Autograph feud ends in youth's death in Camp Creek
James Okey Boice, 18, was shot on Stovall ridge road after a car collision with Leeton Shrewsbury. Gordon Shrewsbury, 54, held Deputy Sheriff Tra E. Kessinger at gunpoint, then was arrested with his sons. Boice’s funeral is planned for Camp Creek this afternoon.
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James Okey Boice
M. C. Boice
Camp Creek
Gordon Shrewsbury
Stovall Ridge
Cooper's Cemetery
Paul Markley
Hutton, Md
Trevor Boice
Boice
Shrewsbury
Leeton Shrewsbury
Tra E. Kessinger
Kessinger
Princeton
J. Otis Bowling
G. F. Parsons
F. C. Crawford
Spanishbury
Bowling
Leeton
Clifford Shrewsbury
Stovall's Road
Walter G. Burton
Ajax T. Smith
Gott's Undertaking Company
Roanoke Traps Bank Robber Suspect in Rugged Chase
Raymond Rogers, sought in the Winona National Bank robbery, was captured in Roanoke after a chance encounter with Deputy Sheriff Clarence Simmons. Rogers admitted identity, $50 in currency linked to the crime was found, and he agreed to be sent to West Virginia. Two other suspects, Claude Payne and Roy Hoke, had been captured earlier and sent to West Virginia.
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Roanoke
Raymond Rogers
Winona National Bank
Winona
W. Va
Claude L. Payne
Roy Hoke
Alleghany County
West Virginia
Payne
Hoke
Ogles Creek
Covington
Winona Bank
Rogers
Boone Mill
Rocky Mount Road
Clarence Simmons
A. B. Simmons
Simmons
Police
Detective Bureau
Sunny
Hokes
Ray McClure
Poiceman
Bonner Urges Abolition of Federal Power Agency
Washington June 29 P F E Bonner former executive secretary of the power commission left government service with a recommendation to abolish the agency. He said the commission has outlived its usefulness and that duties could be absorbed elsewhere. Bonner met at the White House and gave the suggestion to Walter Newton as part of economy measures. He left the commission last December and has since worked in reclamation.
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Washington
F. E. Bonner
Power Commission
Government Service
White House
Bonner
Walter Newton
Hoover
Commission
Reclamation Service
House Bombing and Violent Disorder Ties Ohio Strike
In St. Clairsville Ohio a dynamite bomb exploded under the home of miner Harry Blackers injuring no one, as clashes near the Fairpoint wing of M A Hanna Coal Company led to a shooting of Stanley Karnich and a beating of Gabo Kade during efforts to disperse about 100 National Miners Union pickets. Blackers blamed threats for refusing to quit work.
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St. Clairaville
Ohio
Harry Blackers
Fairpoint
M. A. Hanna Coal Company
Blackers
Stanley Karnich
Gabo Kade
Hunger parade planned as miners strike mobilizes 50,000 in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on June 29 the National Miners union announced a hunger parade set for tomorrow with an expected 50,000 participants from various points converging on West Park. Parade routes include Manchester bridge Duquesne way and Sixth street bridge. Police restricted entry from McKeesport New Kensington Coverdale and other assembly points. A prior Wildwood mine protest was postponed. A clash last week at Ellsworth Colleries left one striker dead and several injured.
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Pittsburgh
National Miners’ Union
National Miners
West Park
Manchester Bridge
Duquesne Way
Sixth Street
P. P. Walsh
McKeesport
New Kensington
Coverdale
Wildwood
Ellsworth
Bentleyville
Ellsworth Colleries Company
George Kline
Charleroi
Motor Boat Sinks After Collision In Chesapeake Bay
Captain A W Gaven of the Mandolphin reported yesterday in Chesapeake Bay the motor boat Velma Brooks 35 tons sank near the Potomac mouth after a collision. Owner W C Townsend, a youth and the engineer were rescued by a lifeboat from the Mandolphin and brought to port. The Velma Brooks was 76 feet long and 19 feet beam, built in 1900 at Madison Maryland, while Mandolphin had sugar cargo from Cardenas.
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Baltimore
A. W. Gaven
Chesapeake Bay
Velma Brooks
Brooks
W. C. Townsend
Potomac River
Madison
Cardenas
Surgeons criticised for cancer cure claims at meeting
Dr. Dean Lewis of Johns Hopkins Hospital criticised extravagant cure claims by some surgeons at the American Surgical Association convention. He spoke on an analysis of 1,000 consecutive breast carcinoma cases, noting imagination runs high in claiming 90 percent cures without naming individuals.
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San Francisco
Dean Lewis
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
American Surgical Association
Franco American talks brighten as Laval outlines terms
Paris dispatch reports Premier Laval telling Mr Mellon that France will accept the Hoover plan only if Germany makes unconditional yearly payments into the Bank for International Settlements and that the funds be used to aid all nations. The second condition treats the payment as an annual unconditional annuity to secure Bank for International Settlements loans.
