 22 House passed a memorial urging Congress not to suspend further dual assessment on unpatented mining claims. Dorbandt and his three man party faced blizzard delays after a ski accident. The Green memorial seeks a 24 member single house legislature. Bill proposes $30 men $40 women for old age allowance. Senate members sponsor minor criminal law changes. Ketchikan group seeks abolition of Territorial Liquor Board and liquor monopoly. President Hess appoints a panel to draft liquor legislation.
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Juneau
House
Congress
Dorbandt
Atlin
Senate
Kitwancool Lake
Here
Green Memorial
Ketchikan Citizenship League
Territorial Liquor Board
Hess
Powers
Brunelle and Frawley
Objections Rise Over Administration Relief Plan
Washington January 22. The administration’s control over Congress meets its first major challenge as the four billion dollar works and relief measure faces obstacles. Insurgent Democrats oppose passage under gag rules, signaling a delay and possible compromise after a secret conference. A Republican substitute would allocate funds lump sum to be spent by private contractors to shift three and a half million unemployed from federal aid to work.
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Washington
Congress
House
House Rules Committee
Snell
Nome Fire Readjustment Deeds May Be Issued After Election
Lyman Brewster of the FERA Nome Committee explains deeds to property owners in the Nome fire re adjustment area. Deeds may be re issued after city elections authorize incorporation of adjusted streets and lots into private parcels, with work led by J S Stangroom and ongoing cooperation from owners. A PWA loan of 100000 and city approval are cited as prerequisites for issuing deeds.
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Lyman
Brewster
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Nome Committee
Nome
James Frawley
Jackson
Frawley
J. S. Stangroom
Nome City Council
PWA
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Uch
John F. Devine
Tolbert Scott
Garnet W. Martin
Howard Lyng
Arthur M Chamberlain
Beirnes Ranch
Grant Reed
Anchorage
San Diego
Herbert Reed
Gus Gelles
Growden
Roden and
Lyman S. Brewster
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