Ransom Kidnap Case Ties to Mattson Family in Tacoma
Tacoma reports a kidnapping plot center on Dr W W Mattson and his family after an earlier ransom note referenced a modeled delivery and an ad showing the name Ann. Officers surveilled the Mattson home all night while negotiations appeared under way and a private detective and a chamber official offered cautious comments.
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Gus Appelman
Mattson
Appelman
Tacoma Chamber of Commerce
John Strickland
Tacoma
Mattsons
Seattle Times
Ann
Tim
Rose Bowl Rivals Washington Pittsburgh Duel on New Year
Frank Gorrie outlines Washington and Pittsburgh Rose Bowl duels across 1924 1926 1928 1930 1933 matchups. Jock Sutherland leads Pittsburgh as Washington seeks first bowl win. past scores show close contests and long droughts for both programs.
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Frank Gorrie
Seattle
Pasadena
Pittsburgh
Washington
Navy
Alabama
Stanford
Panthers
Jock
Jock Sutherland
Pacific Coast
Les Sherman
George Wilson
Bee Folwell
Enoch Bagshaw
Johnny Mack Brown
Bama Hubert
Huskes
Wilson
Patton
Page Pive
Pitt Coach Sutherland Aims to Make Rose Bowl Fun and Win
Judge of discipline, Dr John Bain Sutherland leads Pittsburgh Panthers toward a Rose Bowl clash with Washington. He stresses balanced practice and team spirit, noting Pitt has seldom overworked players and aims to win while keeping morale high. His Rose Bowl record includes losses to Stanford and Southern Cal in prior appearances.
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Judson Bailey
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Panthers
John Bain
Jock) Sutherland
Washington
Pasadena
Pitt
Iim
Jock
Jose
Dr. Sutherland
Pop Warner
Sutherland
Panthers
Stanford
Indians
Southern California
Two Problems Facing Nation as Naval Pact Ends
Washington faces two major tasks at year's end the termination of the Washington London Naval Limitation treaties and the lapse of fleet size limits. Officials expect Roosevelt to order two new battleships worth 50 million dollars and decisions on Pacific territorial fortifications.
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Washington
United States
Pacific
Roosevelt
Hitler Told to Stop Aiding Spanish Rebels
Berlin dispatch reports Premier Mussolini urged Adolf Hitler to halt support for Franco and his rebel forces in Spain. High ranking German officers react with bitterness to Mussolini's statements and question Italy as a reliable ally amid the Spanish Civil War.
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Hitler
Berlin
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Spain
Francisco Franco
Mussolini
Roosevelt calls Cuse license demand legal yet against interests
President Roosevelt says Robert Cuse of New Jersey may legally demand a license to ship secondhand airplanes and motors to the Madrid Government but such sales would harm U S interests. Cuse seeks a license for 2777000 dollars in arms to Spain arguing Neutrality Act allows factions in civil wars. The Vimalert Company led by Robert Case appears in a 1930 State Department inquiry as a repair outfit tied to covert Soviet shipments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Robert Cuse
New Jersey
Madrid
Congress
Case
Vimalert Company
Robert Case
Spain
United States
State Department
Soviet Russia
Bridges Is Exonerated In Boy’s Death
In Long Beach California, December 30, the coroner jury absolved Harry Bridges, Pacific Coast President of the International Longshoremens Association, of blame for the death of 8 year old Joseph Miranda. The verdict deemed the death accidental and unavoidable given a car speed around 40 mph. Bridges remains free on $2000 bail as habeas corpus proceedings loom.
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Long Beach
Cal
Harry Bridges
Pacific Coast
International Longshoremens’ Association
Joseph Miranda
Bridges
William Brayton
Traffic Deaths Rise in New Year Auto Toll
Vatican City report notes Pope Plus year end welcome. Chicago records show National Safety Council warns this year will end with a high automobile death toll. The statement cites rising fatalities as midnight New Year’s Eve approaches.
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National Safety Council
Vatican City
Italy
Chicago
Ill
Naonal Safety Council
New Champion of Liars Proclaimed at Annual Session
Gale Barnhouse of Fowler Michigan wins the title at the World's Organized Drs meeting in Burlington Wisconsin. He recounts a bizarre tale of a mosquito that terrorized his farm killing chicks ducks turkeys calves and cows and finally clashing with a mule before meeting its end.
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Chicago
Gale Barnhouse
Fowler
Michigan
Burlington
Wisconsin
Drs
Strike Halted Chevrolet Plant After Fisher Body Strike
Flint Dec 30 Operation of Chevrolet Motor Company's assembly line halted at 1 pm due to a complete strike at Fisher Body Division plant No 3. Supply of automobile bodies was cut off as a result.
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Flint
Midh
Chevrolet Motor Company
Fisher Body
Flight Planned From Italy to San Francisco
Genoa Italy Dec 30 Plans for an ambitious aerial venture between Rome and San Francisco in which Bruno Mussolini may participate are disclosed The trial will begin next week of a trimotor plane for the proposed nonstop flight westward to the Pacific Coast states and back to Rome in search of a new long distance record
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Genoa
Italy
Rome
San Francisco
Bruno Mussolini
Mussolini
Pacific Coast
Juneau Ski Club given exclusive use of cabin at Douglas Ski Trail
Exclusive use of the skiers cabin at the head of the Douglas Ski Trail is turned over to the Juneau Ski Club. All users must register with Orrin Kimball secretary of the club at Burford’s. A fee of 50 cents overnight 25 cents daytime will be charged to both members and non members. The ski trail remains open to the public and the cabin will be kept in shape by a paid caretaker on some weekends. The transfer was approved by Wellman Holbrook assistant regional forester of the U S Forest Service at a meeting last night.
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Douglas
Juneau
Wellman Holbrook
U. S Forest Service
Orrin Kimball
Burford's
Forest Service
Holbrook
Ski Club
Salvation Army Barracks
Wil
Loughby Avenue
North Star to sail January to relieve Southeast Alaska shortages
Federal official says the motorship North Star will sail January to relieve food shortages in Southeast Alaska. It will call at Sitka Petersburg Wrangell Ketchikan on the way up and down, with 25 passengers and about 2000 tons capacity, while cargo is assembled and the rudder is repaired.
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Seattle
Alaska
Ummet
North Star
Arctic
J. R. Umnet
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Ommel
Ketchikan
Wrangell
Petersburg
Joneau
Sitka
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Dick Johnson LE
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Max Starcevich
Wwcoy Doeluth
Minn
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Steve Slivinski
Charles Bond
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Lancaster
Lis
Judson ‘Bailey
Cuse
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Pope
Holy Father
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Maude
Joose
Crown Prince
Humberto —— Ea
Humberto
Galeazzo Clano
I Duce
U.S
Juneau Club
Salvation Army
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Wyatt Kingman
Ummel
Kingman
Talbot
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Alyaska
Alaska Railroad
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