Charlottesville dentist sentenced in chloroform slaying case
Dr. R G Miller, 63, was given 16 years after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the March 2 chloroform slaying of Cleo Sprouse, an 18 year old Charlottesville High School student, whose body was found on the University of Virginia campus. The judge cited a compromise trial as the basis for the sentence.
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Cleo Sprouse
Charlottesville
R. G. Miller
State Penitentiary
Lemuel F. Smith
Miller
Cleo
University of Virginia
Mozelle Miller
Sprouse
Question of Bribing States Taken Up by Supreme Court
Washington April 8 Supreme Court Justice McReynolds led the session on whether the federal government can bribe states to join the social security program. Attorneys argued the payroll tax sharing with states under unemployment laws coerces states and violates due process. Alabama argued employers must aid the jobless while a Birmingham attorney contended relief is a public burden not to be imposed on employers.
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Washington
Supreme Court
McReynolds
Martin
Peyton D. Bibb
Alabama
Forney Johnson
Birmingham
Gulf States Paper Corporation
Detectives Reenact Barroom Slaying in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on April 8 three men identified as Nick Spalino 21 Fred Kuehinsen 21 and John Mitchell 22 reenacted a barroom slaying for a movie camera while detectives questioned them about the shooting of Frank Welker who was killed during a holdup Four customers present at the time took their places arms raised as the scene was filmed Mitchell and Kuehinsen were in Morgantown West Virginia last Monday and Spalino was arrested in Pittsburgh
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Pittsburgh
Nick Spalino
Fred Kuehinsen
John Mitchell
James Ritchie
Frank Welker
Mitchell
Kuehinsen
Morgantown
W. Va
Spalino
Storm Destroys Little Village in Brundidge
A sudden windstorm leveled Little Dickert's lumber mill village near Brundidge Alabama injuring many and killing Fred Crowley thirteen in the collapse of his home. The spring storms across the south claimed multiple lives and caused extensive damage as trucks buses and ambulances ferried injured to Troy hospitals.
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Brundidge
Ala
Little Dickert
Troy
Fred Crowley
South Alabama
Pike County
Texas
Charlottesville Dentist Sentenced in Second Degree Murder
D R G Miller a Charlottesville dentist was sentenced to sixteen years in prison after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the death of Cleo Sprouse a Charlottesville high school girl.
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R. G. Miller
Charlottesville
Cleo Sprouse
Bank Night Drawings Continue Despite Warning From Sheriff
British theater the Colonial proceeded with its Thursday bank night drawing after a sheriff warned that paying any prize could trigger arrest. No winner appeared, and the management said the drawings would go on, signaling a potential court challenge to the scheme's legality.
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G. H. Crumpecker
Colonial Theater
Body of infant found in Clinch river near Five Oaks
In Tazewell Virginia on April 8 the body of an infant boy was found by Dewey and Dave Sayers while fishing in the Clinch river. The infant appears to have been killed at birth and placed in a flour sack then rubbish and cast into the river. Prosecutors pursue clues as investigators bury the body at the county farm cemetery.
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Tazewell
Clinch River
Five Oaks
Dewey
Dave Sayers
Carl Gillespie
Tazewell County
Gillespie
Commissioner warns dealers remove sign devices under new beer code
Charleston West Virginia tax commissioner K James orders all retail beer dealers to remove advertising devices from distributors or brewers within 30 days after April 15 and revokes 16 licenses including 10 in the Wheeling area. The updated code prohibits accepting mechanical signs from any brewer or distributor and bans signs even for ice cream or milk if provided by them.
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Charleston
W. Va
K. James
Wheeling
James
Tax Commissioner
A. C. Schiffler
Wheeling Steel Furnace Idle After Nine Years
Wheeling West Virginia April 8. The Wheeling Steel corporation furnace today sits idle after operating for almost nine years marking a prolonged shutdown and signaling potential production impact for the company.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Briton Ships Obtain Apology From Insurgents For Palma Air Attacks
London reports that two British warships the Destroyer Gallant and the escorting Garland and Shropshire visited Palma Mallorca after insurgent air attacks on the Gallant. Insurgent authorities cited mistaken identity while Col. Franco promised to improve pilot markings. France conveyed the apology to the Shropshire captain and the British vice consul.
