Fiend Hunted For Slaying 3 Little Girls in Inglewood
Three girls aged 9, 7, and 8 were found slain in a gulch near Inglewood California. Sheriff L C Huntamer said suspect Othello Leroy Strong was cleared. A bloodstained man in Belair tried to sell an auto for 10 dollars and alerted the police when questioned by a butler.
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Inglewood
Cal
Melba Marie Everett
Madeline Everett
Jeanette Majorie Stephanie
Othello Leroy Strong
L. C. Huntamer
California
Buller
Belair
Ferry Strike Ends as Rates Rise Sparks Protests
Seattle June 29 An investigation of Puget Sound ferry boat rates will begin immediately Public Service School announced amid widespread complaints received by letter phone and daily message Operators could raise rates by 10 percent in light of wage increases for ferry workers The strike ended after Gov Clarence D Martin's proposals were accepted by operators and workers Ferry service resumes Kitsap County Prosecutor Ralph Puvis plans to urge a special session to enable state takeover of ferry operations.
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Seattle
Public Service School
Puget Sound
Clarence D. Martin
Kitsap
Ralph Puvis
Invasion Case Worries Japan Over Amur Islands
June 29 report that Japan invoked the Japan Manchukuo pact and protested to the Soviet government over alleged invasion of Sennura and Boloshot Islands in the Amur River. The Japanese high command said the islands belong to Manchoukuo and demanded Russia evacuate immediately.
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Tokyo
Japan
Manchukuo
Sennura
Boloshot
Amur
Manchoukuo
Alaska Stowaways Arrested in Seattle
Two Alaska stowaways were jailed after being taken from the steamer Baranet on arrival in Seattle. They were booked at police headquarters as Glenn Mills, 27, a laborer, and Harry Lamson, 22, a carpenter.
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Seattle
Alaska
Baranet
Glenn Mills
Harry Lamson
Planned Nation Sounds Swell But It Might Be Killing Profit
Washington columnist Preston Grover explains the ideal of a planned economy as a national program with defined objectives. He outlines how production would be set by a planning board, the need for factory quotas, price controls, and the risk of unemployment if demand cannot be accurately predicted, noting socialist critiques and upcoming questions about wage and cost regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Grover
Washington
the Empire
NRA
AAA
Guffey
National Planning Board
Federal Jobs Open Soon for Graduates
Preston Grover Washington notes a surge of federal opportunities as graduates enter a growing industry. Social security is starting, the Wagner Act is in force, TVA aids the south, and wage hour legislation may create many jobs. Federal pay ranges from modest to top brackets around six thousand annually, with high competition and turnover hazards. Continued on Page Three.
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Washington
Supreme Court
TVA
South
Civil Service
Sheep Kill Wolf at Walther Vorhies Farm
In Creston on June 29 a wolf cub raised by Walter Vorhies in a bottle was killed by a buck sheep after tumbling into a haymow pen. The incident ended with Vorhies collecting bounty for the wolf pelt.
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Creston
Walter Vorhies
Vorhies
Car Auctioneer Retires After 345000 Miles Without Serious Accident
Amarillo Texas Col W 8 Williams 68 years old spent 20 years as an auctioneer and drove his automobile 345000 miles before retiring recently never having a serious accident during his lengthy career in the industry and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armarillo, Tex
W. 8. Williams
Legal Battle Over Slayer Now Starting In New York
New York June 29 Acting Robert Irwin sits in the Tombs as lawyers wage a sanity fight. Attorney Samuel Leibowicz contends the man may be crazy while grand juries return three first degree murder indictments for the killings of Mrs Kudner her mother and a lodger tied to the Vernon Gedeon case. Irwin arraignment delayed for 24 hours as the defense reviews angles in the Chicago arrest and flight nexus.
