Train wreck near Rosemont claims life of Delmar mine worker
Marion E. Robinson aged 68 was killed at 8 am when struck by a Baltimore and Ohio express near Delmar number 4 mine west of Rosemont while gathering coal along the tracks. The engineer attempted to stop at about 45 mph but could not avert the collision. Robinson, a FERA relief employee and Darby resident, died from a fractured skull. His funeral is set for 2 pm tomorrow at Simpson Baptist Church with Rev Z B Bowen officiating.
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Marion E. Robinson
Delmar
Rosemont
Ona C. Jeffery
Robinson
Jim
Trainer
Simpson
Benet George S. Wallace
W. M. Haynes
Wallace
FERA
Darby
Many Victims Of July 4th Nationwide Toll Rises
An Associated Press tally shows at least 195 people died on Independence Day across the nation with thousands injured. Auto accidents and drownings accounted for most deaths as fireworks caused only two fatalities. Regional totals vary, with the Mid Atlantic and South sharing higher counts. Continued on page two.
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Associated Press
Safety Director Lavelle Called To Resign Over Lake Erie Tragedy
Cleveland officials demand the resignation of Safety Director Martin Lavelle after disclosure he rode with a speedboat party on Lake Erie in which Miss Mildred Brockman drowned. Lavelle previously denied knowledge of the incident, then admitted drinking occurred before and during the boat ride with other city employees and a former Cleveland beer baron.
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Martin Lavelle
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Mildred Brockman
Lavelle
Long Seizes New Orleans City Control
Baton Rouge La July 5 The completion of Huey Longs patronage conquest of New Orleans was near as the state legislature readied bills to strip unfriendly city officials of hiring and firing powers Part of Longs plan to take over New Orleans city hall he aimed to push measures through a house committee to deprive municipal officers of virtually all power He also planned bills to bar federal funds used for political purposes and dumped 26 bills on the house clerk for the third special session
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Baton Rouge
Huey Long
New Orleans
T. Semmes Walmsley
Long
House
Jailed bather heads for fountain swim in Rittenhouse Square
Philadelphia July 5 Marvin Franklin 65 dressed only in a purple bathing suit walked past Patrolman James Robinson toward Rittenhouse Square seeking a fountain swim. He was detained and sent to the house of correction for ten days.
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Philadelphia
Marvin Franklin
James Robinson
Rittenhouse Square
House of Correction
Former King Alfonso Hurt in Car Accident
Follonica Italy July 5 Former King Alfonso of Spain was slightly injured when the automobile he was driving overturned en route from Rome to Leghorn. His aide de camp suffered a fractured collarbone. Their injuries were dressed by passing motorists.
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Follonica
Italy
Alfonso
Spain
Rome
Leghorn
War department seeks funds for cemetery repairs
Washington on July 5 the war department asked the works relief administration for 3135 dollars to repair and landscape the Grafton National Cemetery in West Virginia and to clean and realign headstones at the site.
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Washington
War Department
Works Relief Administration
West Virginia
Grafton
Grafton National Cemetery
July 4 Talks Urge Liberty Across Parties
Washington reports July 5 observers note emphasis on individual liberty and states rights in July 4 speeches by top Republicans and Democrats. Former President Hoover, Senator Byrd, and Governor Talmadge urged personal freedom, while the American Liberty League attacked the new tax program as a political gesture. Rush D. Holt of West Virginia spoke in Kansas as the senate’s youngest member.
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Washington
Hoover
Byrd
Virginia
George Washington
Talmadge
Georgia
July 4th State Death Toll Two Many Injured
Two died and numerous injured as West Virginians marked Independence Day in a heavy rain. A single auto wreck killed a 13 year old Charlotte Geene in Charleston, a wheel detached from her car struck a machine driven by Willard Wineger of Greenfield, and seven year old Russell Anderson drowned in Pond Run near Parkersburg. Fireworks and other wrecks caused numerous injuries.
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Associated Press
Cullo=den
Charlotte Geene
Contract Awarded for Improvement of Lock No 3
Dravo Contracting Company has been awarded by the U S Army engineers to improve Lock No 3 in the Kanawha river at London West Virginia. Work starts immediately and includes raising the upper emergency dam and the mitre sill of lock chamber A.
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Pittsburgh
Kanawha River
London
W. Va
Dravo Contracting Company
U.S. Army Engineers
Huntington
Soak the Rich May Be Extended to Middle Incomes
Washington reports in New Deal circles discuss extending the tax the wealth program to middle income brackets as well as the milliona year class. Critics warn revenue may fall short if only the very wealthy are taxed. Senator Metcalf denounces confiscatory taxes as aiding Socialists. Chairman Doughton says hearings begin Monday after White House talks.
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Washington
Metcalf
American Liberty League
Doughton
N. C
White House
Mystery Shooting in South Bend Claims Edmund Prentice
Edmund E. Prentice a 50 year old purchasing agent for the National Discount Corporation was fatally wounded in his South Bend home shortly before midnight. Authorities questioned his widow Annie Prentice and 15 year old Neville Prentice but could not determine the shooting circumstances, leaving open the possibility a prowler was involved.
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South Bend
Ind
Edmund E. Prentice
National Discount Corporation
Annie Prentice
Neville Prentice
Prentice
Goodrich, Wife to Start Detroit Trip Late Today
The confessed slayer Merton Ward Goodrich and his wife Florence are to be taken back to Detroit by train this afternoon to answer for the death of 11 year old Lillian Gallaher and to be questioned about other suspected crimes against children. Wayne County prosecutor Duncan McCrea said the couple fear flying and will travel with guards from New York.