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London
Palma
Mallorca
Balearic Islands
Garland
Shropshire
France
Franco
France Presses Withdrawal of Foreign Volunteers from Spain
Paris Premier Leon Blum reiterated that France demands the withdrawal of foreign volunteers in Spain and said neutrality refutes Italian charges of intervention. The dispute widens as an Italo French football match is canceled here amid official comments.
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Paris
Leon Blum
Italy
France
Spain
Searchers Return to Base After Deadly Plane Crash
Forty men with eight bodies trudged to Paradise camp three miles from the highway in subfreezing cold. Roy Lester of Springerville recalled the brutal snows as they sank to their knees in drifts. The White mountains crash occurred en route from Burbank to New York. Earl Platt disclosed a second inquest into the deaths. the first ruled accidental death from adverse flying conditions.
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McNary
Ariz
Paradise Camp
Roy Lester
Springerville
White Mountains
Burbank
Calif
New York
Earl Platt
Apache County
New coal bill nears final approval after Senate House accord
Washington reports conferees from the Senate and House approved changes in the Guffey-Vinson coal control bill. Both chambers must accept before presenting to the White House. The measure would set a one cent per ton tax and take effect one month after presidential signing. Intervening studies into Pocahontas coal transportation costs were requested by operators citing excessive rates and ship-dumping fees.
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House
Senate
U. S. Senate
Washington
White House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pocahontas
Property Owners Committee
Commission
Pocahona Region
Pocahontas Field
Hampton Roads
Coal unions and operators sign Appalachian agreement in Kanawha
Charlestown April 8 Kanawha and Smokeless coal field workers and union representatives ended two days of talks with district contracts under the two year Appalachian agreement The signing followed conference close and Duncan C Kennedy Kanawha operators conference chairman said provisions for working conditions were included in the new sectional agreement
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha
Duncan C. Kennedy
Holt urges Kiwanis on court plan menacing liberty
Senator Rush D. Holt of West Virginia warned Baltimore Kiwanis that the president’s court packing proposal would imperil citizens’ liberties. He criticized recent federal court aging and noted opposition from Henry F. Ashurst and others, arguing for fundamental reform over packing.
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Baltimore
Rush D. Holt
D-W
Baltimore Kiwanis Club Today
Supreme Court
Holt
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Roosevelt
Henry F. Ashurst
NRA
Amendment to supplement Roosevelt plan for Supreme Court
Senate debates a companion constitutional amendment to Roosevelt court legislation. Lawmakers weigh six new justices and retire age as main issues while 15 or 9 member options surface. Hearings delay and uncommitted senators hold pivotal power in a looming May Senate clash.
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Washington
White House
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ashurst
D-Ariz
Pittman
D-New
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Senate
Actiug
Burke
D-Neb
Judiciary Committee
Hughes
D-Del
Mercer County Centenary Plans Tapped By Bluefield Bank Leader
The Mercer County centennial celebration set for August with E G Otey named chair of the executive committee and H E De Jarnette as vice chairman. South West Virginia Inc will cooperate, planning a pageant and festival events marking Mercer’s 1837 establishment and naming after General Charles Mercer.
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Mercer County
Homer K. Bowen
South West Virginia, Inc
Bowen
Wytheville
Regional Chamber of Commerce
Bie
E. G. Otey
First National Bank
Bluefield
H. E. de Jarnette
Bernard McClaughert
Ae A. Baker
Herbert Markle
Otey
Wee. Kepplerff
Lilly
Herbert Pearis
W. Murphy
J. T. Thornton
W. O. Tracey
E. Wade
H. I. Shott
C. T. Snidow
Secty
L. E. Tierney Jr
Treas
Com
Educator Warns of Civil War Threat in America
Monessen April 8 Dr Glenn Frank vice president of the University of Wisconsin warned the chamber of commerce that America faces a potential civil war. He described a triple threat social economic and political endangering civilization as risks from right and left fuel class conflict that could erase gains of a generation within four years.
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Monessen
Glenn Frank
Ice
University of Wisconsin
Chamber of Commerce
America
Second Delay in Trial of Duling Brothers
Rocky Mount Virginia April 8 Disqualification of 62 additional veniremen forced a second delay in the trial of Paul and Hubbard Duling brothers charged with slaying Deputy Sheriff T J . ae and a negro prisoner in October 1934 A. H. Hopkins court will resume at noon and 37 new veniremen will be examined to complete a panel of 24 Five were seated today from 67 on the list bringing impaneled total to 21. A total of 237 have been called since the trial began Tuesday.
