Hex Slaying Investigation In Kalamazoo District
Kalamazoo Michigan July 19 four people are in jail as investigators probe a case described as a hex slaying. Eugene Burgess his wife and heir son and daughter confess to fatal blows with a lead pipe and hammer to Mrs Etta J Pairchilds 75 at a home for the aged. Burgess claimed Mrs Pairchilds cast an evil influence over his family and could kill by mental powers. The slaying occurred at the Burgess home as a visiting Mrs Pairchilds arrived Eugenia 17 was sent away Burgess and wife claim Mrs Pairchilds had listed victims and spell over the family. several names given to police but all died of natural causes.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Eugene Burgess
Etta J. Pairschilds
Burgess
Hhe Fairchilds
Nine Bodies Recovered After Train Wreck Near Stratton
Nine bodies were recovered from the wreckage of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific passenger train that plunged through a flood weakened bridge into a creek near Stratton Gal. The Cape Porpoise remained submerged on both banks as searchers worked in the heat. More than 100 passengers were injured. The eighth and ninth bodies, including a negro Pullman porter, were found downstream. The disaster followed the westbound train pulling into a siding to let the eastbound pass. the eastbound crossed the bridge 450 minutes earlier.
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Stratton
Gal
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Cape Porpoise
Armored Car Held Up By Bandits in New Orleans
Seven bandits today held up the armored truck of the Hibernia Bank and Trust Company in New Orleans. They overpowered the armed guards and drove off with the vehicle, details incomplete due to the partial OCR.
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New Orleans
Hibernia Bank and Trust Company
Armored Car Heist Leaves Bank Vaults Untraced
Bandits seized an armored truck after forcing a pair of guards from the vehicle. The heist yielded $42,583.90 before the robbers fled, while a second car followed their movements. Police reported no trace of the vehicle or suspects.
Posse Executes Two After Slaying of Foreman John Silvey
In Limeville near Huntington Ohio, two unidentified Black men who killed John O. Silvey, a Chesapeake and Ohio railroad construction foreman, were shot and killed by a railroad posse led by Grenuppo Hee as they tried to cross the Ohio River. Silvey, married, was supervising a signal system on the right of way when the suspects asked the cook for food then opened fire.
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Greenup
John O. Silvey
Huntington
Limeville
Here
Silvey
Chesapeake and Oh
Grenuppo- Hee
Ohio River
Wickersham's Dry Remark Draws Fresh Debate
Washington notes dated July devoting attention to Chairman Wickersham's prohibition suggestion from the presidents law enforcement commission as read to governors at New London. Congress considers whether the president intends to resist or comply with calls for his resignation, tied to Senator Caraway's attack on the chair.
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Washington
Wickersham
Law Enforcement Commission
New London
Conn
Caraway
Arkansas
Cures Are Effected By Boa Constrictor
A 10 foot boa constrictor entered a hospital cripples ward at night and produced cures that doctors called miraculous. The incident was reported in New York as A S Lomberg of Grace Line arrived aboard the Santa Rita from the west coast of South America.
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New York
A. S. Lomberg
Grace Line
South America
Heroic Efforts Save Family From Death
Berkeley Springs West Virginia July 19 Mrs Mart Miller made brave moves to rescue her family from a burning home a year old child was seriously injured and the mother slightly hurt when she leaped from a second story window bringing out the last of her brood Her hair burned and the house was destroyed Husband was at work during the blaze
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Berkeley Springs
W.va
Mart Miller
Two Croatian leaders sentenced to death in Belgrade
In Belgrade on July 19, two Croatian figures, Anton Pavellet and Gustav Pertcheff, were sentenced to death for conspiring with Macedonian extremists in Bulgaria. They have not been arrested. charges allege calls for Macedonian aid against a common foe. The men are believed to be refugees in Austria, while Mr. and Mrs. L. Stitt of Bridgeport, Ohio, stay with the Crickenborgers in Grafton.
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Belgrade
Jugoslavia
Anton Pavellet
Federalist Party
Gustav Pertcheff
Bungaria
Austria
Two local attorneys finish 23 years of practice today
Jed W. Robinson and Harry Friedman, prominent Grafton lawyers, completed 23 years of active practice in Taylor county courts. Admitted July 19, 1904, they remain in Grafton, never partnered, both graduates of West Virginia University Law School. They reaffirmed faith in Grafton with positive remarks as the city improves. In New York, July 19, a Communist-led demonstration at the Chinese consulate drew hundreds and multiple arrests during lunch hour.
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Jed W. Robinson
Harry Friedman
Taylor County
Grafton
Friedman
Robinson
West Virginia University Law School
John Homer Holt
New York
Zebras Attack Keeper at City Zoo
Two enraged zebras injured Charles Conner a 40 year old keeper at the herbivore house. A stallion zebra knocked him to the ground as attendants drove the animals into a corner and he was carried out. The attack followed by the herd joining in.
