Roosevelt grandchild hostage freed near Chicago
John Factor a former barber from Chicago is released after 12 days in captivity at a La Grange farmhouse. He says his kidnappers demanded ransom, but he denies paying or receiving a specific sum and describes brutal threats and confinement with guns and scissors. Reports mention possible large sums passed to captors. authorities investigate.
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John Factor
la Grange
Gil
CMM
Dan Gilbert
Eugene Cortesi
Factor
Captors of Luer 10 Communicate Plea to Kidnappers
Alton July 13 two agents led by the Luer family appeal to the abductors of 77 year old banker and meat packer to permit communication with his wife. Mrs Luer 75 is described as extremely nervous and distressed by worry over his delicate health and possible fatal smothering attacks if mishandled. Contact men Catt and Keller Jr say they are prepared to pay a ransom but not a large amount.
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Alton, DL
Au¢ Luer
Luer
Catt
Lawrence Keller, Jr
Over Million Pairs Of Shoes Sold At Exhibit
More than a million pairs of shoes were sold at the Boston shoe fair before closing. Many were high grade style shoes. Orders booked during the fair are estimated between two and five million dollars. About 250 non members attended and displayed their products.
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Boston
Lindberghs Await Clear Weather At St Johns
In St John s Newfoundland on July 13 Colonel and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh delayed departure for Cartwright Labrador on their aerial mapping expedition due to cold wet foggy conditions. He would not take off until weather cleared.
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St. John’s
Newfoundland
Charles A. Lindbergh
Cartwright
Labrador
Kidnappers Try to Steal Son of New York Banker
East Aurora police disclosed two men attempted to kidnap Frederick J. Persons 16 son of a local bank president on July 7 as he walked home from a theater about 1130 PM. An unlit car pulled up on Main Street and one man claimed a blown fuse while the other seized the boy by the shoulder and tried to force him into the vehicle. He broke free and ran, the car fleeing.
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East Aurora
N. Y
Frederick J. Persons
Aurora
Persons
Bradley Says Wage Not Fair Toward Miners
J G Bradley president of the West Virginia Coal Association criticizes a proposed bituminous coal industry code announced in Washington. He says West Virginia and southern mining districts are excluded from a $5 a day basic wage plan. The code, said to be agreed by operators in 14 states, was drafted mainly by Illinois union operators and mine officials.
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Charleston
J. G Bradley
West Virginia Coal Association
West Virginia
Washington
Bradley
Union
Illinois
Woman Testifies She May Marry For Parkersburg Man’s Property
In Parkersburg a state witness testified at Mrs Ida May Shaw’s murder trial that she claimed she might have to marry her late husband to gain his money. The widow and the slain man wed six weeks after she answered a housekeeper ad and police noted a $500 missing from Shaw’s possession. Prosecutors later offered testimony about pledging $30,000 of the husband’s property for a $150 loan, details not fully developed at that moment.
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Parkersburg
Ida May Shaw
Arthur A. Shaw
Railroad Machin
Law
Shaw
Jess Gailey
E. B. Pennybacker
Balbo's Armada Heads for Chicago Flight
The Italian air armada of 24 seaplanes led by General Italo Balbo crossed Belle Isle strait at 10 a.m. E T and communicated with Canadian wireless, en route from Cratwright to Shediac on the 800 mile leg to Chicago. The fleet rose from the water at 8 20 a.m. E T with the full group airborne within half an hour.
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Italo Balbo
Associated Press
Belle Isle
Newfoundland
Strait of Belle Isle
Shediac
Italy
Chicago
Cratwright
Labrador
New Brunswick
Ohio to Vote on Day Law
Ohio's high court cleared the path for a November 7 vote on repealing the Eighteenth Amendment while the Anti Saloon League eyed a possible appeal to the U S Supreme Court. The six to one ruling denied a referendum attempt on the Mosier law by the league and other city forces.
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Columbus
State Supreme Court
Ohio
Anti-Saloon League
United States Supreme Court
State Will Get Jobs Neely Says
Washington notes Senator Neely of West Virginia expressed confidence the state will receive its full share of federal patronage and aid in relief and public works programs. He declined to comment on Governor Kump’s remarks about West Virginia’s participation in federal emergency legislation and patronage distribution amid alleged lack of accord with him.
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Washington
Neely
W. Va
West Virginia
H. G. Kump
Wesleyan to Hold Student Rallies
Buckhannon July 13 Beginning at Spencer Monday July 17 West Virginia Wesleyan College holds a state wide series of student rallies directed by Rev John E Henifen replacing R Worth Shumaker as field representative The schedule lists Spencer Weston Clarksburg Grafton Oakland Mt Hope Charleston Parkersburg Moundsville and Wheeling with rallies at Methodist Episcopal Churches on successive days
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Buckhannon
Spencer
West Virginia Wesleyan College
John E. Henifen
Rainelle
R. Worth Shumaker
Spencer Methodist Episcopal Church
Weston
Methodist ‘Episcopal Church
Clarksburg
Methodist ‘Episcopal
Woman Fatally Shot By Postmaster's Son Near Cameron
Beckley reports Lettie Keller a 20 year old resident of Cameron died in a hospital from a bullet wound police say was caused by Grady Cook postmaster's son. Cook said he fired after hearing a noise through a window. Keller told officers the shooting was accidental before she died.
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Beckley
Lettie Keller
Cameron
Grady Cook
Cook
Miss Keller
West Virginia appoints Ernest L Bailey road commissioner
Gov Kump names Ernest L Bailey chief of mines department to lead reorganized highway commission and manage federal grant work. Bailey, a Mercer County native, will oversee the secondary highway system and county district roads, replacing the old three member body with a one man commission and four advisers.
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Harleston
Nlon
Ernest L. Bailey
Mines Department
West Virginia
Reorganized Highway Commission
Kump
Harry P. Henshaw
Ies
Robert M. Lambie
Bailey
Commission
State Works Council Has First Meeting For Public Works
Charleston July 13 The eight member state steering committee meets with Governor Kump and Harry P Henshaw to organize plans for federal pub lic works funds. They aim to attract flood control road and conservation projects while noting an approved 4 474 000 grant for roads and a 150 000 request for land purchase for reforestation. The Rosemont Green Valley coal strike remains at standstill though negotiators hint at a possible return to work with E H Reppert willing to rehire most employees excluding Grover Lawson.
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State Works Council
Rosemont
Charleston
West Virginia
Kump
Harry P Henshaw
Green Valley Coal Company
E. H. Reppert
Sentinel
Reppert
Grover Lawson
Charles Hawkins
EEE
War Office Estimates Considered for Army Banks and Harbors
Washington reports the cabinet board overseeing federal works weighing war department estimates exceeding a half billion dollars for army construction and river and harbor projects. About 66 million already allocated from the 3.3 billion Public Works fund awaits a formal release with details to follow and subject to revision.
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Washington
Cabinet Board
War Department
Roosevelt
City Plans to Employ 200 At Work in Tay lor County
Welfare board met at the R F C offices and decided to suspend all projects until Monday when 200 men will be placed on city jobs. Names will be drawn from families receiving direct relief and no work applications will be required. Capt W H Arnold will supervise city projects, using own trucks and tools. County projects await a road supervisor and outlying district work. A $12 allocation to Taylor County was noted.
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Welfare Board
Taylor County
W. H. Arnold
Capt. W
Ana Oe
Globe of plants marks cemetery entrance in Marion Ohio
About twenty thousand plants formed a four foot diameter globe at the entrance to a Marion Ohio cemetery. The floral globe served as a striking landmark guiding visitors to the gravesite area.
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Marion, O
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