State Pushes Smith Inquiry In Louisiana University Case
Louisiana officials pressed for full federal reports on “financial irregularities” at Louisiana State University as a New Orleans grand jury broadened probes into WPA PWA spending and Dr James Monroe Smith’s embezzlement case. Smith, jailed in Baton Rouge, plans his defense from East Baton Rouge Parish jail while inquiries into bank dealings and state payrolls continue.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Louisiana State University
New Orleans
WPA
PWA
Murphy
David M. Ellison
United States
Frank Murphy
Washington
Federal Grand Jury
James Monroe Smith
Smith
East Baton Rouge Parish
Grand Jury
Dr. Smith
State Officers Turn Man Over to Ohio Authorities
State Trooper 8. O. Perine and Sheriff Marshall Nutter said they handed over Robert Eddie, 25, to Ohio officers for return to Martins Ferry to be questioned about a stolen car. They captured Eddie on U S route 50 near West Union.
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West Union
O. Perine
Marshall Nutter
Robert Eddie
Ohio
Martins Ferry
Eddie
Here
Robinette Child Victim of Auto Accident
Logan July 10 Four year old Robinette Workman of Robinette died in a hospital after a Saturday night auto accident near her home State Trooper H A McClung said the driver was released on recognizance pending investigation It was Logan county s 11th traffic fatality of the year compared with six in the same period last year
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Logan
Dorsa Workman
Robinette
H. A. McClung
Logan County
WPA Timekeeper Murders Wife and Son Then Kills Self
Lewistown Pa July 10. A WPA timekeeper Guy E Hartley 30 shot his wife Mary Shanen Hartley 31 and their eight year old son John Irving Hartley as they slept, then killed himself according to Deputy Coroner Albert Miller. The case is ruled death by own action.
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Lewistown
Albert Miller
Miller
Guy E. Hartley
Killieu
Mary Shanen Hartley
John Irving Hartley
John Crogan Dies After Long Life of Public Service
John F. Crogan 87 longtime Preston County resident and former mayor of Newburg died Saturday afternoon. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at the Newburg home with Rev. Dr. J. A. Selby and Rev. Stone King Groves officiating. Burial follows in the K of P cemetery. Survived by wife Catherine Frances Wilson and six children, 18 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren. brother P. J. Crogan. funeral director A. C. Sinclair.
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John F. Crogan
Preston
Newburg
J. A. Selby
Rowlesburg
Stoneking Groves
K. of P
Crogan
District Board of Education
James and
Rose Crogan
Preston County
Catherine Frances Wilson
Addie J. Pyles
Newbury
H. G. Crogan
Kingwood
W. H. Me‘Mann
Clinton, Mich
J.D. Croigan
Dayton, O
L. F. Crogan
Hiawatha
Utah
W. G. Crogan
Keyser
P. J. Crogan
A. C. Sinclair
Malpractice ruling expected in about month
Dr. Walter E. West head of the Public Health council said a decision on malpractice charges against Dr. S. M. Simon would be issued in about a month. The case was brought by the Mingo County Medical Society and more than 50 witnesses testified at the council proceeding.
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Bluefield
Walter E. West
State Public Health Council
S. M. Simon
Williamson Mercy Hospital
Mingo County
Bank Robbery and Shootout Sees Kansas City Escapes
In Wuer raska Colorado and Kansas a bank robbers case ends with Howen shot by Patrolman Murray after a pursuit from a rooming house. Earlier in Ohio Kipton bank held up by three masked men netting about 900 dollars. cashier and a 75 year old woman robbed, assistant cashier Scott alerted officials and provided license plate details.
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Wuerraska
Colorado
Kansas
Howen
Oldenburg
Kansas City
Walter Dunn
Gerald Murray
Ohio Bank
Operlin
Kipton
A. C. Cook
C. H. Scott
Carl Pinegan
Two Youths Rescued From Tygart River At Valley Falls
Patrolman Gatha Hoffman and Fairmont firemen rescued Julius Bakos and John Stermale, both of Everettsville, from the Tygart river at Valley Falls Sunday. Bakos was pulled over the upper falls after being swept downstream while swimming. Stermale aided him and both were brought to safety. A log helped the rescuer hold on until help arrived. Captain Muter noted that closing river gates would not affect the falls for hours.
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Gatha Hoffman
Fairmont
Julius Bakos
John Stermale
Everettsville
Tygart River
Valley Falls
Bakos
Upper Falls
Stermale
John Muter
Tygart Dam
New Lending Bill Offered by Senate Leader Barkley
Senator Barkley of Kentucky proposed a new 2.8 billion lending program to be financed mainly through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The plan excludes new federal agencies and channels funds to public works, express roads, railcar leases, rural electrification, farm tenancy loans, and export import bank loans, with housing authority borrowing not yet counted.
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Washington
Barkley
Kentucky
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Export-Import Bank
United States Housing Authority
Mutual Insurance Company Protest in Court over Autopsy
In Charleston on July 10 a federal court hearing began on Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York petitioning for an autopsy of Dr J H McCulloch who died March 18 after a stairway fall at Beckley. The insurer seeks to avoid double indemnity payment of 30 000 and 20 000 on two life policies arguing the death was not due to accidental causes.
