Hermit killer evades search after deadly Wolcott shootout
In Wolcott Connecticut June 25 AP report says John Crowe 65 a hermit killer fired on Clarence Yuskis Jr killing him and mortally wounding Julius Karvauskas before fleeing into Wolcott woods. A siege of the Crowe shack followed with machine guns tear gas and bloodhounds as officers sought the fugitive who disappeared into the woodland area. Mrs Yuskis who fought Crowe with a watering pot was later discharged from hospital. Police noted Crowe's knowledge of the area aided his escape and called in help from Prospect for a cave lead.
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Wolcott, Conn
John Crowe
Wolcott
Crower Shack
Crowe
Yuskis
Crower
Karvauskas
Geneva Man Arrested On U S Indictment In Freight Car Theft
U S Deputy Marshal J W Daughtry said Jess Harris of Geneva has been arrested on a federal indictment charging interstate shipment theft. The grand jury at Montgomery returned the indictment last week accusing him of breaking into a box car and stealing part of a shipment. He is free on $1,000 bond.
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U.S
J. W. Daughtry
Jess Harris
Geneva
U. S
Mont- Romery
Allis
City Council to Meet Tonight for Adjourned Session
City council will convene this evening to resume an adjourned meeting. The session will address a financing program and other business the members indicated need consideration tonight.
Weather forecast summary across Gulf states
Tennessee fair tonight and Tuesday. Alabama generally fair with partly cloudy periods and possible showery conditions along the coast. Northwest Florida partly cloudy with probable thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Man slashes woman to end her suffering in New York
Walter Nokofsky, 57, killed Rose Tisachny, 29, after describing dire poverty and rent troubles. He testified he could not stand her misery and attacked her with a razor, then wounded himself. Surgeons stitched both, Nokofsky jailed.
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Dale Harrison
New York
Walter Nokofsky
Rose Tisachny
Nokofsky
Police
Nokolsky
Negro lynching after dance brawl shocks Tennessee
In Manchester Tennessee a Black man Dick Wilkerson, 35, was beaten and shot after slapping a white man at a Negro dance. Eight white farmers were jailed on murder charges, including a boy's stepfather and two brothers. Wilkerson's home was ransacked, leading authorities to view the event as vengeance.
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Manchester
Tenn
Here
Dick Wilkerson
Coffee County
C. D. Huffman
Huffman
Wilkerson
Mule Crash Kills Woman and Child in Georgia
In Moultrie, Georgia, a mule was thrown back into a farm wagon after a car struck the animal. The mule crushed Mrs. George Willis and her four year old daughter to death while four others in the wagon were injured. George Willis filed a murder warrant against driver Jack Hokan, 40, as investigators cited a slippery road after heavy rainfall.
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Moultrie
George Willis
Jack Hokan
Willis
Hokan
Court adjourned in Houston county circuit court until Wednesday
Judge H A Pearce continued all cases in Houston county circuit court to next Wednesday due to injuries of J Norton Mullins from a car accident. Many continued cases were those Mullins handled and he cannot attend court.
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Houston County
H. A. Pearce
J. Norton Mullins
Missing attorney Agnes Tufverson identified in Boston
Boston reports positive identification of photos of missing attorney Agnes Tufverson by a Boston garment shop employee. She had previously visited the shop on May 15 and June 1–10, and a dress photographed was the one sent for cleaning. Authorities pursue further evidence for possible extradition of Captain Ivanovitch Poderjay.
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Boston
Agnes Tufverson
Ruth Hall
Tulverson
Bureau of Missing Persons
New York Police Department
Miss Turverson
Vienna
Ivan Poderjay
Miss Tufverson
Europe
Brighton
Eny
New York
London
Ivanovitch Poderjay
Po Uce
Agnes Turverson
Olympic
Poderjay
Miss Tulverson
Scotland Yard
Marguerite Suzanne Ferrand
Tufverson
Pederjay
Wedell Aviation Pioneer Killed In Plane Crash
The aviation world mourns James R. Wedell 34 famed New Orleans flier and world speed record holder after his Wedell Williams Air Service plane crashed near Patterson Louisiana while teaching a student Frank Sneeringer. Sneeringer was badly hurt and placed in St May’s hospital in Patterson as doctors raced to save him.
