National Commerce Bank Absorbs Peoples Exchange Assets
Edward Hess announces completion of negotiations that allow National Bank of Commerce to absorb liquid assets of Peoples Exchange totaling 670 257 70, including 417 135 14 cash and U S bonds and 253 122 56 secured notes. Depositors will receive 50 percent of balances impounded March 22 and full deposits since then.
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Edward Hess
National Bank of Commerce
Peoples Exchange Bank
National Bank
United States
W. c. Given
West Virginia
Trust Department
Commissioner of Banking
Peppies Bank
National Bank of Commercce
Former Mate Held In Torch Murder
Rockford Illinois August 15. Facing prolonged questioning Mrs May Hanson 38 today firmly maintains she had nothing to do with the torch death of her divorced husband Earl State's Attorney Robert D Nash said evidence indicated Hanson had been slain. Mrs Hanson is in jail. The evidence consisted of a porcelain wash basin and a box of matches found near the place where last Sunday Hanson died in the flames that enveloped his automobile. That was in the driveway of his former wife’s home a few minutes after he had left his daughter June 12 officials theorized someone had used the porcelain basin to dash gasoline on Hanson 42 and had then ignited his saturated clothing with a single match. Mrs Hanson admitted she had
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Rockford
Ill
May Hanson
Oday
Earl State
Robert D. Nash
Hanson
June
Willie Willis By Robert Quillen
Willie Willis is quoted by Robert Quillen in a brief vignette about a boy who suspects Mr. Brown witnessed the vandalism on his window but is greeted by his father with the nickname Old Scout when he enters.
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Mr. Brown
Papa
20 Take Treatment To Escape Dumb Rabies
PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 15. Twenty persons today were required to begin Pasteur treatment after contact with Richard Turner, 26, an unmarried man suffering from dumb rabies the most virulent hydrophobia. Exposed individuals include doctors, nurses, and relatives. Dr. Jonathon Forman and Dr. J. L. Jones along with eight Portsmouth physicians strive to save Turner who contracted the paralytic rabies while trying to separate his pet dogs. His limbs are paralyzed and the paralysis has crept upward since Sunday morning. He had previously undergone 12 Pasteur treatments.
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Portsmouth
Tventy
Richard Turner
Jonathon Forman
Columbus
J. L. Jones
Louisville
Turner
Pasteur
R F C Waives Foreclosure On Union Building
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation waives its foreclosure claim on the Union building securing a 382000 loan to Union National Life. A pending court approval by Judge Hudson delays final action. Under the agreement the R F C leaves operation to receivers, aiding debt payments from rents and freeing assets for death claims.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Union
Union National Life Insurance Company
Harlan Justice
No Decision Is Reached On State Relief
Washington Aug 15 AP after more than three hours Hop kins federal relief administrator and Governor Kump had not settled how West Virginia should share unemployment relief. Hopkins issued an ultimatum that the state raise 4 million for eight months or lose all federal funds with an 60 ratio. He said 6 million would be provided if the state raised the requested sum. Counties would contribute 500000 for eight months, Hopkins to consider it part of the 4 million. Kump noted last session 1.8 million was for road construction and an expected 880000 from auto tax receipts could fund roads.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
H. G. Kump
West Virginia
Hopkins
Federal Relief Administration
Kump
Firemen plan to drag Elk River for missing boy
Fire Chief Louis McLane leads Bullitt Street emergency squad today to drag Elk River near Pfaff and Smith Sand and Gravel for Hubert Cart five year old son of Mrs Gradie Cart of Mapledrive believed to have fallen in yesterday. Police say heel prints on the bank point to the spot. An older brother and other boys were nearby on a barge when the accident occurred. The squad worked until sundown yesterday and Hubert was not missed for several minutes.
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Louis McLane
Elk River
Pfaff and Smith Sand and Gravel Company
Bullitt Street
Hubert Cart
Gradie Cart
Mapledrive
Clarence
McLane
Hubert
Drinking Party Ends in Slaying
John C. Mulligan, 45, a jewelry store employee, held without bail on murder charges after police found Mrs. Ella M. Schrodt, 58, dead in her Mt. Rainier Md home. Investigators cite a drinking party and conflicting accounts. a deep gash at her temple suggests a bottle strike.
