Three Braxton County inmates describe jailer killing plan
Three men Cam den Roode 34 Elliott Keener 19 and Raymond Mace 27 charged with murder in the Braxton county jail escape told reporters how they planned to slug and blind Jailer Earl Bland and to break bars for a front door escape They walked 18 miles to Birch River and were captured two days later by state troopers in Kanawha county The men disputed who struck Bland's fatal blow and Roode gave a separate account Roode Keener and Mace were moved to Charleston for safekeeping and will face the July grand jury in Sutton
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Earl
Bland
Charleston
W. Va
Braxton County
Mace
Roode
Brich River
Keener
James E. Cutlip
Sutton
Truce Ends Milwaukee Power Strike After Three Day Turmoil
Milwaukee ends a three day strike as a truce with the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Co. restores some service. Pickets clashed, cars were damaged, one striker died, and 140 Lakeside plant workers walked out before President S B Way yielded to three AFL unions. Lights flickered in Racine and Kenosha but resumed as service neared midnight.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company
Blue Eagle
NRA
Lakeside
S. B. Way
American Federation of Labor
Racine
Wis
Kenosha
Northern Illinois Power and Light Company
Governor Grants Plea For Further Stay Of Execution
New York June 29 A last minute reprieve delays three death row inmates Mrs Anna Antonio Samuel Feraci and Vincent Saetta from Sing Sing The stay comes after Gov Herbert Lehman weighed motions for a new trial and a controversial claim by Saetta that Antonio was innocent The governor ordered the postponement hours before the scheduled execution and notified Warden Lewis E Lawes as families reacted with shock and relief
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New York
Herbert Lehman
Anna Antonio
Samuel Feraci
Vincent Saetta
Sing Sing
Bluefield Gas Price Shakeup Restores Local Rates
Gasoline prices in Bluefield and Roanoke regions returned to normal levels with series of price moves. Local stations restored 20.6 cents for straight gas and 22.6 for ethyl while others eyed higher rates from headquarters. Roanoke and Virginia sites saw mixed adjustments amid a regional price war and efforts toward uniform statewide pricing.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Virginia
Gulf
Amoco
Purol
Standard
Bluefield Oil
Roanoke
American Oil Company
Roanoke Oil Company
Freight traffic up as US railroads move 621872 cars
The American Railway Association reports 621,872 freight cars shipped this week, an increase of 4,223 cars from the prior week. The update reflects continued growth in national rail freight activity.
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Washington
American Railway Association
Nudist wedding in fair garden at World’s Fair
Samuel Wallace Jr of Milwaukee and Gertrude Boon Schubeck of Chicago wed in a nudist ceremony in the Fair Garden of Eden concession. Bishop H Perry Ward of the Liberal church officiated as reporters and cameramen observed, the couple’s attendants from nudist camps in Indiana and Wisconsin.
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Chicago
Samuel Wallace Jr
Milwaukee
Gertrude Boon Schubeck
Indiana
Wisconsin
Roselawn
Ind
Mirror Lake
Wis
H. Perry Ward
Liberal
Amerca
Parole Granted to Mrs Lilliendahl in 1927 Slaying Case
Mrs Margaret Lilliendahl of South Vineland was granted parole today after conviction in 1927 for participation in the slaying of her husband Dr William C Lilliendahl. She is reported dying from cancer at Clinton Reformatory. co-defendant William Beach died after serving part of a ten year term.
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Trenton
N. J
Margaret Lilliendahl
South Vineland
William CC. Lilliendahl
Lilliendhal
William Beach
Vineland
Beach
Clinton Reformatory
Substitute bride rehearses for Astor-French wedding
Newport reports a rehearsal at Trinity Episcopal Church for the Astor French wedding with John Jacob Astor III and Ellen Tucky French. A substitute bride, Leslie Bogert, paraded in in place of Miss French while the real bride-to-be watched from a pew as tension rose with Mrs. Livingston French, the mother, insisting on press limits.
