Dutch airliner crash near Sant Giacomo kills thirteen
Thirteen persons died when a Royal Dutch Airlines passenger plane from Frankfurt to Milan crashed in fog near Sant Giacomo Switzerland. The craft struck trees during a failed landing in a narrow valley. Five aboard survived briefly only to perish. all identified as Dutch nationals. Among the passengers were a woman and several unnamed travelers. remaining six unidentified included Dutch, English, German, and Swiss nationals. Officials say the aircraft carried eleven passengers plus a pilot and co pilot. The event occurred amid motor trouble speculation as rescuers reached the wreckage. Continued on page six.
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San Bernardino
Switzerland
Frank--On-Main
Milan
Sant Giacomo
Gerard Fd Virginia Phillips
Germany
Berne
Italy
Frankfort-On
Guffey bill fate unclear before July 31 deadline
Washington reports the Guffey bill to create a coal industry NRA faces near collapse before the July 31 deadline as the House Ways and Means Committee delays action. United Mine Workers resume wage talks with operators by July 25 ahead of potential coal field walkout. In Parkersburg a man, N. Veon, 26, dies from a self-inflicted bullet wound after a boating accident linked to a bird shooting incident. Veon, West Virginia University graduate, is survived by his parents Dr and Mrs HH Veon.
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Washington
Acton
House
Ways and Means
United Mine Workers of America
Parkersburg
Nett N. Veon
Jorney
Leachtown
RE. Hays
Congress
Veon
West Virginia University
Ohio University
Hhveon
Negro Prisoner Mislaid In Station Linen Closet
Evanston July 20 two officers filed complaints against William Young 31 a Negro in an automobile accident case. The prisoner vanished for nearly 12 hours. Lieutenant Peter Geischeck found the object in a linen closet. it sat up blinked and yawned declaring I am a prisoner I guess I was just mislaid.
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Evanston
William Young
Peter Geischeck
Tragic Double Death After Call For Help
In Omaha on July 20 Laurel Vaughn aged 42 suddenly grew faint and died after declaring I’m dying. His wife, incapacitated, asked neighbor Mrs Thomas Richardson aged 48 to summon a doctor. Richardson hurried outdoors but Vaughn died en route, a sorrowful scene unfolding as a neighbor aided.
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Omaha
Laurel Vaughn
Thomas Richardson
Richardson
Vaughn
Violation of Closing Edict Upset By Court
Huntington July 20 Common Pleas Judge H. Clay Bui quashed a charge against Jim Diskoleis of selling beer after lam. The case tested a city ordinance prohibiting beer sales after that hour except in restaurants.
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Huntington
Batson Rites Set For Flemington Native Of County
Golder Francis Batson 77 died at his Flemington home at 5:45 this morning after a three week illness. Born July 19 1858 at Pruntytown he lived in the county all his life working as a farmer and skilled carpenter. Survived by three children Layton O Batson Bonnie Burton and Beulah Lynch a brother Charles Batson and a sister Ellen Hyson. He was a member of Lodge No 15 and the Methodist Protestant church. Funeral details to follow.
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Golder Francis Batson
Flemington
Grafton
Pruntytown
Charles Emery
Jeanie Lake Batson
Lodge No. 15
Icie Lawson
Layton O. Batson
San Mateo
Calif
Bonnie Burton
Beulah | Lynch
Charles Batson
Clarksburg
Ellen Hyson
Batson
Methodist Protestant Church
Hitler Leads New Fight On Nazi Enemies
Berlin reports absolute domination aims for Nazidom as it crushes Catholics Jews and war veterans. A Stettin police outlawed Catholic youth confessional. Catholic papers were seized. Baden governor accuses Jews of orchestrating outbreaks to gain world sympathy and orders Nazis to suppress demonstrations or risk expulsion. Reichsfuehrer Hitler cites steel helmets as foes. In June 1934 he banned propaganda against them. Former allies Papen and Hitler move to mend a rift while steel helmets protest. Continued on page three.
