Brown Shot Dead Attempting Post Office Robbery
J Lee Brown traveling salesman for Universal Clothing was shot and killed while allegedly trying to rob the Mohegan post office in McDowell County. Two men fired on him as he fled, Brown collapsed on railroad trucks about 100 yards away and died. A sister and two children in Staunton, Virginia, were being sought, body held by Welch Undertaking Co. Receipts show Brown made several coal company sales at Mohegan.
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J. Lee Brown
Staunton
Universal Clothing Manufacturers, Inc
Chicago
Mohegan
McDowell County
Pleven
Shota
Brown
Carl Ledford
William Watson
Monarch Coal Company
Coal Company
Ledford
Watson
Wetson
Ledford Fund Watson
The
Davy
Ehitdega
Welch
Douglas Undertaking Company
Deefick
Ohegan
Former Marquis Charged With Murder in New York
Anna Mayer once styled marquise but later a scrub woman faces murder charges for allegedly stabbing a deckhand to death with a bowler knife. She showed old clippings about her marriage to a noble, then claimed a different name. authorities say she carried a revolver during the confrontation at her lodging entrance.
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New York
Anna Mayer
Farter Rioting Result of Martial Law Decree
London dispatch reports riots triggered by a martial law decree. Telegraph summary notes disturbances and security measures as authorities enforce orders amid escalating unrest.
Late Thomas Marshall Epigrams Highlighted by Speechmaker
Cadiana’s former governor and nation’s vice president Thomas Marshall is profiled as full of epigrams. The piece notes his speeches brim with observations on current events and includes several quoted lines about democracy, home life, marriage, and rights, reflecting his wit and political thinking.
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Thomas Marshall
Thomasarshall
Cadiana
America
Indiapapell
Indy i
Fewer jurors in Shepherd murder trial shuffle
In Chicago and Pittsburgh reports, prosecutors culled only one of twenty seven veniremen today as the William Darling Shepherd murder trial moved slowly. Missing witness Robert White remained at large with detectives tracking a telegraphic money order trail to Pittsburgh where funds were sent for him.
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Chicago
William Darling Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Redord
John Scarbaro
William P. Derrick
Houston
Tex
Jerome
Indianapolis
Ind
Robert White
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Shep
Pittburg
Willam B. Shepherd
Pittsburgh
White
Tax on Estates Limited to Borders Says Supreme Court
Washington June 1 The Supreme Court ruled four Pennsylvania estate tax cases now govern excise taxes on transfers of deceased persons estates. It held tax may apply only to personal property within a state borders, not to assets located elsewhere. The Frick estate valued about 145 million dollars faced taxes from multiple states and the federal government.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Henry C. Frick
Pittsburg
New York
Massachusetts
Kansas
West Virginia
Pepper
Frick
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Senator Reed
Burgess Resigns From Tariff Commission
Washington June 1 The resignation of Commissioner William Burgess of the tariff commission was announced at the White House effective today. Burgess a New Jersey Republican cited family and business reasons and follows the resignation of a vice chairman leaving two Republican vacancies to be filled.
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Washington
Willian Burgens
Tariff Commission
White House
Burgess
New Jersey
Merber
William
Pertuon
Chateman
Lee
Contempt ruling looms in coal injunction case
Federal Judge W B Baker considered the contempt finding against John L Lewis and other UMWA leaders in a West Virginia Pittsburg Coal Co injunction action. Attorneys argued over peaceful persuasion and contract constraints as court weighed dissolution of the temporary injunction and a motion to make it permanent.
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Wheeling
W. Va
W. B. Baker
Weat
Virginia-Pillsburg Coal Company
United Mine Workers of America
Baker
West Virginia-Pittsburg
John L. Lewis
T. C. Townsend
H. W. Warram
John Howard
Coal Concern
Townsend
Howard
Warren
Hoe
Coal Companien
Peach
Hitchman
Supreme Court
Taft
Warrump
Seven Persons Injured As Tornado Strikes Bronx City
Seven people were injured and more than a dozen homes leveled when a tornado like cyclone swept Bronx City Iowa on June 1. Two possibly fatally injured. damage estimated at $100,000.
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Bronx City
Eligible Voters Urged to Register Ahead of Primary
In Bluefield any person entitled to vote who has not registered may appear before the city directors at their regular meeting this afternoon to register. Those in doubt whether they are registered should inquire today as registrars meet to correct lists and update records.
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Bluefield
Parsons
Hegiatrars
Beginning of end attages on bible
Chicago June 1. William Jennings Bryan denounced moves to teach evolution in public schools as the beginning of the end of attacks on the Bible. He cited four controls of schools and urged legislatures and teachers to respect the employers' convictions, arguing Christians should lead Christian colleges and atheists or agnostics should build their own schools.
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Chicago
Tennessee
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Becgud
Boards of Education
Gald
Revenue bills seek tax hikes with dealer carveout passage
Charleston dispatch reports West Virginia legislature adjourned without final action on revenue measures, amid debate over a gross sales tax and a new gasoline levy. A compromise plan, drafted by a joint committee, would raise rates, add on a half cent to gasoline, and fund a two year appropriation package for state institutions including Concord Normal School at 16000 annually, plus other college and public welfare projects.
