Hauptmann Appeal Heard by New Jersey Court
The New Jersey court of errors and appeals completed arguments in Bruno Hauptmann's appeal of his Lindbergh kidnapping and murder conviction. Justices will study the evidence over the summer. a decision is expected in the fall. The defense questioned evidence of an entry, while the state argued the burglary-murder theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruno Hauptmann
New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals
Hauptmann
New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Court of Errors and Appeals
David T. Wilentz
Joseph Lanigan
Lanigan
Pope
Frederick A. Pope
Lindbergh
Wilentz
Edward J. Reilly
Grant leads first LDS stake off American continent in Honolulu
President J. Grant of the Latter Day Saints arrives in Honolulu from Salt Lake City to establish the church's first stake outside the mainland. The stake will sit on Oahu with early conferences on boundaries and officers, final decision set for June 29 and 30 at the temple. Grant plans to sail to Hilo on June 30 to review church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heber J. Grant
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
San Francisco
Lurline
Hawaii
Honolulu
Latter Day Saints Church
Salt Lake City
Oahu
Grant
Hilo
Island of Hawaii
House Group Kills Holding Company Bill in Congress
President Roosevelt pledges to broaden his attack on public utility holding companies and all industries. A House sub committee rewrote the utilities bill to a weaker rule, leaving the Securities Commission to decide in the public interest. The full committee may back the substitute, a Senate victory for the president came by a slim margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Utilities Holding Company
Securities Commission
Rayburn
D., Tex
Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
Evidence shows business now in better shape than in 1934
New York June 20. Evidence of economic recovery in mid 1935 shows two of five major indices ahead of 1934 for the first half, two about even, one down. Automobile output reached 2,249,400 units vs 1,714,400 in 1934. electric power at 47.424 billion kWh vs 45.103 billion. cotton usage roughly balanced. freight car loadings near equal. steel lagging with 15.75 million tons vs 16.182 million.
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Rader Winget
Associated Press
New York
Standard Statistics Company
Standard
Associated Statistics
Senate Tightens Roosevelts Tax Plans Fight
Washington reports the senate finance committee refused to add Roosevelt wealth tax proposals when approving a house resolution extending 500 million dollars of nuisance and excise levies. The panel opted for a one year extension and resisted amendments, with LaFollette promising floor action while Harrison cautioned passage this session unlikely.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
House
Congress
Senate
LaFollette
P Wis
Harrison
Ways and Means Committee
Plane Crashes Auto Killing Three Near Griffith Park
An army two motor plane failed to take off and crashed into a parked auto mobile near Griffith Park National Guard Airport. Killed were Dan Krauss of Glendale his wife and their two year old daughter. Krauss died later. Lieutenant George D Campbell suffered serious injuries while Flying Cadet R R Walsh was slightly hurt. Lieut W W Panni survived unhurt. The cause remained undetermined though winds and motor failure were suspected.
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Los Angeles
Griffith Park National Guard
Dan Krauss
Glendale
Cal
Krauss
George D. Campbell
Brooks Field
San Antonio
Texas
R. R. Walsh
Brooksfield
W. W. Panni
San Diego
Butte Police Turn Over Ransom Cash in Mahan Case
On J P Weyerhaeuser's authority police handed to federal chief K D Deaderick fifteen thousand one hundred fifty five dollars in ransom currency found abandoned in an Utah licensed car after kidnap ringleader William Mahan fled ten days earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
J. P. Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
K. D. Deaderick
William Mahan
Roosevelt's New Tax Suggestions
President Roosevelt proposes sweeping tax changes to broaden wealth distribution. The plan includes an inheritance and gift tax on large legacies, higher taxes on very high individual net incomes above one million dollars, a graduated corporate tax from 10 to 16 percent replacing a flat 12 2 per cent, elimination of holding companies through taxation, and a constitutional amendment to tax new tax exempt government securities.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Early test on Wagner bill in courts seen
Washington June 20 The Wagner labor disputes bill creating a permanent national labor relations board faced a quick Supreme Court test after sweeping through the House. Lawmakers praised its goals while critics branded it unconstitutional. The measure would authorize a board with quasi judicial powers to protect workers rights to organize and bargain collectively, with five unfair labor practices defined and enforcement through board orders or court appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
House
Senate
William Gree
American Federation of Labor
NRA
Congress
Connery
D-Mass
Labor Committee
Lehrbach
Labor Board
Will Rogers Sums Up American Public Mood
In a San Diego World’s Fair appearance, Will Rogers quips that Americans flip from hero to goat and back not due to public figures but due to the public itself. He mocks national appetite for change and blames collective citizenry for political volatility.
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Santa Monica
Cal
San Diego
Mr. Hoover
Army of G men hold back big Tacoma crowd
Federal authorities moved to arraign Harmon M Waley and his wife on kidnapping conspiracy and extortion charges tied to the George Weyerhaeuser case. Federal agents, deputy marshals and siegelike security surrounded the Tacoma federal building as the couple were taken from Olympia for their arraignment.