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Berlin
Germany
Hitler
Franz von Papen
Lias Made No Return Because He Was Broke in Tax Case
Elkins testimony at William Lis income tax evasion trial said Lias did not file a 1931 return because he was "always broke" and burned records as boss of a Wheeling numbers racket in 1930s. Federal Judge W E Baker admitted the testimony after defense objections.
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Elkins
William Lis
Lias
Williard F. Maloney
Wheeling
Jaloney
Yas
W. E. Baker
Neelys Judgeship Bill Heads to Senate Today
Washington July 20 The bill by Senator Neely Democrat West Virginia to create an extra federal judge in the state moves to the Senate after judiciary committee favorably reporting it The measure was once part of an omnibus package but was blocked by Senator King Utah Neely reintroduced a plan for an additional judge to serve both northern and southern districts of West Virginia
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Washington
Neely
D.-W. Va
West Virginia
Senate
Judiciary Committee
King
Utah
Alaskan Motorship On Reef Help Awaited Coast Guard Aid Near Dry Spruce Island
On Dry Spruce Island in Kupreanoff Strait the Alaskan motorship Polar Bear rammed on a reef and waited for the coast guard cutter Calysto. Calysto, with one engine crippled, reported it would reach the Polar Bear possibly before noon. The Polar Bear, owned by the Kodiak Guides' Association, normally carries no more than five crew.
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Seattle
Dry Spruce Island
Kupreanoff Strait
Coast Guard
Kodiak Guides’ Association
British Troops Fire On Crowd in Lahore Riots
British troops killed two and wounded several as they fired on a 5,000-strong Muslim crowd in Lahore during an attempt to visit Shahidgana mosque. Police made several hundred arrests as the mosque, claimed as property by Muslims, faced demolition.
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Lahore
India
Shahidgana
Ethiopian ruler appeals for world peace amid Italian threat
Addis Ababa July 20 Emperor Haile Selassie warned that peace is near being drowned in blood and tears if Italy attacks Ethiopia. He said the empire will defend its territory to the last man as negotiations fail and Italy’s war plans persist. The emperor framed Ethiopia as a Christian nation upholding the ten commandments and Sermon on the Mount.
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Associated Press
Addis
Ababa
Haile Selassie
Italy
Ethiopia
Negus
Europe
Second Youth Sought In Puppy Love Death Case
Lexington police hunted a second defendant in the Woodland Park killing of golf caddy Boston Kimball. Fifteen year old Sally Locker cleared the first youth. she said Paul Lowery did not fire the fatal shots. The girl alleged Milton Locker fired, while Milton, 21, was on parole from a reformatory for storehouse breaking.
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Lexington
Woodland Park
Sally Locker
Sally
Paul Lowery
Boston Kimball
Paul
Milton
Kimball
Fred Bryant
Bryant
Budge Beats German Player in Davis Cup Opener
Donald Budge of California defeated Heiner Henkel of Germany in four sets to give the United States the first win in the Davis Cup interzone series at Wimbledon. The set scores were 7-5, 11-8, 6-1, with Budge taking the match in straight sets after a close first.
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Wimbledon
Eng
Donald Budge
California
Redead
United States
Germany
Heiner Henkel
Teuton
Negro on Gallows After Confession in Stark Slaying
In Moundsville on July 20 Bert Branch a 39 year old Negro died on the gallows after confessing to murdering Brady Hill of Leon He declared I am ready let her go before the trap sprung Branch and Hill were transients at a local home Branch had earlier claimed intoxication the night of the crime The story continues on page toux per the clipped text
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Moundsville
Bert Branch
Brady Hill
Leon
Branch
Res Cpeoet
Hill
Last Man's Club Formed in Huntington
Huntington chapter of Disabled American Veterans organizes a Last Man's Club to honor the final member with a toast archive. The club plans a champagne bottle kept in archives for the last member's toast to departing comrades.
