Mountain Boy Hears Patricide Trial in Mountain Region
Willard Teague, 19, faces a patricide charge after his father Porter Teague, 45, was killed following a night of drinking and a pair of fights. A key witness, Leon Brookshire, described the events leading to Willard’s withdrawal from home with a shotgun urging departure. Mary Lou Smith accompanied them to nearby Walker’s, where Willard briefly returned for a shoe polish item before the situation escalated. The trial will proceed in superior court with the youth jailed pending proceedings.
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Justice of the Peace
H. G. Payne
Leon Brookshire
Brookshire
Porter Teague
Teague
Willard
Clarence Walker
Walker
Mary Lou Smith
Auction ends with dramatic claim of pat and rifle
In a startling scene a man named Willard reportedly shot his father after an argument over an axe. Witnesses say the elder advanced, prompting the shooting before the sheriff could be called. The narrative also notes a packing house bidder from Nathan Schweitzer Company of New York and the sale price matching a prior record. Pat's Blue Ribbon, a silky Aberdeen Angus, weighed 1,085 pounds, highlighting the auction’s strong animal offerings.
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Armour and Company
Nathan Schweitzer Company
New York
Pat
JITTERS UNNERVE WASHINGTON INDUSTRY LEADERS
George La Berry, coordinator of industrial cooperation, says some industrial leaders fear NRA jitters and have snubbed a forthcoming conference. He invites business men and labor leaders to Washington on December 9 to discuss cooperation and regulation, while some executives ponder not attending.
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Washington
George LaBerry
Berry
Grand Champion Sells At $3 Per Pound
Chicago December 5 Pat's Blue Ribbon the grand champion of the 1935 International Livestock Exposition sold at auction for $3 a pound. The 19 year old owner Cles Youer of Wellman Iowa earned the total price.
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Chicago
Pat's Blue Ribbon
Cles
Youer
Wellman
Iowa
Miss Vera Stretz Indicted in Gebhardt Murder Case
New York socialite Miss Vera Stretz linked to the murder of internationally known financier Dr. Fritz Gebhardt. She has moved from a prison hospital to a regular cell in the women’s detention home as she recovers from injuries sustained in the tragedy.
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Vera Stretz
New York
Fritz Gebhardt
Miss Stretz
Hoover Will Not Seek Office in 1936 Says Ex-Secretary
Theodore Joslin, Hoover's former secretary, writes in Today magazine that the ex-president plans no political bid next year. He says Hoover will intensify attacks on the New Deal on principle, not to gain office, and will avoid personal smears while presenting Facts.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Theodore Joslin
Hoover
Joslin
Hoover Beats Low Mood Claim In 1932 Constitutional View
Joslin reports Hoover’s outlook as confident and notes the former president’s remark that by the final history of this era it will say he overcame the low mood in 1932 within the U S Constitution. The quote frames Hoover amid talks with laboring men and station attendants as he watches a game and munches peanuts.
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Hoover
Joslin
United States
Autonomy agitation blocks Nanking in North China
In Peiping on December 5 revival of autonomy agitation and renewed Japanese army activity threaten Nanking's late effort to keep North China under its reform program. The Japanese army warned Gen Ho Ying-Ching, war minister, to leave North China immediately. Ho had traveled north to supervise the installation of the Nanking approved administration machinery.
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Peiping
North China
Nanking
Ho Ying-Ching
Huntington business men back West Virginia Chamber plan
Huntington businessmen endorsed Ialens for organizing a West Virginia Chamber of Commerce. Vernon E. Kemp, secretary of the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce, explained the organization and its work to local leaders.
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Huntington
Ialens
West ‘Virginia
Thirteen Deny Charges Made by Man's Widow
Charleston December 5 The report states thirteen of the thirty nine defendants in a suit filed by Mrs Tola A Boone deny the charges that her husband was induced to sign notes after memory loss. She asserts the notes deprived her of a dower share in an estate valued between 200000 and 300000 dollars.
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Charleston
Tola A. Boone
Bone
Boone
Skaleigh County
Treasury issue greatly oversubscribed report
Secretary Morgenthau announced final figures showing a five fold oversubscription to the treasury December offering of 900 million dollars in new securities.
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Treasury
Washington
Morgenthau
The
Volunteers Aid In Search For Lincoln Ellsworth Missing Explorer
Volunteers assist in the search for Lincoln Ellsworth, the polar explorer missing in the high latitudes. Russell Thaw, a 24 year old commercial pilot and son of Harry K Thaw and Evelyn Nesbit, is noted among aiding volunteers.
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Lincoln Ellsworth
Russell Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit
Great Postal Receipts Increase Farley Boast
New York December 51 master General Farley said postal receipts, one of the most reliable barometers of business conditions, rose about 44 million dollars in the year ended June 30. He spoke at the dedication of a 4.2877 million dollar annex to the New York post office and predicted the increase would continue or grow in the current fiscal year.
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New York
Farley
Parley
New York Post Office
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