Long Sought Gangster Hunted Again in Cleveland
Erie police and Ohio authorities chased a yellow Auburn sedan suspected of carrying Alvin Karpis. A motorcycle officer reported a high speed run toward Cleveland and possible cross into Canada. Police described two occupants and sought to intercept the fugitive in Ohio and Pennsylvania roads west of Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Alvin Karpis
Aime Kindle
Clevelan
Canada
Rinion J. M
Buffalo
Cleveland
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Karpis
Edward G. Bremer
St. Paul
Beauty Sleep Delays Court In City Hall Outing
Police court could not be held at city hall as Marie Combs was carried to county jail after a 12 05 AM arrest in front of the courthouse. She was so intoxicated jail attendants and officers carried her to the third floor women's quarters. Mayor E Otto Waugh postponed her arraignment until 4 PM and two other cases were set for later. John Ross, colored, arrested on Latrobe Street after midnight for indecent exposure and intoxication, faces a possible jail sentence this afternoon after previously being fined six dollars for drunkenness and failing to pay on time. Continued on page five.
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Marie Combs
Marie
A. E. Vockard
E. Otto Waugh
Virgil Poe
Lockard
Bel
Waugh
John
John Ross
Latrobe Street
Ros
Waugh Why
Institution Day at Pruntytown School with Kump address
Institution Day plans at the state Boys Industrial School for August 17 include an old fashioned barn dance with top fiddlers and an address by Governor H G Kump. R P Bell says 2000 expected. efforts to house, feed, and park attendees are underway with broadcast of the talk via WMMN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pruntytown School
Kump
Boys’ Industrial School
R. P. Bell
H. G. Kump
Institution
WMMN
Fairmont
Hill-Billy Boys Hoax Shocks Big City Cops and Papers
Parsons July 27 two young brothers Robert Maxwell Poe nine and William Lawrence eleven from West Virginia traveled 165 miles to Pittsburgh by tricycle. They spoke with hill billy twang, described pappy and the old man, chewed terbacker and smoked corncobs. Police kept them overnight in a detention home before locating their uncle Stephen. big city papers printed their tale, then billed as a hoax.
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Parsons
West Virginia
Pittsburgh
Robert Maxwell Poe
William Lawrence
Stephen
Beys
Husband Beats Wife With Mattock in Suspected Delirium
Mrs Eva Snyder 46 of Jackson's Mill was hospitalized with mattock wounds after her husband B Frank Snyder 55 rose from bed and attacked her, sheriff said the man appeared deranged. Mrs Snyder mother of seven may not recover, doctors stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston
Eva Snyder
Jackson's Mill
Akien
B. Frank Snyder
Ralph E. McDonald
Snyder
McDonald
Snyer
William Janes Undergoes Major Operation in Parkersburg
Parkersburg report states local attorney William Janes member of the House of Delegates from Barbour county underwent a major operation yesterday in a Parkersburg hospital. The operation was successful and he is progressing well.
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Philippi
William Janes
House of Delegates
Barbour County
Parkersburg
Sleeper Plane Crashes Near Nashville Airport Injures Three
An American Airlines sleeper plane en route from Fort Worth to Cleveland overshot Nashville Sky Harbor and crashed into trees and brush. Three people were slightly injured, including Miss W McDaniel of St Albans and Emil Schitanski of Mexico City. H T Stein of Newark slept through the incident. W S Rae of Pittsburgh was also among the injured and nine others went on to Cleveland on a reserve plane.
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Nashville, Tenn
American Airlines
Fort Worth
Cleveland
Sky Harbor
Here
H. T. Stein
Newark
W. McDaniel
St. Albans
W. Va
Emil Schitanski
Mexico City
W. S. Rae
Pittsburgh
Cloudburst Devastates Four West Virginia Counties
A July cloudburst in Braxton and Lewis counties washed out bridges flooded fields and damaged property across Duffy Ireland Falls Run and Bulltown. The Falls Run church foundation collapsed and debris fouled trees while haystacks were swept away and state Route 35 Burnsville and Route 19 Braxton were halted. Geore Wilson reported about 12008 dollars in highway damage from Flat Rock Mason county where three inches fell.
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Weston
Braxton
Lewis
Duffy
Ireland
Falls Run
Bulltown
Burnsville
Flat Rock
Mason County
Geore Wilson
Communist clash as flag ripped from Bremen liner in Hudson
Communists ripped the German flag bearing a swastika from the bow of the liner Bremen in the Hudson River near New York and hurled it into the water. A massive brawl erupted involving nearly 2,000 protesters and 375 police, with one man shot and several officers injured. The fight spilled into streets in front of West 47th Street and continued as police attempted to move crowds before the Bremen’s sailing at 12:30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bremen
West 47Th Street
West 44Th Street
West 46Th Street
14 Year Old Held For Sale of Narcotics
Huntington July 27 two of seven arrested by federal agents in narcotics raids prepare for arraignment today before U S Commissioner G R Heffley. The boy, 14, is described as the youngest person ever arrested for narcotics sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Kelly
Baltimore
Stepmother Indicted As Poisoner In Greenbrier
Greenbrier county grand jury indicted Mrs Conner Beller of East Rainelle on murder charges after her stepson Lloyd 16 died from poison ingested with candy. Arrested in April on a state police warrant, he died March 24 at Hinton hospital. His brothers Paul 14 and Murrell 12 were ill at home and admitted to the infirmary after eating the candy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisburg
Greenbrier County
Conner Beller
East
Rainelle
Lloyd
M.M. Bardon
Hinton
Paul
Murrell
Wet-Dry Election Blocked in Barbour County
Barbour County court officials deny a special election on the wet-dry issue in Barbour County after attorneys Luke Boyles D D Stemple and William T. George argued against holding a July request. The Philippi meeting followed the opposition to the proposed vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippi
Barbour County
Harry Mason
D. D. Stemple
William T. George
Five of Six Escaped Prisoners Are Caught
Cadiz Ohio July 27 five of six men who broke out of Harrison county jail were rounded up early today by a posse. Sheriff Archer F Hedges said only Charles Edgar Smith age 34 remained at large after hunger drove the escapees from swamp lands west of the city.
