Four Involved In Escape Plot At West Virginia Prison
Warden McClintic says four convicts were involved in yesterday’s daylight escape attempt at West Virginia State Penitentiary. Three of the four are dead. Roy Altizer, the sole survivor who was wounded, shows signs of potential recovery. Guards fired with machine guns and rifles as the truck dash ended at the gate. 1,800 inmates remained quiet inside the fortress. The warden refuses an investigation, insisting the plot remained confined to the four men.
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Moundsville
C. F. McClintic
West Virginia State Penitentiary
Roy Altizer
Altizer
Hopemont Sanitarium Cleared After Inspection in Charleston
The Board of Control reported to Governor Holt that Hopemont sanitarium is in excellent condition after an inspection prompted by complaints about management and food. Two board members visited the institution and interviewed many patients. they found no uniform complaints, only minor issues mainly among despondent patients. President John Baker White and Secretary C. P. Nelson wrote the governor detailing the investigation and its results.
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Charleston
Board of Control
Holt
Hopemont
John Baker White
C. P. Nelson
Drive Safely Walk Tragedy Highlights Local Safety Call
A Baltimore suburb reports a 5 year old girl killed after stepping into a truck while answering her mother's call to come home. A repeat incident occurred a week earlier with another 5 year old killed. In Grafton a mother and child narrowly avoided a similar fate thanks to a vigilant driver. Taylor County Safety Council urges motorists to slow and stay attentive.
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Baltimore
Grafton
Main
Galloway Speaks On Planned Society At Forum
Hilene Galloway addressed the Trico Public Forum on Is Planned Society Possible? detailing planning across city county state and region. She noted coal industry code plans under the Guffey Vinson bill and argued planning aims to curb drift and curb unemployment amid fuel competition.
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Hilene Galloway
Trico Public Forum
Galloway
General MacArthur Weds Tennessee Girl in New York Chapel
General Douglas MacArthur and Miss Jean Marie Faircloth of Murfreesboro Tenn were married today in the chapel of the municipal building in New York. The 57 year old general, former chief of staff, planned to sail for the Philippines on May 10 as preparations for Quezon’s Pacific tour continue.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Jean Marie Faircloth
Murfreesboro
Tenn
General MacArthur
United States Army
Philippines
Manuel Quezon
Europe
Union Workers Win In Vote In Packard Plant
DETROIT April 30 United Automobile Workers won exclusive collective bargaining rights at the Packard Motor Car company after an employee referendum. Negotiations resumed with management on 21 other demands following a National Labor Relations Board election. Final tabulation: 11,588 for the UAW and 1,655 against.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers , of America
Packard Motor Car Company
National Labor Relations Board
U. A
Clash Over Methods of Reducing Costs Continues
Washington April 30 fiscal experts expect President Roosevelt’s call for extra economies this year to have little effect on trimming the budget below 7.781 billion. Department heads must answer by tomorrow on possible savings by eliminating or deferring unnecessary expenditures. The revised budget message to Congress slashed this year’s spending by 296 million, with officials doubt about further large cuts. Meanwhile House and Senate leaders clash over methods to cut next year’s budget as Senator Robinson of Arkansas leads the debate.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
House
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Despondent Woman Ends Her Life With Shotgun
In Charles Town on April 30 Mrs Annie May Feltner Jenkins 22 wife of Frank Jenkins died yesterday at Frank Kontz farm near Moser's Cross Roads from self inflicted gunshot wounds. She was found dying near a cistern about 150 feet from the home after firing a double barreled shotgun into her left side.
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Charles Town
Annie May
Virginia Feltner Jenkins
Frank Jenkins
Frank Kontz
Moser’s Cross Roads
Purvis Proves Elusive As Pressmen Hunt Him
SAN FRANCISCO April 30 Melvin Purvis who disrupted hide and seek among the nation s outlaws dodged reporters to avoid questions about his postponed marriage to Janice Jarrett America s most photographed girl Purvis arrived from San Antonio Texas and disappeared before the train stopped at the station
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San Francisco
Melvin Purvis
John Dillinger
Janice Jarrett
America
Purvis
San Antonio
Tex
Communists Seek Overthrow of Capitalism Worldwide
Moscow report: the Communist International committee urged global capitalist overthrow by revolution with the United States and France cited as nations where workers have checked capitalism through organization. Pravda printed a comintern manifesto calling for May Day demonstrations and a unity front against fascism while demanding parliaments support the people's government in Spain.
