Triple Slayer vns Murder Trial Defense
Robert Irwin, a 29 year old sculptor and bus boy, faces the electric chair amid a defense strategy led by Samuel Leibowitz. He is charged with a triple murder in Easter week. District Attorney Dodge moves for three indictments as Irwin awaits a possible insanity defense and fall trial.
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New York
Robert Irwin
Samuel Leibowitz
William C. Dodge
Leibowitz
Irwin
Chicago
Mary Gideon
Ronnie Geffeon
Frank Byrnes
Gefeon
Dodge
Ethel Kudner
Ronnie
Lyons
President of Lincoln University to Resign
Charles W. Florence, six year president of Lincoln University, announced he will resign July 1. He cited political alliances and serious disagreements with the board of Curators over administration, faculty selection, promotion, and board composition as reasons for leaving. He had advocated a bipartisan board to keep the school free of politics, but legislative failure to address the issue prompted his resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Florence
Lincoln University
Florence
Rust Ravages of Wet Weather Indicate Loss
Weather damage from heavy precipitation has revised harvest estimates downward. Revisions show lower yields across extensive fields with harvesting nearly complete in southern regions and underway in northern areas.
Steel Leaders Plan to Reopen Plants Across Regions
Indiana labor commissioner Thomas Hutson flew to Washington to confer with Secretary Perkins as steel leaders map reopening plans. Thousands of pickets surround East Chicago plants while Gov Townsend resists martial law and C. J. O. leaders vow resistance to mill reopenings near Chicago. In Mahoning valley Ohio about 15,500 of 20,000 workers return to work, and Bethlehem Cambria works in Johnstown Pennsylvania report adequate staffing for day and 24 hour shifts.
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Indiana
Thomas Hutson
Washington
Perkins
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Chicago
Ind
Townsend
Roonhey
Ohio
Gilson D. Light
Mahoning Valley
Youngstown
Johnstown
Bethlehem
Cambria
Sidney Evans
Bethlehem Industrial Relations
State Capitol replaces nineteen employees at once
The board discharged nineteen janitors for unsatisfactory service and hired replacements from various counties including Moniteau, Pike, Boone, Ray, Callaway, Ralls, Chariton, Cape Girardeau, and Petlis. Austin E. Houston was kept as assistant commissioner, Nettie Buchanan as secretary, Claude Brown as chief engineer, and Dr. A. Burrill continues as durator of the Missouri resources museum. The move ends weeks of rising tension after plans for further wholesale terminations were announced.
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Moniteauco County
Candy McPike
Pike County
Robert Kelley
Boone
John Bell
Ray
Harvey Henderson
Callaway
William Kelly
Ralls
Bill Kinslow
Chariton
Gus Crews
Petlis
Edward Nance
Cape Girardeau
Austin E. Houston
Putnam County
Nettie Buchanan
Ray County
Claude Brown
Boone County
A. Burrill
Missouri Resources Museum
Employers Returns to Social Security Board
The Social Security Board will begin receiving from employers this week the most comprehensive data on employment and wages ever gathered in the United States. From employer returns the board will learn how many days in the first six months of the season each of the 29,000,000 individuals worked and how much they were paid.
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Washington
Social Security Board
United States
Nazi Made Planes Battle Spanish Coast Patrol Plane
German made seaplanes attacked a Spanish government coast patrol plane off Cape Palos near Cartagena. The government craft was set afire with one crew member killed. Shelling along a 22 mile stretch of the Mediterranean coast followed, with slight damage reported and German ships possibly involved. insurgent advances were reported around Madrid as Franco tightened siege lines.
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Valencia
Defense Ministry
Cape Palos
Cartagena
Mediterranean
Sagunta
Castellon de la Plana
Palma
Mallorca
Madrid
Casa de Campo
Jarama
Hendaye
Castro-Uridales
Biscayan
Santander
Sevier Hears Motion by Resort for Venue Change
Judge Nike Sevier took under advisement a motion by S T Nix and AN Rutledge owners of Nix and Andy's tavern for a change of venue in an injunction case. They allege bias and prejudice by the judge and undue influence by the plaintiff Wymore. Sevier indicated he might act today on the request.
