Convicts Overpower Guards At Tucker Prison Farm Escape
Four convicts were killed and three wounded in a daring break from Tucker state prison farm stockade in Arkansas. Officers tracked the fugitives through woods after the escape on horses, with six to eight heavily armed prisoners reported on the run. Projected guard casualties were initially uncertain.
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Tucker Prison Farm
Ark
Pine Bluff
Tucker State Prison Farm
T. H. Cogrillo
Arkansas Penitentiary System
Hallanan to chair West Virginia judicial convention
Walter L Hallanan of Charleston Republican National Committeeman will be temporary chairman of the state judicial convention at Wheeling and deliver the keynote address soon after the convention opens August 11 Charles J Schuck state chairman announced Hallanans definite acceptance of the invitation today
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Clarksburg
Walter
Hallanan
Charleston
West Virginia
Wheeling
Charles J. Schuck
Committee On
Convict Shot After False Move in New York Auto Stop
Ralph Richards a convict died after drawing from a hip pocket when Patrolman Rowan Kelly ordered him to exit an automobile during a charge for a $12 robbery. Richards, half brother of tennis star Vincent Richards, was shot in the stomach and died. The incident highlights a fatal consequence of a perceived threat during police action.
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New York
Ralph | Richards
Lief
Rowan Kelly
Kelley
Richards
Vincent Richards
Son kills father in family quarrel in Willowlick
In Painesville Ohio on August 4 a 17 year old son Raymond Heths shot and killed his father while the mother Mrs Elizabeth Heths was struck and left in critical condition. Deputies say the father seized a sledge hammer chasing the mother to the kitchen amid a long running quarrel. Raymond surrendered to deputy sheriff.
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Painesville, O
Willowlick
Here
Raymond Heths
Elizabeth Heths
Raymond
Girl's Killer Cowers In Cell As Mob Threatens
Francis Nash confessed slayer of Evelyn Sanford, 17, a Freesoil farm girl, and was sent to life in solitary confinement after refusing to testify. Crowds roared as police moved Nash toward Marquette prison. a mob threatened to lynch him in Ludington. The case ended with Nash in custody, awaiting murder charges.
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Ludinggton
Mich
Frances Nash
Evelyn Sanford
Nash
Michigan Branch
Marquette
Court House
Ludington
Virginia Samples
Mary Thomas
Washington,d. C
Dorsey Bell
West Wilford Street
Cook's Hospital
Fair
Paul Davis
Rosemont
Grafton Park
Francis
Rusty) Nash
Gir
Freesoil
Traverse City
Hostle
George Colyer
Mason County
Colyer
Manistee
Tangled love affairs aired during trial
In a Florida courtroom, Mrs. Jessie Keith-Miller testified about love triangles involving Captain W N Lancaster and Haden Clarke during Lancaster's murder trial. She claimed Lancaster planned suicide to enable insurance payoff, noted Clarke's threats, and discussed forged suicide notes. The testimony described betrayals, conflicts, and bedroom scenes as the case unfolded.
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Miami
Fla
Jessie M. Keith-Miller
W. N. Lancaster
Haden
Clarke
Lancaster
Freed 65 Non Union Miners From Pickets War Toll Reported
Terre Haute Indiana August 4 a siege at the Dixie Bee coal mine ended as 820 National Guardsmen moved in freeing 65 besieged non union miners. Four wounded miners were hospitalized and one picket died in a rifle battle. Military control was declared and tear gas orders were countermanded amid reports of arson fears and rising smoke from the shaft.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Dixie Bee
Indiana
National
Genserl Paul E. Tombugh
Harry G. Leslie
Hoosier
Dugger
Coal District
Plot to kill life of pit foreman uncovered
Wheeling August 4 A suspected attempt to kill Ernest Schell 40 pit foreman at the McKinley mine of the Costanzo Coal Company in Warwood was uncovered Schell reported to police he found four sticks of dynamite attached to his automobile motor last night His engine had trouble all week but he did not investigate the cause The McKinley mine has operated open shop for several years.
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Wheeling
Ernest Schell
McKinley
Costan= to Coal Company
Warwood
Schell
Huntington Tells Vets to Stay Out and Meet Resistance
Johnstown officials and Huntington civic groups unite to deter veterans from relocating their exodus. Mayor Eddie McCloskey seeks Governor Pinchot intervention for gasoline and transport to move veterans from Johnstown to Huntington. Doak Carter, former staff chief, plans an encampment in Huntington as contingents depart.
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Huntington
Hunington
Eddie M.‘laskey
Johnsmens
Stuntington
Johnstown
Eddie McCloskey
Pinchot
Washington
McCloskey
Capitol
Walter W.waters
Doak Carter
W. Va
Captive Report Claims Missing Flier Found in Philippines
Manila reports Glenn Brophy, an English flier missing over a year, located as a captive of savage tribes on the northern Philippine island of Yami. Constabulary at Basco, Batanes, confirmed by private investigations cited by Alilons.
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Manila
Glenn Brophy
Philippine
Yami
Constabulary
Chavis
Basco
Batanis Island
Alilons
Automobile Industry Talks At Parley In Ottawa
British and Australian negotiators met in Ottawa amid an imperial economic conference parley. An agreement was seen as likely to push the American automobile business with Australia, with Green Australia proposed to cut tariff rates on British imports in exchange for preference in the British market on meats and higher preferences on fruit butter wines grain and dairy products.
