Two Tacoma Kidnappers Captured in Salt Lake City
In Salt Lake City on June 9, H W Waley and his wife were seized by federal agents in connection with the $200,000 kidnapping of 9 year old George Weyerhaeuser. They confessed, authorities said, as they hunted for William Mahan and up to four other gang members.
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Salt Lake City
H. W. Waley
Department of Justice
George Weyerhaeuser
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
William Mahan
Butte
Mont
E. J. Connelley
Tacoma
Waley
Federal
W. M. Rogers
L. B. Gifford
Federal Building
H. W
Mahan
Waleys
Hoover
Decision in Barbour Case Set for June 29
The Kansas Supreme Court heard the Barbour appeal in Topeka after the fatal 1933 Downey shooting. The court will not decide immediately and will issue a ruling on June 29. If the district court is affirmed, a rehearing appeal may follow. if denied, execution of sentence may proceed.
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Hiawatha
Kan
Daily World
J. A. Barbour
W. H. Downey
Topeka
Dr. Barbour
W. E. Archer
Ed Rooney
Pilgeram Becomes Acting Governor of Montana
W P Pilgeram of Cascade County ascends as acting governor while Governor Cooney is away and Holt is absent. The long time house speaker and current Industrial Accident Board field man moved quickly to oversee boards and review claims and pardons as he guides state affairs.
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Helena
W. P. Pilgeram
Cascade County
Montana
Pilgeram
Industrial Accident Board
Ship of State
W. Elmer Holt
Cooney
Ransom money found in Weyerhaeuser case near Salt Lake City
Federal agents recovered $90,700 buried in immigration canyon tied to the Weyerhaeuser kidnap plot. The bills paid by John Philip Weyerhaeuser Jr. were recovered after confessions by Harman M Waley and wife. Authorities hunt for William Mahan in Montana as a car lockup yielded $15,555 in ransom cash.
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Salt Lake City
Immigration Canyon
Weyerhaeuser
John Philip Weyerhaeuser, Jr
George
Harmon M. Waley
Montana
William Mahan
Butte
East Boulderites Enjoy Sunday Picnic
Residents of East and Main Boulderites attended a picnic at Anderson Springs on Sunday with six freezers of ice cream and a large dinner. Sport contests crowned winners including Mrs Roy Moore in the ladies race and Alva Ewan in the high school boys event among others.
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Main Boulders
Anderson Springs
Roy Moore
Roy Webber
Ethel McLauchlan
Dorothy Nicholson
Bob Thompson
June Ewan
Rebecca Woolsey
Hayden Ferguson
Oliver Hammersmark
Junior Coughlin
Jerry Thompson
Alva Ewan
James Woolsey
Donald Moore
Della Feferson
Lydia Ewan
Roosevelt Seeks Broad Powers for Transportation Board
President Roosevelt urged Congress in a special message to broaden the Interstate Commerce Commission into a federal transportation body. He called for bills to place air and inland waterway traffic under ICC control, regulate highway carriers, and refinance railroads while continuing Joe Eastman’s role as transportation coordinator.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Transportation Commission
Joseph B. Eastman
Waleys Plead Not Guilty in Weyerhaeuser Kidnapping
Mr and Mrs Harmon M Waley pleaded not guilty to two charges in Tacoma Washington related to the George Weyerhauser kidnapping. They were brought from Salt Lake City after arrest and alleged confession. Bond set at 100000 on mail fraud but Lindbergh law charge bail not set. They were moved to Thurston county jail in Olympia for confinement.
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Harmon M. Waley
Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Wash
George Weyerhaeuser
Salt Lake City
William Mahan
Waleys
Butte
Mont
Canada
United States
H. G. Fitch
Thurston County
Olympia
Popular Young Couple Married by Rev. A. A. Holbeck
Theodora Katherine Satre and Lloyd E. Anderson wed at the Lutheran church Sunday evening with forty relatives present. Rev. A. A. Holbeck performed the vows as Mrs. Frank Chase played and cousins sang. The couple will reside in this city after a Wisconsin family reunion.
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A. A. Holbeck
Billings
Anderson
John Satre
Wisconsin
Missooula Man Shoots Wife and Son in Family Tragedy
In Missoula on June 7 David K. Willison 50 shot his wife Hedwig and his 24 year old son Orvil with a shotgun after a nightly dispute over her religious attendance. Hedwig wounded critically the son gravely. Willison held on an open charge. The incident followed a Thursday quarrel when Willison accused his wife of becoming a fanatic and returned home intoxicated with his son after a repair trip. The weapon was not believed loaded by Willison.