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Charleston
W. Va
Apance
Andrews
Boone
Hawkins
Cabell County
Senate
L. M. Robinson
Capitol
West Virginia University
Board of Control
Marshall College
Fairmont Normal School
Catotad Inamne Hospital
State Tuberculosia Hospital
Industrial School
Industrial
Concord Normal School
Collegiate Institute
Coal Industry See Economies in Distribution and Production
French Lick Indiana June 1930 H K Cortright president of the American Wholesale Coal Association speaking at the ninth annual convention says the coal industry must cut costs in distribution and production. He notes market shrinkage from water power and waste reduction, and urges consolidations of large producers to lower operating expenses. Mines producing under 100000 tons yearly are urged to drop sales overhead as retirements from the sales field take shape.
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French Lick
Tnd
Jun Ol
H. K. Cortright
American Wholesale Coal Association
Hig Addreaa
Mr. Cortright
Corttight
Plana Foy
Salea
Tte
Murderer Hunt Drives West Side Tenement Probe
New York police press on in the Florance Kane murder case as detectives chase a west side tenement lead after a taxi driver reported a bleeding man near the Brooklyn scene. Walter Johnson, a Black man, is held for questioning while two women describe a Black assailant. DA Dodd seeks corroboration from witnesses.
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York
Florance Kane
Brooklyn
West Side
Misa Kane
Walter Jolnson
Dodd
Johnson
Fridgy
Death of Thomas FR Marshall Ref: Bible at Dying Moment
The obituary notes that as Thomas FR Marshall died his eyes rested on a Bible opened to Mark, where Jesus interprets the parable of the sower. It recalls his last gesture with the hotel Bible and the concluding verse about measure and mercy.
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Thomas FR. Marshall
Jesus
Four Deaths Reported From Heat Across States
Four deaths attributed to heat and dozens more injured by a midwest storm marked a hot wave across the Central States. In Cleveland and Detroit temperatures neared ninety-two degrees. Nebraska suffered its driest May on record, with widespread crop damage and drought relief arriving later. In Pittsburgh two heat deaths occurred as the mercury spiked to eighty-nine. The Weather Bureau warned the hot spell would continue through the week.
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Chieaza
Midila Wert
Julian Golden
Cleveland
Detroit
Jed L. Dinterdick
United States
Des Moines
Nebraska
Parsons
Sioux City
Iowa
Towa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Pittsburg
Columbia Mine to reopen on open shop basis near Clarkeburg
About 100 Columbia mine workers at Consolidation Coal Company near Clarkeburg will begin cleanup to restart operations on an open shop basis after nine months shutdown. They accepted a wage scale near the 1917 level, marking the first West Virginia mine by the company to abandon union wages. The mine formerly employed about 100 workers and produced around 1,000 tons daily.
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Tuirmont
W. Va
Consolidation Coal Company
Columbia
Clarkeburg
Constendation Coal Company
West Virginia
Columbia Mina
Oregon Law Requiring All Children to Attend Public School Invalid
Oregon law forcing all state children aged eight to sixteen to attend public school was ruled unconstitutional by the U S Supreme Court in a June decision. The ruling centered on parental rights to direct their children's education and held that the state cannot standardize upbringing through broad attendance mandates. The decision, in cases against the Sisters of the Holy Names and Hill Military Academy, affirmed that education lies within family prerogatives and not a general state power.
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Oregon
Washington
Lberry
Parenta
Supreme Court
Society of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
Hill Military Academy
Justice McReynolds
Wnion
McReynolds
Decline in Unfilled Steel Orders Reported May Drop
New York news reports a projected May decline in unfilled orders for United States Steel Corporation by 250 000 to 300 060 tons from April. May orders would dip to about 4 200 000 tons, down from 4 446 588 in April and 6 284 771 in February. Industry officials also note general improvements in orders with about a ten percent gain per sector, suggesting balanced production and consumption. New York City endures a record heat wave with temperatures around 100 and heat-related incidents being reported to police.
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New Yoyk
United States Steel Cooperation
Segm
Thomas Riley Marshall Dies at 71 in Washington
Former vice president Thomas Riley Marshall died of a heart attack at the New Willard Hotel in Washington. He was 71, reading his Bible at his bedside when he collapsed. His body was to be placed in Crown Hill Cemetery receiving vault, with funeral arrangements announced and condolences pouring in from leaders across parties.
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Indianapolis
Willi
Crown Hill Cemetery
Coolidge
Washington
Thomas Riley Marshall
United States
Ils
Woodrow Wilson
Indiana
Doesth
New Willard Hotel
Hladgar
Bly Alde
Rita Masons
Maron
Ind
Clarence Ignatius Morrigan
Coniidge
Marshall
Swanson
Virginia
Wilson
Reed
Missouri
Senate
Noogier
Thomas Riley Mareshall
Indang
J. Mayshall
Manchester
Wabash County
Indlang
Daniel M
Martha A. Patterson
Marehall
Golrceuit Yidey
Wabash College
Crawforduville
Columbia City
Ana
Jay Merahall
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Welch Undertaker
London
Imartia
William Burgess
Judge Baker
Coal Co
Eqcape Ingrenge
Thomas RB. Marshall
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New York City
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Ewa Prostrationa Fia
Thos. A. Marshall
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