Army Air Corps Chief Foulois Urged Dismissal By House Panel
Washington reports say the House military affairs committee urged Major General Benjamin D. Foulois be removed as chief of the Army air corps. The panel charged dishonesty, gross misconduct, incompetency, and mismanagement over plane purchases. The unanimous report warned air corps legislation would stall without his removal.
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Washington
Army Air Corps
Congress
House
Benjamin D. Foulois
Army
Foulois
Dern
Roosevelt
Representative Goss
Connecticut
Air Corps
Senate
Jacob B. Fickel
Rogers
House Committee
United States Army
Orville Wright
Wright
Bodies of three petty ragteteers found in auto in New Jersey
Three men listed as thieves and petty racketeers were found shot to death in Gutman's sedan at Dunham's Corners New Brunswick on June 18. The victims Henry Teer Peter Georgianna and Isadore Gutman aged 24 25 and 29 were bound and gagged. Shells from three calibers were on the floor. investigators suspect rival gangsters captured released and executed them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
Dunham's Corners
Brunswick Township
Henry Teer
Peter Georgianna
Isadore Gutman
Milltown
Flemington
Gutman
Dunham
Michael Ferenchik
Georgianna
Teel
Miner Shoots Two Women Then Is Killed in Tragedy
Walter Cheek a miner of Algoma shot and killed Mrs. Lucine Harrison and Mrs. Mary Ann Sizemore last night after breaking into the Harrison home. Ken Harrison husband of one victim killed Cheek with a 12 gauge shotgun. Harrison surrendered to North Fork officers and is jailed pending hearing. Eight Harrison children witnessed the events.
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Miner
Kin
Ken Harrison
Cheek
Walter Cheek
Algoma
Harrison
Worth
Cheeks
Lucine Harrison
Mary Ann Sizemore
Bassett
Northfork
Wallace Undertaking Company
Pocahontas
Rolfe
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Estelle
Robert
Charles
Ruth
Willard
Nancy
James
Gasoline Blast Kills Five at Jamestown Depot Yard
A flaming gasoline blast at a Jamestown petroleum depot killed five people and scorched twenty others, including five in critical condition. Fire from a truck motor ignited the depot, spreading to an office building and two 30,000 gallon tanks as panicked crowds fled.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Slot machine operators abandon legal battle in Richmond
Richmond judges ruled that pay back token machines are gambling devices whether tokens redeemable for cash or merchandise. Operators decided not to appeal and will remove machines from drug stores and other shops by midnight. Defendant R K Gilbert paid a $5 fine and forfeited appeal rights.
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Richmond
John Ingram
R. K. Gilbert
Commonwealth
T. Gray Haddon
Supreme Court
Dentist's Body Found in Weeds at Illinois Farm
Eldorado Illinois authorities hunted a Texas woman Evelyn Anderson and Harold St Clair alias Lee Armstrong after the body of Dr Homer L Meyers 55 a dentist was found in weeds on his Equality farm. Officials tied the case to a robbery and possible kidnap plot while Ohio warrants pursued St Clair on a check charge.
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Eldorado
Ill
Texas
Harold St. Clair
Lee Armstrong
Homer L. Meyers
Equality
Meyers
Evelyn Anderson
Woodboro
Tex
Chicago
St. Clair
Armstrong
Ohio
Children from Kanawha county poor farm go to summer camp
Seventy children from Kanawha county poor farm move to a summer camp near Winfield in a state welfare program. Director Francis W. Turner aims to recondition the children at the camp and place them in private homes this fall.
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Winfield
W. Va
Kanawha County
State Welfare Department
Francis W. Turner
Zero milestone to be unveiled again near the capitol
Charleston officials report the zero mile stone, the state distance marker, was secretly unveiled before the planned ceremony. Road commissioner Ernest L. Bailey and chief engineer Mortimer Smith will conduct a formal unveiling yet to occur, as they reconcile the unofficial event with proper procedures.
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Charleston
W. Va
Capitol
Ernest L. Bailey
Mortimer Smith
Bailey
Smith
Famed Scotland Yard Takes Up Trail in Trunk Murder
Brighton police uncover a woman's torso in a railway station trunk sparking Scotland Yard involvement in the mystery. Detectives consider the victim to be missing American lawyer Agnes Tuverson though a key distinguishing scar differs from Miss Tuverson’s description. Legs later found in a London suitcase left June 7. Authorities seek identification and motive as clues remain scarce.
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Brighton
England
Scotland Yard
Agnes Tufverson
Miss Tufverson
London
Tulverson
American Heiress and European Noble wed in Vienna
Princess Maria Antonia de Braganza sister to Portugal’s pretender marries Ashley Chanler great grandson of John Jacob Astor in Vienna. The couple will reside in New York showing a reversal of the traditional marriage pattern.
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Vienna
Maria Antonia de Braganza
Portugal
Ashley Chanler
New York
John Jacob Astor
Federal courts open term as judge sets docket
The June term of federal court begins with Judge George W. McClintic presiding after the last term closed. Actions include deferred judgments from January and new pleas, with Max Turk admitted to practice and Thornton case tied to Sheriff Fanning’s appeal. Flood remains hospitalized after a Matawan police shooting by a white masked intruder.