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Yoledo
Charles Conner
Conner
Endurance Flight Over Shreveport Sets Record Pace
Van Lear Leary and William Sanders continued a monoplane endurance attempt over Shreveport, reaching 48 hours at 10:30 in good spirits. In Washington, ICC ruled one railroad offering cheaper private passenger car service against interstate commerce laws.
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Shreveport
Eas
van Lear Leary
William Sanders
FLIER KILLED IN ENDURANCE PLANE CRASH NEAR DES MOINES
Ross Arnold pilot of the Greater Des Moines endurance monoplane was killed when the aircraft crashed nine miles southeast of Des Moines after an attempted test refueling. Co pilot Charles Gatschet was thrown free with a parachute and survived. The Miss Sioux City refueling ship flew nearby piloted by Amon Arnold and Jimmy Biarwick.
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Des Moines
Ross Arnold
Greater Des Moines
Here
Charles Gatschet
Pathfinder plane reaches Cherbourg with Yancey Williams
The Pathfinder, carrying Capt Lewis A. Yancey and Roger Q. Williams, arrived from Le Bourget at Cherbourg France. The craft will be dismantled and loaded aboard the liner Republic for their return to America tonight.
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Cherbourg
France
Lewis A. Yancey
Roger Q. Williams
le Bourget
Republic
America
Presidents tariff fight and endurance flight updates
President Hoover orders a tariff commission report on Democratic members of Congress. In St Louis a pair of endurance planes, the St Louis Robin and Missouri Robin, fly beyond six days with refueling, aiming to beat the 244 hour record as crews swap roles and avoid collision.
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Washington
Washington Post
Hoover
Tariff Commission
House
Touis
Dale Jackson
Porest O'Brine
Curtiss-Robinson Manufacturing Company
Joseph Hammer
W. Gentry Shelton
Hoover Prepares for Tariff Fight as Report Nears
The report is understood to be ready in a week or 10 days. Few Democrats have requested action from the commission, and when they did, the rise sought typically concerned agricultural products.
Cunningham in favor change in road body
In Charleston on July 19 the West Virginia highway department is described as overburdened by tasks from bus lines to license fees. Colonel Floyd B. Cunningham urges stripping the state road commission of duties beyond direct road construction and maintenance.
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Charleston
Becaus
West Virginia
Highway Department
Indofar
Floyd B. Cunnynham
William G. Conley
State Road Commission
Dulles
Labor Figures Show Employment Decrease in June
Washington July 19 Labor department figures show a drop of 0.3 percent in employment and a 1.9 percent fall in payroll totals for June from May. Despite the decline, June saw increased employment in several sectors including metalliferous mining quarrying and non metallic mining public utilities wholesale and retail trade hotels and canning and preserving industries and coal mining. The net decrease totaled 17,000 out of over 6 million workers. Also a Chicago judge refused Ada Gorham a divorce despite calling her husband a brute.
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Washington
Pi— Labor Department
State road commission faces proposed powers shift
Colonel Cunningham urges Governor Conley to strip the road commission of policing and revenue duties and transfer permits, taxation, and enforcement to the Public Service Commission, State Tax Commission, and Department of Public Safety. He notes three departments currently handle road work and argues consolidation will fix accountability and save money, with bus line regulation moved to the public service body and revenue collection streamlined by the tax commission. He cites license abuses, revenue losses, and plate production costs as needing immediate change.
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State Road Commission
Cunningham
Conley
Public Service Commission
Department of Public Safety
Charleston
Cunnyngham
Automobile Bureau
Road Commission
State Tax Commission
Transportation Department
Automobile Department
Cunnyngham Gays
Lars
Cunningham Survey
West Virginia
The
Department Ofublic Safety
Stoae
Moundsville
Industrial School For
Pruntytown
Tam
Commission
Nitro
Ohio
Columbus State Prison
White House Spent Less Money In 1929
Washington July 19 The treasury figures show the executive offices spent 487 250 in fiscal year 1929, down from 589 497 in 1928, while total departmental expenditures rose by 153 176 089. Government wide outlays from ordinary receipts climbed to 3 848 403 189, an increase of 204 944 314.
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Washington
White House
The
Treasury
Angora Fire Ravages Large Part of City
Strong winds fanned flames as a major fire swept Angora today. Firefighters battled the blaze as the city faced extensive damage and evacuation.
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Constantinople
Angora
Floods in Sind Province Kill 20 People
Torrential rains in Sind have caused floods across Hyderabad and surrounding areas in British India. Twenty lives are reported lost, with damage to standing cotton and rice crops and to houses on low lying land. Heavy cattle losses noted.
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Hyderabad
Nizam
Dominions
British India
Sind
Poincare Unable To Attend Parliament Debates Debt Accord
Paris July 19 premier Raymond Poincare did not attend the chamber of deputies opening of debt accord discussions. Physicians advised another day of rest before he returns to the hot atmosphere of parliament as fatigue weighs on him.
