Thirteen Officers Enter Pleas Not Guilty in Stark Death
Thirteen Nassau county police officers were arraigned and pleaded not guilty to indictments charging manslaughter first degree assault second degree and being accessory to a felony in the third degree death of robbery suspect Hyman Stark. The body was exhumed for autopsy and District Attorney Edwards said the exhumation aimed to determine if Stark’s Adam’s apple fracture could have been caused by a heel.
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Mineola
Naagau County
Hyman Stark
Edwards
Stark
Quake Registered On Fordham Seismograph
A strong earthquake was recorded on Fordham University seismograph in New York described as quite severe. The first shock occurred at 4 19 a m East 8 T and the last at 4 25 a m The disturbance was logged 2560 miles from New York in a southeasterly direction.
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New York
Fordham University
Capital's disheartened veterans retreat from Washington
The bonus army shrinks to a fragment along Pennsylvania Avenue as eviction looms by midnight. Veterans Affairs—through the land office—moves 6,000 homebound by tonight, while factions clash on how to handle orders. Talks of force and court stays loom, with possible marshal actions and even federal troops requested.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Veterans Administration
C Frank
T. Hines
Admnistrator ‘of Veterans Affairs
Fate
W. W. Waters
United States
District of Colombia
Waters
California
Roy W. Robertson
Arthur Scott
Us Angeles
Robertson
Doolittle Begins Dawn Flight Commemorating Postal Anniversary
Major James Doolittle, coast-to-coast air record holder, departed Boston at 3:25 a m on a proposed dawn to dusk 2900 mile flight through 34 states to New York City. Miss Anne Madison Washington accompanied him as they trace Washington's historical route with mail drops planned at Point Pleasant West Virginia and Oniontown Pennsylvania.
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Boston
Mass
James Doolittle
U. S. Postal Service
Anne Madison Washington
George Washington
Doolittle
Washington
New York City
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Oniontown
Prussia Denied Bid to Restrain Von Papen
Leipsic July 25 The supreme court declined Prussia requests for an injunction to restrain Chancellor Franz von Papen from interfering with state government. The action followed Hindenburg emergency decree installing Papen as commissioner and ousting Prussian ministers. Reports also note three deaths in Julich Tyrier and Elbing.
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Leipsic
Germany
Supreme Court
Prussia
Franz i von Papen
Paul von Hindenburg
Bertin
Julich
Tyrier
Elbing
Medaryville flier recalls 18 days in jungle crisis
Clarence L. McElroy of Medaryville, badly injured in a June plane crash in Oaxaca, relays his 18 day ordeal in the jungle. Semi paralyzed, he crawled through a storm wreckage, tended by Dr A R Goodman, and waited for rescue after seeing Roy Gordon dead and guiding himself toward safety. The tale continues on page five.
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Mexico City
Medaryville
Ind
Clarence L. McElroy
Oaxaca State
McElroy
San Geronimo
Richard ,McElroy
Joseph E. Ryden
A. R. Goodman
Honduras
Roy Gordon
Tegucigalpa
Gordon
Grafton Fire Whistle Out Of Service On Sundays
A boiler at the B and O shops powering the city siren is down for repairs for several Sabbaths leaving Grafton without its Sunday fire whistle. Firemen fear delays in alarms and discuss buying a special whistle and electric motor to operate it.
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Grafton
Gronau Tops To Immigrate In Six Hour Flight
Copenhagen reports Capt. Wolfgang Von Gronau flew from Reykjavik Iceland to Ivigtut Greenland in six hours, arriving after crossing inland fields. The German aviator started from Iceland yesterday and completed the remarkable endurance flight.
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Gronau
Imigtut
Copenhagen
Wolfgang von’ Gronau
Fiteryi
Germany
Chicago
Ivigtut
Greenland
von Gronau
Fron Reykjavik
Iceland
Woman Fires At Kin Who Tries to Stop Her Suicide
In Wheeling on July 25 Mrs Katherine McDonnell aged 47 fired at her cousin Peter Moran 45 who interrupted her suicide attempt before a mirror. Moran fled then returned with aid to discover McDonnell had shot herself through the heart. Coroner Dr Walter Morrison cited a nervous breakdown. Surviving relatives include T J Donnell Oklahoma City son Thomas Oklahoma City and three daughters Mary McGavis Oklahoma City Mrs Martin Elwood Wheeling and Miss Jeannette McDonnell Clarksburg.
