Wheeling Numbers King On Trial For Tax Evasion
Federal case against William Billy Lias of Wheeling opened with 25 witnesses from six states to prove charges of income tax evasion. The trial before Judge William E. Baker follows a raid on Lias headquarters and a large alleged income figure for 1931. Continued on page 4.
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Elkins
William ‘Billy Lias
Wheeling
Bing
William E. Baker
Howard Robinson
Federal Penitentiary
Atlanta
Internal Revenue Unit
Department of Justice
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Washington
Pittsburgh
Collector of Internal Revenue
Lin
Fairmont Boy Drowns at Valley Falls
Richard Vincent, 16, of Fairmont, drowned while swimming the Tygart Valley River at Valley Falls, near the Marion county line. Rescue efforts failed overnight. the body was recovered at 1:30 p.m. today by county officers. Vincent, with cousins and friends, swam from the east shore toward the west when he sank after tiring.
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Richard Vincent
Valley Falls
Tygart Valley
Marion County
Fairmont
Taylor County
Tygart's Valley
Joseph Vincent
Une Vincent
Vincent
Harold
10000 Die As Chinese Dike Sets In Water
Mankow China July 19 Chinese advices put 10090 persons dead as Han river floodwaters broke a dike near Hanyang. Two thirds of Hanyang submerged while the rest of the city retreated to hills. The flood surpasses prior Han river rampages and leaves a devastated district.
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Mankow
China
Hanyang
Hankow
Han
Guffey Bill Denounced By Southern Operator
John 3. Edgerton, president of the Southern States Industrial Council, warned the Guffey Little NRA coal bill will make the bituminous industry as strict as the dodo. He predicted soft coal stabilization would raise prices by at least 25 percent and accused the bill of being written by a minority labor group owned body and soul by an ambitious man seeking control over workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John 3. Edgerton
Southern States Industrial Council
Nashville
Edgerton
Brothers murdered for money and gasoline in Tuscola incident
Tuscola Michigan July 15 with fingerprints and two gunshot deaths authorities hunted a blond man suspected of killing brothers Edward Burmeister 35 a garage attendant and John Burmeister 56 for their money and 10 gallons of gasoline Their bodies were found in a field by Herbert Wilson a fellow employee of Edward
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Tuscola
Douglas County
Edward Burmeister
John
Burmeister
Herbert Wilson
Edward
New Move by Ethiopians Insures War
Rome reports the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie rejects an Italian zone of influence and a railroad through Ethiopia. Italy seeks total protectorate, while isolation of Ethiopia from Europe is urged. Mussolini’s regime hardens stance as war preparations proceed near Naples.
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Rome
Italy
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
New York Times
League of Nations
Somalilang
Addis Ababa
la Stampa
Turin
Hull
Mussolini
Cordell Hu
United States
Naples
East Africa
U S Appeals Court Rules Against Condemnation for Public Housing
Cincinnati July 15 The sixth district United States Circuit Court of Appeals held the federal government has no power to condemn land for public housing projects. The ruling upholds Judge Dawson who found such condemnation illegal under powers for public buildings and forts. The Louisville housing project faced direct impact with a 1 618 million value, while the broader 160 million program in about 40 cities faced indirect effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Charles I. Dawson
Louisville
Ickes
Black man sought in serious holdup case in New York
July 15 report describes a robbery in which a Black hold up man wounded a young white woman with a sharp object and robbed her companion Albert Martinez, 25. Martinez knew the woman only as Leona, who remains unidentified.
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New York
Albert Martinez
Martinez
Leona
Agreed Order Ends Nuisance Case at Taylor County Court
Judge Dent approves an agreed order between W. J. Barnes Clint Dalton Freda Dalton and New York Life Insurance ending a long dispute over a nuisance operation at Barnes cafe and rooming house The Daltons and Barnes are permanently barred from similar ventures in the county and must remove all furnishings from the building facing Latrobe and Main streets An additional perpetual injunction may be entered to prohibit future nuisance operations (Continued on page three).
