Gangoom claims another victim in new outbreak
In Chicago on June 20 a senior member of the Capone syndicate, Lorenzo Juliano, was found dead in a wrecked Blue Island car after a fifty foot fall. The case marks the first racketeering killing since Jake Lingle's assassination, as authorities push to strengthen law enforcement against crime amid financial strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cook County
Lorenzo Juliano
Capone
Blue Island
Charles S. Deneen
John A. Swanson
Indianapolis
Chicago Heights
Jake” Lingle
Swanson
Lingle
Senate
Springfield Assembly
Strawn
Bankers Criticize West Virginia Power Permits
At Charleston the West Virginia Bankers association adopted a resolution endorsing water power while condemning eight Cheat and Blackwater river permits as rushed. It urged withholding approvals until next legislative session and a fair return on the franchise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Cheat
Blackwater
West Virginia Bankers’ Association
West Virginia Power and Transmission Company
Public Service Commission
Legislative Committee
D. R. Richards
Bank of Morgantown
F. D. Drumheller
Morgantown
W. F. McAneny
Martinsburg
R. L. Matthews
Montgomery
J. S. Hill
West Virginia
American Bankers’ Association
H. A. Abbott
Mason Crickard
National Bank Division
T. A. Johnson
Welch
Savings Bank Department
James Fleming
Parkersburg
State Bank
C. A. Boone
Huntington
Trust Department
Bruce Yeager
Wheeling
Gotham Police Fail To Find Mad Killer
Police pursue a Queens slayings case with two suspects arrested. One man, Joseph Oswald Clark, an escaped Creedmore inmate, is cleared after officers say he resembles neither the killer nor the women who described him. A Newark arrestee identified as John D. Galvao is also not linked. The case includes a second victim, Morris Horowitz, shot in Brooklyn, with no connection to the Queens murders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Queens
Joseph Oswald Clark
Creedmore State Hospital
Philadelphia
Sullivan
Clark
Newark
N. J
John D. Galvao
Boston
Joseph Ustica
Kings Park Hospital
Russell E. Blaisdell
Creedmore Hospital
Ustica
Morris Horowitz
Brooklyn
West Virginia’s 67th Birthday Quietly Observed
Charleston marked West Virginia’s birthday with state offices closed except the transportation office at the state house. Flowers and flags appeared in Charleston and other cities. F O Sanders hosted state police officers to discuss state roads and enforcement details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
State House
F. O. Sanders
State Road Commission
Tech
Schroeder in Mobile Prison Faces Murder Conspiracy Charge
Harold H. Schroeder a 35 year old radiator repairman was arrested in Mobile Alabama and charged with conspiracy to commit murder. He told officers in custody he would fight extradition to Indiana. He confessed to burning an automobile near Indianapolis on May 31 where the charred remains of an unidentified man were found. He claimed his car was wrecked and a companion a man from Massachusetts died of a broken neck and he set the fire to avoid being accused. He is also charged as a fugitive from Indiana and seeks legal counsel with help from his Chicago based brother Ernest.
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Mobile
Ala
Harold H. Schroeder
Indiana
Schroeder
Indianapolis
Massachusetts
Ernest Schroeder
Chicago
Leah Schroeder
Insana
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Goal Production Takes Big Jump
Coal production in the Pocahontas Tug River field jumped in the second week of June to 521,093 net tons, up 19,520 from the first week and above the year’s weekly average by about 13,000 tons. Through June 14 the year’s output reached 12,155,799 net tons, while four smokeless fields show a 1,192,144 ton drop for the first five months of 1930 versus last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas- Tug River
Pocahontas
Tug River
Winding Gulf
New River
Commission to Study Universal Draft Authorized
Congress approved a bill creating a commission to study drafting national resources in war time. It aims to guide constitutional amendments to draft resources while promoting peace and fair burdens. The measure excludes labor conscription and private property drafted for profit. Sponsored by the American Legion and other groups, it narrows from earlier labor draft ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
American Legion
American Federation of Labor
Law enforcement commission funding survives push in deficienc
Washington reports the $250000 for the Hoover commission’s next year’s expenses was cut from the second deficiency bill. La Guardia argued the expenditure unapproved by law. Chindblom noted authorization covered only the current year. Congress members expected Senate reinsertion and possible conference action to extend the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover Law Enforcement Commission
la Guardia
Republicam
New York
Chindblom
Illinois
Cramton
Michigan
House
Senate
Commission
Christopherson
South Dakota
Congress
Wood
Appropriations Committee
Linthicum
President Byrd hailed after Arctic feats at Capitol
President Hoover salutes Richard Byrd with a National Geographic rear admiral medal during a Washington visit. Byrd recalls the South Pole flight, Antarctic exploration, and returns with all crew safe, praising scientific aims and national pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lower Broadway
Congress
Richard B. Byrd
Coolidge
North Pole
National Geographic Society
South Pole
Poker Game Ends in Killing of Georgia Gamblers
In Rockmart Georgia a poker night end with high stakes led to the murder of Cliff Jones Lize Harper and Ernest McCullough. Bill Hulsey his two sons Fred and Ray son-in-law Tom Hicks and L G McCullough face grand jury on murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockmart
Bill Hulsey
Fred
Ray
Tom Hicks
L. G. McCullough
Cliff Jones
Lize Harper
Ernest McCullough
Cedartown
Hicks
Fred Hulsey
S. W. Ragsdale
Ragsdale
Hulsey
Hulseys
Firet
Hussey
81 Year Old Mayor Faces Drunk Charge
Columbus Ohio June 20 Mathew W Statson 81 mayor of West Jefferson ordered to appear before Governor Myers Y Cooper July 7 to answer charges of misconduct in office neglect of duty and drunkenness brought by 200 citizens. He was arrested twice June 5 on drunkenness charges and failed to appear before the justice of the peace. He barely appeared for his January inauguration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Mathew W. Statson
West Jefferson
Myers Y Cooper
Justice of the Peace
Pirates Board Chinese Ship in Pearl River Delta
Pirates in the Pearl River Delta disguised as National government officers boarded a Canton steamship, killed three guards, looted cargo, and abducted forty passengers after the operator refused a 300 dollar protection fee. A robber horde seized the vessel's launch and fled amid delta islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hongkong
Pearl River Delta
National
Canton
Kanawha County Tops West Virginia Population Count 1930
Kanawha County remains first in state population in 1930 while Cabell moves to second and Harrison falls to fourth as 18 counties lose ground. Statewide total reaches 1,729,287, up from 1,463,701 in 1920, with varying county gains and losses across West Virginia.
