Plotter Gets Life For War Record Putsch Case
Vienna Aug 2 Paul Hug the third Nazi tried for involvement in the Dollfuss putsch was convicted of high treason and sentenced to life imprisonment. Two other Nazis were hanged this week. Hug, 41, wounded twice in world war, had five decorations. The Austrian government moved to suppress Nazis by withholding pay for government workers suspected of Nazi leanings. Police denied reports that Dr Anton Rintelen confessed to taking part in the coup.
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Vienna
Paul Hug
Dollfuss
Dugs
Hugl
Friederich Warnig
Innsbruck
Schuschnigg
Rintelen
Anton Rintelen
Rome
State Prison Gates Closed on Jim Clark
Lansag Kan Aug 2 The gates of the Kansas State prison shut behind Jim Clark 30 year old western desperado yesterday and the law scratched the last name off the list of eleven convicts who broke out on Memorial Day 1933 Of the eleven three have been slain the others are back in prison one blinded from a bullet wound Clark was surprised as he was leaving an apartment in Tulsa Okla yesterday He was captured before he could use a .45 caliber pistol he carried wrapped in a newspaper Two women Sallie Johnson 34 and Goldie Johnson 19 were with him Goldie was Clark s wife and she grabbed his arms and prevented him from shooting when they were arrested She probably will be brought to Kansas to face charges of harboring a fugitive Officers said Clark who twice escaped from the Kansas state prison was located at the Tulsa apartment after he had been trailed for months by E J Silverthorn of the state highway patrol Silverthorne said he spent six months gaining the confidence of Clark s associates who knew him as Charles White Tuesday night Silverthorne’s interview said Clark stayed with him for just one more bottle of beer before officers reached the apartment and arrested him Continued on page two
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Lansag
Kan
Kansas State
Jim Clark
Uthwestern
Sallie Johnson
Goldie Johnson
Goldie
Clark
Kansas
Tulsa
E. J. Silverthorn
Ate Highway Patrol
Silverthorne
Charles White
Siverthorne
Inmee
Government blamed for strikes in AFL survey
Washington notes a monthly AFL survey condemns the administration for failing to secure workers legal rights to organize and links ongoing strikes to recovery act tensions. It cites 10,300,000 unemployed this year vs 10,100,000 last October as economic strain and a hindered business environment.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Air Train Starts Hop to Three Big Cities
An air train departing Floyd Bennett field at 9 45 am EST today includes an airplane and three gliders. The group aims to reach Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington with the gliders breaking off en route. Ellwood Keim piloted the plane and Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia attended the takeoff.
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Brooklyn
Floyd Bennett Field
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Ellwood Keim
F. H. LaGuardia
Long forces take charge of tax work in New Orleans
Louisiana Governor Allen moves to appoint state tax assessors to oversee New Orleans finances, replacing the city elected board as national guard troops seize the city voting office. Mayor Walmsley denounces the move as infamy while tension rises with added police and troops. The conflict centers on Huey P. Long and control of city powers.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
National Guard
William Rankin
Louisiana Tax Commission
Walmsley
T. Semmes Walmsley
Long
Kingfish
O. K. Allen
Court May Choose Third Member at Its Meeting
The county court may appoint a third member at its regular meeting on Monday. Thomas W. Brohard has resigned from the court and withdrawn as a candidate to succeed himself to become assistant administrator of relief activities, taking up his duties tomorrow. Clerk Frank Bennett said one application has been filed for the post Brohard vacated.
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Thomas W. Brohard
Frank Bennett
Brohard
Kiwanis Merchants Picnic Set For Taylor County
One week remains before the Kiwanis Merchants picnic at Grafton Park. Grafton and Taylor county residents prepare a day of activities ending with a benefit dance and show to aid underprivileged children. Committee members work nights to finalize a floor show and varied program.
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Grafton
Taylor County
Kiwanis Merchants
Grafton Park
Taylor
Miss Maggie Stanton Dies After Fall at 79
Margaret Calder Stanton 79, daughter of H. D. and Mary Ann Stanton, died at City hospital at 3 am from complications after a fall that fractured her hip six weeks earlier. Born January 10, 1855 in Warrenton Ohio, she moved to the city about 50 years ago and resided with Mrs. Lalah Smith on Maple Avenue. A Baptist, she joined young and sang in the First Baptist choir in earlier years. She was the last surviving member of her family. Continues on page 6.
