Feud Flare and AAA Unconstitutional Ruling
Circuit Court of Appeals largely voids the Agricultural Adjustment Act, ruling it exceeds federal powers. Test case by Hoosac Mills receivers seeks $81,694.18. Division includes Judges Scott Wilson and George Mortis with a dissent by Judge George H. Bingham. Continued discussion noted.
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Circuit Court of Appeals
AAA
Barton
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit Coar
Hoosac Mills
Scott Wilson
George . Mortis
George H. Bingham
Battle Over McCullough as WPA Head in West Virginia
Senators Holt and Neely plan to protest to President Roosevelt over delay in McCullough’s nomination as Works Progress administrator for West Virginia. They blame Governor Kump for blocking the senate confirmation, saying 25 000 men are being kept out of work. They aim to meet the president with six WV house members. The United Mine Workers and AFL leaders demand swift approval and will seek direct talks with the president.
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Washington
Neely and Holt
West Virginia
Roosevelt
F. Witcher McCullough
H. G. Kump
Kump
McCullough
Senate
Holt
Neely
House
van A. Bittner
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Hoover NRA Raps Trial as Circus and Disgusting
Washington July 16 Edgar Hoover director of the justice department s bureau of investigation today termed the Hauptmann trial a disgusting show and a Roman holiday he backed criticism by an American Bar Association committee which said treating a simple trial as a public show cheapens life itself. Hunt For Bruno directed the justice department s part in the hunt that led to Hauptmann s arrest said he believed Hauptmann guilty and that a man on trial deserves proper treatment. He condemned turning a murder case into a circus and said proprieties should be observed. He added the press is not to blame and that dignified trials receive proper coverage. The bar association s vigorous stand was praised.
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Washington
Edgar Hoover
Jutice Department
Bureau of Investigation
Hauptmann
American Bar Association
Brunoe
Justice Ag
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
T Am
Bar Association
U S Witness Home Burned Mysteriously
Wheeling reports the home of Herbert Thornton, a government witness in the William Lias tax evasion case, damaged by fire deemed incendiary. Gasoline poured over carpets and walls caused fumes to explode, with $3,000 damage estimated by Fire Chief Rose.
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Wheeling
Herbert Thornton
William “Bill
Edward G. Rose
Despondent Martinsburg merchant commits suicide at home
Martinsburg July 16 A worried father over the health of his daughter Robert K Siebert 80 a veteran retail merchant took his own life last night in the yard at his home He shot himself between the eyes An inquest has been called He is survived by a daughter a sister and a brother
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Martinsburg
Robert K. Siebert
Bluefield Radio Plant Wrecked by Fire in Reconstruction Effort
Fire heavily damaged the Bluefield radio plant with control room and transmitter losses estimated at 25 000 to 30 000 dollars. Origin of the blaze remains undetermined as volunteers register for reconstruction efforts.
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Rome
Italy
East Africa
Eritrea
Somaliland
Ethiopia
Bluefield
IM Duce
Bluefield Telegram
Sunseet
Slayer of Constable Receives Life Term in 1934 Slaying
Princeton West Virginia July 16 Isaac Taylor Robinette was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Constable Joe H Davidson during a Gardner robbery investigation on October 9 1934. He claimed innocence and pleaded for mercy before Judge John M McGrath. Robinette was arrested months later in Tulsa Oklahoma and returned for trial. Henry Hollandsworth is also serving a life term for the same slaying.
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Princeton
W. Va
Isaac Taylor Robinette
Joe H. Davidson
John M. McGrath
Mr. Davidson
Davidson
Gardner
Robinette
Tulsa
Okla
Henry Hollandsworth
Murder Charge Dropped After Chief Convicted
Pineville West Virginia July 16 Judge Howell M Tanner quashed a murder charge against J H England after a jury convicted the former chief of police of wounding E Lee Smith of Hanover He deferred sentencing England on the wounding charge which carries five years imprisonment Smith died in January 1934 from blows received in a quarrel with England and his brother Herbert England who is serving a one year sentence.
