Investigation Ordered Into Missouri Lynching
Governor Park ordered a state probe into the lynching of Lloyd Warner a 19 year old Black man accused of assaulting a white woman. Attorney General Roy McKittrick and Assistant Attorney General William Sawyer will assist Buchanan County officials in uncovering responsibility while National Guard units stood by during mob violence that killed Warner at the county jail. Sheriff Otto Theisen described the earlier attempts to stop the mob as futile and mourned the breakdown of order as thousands watched. The case follows a reported confession later denied by Warner.
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ST. Joseph
Guy B. Park
Lloyd Warner
William Sawyer
Jefferson City
Age Capital
Roy McKittrick
Jall
Theisen
Ute
Dheriffs
Hire
Warner
Sheri
Parole Granted to Huntington Attorney
Announcement last night stated three parole grants for Harry Irons of Huntington who served time for embezzlement. Irons, once attorney for Jackson Building and Loan, began his sentence in Moundsville in July 1930 and was reported to have completed a portion of his term.
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Harry
Irons
Huntington
Jackson
Moundsville
Ama
Lynching Suspects Freed in Court Sparks Outcry in Maryland
In Princess Anne, Maryland, four men suspected in a Negro lynching were freed on insufficient evidence as thousands packed the courthouse. Governor Albert C. Ritchie condemned the court action, while onlookers clashed with police and cheered the freed defendants amid a tense scene.
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Princess
Arne
Court House
Reb
Z. Duer
Harry Martin
Baltimore City
Attkiss
Two Bodies Found In Shallow Grave In Pennsylvania
In Downingtown Pennsylvania two young women were found dead in a shallow grave in a cornfield, linked to gangland killings. Identified as Florence Miller and Ethel Marshall, they were wanted after racketeer associates John Zukorsky and Edward Cowboy Wallace fled from Camden, New Jersey. Wallace was killed, Zukorsky survived. A farmer and helper discovered the three foot deep burial while plowing near Braedywine Manor, about ten miles north of Coatesville.
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Downingtown
Tose
Florence Miller
Ethe] Marshall
John Zukorsky
Edward
Cowboy" Wallace
Camden
N. J
Wallace
Zukrosky
Edger Mcloughlin
Braedywine Manor
Coatesville
Liquor Director Is Named by President
WARM SPRINGS Ga Nov 2 President Roosevelt named Jonobh H Choate Jr of New York to direct the new federal liquor control task after repeal of national prohibition. An advisory board of four government experts will administer the code with federal veto and supervisory powers while the industry takes the initiative.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
House
Jonobh H. Choate, Jr
New York
Education Department Urges CWA School Repairs
State education staff toured districts to organize counties for employing 61 teachers under the Civil Works Administration plan while pressing county officials to pursue school repairs and improvements. Roofs, paint, sanitation, and sewers near rural schools are flagged as urgent. projects could employ thousands if local cooperation grows. The program will also educate unemployed teachers on the national rehabilitation effort.
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Supreme Court
Dexsore
Zar
State Department of Education
Yeaterday
Civil Works Administration
State Civil’ Works Administration
Tome
Jimpossime
Ray Power
Aapistant Aupesta
Hse
A J. Gibson
Davin Kirby
Chir Semilten
K Baer
J. A
Ackeny
Kershner Found Guilty of Killing Employer Clyde Berahner
In Lewisburg a jury convicts Clyde Kershner, 42, of murdering his employer Clyde Berahner. Sentenced to life imprisonment, he is sent to the state penitentiary under guard as spectators are kept from leaving. The same trial also involved Tyree, a young stockman, whose widow identified the farmhand. The judge denounced the crime as atrocious.
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Lewisburg
Clyde Berahner
Lewis
Tyree
Summers
Sharp
Noar
Moundsville
Kershner
Tyren
Favorable Farm Price Indexes Reported for Mid November
The Index of prices received for farm practice rose to one point in the month before mid November. The price index for products purchased by farmers also gained one point. The November 15 farm price index stood at 71, a year over year rise and near the year’s low point. Milwaukee Road carloadings for Nov 1-28 totaled 91,019 versus 36,625 a year ago. Iron and steel releases show a slight uptick in mill operations with production schedules at 26.8 percent at week start.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Chicago
Milwaukee Road Today
New York
Liquor Trade Is U S Proposal
The United States plans reciprocal liquor trade terms with foreign nations, offering access for U S liquors in exchange for markets to sell surplus farm and industrial goods. Officials testified that a code would let the liquor import program reveal origin and volume on a quota basis while brewing industry codes moved toward a White House signature.
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Washington
United States
Federal Alcohol Control Administraton
Algco Control Committee
Warm Springs
William Phillips
Sppeer
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Gialming
Justice Dacrtment
Canon
Canon Willian Bheafe Chase
George
Duncan
Phillips
Mordecai Eyekiel
Wallace
Euekiel
Prunos
Germany
Italy
Ezekiel
Edward 0. Lowry, Jr
Treasury Economic Sdrigor
Lowry
Annual Christmas Seal Sale Opens in Kanawha County
The 27th annual Christmas seal sale opens today under the Kanawha County Anti Tuberculosis League chaired by J N Kenna. About 10 000 letters will be mailed to Charleston and Kanawha County residents to support Hillcrest hospital and its 42 beds for tuberculous children, with 57 patients treated last year and 15 939 hospital days. Citizens are urged to buy seals to fund clinics and tuberculin testing, helping early diagnosis and treatment and preventing spread of the disease.
