Waleys plead to charge of kidnapping boy
Harmon Waley and wife Margaret pleaded not guilty to the federal kidnapping charge in Tacoma Washington as they fight the law while accused of aiding in the abduction of nine year old George Weyerhaeuser. They faced conspiracy charges and bail was set at two hundred thousand dollars for the conspiracy counts.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
Washington
Harmon M. Waley
Margaret
George Weyerhaeuser
Department of
Montana
Canada
William Mahan
Salt Lake
Waleys
Salt Lake City
George
Blanchard
Spirit Lake
Wogerhaeber
Mahan
Weyerhaeusers
Pierce County
Harry H. Johnston
Til
FTC Bans Multiple Board Roles in Telecom Giants
In sweeping action the FCC orders leaders of the telegraph and telephone industry to confine official relations to a single company. Four principals pictured were barred from serving on subsidiary boards including Walter Gifford of AT&T and David Sarnoff of RCA, with Sosthenes Behn and Newcomb Carlton also named. They vow to challenge the order.
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Federal Communications Commission
Walter Gifford
Pres
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of American Communications
Sosthenes, Behn
Thes International Phone & Telegraph Co
Newcomb Carlton
Western Union Telegraph Co
Conditions of Japan Turned Down in Part
Chinese elder statesmen instructed General Ho Ying-Chin to notify Japan China will accept some Japan terms for settlement of north China issues but others are unacceptable. The Kuomintang central political council, which pushed Sino-Japanese issues into uncertainty, issued the message in Nanking.
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Associated Press
Nanking
China
Ho Ying-Chin
Japan
Tat
North China
Kuomintang
Central Political Council
Isis
Truce Ordered in Chaco War as Nations Agree
In Buenos Aires on June 13 weary soldiers welcomed news that hostilities in the Chaco would halt at noon tomorrow. Neutral nations brokered a protocol to end fighting, with future steps set by belligerent congresses. A 10 day firing pause may extend to a 12 day truce if ratified. otherwise the halt ends.
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Buenos Aires
Chaco
Senate Committee To End Holt Case Soon
Washington June 13 The senate elections committee will meet Saturday to resume consideration of a contest on the seating of Senator-elect Rush D Holt the Democrat from West Virginia The committee chairman says the meeting will be closed and expected to decide on a report to the senate on the contest brought on grounds Holt is below the minimum age of 30 Holt says he will take the oath on June 19 his thirtieth birthday and meet the constitutional age requirement
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Washington
Senate Elections Committee
Rush D. Holt
W. Va
George
Senate
Holt
Reward Paid Officers For Robinette Capture
The Mercer county court paid a $250 reward to Grady Porter of Tulsa Okla for the arrest of Isaac T. Robinette on charges of slaying Constable Joe Davidson. Robinette was arrested in Tulsa and brought back for trial. The reward will be divided between four Tulsa officers.
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Princeton
Mercer County Court
Grady Porter
Tulsa
Oklo
Isaac T. Robinette
Joe Davidson
Mercer County
Robinette
Ap Tulse
Merit Will Rule Works Relief Says Director
Charleston June 13 state works progress director Witcher McCullough says merit will govern Works Progress Administration projects with no preference. He urges county relief administrators and project engineers to approve all proposals before submission to the state office.
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Charleston
F Witcher McCullough
State Works Progress
Lyddane Jury Completed In Maryland Case
Rockville Md June 13 Counsel for Mrs Anne Lyddane a blonde bank secretary on trial for hiring four men to kill her husband and another man's wife will not hide indiscretions by the defendant The state contends a love affair underlies the case State Senator Stedman Prescott defending Mrs Lyddane told the jury in his opening Continued on page six
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Rockville
Anne Lyddane
Stedman Prescott
Lyddane
Quarrymen Return to Work at Standard Lime Plant
In Martinsburg on June 13, about a score of quarry workers returned to the Standard Lime and Stone plant under state police protection after a week’s public company notice that nonreporting workers would not be employees. The plant had been shut eight weeks due to a strike over higher wages. More state police were brought in at the sheriff’s request. Workers passed picket lines in cars under officers’ protection with mainly shouting from pickets.
