Supreme Court Voids NRA Core and Farm Act
Washington May 27. Supreme Court strikes down key NRA provisions and the Frazier Lemcke Farm Act. The ruling nullifies the code making authority and the five year farm mortgage moratorium, affecting billions in farm debt and wage hour enforcement in the poultry industry. The Schechter Poultry case reverses conviction for wage hour violations and limits delegated presidential power over codes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
NRA
A. L. A. Schecter Poultry Corporation
E Thos
Brooklyn
Northwest Portland Lumber Strike Reaches New Demands
The Northwest Council of Sawmill and Timber Workers Union announced a revised wage and hour program. The demand calls for a 50 cent minimum wage and a 40 hour week with flexible maximums for bargaining. The union seeks recognition in collective bargaining without a closed shop.
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Portland
Gregon
Northwest Council of Sawmill and Timber Workers
Film actress makes flight from coast to coast
Ruth Chatterton becomes the first film actress to fly her own plane across the country arriving in Los Angeles with Flight Instructor Bob Blair and Brenda Forbes, sister of former husband Ralph Forbes. Meanwhile Mavis Field of Cordova is being cremated as her body is sent south on the Yukon by her parents Mr and Mrs A McN Field.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ruth Chatterton
Bob Blair
Brenda Forbes
Ralph Forbes
Miss Chatterton
Mavis Field of
Cordova
Yukon
A. McN. Field of
Alaska Agent Wingard to Inspect Fishing Areas Westward
L. Wingard, Alaska Agent for the Bureau of Fisheries, will travel westward tomorrow to survey fishing areas. He plans to extend the trip to Bristol Bay before returning for the Southeast Alaska season.
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Wingard
Alaska
Bureau of Fisheries
Bristol Bay
Man Believed Drowned In Harbor Boat Spill
One man is believed drowned after a small eight passenger outboard boat overturned in the harbor on Saturday night. Rescue units including the ferry Teddy and Coast Guard Tallapoosa saved seven others. The missing man is Gus Bollingmo, a contractor for the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company. The party also included Mr and Mrs Chris Lund and others, many employed by mines.
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Teddy
Coast Guard
Tallapoosa
Gus Bollingmo
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company
Chris Lund
Virgil Schumacher
Sigmund Schwartz
Pete Berg
Mars Hugueson
Schumachers
Douglas
Bellingmo
Bollingmo
Art Nelson
Walter Andrews
Pacific Alaska Airways
Andrews
PAA Officials Arrival Signals Alaska Flight Visit
John White auditor for Pacific Alaska Airways reached Juneau on a PAA Electra from Fairbanks to install a record system in the local office. He plans to depart tomorrow afternoon back to Fairbanks. Joe Morrison PAA representative in Whitehorse also flew in yesterday and will ride the Electra back Tuesday.
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John White
Pacific Alaska Airways
Juneau
PAA
Fairbanks
Joe Morrison
Whitehorse
Kidnapper McGee’s Death Sentence Commuted in Missouri
Jefferson City May 27 Gov Guy B Park commuted the death sentence of Walter McGee the kidnapper of Miss Mary McElroy to life in prison. McGee was the first person in the United States given the death penalty for kidnapping.
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Jefferson City
Guy B. Park
Mary McElroy
Walter McGee
McGee
United States
Huey Declares Relief Funds Election Pool
In New Orleans on May 27 Huey Long claimed the Roosevelt Administration would use the work relief fund to re-elect Roosevelt and oppose Long. In a radio address he urged supporters to join the payroll by any means and to threaten to hang Long if asked about support.
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New Orleans
Roosevelt
Work Relief Fund
Huey Long
Kingfish
Long
Lorna Foss Oil Tug Halts At Juneau Dock For Repairs
The Lorna Foss tug with an oil barge alongside berthed at the Juneau Lumber Mills Dock at 10 this morning with engine trouble that may keep her in port for three to four days. They arrived yesterday from Ketchikan and discharged at Union Oil Dock before moving to the harbor. Master Capt. Emil Wick said repairs will take until they can depart for Chatham and the First City.
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Lorna Foss
Juneau
Chatham
Emil Wick
Cordova Residents Sail On Yukon To Visit States
A large Cordova party travels aboard the Yukon for visits to the United States. Included are Mrs. Ed Walsh and two children, Mrs. Maillard and Muriel, Mrs. Reed and daughters Joan and Phyllis, with Phyllis planning to pursue courses abroad. Also aboard are Mrs. Harry Wilson, Mrs. R. E. Sullivan, wife of the Kennecott mine foreman, Mrs. Barnes and daughter Jane, Gladys Carlson and Buck Loomis, two school teachers, and Mr. and Mrs. B. N. Gwinn the Cordova School Superintendent.
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Cordova
Yukon
States
Ed Walsh
Maillard
Muriel
Reed
Joan
Phyllis
Harry Wilson
R. E. Sullivan
Kennecott
Barnes
Jane
Gladys Carlson
Buck Loomis
B. N. Gwinn
Gwinn
Union to Seek Federal Arbitration Over Mine Walkout
Union trustees announce two telegrams will go to Washington urging Federal arbitration to settle the Cordova mine walkout of more than 900 workers. The union would accept a mediator or arbitration board with mine officials’ approval and may hold a general vote if needed. City remains quiet as union meetings continue.
