Lawyer Ben Laska Convicted in Urschel Kidnap Case
A Denver lawyer, Ben B. Laska, was found guilty in federal court of sharing in Urschel ransom money tied to the famed Urschel kidnapping. Testimony showed Laska received $10,000 and helped hide Bates’ share, triggering a broader government push to curb lawyer involvement in gang crimes. The piece notes ethical lines for defense counsel and cites local street repairs in Jefferson City as a separate issue.
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Oklahoma City
Ben B. Laska
Denver
Urschel
Laska
Albert Bates
Bates
Edward Feldman
Feldman
West
Oklahoma
Super Ambassador Rumor and Jefferson City Public Works
A rumored plan to send Ramsay MacDonald as a super ambassador to the United States is discussed alongside calls for closer Anglo American cooperation on China. The piece also endorses a definite Jefferson City public works program including schools athletic field convention hall street and sewer improvements park system and county buildings urging taxpayer support. It notes Kiwanis Club efforts to improve Dunklin and Chestnut Streets and warns neglect would renew traffic hazards and air accidents.
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Lordon
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
United States
Britain
Jefferson City
Kiwanis Club
Dunklin
Chestnut Streets
Dtutt
Visitors Not Spies Prominent Naval Harbor Photo Sparks Debate
A news photo shows Nippon Maru with cadets from nine Japanese nautical colleges visiting San Diego harbor during a training cruise for the California Pacific exposition. The piece argues against fear of Japanese visitors near military bases, noting open access and criticizing U S gambling laxity and inaction on local gambling.
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San Diego
Father of Boulder Ram editor hailed for vision
Anson Hubert Smith, longtime editor of a small southwest newspaper, died in Arizona. He inspired the Boulder Dam project by promoting Colorado River development. Herbert Hoover lauded him as its father. His example shows a remote editor shaping national affairs through relentless advocacy.
What Others Say Editor Post Tribune Critique of New Deal
A column quotes critics and figures discussing the New Deal, wealth distribution, and future politics. It cites Franklin D Roosevelt, Huey Long, and figures like Bainbridge Colby and Herbert Hoover, presenting doubts about wealth sharing, government taxation, and the nation’s path through looming crises.
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Post-Tribune
Funger
Army
Rankin
Roosevelt
Franklin
Huey
White House
Merchant Marine still far in arrears and debate rages
Washington June 26 The American Merchant Marine has cost about 5 000 000 000 since World War II began and remains weak with only about 480 vessels over 2000 tons in foreign trade about 3 000 000 tons. The article notes aging ships few new builds since 1922 under Jones White Act and urges reform including possible government ownership amid allegations of graft and mismanagement.
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Washington
Edwing Y. Mitchell
Commerce Department
France
Britain
Shipping Board
America
United States
Great Britain
Manhattan
United States Lines Co
International Mercantile Marine Co
Dollar Line
Hoover
Coolidge
Jones-White Jeans
Italy
Japan
Roosevelt
Senate Ocean Mail Committee
Jones-White
Shipping scandal framed by mail contract subsidies and aid
A report details Conning Tower bid schemes for mail contracts, a web of subsidies, inflated voyage claims, and tight cooperation between shipper lobbyists and officials. It notes I M M subsidiaries like United States Lines and Roosevelt Steamship, a claimed Leviathan marine monopoly, and a push by Bland Copeland bills for a US Maritime Authority with government ownership as alternative.
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Steamship Company
United Fruit Co
Leviathan International Mercantile Marine
Vincent Astor
Hermit Roosevelt
North Atlantic
France
Germany
United Kingdom
United States Lines Co
Roosevelt Steamship
American Lines Steamship Corporation
Roosevelt Company
U. S. Lines
I. M. M. Lines
I. M. MM
Washington
House Mrechant Marine Committee
Senate Commerce Committee
Friends of Shipping
Bland-Copeland
United States Maritime Authority
Moran
Roosevelt shifts toward anti big business doctrine
Washington reports President Roosevelt has embraced a Frankfurter Brandeis view that “bigness” breeds monopoly and should be curbed by taxes and breaking up holding companies. The message links reform to defeating fascism and stresses breaking up concentrations of wealth to revive competition and democracy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Felix Frankfurter
Justice Brandeis
Timenses
Frankfurter-Brandeig Boys
Frankfurter
NRA
Anily
Ffax
Little Beavers
Brandeis— Frankfurter Group
Tom Corcoran
RFC
Ben Cohen
National Power Policy Committees
Congress
Alger Hiss
Senate Munitions Committees
Calvert Magruder
National Labor Relations Board
Jim Landis
Corcoran
Cohen
SEC
David Lilienthal
Stillegal
TVA
Clash of Twentieth Century Titans Sparks Studio War
A chaotic merger brings Zanuck and Sheehan into a power struggle within Twentieth Century Fox. The feud promises a costly battle for supremacy as Fox Studios eyes control, with both factions preparing for a drawn out confrontation.
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Zanuck
Winfield Sheehan
Joseph M. Zanuck
Twentieth Century 1
Methan
Fox Studios
Fox
Senenck and
Darry
Suse
Rey Brothers Set to Break Endurance Flight Record
Fred and Al Key, after nearly a month airborne, neared a new endurance record in Meridian Mississippi. They must stay aloft until 3:13 p.m. EST to match the 553 hours 41 minutes 30 seconds mark set in 1930 by the Hunter brothers of Chicago.
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Meridian
Miss
Fred
al Key
Hunter Brothers
Chicago
Escaped Nodaway Prisoners Captured in Missouri
Lt Joseph reports two inmates who escaped Nodaway County jail in Maryville on Sunday were recaptured. Stephen Slyker, 38, and Raymond Marks, 25, were arrested within 24 hours after fleeing. Marks faced a bank robbery charge. Slyker was linked to forgery.
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Joseph
Nodaway County
Maryville
Stephen
Slyker
Raymond Marks
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