Mrs Dunkel admits hiring killers in Lang murder case
Mrs Blanche Dunkel confessed connections to the slaying of 29 year old Ervin Lang found dead in a swamp near Hammond Indiana. Police say the motive tied to revenge for Lang's wife and the victim was drugged at Dunkel's apartment. Russian officers seek the actual killers in the Chinese district.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Blanche Dunkel
Ervin Lang
Lang
Hammond Indiana
Exchange Bill Of Lands With Nome Passed Congress
The House unanimously passed a bill to authorize a land exchange between the federal government and the City of Nome to straighten and widen streets following last September’s Nome fire. The chamber also approved Anchorage bonds up to seventy five thousand dollars for a municipal building and telephone exchange.
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Nome
Congress
Alaska
Associated Press
Washington
House
Dimond
Senate
Anchorage
Stratosphere Bag Explodes Before National Geographic Flight
In Rapid City an unexplained bag collapse halted the National Geographic U S Army Air Corps stratosphere balloon prior to a 4 AM takeoff. Five men escaped via the gondola, guards moved to safety, and 375000 cubic feet of helium escaped. Officials cited no definite cause and the expedition cost 175000 dollars.
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Rapid City
National Geographics
U. S. Army Air Corps
Albert Stevens
National Geographic
Heat Wave Sees 35 Deaths Across Eight Midwest States
Heat continues across the midwest with 114 degree readings in Phillisburg Kansas. Officials report thirty five fatalities tied to the heat wave as seaboard regions stay cooler and aviation records note long westward flights amid headwinds.
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Kansas
Associated Press
Middle West
Midwest
Atlantic
Pacific
Phillisburg
Laura Ingalls Sets East West Flight Record
Laura Ingalls landed at the airport in Burbank at 7 51 p m after a nonstop flight from New York becoming the first woman to complete the transcontinental East West flight.
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Laura Ingalls
Associated Press
Burbank
New York
Mrs Waley Defends Self in Weyer Haueuser Kidnap Trial
In Tacoma on July 12 the defense witness Mrs Waley testified that William Dainard, alias Mahan, now a fugitive, threatened to kill her husband and the boy if she questioned him or hinted she knew the plot.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Weyerhaeuser
Waley
William Dainard
Mahan
Apprehensive threats and court actions in Spokane and Washington
The text notes threats with two pistols linked to Dain and a rent of a Spokane hideout. Judge Cushman denied John F Dore's motion for a directed verdict. Mrs Waley testified and was cross examined as the session recessed after her direct evidence. Washington reports describe fear of Roosevelt's tax plan and a pushback by the U S Chamber of Commerce amid calls for wealth redistribution and potential delays in Congress. A pocket watch loss near an airport is mentioned with a $5 reward.
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Dain
E E Cushman
Spokane
John F Dore
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Somdem
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Hamilton
Nors
Jack Stewart
Pacific Air
Aska Airways
Congress
Van Who Got Dillinger Resigns from Justice Dept
Ace man hunter of justice resigns after three years in the department. The officer known for tracking Dillinger departs to pursue other work.
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van Who
Dillinger
Rom Dept
Ace Man-Hunter
Justicement
Dillinger Hunt Leader Pure Resigns from DOJ Chicago Office
Mélvin Pure, head of the Chicago bureau of the Bureau of Investigation, announced his resignation from the Department of Justice after leading the Dillinger pursuit. Purvis, chief of the Chicago Bureau for three years, credited with capturing most fugitives in Chicago, remains in Chicago at 81.
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Chicago
Mélvin Pureis
Department of Peter
Bureau of Investigation
Dill
Inger
Department of Justice
Purell
Dillinger
Purvis
Chicago Buredi
Hie
Wil
Extortion Writer Nabbed by Federals in New York
Alfred Otto Wagner 38 of Brooklyn is arrested in New York on extortion charges for writing notes demanding 465000 from relatives of seven kidnapping cases including the Weyerhaeuser matter. Hoover says Wagner was trapped collecting money and has a Sing Sing parole record from May 1934.
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Atlantic City
N. J
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
New York
Alfred Otto Wagner
Brooklyn
Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Hoover
Wagner
Sing Sing
Nome Bank Qualifies for Insured Home Loans Under Title 2
John E. Pegues, Territorial Director, reports Miners and Merchants Bank of Alaska in Nome has qualified under Title 2 to make insured loans for residential construction of one to four family houses. June 24 changes simplify procedures, cap interest and mortgage insurance costs, require a single standard form, and limit insured mortgages to small dwellings with up to 25 percent business use.
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John EB. Pegues
Alaska
Juneau
Washneton
D.C
Miners and Merchants Bank of Alaska
Nome
National Housing Act
John E. Pe
Pegues
Fedral Housing Administration
Bank Potter Lending Institution
Housing Administration
Federal Housing Administration
Mr Pegues
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