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Pineville
W. Va
Howell M. Tanner
J. H. Enland
E. Lee Smith
Hanover
England
Smith
Herbert England
Clarksburg Man Injured At Uniontown Glass Plant
Robert Thomas thirty one year old resident of Clarksburg West Virginia is in serious condition at a Uniontown hospital with his right arm severed by a piece of glass. Hospital attaches reported. The accident occurred at the Quertinmont glass factory at Fair dhance when a piece of glass sixty four inches square slipped from his arms. Thomas is the father of three children.
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Uniontown
Robert Thomas
Clarksburg
W. Va
Thomas
Quertinmont Glass
Fairdhance
Lock Up Cars Mayor Warns Downtown Motorists
Mayor E Otto Waugh urged downtown parkers to lock their vehicles after several petty thefts last week involving small items from unlocked cars in the Main Street area. A thief who stole two pounds of sulphur was hunted as police followed reports of groceries taken from unattended autos.
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Main
E. Otto Waugh
Tme
Parkers
Sid
Negro murderer to die on gallows this week
Moundsville July 16 39 year old Robert Branch a negro was sentenced to be hanged Friday night for the murder of Brady Hill 28 in a transient camp at Wheeling He wrote to Governor Kump pleading for clemency saying if the land is willing to die so am I
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Moundsville
Robert Branch
de Land
Brady Hill
Wheeling
Kump
Newspaper People Meet This Weekend in Elkins
West Virginia journalists from across the state gather in Elkins for a two day event touring reforestation and conservation sites in the Monongahela National Forest and surrounding Randolph Tucker Pendleton and Upshur counties. John A Kennedy and wife host a Saturday dinner at Graceland the estate of the late Senator Henry Gassaway Davis. Mrs Kennedy is Davis's granddaughter.
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Elkins
West Virginia
Monongahela National Forest
Randolph
Tucker
Pendleton
Upshur
Council
John A. Kennedy
Graceland
Henry Gassaway Davis
Kennedy
Senator Davis
Stabbing Case and Sunshine Study Dominate Main Street News
Reports detail the stabbing of Andrew McGuckin outside Busy Bee on Main Street, with Albert Smith arrested for felonious assault and slated for arraignment. Separately, MIT researchers report complete measurements of ultraviolet light curing rickets in children, based on rat studies, suggesting sunshine's healing power may differ from modern understanding.
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Andrew McGuckin
Main Street
James C. Holt
Albert Smith
Smith
Tony
Ona C. Jefferys
McGuckin
New York Judge Elected Head of Elks
Columbus dispatch reports Judge James T. Hallinan of New York Supreme Court chosen as grand exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Hallinan, an Elk for 25 years and former exalted ruler of Queensborough lodge, succeeds Michael F. Shannon of Los Angeles. Los Angeles won the 1936 grand lodge convention after Miami withdrew its bid.
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Columbus
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
James T. Hallinan
New York
Supreme Court
Los Angeles
Grand Lodge
Miami
Fla
Hallinan
Michael F. Shannon
Queensborough
Peace Talks Aim to End Truck War at Conference
Officials from West Virginia North Carolina Virginia Pennsylvania Ohio District of Columbia and Maryland met in Ocean City Maryland to replace crumbled reciprocal truck license agreements. The group empowered to approve any new pact favored by the entire conference sought to restore smoother interstate trucking relations.
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Ocean City
West Virginia
North Carolina
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
District of Columbia
Maryland
Slayer of Man Missing Since Winter Is Sought
In Sistersville on July 16 a state police hunt targets an unidentified man for the slaying of 22 year old Harry Thomas whose body was found in Harmony Creek. Thomas had been missing since February 18 and was shot in the back as a posse of more than 75 men abandoned the search in early March.
