Fiend hunted in slaying of 3 young girls
Inglewood Calif June 20 search for a sex fiend who lured three young girls from a park and killed them centered around Beverly Hills after a butler reported a blood-stained youth trying to sell a car. Bodies of Melba Everett 9 Madeline Everett 7 and Jeanette Stephens 8 were found in Baldwin Hills gulch. Detention order issued for Othel Strong, 22, but Washington sheriff said he is not connected. Gov Merriam urged officers to aid in apprehension.
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Inglewood
Calif
Beverly Hills
Bel-Air
Rone
Melba Marie Everett
Madeline Everett
Jeanette Marjorie Stephens
Baldwin Hills
Othel Leroy Strong
L. C. Huntamer
Olympia
Wash
Strong
Huntamer
Washington
San Diego
del Mar
Cornell
Centinela Park
A. F. Wagner
Melba Everett
Marjorie Stephens
Madeline
Merle O. Everett
Everett
Boston
California
Floyd Stephens
Sacramento
Frank Merriam
Scouts Reach Camp as National Jamboree Opens
Washington June 29 Boy Scouts arrive in force to form a tented city for a ten day national jamboree. Delegations totaling 27000 teens ready for flag raisings nightly pageants and a Roosevelt review. A mortar signal will open the event with a parade of 1634 flags and a bugle bands performance.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Bugle Corps
Dutchess County
New York
Hyde Park
Labor Leaders Protest at Governor Graves in Gadsden
Labor leaders from the American Federation and CIO protested alleged outrages against unionists in Gadsden Alabama. Governor Bibb Graves agreed to a conference after a call from Mayor George Vann. The delegation included William Mich and W O Hare with others, and EB F White arrived with an affidavit alleging he was beaten.
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Montgomery
Ala
American Federation and
Committee For Industrial Organization
Bibb Graves
Gadsden
Graves
George Vann
William Mich
Southern Cio
W. O. Hare
Alabama State Federation of Labor
M. C. Mauney
Delinquent Tax List Smaller This Year
Tax Collector Hodges Crow said the number of delinquents this year is small compared with prior years. The list of unpaid taxpayers will be turned over to Probate Judge B. L. Malone after July 1. Upon decree, the properties will be advertised for sale.
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Hodges Crow
B. L. Malone
County approves welfare funding to cover June deficit
The Morgan County Board of Revenue authorized a special appropriation of 296.37 dollars to the Department of Public Welfare to cover June deficit. The sum comes from the 1,272 dollars in sales tax funds received yesterday by the county.
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County Board of Revenue
Morgan County Department of Public Welfare
Burlesque theaters in New York to reopen as polite vaudeville
Broadway burlesque houses reopen after two months darkening with no strip tease. Performers will get a $25 weekly minimum for four shows daily, plus overtime pay, as License Commissioner Paul Moss refused license renewals amid protests from religious civic and social groups.
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New York
Paul Moss
Plane Crashes Near Beaver Dam Creek. Pilot Unhurt
H C Callahan pilot of a TWA plane escaped injury when it crashed near Beaver Dam Creek in Limestone county Monday. The motor quit at several hundred feet, but skilled maneuvering avoided serious injury. The plane used by Tennessee Valley Authority for malarial control work. Dusting areas in the Joe Wheeler pool inaccessible by boat are covered from the air. Cause of the stall not learned.
