Child Beater Chooses Jail Over Public Flogging
In Alexandria on June 28 AP report, 37 year old Harry Gregory and his 12 year old wife Jean were convicted of beating their three year old adopted daughter Rose Mary. Gregory chose a year in jail over flogging. Jean received six months. The punishment was to be carried out at two oclock near the police headquarters, with a bull whip finally procured and applied by patrolman Claude MacDonald after court officials debated lashes. The child remained at the Alexandria day nursery with leg bruises.
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Alexandria
Harry Gregory
Jean
Rose Mary
Gregory
James R. Duncan
Red Brick
John S. Arnold
Claude MacDonald
Duncan
Joe Tregor
Gregorys
Tregor
Harry
Jean Gregory
Alexandria Day Nursery
Accidental drowning verdict in Dixon death in Kanawha River
Chester E. Dixon, 39, found in the Kanawha River after vanishing Saturday morning. Witnesses Emory Miller and D. C. Price reported hearing calls for help from a man in water on bridge. body recovered two days later two miles downstream. Coroner said head wound likely from a fall on the river bank. Funeral at Bartlett chapel with Cedar Grove burial.
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Chester E. Dixon
Kanawha River
Emory Miller
D. C. Price
Miller
Price
W. F. Work
Dixon
Work
Bartlett Chapel
Cedar Grove
Wife to Fight For Freedom in Kidnapping Trial
Margaret Waley, 19, awaits federal trial in Tacoma on July 5 for kidnaping 8-year-old George Weyerhauser. Chief Defense Counsel John F. Dore pled to fight for her release. U S Attorney Owen P. Hughes plans to present a large witness list from four Northwestern states led by G men head E R Connelly.
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Tacoma
Wash
Margaret Waley
John F. Dore
Thurston County
Jeil
George Weyerhaeuser
William Ma
U. S
Atty
Owen P. Hughes
Connelly
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Wateye
Dore
Fingerprinting Dead Man Seven Months After Burial
West Virginia experts fingerprinted William Orfield of Charleston seven months after burial to verify his identity after his widow sought war-service records and insurance. Normal methods failed due to decay, but a physician obtained prints from his fingertips using preserved skin, yielding clear results and matching classification for potential identification.
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Westginia Department of Public Safety
William Orfield
Charleston
War Department
Orfield
American Red Cross
Nelle Huncke
Red Cross
State Police Identification Bureau
C. R. Cobb
Stora
Leli
Ortild
Aléuna
Engineers
Africa peace still distant in press on Italy Ethiopia
The dispatch reports from Rome that Captain Anthony Eder of Britain concluded talks with Premier Mussolini before heading to Paris, while Britain seeks a united front with Italy and France. It notes Italian demands for a complete solution to the Ethiopia dispute, and that the Italo Ethiopian conciliation commission in The Hague is unlikely to hasten peace. Fears of war drive missionaries from Ethiopia and a British diplomat remains at his post as Tyrolese conscripts desert to avoid African service.
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Associated Press
Africa
Anthony Feéen
Great Britain
Rome
Paris
Stresa
Britain
Ethiopia
Hague
Netherlands
Valians
Sidney Barton
Teave
Mussolini
Innsbruck
Austria
Italy
AIL WPA Offices To Center Here In Charleston
W McCullough progress administrator for West Virginia announced arrangements nearly complete to house all PWA departments in Charleston. Main offices to be in the People's Exchange building with the transient bureau and women's work division likely elsewhere. He and FERA administrator William N Bechler were in conference all day guiding changes in cooperative accord. Temporary rural re offices noted.
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W. McCullough
Works Progress
West Virginia
PWA
Charleston
People’s Exchange
Woman's Work Division
McCullough
William N. Bechler
FERA
Charleston Named Best City Its Size In the South
E T Williams, formerly Charleston express agent now with the Railway Press Agency South Atlantic division, said Charleston leads cities of its size in the South. He plans changes at the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad depot to ease traffic and expects strong fall express business here. He praised Charleston’s showing and noted growth in express traffic locally.
