Palmer federal worker attempts suicide after wife’s death
Alvan Pilkington, a federal employee, was held for the grand jury after trying to kill himself by leaping from Mata Nuska bridge into the ice filled river. Ray Fiske, a bus driver, helped revive him forty five minutes later. Zelda Pilkington, a schoolteacher, was found dead last October with a rifle wound. coroner’s jury verdict: death by own action.
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Associated Press
Palmer
Alaska
Joseph Kehoe
Alvan Pilkington
Kehoe
Pilkington
Matanuska
Ray Fiske
Zelda
Appointment announced for Alaska Regional Forester
The Forest Service announced on Saturday night the appointment of B Frank Heintzeman as Regional Forester for Alaska. He succeeds Charles H Flory, who has held the post since 1921 and will return to the states. Flory will be based at Portland, Oregon while Heintzleman will have headquarters in Juneau Alaska.
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B. Frank Heintzeman
Alaska
Forest Service
Charles H. Flory
Flory
States
Portland
Heintzleman
Juneau
Federal officials on trail kidnapper following death
Dr W W Mattson, father of kidnapped and slain Charles Mattson, says he paid every effort to secure his son's return. FBI authorized statement and says no ransom paid after three contacts. A vast manhunt spreads as agencies hunt the kidnapper who killed the boy and sought $28000. A Washington state reward of $5000 may be offered.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
W. W. Mattson
Charles Mattson
Stevn
Dr. Mattson
Sceva
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bureau
Mattson
Abandoned Car Report Prompted by State Patrolman
Everett report notes State Patrolman Ted Horn commenting on reports of a car being abandoned suddenly by an apparent occupant, details unclear due to fragmented text. The item appears to be a brief police or traffic note from an Everett news page.
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Everett, Wash
Ted Horn
Legislature Convenes as Absentees Delay Permanent Organization
The 13th Territorial Legislature meets with two senators and three representatives absent. Mrs. Timmerman is elected senate secretary, Bess Millard and Virginia Brown among stenographers. H. H. McCutcheon is temporary House speaker and Norman H. Walker leads the Senate. Adjournment goes to 2 pm Tuesday.
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Juneau
Adsit
Senate
Timmerman
Bess ,Millard
Virginia Brown
Randi Molver
Petersburg
Helen Janis
Fairbanks
A.B. Kane
Geraldine Bodding
Arthur Peterson
Alice Coughlin
Freida Romanoff
Margaret Rowan
H. H. McCutcheon
Anchorage
House
Norman H. Walker
Man
Ketchikan
Gladys Brewis
J. P. Hannon
Vella Moehring
French authorize visits in Spanish Morocco for German infiltration probe
Paris January 12 the French foreign office announced the insurgent Spanish administration in Spanish Morocco has authorized French officials to visit any part of the territory and conduct investigations deemed necessary into alleged German troop infiltrations.
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Associated Press
Paris
Spanish
Morocco
National Guard Mobilizes Over Auto Plant Riots in Michigan
National Guardsmen were called up in Flint Michigan after rioting fears at the Fisher Body plant No 2. Four GM plants may close leaving 114000 workers idle as Governor Murphy coordinates with city and county officials following a night of shootings and a sit down strike.
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National Guard
Michigan
Flint
National
Fisher Body Plant No. 2
General Motors
Murphy
Kidnapers Prison Thick Snatcher Is Insane
Francisco Jan Albert West alias Dr Ae Fortune held after release from Alcatraz on check theft charge. He claimed former kidnapers in government prison believe the Mattson boy snatcher is insane and that the gang think it is a fanatic nutwork by a few. Harmon Waley, Ta coma kidnapper of the Weyerhauser boy, was sentenced to forty five years.
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Ay Bey
Sere Ae
Francisco
Albert West
Ae Fortune
Alcatraz
Mattson
Plane Wrecked Ten aboard Western Air Express
Officials report the Western Air Express air transport with ten passengers aboard is overdue at Union Air Terminal after last contact at 11 05 A M from Newhall South Tehachapis. The aircraft, due at 10 45 A M, carried noted explorers and film figures Martin Johnson and wife. A ground crew heads toward the region following the missing flight and a related crash nearby is recalled from December 27.
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Western Air Express
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Union Air Terminal
Air Company
John Wood
Newhall
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