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H. C. Callahan
TWA
Beaver Dam Creek
Limestone County
Callahan
Tennessee Valley Authority
Joe Wheeler
Roosevelt Signs Soil Conservation Bill To 1942
President Roosevelt signed a bill continuing the soil conservation program through 1942. The Agriculture Department may pay farmers who follow approved practices, with Congress approving 500 million dollars for 1938 payments. Representative Jones said state programs must be established to receive grants rather than direct payments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
Congress
Origin
Jones
Tex
Search for Mrs Parsons in Long Island continues
Authorities continued today to hunt for Mrs Alice Parsons a missing Long Island matron as tips narrow to two calls from a woman claiming to be Mrs Parsons One caller said she was at the Crown Theater in New London and another said she was at the railroad station Investigators found no matching person at either location
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New York
Alice Parsons
Long Island
New London
Conn
Parsons
Crown Theater
RIGGSBEE RITES TODAY FOR FORMER DECATUR CHIEF OF POLICE
Funeral services for C. M. Riggsbee former Decatur chief of police who died suddenly Monday morning at his home near Athens will be held at 4 p m today at First Baptist Church with the Rev J F Ray officiating Burial will be in City cemetery under Brown Funeral Home supervision The procession leaves at 3 30 for Decatur He is survived by his widow two sons Ralph and Roy Martin three brothers A A Riggsbee Luther and Dr Arthur Riggsbee a sister Mrs Igila Winston and many other relatives He was a member of First Baptist Knights of Pythias and Spanish American War veteran He spent 30 years in Decatur as chief of police retiring last fall after health declined.
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C. M. Riggsbee
Decatur
Athens
First J 1Ist
J F Ray
City Cemetery
Brown
Riggsbee
Ralph Riggsbee
Roy Martin
Birmingham
A. A. Riggsbee
Dallas
Tex
Luther
Arthur Riggsbee
Durham
N. C
Igila Winston
Brazel
Ton
W. M. Simmons
Bill Moore
Floyd Eikins
D. B. Garrett
Ralph Patterson
James A. Nelson
W. Collier
En. Riggsbee
First Baptist Church
Knights of Pythias
Raleigh
Detroit Mother Kills Self and Two Children
In Detroit on June 29 Homer Dickson forced entry to his locked bedroom to find his wife Belva 44 dead with a bullet in the temple and their two sons wounded. Elder son Donald 6 died shortly after admission. Joseph 16 months remained in critical condition with a brain bullet.
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Detroit
Homer Dickson
Donald
Joseph
Dickson
Belva
Swift Water dies at Tennessee Valley Horse Show accident
The four year old walking horse Swift Water owned by K L Witte of Leland Mississippi broke from Echols stables on Church street and was fatally injured crossing railroad tracks at Vine street. The horse had to be destroyed after a leg injury. The show proceeds tonight at Benson Field with attendance and boxes sold, as owners and handlers prepare for ribbons.
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Benson Field
Swift Water
K. L. Witte
Leland, Miss
Echols Stables
Church Street
Railroad Street
Vine Street
Jgones Coal Co
Shreveport
Leland
Witte
Birmingham Sabres
Mary Sue Hardin
Hills
Kathleen Poder
Jane.Malone
Mary Penick Jones
Lyons Hotel
Relief Bill Sent to FDR by House for Approval
The House sent the administration's 1.5 billion relief bill to the White House for approval after adopting conference recommendations. The measure extends the WPA and provides 359 million for public works grants while striking a Senate amendment requiring public disclosure of administrative salaries. The Senate had approved the conference report the day prior.
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Washington
House
White House
Senate
WPA
PWA
Five sellers earn fifty dollars at Decatur curb market
Five sellers at the Decatur curb market reported total sales of 50 dollars this morning. curb master Miss Mabel Britain announced a telephone system had been installed in the building, with number 9151 assigned.
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Decatur Curb Market
Mabel Britain
Alabama Counts Crop Benefits After Heavy Rains
Rains across Alabama reduced a 90 degree heat spell and caused property damage. Clouds burst washing out a railroad track between Brundidge and Tennille, disrupting lines and power. Experts say moisture lifted crop benefits into thousands, though no official estimate was released.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Atlantic Coast Line
Brundidge
Tennille
Ala
Montgomery
Troy
Albany
Central of Georgia
Birmingham
Huntsville
Huntsville Times
Wadley
Lawson to Visit for Scottsboro Trial Preparations
Assistant Attorney General Lawson was expected to arrive to oversee preparations for resuming the Scottsboro trial schedule. Eight of nine defendants face arraignment on July 6 before Judge Was W. Callahan to set individual trial dates. Lawson may travel to Huntsville and Decatur for case discussions with Carmichael.