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General Busin
Charleston
Atlanta
E. T. Williams
Uymerly
Railway Press Agency
South Atlantic Slaves Division
Williams
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Rallyrx
Key Brothers Endurance Flight Near World Mark Threshold
MERIDIAN Mississippi July 4 update shows Jane and the Key brothers racing the clock in a 19th hour endurance flight. They remain 24 hours shy of the 553 hours 40 minutes 30 seconds world record set by the Hunters in Chicago five years ago. Ground control keeps constant contact as the final stretch begins and no plan change has been announced.
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Meridian
Miss
Jane
Meridian Brothers
Hunter Brothers
Chicago
Japs and Chinese clash in Chahar province front
In Chahar, fierce fighting reported between Manchoukuan frontier guards and Chinese troops. Advices confirm continued clashes along the disputed front north of Tushiliom. Reinforcements dispatched, Manchu troops encroaching, while Japan prepares garrison readiness. Major-General Doihara seeks new peace terms amid crisis.
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Tokyo
Manchoukuan Frontier Guards
Chahar Province
Manchoukuan War Office
Rengo Japanesiews Agency
Tushili- OM
Rengo
Myon Toshikirou
Kengo
al Thol Chy
Manchuuuo
China
Kenji Doihara
Fir
Hahar
Joint Hanging Scheduled Today
A father and son, Frank Temple and his 21 year old son Fred Temple, face the death penalty for the murder of Constable Colin C. McGregor in the Temple home on May 7, 1834. Mrs Temple, five children, and two relatives gathered outside the cells to bid farewell as a bicycle theft and other tensions preceded the grim event.
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St, Thomas
Oni
Frank Temple
Fred
Colin C. McGregor
Temple
Rells
Frank Tempyi, Jr
Coal Marketing Pacts Raised At Hearings On Guffey Bill
Washington June 26 AP reports a clash between craft and industrial unionists over the Guffey stabilization bill. Arthur Whitton, president of the International Machinists Association, urged an amendment allowing mine machinists to form separate working agreements with producers. The United Mine Workers of America contends jurisdiction over miners and has resisted such splits. Whitton argues for the same working conditions rights for machinists. Mine Workers leader Johnny Lewis warns it could fragment the industrial union and vows to fight. Analysts say enacting the bill could raise New England coal costs by about 20 million dollars annually.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
House
Ways and Means
Arthur Wharton
International Machinists Association
Sen
Tias
Tias Resisted Mrouds Then United Mine Workers of America
Industria 1 Xumian
Afid
Whitton
Johny L. Lewis
New England
Ship Subsidy Vote Delayed by Filibuster Threats
Washington June 21 reports opposition tactics delaying action on the administration bill to subsidize American merchant marine. Rep O Malley Wisconsin threatened a filibuster to force a roll call, aiming to muster inland-state support. The merchant marine committee said a roll call was unnecessary, but engrossed copy preparation blocked immediate action.
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Washington
O'Malley
Merchant Marine Committee
Lonesome Killer Plays Harmonica in Jail
Ger Ad Thompson, 25, arraigned for the attack murder of Mildred M Hallmark, sat in a county jail cell and played a harmonica, claiming loneliness. Sheriff Marcus Olson said Thompson would face trial July 22 after a confession tied to Hallmark’s killing and body dumped in Springdale cemetery ravine.
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Peoria
Ger Ad Thompson
Mildred M Hallmark
Thompson
Sheri Marcus G. Olson
Decatur
Towlmaker
Miss Hallmark
Springdale Cemetery
Heety Ingram
Sailor Turned Minister Rev C E Leatherby Dies
MOUNDSVILLE June 25 Rev C E Leatherby the British sailor who became a minister died today after 40 years in the pulpit. He was a member of the West Virginia Methodist conference and served his first church at Baltimore.
