Italy to Fight to Finish in Detroit Trunk Murder Trial
Italy to fight to finish as Il Duce reportedly tells troops. Detained mu sician Merton Ward Goodrich and his wife were returned to Detroit to answer for the trunk murder of 1 year old Lillian Gallaher. Goodrich seeks to spare his wife, saying he will plead guilty only if she is cleared. Police hold both suspects and await further actions.
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Italy
IL Duce
Detroit
Merton Ward Goodrich
Lillian Gallaher
Goodrich
Harry Scher
Sergt
George R. Banton
Rich
Jst
Boy Struck by Car Injures Right Leg in East Grafton
A five year old boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Shackelford of Lincoln Street, was struck by Dr. C F James Shackelford’s car at 9 PM as he darted from his home toward Delaney's store. He suffered a fractured right leg and minor injuries but was reported doing nicely at city hospital. Witnesses called the incident unavoidably accidental and exonerated the doctor, who had been driving about 15 miles per hour and stopped quickly.
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C. F. James Shackelford
Guy Shackelford
Lincoln Street
Shafer
Tarkio College Head Settles $25,000 Slander Suit
Dr H Ear Collins Tarkio College president settles a $25,000 slander suit filed by Officer Lon Compton of West Jefferson. The suit arose from a radio broadcast claim that Compton was drunk when stopping a motorist, which Compton denied and alleged malice to injure his profession.
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Lon Compton
H. Ear) Collins
Tarkio
Calle
West Jefferson
Collins
Compton
Gangster Slain in Busy Brooklyn Street Shootout
New York July 6 Police sift motive in the slaying of Girado Big Jerry Muga vero Mugavero 28 a reputed loan shark racketeer shot near a beer garden on a Brooklyn street. Three bystanders wounded as gunmen fired. Patrolman Harry Leftwich guarding theater receipts arrested Alfred Di Stefano 21 of Manhattan and Benny Minoe after a scuffle. Di Stefano claimed Minoe forced him at gunpoint.
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New York
Brooklyn
Girado
Big Jerry
Harry Leftwich
Alfred di Stefano
Manhattan
Benny Minoe
Minoe
di Stefano
Page Five
Bandits Mass to Move On Big Chinese City
London July 6 The correspondent of the British Telegraph at Peiping reports about 2000 bandits at Chang Ting Hsien 25 miles north who have issued pamphlets promising to attack and capture Peiping today or tomorrow. Troops are massed to the north of Peiping and along the demilitarized zone to repel the threatened assault.
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London
Exchange (British) Telegraph Company
Peiping
Chang Ting Hsien
Military Council
Hot July Prediction From Local Forecaster Cleavenger
Taylor county's champion weather forecaster known as X. Y. Z. Cleavenger scored a ten strike with a July forecast predicting heat and damp conditions. The amateur prophet cites the Bible and the moon as aids to his calculations and notes the first six days as a guide for the rest of the month.
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Taylor County
X. Y
Cleavenger
Heat wave toll rises as deaths pile up across states
Fifteen deaths were reported as directly or indirectly caused by the heat wave. Drownings occurred in Massachusetts Minnesota Missouri and Illinois while others were triggered by lightning and heat in New York City and nearby areas. The forecast promised more hot weather with temperatures in the upper 80s to 100 in places like Dodge City.
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Chicago
Middlewest
Dodge City
Kaw
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Missouri
Illinois
Glen Falls
N.Y
New York City
Portland
Police Seek Youth Who Tried Criminal Attack
Huntington July 6 police seek an 18 year old boy charged with attempting assault on a four year old girl. Witnesses Ivan Gregory Clive Bird and Boyd Williams told officers they saw the offense but the boy escaped. Patrolman Howard Newman said the suspect’s identity is known and a felony warrant will be sworn.
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Huntington
Ivan Gregory
Clive Bird
Boyd Williams
Howard Newman
Hours on Relief Jobs Reduced Forty Per Month
Washington reports Harry L Hopkins cut hours on relief jobs from 180 to 140 per month to fund more substantial projects. Pay remains $19 to $94 monthly depending on locality and work type, while fewer hours are expected to stretch materials further in the job-supplying campaign.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Stuart Reed Services Held At Clarksburg Burial Today
Stuart Reed, 69, former Clarksburg Telegram editor and U S representative, was buried at 2 30 p m. after services read by Dr W S Dunlop at Alder son Broaddus College. Reed died Thursday in Washington where he had lived since leaving Congress in 1934 after three terms. West Virginia farmers will visit the Morgantown Agricultural Experiment Station July 10 to view crop rotation demonstrations at the Lakin farm with cabbage, tomatoes and clover highlighted and several new crops shown.
