Slaying Defendant Claims Cano Killed Deputy
In Charleston on August 23 Lea Frazier under death sentence said Henry Cano, not he, killed deputy Roy Shamblin. Prosecutor Littlepage noted Frazier’s statement. Cano faces another trial after jury’s earlier verdict. Frazier cited car inspection as reason he could not have fired the shot.
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Charleston
Lea Frazier
Henry Cano
Frazier
Roy Shamblin
S. Collett Littlepage
Tlepage
J. Blackburn Watts
Cano
Shamblin
Pattle
Disa~ T
Moundsville
Murderers’ Row
Leo Frazier
Roy Shambin
Kanawha County
1000 Miners Strike Leader Escaped Convicts Rampage
Desperate escaped convicts from Kansas state penitentiary roam the southwest leaving bloodshed and fear. They invade towns with sub machine guns, rob banks, and shoot when challenged as U S District Attorney Vandeventer links Harvey Bailey Wilbur Underhill and Verne C Miller to the Kansas City slaughter. Hideouts reported in eastern Oklahoma hills as officers hunt for weeks for crimes from motor car theft to murder.
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Sherman J. McNall
Oklahoma City
Kansas State Penitentiary
Southwest
Oklahoma
U. S
Vandeventer
Kansas City
Harvey Bailey
Dallas
Tex
Frank Nash
Kansas
City
Wilbur Underhill
Verne C. Miller
South Dakota
Underhill
Wichita
Kas
Bailey
Kirk Prather
Shen Warden
Bob
Big Boy
Kansas City Station Plaza
Verne Miller
Body search planned for murder tale in Burnsville
In Burnsville on August 23, investigators will search an old farm well at Benjamin le’s property for the body of Hugh Ocheltree, 30, of Biffle Run, believed murdered in July 1931. Oley Ocheltree asks the well be probed as officers doubt the Lipps confession and suspect the body lies elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnsville
Benjamin le
Hugh Ocheltree
Biffle Run
Oley Ocheltree
Hugh
Kanawha
Riley “Mutt” Lipps
Ccheltree
Lipps
Rare American Flowers To Be Collected In West Virginia Hills
An expedition from the New York botanical garden will depart for the Appalachian mountains to collect and domesticate rare American wildflowers. E. Alexander and T. H. Everette lead, backed by nurseries and the Royal Horticultural Society of England, with aims to find rock garden plants and showy trilliums in West Virginia and surrounding states.
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West Virginia
New York
Appalachian Mountains
New York Botanical Garden
E. Alexander
T. H. Everette
The
Botanical Garden
Royal Horticultural ‘Society of England
Otter
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Hidnoatne
Demand Pittsburgh Coal Company Reemploy Two Men
More than 1,000 miners at Pittsburgh Coal Company's Montour No 10 Mine walked out, the fourth strike in a month, after two workers were fired. Indignation meetings planned at about twenty nearby operations. sympathy votes to be held. Federal labor conciliator John F. Dewey to visit from Washington for investigation.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Montour No. 10
John F. Dewey
Washington
Taxpayer suit over Braxton levies discussed at Taylor County meeting
At a Taylor County Taxpayers Association gathering in the courthouse yesterday an eight cent county levy received mixed reviews while a four cent local school levy and superintendent pay hike drew sharp criticism. A committee was formed to seek an injunction against the school board and to pursue action on Graf ton’s levy. Calls were made for a county audit of outstanding indebtedness and for a broad campaign to recruit more taxpayers to fortify future tax battles.
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Taylor County Taxpayers’ Association
Court House
Board of Education
Grafton
Taylor County
Taxpayers’ Association
Ohio Editor Wallace Drowned by Assassin in Coshocton
Fred Wallace, 61, editor of the Coshocton Tribune, was found in the Muskingum river two miles south of Coshocton with wounds on his right eye and ear. His ankles were bound, and his pockets were emptied except for his watch and spectacles case. The circulation manager last saw him at 1:30 a.m. Sunday. officials opened an inquiry, with the coroner investigating, as the newspaper notes he had been ill and in care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coshocton
Fred
Wallace
the Tribune
Taxpayers to Fight Extra Levy in Braxton County
Sutton Aug 23 A petition for an injunction to restrain levies beyond constitutional limits was filed in Braxton County circuit court naming Braxton County Board of Education Sutton town council and Braxton county court. The action argues levying bodies may exceed constitutional limits to pay indebtedness. Court arguments indicate the case may reach the supreme court with a related action aimed at Huntington.
