Thirteen Criminants Escape From Michigan State Hospital
Thirteen inmates escaped from the State Hospital for Criminal Insane in Tonia Michigan. Two were recaptured and others remained at large as state police and hospital staff conducted searches across highways and woods. The escape involved knives and razors fashioned from dining tools and a tunnel route to the main entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonia, Mich
State Hospital For Criminal Insane
Liberty
Sheridan
Here
Detroit
Stephen Csordas
Charles Kenney
A.S. Davis
Bert Hill
Owen
Guy Carbaugh
Sonia
Baby Betty Figures In Multiple Tumbles
Betty Kritis aged one in Glendale West Virginia was in a baby cab when it overturned. Her bottle broke, she landed on the glass, and her mother Mrs. Sam Kritis fell on the cab and baby. The infant suffered a lacerated arm and bruises but was not seriously hurt.
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Glendale
W. Va
Betty Kritis
Betty
Sam Kritis
Graf Zeppelin Near Fayal on Transatlantic Run
The Graf Zeppelin reports position 88 North 4483 West en route from Lakehurst to Seville, about 900 miles west of Fayal. Dr. Hugo Eckener aims for Seville in about fifty hours, then continues to Friedrichshafen, seeking favorable tail winds for the two hemisphere flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friedrichshafen
Zeppelin
Graf Zeppelin
Lakehurst
Seville
Fayal
Azores
Spain
Hugo Eckener
N. J
Shmos
Continents
New York
Fortieth
Europe
Americas
Graf
Eckener
Rebels Launch Major Offensives Across Four Fronts in China
In Shanghai on June 8 rebels expanded a multi front push against the Nationalist government. About 400000 troops clashed along the Haichow Tungkwan line with Nat soldiers retreating to Kweiteh. Nationalists under Chiang Kai-shek prepared a general advance as armies move to block rebel maneuvers. Foreign residents in Changsha urged interventions as powder houses at Tsinan exploded amid the fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
Haichow- Tungkwan
Honan
Kweiteh
Chiang Kai-Shek
Peiping-Hankow
Henan
Changsha
Mercer Republican Club Endorses Colonel Jones
The Mercer Republican club in Princeton adopted a resolution urging Colonel James Ellwood Jones Switchback to seek the U S senate nomination. About seventy five members attended as H E DeJarnette praised Jones and the motion was seconded by J Sam Bennett with a unanimous vote.
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James Ellwood Jones
United States
Princeton
Mercer Republican Club
H. E. DeJarnette
Jones
DeJarnette
J. Sam Bennett
Oad Jones
Indians Rush Wire Barrier at Camp
At Worli concentration camp near Bombay volunteers detained for breaking salt laws faced a disturbance during King George V's birthday observance. About eighty-eight injured as sympathetic demonstrators outside hoisted black flags and shouted anti imperialist slogans while military sappers repaired weakened barbed wire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
India
Worli
Bishop Cannon Refuses to Identify Campaign Agents Before Senate
Bishop James Cannon Jr. declines to name Southern anti Smith campaign agents before the Senate lobby committee, warning of persecution and promising to answer tomorrow. Rep. Hinkham cites unreported funds of 65 300 from Jameson for 1928 Virginia anti Smith effort. Walsh probes a 303 loan from Dr. Crawford used to send out anti Smith circulars in Asheville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James Cannon Jr
Senate Lobby Committee
Senate Oil Committee
Harry F. Sinclair
Cannon
Walsh
Montana
Aary
Hinkham
Massachusettes
Virginia
C. Jameson
New York
Congress
Jameson
B. L. Crawford
Board of Temperance and Social Service
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Asheville
North Carolina
Two Elliott Brothers in Bank Heist Battle Capture
Two brothers Fred and Leonard Elliott, members of a four man gang, robbed the Antrim County Savings Bank of 960 dollars and fought a ten minute gun battle with pursuing officers in a woods near Mancelona Michigan. Both were wounded and captured. Leonard faces possible blindness from shotgun wounds. Sylvester Elliott was arrested nearby. a fourth member fled by train. Herbert Sullivan was wounded slightly during pursuit. A quantity of cash was recovered.