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Taylor County
James C. Holt
W. J. Barnes
Clint
Freda Dalton
Barnes’ Cafe
New York Life Insurance Company
Herbert W. Dent
Barnes
The
Daltons
Francis L. Warder
B. Wayne Talbott
Philippi
Latrobe
Main
Man Wounded on Main Street Stabber Hunted
An drew A. McGuckin, a dam worker living at 117 Walnut Street, was wounded on Main Street near the B and O depot. Surgeons at Grafton City Hospital found the cut superficial. police hunt the attacker but will not release a name.
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Andrew A. McGuckin
Walnut Street
McGuckin
Grafton City Hospital
Main Street
City Hospital
Triple Threat Ghost Worries Farm Family
The George Billingsley family near Valahalla cemetery in Rock Island Illinois report a recurring triple threat ghost. The specter groans taps on windows and milks cows, forcing the sheriff to be called as neighbors fire shots to drive it away. The ghost vanishes then returns, even leaping onto their car and moving a rocking chair from the porch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Ill
George Billingsley
Valahalla
Billingsley
Aged Couple Flees mob in Erie suburb
Julius E. Sweitzer aged 68 and his 86 year old wife fled irate neighbors who threatened tar and feathers. Police and firefighters rescued them from their home and the couple sought police protection to return for clothes. The mob of about 500 people had gathered after the arrest of Mrs Sweitzer's son Gus King on a murder charge.
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Erie
Julius E. Sweitzer
J. Burlingame
Corry
Gus King
Sweitzer
Laurence Field
King
Burlingame
Field
J. Albert Eckerds Jr
Clymer
N. J
Wed 70 Years Couple Reveals Their Recipe
Willimstown Massachusetts July 15 As far as George Mortimer Hopkins and his wife are concerned there isn't any secret to being happily married They wed 70 years ago Here is the Hopkins recipe for a happy marriage Courtesy charity and tolerance I never mix in my wife's affairs and she lets me run my business I never know what my wife has for me to eat until I sit down to the table what she feeds me is her business
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willimstown
Mass
George Mortimer Hopkins
Hopkins
Accuse Blind Musician Of Murdering Partner At Hotel
Boston police accused 30 year old blind accordionist Forest R Wells of murdering his partially blind partner Hazel Martin by throwing her from a third floor hotel window. Inspector Harry Pierce said Wells admitted the act as mercy after claiming to be provoked and fearing she would be in want.
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Boston
Forest R
Wells
Hazel Martin
Harry Pierce
Pierce
Martin
Plans of Resources Board Dropped In Relief Battle
Washington officials said today the national resources board led by Secretary Ickes proposed a 3,500,000 job work relief plan tied to land water and mineral resource projects. The $4,000,000 initial jobs drive was abandoned due to money shortages and delays, with a push for a permanent program.
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Washington
National Resources
Ickes
Roose
West
Roosevelt
Quarrel Over Huge Industries Dominates AFL Rift
Washington July 15 The American Federation of Labor faces two major internal clashes as craft versus industrial unionists threaten to split the federation. Building trades factions debate withdrawal while talks point to a heated Atlantic City convention in August. Industrialists push organizing by industry against craft lines, urging coal mine machinists join United Mine Workers.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Atlantic City
Craft Union
Ten
Machinists
United Mine Workers
Ten Killed In German Coal Mine Disaster
Dortmund July 13 Ten miners were killed and 32 injured when an underground explosion 2400 feet down ignited a shaft fire. About 700 were at work when the blast occurred. the number trapped remains undisclosed as officials refuse to release details. The mine employs 1400 workers and the director declined to discuss the extent of the disaster pending an official statement.
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Dortmund
Germany
Two Former Prison Camp Officials Freed in North Carolina
In Charlotte on July 15, Judge Wilson Warlick acquitted T. M. Gordon and J. W. Eudy, two of five former prison camp officials charged with mistreating two black prisoners. The state had not presented enough evidence to warrant jury deliberation on those two defendants as the case closed.