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Newport
R. I
Trinity Episcopal Church
John Jacob Astor III
Ellen Tucky’French
Young Astor
Livingston French
Tucky French
Astor
Old Church
P. L. Furey
Press Service
Mrs. French
Miss French
Leslie Bogert
Federal Reserve: unemployment blocks Fifth District business revival
The Richmond Fed reports unemployment remains a chief obstacle to recovery in the Fifth district. Construction shows a small seasonal rise while coal and tobacco stay at normal levels, and private absorption of former CWA workers remains limited. Insolvencies fall, crops vary with rain and drought, apples improve in quality.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Federal Reserve
CWA
West Virginia
Panhendry
Man killed in boiler explosion at Marrowbone Creek mill
In Williamson West Virginia on June 29 one man died and eight were injured when a sawmill boiler exploded. Victim John Earl Mills 23 was crushed under a falling wall. Debris flew 300 yards. Cause unknown. Dewey Marcum and Millard Stumbo among the injured.
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Dewey Marcum
Millard Stumbo
Ower
Kermit
HOTEL MAN ARRESTED AND SEARCH FOR MISSING WOMAN
Fincastle Virginia June 29 Robert Kent Jr part owner of the Blue Ridge Springs hotel is under arrest. Local officers planned a search for Mrs Mary J Hastings former owner and longtime housekeeper after she had not been seen since leaving the hotel with Kent on Sunday. Kent says he parted with Hastings on Pennsylvania Avenue Washington Monday and she planned not to return to Virginia for some time.
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Fincastle
Robert Kent Jr
Blue Ridge Springs
Mary J. Hastings
Trade Tide In Dun and Bradstreet Review
New York sees a mixed trade picture as the Dun and Bradstreet weekly review notes a general ebb in sales and earnings but a gradual irregular uptrend persists across major sectors.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet Weekly Trade Review
McCarl Opens Way For War Department Vehicle Purchases
Washington reports Comptroller McCarl overruled bidders to allow the War Department to immediately buy 1,331 trucks and sixty eight ambulances under the motorization program. Woodring backs the move and bids may require affidavits against lobbyists.
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McCarl
WAR Department
Washington
Eral McCarl
Harry H. Woodring
Woodring
Goas
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Heat Wave Grips Nation Breaking Records Across Cities
The heat wave spread from the midland plains to the coasts with records shattered in Baltimore New York Chicago and Louisville. Deaths crop damage and water shortages followed as cities from Joliet to Emporia faced 100 plus temperatures and federal aid moved water by tank car to Creston Iowa.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Pacific
Baltimore
New York City
Philadelphia
Washington
Mercury
Emporia
Eas
Lawrence
Leavenworth
Independence
Kas
Kansas City
Joliet
Ill
Newark
Louisville
San Francisco
Illinois
Mayfield
Covington
Middlewest
Nebraska
Great Lakes
St. Louis
Champaign
Des Moines
Peoria
Omaha
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Topeka
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Creston
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
San Joaquin Valley
West Virginia heat tops 100 across the state
On June 29 temperatures climbed above 100 in multiple West Virginia locales. Charleston neared 104 unofficially while official readings showed 102. Bluefield logged 92, Roanoke 101, and nearby towns saw relief from heat due to drifting rains.
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Bluefield
Jaeger
W. Va
Eckman
Williamson
Roanoke
Charleston
West Virginia
Hunti
Parkersburg
Soda Pop flyers pursue long Atlantic crossing to Warsaw
The Adamowicz brothers and their Brooklyn company plane sped from Harbor Grace Newfoundland toward Warsaw Poland on a second transatlantic attempt. They expected about 30 hours of flight with a 40 hour fuel supply and planned routes via Dublin Berlin to reach Poland. Locals watched as the 300 horsepower monoplane, carrying 610 gallons of gasoline, rose at dawn with no word expected until over the British Isles.
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Harbor Grace
Warsaw
Mid
Brooklyn
Benjamin and
Joseph Adamowicz
North Atlantic
Europe
Copenhagen
Flying Brothers
Poland
Holger Horrs
British Isles
Harris
New York
St. John’s
Benjamin Adamowicz
Harriss
Reg Min Adamowicz
Dublin
Berlin
Plans for West Virginia water power act outlined
Rep Ramsey and Sen Karl H. Smith outline a new state water power act to gain federal funds for hydro electric development. The plan creates a state water power authority to regulate resources and keep them in the people’s possession while boosting coal industry and reducing unemployment.
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Washington
Ramsey
West Virginia
Karl H. Smith
Fairmont
Ramsay
Smith
Madrid to Establish Diplomatic Ties with Soviet Russia
June 29 Manuel Marroco the Spanish treasury minister announced that Spain will immediately establish diplomatic relations with Soviet Russia and exchange ministers.