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Clarksburg
Stuart
Reed
Morgantown
Westirginia
The
of the State University
Lakin
Moody Wins Seventh Wimbledon Title Against Jacobs
Helen Moody, 29, roared back from 2-5 in the third set to defeat Helen Jacobs 6-3 3-6 7-5 before 17,000 at Wimbledon center court. The victory marks Moody’s seventh all England championship, capping a dramatic England comeback after two years on the sidelines.
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Wimbledon
Eng
Helen Wills Moody
Helen Jacobs
Mrs
Moody
San Francisco
Mrs. Moody
Dorothy Round
Couple Held For Dope Peddling in Co Jail
Huntington July 6 Federal officers charged Garvin Hancock 46 and a girl with delivering narcotics to a county jail prisoner. U S Commissioner George R Heffley bound them over to the September grand jury term. Detective William Bird said the drug was hidden in a tobacco package. The girl's name was withheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
George R. Heffley
William Bird
Annulment Granted To Former Grecian Queen
In Bucharest on July 6 a Romanian court of appeals in closed session granted former Queen Elizabeth of Greece an annulment of her marriage to former King George. The action arose after the ex-queen’s citizenship restoration, with Romanian law tying nationality to the husband. The court sat in the same room where King Carol I divorced Princess Helen in 1926, and both parties were said to have agreed to the annulment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Romanian Court of Appeals
Elizabeth
Greece
George
Carol of Romania
Helen
Induct Kuhn as President Rotary Club
Grafton Rotarians met at the Hotel Grafton as E. G. Kuhn became president elect. Retiring president HH Gibson praised the past year and Kuhn outlined a service emphasis, naming four major committees and multiple subcommittees with chairs and members.
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Kuhn
Rotary Club
E. G. Kuhn
Grafton
Hotel
HH. B. Gibson
H. B. Flesher
Rotary
W. B. Gibson
L. C. Frey
M. Parrish
National Service Committee
R. E. Thomas
Uy Pick
Club Service Committee
L. J. Lear
J. W. Robinson
T. W. Heironimus, Jr
Nicholas Sidrow
J W. McCafferty
C. T. Morehead
F. C. Collins
G. T. Bartlett
B. B. Wyckoff
H. L. Church
J. L. Evans
H. C. Compton
O. J. Fleming
C. A. Keefer
O. E. Wyckoff
RM. Parrish
Shoe Plant Closed by Strike at Charles Meis Company
Lebanon Ohio July 6 A strike closed the plant of the Charles Meis Shoe Company today Officials said a meeting with workers might settle the dispute F W Condon plant manager reported no change from yesterday when 100 cutters failed to report and about 200 more quit Sidney J Eisman vice president said workers demanded a 15 percent raise
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Lebanon
Charles Meis Shoe Company
F.W. Condon
Sidney J. Eisman
Birthday of Rockefeller Will Be Observed Monday
Lakewood New Jersey July 6 John D Rockefeller is to reach his 96th birthday Monday with no formal celebration. Letters and telegrams will be sent to Golf House the Rockefeller estate for delivery and his son John D Rockefeller Jr. may visit briefly. Household greetings and a few hours in warm sunshine mark the quiet observance.
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Lakewood
N. J
John D. Rockefeller
Cummings declines to judge Guffey coal bill legality
Washington July 6. Attorney General Homer Cummings declined to state whether the Guffey coal bill is constitutional. He suggested Congress pass the measure and allow the courts to decide. President Roosevelt has urged passage amid threatened strikes. Cummings testified before a House Ways and Means subcommittee, with Chairman Samuel B. Hill noting possible constitutional grounds. Continued on page four.
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Washington
Congress
Torney
Homer Cummings
House Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Cummings
White House
Samuel B. Hill
D Wash
Roosevelt asks Ways and Means to speed Guffey bill
President Roosevelt urged Congress to expedite the Guffey coal stabilization bill and defer constitutional questions to courts in due course. Attorney General Cummings declined to state whether he believes the measure is constitutional, and the Ways and Means Committee faced sharp debate over its legality while the White House pressed for prompt action.
