Man Given Life For Killing Baby
In Mifflintown Pennsylvania on June 14 a 22 year old former brickyard worker Paul Wesley Barrick was sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to fatally beating two year old Miriam Wolf nicknamed Rosebud. District Attorney Joseph E Nimond had sought the death penalty and said the crime resulted from a planned act. Barrick's former girlfriend and mother of the child Helen Wolf testified he was jealous of the father and she faces trial as an accomplice.
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Mifflintown
Miriam Wolf
Barrick
Helen Wolf
Two Brothers Escape From Teetering Auto
Two brothers scrambled to safety as a precarious auto teetered, escaping injury or worse. Details remain unclear as report notes a dramatic roadside moment in Philadelphia dated June 14.
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Teetering Auto
Philadelphia
Bicycle Safety Parade Entry Form Auction
Player fills out form to join Charleston Bicycle Safety Parade on Friday June 16. Participant agrees to follow rules and arrive 30 minutes before start at designated spot. Form directs submission to Montgomery Ward sports department located in Daniel Boone hotel building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Sports Department
Montgomery Ward
Daniel Boone Hotel
The
Gazette
Ward’s
Car teeters on bridge rail above Schuylkill River
Joseph Hintermeier and his brother Thomas fled from a car that skidded and plunged through the rail stopping half suspended 60 feet above the Schuylkill river. A police tow truck then pulled the vehicle back to safety.
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Tomobile
Schuylkill River
Joseph Hintermeier
Thomas
Hungary Decrees Extra Rail Fares for Fat People
A Hungarian government order imposes higher railway fares on individuals deemed overweight. The policy targets heavier passengers with surcharge provisions and raises questions about privacy and fairness in public transport pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungary
Idle State Miners To Get U S Food
Beckley reports a central surplus warehouse will distribute commodities to miners idle for not returning under union contracts. Supplies come via the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation and Works Progress Administration, with counties Fayette Raleigh and McDowell served. About 3,500 to 4,000 workers, or 15,000 to 20,000 people with families, expected to benefit.
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Beckley
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Harold Elmore
Works Progress Administration
State Department of Public Assistance
United Mine Workers
Elmore
Fayette
Raleigh
McDowell
Kingston-Pocahontas Coal Company
McKell Coal and Coke Company
Raleigh Coal and Coke Company
Charleston
Judge Sentences Close Friend in Embezzlement Case
In Moundsville on June 14 Judge James F. Shipman imposed the maximum 10 year term on Frank P. Ross, a close friend and former deputy state tax commissioner, for embezzling 1308.86 from 17 indictments. Prosecutor J. W. Rickey put the department loss at 12091.42 before the judge recessed to his chambers.
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Moundsville
James F. Shipman
State Tax Commissioner
Frank P. Ross
J. W. Rickey
State Tax Department
Shipman
Two Men Admit Slaying Undertaker in Taverns Hold Up
In Chicago on June 14 Edward Riley and Orville Watson pleaded guilty to slaying Alexander Ferguson a 57 year old undertaker during a tavern robbery on May 2. Policeman Phillip J. Kelly was also killed in the incident. Judge Robert J. Dunne warned they face a possible 14 to 199 year sentence or the extreme penalty.
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Chicago
Edward Riley
Orville Watson
Alexander Ferguson
Phillip J. Kelly
Robert J. Dunne
Riley
Watson
British statesman Wimborne dies at 66 in London
Viscount Wimborne former member of parliament paymaster general and lord lieutenant of Ireland died after a month long illness in London at age sixty six Lady Wimborne rushed home from a U S visit to be by his side before his death
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London
Viscount Wimborne
Ireland
Lady Wimborne
U. S
PILEX Tablets Sold for Piles at Local Drug Stores
Advertises PILEX tablets for piles with a 125 dollar price and a guarantee to help blind, bleeding, or protruding piles. Mentions Potterfield's Whelan's Lig gett's and Cohen drug stores as sellers.
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Potterfield’s
Whelan’s Liggett’s
Cohen Drug Stores
Stamp Collectors Set For State's Birthday
Philatelists plan West Virginia observance of statehood on June 20. Postmaster Julius W. Singleton reports requests for Charleston cancellations that day. Collectors from Kan napolis and Bronx send envelopes with state symbols and maps. a Pittsburgh collector seeks four cancellations. another Bronx hobbyist adds a state map and capitol stamp.
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West Virginia
The
Union
Julius W. Singleton
Charleston
Kannapolis
N. C
Capitol
Pittsburgh
Bronx
N. Y
King Reduces Prison Sentences Before King's Departure
Ottawa reports that on the eve of King George's departure from Canada a royal order reduces sentences by one month for prisoners serving more than three months. Justice Minister Ernest Lapointe announced the measure.
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Ottawa
King George
Canada
Ernest Lapointe
Four Defendants Given Ten-Year Probation Totals
Probation terms totaling ten years were imposed by Judge Frank C. Burdette in absentia for four defendants. Elvin Mabe of Riverside received five years for unlawful carrying of a deadly weapon. Fred Cogar of Clendenin got two years and a $100 fine for hit-and-run driving. Orville Powers of St Albans received two years for brandishing a weapon. Duke Thompson of Eskdale pleaded guilty to assault and battery on Lee Martin of Eskdale.
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Frank C. Burdette
Jackson Savage
Elvin Mabe
Riverside
Fred Cogar
Clendenin
Orville Powers
St. Albans
Duke Thompson
Eskdale
Lee Martin
Esk
Clemency Sought for Weidmann in Paris Murder Case
The mother of Eugene Weidmann, condemned killer of Jean Dekoven and five others, asked President Lebrun for clemency. Her letter was delivered by Weidmann’s attorneys during a one hour appeal for a reprieve. Weidmann faces the guillotine this weekend unless clemency is granted.
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Paris
Eugene Weidmann
Jean Dekoven
Brooklyn
Lebrun
Weidmann
Probation Issued and Guilty Plea in Local Court
Dale received a one year probation. Bob Parcell of Big Chimney pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated, fined $25, license revoked, car impounded for six months. Other cases included Charles McCallister charged with larceny Henry Jennings charged with shooting Frank Eccles and N Conley charged with writing a bad check.
Two Couples Apply For Marriage Licenses
Applicants for marriage licenses yesterday at the county clerk's office included Delbert Willard Brewer 24 and Edith Lanham 21 both of Charleston and James Lester Murphy 31 and Janet Wilson McCallum 23 both of Dunbar.
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County Clerk’s Office
Delbert Willard Brewer
Edith Lanham
Charleston
James Lester Murphy
Janet Wilson McCallum
Dunbar
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Chae Retiri
Tive
ITO
Coca-Cola
Armour & Co. and
Sterling
Kearse Theatre
Buck Jones
Helen Twelvetrees
Warde
OORT
U.S
WPA
Undertaker
Popular Price
Maddy's
Beauty Salon
Quarrier St
King
Burdette
America
Windsor
National Distillers Products Corporation
New York, N. Y
M. W. Wood, D. D
Optometrist
Capitol St
Frigidaire
General Motors Sales Corporation
Dayton, C
Capitol Street
General Motors
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