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Sutton
Braxton County
County Court
Board of Education
Supreme Court
Huntington
State Farmers End Camp With Resolutions Backing School Bill
West Virginia farmers via the State Farm Bureau approved the county unit school bill and the secondary road program at the closing session of the State Farmers camp in Jackson's Mill August 23. W P Ireland of Pennsboro chaired the resolutions committee, with Gray Silver of Martinsburg as vice chairman. The group urged economy in public funds and recommended using West Virginia products in state purchasing.
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Jackson's Mill
West Virginia
State Farm Bureau
W. P. Ireland
Pennsboro
Gray Silver
Martinsburg
E. F. Schneider
Parkersburg
Henry Beard
Marlington
A. L. Proudfoot
Philippi
Fear of Armed Clash on Austrian Frontier Threatens Austria
Paris reports renewed fear of armed conflict along the Austro German frontier as exiles flood the border with weapons. Austria plans to raise its army from 22 000 to 30 000 under Dollfuss to counter potential incursions while seeking economic relief through League loans and concessions. A French spokesman denied any political union with Germany, warning against Anschluss.
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Paris
Austria
Nazi Party
Germany
Hitler
Dollfus
League of Nations
Hungary
Rumania
Vienna
Gandhi ends fast after eight days in Poona
Poona India Aug 23 Mahatma Gandhi ends an eight day fast shortly after he was released from custody by the government He was moved by ambulance to the Villa of Lady Vittal Da Thackersay where he plans to stay for three weeks and address untouchability concerns in May.
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Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
Vittal ‘da 'Thackersay
Frances Mine Reopens With 200 Miners Hired
Clarksburg August 23 Frances mine two miles northwest of Shinnston reopens and 200 or more miners will be rehired within days after Morgantown interests won a long term lease. Receiver J Edgar Long approved the lease to R A Poland Morgantown operator forming Frances Fuel Company. Royalty tied to market, minimum annual output 150000 tons. mine to operate on modern equipment with 900 undeveloped acres of 1300 total.
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Clarksburg
Frances
Shinnston
Morgantown
Montfall Gas Coal Company
Arch W. Johnson
J. Edgar Long
Circuit Court
R. A. Poland
A. K. Althouse
Philadelphia
Long
Poland
West Virginia Corporation
The
Frances Fuel Company
Madison steamer distressed off Virginia coast in hurricane
A hurricane like storm swept inland from Cape Charles Virginia impacting vessels at sea. The Madison reported 20 miles northeast of Chesapeake Lightship at 11 30 a m E S T with its housing breaking. The Modoc intercepted Carabasset en route to assist with minor deck damage and a broken pilot house window near Thible shoals Point Comfort.
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New York
Madison
Virginia
Mackay Radio
Wilmington
N. C
Coast Guard
Modoc
Carabasset
Cape Charles
Point Comfort
Washington
Naval and Weather Bureau
Bureau
Virginia Cape
Contihuéa
Paige
150 Teachers Face Certificate Revocation Over Credits
West Virginia teachers, about 150, were summoned by the Department of Education to produce the credits on which their certificates were issued. State Superintendent Trent warned that failure to appear would result in loss of certificates. The notices called for immediate presentation of the required credits.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Department of Education
Trent
Banks Probe Planned for Cleveland Trust Firms
Cleveland August 23 U S District Attorney Emerick B Freed announced an investigation by auditors from the Department of Reclamation into the Union Trust Company and Guardian Trust Company to be conducted soon.
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Cleveland
U. 8
Emerick B. Freed
Union Trust Company
Guardian Trust Company
U. S. Department of Resliation
Hoover declines testify on bank probe in Detroit
Former President Herbert Hoover told Detroit investigators he had only secondhand information on bank collapses and advised routing inquiries to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation the Federal Reserve and the Treasury. Hoover, returning from northern California, said testifying would require a trip to Detroit for a general briefing.
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Palo Alto
Cali
Detroit
Mich
Herbert Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve and
the Treasury
California
First National
Bank
Guardian National Bank
Informatiom
Hoover
Harey 8. Toy
Michigan
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Fear
Harper
ANE
Braxton
Pittsburgh Company
Ohio
OKEH
Humphrey
France
Engelbert Dollfuss
Great Britain
Italy
Mahatma
Lady da Thackersay
Cutter
Cruiser
Federal Reserve and Treasury
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