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Margaret
Maggie" Calder Stanton
H. D
Mary Ann Stanton
City Hospital
Warrenton
Ohio
Lalah Smith
Maple Avenue
Baptist Church
First Baptist
Barbour County Man Pleads Guilty After Route 50 Crash
Clayton Bolyard 22 of Kasson Barbour county was fined 25 dollars costs jailed 60 days and licence revoked for a year after pleading guilty to operating an automobile while intoxicated in a crash on U S Route 50 near Sunset Inn that injured four people. Bolyard suffered a fractured arm while Frank Mitchell 40 of Kasson suffered facial injuries and Newton Dawson Rowlesburg undertaker was bruised. both cars wrecked. Continued on page four.
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Clayton Bolyard
Kasson
Barbour County
Kingwood
B. F. Woodward
Fellowsville
Bolyard
Newton C. Dawson
Sunset Inn
Frank Mitchell
Cit
Newton Dawson
Rowlesburg
Ex-Fairmont man arrested in Kanawha river killings
Parkersburg August 2. Fred Hawkins formerly of Fairmont was charged with murder in the deaths of Virginia Wiseman and Harold Headley found shot at a cabin on the Kanawha river bank near Stewart Station. Hawkins denied involvement claiming Wiseman killed Headley and herself.
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Parkersburg
Fred Hawkins
Fairmont
J. H. Randolph
Kanawha River
Stewart Station
Virginia Wiseman
Harold Headley
Hawkins
Offi|ers
Damage Mounts After Strike Promise in Minneapolis
Renewed picketing led to additional damage and minor injuries in Minneapolis as National Guard troops remained in the city during a truck drivers strike. Striking leaders had promised orderly conduct, but incidents occurred despite assurances.
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Minneapolis
Hindenburg Death Tests Nazi Regime’s Hold on Power
Associated Press reports the death of President von Hindenburg marks a pivotal moment for Nazi Germany. The regime faces turbulent conflict after purges, Austria upheaval, and questions over Hitler’s direction and Papen’s looming role as successor.
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Paul von Hindenburg
Germany
Associated Press
Supreme Court Orders Death Penalty Review
Elizabethtown N Y Aug 2 Supreme Court Justice O Bryan Brewster ordered Albany county district attorney to show cause next Tuesday why Mrs Anna Antonio sentenced to die August 9 should not be granted a new trial. The order cites newly discovered evidence and notes Antonio and two alleged accomplices already received three reprieves after the original execution date.
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Elizabethtown
Supreme Court
O. Bryan Brewster
Albany County
Anna Antonio
Antonio
Youth Is Questioned Over Death Of His Girl Friend
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania investigators questioned Robert Edwards a 23 year old Kingston Coal Company engineer about the death of Freda McKechnie 26 a church worker. Her body was found in Harvey s Lake while wearing a bathing suit after a swimming party. Police believe she was beaten and tossed into the four foot deep water between Sandy Beach and a bath deck. Edwards was with the victim Monday night about 18 hours before the body was discovered.
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Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Freda McKechnie
Edwardsville
Harvey’s Lake
Robert Edwards
Kingston Coal Company
Edwards
Chancellor assumes dual posts as Germany proclaims mourning
Berlin August 2 1934 President Hindenburg dies at 87. Within hours Chancellor Adolf Hitler merges the offices of chancellor and president and orders a national plebiscite for August 19. The Reichswehr swears an oath to Hitler pledging absolute obedience to Der Fuehrer. Werner von Blomberg announces army will take the new oath.
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Louis T. Lochner
Berlin
Germany
Paul von Hindenburg
Adolph Hitler
Reichswehr
Hitler
von Hindenburg
Neudeck
Prussia
Reichsward
Werner von Blomberg
der Fuehrer
Campaign Expense Reports In West Virginia Primary
Charleston reports on August 2 show seven of nine Democratic primary candidates for U S senator filed campaign expense and contribution data totaling 6252.31. Republican Hatfield and Rosenbloom reported no contributions or expenses, Hattie Stein had 3.50 in expenses with no contributions. The seven Democrats reported 1900 in contributions, with W E Chilton at 2685.98 expenses and no contributions.
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Charleston
United States
Henry D. Hatfield
Huntington
Benjamin L. Rosenbloom
Wheeling
Hattie Stein
W. E. Chilton
Graham Sale
Welch
J. Alfred Taylor
Fayetteville
Or B. Koontz
Clem
Shaver
Fairmont
Rush D. Holt
Weton
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Hindenburg
Reuben Johnson
Johnson
Allen
Vhce
Turner
Miss Stanton
Democratic Rally
Robert L Ramsay
Court House
A. D. Stefferud
Nazi Germany
Adolf Hitler
Franz von Papen
von Papen
Austria
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