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Mancelona
Mich
Antrim County
Fred
Leonard Elliott
Kalamazoo
Sylvester Elliott
Bellaire
J. H. R. Gerver
R. C. Bennett
Leonard
Fred Elliott
Lee
Florida's First Woman Leader Rushes Opponent In Primary
Florida’s Ruth Bryan Owen, the state’s first woman member of Congress, held a strong early lead over Dewitt T. Deen in the fourth district as 25 of 420 precincts reported. In the third district 9 of 285 precincts counted showed Sidney J. Catts leading Tom A. Yon and J. Harvey Bailey with 282 for Yon. Republicans did not contest the congressional nomination.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Ruth Bryan Owen
Florida
Dewitt T. Deen
Owen
Deem
Sidney J. Catts
J. Harvey Bayliss
Tom A. Yon
Hatfield Praised At Concord Normal School Commencement
United States Senator Henry D Hatfield of West Virginia delivered the principal address at the fifty second annual commencement of Concord State Normal School in Athens. He stressed equanimity and temperance, voiced support for the eighteenth amendment and immigration restriction, and urged development of chemical industry. The ceremony included diplomas and degrees for a Bachelor of Arts class, with remarks from state education officials and local leaders.
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United States
H. D. Hatfield
Concord State Normal School
Athens
Senator Hatfield
Hatfield
H. W. Straley
Princeton
State Senate
West Virginia
Veterans’ Hospital
Straley
Huntington
Charleston
Mercer Republican Club
Charter
Normal School
Jaeger Boy Scout
R. L.thompson
Verdi
Marietta McNeer
W. I. Hanna
Maquartette
Foster Wilson
A. E. McGuire
L. B. Straybeal
Godfrey Elliott
George W. Bryson
Henry D. Hatfield
Kentucky
Babe”Adam Giebel
R. Moore Doddrill
State Board of Education
Robert S. Gatherum
Lida L. Davis
J. F. Marsh
Bernard McClaugherty
Pauline Rogers
A. B. Moore
William Tell
Senate Won't Debate Tariff Bill Second Report
Washington June 3 Republican leaders blocked any vote on the second tariff bill conference report. Only one speaker proceeded four hours of wrangling before GOP leaders pressed for a 4 P M vote on the first report while others urged delaying and discussing both reports. Senators Harrison Simmons Norris Borah Shortridge criticized conferees as the debate stalled with action expected later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Harrison
Mississippi
McNary
Oregon
Dill
Simmons
North Carolina
Norrise
Nebraska
House
Shortridge
California
Borah
Idaho
White House
Hoover presses for quick London naval treaty action
President Hoover met with Senate Republican leaders Watson of Indiana and Moses of New Hampshire at the White House to press for prompt Senate consideration of the London naval pact. He warned of a special session the day after current sessions end and discussed closer executive legislative cooperation amid party restlessness. Borah requested extra papers on pre conference talks with Britain, and he predicted ratification within two weeks of debate commencement.
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Washington
Hoover
Watson
Indiana
Moses
New Hampshire
Senate
White House
Executive
Congress
House
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Johnson
Republican
California
Great Britain
Women Voters Oppose Cheat River Franchise
Morgantown West Virginia June 3 The northern conference of the West Virginia League of Women Voters passes a resolution urging the Public Service Commission to suspend any hydro electric development pending reconsideration of the 1929 waterpower act It aims to favor public welfare while opposing the Cheat river project by West Virginia Power and Transmission Co Delegates from most northern chapters attend Miss Florence Harrison presides over the meeting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
Public Service Commission
Northern Conference
West Virginia League of Women Voters
West Virginia
League of Women Voters
West Virginia Power and Transmission Company
Cheat River
Florence Harrison
Chicago
League
Hysterical Mother Delays Trial Of Gift Bomb Slayer
In Rockville Maryland Leroy Brady and his brother Herman face trial for the New Year’s Day bomb murder of Herbert’s secret bride Mrs Naomi Hall Brady and two family members. The trial paused when the mother of the victims, Mrs Nora Hall, became hysterical. The prosecution outlined the bomb’s havoc as a belated Christmas gift. The state relies on circumstantial evidence from 65 witnesses as Leroy goes on trial after Herman sought trial by the court. The defendants deny involvement as the case proceeds and prosecutors consider death penalty questions in juror selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Leroy Brady
Herman
Herbert
Naomi Hall Brady
Hall
J. Wilson Ayan
Nora Hall
Nesses
Ryan
Leroy
Upper Marlboro
Seat Pleasant
Washington
Brady
Dorothy
Samuel
Police seek trail of missing gangs in Chicago violence
Chicago reports nine dead and four wounded from weekend gang shootings as police compile a list of unaccounted figures led by Terry Druggan and Leo Mongoven. They search for possible hostages and suspects while detailing a carjacked abduction and a court bond forfeiture tied to Sam Hunt.