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Last Man’s Club
Huntington
Last Man's Club
Disabled American Veterans
Probe Act of Lynching Mob in Fort Lauderdale
Governor launches inquiry into the July lynching of Rubin Stacey, 37, accused of knife attack on a white woman. About 100 masked men halted a police escort, overpowered officers, seized Stacey, and hanged him after diverting toward an unknown rural road. Deputy Virgil Wright confirms the mob action as Mrs. Marion Jones aided by the suspect in entering her home. The case prompts questions of justice and public safety.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Dave Shultz
Rubin Stacey
Stacey
Miami
Marion Jones
Virgil Wright
Wright
Jones
Million Dollar Estate Auction in Lewis County
A estate valued around half a million dollars goes on the auction block at the Lewis County courthouse on July 31. The circuit court orders the sale to distribute the properties of the late Mrs M O Edwards and Thomas A Edwards and four Edwards family members. The parcels include business and residential holdings, a 1 000 acre farm, and mineral interests in Weston.
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Weston
Lewis County
Circuit Court
M. O. Edwards
Thomas A. Edwards
Elmine H. Edwards
Edwards
Youth Admits Knife Murder of Sweetheart
Chicago police say 21 year old Joseph Gornik confessed to stabbing 13 year old Mae Lukavich in a parkway. He claimed the slaying was part of a death by own action pact the girl agreed to, detailing a walk to his home then the act in the bushes before handing him the knife.
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Chicago
Joseph Gornik
John McGinnis
New City Police
Mae Lukavich
Gornik
McGinnis
Wes
Young Flier Walter Wedell Killed in Plane Crash
Gulfport Mississippi reports the death of Walter Wedell, a rising flyer who perished with passenger Howard L Sanders of Anderson Indiana when their aircraft crashed near the Chandeleur Islands. His brother Jimmy Wedell, a famed speed flyer and aircraft designer, had died earlier in Patterson Louisiana on June 24 1934 while instructing a student who froze at the controls.
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Gulfport
Miss
Walter Wedell
Jimmy
Howard L. ‘Sanders
Anderson
Chandeleur Islands
Patterson
Potential Heir To Astor Fortune Born To John Jacob Astor III
The Astor fortune thought to be worth up to 100 million dollars has a potential heir in the newborn son of John Jacob Astor the third and his 19 year old wife Ellen Tuck French. The child’s birth in New York expands the line of inheritance for the renowned American family and could influence future bearing of the vast estate. The report notes the fortune’s historical size and the significance of a new heir amid ongoing evolutions within the Astor lineage.
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New York
Astor
John Jacob Astor
Ellen Tuck French
Kidnappers Demand 500 For Freedom In Columbus Case
Col umbus auto dealer Robert C. Byers says three men abducted him while he entered his car near his brother’s dealership. They mistook him for George Byers and demanded 500 ransom before releasing him. FBI and Justice Department agents opened a probe as Byers described the 11:30 p.m. Thursday drive and a blindfolded chase toward Mount Vernon.
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Cleveland
Robert C. Byers
Columbus
George Byers
General Motors
Byers
U. S
Frank W. Story
CCC
Story
Department of Justice
Westerville
Mount Vernon
Ickes Enters Power Battle Over Municipal Projects
Washington July 20 Secretary Ickes joined the power fight stating a central source backs legal actions against municipal power projects aided by PWA funds. He accused private firms of a concerted tactic to block 22 of 31 municipal plants seeking PWA loans.
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Washington
Ickes
PWA
Henry T. Hunt
Funeral rites for deceased Brother Golder at temple
Members of Grafton Lodge No. 15 A P and A M and Graf ton Lodge No 18 A F and A M meet at 12 30 pm Monday at the Temple to conduct funeral rites for the deceased Brother Golder. Fraternal notice by the lodges.
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Grafton Lodge
A. P
A. Mi
A. F
A. Me
Golder
Prancis All
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