The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 2, 1934, Page 7

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JAN. 2, 1934. B that: mpde hi the werid. The concensus “New Dmi” I.s V o!pd Blgovst Story of Year Just CaOS(’({ W Lih Rise of Adolf Hitler Next in L‘,st of Ten Events | - HONCE ceutive News Hifler's rise to power many rankad second in the est tion of ma on Pubablv of equal special story Journal. In gest of post-war to the -merit opinion of Rudol South Bend colm W. Bir the Free Press, made it even in this mote on his “Any one of th outstanding in a normal ye: this has been the most e nary year in our history. There was no doubt minds of managing editors that t Rootevelt recovery Ppr the leading news story of the year It appeared on the tally sheat in many guises. Scme editors méent of NRA.” Others “Roosevelt’s inauguration. velt's sweeping change: gress' 100 days.” Not tered two phase: on their ten best list. Sevr-" a single word, “Roose New Deal’ Tcps Listing Basil L. Walters, of the Des Moines Register and Tribune phrased it this way: “In my hon- est opinion there is only on2 su- perior news story that stands above. all the greal news s the year, and that news could be called ‘Roosevelt’.” “Roosevelt and. the new deal was the biggest story of the yea: the similar comment of W Craig, of the Philadelphia Even- ing Bulletin, in which Mr. Poe con- curred. “The cunhnumg exper: Detio: ronger election: in listed it as “enact- Bror Peterson’s queat for the “ideal bride” according to his nory—(ld hlm to marry n jail foll ©eterson. The huu 51 1 would have been | ran- ’Inv deal with (\enb of for many, Gius: 12-menth pericd momentous for America and | velt, the naticnal resulted in a choice of these 10: the death | “new deal” recovery p TEN BEST STORIES OF 1933 NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—Managing Editors of Associated newspapers made the ainding news stories of 1933: e selections for 1—Roosevelt recovery program. 2—Hitler rise to power in Germany 3—Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. |—Recognition of the U 5—American 6—At ((.m_r)icd S. 8. R. Var on kidnapings. (Returns received aff oy s and lynching the Breoke Hari kidnaping- specificaily mentioned in this 10-—Death of former President Coolidge. OUTSTANDING and Morgan tes economic round and; Ahgel 7—Insull collapse at Chicagg, EVENTS timony, e jlide. Cuban revc de onfere the wc Asia, , lynchin ant prison escapc, es conflict at Shanghai. tion of Mayor Walker of New York. e at Honolulu. lo flight the Roosevelt new dea. about the biggest news try has had tation of has be: the o war.” Vario of the Deiroii News and Bergener of the Cleveland Gilmorz A B M i Germany in Headlin rise of nazi Gerna: evants which made one to conjour with news picture unkewisz lumped as one story. The vote W hout evenly di- ided between two develobments— 1—Germany's farewell to the Teaguz of Nations and the arms meet, and 2.—Hitler's consolidation of pow- er combined with his anti-Jewish campaign. Some editors named one without umers 1nmN b:.h <n Hitler” in the have. to Europe; four Chicago girls before he found the imprisonment of Al list, while still them as one vhe same combined story. Repeal of the eighteenih amend ment was an easy third choice of the editors, and not far behind avor were Russian recog the March banking holiday. of the two latter received the & number of votes. Mr. Creager was inclin:d to he bank holiday first am: ig stories “because it a one in the nation, nol only mentally, but fiscally, which is evia more important, “while Roy Dunlap of the St. Paul Dispatch and Pioneer Press was of the opin- ion that repeal should be St others gener2l the ten out-| e of AdZf Hitler (o pswer in G Precident-ele; on of President E carthquake, the tr | with la loss of . fornia earthquake, the kidnaping | situation in general and the sudden | death of former President Coolidge | | complzled the list of 10 out- | standing stories. Within a snade of making the | main compilation were such stor- | ies as the Cuban revolution; the | Senate stock inquiry, particularly the appearance of J. P. Morgan; the defeat of Tammany in the November mayoralty in New York the United States leaving the gold standard and the world :monami(' conference in London. Rather widespread interest in th’” defeat of Tammany was indicated ' from many