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Washington, D. C
Union
Washington
Heard
G L. Post
Cordova
Japan hints U S sea power aims at them
Tokyo reports a navy propaganda pamphlet issued for Navy Memorial Day marks Japan’s thirtieth anniversary of victory over Russia. It warns that a great power is expanding its fleet with Japan as the target. The United States is implied though not named.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Navy
Independent Traders of Alaska Incorporation Filed
Articles of Incorporation have been filed with the Territorial Auditor by the Independent Traders of Alaska. Headquarters of the organization is at Port Alexander and officers are J. D. Reid, Otto Dahl and Ernest Nelson.
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Independent Traiters of
Alaska
Port Alexander
J. D. Reid
Otto Dahl
Ernest Nelson
Navy Plane Rescue Highlights Alaska Gaol Escape Story
In Sitka Alaska during naval maneuvers Blue Fleet plane VP-7 forced down at Lituya Bay rescued two Tacoma men E. T. Forsythe and H. B. Morris stranded two months with dwindling supplies after an interior prospecting trip. They were given road building work on arrival. Meanwhile Pasadena faces an extortion case where one suspect was shot and another captured as authorities pursue the rest.
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Sitka
Alaska
E. T. Forsythe
H. B. Morris
Tacoma
Blue Fleet
VP-7
Lituya Bay
Perkins
Laura Ingalls’ transcontinental flight ends in Indianapolis
Laura Ingalls, attempting a West to East transcontinental flight, was forced to land in Indianapolis due to a faulty oil line. She plans another takeoff for the West this morning and intends to retry the record attempt.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Laura Ingalls
Equator Takes Bez to Westward on Cannery Mission
Equator, carrying Nick Bez of Peril Straits Packing Company and two plant workers, docked at Juneau Lumber Mills at 6 15 this morning. Bez plans to head toward Westward by tomorrow to visit the floating cannery. The tender will depart for Chichagof tomorrow with a surveying party led by Frank Metcalfe and then return to Todd after stopping at Chichagof.
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Nick Bez
Peril Straits Packing Company
Todd
Equator
Juneau
Coast Guard Vessels In Port Today
Two Coast Guard cutters visit Juneau on a return and first trip. Haida, a 250 foot vessel under Commander F J Gorman, tied up last night at Government Dock, while Cyane, 165 feet under Lieutenant-Commander W R Richards, berthed at City Dock on its first Juneau visit since February. Combined crew totals include 65 enlisted and 7 officers aboard Tallapoosa, 120 aboard Haida and 65 aboard Cyane, with 16 officers and 79 enlisted on Haida and 5 officers with 41 enlisted on Cyane. The Haida departed Cordova Saturday to head north, delays due to Gulf weather delaying arrival. The visit appears to be official in nature.
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Juneau
Cordova
United States Coast Guard
Haida
F. J. Gorman
Cyane
Coast Guard
Ketchikan
W. R. Richards
Tallapoosa
Kidnap Note Text Warns Weyerhauser Cash Demand
A Seattle Post-Intelligencer excerpt prints the ransom note received by the Weyerhaeusens in Tacoma on May 24. It demands 200000 dollars in unmarked currency, warns against notifying authorities, and threatens deadly consequences for any slip or public disclosure. The note is signed by "Egotist" and references a three year plan and surveillance.
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Seattle
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Weyerhaeusers
Tacoma
Federal Reserve
Chief Kidnap Expert Tells of New Wave
Washington may 27 J Ed gar Hoover chief of the federal experts now centering attention on the kidnaping of nine year old George Weyerhaeuser at Tacoma Washington said the wave of kid nap threats and extortion letters by juveniles has become a serious federal problem Hoover said in 32 cases during the last three years in which the agents of the Department of Justice have closed in on some of the suspects lured by decoy ransom packages they found youngsters under 21 years of age Our men have arrested 37 boys and girls not old enough to vote as they traced extortion notes that threatened death and demands from ten to a quarter of a million dollars Hoover said in some instances the notes were traced to sons and daughters or other members of the household to which the notes were addressed in these cases I feel it is very desirable that the courts impose sentences and set free them merely with a lecture
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
George Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Hoover
Abduction Case Narrows With Clue From Handkerchief
Tacoma reports a monogrammed blue silk handkerchief found near Annie Wright Seminary as a potential clue in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping. Detectives monitor the post office for ransom notes while a tan California-plate sedan linked to watchers near Lowell School draws focus. The boy’s cousin Erskine Ingram is named as his usual weekday companion.
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George
Erskine Ingram
Lowell School
Annie Wright Seminary
Agonized lull in George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping case
Tacoma reports a lull as authorities prepare to return the boy. New York comparisons to the Lindbergh note prompt renewed efforts as investigators pursue three suspects and the $200,000 ransom. Officials confirm the note was written by a woman amid hints of radical links.
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Tacoma
Wash
George Weyerhaeuser
New York
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