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New York
Strange
Robert Irwin
Tombs
Irwin
Samuel Liebowitz
Chicago
Vernica Gedeon
Gedeon Apartments
Ethel Rud
Mer
Mildred Apland Returns to Juneau from Seattle Vacation
Mildred Apland arrives in Juneau aboard the Yukon after a month in Seattle. She is sister of Mrs. W. W. Council and has been in Juneau for over a year, visiting brother Donald in Seattle.
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Yukon
Mildred Apland
W. W. Council
Juneau
Seattle
Miss Apland
Donald
Stock Quotations New York June 29 Closing Data
Closing quotes from New York stock market show Alaska Juneau 114 percent, American Can 192, American Light and Power 7, Anaconda 50, Bethlehem Steel 81, Commonwealth and Southern 2, General Motors 484, International Harvester 1054, Kennecott 55, New York Central 34, Southern Pacific 414s, United States Steel 96, Cities Service 2, Pound 94.93, Republic Steel 34, Pure Oil 17, Holly Sugar 30, U S Treasury Bonds 2 87.21, Atchison General 48 109.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
American Light and Power
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
Commonwealth and Southern
General Motors
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Southern Pacific
United States Steel
Cities Service
Republic Steel
Puret
U.S. Treasury
Atchison General
Market Averages and Treasury Currency Paper Use
The Dow Jones shows industrials at 16711 rails at 50.55 and utilities at 25.56. The Treasury plans to use 1016 tons of paper for printing currency in the 1938 fiscal year.
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Dow, Jones
Treasury
France abandons gold standard amid crisis stake
Paris report says France abandons the gold standard to save the franc as the People’s Front Government grapples with the crisis. Premier Camille Chautemps wins a confidence vote 303 to 142 to gain sweeping powers to restore fiscal structure, curb speculation, and rebuild economy.
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Paris
Jime
France
People's Front
United States
England
Camille Chautemps
Chamber of Deputies
Maloney Dies. Alaska Mine Inspector William R. Maloney
William R. Maloney, Mines Inspector in Alaska, died Sunday after a year of illness in San Francisco. A mining career began in the north in 1890 and he was appointed Territorial Mine Inspector during the Wilson administration. funeral services will be held here.
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San Francisco
Cal
William R. Maloney
Alaska
North
Wilson
North Pacific Halibut Act Signed by FDR
President Roosevelt signed the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1937, enforcing a Canada treaty to protect North Pacific fisheries. The act restricts halibut fishing in U S territorial waters to American citizens and grants Canadians exclusive rights in Canadian waters. Senator Schwellenbach said similar legislation will be drafted to safeguard Northern Pacific salmon fisheries.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Canada
United States
Schwellenbuch
Fire Sweeps Historic Mission Dock Warehouse
A spectacular blaze devastated the Mission Dock warehouse in San Francisco, a relic of the old sailing ship era. Flames were visible for miles as crews battled the unoccupied building, which had not been in use for years.
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San Francisco
Cal
Mission Dock
Relief bill up to F D B relief bill up to F D B
William McAndrew, 73, once Chicago school superintendent ousted in 1928 amid the America First campaign, has died in New York. The proposed billion and a half dollar relief plan reached the White House and was sent to the House for approval after Congress adjourned. McAndrew, a target of Mayor Thompson, was suspended on charges related to his alleged pay connections with Britain.
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Mamaroneck
New York
Washington
William McAndrew
Tor
Whitelent
Chicago Public Schools House
William Hale
Act Thompson
Great Britain
Sensteinjight
Thompson
Chicago
King George
McAndrew
U S Royal Romance Joins Two Alikes
Bulletin from Wilmington reports Franklin D Moorevelt Jr and Ethel du Pont plan a routine wedding tomorrow at 5 p m in a stone church. The du Pont heiress, renowned beauty, will wed the President’s son after four years of knowing each other. Attendants include nation’s well known people as Rex Roosevelt name appears in reminiscence.
