- 1933

U.S. Marshals clean-up, Juneau, Alaska. Alaska State Library, George Family Collection, P344-260.

A 65-gallon still, believed to be the largest ever uncovered by prohibition officers in Juneau, was seized March 22 along with about 75 gallons of moonshine, a large quantity of mash, kegs, bottles and other supplies. Three men were arrested at the scene. The seizure was ironic, because a week later Governor George A. Parks signed into law the bill repealing the 1918 Alaska Bone Dry law.

Work on the Willoughby Avenue fill by the Alaska Road Commission commenced. It was estimated that 100,000 cubic yards of rock would be required and the fill would be 30 feet wide on top. Auto license fees in Juneau for 1933 were reduced from $10 to $5. The city license was in addition to the territorial license fee which was $10 for cars and trucks.

Daylight savings time was put into effect in Juneau beginning midnight on Wednesday, May 24. This will be the first time daylight savings time was been tried in Juneau in many years. It is believed that it was last in effect when President Wilson proclaimed it during the World War. One of the chief arguments in its favor is that it would make Juneau conform to a time shift at Seattle. That city adopted daylight savings time several years ago and this put Seattle two hours ahead of Juneau instead of the normal one hour.

The steamer Northwestern struck a reef early in the morning July 25 at Sentinel Island during a dense fog. She was backed off the rock and safely beached near the mouth of Eagle River. There was no panic among the 86 passengers, who were brought to Juneau by the U. S. destroyer Trever. Blowing three long blasts of her steam whistle as a farewell, the Admiral Watson departed the Pacific Steamship Company wharf April 27 bound south. The company was withdrawing from the Alaska trade after approximately half a century of northern service, and the Admiral Watson was the last vessel to make the run.

Alaska Southern Airways advertised June 11 for special 40-mile excursion flights over Mendenhall Glacier and other scenic areas in its seaplane Baranof at $2.50 per person.

A violent windstorm in December did an estimated $15,000 damage to the burner at the Juneau Lumber Mills and sunk a number of boats on the waterfront as well as blowing the roofs off two buildings on Willoughby Avenue. The floating hangar of Alaska Air Express was torn from its mooring near the Juneau Commercial Dock and blown across the channel to the beach on Douglas Island. At Douglas, all the floats were either broken up or carried away.

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