Government Warms Against Kidnap Lawyers In Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City federal authorities pursue punishment for Ben Laska of Denver and James Mathers of Oklahoma City, lawyers who defended Bates Kelly gang figures tied to the Urschel ransom case. The case marks a high profile Lindbergh law context with a Dur ant jury recommending death for Arthur Gooch, as sentences loom.
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Ben B. Laska
James C. Mathers
Bates-Kelly Gang
Urschel
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
U. S. District Court
Denver
Charles F. Aurschel
Burant
Arthur Gooch
Texas
Robert L. Williams
Laska
Mathers
Edward Feldman
Albert Bates
Sam
Frank Dudley
U. S
Yansom
T. M.coleman
George
New Deal relief progress shows limited employment plans
Washington reports the $4 billion relief program has not yet created jobs. Ag curb shows 1,285 project requests totaling 1.466 billion dollars with 447 applications tentatively approved. Roosevelt allocates funds for highways and harbor work while direct relief and Army corps funds await actual employment.
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Dole
Division of Applications and Information
DAI
Advisory
President Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
U. S. Army Engineering Corps
Program to Start Wages and Material Costs Plan
The article outlines a plan to run for 12 months with wages and material costs. It details Organizing forces to administer the drive and cites President Roosevelt creating the DAL with Frank Co. Walker as director and the Works Progress Administration headed by Harry L. Hopkins. An allotment board of 23 members with Harold J. Iykes as chairman is named. Leaders aim to provide wages to the needy rather than direct grants, with rapid funding promised to many agencies within 15 days. Navy, war, and agriculture departments plan to repair docks forts and begin forest and soil work.
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DAL
Frank Co. Walker
New York
Works Progress Division
Harry L. Hopkins
Harold J. Iykes
Chaiman
Navy, War and Agriculture Departments
BCP Sets Out Principles For Campaign
The resolutions speak for Grass-Roots speakers noting the need to preserve independent functions of the federal and state governments. They reaffirm the framers' view that states hold intrastate powers while the federal government handles specified federal concerns.
Ransom Money Found in Utah Canyon Case Shrouded
A cache of 90 700 dollars of the 200 000 ransom paid for Tacoma heir George Wey erhaeuser was found near Salt Lake City. Investigators say the money was wrapped in black cloth and buried in a canyon five miles south of here as authorities close in on kidnap suspects. The total recovered now exceeds 110 000 dollars and Hoover notes possible shortchanging by Waley.
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Waley
Hoover
Salt Lake City
George Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Immigration Pass
Here
Department of Justice
James Roosevelt Appears at Young Democrats Meeting
Kansas City June 11 AP James Roosevelt son of the president speaks this afternoon at Excelsior Springs before a four state Young Democrats gathering delegates from Nebraska Kansas Arkansas and Missouri attend a regional conference prior to the speaking program Roosevelt arrived early this morning receiving a city and party leaders welcome.
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Kansas City
James Roosevelt
Excelsior Springs
Roosevelt
Nebraska
Kansas
Arkansas
Missouri
Time extended for Table Rock Dam work denied
Washington June 11 The power commission denied Empire District Electric Company a further extension to start work on the Table Rock hydro project on the White River in Missouri. The decision grants July 15 to show cause why the license should not be terminated and opens the way for proponents to seek 14,200,000 dollars from the public works fund. Formal federal funds application is on file with the national emergency council.
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The
Power Commission
Empire-District Electric Company
White River
Table Rock
Public Works Fund
National Emergency Council
Commission
Mississippi Valley Committee
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Richetti near trial in Nash murder case
Richetti faces first degree murder charges in the slaying of four officers and their prisoner Frank Nash. The trial, set to start soon, could seek the death penalty. Thirty three jurors have qualified with 14 more to be added before 35 challenges by sides.
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Richetti
Union Station
Frank Nash
Richelle
Doom Pronouncement Sunday for Lindbergh Kidnapper
Durant Oklahoma June 11 AP Arthur Gooch first man condemned to death under Lindbergh kidnap law faces execution Saturday as Federal Judge R L Williams sets doom after Gooch refused life sentence plea and trial proceeds to jury to determine the penalty.
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Williams
Two Scheduled to Die in Texas Chair Tonight
Huntsville Tex June 11 Unless Gov James V Albert intervenes Elijah Stuart who strangled his four year old twin daughter because she cried will die in the electric chair after midnight tonight John B Willis was scheduled to die with Stuart for a criminal attack on a young bride He was placed in a death cell the night Raymond Hamilton and Joe Palmer Texas desperadoes walked to their deaths
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Huntsville
Tex
James V. Albert
Elijah Stuart
John B. Willis
Stuart
Raymond Hamilton
Joe Palmer
Washington University confers 693 degrees at 74th commencement
Washington University in St. Louis held its 74th commencement on June 11, awarding degrees to 693 graduates and postgraduates. The keynote address was delivered by Dr. Guy Stanton Ford, dean of the graduate school at the University of Minnesota.
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ST. Louis
API
Washington University
Guy Stanton Ford
University of Minnesota
NRA Bill Faces Senate Change And House Approval
The bill to amend control measures was approved again by the house, awaiting senate changes, and would be signed by the President before midnight Saturday to prevent NRA extinction. Speaker Byrans expects quick house action on the senate amendment, while Gore pushes his anti trust relaxation amendment as part of the NRA debate.
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House
Senate
Joseph W. Byrans
Harrison
Gore
Famous Jewels On Way To San Diego Exhibit
Mexico City June 11. The Monte Alban jewels travel by air to the San Diego exhibit. Officials say the jewels, famed for their history, are en route amid security preparations and planned display details.
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San Diego
Mexico City
The
Monte Alban Jewels
Plice
Loot from Mexican ruins shipped secretly to San Diego expo
El Dia reports a clandestine shipment of newly unearthed artifacts from Mexican ruins headed for the San Diego exposition. The jewels were heavily guarded amid claims that American gangsters aimed to steal them.
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Mexico
San Diego Exposition
el Dia
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