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Paris
Excelsior
Premier Laval
Mellon
Hoover
Congress
Andrew W. Mellon
Walter F. Edge
Laval
France
United States
Germany
Bank For International Settlements
World Bank
Bank For International Settlement
Aged Man Drowns at Dry Fork Pool Near Saeger
Lewis H. Smith 68 of Saeger drowns Sunday afternoon at the mouth of Dry Fork branch while swimming with daughter in law and grandson. body recovered after about 45 minutes by divers. Funeral set at Jaeger Baptist Church this afternoon. Survived by four sons and five daughters.
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Lewis H. Smith
Henry Smith
Saeger
Dry Fork Branch
Jaeger
Rev Hayes
A. J. Cline
O. W. Richards
Grayson Cline
F. J. Gentry
Jeff Lockhart
T. P. Lee
Burl Marion
Mr. Smith
Kentucky
Willie
Jenkins
Henry
Lonnie
Ophir
Boyd
Forrest
Victoria
Ester Cook
Littleton
Ohio
Jane Robbins
Mima
Mollie Robbins
Silver, Ky
Bessie Jenkins
Bassie
Doctor F. L. Bowsher Found Dead In Office
A verdict of suicide was returned after Dr. F. L. Bowsher, 52, was found with throat cut in his Steubenville office. Coroner A. L. Bell said the physician cut his jugular vein with a surgical knife and drove the instrument into his heart after ten years of practice.
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Steubenville, O
F. L. Bowsher
Pile of Dirt Triggers Suit Between Harrisman and Baker
Mrs. J Borden Harriman sues Ray mond T Baker and his wife for 20000 damages in DC district court over 4500 cubic feet of dirt dumped on Harriman's estate during the Bakers new house construction. The dirt altered land contours endangered shrubs and buried topsoil after Harriman returned to the capital in April.
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Washington
J. Borden Harriman
Raymond T. Baker
The
Mint
Capone Sentence Delayed as Tax Case Proceeds
Chicago reports that Al Capone's tax and prohibition case sentence was postponed by one month to July 30. His defense seeks a three year term, while the judge reserved judgment after full evidence. Also, Lawrence C. O'Brien of Chicago Gold Coast faced affirming upholding of six counts of income tax evasion.
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Chicago
al Capone
Capone’e Counsel
Michael Ahern
Wilkerson
Capone
Florida
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Lawrence C. O'Brien
Gold Coast
State House of Representatives
O’brien
O'Brien
Gunmen in New Shoes Rob Shoe Store Near City Hall
Police seek three gunmen wearing expensive new shoes who robbed a shoe store three blocks from city hall during rush hour. They had the staff locked in the basement and escaped with $150 as hundreds passed by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
City Hall
Hall suit starts in district court
Retrial of an $25,000 damage suit by G W Hall of Bluefield against the American Railway Express Co began in the United States district court. Hall seeks damages for injuries claimed while discharging duties as an express messenger after a steel stanchion struck him. The prior $18,500 award was reversed on appeal. The case was not finished when court recessed. Also, Teddy H Harvey of Uno Wyoming county had a non suit in a federal case. a new suit will be tried at the January Bluefield term seeking full benefits of a $10,000 war risk policy.
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G. W. Hall
Bluefield
American Railway Express Company
United States District Court
Hall
Circuit Court of Appeals
Teddy H. Harvey
Uno
Wyoming County
Harvey
Treasury posts deficit of 868 million as year ends
Washington on June 29 reports the 1931 fiscal year closed with a deficit of 868,278,858 as expenditures reached 4,167,112,224 and receipts 2,298,833,366. Cash on hand could not offset the shortfall, with a net general fund balance of 502,438,038.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Central States Swelter Under Heat Wave Across Regions
The central states and the Ohio River Valley endured a week of extreme heat with temperatures above 100 in cities from Rice Lake Wisconsin to Rome Georgia. Illinois Missouri Iowa and Minnesota reported heat related deaths with Minnesota tallying nine. A cooling wind briefly tempered the heat in Louisville and Chicago but no broad relief was expected before Wednesday.
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Canada
Gulf
Illinois
Midwest
Rice Lake
Wis
Rome
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Dakotas
Minnesota
Ohio
Wisconsin
Chicago
Atlantic Seaboard
Pacific Coast
St. Paul
Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
Denver
Kentucky
Albany
Augusta
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Fla
Louisville
MacDonald urges armament cuts at disarmament talks
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald told the house of commons Britain seeks drastic reductions in naval military and air forces ahead of next February’s disarmament conference. He cited Britain as the only major power cutting expenditures while others expand. Conservative and Liberal leaders urged others to share the burden. Churchill warned Britain risked weakening too far.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
Great Britain
United States
France
Italy
Japan
Stanley Baldwin
Herbert Samuel
Mr. MacDonald
Britain
Winston Churchill
England
Europe
Youth Drowns at Pineville Pool While Swimming
Ray Sparks aged 16 son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Sparks of Meade Pocahontas coal camp drowned Sunday at a Pineville pool. A physician later said a heart attack may have caused the death after Sparks failed to surface for about three hours. Witnesses Mr and Mrs F H Kirshner of Welch reported Sparks appeared to cramp in a foot before going under in the large thirty foot deep hole. The parents witnessed the tragedy in a scene of hysteria.