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Jatterson
Aviation World Today
James R
Jimmy” Wedell
New Orleans and
Patterson
Wedell
Frank Sneeringer
Moble
Ala
Wedel
Sneeringer
Wedell- Williams Air Service Corporation
St. May's Hospital
Harry P. Williams
New Orleans
Wedell-Williams Air Service Corporation
New
Reynolds Child Again Fights For Fortune In Carolina Courts
In Winston-Salem North Carolina June 25 AP three year old Anne Cannon Reynolds seeks to overturn a 1931 judgment set as a 506000 trust and bar her claim to a share of the 25 million estate of Zachary Smith Reynolds. If reversed she would share with Zachary Smith Reynolds Jr 16 months old. The Cabarrus Bank and Trust Co of Concord co guardian seeks to void a 500000 settlement waiving further rights. The trust previously also established for Anne Cannon Reynolds’ mother. The case involves Safe Deposit and Trust Co Baltimore trustees under the late R J Reynolds will.
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Winston-Salem
WN. C
Anne Cannon Reynolds
Zachary Smith Reynolds
Superior Court
Felix E. Ailey
Ailey
Zachary Smith Reynolds, Jr
Libby Holman Reynolds
Cabarrus Bank and Trust Company of
Concord
Reynolds
Anne Cannon
North Carolina
Safe Deposit and Trust Company of
Baltimore
R. J. Reynolds
Marie Dressler Improves Says Doctor After Illness
Santa Barbara June 25 The condition of Marie Dressler of the films was reported improving by her physician Dr F R Nurum who said she had been quite ill from a complication of illnesses including heart and kidney ailments.
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Santa Barbara
Marie Dressler
F. R. Nurum
Spite Marriage and a Collector of Men Tale
Miss Gertrude Moore, stern and puritan, guides her sixteen year old niece Marsha who collects men as she would fine wares. The Rector notes the tragic family past as a ship voyage memory echoes through their uneasy home, hinting at duty and forgiveness.
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Gertrude Moore
Gertrude
Tropics
Marsha Moore
Marsha
Minas Gertrude
Miss Gertrude
Davy Jones
Locker
God Save the King
Connecticut
Bankhead Cotton Control Forms Soon For Houston County
Houston county farmers will receive Bankhead Cotton Control Act allotment and exemption forms next week as administration of the program begins. Landowners cash tenants and tenants with fixed quan tities must sign applications for their allotted shares. Absentee landlords should appoint agents via power of attorney before signing starts. Forms may come from the Washington office and will be distributed in the county.
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Houston County
C. M. Ling
Ling
Washington
Fees Probed by House War Department Committee
A House committee examining War Department affairs studies new evidence that government officers took pay from outside sources. They plan to question Col onel Joseph I. McMullen about fees from a commercial concern, deny links to government work, and could seek continued inquiry by the next Congress. The panel also notes NRA order affecting Ford bid prices and may hear Major General L. H. Bush on auto contracts.
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Washington
House
War Department
Joseph I
Congress
NRA
Henry Ford
Rome
L. H. Bush
NRHA
Comptroller General's Office
Divorce Trial Draws 200 Plus Women in San Antonio
In San Antonio on June 25, more than 200 women crowded a courtroom as the divorce trial of Mrs. Wineta Ioong Welburn versus Rev. William D. Welburn Jr. began. Judge W. W. McCrory instructed deputies to admit women first. The petition claims extreme cruelty and that the minister did not marry her, alleging a 1932 Boerne marriage and a November birth, with the minister denying marriage and paternity. The case centers on alleged mental cruelty.
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San Antonio
Texas
Wineta Ioong Welburn
William D. Welburn
W. W. McCrory
Governor Horton In Critical Condition At Farm Home
Chapel Hill Tenn June 25 AP Henry H Horton Governor of Tennessee aged 44 is in critical condition at his farm home near Chapel Hill after suffering a paralytic stroke Saturday He had previously shown improvement following a prior illness weeks earlier remaining bedridden until the latest setback.
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Chapel Hill
Tenn
Henry H. Horton
Tennessee
Here
Forest service reports big rise in tree planting
The United States forest service reports that tree planting in national forests nearly tripled last year. Force of the forest service, the civilian conservation corps, and the NRA planting crews planted trees over a total of 69,215 acres.
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Washington
National
United States Forest Service
Forest Service
Civilian Conservation Corps
NRA
Cotton acreage rented to government measured by agents
C M Ling Houston county farm agent announced that cotton acreage rented to the government in the 1984 control program would be checked soon. Farmers were asked to stake out rented acres to speed measurement, and land in cotton cultivation would also be measured along with other forms of program compliance.
