Not Guilty Plea in Kidnap Case Hovers over Mahan Hunt
Tacoma reports Harmon Waley and wife Margaret plead not guilty to kidnapping their nine year old, seeking freedom while federal and state charges loom. Authorities pursue William Mahan in Montana and Canada as the case tests Washington's death penalty kidnap law and the Lindbergh act broader jurisdiction. Bail set at 100000 each on conspiracy. nothing on kidnapping.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
Washington
Harmon M. Waley
Margaret
George Weyerhaeuser
Department
Montana
Canada
William Mahan
Waleys
Salt Lake City
George
Blanchard
Spirit Lake
Idaho
J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr
Mahan
Weyerhausers
Pierce County
Harry Ni. Johnston
Owen P. Hughes
Harvest Season Starts in Kansas
Wellington Kansas May 13 The clatter of the combine signalled the start of the harvest season. Fred Nulick near Caldwell harvested 15 acres of barley averaging 13 bushels per acre and T C Subera reported 15 acres of barley averaging 35 bushels.
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Wellington
Kas
Kansas
Fred Nulick
Caldwell
T. C. Subera
New Public Enemy No1 Named in Kidnapping Case
William Mahan, a Canadian born criminal with a long bank robbery record, is identified as the nation’s new Public Enemy No 1. He led the George Weyerhaeuser Jr kidnapping plot and narrowly fled capture in Butte Montana from a stolen car, leaving about 15,900 dollars in ransom bills. He bears facial scars on his cheek fingers and inner arms aiding identification.
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William Mahan
George Weyerhaeuser, Jr
Mahan
Butte
Mont
Plane Arrives Safely At Honolulu From Transpacific Flight
A Pan American Airways Clip-per seaplane landed at Pearl Harbor at 6 26 am from Alameda California completing the first leg to Midway Island in under eighteen hours. Captain Edwin Mussel and five crew were greeted by agriculture department inspectors for a routine craft inspection.
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Honolulu
Pan-American Airways
Pearl Hatelor
Here
Alameda
Calif
Midway Island
Diamond Head
Pearl Harbor
Edwin L. Mussel
Department of Agriculture
Mitchell Asked to Resign But Refused in Washington
Commerce department officials declined to comment on reports that Ewing Mitchell assistant secretary of commerce had been asked to resign and refused. A White House decision was noted, with strong efforts said to be underway to oust him. He was in his office without comment. PRESS CONFERENCE FRIDAY. Southeast Missouri Press association meets in Ste Genevieve with O J Ferguson presiding.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Ewing ¥. Mitchell
Mitchell
White House
Ste. Genevieve, Mo
Southeast Missouri Press Association
Morrow
O. J. Ferguson
The
Fredericktown Democrat-News
Missouri guards to shield family in murder case
In Marshfield Missouri authorities plan special precautions to guard Mrs Mary Robinson her son and family physician Dr F W Schlicht amid a murder case tied to the death of Robert Robinson. The trio jailed in Webster county await a June 20 preliminary hearing on first degree murder charges after Mrs Robinson confessed a plot to kill her husband for a $10000 double indemnity policy. Lloyd Robinson 18 admitted striking the fatal blow and the group drove the body 85 miles before burning the car near Newburg.
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Marshfield
Mary Robinson
F. W. Schlicht
Robert Robinson
Webster County
Lloyd
Newburg
Robinson
60,000 Rail Workers Face Dismissal If Act Lapses
Washington June 13 Fifty thousand railroad workers will be discharged if Congress does not renew title one of the emergency transportation act by Sunday. Rep Robert Crosser says the act created the transportation coordinator and barred railroads from cutting jobs below the May 1933 level. The Senate has passed a renewal. the House has not acted.
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Washington
Congress
Robert Crosser
House Rules Committee
Office of
Transportation Coordinator
Crosser
Senate
House
Senate Passes NRA Extension Measure
Senate debates Roosevelt program items as NRA extension moves forward. Borah offers a tightening anti trust amendment adopted without a record vote. Long yields to new Democratic senators aiming to curb his influence. Final NRA rules would back skeleton recovery plan with voluntary codes on bargaining hours child labor and trade practices.
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NRA
Borah
Pittman
D-New
Long
Senate
Recovery Administration
Worris
Nebraska
Lafollette
English naval hero 13 added to retired list
London June 13 NEA reports saluting discussions among naval veterans in Pall Mall about Admiral Sir Robert Keyes, recently retired from the fleet. The piece outlines Keyes career from cadet to Dover Patrol commander in 1918 and contrasts retirement with army promotions, noting his wartime plan to block Bruges canals using a three part campaign.
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London
NEA
Pall Mall
Piccadilly
Royal Navy
Rober Keyes
Germany
Admiral Keyes
Keyes
Navy
Army
English Channel
Belgium
Bruges
North Sea
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Hobson
Haremor
National Guard Patrols Tri State Area
Adjutant General Milton R McLean said he had no idea how much longer National Guardsmen would be kept stationed in the tri state area around Topeka. The report notes ongoing patrols by the National Guard in the region.
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Topeka
Milton R. McLean
National Guardsmen
Cherokee county coal mine strike guardsmen dispute
The governor and law enforcement officials will keep guardsmen in the Cherokee county coal mine strike area as long as they deem it necessary to preserve order and protect property. Officials hope for a settlement soon to allow early withdrawal of the guardsmen, who were sent in last week after disturbances.
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Cherokee County
Alf M. Landon
Cost of Huey Long filibuster estimated at 4080
Cost of recording Senator Long D Lia's 1544 hour filibuster against extending NRA was estimated at 4650. After the first ten hours enough words were spoken to fill 60 pages at 50 per page. Printing the pot likker recipes would be around 100. Reporters estimated the senator and participants spoke about 140 words per minute 9000 per hour.
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Washington
Long D-Lia
James Www. Murphy
Senate
Congressional Record
Baer Braddock Weigh-In Sparks Tense Boxing Showdown
In New York on June 13 the heavyweight title bout between Max Baer and challenger Jimmy Braddock opened with bitter words and threats. Baer fired insults, Braddock glared, aides threatened to fight, and Gen. John Phelan urged an armistice until 10 p.m. at the boxing commission office.
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New York
Max Baer
Jimmy Braddock
Boxing Commission
Jury Convicts Woman in Death of Teacher
A jury of twelve convicts Mrs. Gladys Carter for manslaughter in the death of Frances Walker a 20 year old school teacher and rival for the affection of her husband Archie Carter a former Newhall sheriff's deputy in Los Angeles June 13 AP report.
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Los Angeles
Gladys Carter
Frances Walker
Archie Carter
Newhall
Husband Says I Am My Old Self Again After Compound
Mrs Barbara Spears of Akron Ohio credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with restoring her energy appetite and spirits after fatigue and poor temperament. She urges others to try it and notes many women report similar results.
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Barbara Speare
Lydia E. Pinkham
Barbara Spears
Elma Street
Akron
Ohio
Surgeon Details Sympathetic Nervous System Cure Claims
Dr Alfred W Adson reported at the American Medical Association meeting that sympathetic nervous system surgery has successfully treated about four dozen diseases previously baffling. Conditions include Raynaud's disease scleroderma essential hyperhidrosis thrombo angiitis obliternasim retinitis pigmentosa and hypertension. He described Mayo Clinic operations as more extensive and risky than appendectomy but effective.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Alfred W. Adson
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Ar. Adson
American Medical Association
Raynaud
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