Presidents Plea for Roosevelt to End Maritime Strike
San Francisco reports growing push for presidential intervention in the coast maritime strike. Officials from city and state governments, the California church council, and private groups urge President Roosevelt to personally intervene as talks between employers, radio and telegraphists union, and longshoremen resume negotiations.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Radio and Telegraphists Union
Merriam
Roosevelt
California Church Council
Rossie
Former Nomeites Seen On Visit To States Recently
U S Marshal Gaffney reports meeting many former Nome residents during travels east. In Washington he spoke with Miss Eileen Walsh and Miss Kristie Sather who hold trusted positions and send best wishes to Nome friends. He also notes Art Chamberlain in the Land Office, doctors Gruening and Gordon, Jerry Sullivan and his nephew Jerry Carrol, and Philip Smith of the Geological Survey. In Seattle Alaska visitors expressed favorable views on Seward Peninsula mining.
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Gaffney
Fol
Washington
Eileen Walsh
Kristie Sather
Nome
Art Chamberlain
Gruening
Gordon
Alaska
Jerry Sullivan
Jerry Carrol
Philip Smith
Geological Survey
Legislation for an Arms Embargo On Calendar
The National Congress moved to push immediate action on the Spanish arms embargo after hearing Roosevelt’s optimism on the Union. Differences over spending and policies faded amid the urgency to ban arms, following State Department export permits for seven and a quarter million dollars of munitions and airplanes to Spain. Congressional tallying of electoral votes and Roosevelt’s address followed within the hour.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
State Department
Spain
Prisoner Shot In Front Of Olympia Jail
In Olympia Washington Burrell Gadkin a 25 year old parole violator from the Oregon Reformatory at Eugene was shot in the left arm by Captain of Detectives Ray Hays in front of the police station.
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Olympia
Burrell Gadkin
Oregon Reformatory
Eugene
Ray Hays
Governor Martin Seeks Roosevelt Help Over Pacific Strike
Olympia police explain Gadkin drew a pistol as leaving the station. Captain Hays and Officer Jennings fired when he refused to drop the weapon. Gadkin wounded in the left arm and under guard in Olympia hospital. Alaska Eagles plan petition drive for $40 monthly old age pension with committee leaders named. Governor Martin says he asked President Roosevelt to intervene in the coast maritime strike.
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Hays
Gadkin
John Jennings
Olympia
Ketchikan
Order of Eagles
Eagles
Associated Press
C. D. Martin
State of Washington
F. D. Roosevelt
Pacific Coast
Roosevelt urges liberal interpretation of Constitution
President Roosevelt addressed Congress urging an enlightened reading of the Constitution to align Congress and the courts with present needs. He defended the NRA goals, saying the statute is flawed but the problems remain, and democracy must assert itself against militarism.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
NRA
First Citizen Addresses Congress on Shipments to Spain
President Roosevelt urged quick action to halt munitions shipments from New York harbor aboard the Mar Can ta Brico as new economic ills declined recovery faces overproduction underproduction and speculation he outlined relief needs and housing farm issues during a dramatic White House moment with Mrs Roosevelt and James present.
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Spain
New York Harbor
Roosevelt
Rumor of Lloyd Kindler search disproved
A rumor claimed a search party for Lloyd Kindler had found him alive but badly frozen. The U S Commissioner’s office reports no information and believes the party is still searching. The rumor’s origin could not be determined and is considered entirely false.
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Lloyd Kindler
U.S. Commissioner’s Office
Five Aliens Escape Seattle Detention Station
Five aliens held at the Federal Immigration Detention Station in Seattle escaped by sawing through inch bars of a second floor window. They lowered themselves 50 feet to the ground with a blanket rope and fled toward railroad tracks seen by a night watchman. The group had used darkened soap to mask filing marks, and the bars were pried upward to open the window.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Federal Immigration Detention Station
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