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Washington
John C. Mulligan
Ella M. Schrodt
Mulligan
Mrs. Schrodt
Mt. Rainier
Cottage City
Schrodt
Robert E. Joyce
Eight More Machado Men Slain by Cuban Rioters
In Havana Aug 15 eight more people died in post Machado disturbances as the new De Cespedes government works to restore order and win foreign recognition. The death toll rises to 35 since Saturday morning amid violence at Principe prison and ongoing clashes between old regime enemies and authorities. The new regime seeks a debt moratorium or restructuring and will coordinate with the United States on financial matters through Ambassador Sumner Welles.
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Island Republic
Havana
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Gerardo Machado
Principe Prison
Penitentiary of
Aids
de Cespedes
Martinez Saenz
Treasury
United States
Sumner Welles
Plot to Embroil Japan and U.S. Revealed at Trial
Testimony at a naval trial reveals an alleged plan to assassinate the American ambassador and consul to provoke U.S.-Japan friction. The move aimed to spur a nationalist militarist revolution as Premier Inukai was killed amid 1932 outrages. Aiding officers discussed timing with ambassadors absent and successors not yet in place.
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Tokyo
Suyoshi Inukai
Japan
United States
Kijo Ito
Ite
W. Cameron Forbes
Joseph C. Grew
Inukai
Horishi Yamagishi
America
Tax Levies For New Year Said
City council approved levies to fund government next year with 12.5 cents class one 25 cents class two and 50 cents class four plus 10.4 cents for debt raising about 403425.39 in direct taxes and 117036 for bonds plus 108809 for special debt. Kanawha county schools levy targets 2 million for operations and county court and school boards set various class levies. City totals fall slightly from last year and council adjourned amid wrangling with all members content.
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Charleston
Kanawha County
Council
County Board of Education
Kanawha
H. L. Wehrle
Cunningham Rites To Be Held Today
Funeral services for Estel Cunningham 28 owner and manager of Fox Dry Cleaning die yesterday of heart disease to be held this afternoon at 2 at Weekley Memorial United Brethren church. Interment at Spring Hill cemetery. Rev T L Miles officiating.
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Estel Cunningham
Fox Dry Cleaning Company
Weekley Memorial United Brethren Church
J. R. Cunningham
Charleston
C. D. Cunningham
Dunbar
W. W. Cunningham and Co. B
Chester Young
P. C. Starcher
Monroe Dodge
Norman Dodge
A. P. Johnson
O. C. Riley
Golden Asbury
Troy Cunningham
Ralph Davis
Spring Hill Cemetery
Green Scores Steel Leaders At NRA Parley
Washington reports a heated clash between labor leader William Green of the AFL and steel industry spokesmen at an NRA conference over labor provisions of the steel code. Green argued steel bosses walked out with Secretary Perkins present, challenging government authority. Johnson presses four large industries toward quick code agreements, with coal and auto talks set for today and tomorrow, while Ford’s stance remains unclear.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
NRA
Frances Perkins
Green
Miss Perkins
W. A. Irvin
United States Steel
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel
Tf. Weir
National Steel
L. EB. Block
Inland Steel
Hugh Morrow
F Sloss
Sheffield
Tom Gridier
Republic Steel
Greer
General Johnson
Roosevelt
Johnson
Robert W. Lea
Gazette Accepts A N P A Code
The Gazette already announced last week its acceptance of the newspaper code submitted by the American Newspaper Publishers Association and approved last night by General Hugh S Johnson, industrial administrator.
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the Gazette
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson Approves Newspapers Code
Washington Aug 15 The code authorizes hours and pay in the newspaper industry under the presidents re employment plan approved by Industrial Administrator Hugh S Johnson The agreement allows newspapers to obtain the blue eagle pending a permanent code and sets age limits and weekly hours for different worker groups with specific exceptions
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Mrs Costello Freed On Charge of Killing Mate
Salem Mass widow Jes sie Burnett Costello 31 acquitted after a brief jury deliberation of murdering Fire Captain Wm J Costello of Peabody with poison. Crowds cheered as she left court to reunite with her three children, with attorney Francis E Rafter announcing no statement or photo due to business negotiations.