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Moscow
Committee of the Communist Internationale
United States
France
Pravda
Ito Comintern
Spain
Msordewelenols Napa
Cross-Eyed Monkey Ganged by Six Mates at Brookfield Zoo
A Brookfield zoo albino black spider monkey named Alba was mobbed by six cage mates, suffering a poor range and cross-eyed appearance. Keepers intervened, placing her in a smaller enclosure to rebuild self confidence.
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Chicago
Brookfield Zoo
Alba
Restore Confidence in Business, Says Moley at P A A A Meeting
Professor Raymond Moley of Columbia told advertising agencies their job is to restore public belief in the integrity and social usefulness of business for democratic America. He said when business is believed politicians will praise and support it, and the same effort must come from industry itself. Moley, editor of a Columbia paper and public law instructor, argued the profit system has proven its value.
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White Sulphur Springs
Raymond Moley
Columbia University
America
American Association of Advertising Agencies
Moley
Columbia
Noted Research Expert Kills Self With Poison
Dr. Wallace H. Carothers a 41 year old Wilmington based research chemist who helped perfect the first synthetic rubber was found dead in a Philadelphia hotel room. Detective says poison likely ingested with a lemon nearby. Carothers a former Harvard Illinois teacher and Du Pont research staff member was noted for advancing synthetic rubber.
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Philadelphia
Wallace H. Carothers
Wilmington
Bernard O'Donnell
Carothers
Burlington
Iowa
Harvard Unversity
University of Illinois
E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company
Three Masked Men Rob Aged Man of Big Sum
In Fairmont on April 30 an 85 year old man, E M Snider, watched as three masked intruders looted his Davis Ridge home taking $358 in cash from a hidden drawer. No weapons were shown. Snider was alone and his wife is hospitalized. Authorities report the incident as a home robbery ongoing investigation by the sheriff's office.
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Big Sum
Fairmont
E. M. Snider
Davis Ridge
Felix Yanero
Snider
Har
Sheriff says deputies may be too rough in Harlan County
Senate committee hearings reveal Sheriff Theodore Middleton admits deputies have perpetrated violence in Harlan county Kentucky. La Follette accuses deputies and coal operators of shootings and dynamite attacks on United Mine Workers members. Secretary Ward testifies about possible purchases of sub machine guns with coalition funds. Other witnesses describe armed deputies assaulting union members.
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Washington
Theodore Middleton
Harlan County
Senate
la Follette
Senate Civil Liberties Comittee
United Mine Workers
Middleton
Eorge Ward
Barran County
Coal Operators'association
la Follette Civil Liberties Committee
Association
The
United
Manslaughter Charged After Triple Drowning Crash
Sutton, April 30. Ode Hayhurst charged with involuntary manslaughter after an automobile plunged into Elk River near Gassaway last March, killing Daniel Boone, his son-in-law Chantie Boone, and Bonny Carr. Two survivors Emma Boggs and Johnny Dobbins testified at a preliminary hearing. grand jury action ordered.
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Sutton
Ode Hayhurst
Hayhurst
Elk River
Gassaway
E. G. Cutlip
Emma Boggs
Johnny Dobbins
Daniel Boone
Chantie Boone
Bonny Carr
Point Pleasant Escapes Flood Waters This Time
Point Pleasant, April 30. The quiet river town of 5,000 watched the Ohio river flood reach 41 feet, one foot above flood stage, but the water did not enter the town at the junction with the Kanawha. River men expected a slow recession and Huntington observers believed the five day flood would spend its force before moving downstream.
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Point Pleasant
Huntington
W. Va
Character Witnesses Heard For Defendant Teddy Hines
In Cincinnati on April 30 defense witnesses testified for Charles Teddy Hines accused of first degree murder in the Edith Caudill Hill case. Judge Alfred Mack denied a directed verdict motion. Witnesses included former WPA workers and Edward Bradley who said Hines and Hill rode in his cab to Inwood Park the morning of March 2 before her mutilated body was found.
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Cincinnati
Charles
Teddy) Hines
Edith Caudill Hill
Alfred Mack
Hines
Works Progress Administration
Edward Bradley
Hirl
Inwood Park
Stricter Neutrality Laws Pass Congress For Signing
Congress overhauls neutrality rules by replacing a temporary act with a broader restriction on trade with warring nations. The bill, praised by Hull supporters, shifts more war powers to the president and introduces a cash and carry provision, to be signed by President Roosevelt before the current act expires.