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Moundsville
C. BE. Leatherby
Leatherby
West Virginia
Baltimee
Prominent Charleston Banker Dies After Illness
Hugh Ernest Bek, 52, Charleston business leader and president of the National Bank of Commerce, died suddenly after an illness of acute indigestion at his Lewis Street home. Bek also led Triple State Electric and held directorships with Gravely Motor Plow, Culti vating Co and West Virginia State Automobile Association. He became bank president on March 19, 1935, after Bernard Hess’s death.
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Hugh Ernest Bek
Charleston
Lewis Street
Bek
Charleston Bamb
Neatlonel Bank of Commerce
General Mandar
Triple State Electric Company
West Virginia
Gravely Motor Plow and Cultivatating Company
West Virginia State Automobile Association
National Bank of Commerce
Benard Hess
Bei
the of Commerce
Senate approves 500 million nuisance tax plan
Washington reports a dispute over wealth taxes and nuisance levies. The Senate quickly adopted a 500 million nuisance tax resolution already approved by the House. A fortnight of hearings and a week of executive sessions were planned to move the wealth tax bill toward the July 22 week. President Roosevelt said he favored enactment before adjournment but not tied to nuisance levies. Robinson and Hackford offered little comment.
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House
House Ways and Means
Ways and Imeans Committee
Doughton
Roosevelt
White House
Robinson
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Hackfor
Moonday
Congress
Turco
Ecstasy film banned by federal court verdict
A federal court jury in New York found the Crecko Slovakian film Ecstasy obscene and immoral and ordered its confiscation. The government won. the film remains in custody and a 70 day appeal window was granted.
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New York
Iim
John C. Knox
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Henry Pearlmin
Eureka Productions. Inc
Citrymen
Ilfr
Four Selected For WPA Posts In West Virginia
HK Laban White Glenville Melton M Maloney Dunbar J D Alexander Fairmont Thomas Miles Lewis county named for executive WPA posts pending Washington confirmation F Witcher McCullough state administrator says candidates drafted for approval White education projects consultant Glenville State Teachers College Maloney assistant personnel director Alexander FERA procurement officer Miles Lewis county superintendent Maes liaison between FERA WPA and national reemployment service McCullough hopes West Virginians will accept roles to advance WPA program success
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HK. Laban White
Glenville
Dunbar
J. D. Alexander
Fairmont
Thomas
Miles
Lewis County
West Virginia
Works Progress Administration
Washington
F. Witcher McCullough
McCullough
White
Roosevelt
West, Virginia Educational Association
Glenville State Teachers' College
Maloney
Maes
FERA
Works Progress, Administration
Gervica
West
Huge Youth Relief Fund Sets By President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt launches a $15 million youth relief program aimed at training and employing youths ages 16 to 25 and supporting up to a half million with work. The Four Point Plan includes school finishing, retraining for private work, and youth projects with state and national advisory structures led by Miss Josephine Roche and Aubrey Williams.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
Josephine Roche
Williams
Roose Yvelt
Mist Roche
Burns Fatal to McCutcheon in Dairy Team Crash
William McCutcheon aged 27 of Crescent Road died from burns after a Memorial Day truck wreck carrying the Blossom Dairy baseball team at South Rufiner. He leaves a mother Mamie, sisters Dolly Virginia and Della, a brother John, a stepsister Gladys Coleman, and two brothers Merle Fore and Haro Ore, all of Guthrie.
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William McCutcheon
Crescent Road
Burns
Blossom Dairy
South Rufiner
Barlow Funeral Home
Mamie McCutcheon
Dolly McCutcheon
Virginia McCutcheon
Della MacFarland
Guthrie
John McCutcheon
Charleston
Gladys Coleman
St Erotere
Merle Fore
Haro ‘Ore
McCutcheon
Burnwell
Ethiopia Wins First War Battle in New York
Beverly Hills dispatch reports the first battle of the next war as Big Kialy defeats Abyssinia and Mussolini’s spring drive stalls. General Joe Logis meets Carnera, prompting a movement to send Lien Louis to Abyssinia with funding from American philanthropists and a German donor to support the trip to Africa.
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Calif
New York
Big Kialy
Abyssinia
Mussolini
Joe Logis
Duce Carnera
Louis
Braddork
Baer
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Africa
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