Federal Agents Press Kidnap Case as Hunt Continues
Federal agents distribute ransom bill pamphlets in Tacoma as the search widens for the Edward Weyherhaeuser kidnapping. Officials deny Seattle Post-Intelligencer claims of a ransom paid near Elma, while the stolen car remains unlocated after a cross state chase.
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Tacoma
Department of Justice
George Weyerhaeuser
Federals
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Elma
Washington
F. Rodman Titcomb
Northwest
Oregon
Edward Hickman
Marion Parker
Los Angeles
State Patrol
Weyerhaeusers
Ann
Philip
Elizabeth
George
Titcomb
John Bonomi
P. I
Seattle
Amendment fight sharpens with two leaders at issue
The debate over changing the constitution deepens as Senator Norris backs an amendment limiting judicial power while Senator Borah argues the current constitution already grants enough federal authority to meet emergencies. The administration may press the issue as the Northland Cutter is due to arrive June 4th, with campaign travel by the Roosevelts.
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Associated Press
Washington
F. D. Roosevelt
NRA
Hans Mirow
Mirow
Borah
Northland
Tomar
Roosevelt
Navigation Opens on Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers
Anchorage reports the opening of navigation as the Steamship Tapper reaches Bethel from Seattle with the first cargo for river points. Nenana to be the first up the Kuskokwim, leaving for Marshal, Ruby, and lower Yukon points. Paddy McDonald dies in a Denali Mine cave‑in. his brother William rescues him but is badly hurt. Roy Kinsley, son of Alaska Railroad officer, departs for West Point via Seattle after studies at the University of Alaska.
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Bethel
Associated Press
Anchorage
Yukon
Kuskokwim
Seattle
Nenana
Marshal
Ruby
Yukon River
Paddy McDonald
Denali
Valdez Creek
William
Roy Kinsley
W. L. Kinsley
Alaska
Here
Seatte
West Point Military Academy
The
University of Alaska
Reckless Driving Law Passed by 1935 Legislature
The Nugget reports on Senate Bill 12 enacted in 1935 addressing motor vehicle operation by intoxicated or reckless drivers. It set penalties for reckless driving up to 500 dollars or six months, and for DUI offenses up to five years, with successive offenses increasing fines and jail terms. The article notes publication of the law and includes continued text on related sentencing provisions.
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Senate
Juneau
Babe Ruth Leaves Baseball Amid Dispute With Braves
Boston June 3 Babe Ruth is released by the Boston Braves after a public clash with club president Emil Puch who calls Ruth embecile Ruth says he will never play for the Cubs while Puch stays and cites a leg injury as the reason for missing Monday Ruth ends a 21 year run in baseball as he steps away for an uncertain period.
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Boston
Babe Ruth
Boston Braves
Emil Puch
Ruth
Fuch
Cubs
Puch
Associated Press
Double
Braves
Fitch
New York
Normandie
Mondi
Hoover warns on liberty amid political bureaucracy
Herbert Hoover spoke in Des Moines warning graduates at Drake University of a looming political bureaucracy. He urged vigilance against proposals that curb the right to work and produce and questioned government limits on liberty and opportunity.
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H. Hoover
Liberty
Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
Drake University
Federals Arrest Volney Davis After Shooting Bout
Volney Davis a convicted murderer and alleged Bremer kidnapper was brought to the Twin Cities by airplane under heavy guard. In Washington Hoover said his arrest refuted reports of a Tacoma sighting, following a shooting affray the federals did not explain.
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Volney Davis
ST. Paul
Edward Bremer
Twin Cities
Washington
D. C
Hoover
Department of Justice Bureau of Investigation
Davis
Tacoma
Federals
Conferences to Avert Oil Tanker Settlement Crisis
In San Francisco on June 3 Patrick Donohue Federal Labor Relations Board conciliator will lead a series of conferences to avert a possible collapse of oil tanker settlement talks. Maritime Federation officials say no coast strike steps will occur while mediation continues.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Patrick Donohue
Federal Labor Relations Board
Maritime Federation
Threat Of Floods Worries Nebraska Rivers on Run
In Oxford Nebraska on June 3 flood fears rise as the Republican River surges into Kansas causing heavy destruction and displacing thousands. Platte River levels threaten the feared junction with potential damages estimated at twelve million dollars across two hundred miles.
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Nebraska
Platte Rivers
Associated Press
Oxford
Kansas
Platte
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