Seek Ex-Convict As Third Person In Ransom Plot
Washington reports that ex-convict William Mahan, 82, is the third person in a Tacoma ransom case. Harmon Waley, 24, and wife Margaret were arrested in Salt Lake City after confessing. Mahan fled with $15,000 and a list of ransom serial numbers. Hoover said the trio likely orchestrated the $200,000 kidnap.
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Washington
George Weyerhaeuser
Northwest
William Mahan
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Harmon M. Waley
Margaret
Salt Lake City
Utah
Mahan
Waleys
Hoover
Butte
Mont
Mahr
Tacoma
Wash
Waley and Mahan
Justice Building
Young Democrats discuss federalism and NRA ethics at state convention
The Young Democrats gathered in a three day convention meeting with two of President Roosevelt's sons James and Elliott. They reaffirmed faith in dual government and backed bills for freedom and security while opposing constitutional changes and endorsing a Texas ethics code for hours and wages. A vote 127 to 74 rejected changing the federal constitution and the group urged annual officer elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
United States
New Deal
James
Elliott
Permanent Organization
United States Supreme Court
NRA
James Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
Young Democratic Group
Texas
Permanent Organization Committee
John Ll. McCarty
Japan Leaders Talk to Chinese as War Looks Postponed
Peiping reports a conference between Japanese military officials and Gen. Ho Ying-Chin, chairman of the Peiping Military Council, to resolve Sino-Japanese hostilities in Northern China. Tokyo seeks removal of Chinese troops and suppression of anti Japanese societies with a possible pause of days to two weeks, while warning of action if demands are not met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Gen Ying-Chin
Nanking
Tientsin
Ying-Chin
Four Die in Watertown Air Crash Over Lake Ontario
Four men died when a cabin airplane crashed from 1000 feet over Henderson Harbor near Watertown New York. Victims include pilot Arch ie V Laverty 40 and passengers Francis E O Reilly 32 Gerald Conway Evans Mills and Francis O Neill 35 all of Watertown. A local architect Harry W Green saw the crash and heard the engine falter. Laverty was a World War I US Air Corps mechanic.
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Watertown
N. Y
Lake Ontario
Henderson Harbor
Archie V. Laverty
Pilot
Francis E. O'Reilly
Gerald Conway
Evans Mills
Francis O'Neill
Harry W. Green
Lake Shore
Green
Laverty
United States Air Corps
Ex-Army Officer Shot at Texas Church
A 35 year old former army officer was found critically wounded in a Catholic church in Alice Texas. His estranged wife was taken into custody. Father Stodder heard the shot and found them. The man was shot twice and doctors said recovery unlikely. Charges to be filed only after his condition clarifies.
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Alice
Texas
Father Stodder
Mussolini Orders Cadet Training Shift To Field Practice
In Rome on June 9 Premier Mussolini decreed Italy's military schools cut cultural study in favor of practical field training. The reform bans excessive cultural content and emphasizes brassy, tangible drill aligned with fascist ideals.
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Rome
Mussolini
Railroad Week Opens This Morning
Amarillo kicks off Railroad Week with a 8 o clock whistle blast from trains serving the territory. At Fort Worth and Denver station three locomotives from Santa Fe Fat Worth Denver and Rock Island will be staged for ceremony. Three girls will pull the whistle cords before tours and speeches for luncheon groups and radio broadcasts. Santa Fe shops open 10 to 3.
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Amarillo
Fort Worth & Denver
Santa Fe
Fat Worth & Denver
Rock Island
Grade Crossing Elimination Planned by Texas officials
Federal guidelines set how Texas may spend 10.9 million dollars for grade crossing elimination and protection next year. Projects eligible cover separation of grades, crossing protection, rebuilding structures, and highway relocation. Twenty five percent of funds must go to secondary roads, with distribution based on railroad mileage yet allowing main line hazard elimination.
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Bascom N. Timmons
Washington
Texas
National Emergency Council
Texas State Highway Commission
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Dress contractor dies after fall from New York office
Adolph Goldhaber a 38 year old dress contractor from Philadelphia plunged to death from the fourteenth floor of an office building at 1410 Broadway He had attended a conference in offices of dress manufacturer William Breslau police said no further details were given at the scene
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New York
Adolph Goldhaber
Philadelphia
Broadway
Goldhaber
William Breslau
Solons Race Against Time
Congress battles a crowded calendar to turn delayed New Deal bills into law this week. Senate opposition to NRA anti trust provisions threatens to derail plans as the 92 month extension bill and the federal transportation coordinator law near expiration. Leaders push to force a Senate vote on the utility holding company bill while awaiting action on Page 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate
NRA
Roosevelt
House
Federal Transportation Coordinator
Rayburn-Wheeler Utility Holding Company
Blast wrecks oil refinery in Coraopolis
An explosion and fire at the Canfield Oil Company refinery in Coraopolis Pennsylvania killed two workers and left two more missing. The blast at 4 05 a m hurls a worker through a car window and caused about 500000 dollars in damage.
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Coraopolis
Canfield Oil Company
Tony Martina
Charles Wesley Hyatt
Harry Kerr
Merele Coleman
Woman Taken in Salt Lake Passes Money in Auto Trail
Federal agents confirm Herman W Waley and wife from Puyallup Wash are held in Salt Lake City area tied to the Weyerhaeuser kidnapping. The search has spanned Tacoma Spo kane Butte and Utah with ransom bills traced to local banks and stores as the case widens.