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Ottawa
Australia
W P Slaughter Dies Noted Coal Operator at 63
W P Slaughter 63 prominent coal operator in the Pocahontas field died in a Bluefield hospital after influenza since July 26. He led Pocahontas Sales Glen Alum Fuel Arlington Coal and Coke and Gilliam Coal and Coke. Native of Richmond Virginia he lived in Cincinnati 25 years. Survived by his widow and one sister Susie T Slaughter of Galveston Texas. Everett Shields of Hardman a business visitor in the city today.
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Bluefield
W. P. Slaughter
Cincinnati
Pocahontas Field
Pocahontas Sales
Glen Alum Fuel
Arlington Coal and Coke
Gilliam Coal and Coke Comi
Richmond
Miss Susie T Slaughter
Galveston
Texas
End Cane
House Passes Bill Fixing Salaries for All County Officials
Berlin reports political violence continues despite a truce as cabinet weighs an emergency decree. In Charleston the House of Delegates passes a bill fixing salaries for sheriffs clerks and prosecutors in every county, with capitation tax collecters limited. Delegates seek mileage payments. Edgar C Lawson denounces warrants for extra mileage.
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House
Berlin
Reich
Vor Hindenburg
Franz von Papen
Adolf Hitler
Charleston
House of Delegates
Senate
Ohio
U Randolph
Taylor
Tyler
Gang War Kills One in Toledo. Wounds Another
In Toledo Ohio two men were shot in what police call a gang war between rival bootleggers from Toledo and Monroe Michigan. Sam Armetto, 30, was found near the Toledo State Hospital with extensive head wounds from machine gun fire. Earlier, Dominic Migliore was found on a residence porch with a bullet through the mouth and another through the neck.
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Toledo, O
Toledo
Monroe
Michigan
Sam Armetto
Toledo State Hospital
Dominick Migliore
Bull market advances puncture profit taking in stock rally
New York August 4 reports a strong stock market surge with price averages rising well above recent lows. Gains of two to six points were common before profit-taking trimmed many advances. Allied Chemical jumped about six points then pared gains while American Telephone and U S Steel saw gains fade from earlier peaks. Standard of New Jersey reached 33 1/2 before retreating.
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New York
Allied Chemical
S. Steel
Standard of
New Jersey
Economic Conditions Justify Appalachian Coal Selling Agency
Asheville witnesses in the government anti trust suit say economic distress and personal crisis in the coal industry, plus rising competition from oil gas and hydro power, justify a joint selling agency by 132 Appalachian coal operators led by John D. Francis of Appalachian Coals Inc. in Baltimore.
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Asheville
N. C
Appalachian Coal
John D. Francis
Baltimore
Appalachian Coals Inc
Borah urges world economic conference to fix debts and reparations
Senator William E Borah told the Minneapolis Foreign Policy Association that global prosperity hinges on solving postwar problems. He urged an international conference to address debts reparations and disarmament with emphasis on restoring markets for agriculture and firming European and other foreign demand. Continued on Page Six.
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Minneapolis
William E. Borah
Community of Nations
Foreign Policy Association
University of Minnesota
Borah
Appalachian Coals chief recalled on monopolization claim
James D. Francis of Huntington West Virginia president of Appalachian Coals Inc faced government assertions that Carolina consumers would suffer if the firm monopolized the industry in North and South Carolina. He testified again on Thursday in the three judge federal court trial in Asheville North Carolina.
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Asheville
N. C
James D. Francis
Huntington
W. Va
Appalachian Coals, Inc
Carolina
Francis
North
South Carolina
Vets Permanent Home Abandoned in Maryland
Forty three men and women who began to build a permanent home for the bonus expeditionary force in wooded hills near Waterbury Maryland left the project with their belongings. Some resumed homeward travel or accepted new employment as the evacuation proceeded quietly.
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Waterbury, Md
Federal Loan Granted to Aid Ohio Counties
Washington August 4 The governor of Ohio was granted a federal loan of 852 662 for emergency relief in Lorin Mahoning Stark and Summit counties.
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Ohio
Washington
Lorin
Mahoning
Stark
Bummit Counties
Seabury Attacks Mayor Walker in Rep’s Defense
New York August 4 Charges of contradiction evasion and falsification marked the rebuttal as Seabury charged Mayor Walker’s administration in a heated exchange. Samuel, before Governor Roosevelt, said the mayor proved unworthy of belief. Hofstadter’s counsel reviewed the case in a lengthy document. Seabury asserts the record proves Walker’s acts, urging action in the Albany dispatch signaling an imminent decision.
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New York
Walker
Samuel
Roosevelt
Hofstadter Legislative
Neworsity
Seabury
Icot
Pawaker
Albany
Roosey
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G. O. P. Meet
Ralph Richards
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Clyde Bennett
A.D
Indianapolis
McKinley Mine
Gen. Pinchot
Philippines
Automobile
Everett Shields
Hardman
Vial
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Hitler
Edgar C. Lawson
Lawson
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Maryland
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