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Who County
Charleston
Kanawhe County
Tod Xernye
Kanawha County
Gasoline Blast Injures Two Women in Paxton Home
Two women near death after a gasoline explosion in the basement of Stewart C. Paxton’s Washington Street home in Charleston. Mrs. N Bowles, 35, and Miss Harrett Legg Boswell of Pennsylvania were burned over much of their bodies and rushed to Mountain State Hospital and Kanawha Valley Hospital. Firemen arrived quickly from Engine Company No. 4 and evacuated Legg and Bowles. The blast damaged the home and knocked out kitchen doors.
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Charleston Raspitals
Stewart C. Paxton
Washington Street
N. ‘Bowles
Paxton
Harrett Legg
Boswell, Pa
Bowles
Mountain State Hospital
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Paxton Home
Paxton House
A. By Watley
Boward Burford
Miss Legg
Eafety
Yan’ Plakt
Reed Dlows
Kteie
More Civil Works Projects for Kanawha County Await Review
Severs and other civil works for Charleston and Kanawha County communities are to be submitted to the county city project committee tomorrow, per Chairman Robert M. Hiawmy. Proposed items include a full foot roadway around the rail station, a sidewalk east to Porters Hollow, and night facilities at Charleston airport. the five projects, approved by the county committee, await state project committee approval and aim to employ about 1,180 men. Between 60 and 90 workers have been employed by Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp on new tanks and railway shipment projects announced earlier.
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Severs
Charleston
Kanawha County
Tomarrow
Robert M. Hiawmy
Porters Hollow
Fie
Stats
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
Edmiston Wins 3rd District House Seat by 5241
In Claredburg on November 23 a final unofficial count shows Andrew Edmiston Jr. winning the 3rd district special election with 30 012 votes to 25 ? 871 for Howard M Gore. Edmiston succeeds Lynn Horner who died in office. Edmiston campaigned on support for President Roosevelt and the administration program.
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Claresburg
Andrew Edmiston
Weeton
Tnean
Howard M. Gore
Edmiston
Lynn’ &. Horner
Evidentos
Roosevelt
New Bond Issue Planned Amid Treasury Moves
Washington reports treasury officials weigh a new cash bond issue within six months while pursuing Roosevelt era policies. Budget line items show substantial advances to Works Progress Administration and Reconstruction Finance Corp, with total borrowing expected to exceed two and a half billion by July 1 as agencies spend and contract for large sums.
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Washington
Treasury
Balee
Suineaner
Works Administration
Congress
Reconstruction Corporation
Ford Motor Company bids judged for federal bonds
In Washington the Ford Motor Company faced renewed scrutiny by J B McCarl the comptroller general as bidders from Fort and rival dealers vie for federal bonds.
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Washington
Ford Motor Company
J. B. McCarl
Comptrolley Saeger
Charleston Prepares For Thanksgiving Celebration
Charleston residents suspend most business for Thanksgiving. Mountain Lions face Greenbrier Military cadets at Laidley Field while many churches plan services. Schools closed, alumni attend West Virginia and Washington and Jefferson game in Morgantown amid city welfare and meal preparations.
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Charleton
Atate
Laidley Field
Mountain Lions
Greenbrier Military Academy
Sorermor Kump
Inter Unite Parsons
We Ter
Plang Meny
West Virginia University
Washington and Jefferson
Morgantown
Aay Ie
Protestant
She West Side
Cen Miller
Dexter
Carat Bapelet
Lawmakers Call For State Employee Consolidations
A legislative sub-committee urged a full state employee and salary review to cut government costs. It seeks a complete salary list and imminent consolidation of departments, with possible eliminations, under Gov. Kump and executive orders. Delegates were assigned to prepare details and report back.
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State House
Tn Siem
BG. Kump
Virginia Municipal Resque Eet
J. Shirley Ross
Junius N. Straus
Bela
Baer Funeral Is Set for Friday
Funeral services for Devid Baar, 68, who died at his home in Vite, were announced. Born in Germany in 1865, he came to the United States, became a resident of Charleston, and retired in 1910. He was a member of the Mize temple and the Elks lodge of Charleston, living quietly since retirement and enjoying time with friends and family.
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Devid Baar
Vite
Mr. Baer
Germany
United States
Ben Baer
Aod
Ant Ad
Mize
Resin
Misirget Temple
Elks Lorge
Charleston
Fainny
Stay Out of Dispute Is Advice of Rogers
A fragmented, archaic plea urges avoiding conflict. The text cites phrases about fire and gold, and questions whether the statements offend both sides. It presents a murky, conversational snippet with unclear authorship and meaning.
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Rogers
Steer
Youra
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Education Department
CWA
U. S
J. N. Kenna
City
Brawley
Whelr
Aed
Endares
Davia Childs
Eesh
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