sections of the countr It on lists of the fi 10 stories sent in by a number of papers, including the Kansas City Star, Buffalo Evening News and the Indianapolis New: ‘Be: Ten' Omit Fliers American editors and readers ap- parently are now accepting the arvels of aviation as a matter of course, for, while all the ou standing flights of the year wers mentioned, none qualified in the first 10 stories. | Of the aviation st Balbo's Century Progress received the most men- tion, Post’s world flight was second and the Lindt h leisurely tour of the air Tan:s was third. Mr. Craig of Philadelphia mentioned the conquering by air of Mt. Ever- est, the world’s highest mountain. as a noteworthy air feat of the year. To give a further insight into the type of stories newspaper editors consider outstanding here are oth- ers receiving notice: the wesisrn farm revolt; Chicago’s Cenfury of Progress; the Kansas Cily gany sacre; Japanese penefration of Insull extradition hearings; veterans’ cuts; the August, hu ; the Ford-Johnson contr- the lynching epidemic and nd of Governor Rolph of fornia; the Califo: ST e and the Kansas pri Chichagoans Pick Fair It might be noted that in any* list of stories selected from an in- dividual newspaper’s stand point certain local situafions produce thz news of outstanding regional in- life, the CJlr{ . terest, The attempte President-elect Roosevelt mortal wounding of Mayor mak of Chicago was sixth on editorial list while the destructior of the gxe‘_\* dirigible Akron ‘VIKING ROMEOV WlTH FOUR WIVIES . LANDS IN JAIL! to take back to Sweden to claim an ancestral estate— “right one.” He landed a wedding celebration bill for wife No. 4 (right),- Mrs. Lydia Fagas to pay ife of the bald-headed Romeo was Mrs. Mabcl Pagnio Peterson (left). The 44-year- ola h\uh-nll brides ranged from 22 to-26 years of age, (Associated Press Photos) For instance, in a composite list- by the staff of the Chica Daily News the Cent of Pro; ress made ifs appearance and like- wise the InSull extradifion hearing in Athens, | The Cermak assassination was | econd on the News' list, as well as second on the list of the Chicazo Daily Times, which also put Balbo flight to Chicago well to the front. Soecial local interest probably would account also for the appear- ance of entries such as the Ford- Johnson controversy, Kansas City massacre and Kansas prisou es- cave. For fear that some of the morc unusual stories in the scientific field and in the rcalm of buman interest might escape ‘mentim Moses Strauss of the Cincinnati Times-Star. said: “Apart from the stories that ev- “rvone would be ‘inclined to pick let me suggest these: 900 word newspaper, vitamin theory outside of natural foods exploded. Hit'»r's recent 265000 audiences, air con- ditioning of private homes. thin- ness of ozone laver. CCC for wom- en. photos by in“-red rav. M-~ West fizurs, Huey Long’s lickine. changing mame of Hoover dam. Precentation Important | Sevellon Brown of the Providen~r | Journal and Evening Bulletin di- Tected a portion of his comment on the manner in which a story is prezonted. “The Tos Angeles earthquake - Amcrican recognition of Sowiet Maxim Litvinoff, the menace—punctured tornia jail, and rep war by a 1of nal DOUGLAS NEWS DOUGLAS SCHOOL CONTINUES CLOSED FOR FEW MORE DAYS | School did not reopen as usual i this morning following the holidays as the vacation period is being ex- next week, according to an an- nouncement of the Board. LEAVE FOR Mrs. W. E. Cahill, accompanied by her daughter Doris, took pas- sage on the Princess Norah Sun- day night for San Franeisco, Cal., where they expect to spend the re- mainder of the winter. Richard McCormick was also a passenger out on the sam: steamer enroute to Pacific Grove, Cal, to i his daughter, Mrs, Ed. Hurl- KATHERINE MAUK Lemon juice anud glycerine are a blond's best friend 1 use the juice of one lemon to a kasin of water for a rinse, and comb a smal quantity of zh my hair several timzs a as need- ed. Frequent of menthol cream | is excellent for the har story seems to me to be an e lent example of a report of a sadional ‘spot news story, vividly and effectively presanted, yet with | such precision of language that it | borg Brunsvold, and Douglas Gray, was not overwritten at any point,” | Wrangell teachers, left on the Nor- he said. | co last evening to return to their “The Morgan story was certain- | school after a few days’ visit here. iy an outstanding example of a Miss Impi Aalto left for her school running story completely handled.”