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Ways and
Roosevelt
Dynamite blasts target power at local plant
Two more dynamite explosions near Standard Lime and Stone company plant in Martinsburg disrupted power lines. The strike has persisted for ten weeks with workers recruited despite it. One blast shattered a pole, another broke a telephone line, but power supply remained intact.
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Martinsburg
Standard Lime and Stone Company
Royal Wedding Date Is Observed by Air Review
King George celebrated his 42nd wedding anniversary by reviewing Great Britain's air force at Mildenhall Airdrome. Accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York he toured massed squadrons and chatted with officers about aircraft details before proceeding to Duxford for Queen Mary to join him and return to Buckingham Palace for a quiet observance.
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Mildenhall Airdrome
George
Great Britain
Prince of Wales
Duke of York
Duxford
Mary
Buckingham Palace
Chamber of Commerce notes better summer business
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States reports less mid summer dullness this year and expects improvement by early fall. It says analyses for the first five months of 1935 show steady business activity at a higher level than the same period in 1934.
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Washington
Chamber of ‘Commerce of the
United States
Chamber
Good Police Work Clears Up Hard Case
After a month long investigation State Trooper W G Wamsley and Deputy Sheriff Harry Batson arrested seven men over 10612 pounds of copper wire stolen from three Taylor county coal firms late last year and early this year The suspects George Boylen Flemington Howard Mayle West Hill Roy Batton Simpson Roy and Earl Drummond Garrett Smith and Dewey McCloy Rosemont were tied to the thefts from Waddell Fuel Rosemont Maryland Coal Simpson Wendel and Tressler Coal Flemington Rosemont Junk dealer Smith jailed yesterday followed by McCloy on July 3 continue page four.
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W. G. Wamsley
Harry Batson
Taylor County
George Boylen
Flemington
Howard Mayle
West Hill
Roy Batton
Simpson
Roy
Earl Drummond
Garrett Smith
Dewey McCloy
Rosemont
Waddell Fuel Company
Maryland Coal Company
Simpson and Wendel
Tressler Coal Company
Junk Venter Smith
McCloy
Pittsburgh Business Activity Rises in June 1934
The University of Pittsburgh bureau of business research reports Pittsburgh district activity up 4.2 percent in June from May 1934 but 13.5 percent below June 1934. The district, covering 11 western Pennsylvania counties, ran at a rate of 54, about 1 percent higher than March 1933.
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Pittsburgh
Bureau of Business Research, University of Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Windows to Advertise West Virginia in Liquor Stores
Charleston officials announce plans to use empty liquor store windows for state advertising. The commission outlines tentative displays promoting West Virginia as a vacation destination, aiming to fill bare storefronts along main streets.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Mussolini rallies Black Shirts on mission to East Africa
Premier Mussolini, aboard a cannon, told 12 000 Black Shirts en route to East Africa that Italy has chosen an irreversible struggle. He praised past Italian victories, warned against weakness, and said Italy is rewriting its history as his seaplane endured a lightning strike without injuries.
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Andrue
Associated Press
Salerno
Italy
Mussolini
East Africa
Rome
Il Duce
Africa
Adua
Ethiopia
Americans Ordered Out of Ethiopia Amid Crisis Signals
Addis Ababa reports that all Americans are to leave Ethiopia as tensions with Italy rise. About 125 U.S. citizens remain, including 110 missionaries from Seventh Day Adventists and other churches. The U.S. legation notes a possible immediate development amid diplomatic exchanges related to the Kellogg pact. A key contractor, J. G. White Engineering, is building the Tales Tsana dam at the river headwaters.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
United States
Ethopia
Italy
Indica
State Department
Seventh Day Adventists
Takoma Park
Maryland
Sudan Frontier Mission
Brooklyn
N. C
Women’s General Missionary Society
United Presbyterian Church of North America
Pittsburgh
J. G. White Engineering Company
Tales
Tsana
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Prank Gallaher
Lilling
Dr. Shafer
Machine
X.Y. Z
Stuart Reed
Experiment Station
Helen Moody
England
California
Shoe Company
Rockefeller
Guffey
Air Review
C. of C
John Chapple
Wisconsin
U. S. Senate
University of Wisconsin
Chapple
Madison
ARMY
U.S
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