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Federal Court
George W. MccClintic
McClintic
Max Turk
Bluefield
Jerome Katz
C. W. Thornton
Mercer County
J. C. Fanning
United States Circuit Court
Thornton
Sheriff Fanning
Bill Mullins
Bill Albert
Atlanta
Fanning
Lee Hall
Bill Phillips
Wyoming County
Benson H. Lewis
Raleigh County
Chillicothe
Pirates seize British passengers aboard Shuntien in Yellow River incident
American and British ships join a hunt for pirates who abducted six British citizens including two naval officers from the S S Shuntien near the mouth of the Yellow River. The pirates hijacked 20 Chinese as well and loaded loot onto a fleet of five junks. US S Pope and mine layer Bitterm search from Chefoo while British destroyers Veteran and Witch sail from Weihaiwei to pursue the pirates.
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Shanghai
S. S. Shuntien
Yellow River
Tientsin
Mail Order Bride Trial Ends with Murder Verdict
Clarion Ohioan Leona Menser, 20, is found guilty by a coroner’s jury of shooting farmer John B. Kelly, 61, in his home as their wedding day approached after eight months of correspondence through a matrimonial agency. She testified she acted when he refused to let her have her clothing and had threatened her.
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Clarion
Leona Menser
John B. Kelly
Kelly
Coshocton
Ambulance Stolen to Haul Stolen Gasoline in West Virginia
In Charleston on June 18, J. E. Hafer of Elkview reported his ambulance stolen to haul away hundreds of gallons of gasoline stolen from a broken open pump. Officers later recovered the vehicle miles away, showing it had carried containers of fuel.
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Charleston
W. Va
J. E. Hafer
Elkview
Hafer
Hearings Begun For Escape From Road Prison Camp
Three men arrest in Obadiah Jones escape from a road camp in Spencer West Virginia faced preliminary hearings continued to July 27. Jones fled Saturday morning and was quickly recaptured at the Newton home of Donald Shamblin and Raymond Shamblin. The Shamblins face aiding a fugitive charges while Prince Hesé of Newton is charged with liquor possession.
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Spencer
W. Va
Obadiah Jones
Jones
Donald Shamblin
Raymond Shamblin
Newton
Shamblins
Prince Hesé
Peery Names Dr. Riggin Health Commissioner
Governor Peery appointed Dr. I. C. Riggin to succeed Dr. Warren P. Draper as state health commissioner effective July 1. Riggin 41, born in Snow Hill Maryland, has spent 25 years in Virginia medical and health work. He and wife Ruth Bradshaw of Isle of Wight County reside in Richmond with two children.
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Richmond
George C. Peery
I. C. Riggin
Warren P. Draper
State Health Commission
Riggin
State Board of Health
Williams
Dreger
Snow Hill
Virginia
Ruth Bradshaw
Isle of Wight County
National railway adjustment board approved by Congress
Washington June 18 Congress voted to establish a national railway adjustment board to conciliate labor and management in the carrier industry. The Senate passed a bill similar to the Crosser measure after a three hour filibuster by Senator Hastings. The measure moved to the White House for signature.
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Washington
Congress
National Railway Adjustment Board
Senate
House
White House
Hastings
Delaware
Wheeler
Montana
Yeas
Couzens
Michigan
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Pennsylvania Railroad
Senator Hale Maine Wins Renomination
Portland Maine June 18 Freder Hale Republican senator from Maine since 1917 was renominated for a fourth term on the basis of returns from nearly half the vote cast in today s primary election.
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Portland
Frederick Hale
Maine
Instructor Bartholomew Held in Slaying of Actor Manis
Washington pa June 18 Bartholomew a 48 year old instructor of physical education at Washington and Jefferson college was jailed after autopsy showed actor George T Manis neck broken. Bartholomew admitted fighting with Manis on June 8 claiming Manis tried to extort money and died after they struggled in an automobile. The body was found under brush near Washington.
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Washington
George T. Manis
George H. Barthomew
Washington and Jefferson College
Warren S. Burchinal
Manis
Burchinal
Bartholomew
Independents Clinch Senate Adjournment After Filibuster Clash
Independents forced adjournment by driving passage of the Dill railway labor disputes act and pushing through a conference report on the housing bill. A six year moratorium on farm debts was achieved with the Frazier bill, while the deficiency bill for relief exceeded 2 billion dollars. The day ended with leaders patching rifts and Congress closing five days after Roosevelt’s inauguration.
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Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Hastings
Delaware
House
Long
Louisaga
Wheeler
Montana
Robinson
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Matthew A. Maliszewski
South River
William C. Wilentz
Perth Amboy
Middlesex County
LN Ael
Mystery Man
Matawan
John Flood
Flood
Edwin C
Sloat
Matawan Hospital
Staten Island
Perth Aboy
J. C. Riggin
Anil Adjustment Board
Hale
George H. Bartholomew
Rail Dispute Board Act
Dill
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