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Congres
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Gulf Coast
Hull
Senate
House
Borah
Idaho
Johnson
Vandenberg
Mich
Calif
Robinson
D., Ark
Rattlesnake Fancier Prepares 200 for Derby
CARLSBAD N J April 30 It is rattlesnake roundup time as Merwin Campbell works to capture snakes for the annual Rattler derby on July 3 and 4 He has 200 rattlesnakes including fangs The chief qualification for a rattlesnake hunter is speed.
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Carlsbad
N. J
Merwin Campbell
Father Divine Appears in Harlem Court for Felony Charge
Father Divine the evangelist spent 20 minutes in felony court as attorneys wrangled over the arraignment on the felonious assault charge following a stabbing in his Harlem Heaven. Crowds of followers watched as he grinned and waved, then departed for Harlem Surround Building amid the ongoing health of witness Harry Green of Weehawken, N.J., hospitalized since April 20 in Harlem.
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New York
Father Divine
Harlem
Little Brown
Criminal Courts
Harry Green
Weehawken
N.J
Harlem Hospital
God
Increase Pay For M D s Who Do Most of Relief
Charleston April 30 The Public Assistance advisory board will recompense doctors who carry the relief caseload. Dr Stephen P Burke board chairman says WV Medical Association recommendations led to higher physician mileage rates and surgical fees cut to 25 dollars. Extra work like X ray continues on same basis.
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Charleston
Department
Stephen P. Burke
West Virginia Medical Association
Burke
Mother and child saved by quick thinking driver
Edgar Poe a West Grafton school teacher applied brakes to his coupe to avoid striking Mrs Clara Snay and her four year old daughter Nola who stepped from between parked cars in front of the Grafton Drug and Chemical store. They were knocked down but escaped serious injury with only bruises and were taken to Dr Heirimus Jr for examination.
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Edgar Poe
West Grafton
Grafton Drug and Chemical Company
West Main Street
Poe
Clara Snay
Leonard Street
Nola
Lockard
Snay
Twice Escaped Man Sentenced for Armed Robbery
Robert Bennett a 37 year old convict described as twice escaping from the Oklahoma penitentiary was given a 25 year prison term for armed robbery. A Blaine Langhorn laundry employee was robbed last March 20 by the defendant who had previously escaped twice and was serving 13 years of a 25 year sentence. A 60 day stay on the sentence was granted pending appeal.
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Charleston
Robert Bennett
Oklahoma Penitentiary
Bennett
Blaine Langhorn
R. B. Lee
D. J. Savage
Bonnet
Oklahoma
Lee
Bob Johnson to Speak At M P Church
Flemington resident Robert Johnson will tell of his nine day entrapment in Mine No 3 near his home during Sunday night services at the Methodist Protestant church. Johnson has spoken to groups since his recovery and offers a serious message from his ordeal.
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Grafton
Robert
Bob" Johnson
Flemington
Pittsvein
Johnson
Bob) Johnson
Espana sinks in Bay of Biscay near Bilbao
Government war planes sunk the Insurgent battleship Espana in the choppy Bay of Biscay near Bilbao. The vessel plunged amidships after a direct bomb hit and went down quickly. Velasco picked up officers while government boats rescued crew and reports cited Madrid notification. Continuation noted on page eight.
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Bilbao
Spain
Espana
Bascay
Francisco Franco
Velasco
Price
Britain
Madrid
Juan Antonio Aguirre
Basque Autonomous Republic
Ministry of Marine
Laven
Jcia
Chester Woolfolk to testify in General Denhardt murder trial
In New Castle Kentucky on April 30, Chester Woolfolk a handsome young laundry truck driver described by Brig Gen Henry H Denhardt as a jealous admirer of Mrs Verna Garr Taylor is expected to speak for himself. Commonwealths Attorney H B Kinsolving Jr plans to use him as a rebuttal witness after the defense rests. Other anticipated witnesses include Mrs Taylor s daughters Mrs Mary Pryor Brown and Frances 16.
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New Castle
Chester Woolfolk
Henry H. Denhardt
Verna Garr Taylor
Commonwealth
H. B. Kinsolving, Jr
Woolfolk
Taylor
Mary Pryor Brown
Frances
la Grange
Siz
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U.K
Taylor County Safety Council
Solon Wears Overalls
Frank Wtrig
Frank Iffrig
St. Charles County
Missouri
Assembly
Iffing
Mrs. Galloway
M’arthur
Tennessee
Packard
Association Missing
Teddy Hines
Divine
Main Street
Bob Johnson
M. P. Church
Bilboa
St. Augustine’s Church
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