State says it has proof clearing Violet Sharpe in Lindbergh case
New Jersey Assistant Attorney General Robert Peacock said Violet Sharpe the Morrow household maid will be cleared of involvement in the Lindbergh kidnapping after her death by self destruction during Fourth questioning. He noted she feared job loss after a forbidden visit to a roadhouse and that state witnesses will recount her whereabouts that night. The defense has presented a witness claiming she resembled the maid entering a lei near the Hudson river ferry.
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Flemington, N. J
Miss Sharpe
Dwight W. Morrow
Charles A. Lindbergh
Can Morrow
Peter’ H. Sommer
Hudson River
Servats
Morrow
Ernest Miller
Englewood
Peacock
Gold payment rulings due next Monday
Washington reports Roosevelt administration has prepared swift measures after the Supreme Court decision on the gold clause cases. Observers expect a Monday ruling with many anticipating a high court decision on the government’s abrogation of the gold clause. Officials caution nothing is certain and a ruling could slip to a later week.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Come
High Court
Plan to Trim BigSum From Security Bill
Washington reports administration officials consider cutting hundreds of millions from the social security bill. Proposals include eliminating federal donations and unearned annuities, shifting unemployment funds to the treasury, and carving out farmers domestics and casual workers from coverage. The plan faces cost concerns and opposition from lawmakers fearing unfair competition with insurers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Social Insurance Board
Treasury
Congressional
Capitol Hill
New Zealand Volcano Erupts With Rising Activity
Mount Ngauruhoe in Wellington began erupting today as activity climbed and violent thunder storms preceded the event. Local observers report increasing ash and gas emissions with no immediate reports of injuries or evacuations.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Mount Ngauruhoe
Brakeman Loses Foot in Railroad Accident
Harry Fromhart a 40 year old Monongah division brakeman lost his right foot near Buffalo street crossing Row Iesbprg when he fell under the wheels of an east bound freight. He was taken to Grafton City Hospital in satisfactory condition after receiving attention from a local cl...
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Harry Fromhart
Monongah Division
Buffalo Street
Row
Vdence
Grafton City
Fromhart
New and Increased Taxes Sought to Raise Relief Funds
Nationwide relief efforts face a harsh funding squeeze as states seek new taxes and bond issues to fund job programs. Delaware and Nebraska report funds exhausted or nearly gone, Arizona may deplete FERA allotments, and New York and Massachusetts face large deficits. Indiana and North Carolina report sizable work relief rolls.
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Associated Press
Ships of Mercy
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Relief Commission
Nebraska
Arizona
FERA
New York State
New York City
Massachusetts
North Carolina
Indiana
Columbus Prosecutor Eyes Wider Prison Probe
Columbus prosecutor Fra zier Reams says he has evidence to support permanently removing Warden Preston E. Thomas who is 80 days suspended. The inquiry ordered by Governor Davey will also cover paroles and pardons as it enters its second week of hearings.
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Columbus
Frazier Reams
Ohio
Preston E. Thomas
Davey
Reams
Secon
New School Boards to Name Co Superintendents in Charleston
Charleston February 2. The attorney general's office ruled that county school superintendents for next year should be elected by the boards of education taking office July 1, affecting superintendents not teachers. Opinion by Assistant Attorney General Ira J Partlow, requested by W W Trent state superintendent of schools.
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Charleston
Attorney General's
Boards of Education
Assist ‘Ant
Ira J. Partlow
W. W
Unemployed man finds dollar fortune in fire救
An unemployed man in Kane Washington discovers a dollar value fortune while rescuing 48 elderly inmates from a burning infirmary. Fire started in the basement of an extension wing, inmates evacuated through smoke filled corridors to safety with volunteers.
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Kane
Wash
Pjt Newman
Marshall
Mich
Calhoun County
Newman
Reserve Bank
Works Office Moves to New Quarters in Taylor County
Announcement by acting administrator George Harwood confirms the relocation of the works division from the welfare center to the 3ole Bush building. The second floor offices should be settled by mid next week, under W. D. Frey. Swisher’s Rural Electrification team gains four to five enumerators. conferences planned with Kenneth Swisher today.