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Nike Sevier
S. T. Nix
AN. Rutledge
Nix & Andy
Carl F. Wymore
Nix
Rutledge
Bride to Be Tries Poison as Fiance Vanishes in Amnesia Tale
Coffeyville Kansas June 28 AP A bride to be Lula Belle Schlaefli drank poison while relatives searched for her missing fiancé Forrest E. Sherwood a confectioner who was last seen Friday night Police Captain Sam Knight said doctors expect recovery and relatives believe the fiancé is an amnesia victim.
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Coffeyville
Kas
Sam Knight
Relatves
Lula Belle Schlaefli
Forrest E. Sherwood
Missing Girls Found Slain In California
Three young girls Madeline age 6 Melba 5 and Jeanette 7 were found slain in a California gully after going rabbit hunting with a man Olive Everett 11 identified from police pictures a man who lured other children in the park. Police believed a rope used in the killings came from Olive’s description and suspect a probationary offender tied to the case. Families of the victims expressed shock and a desire to see the killer captured.
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Angles Hills
Olive Everett
Olive
Madeline
Melba
Jeanette
Strong
Olympia
Wash
Angelus Hills
Kenneth Henderson
Muir
Merle QO
Everett
Boston
California
Floyd Stephens
Stephens
France Abandons Gold Standard Pressure on Currency
The French central bank moves off gold standard policy and fixes gold exchange prices. It previously redeemed paper notes in gold only if the amount could buy a bullion bar worth about 15,000 dollars. The shift aims to guard against panic by adjusting how notes are redeemed.
Five Youths Earn Eagle Scout at Camp Maries
L H Glinkian announced that after three weeks at Camp Maries five campers were elevated to Eagle Scout. Named were Arthur Boone Ward Bill Oakerson Jimmy Parsons Joe Brumit and H W Winn. Oakerson Helmreich Eveler Rode presided as awards were handed, with 70 Scouts enrolled in the final week, the camp’s largest week.
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L. H. Glinkian
Boy Scouts
Camp Maries
Eagle Scout
Arthur Boone Ward
Bill Oakerson
Jimmy Parsons
Joe Brumit
H. W. Winn
W. M. Oakerson
L. W. Helmreich
Council Presi
Ford Plans Fight Against Penal Project at Ceremony Today
Ford Motor Company launches plan to fight the national labor relations board charges of unfair practices at a Detroit plant clash. Attorney Louis Colombo calls the board claims untrue as the company prepares to file a formal answer by July 3 and attend the July 6 trial examiner hearing.
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Ford Motor Company
Detroit
National Labor Relations Board
Louis J. Colombo
Ford Company
Labor Board
Ford
United Automobile ‘Workers of America
Ford Service Division
Harry E. Bennett
Bennett
State Farm Inspector To Open Orrick Office
Henry Baker state inspector for the department of agriculture prepared to open a State Farm office in Orrick Missouri the district’s largest potato growing area J W Beeler of the national department will assist inspections Baker moved office supplies and grading equipment to Orrick in anticipation of a July 1 opening Reports from Orrick indicate a productive season with as many as 2600 carloads possibly shipped if marketing conditions improve The 1933 season saw 1296 carrot carloads and was a strong marketing year with good earnings. current markets start low with hopes prices rise soon
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Henry Baker
Department of Agriculture
Orrick
Missouri
J. W. Beeler
National Department
Baker
Hitler Hears Goering Plead For Colonies
BERLIN June 28 AP Nazi Germany pressed for colonies raw materials and a share in world trade at the International Chamber of Commerce ninth biennial convention as Hitler listened Goering and Schacht defend germanys case. Goering vowed to press colonial issues until demands are met and warned there would be no another war. Schacht stressed raw material needs and questioned opening sources for political aims.
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Berlin
Germany
International Chamber of Commerce
Hjalmar i Schacht
Goering
Reich
Charles J. Brand
Sec
International Chamber elects Watson president 1937 39
Thomas J. Watson of New York was elected unanimously to serve as president of the International Chamber for the period 1937-1939. A Japanese invitation to hold the next congress in Tokyo in 1939 was accepted. Miscellaneous aircraft operators flew 523,266 per fatality, and 664,145 passenger miles per fatality during July to December, 1936.
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Thomas J. Watson
New York
International Chamber
Tokyo
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