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C. M. Ling
Houston County
Ling
Army May Join In Dillinger Search
Washington June 25 AP reports the Justice Department discusses how the army and National Guard might aid in the hunt for John Dillinger. Details remain guarded and whether soldiers would participate in the capture is not disclosed. Officials aim to coordinate federal state and local authorities as rewards totaling 10 090 for Dillinger and smaller sums for information or captures are posted, with Nelson and Gillis also sought.
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Army
National Guard
John Dillinger
Justice Department
Dillinger
Alan
Cummings
Lester M. Gillis
Baby Face Nelson
Nelson
W. Carter Baum
Department of Justice
Wapgent
Rhinelander
Wincanain
Wounded youth shot in Dale County jail scene
Frank Richards, 20, of near Ozark, is hospitalized in serious condition after being shot by 74 year old farmer John Glenn in Dale County. Glenn, held on blanket charge, as sheriff Weeks describes the incident following an order to leave after Richards and Tae Glenn, the elder Glenn's son, had been drinking. No formal charge yet. jail retained until Richards' condition improves.
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Frank Richards
Ozark
John Glenn
Dale County
Richards
Sheriff Weeks
Tae Glenn
Glenn
Weeks
Woman charged with slaying husband gets trial postponement
In Memphis Tennessee on June 25 AP reports Mrs Floyd Maxwell 28 charged with fatally wounding her husband Maurice 38 as he slept in their apartment on April 18. Judge Tom Harsh granted a continuance to the September term. The defense seeks temporary insanity while the district attorney offers no objection. The couple had three children.
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Memphis
Tenn
Floyd Maxwell
Maurice. Maxwell
Tom Harsh
W. Tyler McLain
Maxwell
Jatt
Will
Making of Mattresses State Relief Project in Alabama
Alabama Relief Administration director Thad Holt announced that 19,000 bales of cotton would be bought by the federal surplus relief corporation to produce 100,900 mattresses for families on relief. Relief workers will sew them at centers across the state, employing about 10,900 women, with ticking furnished by the government and pounds of cotton used in each mattress.
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Montgomery
Als
Alabama
Thad Holt
Alabama Relief Administration
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
reHef
Youth Dies Not Yet, Here Paralyzed From Creek Dive Near Geneva
A. D. Cowan, 18, of Geneva route two, was hospitalized with a broken neck after a flip dive into Parrot Creek near Geneva. He was injured yesterday morning while swimming with companions, treated at Geneva and later at a local hospital. an operation on his spine was performed, but doctors held little hope for recovery as the lone injury was fatal potential.
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Parrot Creek
Geneva
D. Cowan
Young Cowan
Fle
J. P. Cowan
Scottsboro Child Burned to Death in Fire
In Scottsboro Alabama an 11 year old boy died in a fire at the Ward home near Pisgah believed incendiary in origin. A young man who tried to rescue him was severely burned as he carried the child to safety and searched for others trapped. Sheriff McBryde opened an investigation as the Ward couple were away visiting in Rome Georgia.
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Scottsboro
Ala
Jessie Ward
Pisgah
Edmond Bath
Renee Willis Ward
Bain
Ward
Wondin
Willis Ward
Ann
McBryde
Mrs. Ward
Rome
Decision in Poison Case Due Monday
In Little Rock on June 2 AP attorneys for Mark H. Shank of Akron Ohio sentenced to death for a quadruple poison murder submitted their motion for a rehearing to the Arkansas Supreme Court. A probable decision was expected next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Mark H. Shank
Akron
Ohio
Arkansas Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Textile managers seek end to woolen strike
Washington deputy NRA administrator F. Blanchard said he asked leaders of the United Textile Workers of America to call off a strike in the woolen textile industry scheduled for next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Blanchard
NRA
United Textile Workers of America
War in South America fuels credit and profits
In Hollywood on June 25 a commentator notes ongoing South American conflict since 24 hours after it began, arguing nations fund wars through rapid credit and profit from fighting. He recalls visiting two years ago and questions how long fighting can last without external material aid.
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Hollywood
Calif
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Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co
Sloss-Sheffield Co
Richardson
E. C. Curtis
United States Foundry & Pipe Co
National Cast Iron Pipe Co
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Reynolds Child
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