Mrs Shaffer Plans to Sue Local Lawyer
Mrs Florence Shaffer says she will sue J Guy Allender, Powell counsel, after a hearing on Powell s bankruptcy petition. She alleged threats by phone to her son and released a letter Allender sent to W J Travis urging peace, warning of breach of bond and possible prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Shaffer
Taylor County
Leroy Powell
J. Guy Allender
Powell
Powells
O. B. A Wyckoit
Shaffer
J. W. Travis
Blueville
Alder
W. Travis
Lueville
Grafton
Green Claims Labor Denied Blue Eagle Pact Betrayal
Green of the American Federation of Labor denounces the NRA agreement with Harriman Hosiery as a betrayal of labor. He questions A. R. Glancy authority and says Gen. Johnson gave power to George L. Berry to handle the plant’s reopening after rejecting the pact. Green criticizes Berry and calls the move surrender to employers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wil Green
Theerican Federation of Labor
NRA
Harriman Hosiery Company
Tennessee
Blue Eagle
A. R. Glancy
NRA Vision
Haran
Ch S. Johnson
Tennes
Berry
Green Hi F
National Recovery
Dillinger Picture Taken Down by Sheriff in Wisconsin
Sheriff Lee Bennett removed a Dillinger portrait from his office as authorities push to capture George Baby Face Nelson. The notice lists Lester M. Gillis alias George Nelson and others as wanted for the murder of a federal agent near Rhinelander Wisconsin earlier this year after Dillinger and his gang fled a justice agents trap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dillinger
Lee Bennett
America
George
Nelson
Dodger
Lester M. Gillis
George Nelson
Lester Giles
L. M. Giles
Rhinelander
Wis
Dillinger
United States Department of Justice
Dillinger Homeward Ride Ends In Gunfire
John Dillinger is killed by federal agents after a Northside Chicago theatre encounter. His body is taken to Indiana by his father as speculation swirls over a red clothed woman and a possible informer. The $15,000 price on his head is cited as motive for the killing. Private investigators note Dillinger’s financial ruin at the time of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Dillinger
Indiana
Audrey Hancock
Indianapolis
Dillinger
Motion Picture
Midwest
Werful
Mooresville
Associated Prees
Drys Urge Organization For Coming Prohibition Fight
Oliver W. Stewart former Prohibition national chairman and Flying Squadron president addressed a dry rally urging a nationwide voting precinct organized fighting force to overturn repeal gains. He warned liquor interests control Congress and urged voters to cast ballots to rescue government from wets, stressing precincts as the crucial battlefield and noting veterans have money and influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Palmer
Drys
Oliver W. Stewart
Prohibition Party
Flying Squadron
Chicago
Washington
Congress
Stewart
Delinquent Personal Property Tax List Noted by Sheriff
Sheriff Lee Bennett Jr posts a list of delinquents in personal property tax in the courthouse lobby. The sheet, subject to correction, will later be published in the Sentinel amid daily scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Bennett, Jr
Court House
The
Sentinel
Missing Episcopal Bishop Found Dead in Mountains
Glacier Park Montana July 24 The Rt Rev William F Faber bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Montana for 24 years was found dead yesterday in Paradise creek two miles from Two Medicine Chalets in Glacier National Park Rangers and workers campers and CCC crews had searched for him since last Friday He was found wedged between boulders with his head and shoulders above water The cause of death not confirmed and the report notes continuation on page 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glacier Park
Mont
Willam F. Faber
Montana
Paradise Creek
Two Medicine
Glacier National Park
Civilian Conservation
Clyde Fauley
Austrian government arrests 1200 Socialist suspects in wartime roundup
Vienna on July 24 reports the largest political prisoner sweep since the February civil war. Police seized Socialist and Communist leaders amid an alleged plot to overthrow Chancellor Dollfuss, with authorities tracing threads of evidence across the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Dollfuss
Missing boy James Powell located denied by officials
A Grafton report claiming James Powell aged 16 from the State Reform School was found in Huntington was denied. Officials state Powell likely died, with David Brunner 18 and Albert Nichols 16 admitting involvement in the killing and river disposal. Investigators continue river search and question Brunner’s earlier statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
James Powell
State Reform School
Huntington
Industrial School
Powell
David Brunner
Albert Nichols
Tygart Valley
Nichols
Brunner
Pruntytown
Fred Desist
Fairmont