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Sistersville
Harry ‘Thomas
Harmony Creek
Thomas
General Leach Bales Out After Plane Fire
Maj. Gen. George E. Leach head of the national guard parachuted to safety after a burning army plane forced an emergency descent near Kingman Arizona. Captain Charles M. Cummings landed nearby and led a search party before notifying the War Department.
Brewster accused of breaking pledge on utilities bill votes
Washington July 16 Representatives Rankin and Maverick testified before the house rules committee that Representative Brewster a Republican from Maine said he could gather 25 Republican votes in the house to remove holding companies as the administration pushed the utilities bill. Brewster later opposed the abolition provision and faced further questioning over alleged pressure by RFC attorney Thomas G Corcoran linked to the Passamaquoddy project.
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Washington
Brewster
House
House Rules Committee
Rankin
Miss
Maverick
Texas
Roosevelt
Thomas G. Corcoran
RFC
Passa
Three Pennsylvanians Hurt in Martinsburg Crash
Three Pennsylvania motorists were injured in a collision near Marlowe Martinsburg West Virginia on July 16. The injured are Charles Foreman 26 his wife Ruby Foreman 21 of Hershey Pa and Fay Pearrell of Harrisburg Pa. Doctors said they will recover.
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Martinsburg
W.va
Pennsylvania
Marlowe
Charles Foreman
Ruby Foreman
Hershey, Pa
Fay Pearrell
Harrisburg
Three Die in Lake Storm Tragedy Near Otowanna Lake
Two young sisters recount a perilous lake storm that killed their mother Mrs Lillian Prentis Schwartz, a guide Victor Van Ree, and seven year old Joseph Middlebrook of Pittsburgh after he fell from a motor barge while trying to grab a rubber ball. The tragedy unfolded as a fierce storm rose.
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Otowanna Lake
N. Y
Joseph Middlebrook
Pittsburgh
Wictor van Ree
Cornelia Schwartz
Henrietta Schwartz
van Ree
Cornelia
Lillian Prentis Schwartz
Scarsdale
Jim Farley Goes Into Seclusion For Rest
Washington July 16. James A Farley longtime iron man here says he is going into seclusion to rest. He plans a trip to the west coast and Hawaii but will not reveal dates. He cites wear from his double duties as postmaster general and Democratic National Committee chairman and notes the pressures of phones letters telegrams and appointments.
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Washington
James A. Farley
West Coast
Hawaii
Demcratic National Committee
Paraders Murdered As College Students Meet
Two delegates to the National University students congress were killed by gunfire as paraders passed. Police said Ines Gonzalez fired into the crowd and was beaten by fellow students before police jailed him.
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Monterey
Mexico
National University Students' Congress
Ines Gonzalez
Gonzalez
Sistersville Girl Dies by Own Action in Hollywood
In Los Angeles on July 16 Julia Ann Graham a 22 year old Sistersville W V actress singer once seeking film fame was found dead in Benjamin Reynolds’s apartment with a bullet wound in the left temple. Police ruled a death by own action and planned no inquest noting it was her third attempted suicide since arriving in Hollywood to pursue a motion picture career.
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Los Angeles
Julia Ann Graham
Hollywood
Sistersville
W. Va
Benjamin Reynolds
Two Officers Murdered in Tacoma Puyallup Search
Tacoma July 16 Department of Justice agents joined possemen in the manhunt for the slaying of two Puyallup police officers. Authorities believed the fugitive may be William Dainard, linked to the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping. Police blocked highways and pressed through brush in the Puyallup valley as a $500 reward was offered. The victims were Chief of Police.
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Tacoma
Wash
Department of Justice
Possemen
Puyallup
William Dainard
George Weyerhaeuser
Puyallup Valley
Slayer
General quarantine announced for multiple districts
Notice declares a general quarantine on Rables for Booths Creek Fetter Man and Graf districts. All dogs and other animals exposed or potentially exposed within the territory are prohibited from running at large and must be confined until the disease is under control and orders are issued by competent authority.
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Booths
Creek
Fetterman
Graf
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