Ransoms Paid in St Paul Kidnapping Case
Byron Bolton testified that 25 000 dollars of a 100 000 dollar ransom for William Hammer went to Thomas Brown former St Paul Police Chief and 10 000 to Peifer. Hackett suspended Brown after rumors of police involvement in kidnappings surfaced under Public Safety Commissioner Gus Barrus.
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John Peiefer
William Hammer
St. Paul
Thomas Brown
Peiefer
Clinton Hacket
Brown
Police Auto Theft
Hackett
Public Safety
Gus Barrus
Police Department
Sharp Fighting At RCA Plant In Camden N J
Militants clashed as non striking workers tried to leave the RCA factory in Camden New Jersey. Police overwhelmed several protesters but the riot continued for two hours after a Supreme Court Justice set bail at over a half million dollars for 101 detainees linked to the disorder.
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RCA Manufacturing Company
Supreme Court
Nine die as auto struck by locomotive near Dundee
A car carrying nine people bound for Pennsylvania was struck by an Ann Arbor Railroad passenger locomotive near Dundee Michigan. The impact hurled the vehicle into the Raisin River and dragged it seventy five feet to a trestle where it smashed into a girder and disappeared into the water.
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Associated Press
Dundee
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Ann Harbor
Raisin River
Soviet Fliers Schedule Nome Route From Los Angeles
Soviet aviators planned a pioneering flight from Los Angeles en route to Nome next week and then to fly along the polar rim. The mission marks a notable air link between the United States and Soviet Union through Arctic routes.
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Los Angeles
Nome
Polar Rim
Britain Plans to Safeguard King as Threats Rise
London July 17 the British government announced elaborate plans to protect King Edward eighth. Police guards and plainclothes officers will monitor the king to prevent a repeat of yesterday’s assassination attempt by Andrew Mahon a political crank. The monarch will not be consulted despite his status over a vast empire.
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Edward
Andrew Mahon
Riot arrests in Camden follow RCA strike disturbances
About 125 men and women were arrested in Camden New Jersey as riots erupted after RCA plant workers walked out. Strikers and sympathizers clashed with police and attacked workers, with several injured and hospitalized. Most detainees were Philadelphia sympathizers, stopped near the Delaware River bridge and brought to the police station.
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Associated Press
Camden
N. J
RCA Manufacturing Company
Fastire
Philadelphia
Delaware River Bridge
Save $2 by Paying in Advance for Subscription
A newspaper offer announces a reduced rate for readers who pay for a subscription ahead of time. The note highlights a two dollar savings and urges early payment to lock in the lower price.
Ten Thousand Mile Polar Flight Aims for Moscow Route
Los Angeles reports a proposed ten thousand mile air journey from the city to Moscow via San Francisco Seattle Juneau and Nome. Pioneer pilot Sigismund Levanevsky with a navigator plans a pontoon equipped monoplane to study polar aerological conditions and assess equipment needs for a future regular Moscow to San Francisco link. The earlier flight was halted near the North Pole due to engine trouble.
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Los Angeles
Soviet Union
United States
Sigismund A. Levanevsky
Moscow
San Francisco
Seattle
Thinnee Hira
Alaska
Wrangell Islands
Arctic Ocean
Siberia
Mightnevsky
Levintvaky
North Pole
Weather Today Se Alaska Patchy Clouds and Storm Off Japan
Weather summary notes cloudy threatening conditions over the Seward Peninsula and northern Alaska toward Barrow, fair conditions inland and southward to San Francisco, and a moderate storm off Japan's east coast. An arc of high pressure brings fair weather from Washington and Montana through western Canada into interior Alaska, dipping south.
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Alaska
Barrow
Interior
San Francisco
Japan
Washington
Montana
Canada
Heat Wave Continues Across Central Regions
Chicago reports a fifteen day heat wave causing drought costs reaching hundreds of millions of dollars. Forecaster J R Lloyd says temperatures stay high for three to four days with relief possible this weekend from cooling breezes and rain expected in Illinois Indiana northeastern Missouri and southeastern areas.
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Wisconsins
Winesota
North Dakota
J R Lloyd
South Dakota
Nebraska
Lloyd
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Southeastern
Nome Welcomes New Federated Church Pastor Widney
Rev. Vincent C. Widney becomes pastor of Nome Federated Church coming from Monroe Washington where he served eight years at Monroe Congregational Church. His background includes Loyalton California Baptist ministry and Pacific School of Religion training. He promotes interdenominational unity and urges Nome Protestants to unite for three years of social and personal advance.
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Federated Church
Nome
Monroe Congregational Church
Monroe
Wash
Community Baptist
Loyalton
Calif
Pacific School of Religion
Interdenominational Theological Seminary
Berkeley
Congregational Board
Widney
Nome Weather at Pacific Coast Report
Nome temperature and precipitation for 24 hours ending at noon today recorded highs of 53 degrees and a low of 47 with total rainfall of 0.08 inch. Pacific at Dutch Harbor also noted in the report.
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Pacific
Dutch Harbor
Decrees in Danzig Target Anti Nazi Activities
In Free City of Danzig deputies publish sweeping decrees attacking anti Nazi actions. The measures restrict assembly press and free speech, threaten property custody for up to three months, and ban editorial activity. Courts declare these rights unchallengeable while authorities enforce restrictions.
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Nivapapers
Parlinwen
Depurh
Rigal
Motorship Ten Days Overdue Arrives After Tampa Voyage
A motorship bound for Tampa from the West Indies, with 21 aboard, is ten days overdue. It departed Georgetown in July and was due July 8. Coast Guard planes and boats search for the vessel after provisions ran out for the journey.
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Tampa
the Associator’ Press
Figrda
Artdalost
West Indies
Georgetown
Grand Cayman
Coast Guard
Mormon Leader Heads Alaska Tour Aboard SS Aleutian
Heber J. Grant, leader of the Mormon Church, sails to Alaska on the SS Aleutian with his seven daughters. A party of 105 Beneficial Life Insurance Co. employees and families join as prizes in a tour for selling contests. Grant heads the company.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Heber J.grant
Alaska
Aleutian
The
Beneficial Life Insurance Co
Townsendites Do Rothine Gomer Smith's Criticism
The Townsend Board of Directors adjourned after an all night session with no center to visit on Gomer Smith as co president amid criticism of an alliance with Dr. Francis Townsend. Townsend walked out Friday night in protest. a statement later said no action will be taken until after the convention and Smith may remain on the board.
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Cleveland
Fil
Townsend
Dpsetors
Gomer Smith
Ite
Third Party
Francis E. Townsend
Pension Plan
South
Covention Ho
Brigham Young Counselor and Salt Lake City Mayor
Jedediah Crep served as a Brigham Young counsellor and became Salt Lake City’s first mayor. In 1918 Heber Grant Lu emerged as a leading hub of the Mormon Church.
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Jedediah Crep
Brigham Young
Salt Lake City
Heber Grant Lu
Mormon Church
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