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Chicago
Terry Druggan
Leo Mongoven
Druggan
Frankie Lake
Fox Lake
George Druggan
Terry
Mongoven
Moran
St. Valentine Day
Sam Hunt
Joseph Ferrari
North Clark Street
Lawrence Miller
DuPage County
Missouri
Hoover to convene senate session on London treaty
President Hoover will call a Senate special session the day after the current session ends to consider the London treaty. An effort to vote on the second tariff conference report failed in the Senate. The House approved three bills from the law enforcement commission to reduce court congestion. Bishop James Cannon Jr. charged persecution and refused to answer questions from the Senate lobby committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Senate
House
Law Enforcement Commission
James Cannon Jr
Senate Lobby Committee
Welch Votes Reelect Blakely as Mayor in WarMcDowell Elex
J W Blakely is named by Welch voters to succeed himself as mayor as War election yields Democratic mayoral winner B W Crowder 260 votes and Republican J C Harrison 216. Welch turnout sparse with 249 for Blakely and 247 for Herzbrun. In Saeger independent J A Hatcher defeats Jeff Lockhart 224 to 182 for mayor.
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J. W. Blakely
Welch
McDowell County
Jaeger
Saeger
Democratic
B. W. Crowder
H. S. Bailey
L. M. Auer
J. H. Atwell
J. R. Howell
F. A. Weaver
Joe Zando
J. C. Harrison
Earl Murphy
A. J. Williamson
Patsey Marinari
Frank Beavers
Tom Wingo
J. D. Mullens
Gail T. Carter
Edward A. Herzbrun
Grover
Johnson
Gully Marchitellis
J. Howard Anderson
Citizens
J. A. Hatcher
Jeff Lockhart
W. C. Amos
J. E. Mosby
Recorder
F. A. Sarver
G. W. Mathey
H. L. Bailey
Shade Belcher
H. C. Beavers
Aged man held after brutal attack on wife in Honaker
David Walls, 80, a farm laborer of Honaker Virginia, is jailed in Lebanon on maiming charges against his 83-year-old wife Maggie Walls. An axe and iron poker were used in the assault that left her in a dying condition with a broken hip and arm and three head gashes. Authorities consider possible insanity, with Walls held under observation.
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David Walls
Honaker
Russell County
Lebanon
Maggie Walls
Robert Fields
Fuller
Walls
Dave Hess
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Joe Hubbard
Hubbard
Walla Place
Noted Explorer Slain by Student at Cambridge
Cambridge England June 3 A first year undergraduate Douglas Newton Potts shot and killed Dr A F R Wollaston noted English explorer scientist physician and tuner then fatally wounded himself He also wounded Detective Sergeant Willis Hospital says he will recover The shooting occurred in Wollaston's Old King College room Potts had been absent from college for ten days prior Dean Milner White says Potts was unusually bright and had been found in London returning to college
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Cambridge
England
Cambridge University
Douglas Newton Potts
A. F. R. Wollaston
Young Potts
Willis
Dr. Wollaston
Old King College
Milner White
Potts
London
First Elections Mark WV Town Votes in June
Charleston reports many West Virginia towns held their first municipal elections under the 1929 amendment. Votes focused on local issues with party labels often absent, as elections moved to June to align with July fiscal year starts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Bluefield College Holds Eighth Annual Commencement
A large crowd attended Bluefield college's eighth annual commencement in the college auditorium. The program opened with Beaver High School Orchestra under C. H. Reppert, followed by invocations by Rev. M. C. Hughes. Awards were presented including the Gilmer medal to Walter C. Presley Jr. and the Rodgin trophy to D. Moody Bailey, with speeches by Rev. T. S. Hamilton emphasizing service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield College
Beaver High School
C. H. Reppert
Aire
M. C. Hughes
Christian Church of
Bluefield
Leo Peraldo
Bramwell
Harry Ross
T. S. Hamilton
Trinity Methodist Church
J. Taylor Stinson
Hamilton
Mr. Hamilton
Dean Wood
Walter C. Presley Jr
West Graham
Gilmer
Edward C. Gilmer
Pulaski
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