Pretty Boy Floyd frees sheriff and elderly couple
Bolivar Missouri dispatch reports that Sheriff Killingsworth and an aged couple were released after hours as hostages by Charles Pretty Boy Floyd and Adam Richetti. Floyd demanded officers follow instructions before releasing them and fled toward Clinton.
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Retty Boy’ Floyd
Bolivar
Jack Killings
Charles
Pretty Boy
Killingsworth
Pretty Boy) Floyd
Adam Richetti
Richetti
Oklahoma
Release details emerge after long car ride and silence
Killingsworth described driving more than 470 miles on back roads after his release. He said he had no food all day and went to a restaurant, but refused to name the man and woman released with him, saying silence was part of his bargain with Floyd.
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Killingsworth
Silence
Floyd
Auditor Reports May Fund Balances Across County Agencies
Auditor J. Clyde Edmundson releases May cash status showing total fund balance of $230,332.05 with overdrafts concentrated in trust and gas funds. Overdrafts include $200,755.32 in trust funds and $28,665.89 in county fund, while broad receipts and disbursements across numerous funds adjust balances through May.
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J. Clyde Edmundson
W. Relief
County Board of Education
Cigaret Stamp
County
4-H Clubs Report from Athens and Surrounding Areas
Athens 4-H meets at Delores Davis home with 15 members and 1 guest. Miss Adrian Weiss joins. Canaanville Busy Bee elects Marieta Darnell president and others. next meeting June 23. Eagles 4-H reorganizes under Ray Starlin with members in sheep and poultry projects. Broadwell 4-H selects Nadine Brawley as recreation leader. meeting June 22. Albany hosts a wiener roast for 25 members. Holliday Stitchers organize under Miss Norma Young. 13 members. Amesville 4-H Sewing Club adds 3 members. demonstrations by teams. next at Janette Crammer’s home June 28. Trimble Senior 4-H meets at Margaret Schoeman’s June 14. next June 21. K. O. Boys 4-H discuss constitution. four visitors. Mechanicsburg Cookies form name. next meeting June 21. Langsville 4-H draws 26 members at Ruth Pickens’ home.
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Athens
S. C
Delores Davis
Woodward Avenue
William Finsterwald
Adrian Weiss
Eileen Palmer
Clark Street
Eagles
Broadwell
Nadine Brawley
Trene White
America
Myrtle Parsons
Nada Holdcraft
Amesville
Vivian Taylor
Janette Crammer
Helen Thomas
Mary Ellen Heston
Elizabeth Ann Kuhns
Vivian
Frances Ruth Taylor
Nelsonville
Will Heston
Trimble
Margaret Schoeman
Nora Hall
Thelma Koons
Lucy Bescoe
Mark Hamilton
Winifred Joseph
Martha Anne Hickman
Lucy McCune
Nelva Easler
Faye Walton
Dorothy Rainey
Bertha Jean Chadwell
Helen Miner
Local club officers elected and plans for July arts demos
The group named Ruth McBride as president, Doris Bond as vice president, Josephine Findling as secretary-treasurer, Myrtle Kincade Virginia Chapman and Inez Brafford as recreation leaders, Edyth Sheets as news reporter, and Olive Westfall as Leader. The next meeting on June 14 set plans for Miss Harriett Jacoby a Ohio University graduate to present several fine arts demonstrations on July 5.
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Ruth McBride
Doris Bond
Josephine Findling
Myrtle Kincade
Virginia Chapman
Inez Brafford
Edyth Sheets
Olive Westfall
Mother is released on bond after arson charge
Mrs. Eugene W. Barr, 35, of Cincinnati, was released on $500 bond in municipal court after being arrested on an arson charge tied to a Covington, Louisiana house fire. Barr denied the charge stating the Covington home burned during a party she owned. her husband is identified as a river engineer.
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Cincinnati
Eugene W. Barr
Covington
Shade 4-H Club Attends Athens Baseball Game
The Lodi Boys 4-H Club met Monday evening at Shade then traveled Thursday to Athens for a baseball game against a team made up of Athens State Hospital employees.
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Shade
Lodi Boys 4-H
Athens
Athens State Hospital
Opa Bradford 5 Dies From Toy Stove Burns
Lima report says Opa Bradford daughter of Mr and Mrs David Bradford died Friday from burns after lighting a fire in a toy stove.
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Lima
Opa Bradford
David Bradford
Coolville 4-H Toppers Sewing Club Meeting Report
Coolville 4-H Toppers Sewing Club met June 1 to discuss project progress and upcoming demonstrations. Members shared sewing tips and planned future gatherings, with leaders coordinating materials and schedules.
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Coolville
Toppers” Sewing Club of
Farm Relief Program Aims Real Money For Farmers
United Press Washington June 17 The Roosevelt administration acts to boost farmer income via tax funded relief measures. A 30 cent per bushel wheat tax will fund payments to wheat growers under a three year production control plan. Cotton relief follows similar tax aims despite opposition. Wisconsin tests a 35 million loan refinance plan to avoid foreclosures with reduced principal and lower interest. Wallace schedules dairy talks for June 26 as part of a broad effort to restore prewar income levels and reduce surpluses through production cuts and exports.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Wisconsin
Britain Seeks Wheat Production Restrictions at World Conference
The British delegation to the World Economic Conference plans an early drive to restrict basic commodity output, with wheat likely the first target. Authorities say restricting production is the main method to raise commodity prices, a priority of the British government.
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London
Tish
World Economic Conference
United Press
Goa
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