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Martinsburg
Standard Lime and
E.D. Gardner
Blonde Shot To Death On Lonely Road Near Washington
Dorothy Horn a 19 year old blonde was found shot to death along a roadway west of Washington Pa. Police broadcast a lookout for Ray Kunselman 37 her companion from the previous night after a double date and roadhouse tour. The motive remains unclear and the investigation continues as authorities seek the escaping suspect.
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Washington
Dorothy Horn
A. Blaine Day
Ray Kunselman
Miss Horn
Third Party Considered Inevitable by Father Coughlin
Detroit June 13 The Rev Fr Charles E Coughlin termed a third party inevitable when asked today about the former labor party call for a third party convention in Chicago July 5 and 6 He said he was not acquainted with Howard Y Williams the organizer and added a new party would be nice numerically There are eight parties in the United States he noted Only four or five of any prominence and a party is only as good as its leaders.
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Detroit
Charles E. Coughlin
Chicago
Howard Y. Williams
Labor Party
Coughlin
United States
Rockefeller Near 96 Sets Course North From Florida
Ormond Beach Florida June 13 John D Rockefeller Sr nearing his 96th birthday plans to leave the Casements this afternoon in his special car for Lakewood New Jersey. Household members described his health as about the same as a year ago and noted another potato crop claim.
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Ormond Beach
Fla
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Florida
Casements
Lakewood
N. J
Rockefeller
Grateful Woman Receives Bus Fare From Railroad Workers
Arkansas City Kansas June 13 Santa Fe railroad employees raised four dollars for a woman who said she needed funds to reach Bagwell Missouri to visit her grandmother. She thanked them and said she now only needed to get downtown and learn when a bus would leave for Bagnell.
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Arkansas City
Kas
Santa Fe Railroad
Bagwell
Tean
Bagnell
Draft Guffey bill reshaped as four year plan
Washington reports a new draft of Senator Guffey's coal stabilization bill aimed at creating a "little NRA" for the bituminous industry. Major changes set a four year limit while opposition grows over wage and hour contracts and a miners walkout looms Sunday night."}
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Washington
United Mine Workers of America
Guffey
Senate
Pittsburgh
John D.A. Morrow
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Morrow
Federal Coal Commission
Clipper Plane Breaks on Record to Hawaii
Alameda reports say the Pan American clipper seaplane completed the first leg of its pioneering commercial flight to Midway and landed at Pearl Harbor Hawaii at 8 57 a m Pacific Standard Time. The 17 hours 58 minutes elapsed time beat the previous hop by 41 minutes.
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Alameda
Calif
Midway
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Truck Driver Admits Theft of Mail Pouches
Moundsville June 13 post office inspector B L Pitcher says James E Fox a mail truck driver confessed to an attempt to steal two mail pouches reported in the fall and remained away from his truck for weeks. Pitcher said Fox tied the pouches together and threw them into a ravine. One pouch reportedly held a $1200 payroll for the McKeefrey Coal Company.
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Moundsville
B. L. Pitcher
James E. Fox
McKeefrey
Pitcher
Fox
McKeefrey Coal Company
Parading Veteran Fatally Stabbed In Street Brawl
Parading veteran Jacob Snyder Jr. died at the G A R hospital after a street altercation. Police detained George Good and Patsy Savota for questioning but filed no charges as officers described the incident as a fight among participants during the Snyder parade in Wheeling.
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Wheeling
Jacob
Snyder
State Department
Jacob Snyder
George Goodwounds
Patsy Savota
Quest
Soeeris Goodass
Liquor Stores to Open at 10 A.M. in Three Cities
Three liquor stores are set to open at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Grafton Spencer and New Martinsville with stock placed and ready. Walter Foster of the state liquor commission expressed confidence in the openings and noted local staff will learn accounting forms as the first customers enter. The openings follow months of planning based on census data and commissions results.
