Jury Selection in Libel Case Nears Completion
In the Niel Heard case jury drawing continues with ten more names summoned after initial pool exhausted. Several challenges and excuses leave 11 jurors with more names to be drawn as court proceeds in the mayor Isadore Goldstein libel action.
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Niel
M. Harri
Agnes Patterson
Willis Nowell
Tom J. Selby
L. R. Smith
T. J. McCaul
RB. L. Bernard
H. C .DeVighne
Fred Patrick
James Fullerton
Charles G. Warner
Charles Ley
Eli Tanner
Abduction of George Weyerhaeuser Told by Agent
TACOMA Wash June 24 Government's account of the Weyerhaeuser kidnaping unfolds with charges that Harmon Waley and William Dainard devised the scheme in Salt Lake City last March and pursued the boy across Washington. They watched the family, seized George on May 24 near the Annie Wright Seminary, moved him to pits near Issaquah and later Spokane, and arranged ransom before sending funds back to the father.
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Tacoma
Wash
J. Connelly
Department of Justice
Chicago
Weyerhaeuser
Lttle George
Waleys
Connelly
Harmon M. Waley
William Dainard
Wiliam Davis
William Mahan
Salt Lake City
Little George
Annie Wright Seminary
Issaquah
Daiisrd
Mahan
Waley
Seattle
George
Spokane
Idaho Hills
Dainard
Expenditures Recommended for Alaska Public Buildings
The House passed the second deficiency bill authorizing 58 million dollars for public buildings outside Washington. Alaska items include 475000 for Anchorage post office and customs house and 100000 for Ketchikan post office and customs house. Previously Nome Sitka Wrangell had 200000 appropriated.
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Washington
House
District of Columbia
Senate
Alaska
Anchorage Postoffice
Customs House
Ketchikan Postoffice
Nome
Sitka 9
Wrangell
Waley Trial Delayed To July In Kidnaping Case
Mrs Harmon Waley's trial date set for July 5 with testimony July 9 after jury impaneling and preliminaries. She did not attend. In Olympia a 9 year old girl awaits Judge Cushman's decision on jury facing possible acquittal in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping case. Waley previously sought guilty pleas, which were rejected. a not guilty plea was entered. Thurston jail officials say she may not be transported to Tacoma for the date-assignment.
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Tacoma
Wash
Harmon M. Waley
Olympia
Margaret Waley
Edward EK. Cushman
George Weyerhaeuser
Waley
Cushman
Thurston County
Embassy Bombing Sparks Guard Stand at Mexican U.S. Mission
Reinforced police guard the United States Embassy in Mexico after a car bombing shattered windows in the garden. Ambassador Daniels downplayed the incident as unimportant while Mexican officials expressed regrets.
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Mexico
F. C
United States
Daniels
Mussolini Rejects Eden's Explanation on Naval Pact
Rome reports Premier Benito Mussolini turned a deaf ear to Captain Anthony Eden's explanation of the Anglo German naval accord. No results are anticipated from the conference.
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Rome
Une
Benito Mussolini
Anthony Eden
Former British Premier Ramsay MacDonald to visit United States
The Sunday Dispatch reports that Ramsay MacDonald, former British Premier and Lord President of the Council, will depart soon on a mission to the United States to discuss with President Roosevelt war debts, industries and currency stabilization.
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London
the Sunday Dispatch
Ramsay MacDonald
United States
Roosevelt
Kingfish jumps into fight on tax rich plan
Senator Huey P. Long entered the heated debate on taxing the rich, calling for immediate action regardless of the President’s wishes this session. The floor speech centered on the theme no enemies to the left as Long pressed for swift measures.
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Kingfish
Huey
Senate
Washington
Huey P. Long
Long
New European Line-ups Seen From Italo Ethiopian War Threat
Rome June 24 The Italo Ethiopian war menace reshapes Europe’s political scene. England and France grow irritated with Italy over Africa, the Stresa alliance weakens, armament efforts rise, and the League of Nations loses credibility. Germany benefits from improved German relations, marking a pivotal shift in continental alignments. Continued on Page Two.
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Andrue
Rome
Italy
Ethiopia
Europe
England
T ‘O
United Front
Stresa
France
Ttaly
League of Nations
Germany
Eugene Carr New Manager at Matanuska
Federal relief headquarters said Eugene Carr personal representative of Harry L Hopkins flew in to Palmer to take charge of the Matanuska project. Senate planned to review food, health conditions as telegrams from colonists warned of unbuilt houses and roads and lack of medical supplies.
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Seattle
Federal
Eugene Carr
Harry L. Hopkins
Washington
Alaska
Matanuska
Senate
Matanuska Project
Opkins
Palmer
Vandenberg
Lawrence Westbrook
425 MEN MEET IN A B HALL THIS MORNING
More than 425 men gathered at Arctic Brotherhood Hall at 10 o clock for quick organization of a march to the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company employment office The meeting eyed for a return to work but split views emerged as speakers clashed with anti union voices The crowd planned a four abreast march while union leaders were seen inside and outside the hall with police on duty and a tally showing 435 in hall and 250 marching
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Arctic Brotherhood
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company
Juneau Mine Workers’ Association
Alaska Mine Workers’ Union
Main Street
Third Avenue
Danielsen
Training Corps
Nygren
Niel Heard
Union
Back to Work After Mine Register Offloads
Three hundred former Alaska Juneau mine workers registered at the Employment office by noon and are to report for work tomorrow. Seven arrests were made after fighting during the registration parade and will be tried in the U S Commissioners Court. Five people were taken to hospital for scalp injuries. four released, two still hospitalized. Nyeren, president of the tostatement, said he was not conversant and in court all morning as a witness at the Neil Heard trial. Charles Crozier of the Union Board of Trustees declined to comment.
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U. S
J. F. Mullen
Henry Roden
George W. Folta
H. L. Faulkner
al Nygren
Alaska Mine Workers Union
Nygren
Mullen
Charles Woodward
Alaska Juneau
U. S. Commissioners Court
Nyeren
Niel
Charles Crozier
Union Board of Trustees
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company
Chestiel Manor
Mort
Lower Front Street
Juneau Mine Workers’ Association
Alaska Mine ‘Workers’ Union
St. Ann's Hospital
To the Editor Letter on City Council Strike Controversy
The unsigned bulletin attacking the Juneau City Council for actions to maintain order is challenged as misleading. The writer cites state law to claim authority, while the editor asserts the council’s duty under statute to protect peace and safety in the city. Continued on Page Two.
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Juneau
Miners March to Employment Office in Alaska City
At noon 300 men registered for work at the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company employment office marking the thirty third day of the program. A clash between rival unions earlier left five injured, seven detained, and police deputized by the city. The march to the hall ended with no further violence, as bystanders watched from the streets.
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A. J
Isadore Goldstein
Labor Dispatch
Floyd G. Betts
Willis E. Nowell
Katherine Zynda
Northland
U.S. Embassy
Mexico City
Mussolini
Hopkins
D. Irwin
Patrick Hemmer
J. M. Sandvily
A. B. Hall
New Juneau Workers Association
Juneau Mineworkers’ Association
Franklin Street
Triangle Place
Lower Pront Street
George Gilbertson
Gilbertson
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