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Madrid
Manuel Marraco
Treasury
Russia
Quarrel Over Aged Zaro Agha Body Ends With Autopsy
In Istanbul relatives and doctors argued over the aged Zaro Agha body. officials secured an autopsy to determine his true age, with a German expert directing the post mortem. American offers for the body surfaced as relatives mourned privately per Moslem rites.
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Zaro Agha
Istanbul
Turkey
Agha
United States
Schwartz
Zara Agha
America
Hatfield Defends Record At GOP Gathering in West Virginia
U S Senator Henry D Hatfield told GOP leaders in Point Pleasant that he has always been seen as liberal and that a socialist system would have no place in his view of government He said he seeks re election as a champion of constitutional government and criticized Roosevelt while noting he is not seeking any candidate for congress.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
U. S
Henry D. Hatfield
Hatfield
U.S
Charles Vernon Payne
Hurricane
Congress
Roosevelt
West Virginia
Senate
United States
Robert L. Hogg
Robert MacDougle
Parkersburg
W. W. Smith
Huntington
Harry Scherr
Marie Dressler Plunges Into Coma Amid Illness
Santa Barbara California June 29 Marie Dressler veteran motion picture actress drifted into coma and her personal physician Dr F R Nuzum said the end is near Miss Dressler unconscious spent a poor night and grew weaker today Telegrams of condolence pour into the cottage on the C K G Billings estate in Montecito Frances Marion friend and former San Francisco reporter now successful Hollywood scenarist was at her bedside.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Marie Dressler
F. R. Nuzum
Hollywood
Frances Marion
San Francisco
Hopewell Plant Faces Explosion Risk Over Strike Idle
Hopewell Virginia June 29 management of the Tubize Chatillon rayon plant said fifty workers would enter the mills at 8 o clock to prevent an explosion that could wreck the plant and endanger the town. United Textile Workers spokesman George Moorhouse said the danger was exaggerated and used to force workers back. Plant manager Raymond Burrows insisted the plant could blow up from sun heated nitro cotton but would proceed with security measures and operations.
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Hopewell
George Moorhouse
United Textile Workers of America
Moorhouse
Raymond Burrows
President Acts on Pension Bill During Vacation Preparations
President Roosevelt signed a World War II widow and orphan compensation measure and left open whether farm mortgage moratorium and railroad pension bills were approved. He planned a weeklong cruise from Annapolis to Hawaii after final White House duties and a last press conference. He also intended to name the stock exchange and communications commissions and set up an aviation study commission before departure.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hawaii
White House
Annapolis
Houston
Chesapeake Bay
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Haiti
Colombia
Panama Canal
Stock Exchange and Communications Commissions
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North Dakota Governor Langer Sentenced in Federal Case
Governor William Langer faces 18 months in prison and a $10,000 fine for defrauding the U S government. Sentences for four co-defendants were lighter. An appeal to the circuit court or Supreme Court is planned. Langer remains free under a stay until Monday.
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North Dakota
Fargo
N. D
William Langer
United States
Andrew Miller
Circuit Court of Appeals
Langer
Administration
Oscar Chaput
Frank Vogel
R. A. Kinger Sr
Harold McDonald
Kinzer
Federal Emergency Relief Committee For
Judge orders death in electric chair for dentist killer
Shawneetown Ill June 29 A circuit judge decreed death in the electric chair for Harold St Clair 30 a former Ohio convict in the murder of Dr Homer Meyer 55 wealthy Eldorado Ill The judge noted duty over personal opinion saying I ask no mercy St Clair was set to die October 19 at the southern Illinois penitentiary Mrs Evelyn Anderson of Woodsboro Texas faced a gay murder indictment but denied knowledge of the slaying Meyer was found shot on his farm June 24 after St Clair admitted the crime in New Orleans scope of motive remains unavailable
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Shawneetown
Ill
Harold St. Clair
Ohio
Homer Meyer
Eldorado
St. Clair
Blaine Huffman
Bhquality
New Orleans
Dr. Meyer
Board Orders No Textbook Changes For Next School Year
The West Virginia state board of education approved a formal order affirming no changes to elementary school texts for the upcoming year and only imperative revisions to high school books. The decision, announced earlier, reiterates retention of current elementary titles while limiting high school replacements.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Board of Education
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