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Paris
Raymondo Pincare
Chamber of Deputies
Reprimand Given Youths by Mayor King
Five alleged gangsters were caught late Wednesday night playing seven up at the Grand Theatre rear. They faced arraignment yesterday afternoon, received a reprimand, and were released. The youths named were Daniel MacFarland Leslie Boyce Roy Smallwood Boyd Knight and Howard Shaw. Police cited increased inquiries into local juvenile activities amid reports poker and playing cards were common among youths. Mayor King warned the lads about law violations and the responsibilities of good citizenry.
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Grand Theatre
Cha O- Kine
Iun
Daniel MacFarland
Leslie Boyce
Roy Smallwood
Boyd Knight
Howard Shaw
Earl C. DeMoss
Wallace Henderson
King
Inds
Jail inmate Sam Taylick seen unfit for release after sanity exam
Sam Taylick, arrested Wednesday, underwent a medical exam by Doctors A R and Paul Warden who found no evidence of insanity and recommended jail observation. Captain Morehead said the inmate showed no mental imbalance. At a hearing before Magistrate John J Wittman he attempted to flee but was recaptured and remanded to jail as investigations continued.
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Sam Tov
A. R
Paul Warden
T. Morehead
John J. Wittman
Sam
Wittman
Morehead
Italian City Struck by Quake Tremor
Florence Italy July 19 Florence was shaken by an earthquake at 1002 p m lasting about eight seconds causing damage to walls and roofs in Borgo San Lorenzo Vicenzio Barberino and Pirenza la Crevices appeared in walls but no injuries were reported The quake prompted many to flee homes its epicenter placed about 25 miles away Bologna felt a lighter shock with renewed alarm but no damage reported
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Florence
Italy
Borgo
San Lorenzo
Vicenio
Barberino
Pirenzuola
Bologna
Billion Dollar City Ends Day Two Flight Over Houston
Endurance plane Billion Dollar City, piloted by Glenn L Loomis and Joe Glass, nears completion of its second day aloft after a 1 49 54 a m takeoff on Wednesday. Also report of a 9 20 a m earthquake felt in Belgrade Jugoslavia with epicenter around sixty miles in the Rudo district.
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Houston
Tex
City
Glenn L. Loomis
Joe Glass
Toll Bridge Discontinuance Under Commission Review
Charleston July 19 The Public Service Commission weighed its jurisdiction to approve the discontinuance of an interstate toll bridge and heard Chesapeake and Ohio Railway arguments over the Kenova West Virginia to Catlettsburg Kentucky span. Railroad counsel noted a higher crossing on the Big Sandy river and cited maintenance costs versus revenue with no protests to the plan.
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Charleston
W. Va
Public Service Commission
Chesapeake and’ Ohio
Kenova
H. S. King, Huntington
Big Sandy River
Peelines
Women Dominate Bootlegging in Arkansas Claim
Texarkana report cites Deputy Gurley asserting 75 percent of bootlegging in Arkansas is by women. He says 14 women have been arrested and raiders will be hard boiled, with hundreds more women facing federal judges. He adds many act as agents for husbands or male associates.
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Arkansas
Texarkana
Ark
M. Gurley
Gurley
Calles Plans to Take Rest in New York City
Mexico City dispatches report General Plutarco Elias Calles would travel by train to New York via Texas then board the Ile De France on July 26 to spend months in Europe. The move follows past threats by ex-district attorney John A Walls of Laredo who said Calles could be arrested on a 1922 murder accusation. Walls later said he had no interest if Calles visited Texas en route.
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Mexico City
Plutarco Elsay Calles
New York
Texas
John A.walls
Laredo
Tex
Arest
Calles
Ile de France
Europe
Valls
Rivaro Obregon
Lar Ledo
Plutarco Elias Callen
Mexico
Webb County
John A. Valli
Walls
Berger Is Reported Steadily Improving After Accident
Milwaukee July 19. Victor L. Berger 69, former Socialist congressman, was reported steadily improving after a skull fracture suffered when struck by a street car Tuesday. Attending physicians expressed optimism that barring complications he could recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Victor L. Berger
Todj
Physicrians
Pittsburgh Divorce Suit Seeks McBride Divorce
Mrs. Helen M. McBride of Pittsburgh seeks a divorce from James A. McBride of McBride Glass Company Schlem West Virginia. She accuses cruelty after their marriage June 24 1922 and separation July 5 1928.
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Pittsburgh
Helen M. McBride
James A. McBride
McBride Glass Company
Schlem
W. Va
Mcbrides
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Denver
POSSE
Man
L. Stitt
Bridgeport, O
P. T. Crickenborger
Transportation
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Louis
Tariff
Chicago
Ada Gorham
Poincare
Alt
Jugoslavi
Rudo
Berger
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