Mother of Slain Girl Is Witness
The mother of Jean Moorhead testified that there was no affection between Jean and her killer Charles Wilson in Mansfield. Prosecutor Marriott called the killing the most notorious county murder as closing arguments began after Mrs Moorhead’s testimony. Wilson described how the shooting occurred after he found Jean with Haskell Smith in a car outside her home last April.
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Mansfield
Jean Moorhead
Charles Wilson
Ralph Moorhead
E. J. Wilson
Marriott
Wilson
Ada Wilson
Jean
Robert Moorhead
Miss Moorhead
Smith
Kirwan Faces Corrupt Practices Charge Hearing Set
Michael J. Kirwan Democratic candidate for Congress from the Nineteenth District awaited a Saturday hearing after arrest on a warrant by P. M. Moore charging violation of the Corrupt Practices Act. H. L. Gardner a Warren Republican candidate and three Townsend organization officers were named in similar warrants sworn by Moore. Details of charges could not be learned.
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Youngstown
Michael J. Kirwan
Congress
P. M. Moore
H. L. Gardner
Warren
Townsend Organization
Moore
Heavy Rain Ends Dust Storm After Five-Year Worst
Heavy rain soaked fields replacing drifting dust clouds across Western Kansas Oklahoma and Texas. The rainfall Thursday afternoon and night totaled about 2.5 to 3 inches in Hugo ton region, described as the heaviest in five years.
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Hugoton
Res
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Zeppelin Hin denburg heads for America on record pace
Hin denburg zeppelin giant of the air in mid Atlantic on first America voyage with Dr Hugo Eckener and Capt Ernest Lehmann. It is reported averaging about 80 miles an hour and due to reach America early Saturday morning.
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Hindenburg
Germany
Zeppelin
Hindenburg Aims to Reach Lakehurst Saturday Morning
On the Hindenburg crossing from Friedrichshafen to America officers expect arrival at Lakehurst New Jersey at 7 am Saturday, after a 63 hour 12 minute voyage. The ship averages over 80 mph as passengers enjoy clear seas and an ice berg sighting. Dr Eckener says France withholds flight over its territory.
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America
Hindenburg
Lakehurst
N. J
Friedrichshafen
Grand Banks
Newfoundland
Greenwich
E.S.T
Paul Schulte
Eckener
Normandie
Mine Contract Proposal Wins Approval in Anthracite Sector
The United Mine Workers declare a two year contract for about 50 000 miners after 11 weeks of talks. The plan offers a five day 34 hour week from May 1 next year with no pay reduction, aiming to cut unemployment in Pennsylvania communities.
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New York
United Mine Workers’ Union
Joint Conference of
Pennsylvania
Mrs Adam Niggemeyer Dies After Illness in Athens
Mrs. Adam Niggemeyer aged 62 died at her White Hall Albany Road home Thursday night after a three year illness. She leaves her husband John and a son, plus a sister Miss Anna Walsh. She lived in Athens County most of her life and helped run the White Hall Service Station. Funeral at St Pauls Catholic Church Monday May 11 at 9 with burial at Mt Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call after 8 this evening.
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Adam Niggemeyer
White Hall
Albany Road
Rope Tragedy Claims Life of 9-Year-Old Boy
A rope on a swing twisted around the neck of Bi iette Lowney as he played at dusk in a barn on his home near Mackeburg, causing his death.
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Roy
Caldwell
Bi Iette Lowney
Nis
Mackeburg
Youths Questioned by Police in Bank Shooting
State police in Oneida New York questioned two youths identified as Harry Stevens 18 from Mattydale and Charles Waterbury 30 from Fudd NY about the holdup and shooting of Charlies M Salisbury president of the Lacona National Bank Thursday.
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Oneida
N. Y
Harry Stevens
Mattydale
Charles Waterbury
Fudd
Charlies M. Salisbury
Lacona
National News Roundup on Page Four
Additional wire reports give last minute updates on political developments government clean up efforts against crime and a new aircraft mechanical pilot feature.
Landon Rules Out Pink Tea Campaign If He Runs
Governor Alf Landon signaled a hard campaign if nominated by Republicans, denouncing government programs and calling for renewed state by state decisions on the liquor issue. He urged confidence in the national economy and attacked New Deal policies as wasteful and incompetent.
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Landon
Nore
Topeka
Kas
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
H. V. Kaltenborn
Kaltenborn
Harvard Lampoon Fliers Behind Court Flag Hoisting Incident
Harvard student Leonard Farmer admitted sending a fake candy bomb to Governor Curley as a prank. Woods McCahill of The Harvard Lampoon said editors were responsible for the flag hoisting and were returning to Cambridge, calling the act a spirit of fun.
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Harvard
U. S. Court
Washington
Supreme Court
Cambridge
Mass
James M. Cnurley
Massachusetts
Leonard Farmer
Curley
Woods McCahill
Harvard Lampoon
McCahill
Harar Falls to Italian Forces as Selassie Flees to Palestine
Emperor Haile Selassie reached exile in Palestine as Harar was reported captured and in flames. A British warship ferried the king to Haifa for a reception while he traveled by train toward Jerusalem. Has Seyoum reportedly submitted with delays before Addis Ababa’s fall.
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Associated Press
Haile Selassie
Palestine
Harar
Haifa
Jerusalem
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
League of Nations
Italy
League
Has Seyoum
May Irhe Appointment of Methodist Bishops
The standing committee on Episcopacy of the Methodist Episcopal Church prepared its report for the General Conference and may recommend filling at least three of seven bishop vacancies. The Federation of Social Service report appeared, upholding unofficial groups using the word Methodist while denouncing attempts to speak for the church itself.