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Charleston
A Liquor Commission
Grafton
Spencer
New Martinsville
Equor
Walter Foster
State Liquor Commission
Pawnee
Liquor Commission
Foster
Taft Named Possible Favorite Son for GOP Nomination
Washington June 13 Robert A Taft of Cincinnati son of the late president was floated by Ohio Republicans as a possible favorite son candidate for the party's presidential nomination. He might be chosen to build a solid delegation from Ohio to act as a unit at the nominating convention though no other names are yet mentioned and next year's primary is distant.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Ohio
Taft
Cincinnatian
Post's Newest Flight Cancelled For One Day Post's Newest Flight Cancelled For One Day
In Burbank California on June 13, Wiley Post's scheduled stratosphere flight to New York was postponed due to ignition trouble in the Winnie Mae. Mechanics will repair the issue and if weather holds, the notable pilot may lift off tomorrow. Post supervised the adjustment from his oxygen suit, clearly irritated by the delay.
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Burbank
Calif
Wiley Post
New York
Winnie Mae
Baer Faces Braddock In Madison Square Garden Title Bout
New York June 13 193? Max Baer heavyweight champion will have an edge of about 9 to 10 kilograms on Jimmy Braddock for a 15 round title bout at Madison Square Garden. Baer weighed in around 200 1 2 pounds while Braddock scaled 191 3 4 pounds. The weigh-in was marked by a near scrap as Baer dominated the proceedings and Braddock sought support at the New York State Boxing Commission offices.
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New York
Max Baer
Jimmy Braddock
Madison Square
Garden Bowl
Braddock
Baer
Braddock Les Eerige
New York State i Commission
Elks Plan Birthday Fete in Grafton Lodge
Preparations for the 40th anniversary of the Grafton lodge of the Benevolent and Protectives Order of Elks were discussed by the planning committee led by Dr. C. L. Cook. John Tucker was chosen chair of the entertainment group with Ira McCue John Bradford Joseph Hargett Edward Kocheran Karl Glenn and J. S. Palmer. Four charter members remain, including Thomas E Joyce, inducted June 29 1895, and they will receive special invitations to attend.
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Grafton
The
Benevolent and Protectives Order of Elks
C. L. Cook
John Tucker
Ira McCue
John Bradford
Joseph Hargett
Edward Kocheran
Karl Glenn
J. 5. Palmer
Tthe
Youngest Grandmother to Marry Second Time
Nova Scotia’s youngest grandmother 31 year old Mrs Muriel Pyne of Lockeport is to marry Frank Higby of Yarmouth this month. She was widowed years ago after her first marriage at fourteen. Her daughter, now fourteen, was a wife when Pyne became a grandmother last year she welcomed a granddaughter.
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Lockeport
N. S
Nova Scotia
Muriel Pyne
Frank Higby
Yarmouth
Railroad Official of Huntington Succumbs
Huntington June 13 The assistant to the general superintendent of the western division of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway Ford 65 died in a Huntington hospital last night He had been ill since January Ford once was a vice president of the company in the past years
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Huntington
Western Division
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Ford
Jeen Il
Conas A A Saute Aan
Senate Filibuster Ends As Stop Gap NRA Extension Passes
President Roosevelt urged rapid passage of the NRA extension and related bills as Senator Long and allies fought a lengthy overnight session. The stop gap measure extending the shadow NRA to next April cleared the Senate 1 to 13 and heads to the House for final action. The chamber also rejected Gore’s attempt to require Senate confirmation for top executives, while plans to debate social security were set for Friday.
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Washington
Senator Long
Senate
Chamber
House
Gore
Temmies Eatiler
Okla
Long
Schall
Minn
McCarran
NRA Comes Up Before Parley In Biloxi Conference
Biloxi Mississippi June 13 sentiment favored a substitute for the NRA at the governors conference with praise and blame for the old record. Governors Allen Johnston and others discussed voluntary measures by employers and left the NRA issue to Washington or to states, stressing states rights as a safeguard.
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Biloxi
Miss
NRA
Coward
Allen
Johnston
Olin D. Johnston
South Carolina
Washington
C. K. Allen
Lousiana
Huey Py Long
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