|in Petersburg after spending the What makes an outstanding nm\sl holidays at her home. story? To Mr. Walters of Des e ——— Moines it is the element of fi’ht.! COAL SUPPLY REPLENISHED “I have always contended,” he| Eighty-five tons of Utah coal said; “that the element of Ibml\vex\ unloaded into the city coal made big news stories and that if | bunkers early Sunday morning by you could brivz the fight down to|thz Depere which had layed here one man or two men it made a‘, om Saturday merning waiting for greater story. | the wind to die down before un- “I think I remember some f oading. having said that it was possible a man to imagins himself Floyd| Collins fighting for life alone in| a cave, but it was difficult for him to feel like an entire Russian army. “In this case, of course, 5 been a fight of the whole w for recovery.” | Mr, Poe of Chattanooga said he| cluded “the California brushw 1 because it seemed to me | | S A g o NORCO TAKES FOUR .- — FIRE ALARM An over-heated stove at the Catholic Church caused a fire- alarm yesterday morning. Several | firemen responded in fast time but i the danger was over when they IS COMPLIMENTED | compliment to Miss Peggy| rton, the Misses Lucile Pe- and In Pimp: poon not only have all the eleme: of a good story. such as man ct with fire, one of the de- es at an 8 o'clock birthday ctive forces of nature, but al inz Saturday mnight at tory was somewhat | 1 ! Coffee Shoppe. Includnd‘ ation of the plight|in the guest list of fourteen were| the Misses Dorothy Johnson and | yalborg Brunsvald and Douglas| all of Wrangell. Dunlap of St. "’dul “the best story must come of being national ope; must effect or through th or ALLAMAE SCOTT Expert Beauty Specialist | PERMANENT WAVING ; Pbdnl 218 for Appointment rl"p' nd | said | standing news ¢ 'nreVy uprm what hfippe ned,” For instancs, the assass: of a president would be the n\ml anding news story no matter how | retchedly written it might be, ana\ a very ordinary police shooting in' the hands of an expert writer| could be raised to a literary level| that would make it the most talk-| ed-about story of the year.” | | | FINE Watch and Jewelry Repairing | at very reasonable rates ] WRIGHT SHOPPE | PAUL BLOEDHORN FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) tended on account of the shortags| of water, until possibly the first of| Dorothy Johnson, Miss Val-| the Eighteenth Amendment. Were these steries to be chartered accor j- ing tc the rating given by the editors, the news interest line would run abcut as shown, the ehronology being, roughly, left to right. The Roo - velt recovery program was the virtmally universal cheice of the edite 5. ). 8 DEFARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU The Weather My tke U. 8. Weather Bureaw) LOCAL DATA Forecast for Juneam and vicinity, beginning at 4 pm., Jan. 2: Snow and warmer southeast winds. Time Barometer Temp. Hum!'dity Wind Velocity 4 pm. yest'y 29.99 4 50 NE 14 4 am. today 29.61 6 87 E 18 Noon today 29.38 12 86 k] 6 CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY | TODAY Highest 4p.m. Lowest 4a.m. 4a.m. Precip. 4a.m. temp. temp. temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weather -34 -34 -3¢ -22 6 Cldy 44 4 -2 6 24 Pt. Clly 14 -16 -16 -12 20 Clear -62 -62 -62 -62 0 Clear -62 -64 -62 4 Clear -40 -48 44 4 Fog 1y -60 -64 -40 12 Clear 22 8 8 20 Cldy 32 20 24 10 Cldy — — 32 4 Snow 26 30 0 Cidy 3 (] 18 Snew 21 —_ - Cldy 20 34 6 Snow 20 38 30 Rain -20 -14 8 c iy 4 tonight ani Wednesday; moderate east (o Weath=1 Clear Clear Snow USSR Station Barrow Nome Bethel Fort Yukon Dawson Fairbanks Eagle St. Paul Duteh Harbor Kodiak Cordova Juncau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert Edmonton Seattle Portland San Francisco .28 .20 0 02 .20 46 50 10 Cy 38 30 Ran 58 5. 52 0 Cidy The barometric pressure is low over Southern Alaska and fa'l- ing rapidly throughout the Territory. It is lowst south of Kodiak with light snow over most of Southern Alaska and higher tempe:ra- tures from the central Interior t> Southeast Alaska. The pressure remains high with clear weather in Northern Alaska. Temperaturas have risen in the Northwest and have fallen in and near Bering Sea. 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