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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1939
Page
3
Nome lines the waterfront to greet the steamer Sutherland the first ship here in nearly eight months after breaking through ice in the Bering Sea. Three other ships also battled heavy ice as Nome faces low food supplies.
Edward Montgomery and David Rogers admitted in federal court they took a stolen car across state lines and possessed a sub machine gun. Two companions pleaded innocent. trials set for June 27. A grand jury indicted Booth and Castle with others for stealing a car near Kirby Pennsylvania. Wheeler police tied a sub machine gun to the hotel room. Judge Baker denied extradition to Oklahoma.
Mrs. M I Dunn and daughter Molly plan a visit to Lexington Virginia with Mr. and Mrs Emmett Clarke. Miss Carma Lee Mower returns from Columbus Ohio with relatives. Councilor Mary Louise Hogg and companions visit. Young people attend conference in Lewisburg. Residents move to summer camps at Lower Falls as flood repairs begin. Beach reopens after flood damage under S Sattes management. Mrs S H Phillips and daughter Katherine attend Haverford College commencement. They report on Nascent summer season and local activity.
U S engineers office announced the low bid for four Huntington flood wall pumping stations submitted by Engstrom and Wynn of Wheeling at 199000 dollars. The firm previously won three similar projects. West Virginia news items follow.
The Rotary club will entertain with Ladies' night this evening at Justice Inn in Milton. The attendee mentions also having attended the World's Fair in New York City, reflecting on past events.
Herbert Israel Michaels of Hamburg was executed by guillotine today after being accused before the people's court of forming illegal organizations in several North German cities and spying on the German army. Panama will issue a commemorative stamp for the US Constitution's 150th anniversary.
The bridge over the Ohio River between East Liverpool and Newell West Virginia was offered to the state in two plans. The Newell Bridge and Railroad Company proposed 840000 dollars with reinforcement by the company and revenue bonds. The alternative would have the state pay 700000 dollars and cover all expenses.
President Roosevelt signed a bill allowing federal courts to confiscate firearms possessed by individuals convicted of felonies and return them to the law enforcement agencies that made the arrests.
In Buena Vista Colorado on June 14 James Williams 17 and Robert Blair 19 the last of six youths who kidnapped Warden Walter H Johnson and fled the Colorado Reformatory were captured. Hunger forced them to shoot a calf revealing their hiding place. The warden was released outside the institution grounds and helped lead a search that resulted in four recaptures Monday.
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