Kidnapping Suspects Pursued Across West in George Weyerhaeuser Case
Federal and local officers, aided by deputized citizens, sweep the West for suspects in nine year old George Weyerhaeuser's kidnapping. Authorities close in on William Mahan, Harmon Waley and companions, tracing ransom payments and a Spokane hide-out as the boy is returned briefly to safety.
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Salt Lake City
George Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Wash
Mont
Washington
William Mahan
Needles
Calif
California
Butte
Mahan
Dillon
Harmon M. Waley
Waleys
Spokane
Fertoval
Little George
George
W Sh
Department of Justice
J. P. Weyerhaeuser
Treatment Discovered for Infantile Paralysis
New Orleans June 11 Dr J T Stulb head of contagious diseases at Charity Hospital explained a simple treatment for infantile paralysis involving injections of whole blood from a healthy person into patients hips. He said the antibodies in the blood destroy the organisms and that since 1932 he had used the method on 15 patients aged two to adults.
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New Orleans
J. T. Stulb
Charity Hospital
Stulb
Orleans Parish Medical Society
Dr. Stulb
Negro superstition nearly upsets murder trial in Atlanta
In Atlanta on June 11 the murder trial of a negro woman faced a disruption as witnesses balked at the courtroom door claiming the defendant's mother had sprinkled conjure powder to threaten them. Judge Hugh M. Dorsey investigated and warned the mother with contempt of court if threats or powder continued. The trial resumed with assurances of safety for witnesses.
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Atlanta
Hugh M. Dorsey
Government Offensive Against Soil Erosion In Iowa Missouri
In a 250000 acre effort spanning Missouri and Iowa federal experts at a monthly cost of 50000 dollars tackle soil erosion. 1169 farmers signed five year cooperatives gaining labor equipment seed and materials from the program as thousands of workers reshape fields with contours terraces and diverse crops.
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Bethany
Missouri
Iowa
Big Creek
Kellerton
West Tarkio
Tarkio
Red Oak
Soil Conservation
CCG
Highway Board to Let Contracts on More Projects
Atlanta Georgia June 11 The state highway board will let contracts on about 500000 dollars of federal and state aid bridge and road construction projects on June 28 Commissioner Max L McRae announced. He said projects for the letting were approved earlier by the federal bureau of public roads. No date is set for contracts on 1500000 dollars of projects not yet approved by the bureau.
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Atlanta
State Highway Board
Max. L.mcrae
McRae
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Bureau
Forgery Reported in Work-Relief Checks in Georgia
Atlanta June 11 report forgery of relief work checks has prompted consideration of a new work project by relief administration. Seven forged checks have been turned to secret service for investigation and three arrests have been made in Georgia. A proposed safeguard suggests idle photographers take pictures of all relief workers receiving checks to verify identities at cashing. Most forgeries involved checks stolen from mailboxes.
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Atlanta
Relief Administration
Secret Service
Georgia
Man who had son nail him to cross vows religious work
High Point North Carolina June 11 P R J Riggs a 36 year old filling station operator said he would devote the rest of his life to religious work after ten days ago his 15 year old son Daniel nailed him to a cross Riggs added he has given thirty six years to the devil and has bought a Bible to begin his ministry.
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High Point
N. C
P— R. J Riggs
Daniel
Four Children Presented as Recovered by Doctors
A man presented four children to the doctors noting two were cured and the other two nearing full recovery and ready for dismissal.
Graduating Class Receives Certificates at McIntyre Park
At McIntyre Park High School auditorium the Junior High graduates receive completion certificates in a brief ceremony attended by Board of Education members, Supt. Broughton, and Principal Mahler. E R Jerger delivers the certificates. Rev. Robb White offers the invocation.