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Melvin Hutson
Attoney
Lawson
Huntaville
Associated Press
Thomas
Scottsboro
W. Callahan
Albert A. Carmichael
Ruby Bates
Victoria Price
Huntsville
Jackson County
Bates
Montgomery
Decatur
North Carolina
Carmichael
State Supreme Court
Sattadess
Morgan County
Supreme Court
Samuel Liebowitz
New York
Morgan County Polio Free After Last Summer
Dr. L R Murphree county health officer reports no known infantile paralysis cases in Morgan County though several hundred colitis cases and some deaths have occurred. The health department closed public gathering spots last year which helped check the polio outbreak.
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Morgan County
L. R. Murphree
Ith
Health Department
Sit-down relief protesters descend on New Jersey assembly
Weary Workers Alliance members occupy the New Jersey assembly gallery after an all night sit-down protest against recessing the legislature until November without extra relief funds. They warn by October 10,000 WPA workers may lose jobs as lawmakers adjourn.
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Trenton
N. J
Allance
Assembly Chamber
Arthur Mudd
Folong
Alliance
Henry Jager
Gloucester
WPA
Workers’ Alliance
Everts
McAndrew Dies in Mamaronack After Chicago Controversy
William McAndrew 73 who in 1928 was ousted as Chicago schools superintendent by ex mayor William Thompson for alleged pay by Great Britain died yesterday at his Mamaronack home.
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Mamaroneck
N. Y
William McAndrew
Chicago
Willam
Big Bill” Thompson
Great Britain
Defendant Prepared Bare Rafter Shaking Story
Los Angeles reports John Wuest Hunt a Father Divine follower on trial with three others for transporting 7 year old Miss Jewett from Denver to Beverly Hills for immoral purposes. Hunt promises to tell the truth with a tale that will shake the rafters as defense witnesses testify.
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Los Angeles
John Wuest Hunt
Divine
Jewett
Hunt
Denver
Colo
Beverly Hills
Calif
Rehearsal Day Adds Spark to DuPont Roosevelt Wedding Preparations
The Franklin and Roosevelt clans marshalled a lively pre wedding schedule with a late day rehearsal at Owls Nest eight miles from Wilmington and a brief ceremony planned for tomorrow at Christ Church. Guests arrived by train and carriage for informal gatherings and a Harvard Fly Club stag party.
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Franklin
Piel
Ethel DuPont
DuPont
Roosevelt
Owls Nest
Eugene DuPont
Wilmington
Christchurch
Miss DuPont
Harvard Fly Club
James Roosevelt
James A. Draper
John Roosevelt
Alfred B. Hallowell
Boston
Olivia
Miss
Americans defeat two British aces in Ryder Cup foursomes
Veteran Ed Dudley and rising Byron Nelson defeated Henry Cotton and Alf Pad y to give the United States its first victory in the Scotch foursomes division of Ryder Cup play in Southport England.
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Southport
Eng
Ed Dudley
Byron Nelson
Great Britain
Henry Cotton
Alf Pady
United Stateam
Bomb blasts spur swift action in steel strike turmoil
In Warren Ohio authorities charged Gus Hall with leading a plot to halt operations at Bethlehem Steel Cambria Works by terrorism. Explosions damaged pipelines at Johnstown and violence rose as 13 workers died in the steel strike against Republic Steel and other firms. Union leaders denied foreknowledge while officials moved to resume production under guard.
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Associated Press
Warren
Gus T
Gus
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Republic Steel Corpo Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Inland Steel Co
Bethlehem Steel
George Mike
Aliquippa Pa
Beaver Fails
Moling Sttel Products Company
Robert E. McCreary
Frank Moltrup
Moltrup
Hall
George Buchwalter
Arthur Scott
John Borawel
George Bundan
Matt
Harry Wines
Murray
Pittsburgh
SWOC
Vines
B. J. Gillen
Youngstown
Sheet and Tube Co
Republic Steel
Bessemer
Hubbard
Johnstown
Tennessee River Gauge Rises to 208 Feet Amid Heat and Rain
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 208 feet today with a high of 98 and low of 74 in the past 24 hours and 0.22 inches of rainfall. Alabama foresees partly cloudy skies tonight and Wednesday, while Tennessee expects fair weather with little temperature change.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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