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Charlotte
N. C
Wilson Warlick
Warlick
T. M.gordon
J. W. Eudy
Wheat Prices Rise To Limit In Kansas City Trade
Wheat futures at Kansas City jumped the full five cent limit soon after trading began. Prices reached 88 1 8 cents a bushel. Harold A Merrill, KC board of trade president, attributed the rise to rust reports improved cash wheat demand and disappointing Nebraska yield reports.
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Kansas City
Harold al. Merrill
Typhoid Danger Passes Along Wheeling Creek
Health authorities in Ohio said the danger of a typhoid fever epidemic along Wheeling Creek was slight after flooding between Crabapple and Blaine on July 4. Drinking water was unfit, wells pumped and treated with chlorine, a few fevers appeared but no fatalities were reported.
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Wheeling
Ohio
Wheeling Creek
Crabapple
Blaine
Local Woman's Brother Dies in Collision
Gilroy A. Wharton 41 of Oakland Maryland, brother of Mrs. Lloyd M. Loraw of Grafton, was killed when his neck was broken in a truck crash near the Garrett county seat. The victim, father of five, was a plasterer returning from Cumberland with Lloyd R. Tasker, driver of the other truck, which struck a parked vehicle two miles north of Oakland. Two men were arrested and jailed awaiting a hearing. others escaped unharmed. Funeral plans are incomplete.
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Gilroy A. Wharton
Oakland
Lloyd M. Loraw
Walnut Street
Grafton
Garrett County
Lloyd R. Tasker
Cumberland
Thomas A. Currie
Maryland State Police
Tra W. Weeks
Mountain Lake Park
Hamilton D. Weeks
Tasker
Bernard Peters
Mr. Wharton
J. W. Wharton
Loran
Baltimore and Ohio Cumberland
Two Brothers Jailed In Kentucky Feud Murder Probe
London Kentucky July 15 two brothers Bert and Leslie Jones were jailed as sheriff B R Mason led a probe into a feud murder amid a spate of similar slayings in the eastern hills. Jim Bowling 24 was shot during outdoor religious services dying instantly from a brain wound. The brothers denied involvement.
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London
B. R. Mason
Kentucky
Jim Bowling
Bowling
Bert
Leslie Jones
Resentful farmer kills self after shooting Griffins
In Baltimore on July 15 a widowed farmer Charles Hammerbacker, 42, killed himself after firing on Paul J. Griffin and his wife Ethel D. Griffin, who were driving past his home with their two children. Hammerbacker, attached to Mrs. Griffin, blamed his action on the family’s abandonment of his home and their leaving last week.
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Baltimore
Charles Hammerbacker
Paul J. Griffin
Ethel D. Griffin
Griffins
Hammerbacker
Griffin
Young Negro Farmers Lynched Near Columbus Mississippi
Two 26 year old black farmers Bert Moore and Dooley Morton were hanged eight miles south of Columbus after a mob seized them from a deputy sheriff. Arrests followed alleged attempts to attack a white woman. Bodies left dangling from an oak tree near a church as 35 men dispersed. No shots fired.
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Columbus
Miss
Bert Moore
Dooley Morton
Parker Harris
Lowndes County
Harris
Aberdeen
Church Yard
Moon Eclipse Seen Tonight Across the U S
The United States witnesses a total lunar eclipse the first since 1927. Earth’s shadow begins at 10 12 p m EST with full coverage at 11 09 p m and total exit around 12 50 a m EST. The copper colored moon may be faintly visible during the eclipse totality lasts 1 hour 41 minutes.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
New York
United States
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U.S
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Paris
Joan Warner
Joan Warners
Waite
Southern
U.S. Appeals Court
Dent
Reach Accord
Barnes and
Dalton
Resources Board
LABOR
Battle
Gilroy Wharton
Farmer
Lawn Fete
M. E. Cane South
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