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Army OF
Tacoma
Leland Hannum
Associated Press
Wash
Seige
Federal
Harmon M. Waley
George Weyerhaeuser
Olympia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
A. C. Chitty
H. O. Wilcox
Claude Clouts
Weyerhaeuser
Wilcox
Agaist
Waleys
William Mahan
Baseball Scores And Results From National League
Cincinnati took two games defeating Brooklyn 15 to 13 in the first doubleheader and winning 2 to 0 in the second. Pittsburgh beat New York 24 to 9 at the Polo Grounds while Philadelphia downed St. Louis 5 to 1. Chicago lost to Boston 9 to 7 with rain postponements and Detroit defeated New York 3 to 0. Cleveland edged Washington 5 to 9 in a 9 inning slate.
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Philadelphia
R. H. E. St. Louis
Philadelpia
J. Dean
Delancey
Davis
Wilson
Chicago
Boston
Wyoming Stock Growers reelect officers at annual convention
In Cody Wyoming officers of the Wyoming Stock Growers association led by President D R Whitaker of Cheyenne were reelected at the closing of the group's annual convention.
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Cody
Wyo
Wyoming Stock Growers’ Association
D. R. Whitaker
Cheyenne
Mitchell Accuses U S Commerce Dept Officials of Inefficiency
Attorney General Cummings ordered a full justice department probe into charges of graft and favoritism in commerce bureaus raised by Ewing Y. Mitchell, ousted assistant secretary of commerce. Mitchell testified before the Senate Commerce Committee about air travel and liner Morro Castle disasters, admitting no solid facts. The probe will proceed regardless of the committee’s investigation, with Joseph B. Kenan leading the inquiry and Mitchell given chances to amplify his charges.
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Washington
Cummings
Justice Department
Ewing Y. Mitchell
Ecommerce
Senate Commerce Committee
Mitchell
Committee
Air Commerce Bureau
Steamboat Inspection Service
Commerce Department
Senator Cutting
New Mexico
Morro Castle
Joseph B. Kenan
France Ready to Meet Nazi Navy Program
French officials indicated plans to strengthen the fleet in response to the German naval challenge. They argued the Washington Naval Treaty is obsolete and that Britain violated its spirit, signaling France would act to match German capabilities. LONDON reports noted Britain seeking to reassure France on naval ties and to pursue a Western European air pact.
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France
Robert Parker
Associated Press Foreign Staff
Warig
Germany
Great Britain
Chamber of Deputies
Naval Committee
Versailles
London
Anthony Eden
League of Nations
Stanley Baldwin
Utah Youth Must Answer Charges
Robert Rasmussen aged 23 of Murray faced district court on involuntary manslaughter charges after a preliminary hearing in Salt Lake City. Bail was set at 1000 dollars for the man charged in the deaths of Warren Pickle and Richard White while they repaired a flat tire south of the city on June 5. Idaho weather summary follows with fair, cooler southeast region tonight and warmer Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Robert Rasmussen
Murray
M. A. Bronson
Rasmussen
Warren Pickle
Richard White
Here
Idaho
IERA Demands Relief Workers Seek Idaho Harvest Jobs
Boise June 20 O K Hines comptroller of the Idaho emergency relief administration announced that all relief projects except emergency ones are closed to free labor in Ada Adams Canyon Gem Owyhee Payette and Washington counties. Emergency projects remain in Ada and other counties including cricket control garden work for elderly and disabled and some women’s tasks. The agency will cut off relief rolls for any able bodied man offered a job by the national re employment service who refuses it. The IERA credits farmer cooperation and urges relief workers to take field work to harvest Idaho crops. Continued on page Mbp
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Boise
O. K. Hines
Idaho Emergency Relief Administration
TERA
Ada
Adams
Canyon
Gem
Owyhee
Payette
Washington
IERA
Bonneville
Cuure
Idaho
National Re-Employment Service
Framera
Padi
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A. P
Marsha Hunt
New York Dramatic School
Hollywood
Edward D. O’brien
Washington State
Margaret Waley
Irma Harmon
Hopedale
Ohio
Samuel Williams
Clark Gable
Ahab
President Grant
House Group
Hoding Company
BILL
Bourbon
Green
Will Rogers
R. H. E. Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Freitas
Derringer
Lombardi
Zachary
Leonard
Babich
Lopez
Johnson and Erickson
Mungo
Lopes
Pittsburgh
Bush
Grace
Padden
Parmelee
Smith and Mancuso
Detroit
Allen and Dickey
Jorgens
Sullivan
Cochrane
Cleveland
R. B
Whitehill
Harder
Phillips
R. H. E. Philade
Blaeholder
Benton
Wilshere
Berry
Richards
Whitehead
Grube
St. Louis
Preston L. Grover
Kenan
Utah
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