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Charleston
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
J. H. McCulloch
Beckley
Injury Falls At Black Knight Country Club
A reported incident at Black Knight Country Club describes bodily injury caused by external violent or accidental means. No further details available in the fragment.
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Black Knight Country Club
Senate funeral scene for Secretary Claude Swanson
The Senate chamber was filled with flowers for the state funeral of Secretary Claude A. Swanson of the Navy. Swanson rose from a Virginia grocery clerk to governor, senator and cabinet member, dying Friday at his Shenandoah mountain camp after a long illness. Presidents, dignitaries and Roosevelts allies attend. Sailors and Marines will escort the casket to a special train for burial in Richmond, Virginia.
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Washington
Senate
Claude A. Swanson
Navy
Swanson
Virginia
Roosevelt
Shenandoah Mountain
Wilson
ZeBarney Phillips
Naval Stations
Richmond
Two Cars Involved In Collision At Irontown
At 11 30 Saturday night a head on crash near Irontown injured Catherine Van Zandt of Newburg, the lone injuree. Drivers Joseph Emerson of Newburg and Robert Poling of near Thornton faced a charge for operating without licenses as Corp. Fred Strader reported. both cars were heavily damaged and a hearing before Justice Hoye G. White Sr. was set.
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Irontown
Fred Strader
State Police
Catherine van Zandt
Newburg
Joseph A. Emerson
Robert Poling
Thornton
Corp. Strader
Boling
Justice of the Peace
Hoye G. White
Philippi Man Is Fined On Intoxication Charge
Fred O'Neill of Philippi was arrested on Beech Street at 12:15 Sunday morning by city police, charged with intoxication. He was fined $10 and costs, paid, when arraigned before Mayor P. F. Gillispie in municipal court.
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Fred O'Neill
Philippi
Beech Street
P. F. Gillispie
Rich widow refuses to aid son in kidnapping case
Mrs Eliza Middlecoff Emery 67 denies intervene as seven jailed on kidnapping charges in Stockton California. She says law must run its course after being abducted from Mrs Olga Chadd s home by her son Hubbard Middlecoff 36 and others. Eight suspects faced bond of 50000 each. one released. Emery says she was kidnapped from a friend s home and found later in a San Francisco hotel.
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Stockton
Calif
Eliza Middlecoff Emery
Martin Ansbro
Middlecoff
Ansbru
Middlecoat
Martinsburg businessman dies at home at 78
Frank C. Foreman a Martinsburg business man farmer banker and woolen mill director died after a three week illness at age 78. He owned several farms and was known as a livestock and wool expert. Survived by two daughters five grandchildren two brothers and a sister. Funeral services set for Tuesday.
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Martinsburg
Frank C. Foreman
Foreman
Conservation Commission Sets Open Hunting Dates and Archery Week
Charleston July 10 The conservation commission met to fix open dates for the 1939 hunting season and to consider a request to set aside a bow and arrow deer hunting period. Archery enthusiasts asked for a week or 10 days to hunt. Dates will not be announced for several days.
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Charleston
Conservation Commission
Dr Dodd Reported as in Critical Condition
In New York on July 10 physicians reported a turn for the worse in the condition of Dr William E Dodd 69 year old former ambassador to Germany. The retired diplomat was at Mt Sinai Hospital with bulbar palsy affecting the lower brain.
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New York
William E. Dodd
Germany
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Rains Bring Some Relief From Heat Wave Across Nation
Cooling winds and scattered rains offered a breathing spell as heat eased from the year’s peak. Detroit reported two deaths from heat in five days, pushing the toll across 17 states to over fifty. temperatures topped 112 in Yuma and Phoenix, near the all time July high.
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Associated Press
Nation
Mercury
Detroit
Yuma
Phoenix
Ariz
Weather Bureau
Canada
Salt Lake City
Boise
Weather relief cools Arkansas after heat wave
The report notes overcast skies and light rain bringing relief in Arkansas after four days of 100 degree heat. It mentions cooler Knoxville, Tennessee, estimating $50,000 to $75,000 in pavement damage and a rainfall total of 3.57 inches, with storms affecting Medicine Hat Alberta as a cold city in Canada.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Arkansas
Knoxvile
Tenn
Possible solution to Danzig problem hinted by Nazi papers
Nazi sources in Berlin report that a reasonable solution to the Danzig issue may be possible following Chamberlain's remarks in the British House of Commons. German papers warn against a spirit of challenge and say a peaceful settlement could be discussed if a clearer atmosphere emerges.
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Danzig
Berlin
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Deutche Allgemeine Zeitung
Hng
Europe
Italy
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Buster Crabbe
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Sigma Chi
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Martin L. Odonnell
Cuyahoga
O'Donnell
Dolazel
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Lake Erie
E. 49Th Street
Donzel
Arrow
Kingsbury Run
John Crogan
Mutual Insurance Company
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