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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1930
Page
1
Fragmentary text reports a plotter seeking air passage tied to a witness claim. References a Carlton slaying set for August 13 and a girl believed released from Cone. Sparse details suggest and irregular wording from the source.
Representative Bowman reported that protests against the proposed site for a new veterans hospital in West Virginia should be directed to the federal hospitalization board. The board’s security radius centers within 60 miles of Huntington, with Wayne County considered as a possible site.
Washington dispatch reports Mary Anderson director of the U S women’s bureau opposing discharge of women to make way for out of work men and supporting continued women’s employment alongside men. She cites wage equality as distant yet urges shortening the workday as a solution for industrial evils.
COLUMBUS O Aug 29 The Dayton native Miss Marian McIlheney earned a Master of Science at Ohio State University during the summer quarter graduation ceremonies. Her study focused on entomology and house flies, totaling 3 018 specimens identified at sight revealing insights into house fly habits and misperceptions about their danger.
A Chicago judge ruled heredity rather than environment may eventually resolve the Bamberger Watkins infant dispute. He urged both families to raise the babies as siblings with two fathers and two mothers until identity is proven, and invited the judge to visit the children as they grow.
President Hoover this week end will center at a Republican camp with government officials on speeding the federal 10 year public building program. Hyde says unemployment, drought, and relief measures drive the talks to maintain a balanced budget while accelerating projects. Perry Heath and John Philip to outline next year’s appropriations and status of the 650 million building program. The president hosts a large party of friends at the camp and will return to Washington after Labor Day.
In Chicago Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and Captain Frank Hawks met after Hawks’ continental record flight. Hawks denied rivalry and spoke of Lindbergh’s possible new motor, a Wright Cyclone delivering about 600 horsepower and 200 mph. The pair spoke with fans, waved, and Lindbergh and Mrs Lindbergh then left for Detroit.
The Evangelical Congregational church Ohio district conference examined Miss Amy Heck Joban town Ohio who applied for a license to preach If licensed she would be the first woman member of the denomination to qualify to preach.
Chicago dispatch reports Alfonso Capone is alive after widespread rumors of his death. Attorney Thomas Nash confirmed this afternoon Capone is well aside from a cold and not harmed.
A Nebraska recluse farmer long sought for the 1892 murder of his brother in a dispute over a woman was identified in St. Joseph as Columbus Hayes. Investigators matched photos with Frank Johnson, a Superior, Nebraska farmer who died in 1927, after a Los Angeles woman claimed Johnson was his uncle and Hayes the elusive killer. Hayes fled in 1892, was recaptured years later, and remained imprisoned until his death.
In Bouth Bend Indiana and nearby Michigan authorities pursued a suspect in the death of eight year old Martine Appel. Police arrested a neighbor who resembled a man described by other children who said he offered candy and lured girls into his car before Marvine vanished.
At the Detroit event two deaths occurred during the Mars Air Exhibition. George Fernie, 35, designer of Ramaden sirpians, died in a low loop crash that also involved a plane owned by Mrs. Martin Bowman. Colonel Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh arrived later, joining a crowd focused on aviation triumphs and upcoming trials.
AUTUS Aug 19 Four assailants in a gunfight killed Deputy E G Carter 92 and fatally wounded Police Chief Joe Whitt of Albis before escaping. The confrontation followed a raid on rum runners.
Washington reports the burial of William L. Cundiff this week ends questions about the Bryan era ally who nominated him at the Denver Democratic convention 32 years ago. Cundiff and Bryan shared height and build and he later served in the state department until his death last Monday. He had lived in a Potomac river area home and was 62.
Across the region rumors of uprisings surface in Argentina Brazil and Uruguay. President Irigoyen tightens security in Buenos Aires as troops and destroyers are mobilized. In Brazil reports of southern unrest prompt an official denial and a cautious alert. In Cuba and other areas conservatives and liberals clash while Peru’s new leaders consolidate power under Lieut. Col. Sanchez Cerro.
Observers in Washington attribute a wave of unrest in Latin American countries to severe economic hardship. They note plummeting prices, reduced foreign markets, and inflation, with Peru’s Laguía regime weakening financially and Argentina confronting unemployment and currency pressures amid the global slump.
Chapman Brown, 14, of Spring Mill, a caddy at the Kanawha country club, was fatally run over by a Chesapeake and Ohio freight train in Spring Hill. Witnesses say he jumped on a moving car in a ride attempt, was struck, and died shortly after at a South Charleston hospital. Coroner stated death was accidental and no inquest will be held.
Fragmentary excerpt reports Wil Borah claim of waning influence amid Idaho political dynamics. The readable lines reference local sentiment and opposition within a county but lack clear dates or names beyond Borah and Idaho, with scattered phrases about Democrats and political strength.
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