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Columbus
Methodist Episcopal Church
General Conference
Board of Bishops
Methodist Federation of Social Service
Methodist
Death of river body linked to kidnap cases and bridge mystery
A man identified as Ben Martin of Charleston West Virginia died by his own action after leaping from the Silver Bridge into the Ohio River near Gallipolis. A $24 funeral fund note was found on the drowned man and authorities used boats with grappling hooks to recover the body. The incident follows the arrest waves in the Kidnapping cases involving the G men and the Barker gang.
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Gallipolis
Ben Martin
Charleston
W. Va
Silver Bridge
Point Pleasant
Ohio
Vernon Matthewson
Luther Lee
Kananga
Gallipolia
Pt. Pleasant
James’ Past Investigated In Twists Of Noted Cases
Los Angeles police and district attorney officials probed the matrimonial history of Robert S James 38 years old alleged to have drowned his fifth wife after she survived a rattlesnake ordeal. Deputy Eugene Williams cites peculiar circumstances in a predeath car crash that injured James’ third wife in Colorado four years ago. A separate reevaluation linked James’ nephew Cornelius Wright’s auto death to a broader insurance plot involving former sailor Charles H Hope.
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Los Angeles
Robert S James
Bharher
Eugene Williams
James
Colorado
Cornelius Wright
Charles H. Hope
Showman Pleads for Tax Cut to Profit on Broadway
Broadway show producer Max Gordon told the Senate Finance Committee that high taxes leave a successful show with little net profit. He urged a reduction in taxes to enable producers to finance new productions.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Max Gordon
Gordon
Federals Seek Aides Of Karpis Gangsters
Federal agents pressed questions in St Paul seeking the names of Karpis Barker gang aides including politicians. They questioned Harry Campbell after his Thursday seizure in Toledo following a five day probe of Alvin Karpis. Government officials declined comment but a Minneapolis paper said Karpis supplied the clue that led to Campbell's arrest.
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Harry Campbell
Karpis-Barker
Campbell
Federal Building
St. Paul
Minn
Toledo
William Mahan
Weyerhaeuser
California
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Berry V. Stoll
Louisville
Alvin Karpis
Minneapolis
Karpis
Hopes And Heat At County Track Meet At Ohio University
Eleven schools competed in the Athene County Track and Field Meet at the Ohio University Stadium on a ninety degree day. Crowds praised rivalries among Waterloo Rome Shade and others with fans, boosters and volunteers present supporting teams and athletes across a lively, sunlit sports atmosphere.
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Ohio University Stadium
Athene County
Athens County
L. Stadium
Waterloo Boosters
Rome Rooters
Jacksonville-Trim
Run
Rome
Waterloo
Armes-Bern
Troy
Hollister
Shade
Albany
EK. Moore
R. Wagner
Roosevelt seeks industry input to boost rail equipment and housing
President Roosevelt asked industrial leaders for ideas to expand rail equipment and housing capacity. He said railroads, burdened by capital charges, struggle to buy equipment. He urged mass production in housing akin to the auto industry to provide for low income groups.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Two Slain in Kentucky Baby Custody Gun Battle
In Christian County near Mannington Kentucky a gun fight over a missing child left Jim Lewis dead after beating Isaac Cotton. Melvin Cotton was killed and Clyde Cotton wounded when Lewis shot him. The elder Cotton then wrested the weapon and killed Lewis with it. Sheriff R D Crafton reports the incident followed the death of Jeane Cotton's stepdaughter two weeks earlier.
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Madisonville
Christian County
Mannington
Jim Lewis
Isaac Cotton
Bean Co
Cotton
Melvin
Lewis
Clyde
R. D. Crafton
Hopkins County
Rafton
Jeane Cotton
Students Win Campus Strike at Washington State College
Students at Washington State College halted attendance to push for reforms after a student strike. A faculty committee met and granted most demands from 3000 students, easing conduct rules, extending dances to 1 am, social mixers to 7 30 pm, and removing compulsory class attendance.
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Pullman
Waeh.Jy
Washington State College
Becaus
Ships collide in thick fog sink one in English Channel
Three damaged ships reached port after two collisions in heavy fog over the English Channel. One vessel sank and its crew of 26 were rescued. The incidents occurred Thursday night as visibility dropped, prompting patrols and inquiries.
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London
English Channel
Plane collision kills three in Poland near Pozena
Three Polish military planes collided near Pozena, killing two airmen and seriously wounding one. Authorities investigated the cause as rescue teams worked at the crash site.
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Warsaw
Poland
Pozena
Trial set for William Mehan in Weyerhaeuser kidnapping
In Tacoma Washington on May 24 1955 William Mehan 33 a former convict faces immediate trial for the 200000 abduction of nine year old George Weyerhaeuser. Mehan returned to the scene after capture in San Francisco and is jailed near the area where the crime occurred. Weyerhaeuser was briefly seen at a public school following his disappearance.
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Tacoma
Wash
William Mahan
George Weyerhaeuser
San Francisco
Mehan
Young
Weyerhaeuser
Mahan
George
Negro Wins National High School Dramatic Oratory Title
Oklahoma City report says Caleb Peterson of Peekskill New York captured the national high school dramatic declamation title at the national forensics tournament. The Negro boy entered drama on a whim and defeated five white opponents with his sketch from Emperor Jones.
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Oklahoma City
Caleb Peterson
Peekskill
N. Y
Emperor Jones
Headless Body of Girl Found in Ohio River
The headless body of a young woman was recovered from the Ohio River eighteen miles east of Portsmouth. Coroner R M Gault suggested homicide. Three knife wounds remained in the neck area. The initials BR HH on a belt buckle served as a clue to identity, and the attire suggested she may have been a dancer.
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Portsmouth
Ohio River
Here
R. M. Gault
Ecacft
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