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Pineville Beach
Ray Sparks
Elmer Sparks
Meade Pocahontas
F. H. Kershner
Welch
Pineville
Mulrooney vows hard line against clothing racket in New York
Police Commissioner Edward P. Mulrooney outlines a plan at a meeting with manufacturers and union officials to wage a war to the finish against the clothing industry racket. He aims to land 80 members in the penitentiary, to deter others in related rackets through fear of similar punishment.
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New York
Edward P. Mulrooney
New York City
Graf Zeppelin Takes Off on Iceland Cruise
Friedrichshafen Germany June 30 The Graf Zeppelin commanded by Dr Hugo Eckener took off at 6 34 am on a cruise to Iceland in preparation for its Arctic trip next month. Twelve passengers were aboard including Lieutenant Commander Edward H Smith of the United States coast guard.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Graf Zeppelin
Hugo Eckener
Iceland
Arctic
Edward H. Smith
United States Coast Guard
Pocahontas coal case upheld against inferior substitutes
The US circuit court of appeals in Chicago affirmed a federal ruling backing an injunction by the Pocahontas Operators association of Indianapolis. It bars sixteen retail coal dealers from substituting inferior Pocahontas coal, ending a two year dispute with the Indianapolis Retail Coal club.
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United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
United States District Court
Indianapolis
Ind
Pocahontas Operators Association
Pocahontas Coal
W. B. E. Koepler
Circuit Court of Appeals
C. A. Howe
Better Business Bureau
W. BE. E. Koepler
BE. L. Greever
Frederick van Nuys
William C. Atwater
American Coal Company
Senator Fess To Remain At Helm Of Committee
Washington June 29 Senator Fess of Ohio expects to chair the Republican national committee until next year’s conventions. He said after a call on President Hoover that he will serve until convention time next year. Fess became chairman after Claudius H Huston’s resignation nearly a year ago.
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Washington
Senator Fess
Ohio
Republican National Committee
Hoover
Fess
Claudius H. Huston
Body Found In Yough Creek Inquest Rules Cause Of Death
In Oakland Maryland on June 29 a group of boys found the body of a man believed to be 50 to 60 years old in deep water of Yough Creek. He had been dead five to six weeks. An inquest found death due to a blow on the head. He was fully clothed with change and an expensive watch in his pockets. No identification was found.
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Oakland
Yough Creek
Here
Former officials plead not guilty on day count
William J. Flood former Bridgeville Pa police chief Frank Cereno and John Defango of Bridgeville and Boyd Irving of Fairmont indicted with others on conspiracy to violate prohibition laws pleaded not guilty at federal court arraignment Trial set for July 6 Bond increases to 5000 for Flood Cereno Defango and 2500 for Irving Bail not posted remained jailed
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Elkins
W. Va
William J. Flood
Bridgeville
Frank Cereno
John Defango
Boyd Irving
Fairmont
Flood
Cereno
Delango
W. E. Baker
Irving
Grasshopper Plague Despairs Nebraska Agriculture
A grasshopper plague sweeping northern Nebraska and parts of South Dakota has halted farm work and damaged wheat corn and potato crops. Nebraska allocates 1600 dollars for two counties to purchase poison while South Dakota counties assist farmers. A carload of poison costs about 1200 dollars and 30 cents of bait used per acre.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
South Dakota
Globe Girdlers Land In Alaska After Long Hop
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty completed a 2,500 mile nonstop hop from Khabarovsk Siberia to Solomon Alaska in 16 hours 45 minutes. They landed at Solomon trading post 32 miles east of Nome and rested as fuel was replenished.
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Globe Girdlers
Alaska
Solomon
Nome
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Here
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Okhotsk Sea
Kamchatka Peninsula
Bering Sea
Post
Gatty
Kurile Islands
Roosevelt Field
New York
Kamchatka
Japan
Khabarovak
Wise County Man Slain. Ted Carter Admits Shooting Doctor Cox
Ted Carter, 24, admitted he shot and killed Dr. John Lee Cox, veterinary surgeon and county officer, on the Guest river road near Carter's home. Carter was taken into custody after negotiations. his father Buck Carter posted $2,000 bond for forthcoming grand jury appearance. Cox, a Scott County migrant with a large family, was killed Sunday afternoon. no eyewitnesses identified, and coroner’s inquiry plans were dropped.
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Buck Carter
Carter
Acing
Doc
Isot
Cox
Scott County
Guest River
Actua
Norton
Barnett
Carter House
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Federal Power Agency
Ohio Field
James H. Wilkerson
Sudge
Express
Federal Farm Board
Adjusted Service Fund
Central States
Associated Press
Ohio River Valley
M Donald
Armout
GOAL
Wing Legal Move
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Post and Gatty
Trading Post
WISE
Ted Carter
John Lee Cox
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