Violence Feared After Prisoner Slain in Illinois Jail
Deputy Sheriff C. G. Skinner was moved to Peoria jail for safety amid fear of violence after a prisoner Virant was found dead in a cell. Virant had testified deputies beat him when questioned about a slaying, and coroner and state attorney opened an immediate probe into his death.
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CG. C. Skinner
Peoria
Tavewell Younty
Mar- UN Vinant
Skinne
Virant
Offoe
William D. McNally
Chicago
McNally
Taueher
Siinnet
East Peoria
Haad
Sher- UW
James J. Crosby
A. B. Allen
L. P. Dunkleberg
Allen
Vicent
Soviet Russia makes new bid for friendship and trade
A turbulent report from Sioux City describes armed sheriff deputies clashing with farm pickets during a farmers strike. About 500 to 1,000 pickets blocked a highway as a caravan of 22 trucks headed to market faced a barricade and retreat. Deputies with shotguns faced the crowd as Lemars trucks gathered livestock and reinforcements, amid tensions at the regional transport route. An Austrian confesses to a brutal slaying in Cleveland involving Jeane Thorshyth, a Swiss Alps cycling victim, as Miss Thorshot toured Europe with her sister.
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Lemars
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Wondbury Couty
Stone City
Slows City
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Ehove
Smith Pullege
Cleveland
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Stalder
Miss Toershot
Europe
Helen
Former Erie Officer Held for Larceny
Charles Gram, a former Erie policeman now a private watchman, is held on charges of stealing merchandise valued at $3,000 from two warehouses in EIU, Pennsylvania. Police say he confessed partially, claiming a need to support his wife’s illness amid thefts during the past year.
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Yocu Ree Eiu
Charles Gram
Erie
Gram
Potice
Swonger sentenced for trying to stop freight train
Der Pa resident J Swonger Coburn near Altoona pleaded guilty to attacking a Pennsylvania Railroad conductor John H Hunter and applying brakes on a freight train as it climbed Creston mountain. Judge Marion D Patterson sentenced him today to one to two years in Blair County Jail.
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John H. Hunter
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Hunter
J. Swonger
Coburn
Here
Blair County
Swonger
Marion D. Patterson
Creston Mountain
Birthday gift fuels record trust for Stoddard heirs
Barbara Stoc card of New Haven Conn becomes the second person worldwide to receive exactly 1 282 492 as a birthday gift from guardian Maj Louis J Stoddard. The trust fund was created by his late wife Rebecca Darlington Studdard, with Barbara’s sister Elizabeth Lovejoy also receiving the sum at age 31.
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New Haven
Conn
Maj
Louis J. Stoddard
Rebecca Darlington
Studdard
Elizabeth
Lovejoy
Barbara
Hoover aide cites clear signs of economic upturn
Secretary Ray Lyman Wilbur, after a six week Pacific coast trip, says the economic upturn is underway. He reports stability and safety across the nation, notes reconstruction legislation is working, and sees a shift in tone from Yakima to New York City with relief groups keeping families together.
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Interor
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Hoover
Pacific Coast
Rea Yeats
Wilbur
United Press
Congress
Yakima
New York City
West
Move to fill New York mayor vacancy
The board of elections ordered preparations for a city election on November 8 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation last week of Mayor James J. Walker. The board had earlier accepted certification that the office of mayor was vacant from City Clerk Michael J. Cruise.
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New York
United Press New York
Board of Elections Today
James J. Walker
Michael J. Cruise
Indictment Expected in Crawford Casper Case
Indictments were anticipated after the Crawford County grand jury met in Meadville for the September term to consider Paul Casper Sr. on receiving stolen goods tied to the Spiesmas Shoe Store robbery. Police expected an indictment, with several guilty pleas reducing the jury’s remaining cases.
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Crawford County
Wourk
Paul Casper
Corry
Casper
Spiesmas
Meadville
John D. Flannigan
Crawford Grand Jury
Edward G. Bowers
Mary Barron
K. R. Lewis
Rufus Hunter
Edward Wialecki
Wiliam Gajewski
Charles Frey
Harry Gamble
Francis Wyke
James Sutton
A. Perry
Davin Penmad
Bank hold up in North Chicago shocks workers
Nervous bandits stormed a Lake County bank in North Chicago and shot a clerk and a teller before fleeing with about $4,000. Miss Moneta Steffan was shot in the mouth and Howard Davis injured. both treated at Vict or Memorial hospital in Waukegan. The robbery began as President W Dalziel and nine employees were ordered to line up. the gunmen fired as vaults were opened, then escaped in a stolen Chicago car.