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McIntyre Park High School
Board of Education
Supt. Broughton
Mahler
E. R. Jerger
Orchestrau
Robb White
Rupert Louis Allen
James Hamilton Alred
Tom B. Andrews
Bert Ausley
Edgar Dunn Blanton
James Owen Baxley, Jr
Curtis Fernando Blow
Richard M. Bracey
David Langley Brandon
Dan M. Briley
Allan Cates
Hansell Patrick Chastain
Daniel Murdock Cheshire
Tim Barnard Chisholm
Frederick Pate Clements
Lavon Cooke
Julian Pryor Craigmiles
Melvin Darby
Jasper C. Davis, Jr
Frank Leslie Gibson, Jr
Lyman Beverly Goodwin
Walter Harris Hancock
Henry Heisler
William C. Henderson
Walker Pratt Ell, Jr
Hilton Jackson Horton
John Anderson Jarrell
Rembert L. Jarrell
Robert L. Jackson
Harris Buckner Jones
David Joye
Homer Kirkland
Warren Harding McMurray
Jack Montgomery
Charlton L. Moore
Henry McIntosh Moore
Parole Board to Hear Lea Pardon Petition
Edwin M. Gill, North Carolina parole commissioner, will hold a public hearing tomorrow on Col. Luke Lea's petition for a pardon. Lea, a former Tennessee senator, is serving six to ten years for alleged banking law violations.
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Lea
Raleigh
N. C
Edwin M. Gill
North Carolina
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Georgia Tobacco Growers Meet at Tifton Tuesday
Georgia tobacco growers will gather in Tifton June 18 to discuss production control and marketing. J. B. Hutson, chief of the tobacco section of the Agriculture Adjustment Administration, will headline the annual meeting at the Coastal Plain Experiment Station and outline plans to continue the program.
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Tifton
Georgia Tobacco Growers
J. B. Hutson
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Coastal Plain Experiment Station
Hutson
Georgia Shriners Parade With The Little White House Scene
Washington, June 11. A huge painting of The Little White House at Warm Springs, Georgia, was carried along Pennsylvania Avenue by Atlanta’s Yaarab Temple in a Shrine parade to cheers. Roosevelt, a Cyprus Temple member in Albany, New York, is recalled by Yaarab for Georgia’s claim on him due to his partial Georgia residence. Yaarab sent all uniformed divisions to the imperial council for the first time since 1928, led by Potentate Hirem R. Romans and featuring the temple’s band and oriental chanters.
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Washington
Little White House
Warm Springs
Pennsylvania Avenue
Atlanta
Yaarab
Roosevelt
Cyprus Temple
Albany
N. Y
Georgia
Imperial Council
Imperial Council Session. Potentate
Hirem R. Romans
Fire damages hold of freighter Yorkmar in Philadelphia
Fire swept the hold of the S. S. Yorkmar, a Calmar Steamship freighter, with flames reported in two spots. The blaze damaged flour sugar and lumber as investigators probe possible incendiarism. Vessel had been in Baltimore and Wilmington en route from southern ports and was tied up early yesterday.
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Philadelphia
Calmar Steamship Corporation
Baltimore
Wilmington
Pests and Weather Shrink California Fruit Crop Prospects
Washington reports by the agricultural department forecast a short California fruit crop this year due to pests and bad weather. Valencia oranges expected near average, California pears hit by scab and spring rains, peach losses, and wet May hinder spraying. Good Washington Oregon pear outlook. Oregon apples in Hood River and Willamette Valley spotted. California grapefruit production up.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
California
Department
Dec
Arizona
Oregon
Hood River
Willamette
Radio urged to clean its house of bad advertising
The FCC special board led by J. J. Adams urged the radio industry to remove misleading ads echoing a newspaper push for cleaner advertising. The report notes industry scrutiny parallels steps taken by newspapers.
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Chicago
J. J. Adams
Special Board of Investigation
Federal Trade Commission
Visitors and residents mingle in Thomasville news
Miss Cora Anthony sails to Atlanta for summer with her sister. Numerous business visitors pass through Thomasville including A R Hilton Dunnalion Fic and C B Porter Atlanta. Mrs Stella Arnold Chicago national Kappa Gamma aids Tallahassee chapter planning.
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Cora Anthony
Atlanta
Stella Arnold
Chicago
Kappa Gramma
Thomasville
Louise Apple
Carolyn Hightower
Roy A. Hill Hag
Highlands
Hazen Butler
A. D. Little
Anne Little
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