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Rocky Mount
Paul and
Hubbard Duling
West Virginia
T. J. Ae
A. H. Hopkins
Beekman Hill Triple Murder Suspect Eludes Police
New York April 8 Robert Irwin a 29 year old sculptor and ex divinity student remains at large as investigators pursue a lead in the Beekman Hill murders. Police Commissioner Valentine says Irwin could be caught soon as reports place him in various states while officers seek information about the throttling of Ronnie Gedeon her mother and their lodger Frank Sores.
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New York
Beekman Hill
Robert Irwin
Irwin
Lewis J. Valentine
Reliefers Wear Whiskey Signs As Punishment In Virginia
In Clifton Forge Virginia April 8 relief workers Lloyd Montgomery and Len Lyle will serve police court sentences for drunkenness by labor while wearing placards reading My Money Went For Whiskey Not For Food. Montgomery must wear his sign 12 days and Lyle six days. a guard will ensure the signs stay in place during the sentences. Mayor Frank Wheeler ordered the signs to curb spending by men on relief.
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Clifton Forge
Frank Wheeler
Lloyd Montgomery
Len Lyle
Montgomery
Lyle
Wheeler
Break in labor feud looms as Green to convene long meeting
Washington reports a near severance of relations between rival labor factions after AFL official Frey outlined a campaign aimed at Lewis allied unions. William Green plans a special executive council session to decide on expelling the Lewis faction as union tensions rise amid the Chrysler strike and calls for new affiliation certificates.
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Washington
Organized Labor
John P. Prey
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Federation
Frey
Lewis
Ace of the Rice
Houston
Texas
Louis
William Green
Committee For Industrial Organization
Chrysler
A. F. of L. Executive Council
George M. Harrison
Railway Clerks
Ford Company
Executive Council
Gomes Noes
Hershey Chocola Corporation
Tory
House At
General Motors of Canada
Oshawa
Ontario
Windsor
Ont
Walker Road
Senate Probe and Suit Threaten Ball Foundation Plan
In Muncie Indiana on April 8 a Senate inquiry and a lawsuit threaten to complicate George A Ball’s plan to donate his Mid America corporation common stock to a religious charitable and educational foundation. Ball, 74, a noted citrus jar magnate and political figure, was reported to be in New York as secretary Gertrude Barrett said stock transfer details were conjecture. Senator Wheeler of Montana said the Interstate Commerce Commission should have been consulted on the matter.
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Muncie
Ind
Senate
George A. Ball
Mid- America Corporation
Mid America Corporation
van Sweringen
Gertrude Barrett
Ball
New York
Washington
Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate Railway Finance Committee
Interstate Commission
Strikes Add Over Five Thousand to Nation’s Idle
Across North America on Tuesday new walkouts pushed over 5,000 more workers into idleness as Chrysler and Ford disrupted auto plants. Gov. Murphy announced settlement ending an 11,000 employee Hudson Motor Car strike while UAW, led by Lewis, stepped up union organizing at Ford amid intimidation charges.
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Murphy
Hudson Company
Ford Company
Associated Press
Michigan
Motors of Canada
Oshawa
Ont
Chrysler Motor Corporation
Frank Murphy
Hudson Motor Car, Co
United Automobile Workers of America
General Motors
Chrysler
Canada
Lewis
Hepburn
Ontario
Chrysler Corp
Detroit
Gov
Lansing
Hudson Motor Car Co
Reo Motor
House Refuses Vote for Probe of Sit-Down Strikes
Washington, Apr 8. The House after hours of vitriolic debate refused to vote an investigation of sit-down strikes. The measure was tabled without a record vote, surprising even party leaders. An attempt by Rep Warren to bring up a Senate resolution denouncing sit downs was blocked by Rep Withrow.
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Vitrolic
Washington
House
Warren
Senate
Withrow
P. Wis
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Logan Coal Operators Association
Operators Association of
Williamson Field
Winding Gulf Coal Operators Association
Kiwanians
G. Otey
Bluefield Bank
MAKE
Homer K. Bowden
Southwest Virginia, Inc
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Virginia Assembly
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Mercer
Summers
Charles Mercer
Duling Brothers
A. F.L
Green
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