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Chicago
Lake County
Bane
Moneta Steffan
Howard Davis
Vietor Memorial Hospital
Bn Waukegan
W. Dalziel
Dalziel
Ran Daluiel
Russia seeks trade accord with America
In Moscow the Soviet regime seeks recognition from the United States and favors a preliminary trade arrangement. Officials believe friendlier U S relations would strengthen Soviet standing commercially and politically, while deterring Japanese aims in the Far East. Discussions with unnamed officials suggest American recognition could follow, without condoning alien ideologies.
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Eugene Lyons
United Press
Moscow
America
Russia
United States
Far East
Kemlin
Young couple held on parents' request in Pittsburgh
Michael Givans, 20, and Edith Smith, 17, of Farrall, Pa., were detained at the request of ten parents after leaving home Aug 18 to marry. They were stopped by police when Evans tried to withdraw $8 at a Mt. Oliver bank, aiming to travel to Butler, Pa., to wed. he said they had about $2 left and had hitchhiked to Pittsburgh to access funds.
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Pittsburgh
Michael Givans
Edith Smith
Farrall
Evans
Mt. Oliver
Butler
Fish peddler recalls alleged Lindbergh baby case
Garret Schenck a 48 year old Hopewell, New Jersey fish peddler, says a private detective coerced him into confessing to abducting and killing the Lindbergh baby. He describes being questioned for hours after seizure on June 10, and notes he was taken near Hopewell before returning there.
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Garret Schensk
Hopewell
N. J
Schenck
J. J. Devine
Johnsons
Conviction in Spring Creek cattle theft case
A sealed verdict by a Warren quarter sessions court finds Lloyd Whitman and Fay Eastman of Spring Creek guilty of larceny in connection with four cattle stolen from Edgar Crane. They allegedly removed two heifers and two cows on February 28 and investigators later recovered the herd at Ralph Heath's barn near Corry. Charges included breaking and entering and larceny.
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Lloyd Whitman
Fay Eastman
Edgar Crane
Warren
Spring Creek Township
Whitman
Eastman
Ralph Heath
Corry
R H
Pittsburgh
Traverse
Ayer Brooklyn
Swift Aus Grace
Mungo and Lopes
Taylor
Brooklyn
Texas Rivers Leave Banks Menace Death Toll Rises
Flooding across Texas after record rains kills at least 13 and damages property in the millions. In Hidalgo County a levee break isolates the town, marooning 200 people. two cars swept away. In Abilene Mrs. Mullens and nine children perish as Elm Creek overflows, leaving bodies unrecovered.
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Rio Grande
United Press
Dallas
Tex
Texas
Millans of Dollars
Mallen
Tes
Lere
Tant
Grande
Hidalgo-McAllen
Abilene
George Mullens
Ontario
Calif
Elm Creek
Harry Mullens
Ronald
Arnoll
Cool Weather Halts Spread of Child Scourge
Philadelphia reports cooler weather may slow infantile paralysis outbreaks but health officials warn against complacency. Twenty new cases were recorded on Monday, matching the combined totals of Saturday and Sunday, bringing the year’s total to 46. Dr. J Norman Henry urged keeping children under 18 away from public gatherings while officials monitor trends, noting the daily counts fluctuated and forecasting remains difficult.
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Philadelphia
Tony
J. Norman Henry
Rudy Vallee and Fay Webb Vallee Reunite by Phone
Reno dispatch reports Fay Webb Vallee and Rudy Vallee renewed by long distance telephone yesterday. Fay will not pursue divorce plans, according to attorney Hymei Bushel, who spoke with reporters. The couple had previously shown strains amid Vallee’s high profile radio career.
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Reno
Fay Webb Vallee
Rudy Vallee
Hymei Bushel
Vallee
Pittsfield Auto Victim Kin Of Corry Residents
A corry area man, Thirtin 24 Homrs, died from injuries after being struck by an automobile on the highway near the city Sunday. He was the son in law of Dr and Mrs Harvey Olds, whose death notice was received yesterday by Mrs James Sullivan of West Wayne Street, a sister of Mrs Olds.
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Corry
HOMRS
Cuecsenywy
Plusheh
Harvey Olds
Durlit
James Sullivan
Gas Station Robbers Active in Locality
Titusville police investigated an attempted robbery at the Cities Service gas station at Main and Spring streets Tuesday between 3 and 4 am. A blast failed to break the door. robbers fled as officers arrived. A West Spring Street resident reported seeing multiple figures and lights. investigators found a window forced on the west side and noted fresh rubber footprints.
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Titusville
Warren Statin
Main
Spring
Sprig
Servid
James Elsworth
Jack Taylor
Jnfhceys
Misiasinger
Miners Seek Wage Pact After Secret UMW Session
In New York on Sept 7, United Mine Workers leaders met in secret with 30 officials declaring a wage cut for about 140,000 anthracite miners in eastern Pennsylvania inevitable. They planned talks with mine operators at the Anthracite Institute to attempt a trade and wage agreement tied to unemployment relief amid mounting job losses.
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United Mine Workers of America
Sapptite East Pennsylvania
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