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New York
Merton Ward Goodrich
Lillian Gallaher
Detroit
Duncan
McCrea
Wayne County
Mich
Florence
Leaders shun G C P parley in Cleveland
Several top Republican leaders will skip the Cleveland regional rally planned by George Bender. Senators Vandenberg and Dickinson and Representative Bolton decline invitations citing busyness and being unavailable. Bolton says he is busy. Dickinson declines to comment beyond unavailability. Some Ohio Republicans privately question the meeting's purpose while indicating it may aim to build support for Bender.
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Washington
Cleveland
George Bender
Vandenberg
Michigan
Dickinson
Town
Bolton
Ohio
Bender Bolton
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Bender
Middle Aged Men Duel Over Woman in Culver Case
Two middle aged men quarreled over Mrs Marconi mother of four. Louis Reoni aged 40 died four hours after found unconscious on a country road near Culver. Thomas Scatara 43 a neighbor was not expected to live. State police said the men argued last month over alleged attentions Scatara paid to Mrs Marconi.
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Johnstown
Culver
Louis Reoni
Thomas Scatara
Scatara
Marconi
Infantile Paralysis Toll Rises in North Carolina
Raleigh July 5 North Carolina reports 13 deaths from infantile paralysis since the outbreak began in 10 east central counties. Luther Dean aged 18 died in Granville county raising the toll. through July 3 total cases for the year reached 288 with most occurring since May 1.
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Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
East Central
Luther Dean
Granville County
Health Department
Amusement Pier Collapse Injures Dozens at Winnwood Beach
Kansas City July 5 a section of an amusement pier collapsed at Winnwood Beach injuring about 50 people none seriously Panic followed a box of snakes being released provoked a scramble as spectators fled police said many were trampled during the evacuation and medical aid was provided to the injured All details from police check indicate the incident occurred last night.
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Kansas City
Winnwood Beach
Slayer of Old Sweetheart Surrenders Without Fight
In Eldorado Arkansas on July 5 a 38 year old farmer father of two named Clyde Gulley of Farmerville surrendered after a dual shooting at a highway sandwich shop. He was driving a confiscated taxicab with the body of Clarice Moore 22 of Huttig Arkansas beside him. Paper companion R A Harper 22 of Strong Arkansas was found dead.
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Eldorado, Ark
Clyde Gulley
Farmerville
Mar
Ethiopian Emperor Defends Peaceful Aims With Italy
In a special AP interview from Addis Ababa, Emperor Haile Selassie denies Ethiopia seeks aggression or a sea outlet by force. He pledges peaceful collaboration with neighbors and European powers, asserts slavery is ended, and explains army modernization as part of reform.
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Italy
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Associated Press
United States
Haile Selassie I
The
Ass Press
Addis Ababa
Poison Gas Used to Drive Bees From Oklahoma Home
Muskogee Oklahoma July 5 a poison gas attack saved the Hard ein Nelson home from becoming an oversized bee hive Returning from a shopping trip Mr and Mrs Nelson found swarming bees had taken possession of the two story house Shooing did no good but the gas spray recommended by the county farm agent did the job.
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Muskogee
Okla
Hardein Nelson
Nelson
Third Party Group Mulls New National Role in 1936
About 200 delegates met informally in Chicago hotel rooms and corridors to discuss launching a third party in 1936. Alfred Bingham of New York led the keynote remarks blaming the party system for failure and urging steps toward a new national movement while noting state election laws as a major hurdle.
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Chicago
Alfred Bingham
New York
Lafollettes
Wiscon
Tributes Paid Rumsey As Steamboat Inventor
Charleston July 5 A river packet named Liberty with flags carried supporters who claim James Rumsey built the first successful steamboat. Delegates of patriotic groups and state officials were aboard as letters from George Washington were read beside the Kanawha. Daughters of the American Revolution to strew flowers on the river.
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Charleston
James Rumsey
State Capitol
Rumsey
George Washington
Washington
Six Persons Perish in House Fire Near Key West
A mother and father and their four children perished when a two story home burned on the city outskirts of Key West Florida. The victims Henry Atwell 31 Ellie Atwell 30 and children Dorothy 7 Sylvia 5 Henry 3 Gerald 18 months were found among debris near the family pet a dog. Firemen said kerosene lamps may have started the blaze and the home appears to have housed only the first floor. Two Atwell children from a former marriage stayed with grandparents.
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Key West
Fla
Henry Atwell
Ellie Atwell
Dorothy
Sylvia
Henry
Gerald
Great Northern Train Derailed In Montana Washout
A Great Northern transcontinental passenger train derailed after a washout near Bainville Montana at 2 20 am injuring 24 persons. Eight of sixteen coaches left the track and four rolled over. The engine remained upright. Traffic on the main line was halted as wreckers moved in from Williston North Dakota and Havre Montana for a 24 hour repair. The injured were taken to Williston with reports incomplete on names and totals.
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Bainville
Mont
Great Northern Railway
Empire Builder
Williston
N. C
Great Northern
Havre
Youth Accused In Slaying of Man Near Lost Creek
Washington July 5 The Wagner labor disputes bill signing by President Roosevelt is noted. Alex Howe, 20, is charged with manslaughter in the death of A. John B. Perry, 20, whose body was found in the woods near Lost Creek. Deputy sheriffs say Pratt confessed and Perry was last seen walking with him toward Glenhayes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wayne
Alex How
Ard Pratt
Congress
John B. Perry
William J. Porter
Peryetto
Oscar Allen
W. R. May
Pratt
Perry
Glenhayes
Labor Board
Oddividual
Fred Perry Repeats as England Tennis Champion
Fred Perry, the British star, won the all England championship for the second straight year at Wimbledon. He defeated Baron Gottfried von Cramm of Germany in the final by scores of 6 2, 6 4, 6 4.
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Wimbledon
Eng
Fred Perry
Baron Gottfried von Cramm
Germany
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