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Salem
Mass
Jessie Burnett Costello
Wm. J. Costello
Peabody
James F. Campbell
Celia McNeil
Probers Hear Of Gang Rule In New York
United States Attorney George Medalie describes New York City as the biggest racket of all with political leaders allied to gangsters. Chief Justice Kernochan cites racketeers controlling police and politics while calling for witness protection and harsh penalties. Medalie warns that breaking the gangland political alliance is essential to end racketeering.
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New York
America
Senate
United States
George @. Medalie
Royal
Copeland
New York City
Frederick Kernochan
Special Sessions
Supreme Court
E. L. Hammer
Scotland Yard
Philip Forman
New Jersey
U. S
Robert P. Patterson
Medalie
Tramp Sought In Death Case at Lake Hoptacong
A tattered vagrant living in a lean-to near Lake Hoptacong is sought as the possible killer of Anna Ulm a 45 year old New York sprinter. Her body was found tied to a tree trunk with a crushed skull, not robbed, with sightings of a bearded ragged man near the hollow. Ulm was secretary to a New York chiropractor and sister to Mrs Rautenbach. Volunteer searchers discovered the body Sunday night and investigators worked to mislead the killer with a presumed suicide.
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Dover
N. J
Anna Ulm
New York
Lake Hoptacong
Miss Ulm
Edward Gebhart
Hickory Nut Hollow
Otto Rautebach
New York City
Lake
Rautenbach
Michael Duffy
Clifford Peterson
Engagement of Henry Huddleston Rogers to Mrs Dresser
New York August 15 announces the engagement of Colonel Henry Huddleston Rogers 53 Standard Oil millionaire to Mrs Pauline Van Der Voort Dresser 40 a descendant of Peter Van Der Voort one of the city’s early Dutch settlers.
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New York
Henry Huddleston Rogers
Standard Oil
Pauline van der Voort Dresser
Peter van der Voort
Kidnapers Outsmart Police In $50,000 Ransom Swap
A Chicago gang evaded a major police trap and fled with roughly fifty thousand dollars in decoy ransom money. An undercover officer posing as a messenger boy handed over the cash near La Grange while other lawmen watched. As gunfire erupted, seven gang members fled in two autos amid about seven hundred rounds fired.
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Chicago
Charlies Urschel
Oklahoma
John Factor
la Grange
Louise Frazier Collapses In Kanawha Court Scene
In Ripley Aug 15 defense for Charles Harper in a first degree murder case against Leo Frazier and Henry Cano rested without witnesses after Louise Frazier fainted and was rushed to Kessel hospital. The state case included Louise Frazier as a key witness linking a plot to free Ralph Harper, killed in the gun battle with deputies, while Elizabeth Mairs faced accessory charges.
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the Gazette
Ripley
Charles Harper
Leo Frazier
Henry Cano
Louise Frazier
Kessel
Ralph Harper
Kanawha County
Harper
Moundsville
Elizabeth Mairs
Militia Guards Alabama Lynching Probers In Tuscaloosa
In Tuscaloosa Alabama three companies of the national guard held order as a special grand jury probed the lynching of two Negroes and an attempted lynching of a third. Guard lines surrounded the jail while the sheriff and deputies moved three prisoners. One survivor Elmore Clarke described near miss and wounds. Authorities blame international labor defense for the outbreak amid white sadness over the Maddox case.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Alabama National Guard
Elmore Clarke
Clarke
Dan Pippen, Jr
A. T. Harden
Pippen
Harden
Death
Compania
Vance
Alabama
H. B. Foster
International Labor Defense
Labor Defense
Vaudine Maddox
Patriotism Without War Will's Discovery
Beverly Hills reader imagines a whirlwind cross country trip by air to cheer the West against the East in Chicago. The letter notes flying plans from Boulder Dam to Salt Lake to Omaha to Chicago with sunrises and breakfasts en route. It suggests the NRA program might spark patriotism without war and ends with a personal sign-off.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
East Pole
Chicago
Boulder Dam
Salt Lake
Cheyenne
Omaha
Cuba
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Peoples Exchange
Willie Willis
Robert Quillen
Federal Corporation
Sam
Machado
U.S
Cunningham
Labor
Cox
Jackson County
Peabody, Mass
Perkins Park
Francis E. Rafter
Tramp
Law
Alabama’s National Guard
Will
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