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Wheeling
Katherine McDonnell
Peter Moran
McDonnell
Walter Morrison
T. J. Donnell
Oklahoma
Citty. A
Thomas
Oklahoma City
Mary McGavis
Martin Elwood
Jeannette McDonnell
Clarksburg
Elks Forego State Meet As Economy Move
West Virginia Elks will skip the annual state convention this year to save costs. A weekday business meeting will be held instead with state president John F Brown to set the place and date. Annual membership dues have been reduced by one third.
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Clarksburg
West Virginia
Elks
John F. ‘Brown
Elkins
Big antitrust suit tests how far industry can combine
In Asheville a weeklong open court contest over limiting industry combinations begins. Appalachian Coals Incorporated, a proposed general selling agency for 137 coal firms, seeks to regulate sales in the Southern high volatile coal fields spanning Tennessee Kentucky Virginia and parts of West Virginia. The case could set a precedent for other sectors like lumber and copper. Appalachian Coals represents about 70 percent of the region's 1929 100 million ton output.
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Washington
Asheville
N. C
Appalachian Coals, Incorporated
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Williamson, Logan and
Kanawha
West Virginia
Appalachian Coals Incorporated
Bullet warns pastor to leave hilltop house
July 25 1972 Hornell N Y bullet holes struck a clergyman’s hat as tenants fled a hilltop house haunted by a so called phantom rifleman Lieutenant Gerald Waine of the state police said the unseen rifleman appeared determined to keep the property occupied a note found near the well warned Rev Herman Lee Henderson to stay away from the well a threat accompanied by a rifle bullet that tore through the air and lifted the clergyman’s hat from his head.
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Hornell
Gerald Waine
State Police
Herman Lee
Henderson
Three Die As Auto Plunges From Bridge Near Ziesing
In Clarksburg July 28 two men and a woman died when their car plunged over the Ziesing bridge abutment into the West Fork river. Charles B. Garrett 39 a B&O bridge crewman from Pennsboro James Lambert 43 a B&O track foreman from Pennsboro and Pearl Morgan 26 of Smithfield were named among the deceased. Mrs Daisy Booker Stutler 24 of Salem remained missing today after riding as a passenger. Several relatives and acquaintances were listed among those on an excursion from Grafton to Niagara Falls.
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Clarksburg
Ziesing
Daisy Booker Stutler
Salem
Zilesing Bridge
West Fork River
Charles B. Garriell
Baltimore & Ohio
Pennsboro
Record Low July Heat Drops After Weekend Spike
Weather notes show Mercury fell from 83 Sunday to 49 overnight, with prior lows 69 Thursday, 63 Friday, 59 Saturday, and 49 Sunday. Highs reached near 93 Friday, within 1.5 of that figure Saturday, then cooled. Cool, clear nights cut City Park attendance while many fled to Deep Creek Lake area for relief.
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Dame
W. “Chay
City Park
Deep Creek Lake
Fear 10 Lost When Boat Overturns in Breakers
Saignan Michigan reports a boating accident where ten are feared lost after a breakwater overturn. A confusing crisis surrounds a father who killed two children and shot at his wife, then turned the gun on himself. Neighbors heard possible shots and police suspect the incident occurred Saturday morning.
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Saignan
Mich
Jackson
Tragedy At Eureka Coast Picnic Aboard Speed Craft
Eureka Calif July 25 CPI Ten persons were believed drowned when ocean breakers overturned a speed craft carrying a picnic party at the mouth of Eel river near Here yesterday. Five bodies were recovered. one more is shown to have drowned and four remain missing. Seven were rescued. The boat carried members of the picnic party.
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Eureka
Calif
CPI
Eel River
Here
Sever
Ann
President Hoover Resumes Duties After Rapidan Rest
President Hoover returns to the White House and his desk after a weekend of rest at his Rapidan mountain camp. He resumes official duties following the leisure period, signaling a return to national responsibilities.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Rapidan Mountain
Stock market breaks out of narrow trading range
New York on July 25 reports the stock market rising from two months of narrow trading to its best average since May. Tobacco, oils, steels, utilities and rails advanced one to more than two points amid speculation shorts are unnerved by anticipated dividend decisions and potential earnings strength. Major movers included U.S. Steel preferred, Bethlehem, American Telephone, Norfolk & Western, Standard of New Jersey and American Water Works.