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Cadiz
Harrison County
Archer F. Hedges
Charles Edgar Smith
Here
Howard Robb
Earl Jones
Joseph Horner
Guy Carson
Gene Denton
Floyd’ Hython
Sane in Mind or Not, Slayer Faces Worcester Murder Trial
Newell Paige Sherman, a 240-pound Worcester man known as a Don Juan, is deemed sane by psychiatrists while awaiting trial for his wife's murder. He allegedly drowned her to pursue his romance with Esther Magill, 17, a factory worker connected to his employment.
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Newell Paige Sherman
Don Juan
Worcester
Mass
Sherman
Esther Magill
Stunter dies during first ocean air blast stunt in California
Ocean Park, July 27. A cannon used to fire a human projectile into the air was impounded as authorities investigate the death of stunt man William C. Miller of New York. Miller was killed on his first attempt to perform the feat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean Park
Calif
William C. Miller
New York
Condemned Slayer Awaits Prison Trip in West Virginia
Princeton West Virginia July 27 Craft Belcher 23 sits in a jail cell after Judge John M McGrath sentenced him to death for the slaying of Myrtle Taylor 19 last May 11 Belcher will be taken to the state penitentiary at Moundsville to await execution on September 20 He told his attorney B L Phillips you did all you could for me after the verdict and refused to testify keeping silence about the case.
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Princeton
W. Va
John M. McGrath
Craft Belcher
State Penitentiary
Moundsville
B. L. Phillips
Myrtle Taylor
Belcher
Rotary speaker reviews Grafton transient bureau data
Buel K Grow director of the city transient bureau spoke at the Rotary club dinner in the Hotel Grafton. He said the Grafton bureau is the third largest by enrollment in the state and outlined six months of activity with 562 registrations at the home including 3 074 men from out of state and 5 women from out of state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grow
U. S
Grafton
Bureau
West Virginia
Fog blamed for fatal crash near Pruntytown
Joseph Bernard Smith 23 of Clarksburg died when his Ford coupe left Route 50 in heavy fog and crashed into a telephone pole half a mile west of Pruntytown. Two musician companions escaped serious injury. Smith, a Hazel Atlas Glass employee and trumpet player, left a widow Mildred, and a two year old son, Paul Thomas. Surviving as well is his father Thomas I. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pruntytown
Joseph Bernard Smith
Clarksburg
Smith
Cozy Mesa
Pruntytown Hill
Mr. Smith
Hazel Atlas Glass Company
Mildred Mar~lin
Paul Thomas
Thomas I. Smith
State liquor store shows large profit
Charleston July 27 UP The liquor control commission reported a net profit of 119966.23 for the first four months of operation of a state monopoly on liquor sales. Receipts totaled 569913.56 from sales and 33313.95 from permits licenses and discounts. Expenses included 357629.29 for liquor 60741.11 operating costs and 38890.78 overhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Jliquor Control Commission
R. E., Kelly
Division of Finance
Fifty Reported Killed In Italian Powder Plant
An explosion at the Bickford Smith munitions factory in Varese Italy reportedly killed about fifty workers this afternoon. Officials and rescuers rushed to the scene as authorities began inquiries into the blast and its cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varese
Italy
Bickford-Smith
Aged Man Withstands Police Tear Gas Bombs
Huntington dispatch reports Alex Ratcliff a 60 year old man withstood tear gas used by police to disperse a mob at his home. Officers jailed Ratcliff for investigation after he barred doors wielded a hatchet and axe and refused to emerge despite five gas bombs ignited the residence. Neighbors later advised that officers had departed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ratecliff
England Wins Opening Davis Cup Singles at Wimbledon
Great Britain opened the Davis Cup defense with H. W. Bunny Austin defeating Wilmer Allison of the United States in five sets 6-2 2-6 4-6 6-3 7-5 before a crowd of more than 15,000 at Wimbledon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wimbledon
Eng
Great Britain
H. W. (Bunny) Austin
Wilmer Allison
United States
Lias case sent to jurors in tax evasion trial
William Lias known as Numbers King faced a jury in Elkins for evading $21,000 in 1931 income taxes. Judge Baker instructed jurors to require proof of tax due, deliberate evasion, and willfulness, and allowed not guilty if Lias was in Petersburg reformatory and told to file and pay. The defense claimed Lias as a government prisoner at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins
William
Bill
William Lins
Lins
Reformatory
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