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Missoula
David K. Willison
Hedwig
Orvil
Willison
Cooney to push Montana water conservation at Washington
Governor Frank H. Cooney will press Montana's water conservation program in Washington during his eastern trip. The state water conservation board reported $2,975,000 in federal reclamation funds, with Buffalo Rapids Yellowstone and Chain of Lakes Milk River each allotted $1,000,000, and the rest split among Sun River East, rooted, and Frenchtown projects. The governor attends the National Governors Conference in Biloxi, Mississippi.
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Helena
Montana
Frank H. Cooney
Washington
State Water Conservation Board
Buffalo Rapids
Yellowstone
Chain of Lakes
Milk River
Sun River
Easter Root
Frenchtown
National Conference of Governors
Biloxi
Miss
Estranged husband shoots two children then dies
Elias Stephanson, 43, estranged from his family, shot two of his three children in Anaconda on Friday night then killed himself. He had just returned from California and visited his wife and kids at 9:30 after giving them candy, concealing a .25 caliber revolver.
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Anaconda
Elias Stephanson
Stephanson
California
Livingston Roundup Draws Big Montana Crowd
The 10th annual Livingston Roundup will take place July 2 to 4 in Livingston Montana. Record reservations promise three days of top entertainment with bands, Pinky Gist the clown, wild horses, brainless steers, a Kiddies parade, cowboys contests and a street parade each day. An amateur Montana cowboy contest offers handsome prizes, with finals on the night of the 4th.
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Montana
Livingston
Livingeston Roundup
Petra Grande Thompson Buried at Lennep
Martinsdale June 8 funeral services for Petra Grande Thompson were held at the Lutheran church in Lennep with Rev. Martin Trygstad officiating. Died in Helena and born May 19, 1870 in Verran Trondheim Norway she came to America in 1898. Surviving relatives include son Carl Thompson and several siblings and cousins. Pallbearers named Knute Haugan Olaf Rostad Jacob Gaustad Theo Kyppen A C Grande Frank Rogalie.
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Seattle
Lennep
Carl Thompson
White Sulphur Springs
Alfred Grande
Mina Folstad
Albert Haugan
Martinsdale
Marie Huffman
Gunelia Brekke
Chris Brekke
Buttte
Thore Nelson
Halstad
Minn
Ole J. Grande
Knute Haugan
Olaf Rostad
Jacob Gaustad
Theo Kyppen
A. C. Grande
Frank Rogalie
Richberg resigns NRA chairmanship in Roosevelt move
President Roosevelt accepted Donald Richberg’s resignation as chairman of the national industrial recovery board and said he would return to private law practice on June 16. A June 5 letter and a June 7 reply show Richberg offering to stay briefly to aid his successor.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Donald Richberg
National Industrial Recovery Board
House
NRA
Richberg
House approves revised NRA with limited power to suspend antitrust laws
The U S House approved a trimmed NRA measure 264 to 121, keeping the president's ability to suspend antitrust laws in voluntary codes. Resignation of NRA chief Donald Richberg set for June 16. Roosevelt outlined social aims of expanding security and wealth distribution.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Swift House
Donald R. Richberg
NRA
Public Works Administration
National Industrial Recovery Act
Supreme Court
Jenkins
Ohio
Maverick
Texas
Federal Trade Commission
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
May relief workers hold over into June
President Roosevelt issued an executive order extending May relief workers into June and giving preference for jobs under the 4 billion reemployment program. About 19 million were on relief rolls last month as the administration aims to create 3.5 million jobs and end direct relief by July 1, 1936. The order also directs care for those eligible on relief before May if all employable family heads on relief are absorbed by the program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Passes Wheeler Rayburn Bill to Abolish Holding Companies
Washington June 11 The Senate approved the Wheeler Rayburn bill by 56 to 32 with President Roosevelt backing. The measure would dissolve or reorganize public utility holding companies deemed contrary to public policy, amid close votes on amendments and divided support.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Dieterich
Tlinois
Securities Commission
Wheeler
Montana
House
Borah
Republican
Idaho
Lonergan
Connecticut
Commission
Everybody liked Tom Mix Sunday circus show
About 2000 people attended the Tom Mix circus in the city Sunday afternoon and praised a clean, strong program. Acts and costumes impressed. Tony Jr. performed in the ring while Tony Sr. rode in the animal tent, though he is now aging and less mobile. A daytime detour caused the night show to be canceled, limiting in-town and country attendees.
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Universal
Tom Mix
Mix
Columbus
Tony, Jr
Tony, Sr
Baldwin Returns as England's Prime Minister
In London on June 17 Stanley Baldwin, twice prime minister, accepted the post again from King George after Ramsay MacDonald resigned. The change, passed to Downing Street within minutes, follows MacDonald’s six years in office amid a broad parliamentary ovation and signals Baldwin's immediate leadership of the cabinet and the World Economic Conference liaison.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
Great Britain
King George
Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald
Baldwin
Downing Street
House of Commons
World Economic Conference
United States
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