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George Harwood
Taylor County Relief Administration
Works Division
Welfare Center
Commodity Department of the Relief
W. D. Frey
Salvation Army
Swisher
John Mitchell
Kenneth Swisher
Charleston
Bathtub gin found in Ohio liquor stores prompts probe
Ohio State Liquor Control Director Joseph H. Scobell ordered inspectors to investigate the discovery of a raw inferior variety of bathtub gin in state stores at Akron and Elyria. Three bottles were found in Akron and one in Elyria labeled as American Gordon, offered as a leading distiller product.
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Columbus
Joseph H. Scobell
Akron
Elyria
Scobell
Seobell
Mellon son marries in New York with license obtained
Paul Mellon, 27, son of Andrew W. Mellon and Mrs. Mary Conover Brown, of 414 Eastland St. Manhattan, obtained a marriage license today in New York. Mellon lists Woodland Road, Pittsburgh, as his address and banker as his occupation. Mrs. Brown is the divorced wife of Karl B. Brown.
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New York
Paul, Mellon
Andrew W. Mellon
Two Ordered Arrested On Conspiracy Charge
In Harrisburg Pa two individuals face conspiracy to distribute more than 1100 worthless diphtheria anti toxin injections. The attorney general charges involve Roy G Miller chief of the health department supplies division and E K Tingely president of Gilliland laboratories. The state police opened an inquiry into deaths from diphtheria since October 1934.
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Harrisburg
Charles J. Marriott
Earle
William Hoffmann
State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification
Roy G. Miller
The
Health Department
E. K. . Tingely
Gilliland [Laboratories
Martetti
Miller
Hoffman
Margiotti
Tingely
Tere
State Health Department
Justices Hit Again by Holt Informal Ruling
Charleston on February 2. General Homer A Holt states after paying fees an act by the legislature is needed before justices of the peace may collect costs in misdemeanor cases. The decision affects fines and costs in cases instituted before the supreme court ruling and pending.
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Charleston
Homer A. Holt
Supreme Court
Iran
Genera
Two Gang Leaders Executed in Richmond Prison
Robert Mais and Walter Legenza were executed in the Richmond State Penitentiary for the murder of Ewell Huband during a March robbery. Mais, wounded, walked to the chair, while Legenza, calm, followed sixteen minutes later. The pair led a tri state gang with multiple murders, kidnappings, robberies, and other crimes. Spiritual services were held beforehand, and the executions occurred before a jury of witnesses.
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Mail, Legenza
Richmond
State Penitentiary
Robert Mais
Walter Legenza
Mais
Saturnine
Legenza
Ter
BE O.yu
Ewell M. Huband
Tri-State
Rice M. Youell
Huband
Malis
Philadelphia Pole
R. V. Lancaster
Fred Seller
Salvation Army
Prison Board
William €. McGraw
Youell
Liability rules on school buses for board members
Charleston February 2 The road commissioner’s office announced that boards of education members face personal liability for injuries caused by school buses registered to the board unless children are being transported to grade schools. Private contractors may carry students to extracurriculars if the operator has a contract and the policy on file covers those trips.
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Charleston
Boards of Education
Attorney General’s
James P .Tierney
New Prosecutor Named for Greenbrier County
Greenbrier county has a new prosecuting attorney E Minor Wilson appointed by Circuit Judge S H Sharp to succeed Joseph M Holt who resigned to join a Clarksburg law firm February 2 in Lewisburg West Virginia BP report
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Lewisburg
W. Va
Greenbrier County
E. Minor Wilson
S. H. Sharp
Joseph M. Holt
Clarksburg
Groundhog Sees Shadow Promises Six More Weeks of Winter
Gratton and Taylor county residents learned this morning that a groundhog and the sun agreed the season should stay cold. Early as dawn the prognosticating rodent hesitated but by noon sunshine confirmed a shadow, signaling continued winter weather.
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Gratton
Taylor County
Groundhog
Old Sol
Gutter Death Details Lacking Reported in WV Case
Charleston Feb 2. Police say they have no record of Susie Shu grue found dead in a gutter in West Virginia. A telegram from Newark, New Jersey requested details of the death and surrounding circumstances, noting the body was said to have been found in early January.
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Charleston
Susie Shugrue
West Virginia
Newark
N. J
West ‘Virginia
Taylor County Bars Propose Permanent Court Terms
The Tay lor County Bar Association approved a plan to set permanent court terms with Barbour and adjacent counties. If approved by the legislature, Taylor county would hold terms starting the first Monday in January and April and September, replacing the current three-term rotation.
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Taylor County Bar Association
Barbour County
Taylor County
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