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New York
Shorts
Steel
U. Steel
Bethlehem
American Telephone
Norfolk & Western
Standard of New Jersey
American Water Works
Willard Faces Hurdle Reaching Hoover for Lunch
Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, struggled to keep a luncheon with President Hoover today. He was stopped at the White House gates due to potential demonstrations by Ponus marchers but was admitted after identification.
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Willard
Washington
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Hoov
White House
Ponus
Borah Proposes World War Debt Revision Plan
Washington notes Borah calls for an international conference to revise or cancel postwar debts in connection with disarmament and monetary policy. Hoover and State Department offered no comment while European capitals greeted the idea with cautious interest amid ongoing interwar finance debates.
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Washington
Atlantic
Borah
United States
Congress
Hoover
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Borai
Rapidan
State Department
Borsh
Chailinge
Becuse
Capitol Hill
Europe
Taxpayers Await Report on State Pocketbook Probe
Charleston July 25. Taxpayers await a formal report from the legislative economy committee on the state's pocketbook. The panel reportedly found an I O U for 2,500,000 and may propose reductions, with a full report due to the legislature tomorrow.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Legislative Economy Committee
Stray bullets wound girl off Lake Michigan
Stray bullets from a marine rifle range off Lake Michigan wounded Rose Peterson, 23, of Evanston, as a Wellington Quirk owned yacht carrying a party headed for Winthrop Harbor was struck. The incident near Waukegan delayed motion as bullets hit the yacht and Miss Peterson suffered a gunshot wound to the leg.
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Waukegan
Til
Cam Logan
Lake Michigan
Wellington Quirk
Evanston
Winthrop Harbor
Rose Peterson
Report On West Virginia Taxes And State Cut Plans
History making events may shape West Virginia politics this week as a joint committee plans a Tuesday report with recommended government expense cuts and a proposed constitutional amendment on broad property classification. The proposal caps levies on various property types, with a split between the houses on certain provisions, reflecting long running political debate.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Iscon
Explosion rocks Pickwick Greyhound garage in St Louis
A heavy blast at the Pickwick Greyhound Bus Lines garage in downtown St Louis injured ten men, seriously one, and left one missing. About 25 workers were present as a gasoline tank ignited, bursting the front of the building. Damages estimated at 50,000 dollars as firemen battled the blaze and debris search continued.
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St.Louis
Plekewick-Greyhound Bus Lines, Inc
St. Louis
Pickwick-Grev
Hound
Firoras
Tescoots
Ore Woman Killed in Crash. Three Men Hurt in Oregon
Parsons July 25 A local wreck today left Mrs Ella Comstock 35 of Hendricks dead when a car driven by Garrett Summerfield overturned near Bragkesville. Ottis Jh ra and Afertin Dinsmore, 24, of Mackeyville, are held pending charges related to the collision.
Democratic candidates for repeal West Virginia congressmen
Charleston July 25 A Charleston Gazette poll of six Democratic Congressional candidates across West Virginia shows unified support for repealing the Eighteenth Amendment in line with the party platform. Ramsay Randolph Horners Johnson Kee Smith and their statements affirm repeal and adherence to party stance. Estimates also note Tennessee traffic decisions cost over 13.5 million dollars annually.
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Charleston
Charleston Gazette
Demoscrat
Congress
West Virginia
Jennings Randolph
Elkins
Lynn
Horners
Clarksburg
Chicago
George W. Johnson
Parkers Bre
John Kee
Bluefield
Joe L. Smith
Beckley
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Postal
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Iflier
Clarence McElroy
King
Appalachain Coals, Inc
Bullet
Lerdyman
Zeising Bridge
George Favish
Cecil Mason
Messie
Fred
John Forcello
Joe Evans
Fred Grimes
Niagara Falls
Mercury
Michigan
Legion
Lake Shore
House
Pickwick Bus
Robert L. Ramsay
Bec
First District
Tenness Seeans
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