Yukon Crew Charged with Looting After Shipwreck
Survivors claim Yukon crew abandoned duties to drink and loot luggage after the liner wrecked on a Alaskan reef during a blizzard. W. O. Douglas cited widespread pilfering in staterooms and crew quarters as authorities reported eleven dead or missing from the February disaster near Seward. A 19 year old Yukon oiler, Patrick McCoy, faced $2,500 bail on stolen property charges after offering to sell jewelry to a Seward jeweler.
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Yukon
W. O. Douglas
Seward
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Uneau
Seattle
Johnstone Bay
Alaska Newsletter
Douglas
Patrick McCoy
Lilly Moody
McCoy
Communist party ousts Earl Browder as factional threat
New York United States The national committee of the Communist party expelled former leader Earl Browder on charges of deserting to the class enemy American monopoly capital. The decision follows a recommendation by the national board and warns the party to guard against Browder's factional activity attempting to organize. Browder had previously been ousted as leader last year.
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National Committee
The
Communist Party
Earl Browder
National Board
Browder
Ezra Pound Ruled Mentally Incompetent in Treason Case
A district court jury ruled on Wednesday that poet Ezra Pound, 60, is mentally incompetent to defend himself against a treason charge. Pound faces an indictment tied to alleged propaganda activities.
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Ezra Pound
Pound
Army Plane Crash in Chicago Kills Two
The Chicago crash on February 7 killed two men Walter F. Koenig 20 and Capt George C. Marshall 28. Koenig dressed in an officer’s uniform and carried an adjutant general card identifying him as William P. Koenig second lieutenant infantry. Marshall was a navigator on temporary recruiting duty. Army records show Koenig was not listed as an armed forces member and had no draft status. major Hugh W. Bishop stated Koenig had been seen around the air base since September, always in army clothes.
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Army
Walter F. Koenig
Adjutant General’s Office
William P. Koenig
George C. Marshall
Eau Claire
Wis
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Koenig
Armed Po
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Eleanor Hits G I Weddings Abroad
Mrs Frankin D Roosevelt told reporters in Frankfurt she opposed American soldiers marrying foreign women and that the army should enforce its ban on German marriages. She warned European brides would wait until soldiers returned home to wed.
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