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Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
L. D. Wine
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Washington
Herman W. Waley
Puyallup
Wash
Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Spokane
Butte
Montana
Oklahoma Official Hurts in Car Crash Near Shamrock
Bus Hill assistant attorney general of Oklahoma is hospitalized with a broken shoulder fractured rib and head injuries after the car overturned seven miles north of Shamrock following a punctured tire. A. P. Murrah oil attorney and Bryan Rakestraw campaign manager for Rep. Josh Lee Oklahoma sustained minor injuries. They were returning from Amarillo after attending the Texas Young Democrats state convention.
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News Shamrock
Bus” Hill
Oklahoma
Here
A. P. Murrah
Bryan Rakesstraw
Josh Lee
Oklahoma City
Amarillo
Texas Young Democrats
Dallas Teen Drowns Rescuing Seagoville Woman
Sneil Foreman 20 of Seagoville drowns at Lake Dallas while attempting to rescue Thelma Gillespie, also of Seagoville, after she fell into the water. The incident occurred June 9 in Dallas County.
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Dallas
Texas
Sneil Foreman
Seagoville
Dallas County
Lake Dallas
Thelma Gillespie
Live stock producer reports profit per steer
C A Brown, a Cleveland producer, conducted an official feeding test and showed an average profit of 38 dollars per head on 51 steers.
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Cleveland
C. A. Brown
Alfalfa Bill Murray and the Constitution Question
In Los Angeles on June 9, Rogers Mull comments on Alfalfa Bill Murray’s stance and hints at his influence in constitutional law. He notes Murray’s possible Republican alignment to join the Supreme Court, mentions a debate over expanding the court to ten members, and recalls his father’s involvement in Oklahoma’s constitutional convention.
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Los Angeles
Alfalfa
Bill Murray
Constitution
Bill
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Willie
Murray
Death Claims Wooten 69 Pioneer Rail Conductor
Robert L. Wooten aged 69 died at a local hospital after a two week illness. A pioneer railway conductor, he spent over 40 years in the railways and the past 18 years in Amarillo with the Santa Fe lines. Survived by his daughter Mrs. L. L. Broaddus and several siblings. Body at Blackburn-Shaw funeral home pending arrangements.
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Robert L
Bob) Wooten
Mr. Wooten
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Buchanan Street
L. L. Broaddus
Charles
Walter
Oliver Wooter
Birmingham
Ala
Harry Wooten
Dickson, Tenn
Ernest Wooten
Columbia, Tenn
L. R. Surgion
Ada Wooten
A. W. Wooten
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral
Father Reacts Calmly To Kidnaping Arrests And Recoveries
J P Weyerhaeuser Jr expresses relief after two suspects arrest and alleged confessions in the kidnapping of his 9 year old son George. $15 000 of the ransom is recovered in Butte with other small sums found in Salt Lake City Huntington and Spokane. Hoover aide Harold Nathan declines to comment and agents circulate suspect descriptions from temporary HQ.
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Mahan
Butte
Hoover
Tacoma
Wash
J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr
Associated Press
George
Weyerhaeuser
J. Edgar Hoover
Department of Justice Bureau of Investigation
Salt Lake City
Huntington
Ore
Spokane
Harold Nathan
Courts Grow Cold to Insanity Pleas in England
June 9 report shows insanity pleas in murder trials being routinely dismissed or ignored in English courts. Lord Hewart criticizes the defense as a convenient makeweight and notes judges frequently reject the claim that the mind went blank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Lord Hewart
Court of Criminal Appeal
Peace Accord Reached Ends Chaco Affray
Observers report that a peace accord has been reached ending the Chaco clash. The settlement halts hostilities and outlines steps for demobilization and reconciliation among involved parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaco
Peace Accord End Chaco War by Paraguay and Bolivia
Paraguay and Bolivia reach a peace accord to settle the Chaco conflict after thirteen days of mediation by five neutral nations led by the United States. The deal anticipates direct talks, potential Hague arbitration, demobilization, and measures to deter renewed hostilities, with governments to approve promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Paraguay
Bolivia
United States
Luis Riart
Tomas Manuel Elio
Hague
Chaco
League of Nations
Carlos Saavedra Lamas
Fiery Meteor Seen Over Oklahoma City
Hundreds of residents rang weather bureau and newspapers reporting a ball of fire seen in the sky northwest of Oklahoma City. Federal forecaster Harry Wahlgren said the flaming object likely was a meteor observed at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Weather Bureau
Here
Harry Wahlgren
Men blame canaries for many divorces in study
Durham report notes Stanford researchers Winifred Bent Johnson and Lewis M. Terman find divorced men lower in mental masculinity and unhappy marriages linked to arguing with waiters. Among women, unhappy and divorced groups show higher mental masculinity, while divorced women score higher in self sufficiency. Continued on page 7.
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Durham
N. C
Winifred Bent Johnson
Lewis M. Terman
Stanford University
International Psychological Quarterly
Duke University
London
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Goodby
Japan
Texan
House of Representatives
Maury Maverick
Maverick
U. S
Butte,mont
Utah City
Wine
J. P. Weyerhauser
Oregon City
Parley
Mull
Rogers
Yours
McNauecht Syndicate
Wooten
L.W
ASON
Mrs. DE Potts
Hague Court
la Paz
Asuncion
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