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Wilmington
Del
Franklin D Moorevelt, Jr
Ethel du Pont
Sigrid Arne
Kters der
du Pont
Little Stone Church
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Rexweyelt
du Pont Industriat
Franklin D. Roosevelt, JR
Mister
Missus
Holzheimer Confirmed as Alaska District Attorney
Wil Yam A Holzheimer of Juneau Alaska was confirmed by the U S Senate for a four year term as District Attorney in the First Judicial Division Alaska He will serve a second term after previously serving as a District Judge at Nome and practicing law in Juneau and Ketchikan He is widely known in the Territory
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Washington
Wil
Yam A. Holzheimer
Juneau
Alaska
U. S. Senate
First Judicial Division
Holzheimer
Senate
Roosevelt
Nome
Ketchikan
Territory
Anglo Franco Spain Patrol Plan Rejected by Italy and Germany
In London on June 29 Italy and Germany flatly rejected the British Franco proposal to patrol all of Spain coastlines in neutrality efforts. The move suspends hopes for renewed European cooperation to isolate the Spanish war. Italian Ambassador Grandi and German Ambassador von Ribbentrop planned talks with Rome and Berlin as diplomats consider the impact on the Spanish Central Government.
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London
Italy
Germany
Spain
Grandi J
von Ribscenstrop
Rome
Berlin
Judges in Alaska To Have Ten Year Terms
Washington June 29 The Senate has passed and sent to the House a bill extending the terms of United States District Judges in Alaska from four to ten years. The measure aims to stabilize judicial service and ensure longer tenure in the territory.
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Alaska
Washington
Senate
House
United States
State Progress Commission Formed to Promote Washington
Olympia June 29 The State Progress Commission is formed to spend $1,000,000 advertising Washington as an ideal tourist region and favorable for investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Wash
State Progress Commission
Boy Drowns Fishing Near Pulse Pass Alaska
In Dutch Harbor Alaska on June 29 the Coast and Geodetic Survey reports Jimmy Gardner 15 son of Mr and Mrs John Gardner of Pulse Pass drowned June 22 when his skiff overturned in Isanonki Strait a mile north of Pulse Pass cannery. Funeral held at Pulse Pass last week after recovery of the body.
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Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Dinoverer
Jimmy Gardner
John Gardner
Pulse Pass
Isanonki Strait
STEEL STRIKE TENSE AS HUNT FOR PLOT LEADER RAGES
Johnstown bulletin reports Mayor Shelles warning Roosevelt that citizens may take the law into their own hands unless Lewis steel forces withdraw. CIO organizer Gus Hall charged as the brains of a plot to halt steel operations amid violent clashes. Explosions blast water pipes to Bethlehem’s Cambria Works, causing mass layoffs and police roadblocks. In Warren, Ohio, Hall faces charges of leading a systematic bombing campaign. Three union men held on bonds totaling 28,000. Washington mediation effort collapses as labor and management remain deadlocked after 34 days, with 25 million in losses and thousands of jobs at stake.
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Johnstown
Daniel Shelles
Roosevelt
Lewis Steel
Associated Press
Gus Hall
CIO
Warren
Ohio
Hall
Cambria
Bethelehem Steel Company
Beaver Falls
George Mile
Lemlly
Arthur Scott
John Borawek
George Bondas
Washington
Perkins
Charles Taft
Bethlehem Works
National Income Rising in First Half of Year
Administration economists report national income has climbed since 1931 and reached about thirty five billion dollars for the first half of this year, surpassing the same period last year by five billion as business activity and prices rise. Capt P B Edwards of the Signal Corps arrived in Juneau aboard the Yukon and will stay about ten days.
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Washington
P. 8. Edwards
Signal Corps
United States Army
Ju‘fneau
Yukon
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Mary
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Buckingham Palace
By Preston Grover
Slayer
Pices
WR. Maloney
Territorial
W. M’andrews
U. S
U.S. Senate
Boy
West
The
Federal Mediation Board Today
Secretary of Labor
Capt. Edwards
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