No Ransom 15 Paid in Glendale Kidnap Case
William E. Gettle, weary but unharmed, was found bound with a plaster mask in a La Crescenta home during a sheriff and police raid at 4256 Rosemont Avenue. A man named Roy Williams was arrested, another fled, and Larry Kerrigan was later detained. Gettle had been abducted from his Arcadia estate during a party last Wednesday night.
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Arcadia
Kidnapped June Robles Found Alive Near Tucson
June Robles was located nine and a half miles from Tucson chained under a cactus heap. Pima County Attorney Clarence Houston and Carlos Robles, uncle, reported no ransom paid and said they were guided to the site by information from the kidnapper's note.
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Ariz
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Pima
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Carlos Robles
Houston
Plane sighted over Conception Bay near St. John’s
Telegraph operator Murphy at Belle Island reports sighting the New York Rome plane Leonardo da Vinci passing over Conception Bay at 8 p.m. Newfoundland time. He describes a high altitude outline with good visibility as weather improves after earlier poor conditions.
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U.P
Murphy
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St. John’s
New York
Rome
Leonardo da Vinci
Conception Bay
Newfoundland
Coast Guard Watches Ice Lumps as Da Vinci Flight Looms
Fog and icebergs off Halifax hindered a search for the New York Rome airship Leonardo Da Vinci as 11 large bergs were spotted by the Ponshatram cutter. In Paris, Sabelli and Pond were urged to proceed toward Rome with favorable conditions and air ministry aid already arranged. The Rome air ministry planned to receive the pair and keep Ciampino and Littorio airports ready for a potential landing.
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N. S
New York Rome
Leonardo da Vinci
American Coast Guard
Ponshatram
Grand Banks
Paris
Air Ministry
Cesare Sabelli
George R. Pond
Floyd Bennett Field
Rome
France
Atlantic
French
George Pond
New York
Ciampino
Littorio
No definite action on request for grant for striking miners
The Montana relief commission met in Helena on May 14 and considered an additional grant of 80 000 for relief among Butte miners but took no definite action. The request will be sent to national relief headquarters in Washington for consideration by federal officials. The proposed funds would supplement the regular relief appropriation for Butte. Commission members present included F J Gies chairing, J F Kilduff, W C Lubrecht, Elmer Holt, Larry Duggan, with Governor Frank H Cooney also in attendance.
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State Relief Commission
Butte
National Relief Headquarters
Washington
F. J. Gies
Great Falls
J. F. Kilduff
Malta
W. C. Lubrecht
Bonner
Elmer Holt
Miles City
Larry Duggan
Frank H. Cooney
Senate Silver Bloc Seeks White House Agreement on Silver Policy
The Senate silver bloc to meet with President Roosevelt to advance a program taxing nationalization of silver and broad silver purchases abroad. Senator Thomas proposes adding a plan to pay war debts in silver, echoing a prior measure that has expired.
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White House
Washington
Senate Silver Bloc
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Thomas
Oklahoma
Lindbergh Snubs Army Air Corps Probe Invitation
Col Charles A Lindbergh has ignored an invitation from the Baker committee investigating the army air corps to provide aeronautical data. The committee, meeting at the army war college, expressed disappointment at his silence while seeking facts and opinions on the air corps, its personnel, equipment, and training.
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Army Air Corps
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Newton D. Baker
Army War College
Air Corps
Dern
Linbergh
France May Open War Debts Talks With Roosevelt
Paris reports the French government would send representatives to Washington to reopen the war debts issue with President Roosevelt. France may follow Britain in proposing a debts new deal, awaiting Britain's move. Observers expect talks with Prime Minister MacDonald in Geneva to include Barthou on debt plans.
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Washington
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France
Great Britain
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Louis Barthou
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Congress
Senate Passes Industry Loan Act in Senate Vote
In Washington on May 14 the Glass Barkley bill authorizing 530 million dollars for loans to industry cleared the Senate and was sent to the House for action.
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Industry Loan
Washington
Glass-Barkley
House
Montana Forecast Sees Fair Weather This Week
The forecast calls for fair skies in Montana on Tuesday and Wednesday with little change in temperatures. No precipitation is expected and conditions remain mild across the region.
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Uncle of June Robles Tells How He Expected to Find Body
Uncle of six year old June Robles kidnap victim describes search in the Arizona desert near Tucson. He and County Attorney Clarence Houston followed a clue in a letter stating she would be under a cactus pile 150 paces from the road. They found her alive chained and entombed, after a long trek through cactus and mesquite.
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Tucson
June
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June Robles
Carlos G. Robles
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Ariz
Ascoha
Houston
Carlos
Butte Chinese Boys Claim Radio Licenses
Charles Kayn Wah Hum, 13, and brother Jack Kayn Van Hum, first Chinese youths in continental America to earn amateur radio licenses. They built a short wave transmitter at 117 South Main, study schedules nationwide, and plan legal careers after high school.
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Continental America
Charles Kayn Wah Hum
Garfield School
Jack Kayn van Hum
Charlie
United States
Hum
Jack Hum
Charles
Jack
South Main Street
Charites
State School of Mines
Columbia University
Hum Yow
Erickson Enters Montana Senate Fight for Democratic Nomination
Washington May 14 Erickson announces candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the Montana Senate seat to finish the term of the late Thomas J Walsh. He was appointed last March by Governor Cooney and vows to back the administration and the New Deal to aid Montana and its people.
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John E. Erickson
Montana
Thomas J. Walsh
Erickson
Senate
Cooney
Congress
Letter With Map Leads to Finding Child
A Chicago postmarked letter sent to Governor Moeur in Phoenix contained a map that guided police to find kidnapped June Robles. Governor aide H. H. Hotchkiss said the plan was followed by Patrolman Riley Brown in a Tucson search, resulting in the child's rescue.
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Carlos Robles
Houston
Phoenix
Gov. B. B. Moeur
Arizona
Chicago
Ariz
B. B. Moeur
June Robles
H. H. Hotchkiss
Riley Brown
Tucson
Broadway
Wilmot Road
Wilmot
Rinconway
Mother of Five Ends Life in Great Falls
Anna Akin, 41, a mother of five, hanged herself at her Great Falls home after leaving a note asking family to forgive and forget. Her 15-year-old daughter discovered the body. a broken rope from a prior suicide attempt was found. Akin was on county relief but not destitute.
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Great Falls
Anna Akin
Akin
Finding bullet punctured auto spurs Dillinger hunt
In Crown Point Indiana on May 14 officers traced John Dillinger after a bullet punctured car was found in woods near East Gary. The Ford V-8 with Missouri plate 327-651 held two shotguns and an army rifle believed stolen from the Warsaw jail raid. Deputy Sheriff Carol Holley drove the car to Crown Point.
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