Election Officials Struggle At Taylor County Primary
Taylor county election officials face unpaid wages and difficulty securing workers for the August 7 primary. County Clerk Frank Bennett told the court substitutes are being used but may not be available. The issue mirrors a 1932 precedent when workers earned four dollars for two days. Meanwhile at Chicago Union Stock Yards, a strike halted feeding and watering, forcing shot of weakened animals under 100 degree heat. Police guarded the yards as shipments were halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Frank Bennett
Chicago
Union
Livestock Commission
Junion
Chicago Union Stock Yards
Commission
County to receive road tax funds for bond debt
County officials have been advised by State Auditor Edgar B. Sims that road taxes collected from land redemptions will be returned to Taylor county to apply on its approximately 750,000 road bond indebtedness. The change follows an opinion from Attorney General Homer A. Holt stating that taxes from land redemptions should go to the county debt funds when road bond debt exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Edgar B. Sims
Road Commission
Commission
Homer A. Holt
Holt
Sims
Bank Robbers Hold Oxford Town. Four Bandits Raid Bank
Four machine gunners robbed Oxford bank at 8:30 am and fled with five hostages after shooting up the town. Homer Jester, the cashier, was wounded in the arm and a bandit was shot in the cheek as vigilantes opened fire. Witnesses described the robber bleeding as the car sped away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Kan
Homer Jester
Harold Littrell
Five More Deaths in Flood Near Torun
Five additional fatalities raised the flood toll near Torun as eight villages along the lower Vistula faced flooding today. Authorities reported about 250 dead so far, with waters that had surged across the region showing signs of abating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Vistula
Torun
Another Man Dies From Burns in Bus Tragedy
Ossining July 24 A new name was added to the dead in Sunday's Secor hill bus crash when a body recovered from the Hudson near the hill's foot was believed to be William Murray Sr of Brooklyn. Twenty one others remain hospitalized with burns from the 30 foot embankment fall at the New York Central tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossining
Secor Hill
Hudson River
William Murray
Brooklyn
New York Central
Hold Man Held For Fatal Shooting Of His Aunt
Cumberland, Md July 24 Accused of murdering his aunt Mrs Alice Heise 40 Raymond Casserly 34 single living on Dans mountain above Dawson Alleghany county is held in jail pending coroner s inquest The shooting occurred about 10 o clock Sunday night at the home of Casserly s mother Mrs William Kuykendall following a quarrel over liquor Casserly reportedly admitted in a statement to State s Attorney William A Huter and County Investigator Terrance J Boyle that in a fit of anger he loaded a shotgun and fired striking Mrs Hesse in the abdomen The statement says Mrs Hesse and Arch Find Jay had been at the Kuykendall home in the afternoon and were Continued on page 5
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Alice Heise
Raymond Casserly
Dan's Mountain
Dawson
Alleghany County
Pend‘ing
Casserly
William Kuykendall
Io State
William A.huter
Terrance J. Boyle
Child snatched in Houston found dead in Cypress Creek
Four year-old Dortha Stuart, abducted from her father's car in north Houston, was discovered nine hours later under a Cypress Creek bridge. Investigators believe she was thrown from a moving vehicle. Her father, now unemployed, said he left her sleeping in the car while he visited a sandwich shop. Her mother died last December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
Dortha Stuart
Houston-Comos
Cypress Creek
E. H. Stuart
Dorotha
Henrietta
Okla
Lucas Chosen Chief of New Dairy Group
Victor J. Lucas of the Lucas Dairy was named to head the Taylor County Dairy Association at a courthouse meeting. Charles Warder became vice president Evelyn Lucas secretary treasurer. Dairymen signed to petition the Pittsburgh area authorities for operation under the fair trade code covering Clarksburg Fairmont area. A local milk board would be set up under state health and agriculture supervision to represent producers, distributors and consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor J. Lucas
Lucas Dairy
Taylor County Dairy Association
Court House
Charles Warder
Evelyn Lucas
Pittsburgh
Clarksburgh Fairmont
State Board of Health
Department of Agriculture
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Harriman Hosiery Mills
Green
Americanation of Labor
John
R. B. Gist
Randall County
Socialist Party
Story Powell
Bandit Gang OF
Kansas Town
Texas Creek
Bridge
Lucas
NEW Dairy Group
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