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McDowell
Charlestown
West Virginia
Associated Press
United States District Census
Tucker County
Gilmer
Kanawha
Harrison
Cabell
Hunter Sentenced Five Years In Prison In Mann Act Case
Harold E. Hunter, 24, manager of Greyhound Bus line in Chattanooga, was found guilty in a U S district court of violating the Mann white slave act. Judge McClintic overruled defense motion for a new trial and imposed a five year federal prison term at Atlanta. A 40 day stay was granted to allow an appeal to the circuit court. Hunter faces transfer to prison while appealing the conviction. The case stemmed from transporting Miss Lucile Mann from Atlanta to Princeton West Virginia for immoral purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold E. Hunter
Chattanooga
Greyhound Bus Line
United States
West Virginia
George W. McClintic
Hunter
Atlanta
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Howard
Lucile Mann
Princeton
W. Va
North Carolina
Miss Mann
Hagerstown
Ahso
George Saunders Escapes Gallows in West Virginia
George Saunders, 30, of Logan county, had his death sentence commuted to life by Governor Conley after three prison terms on the gallows over the Dennis Smith murder and the Gussie Bloxton killing. Officials cited doubt about the condemned man’s guilt and an error in prior sentencing, noting both victims were said to have been killed by the same bullet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundasville
W. Va
George Saunders
Logan County
Conley
Saunders
Dennis Smith
Gussie Bloxton
Charleston
Smith
Bloxton
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X Ray Room Blast Endangers Grady Patients
An explosion in Grady hospital Atlanta in the x ray room ignited safety film sending dense yellow smoke through the building. About 265 Negro patients were moved to a vacant lot then returned. no injuries reported. Four photographers and two reporters sought medical care for dizziness and throat irritation.
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Atlanta
Grady Hospital
Municipal Institution
Cleveland
Crookshank resigns as river patrolman after Kanawha search
Charleston reports Charles Crookshank quit his river patrolman post after nine fruitless days patrolling the Kanawha river seeking the body of a young woman he claimed drowned on a canoe trip. He said he did not know her and police found no evidence to support his story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Charles Crookshank
Crookshank
Kanawha River
TINKHAM DECLARES IMMUNITY LIFTED AGAINST CANNON
Washington reports that Representative George Holden Tinkham Massachusetts publicly released a statement repeating charges against Bishop James Cannon Jr asserting Cannon owed an accounting for 48300 dollars from E Jameson of New York tied to the 1928 anti Smith campaign. Cannon has threatened libel actions over press stories and editorials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James Cannon
George Holden Tinkham
Massachusetts
Cannon
House of Representatives
E. C. Jameson
New York
Senate confirms Hanford M Wider as minister to Canada
Washington reports Hanford MacNider of Iowa was confirmed by the senate as minister to Canada after Iowa figures Senator Brookhart and Senator Steck clashed over charges of drunken revels at American Legion events. Brookhart attackedMacNider, Steck defended him, and the chamber approved without a recorded vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hanford MacNider
Iowa
Senate
Canada
Brookhart
Steck
Senator Steck
MacNider
Tazewell Motor Company Fire Leaves $100,000 In Damages
A blaze at the Tazewell Motor Company on Main Street destroyed the building and 35 new Fords and a large stock of Home Electric Supply items. Fire crews from Tazewell and Bluefield, Va. fought the flames. origin blamed on a short circuit in an old car. Building insurance limited, stock heavily protected, and nearby stores sustained lighter damage.
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Tazewell Motor Company
Main Street
Tazewell
Ford
Home Electric Supply Company
L. 4
Tynes
Wyoming County
E. R. Garst
Bluefield
Virginia
J. N. Harman
A. and P
Fuller Brothers
Ford Motor Care
Senate agrees to veterans relief vote Monday
Washington reports a Senate agreement for a Monday vote on the veterans relief measure as leaders seek adjournment by week’s end. The rivers and harbors bill passed earlier, with deferrals noted for Muscle Shoals and motor bus bills as blocs may form to block adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
McNary
Oregon
Reed
Pennsylvania
Jones
Appropriations Committee
House
Hoover
Boy 16 shoots knee while playing with pistol in Moundsville
Joseph Gwynn, 16, accidentally shot himself in the knee and foot in Moundsville, June 204, while handling his father's pistol he believed was unloaded. His condition tonight was listed as serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
W. Va
Joseph Gwynn
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Little America
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