Man named Dascanio linked to steel mill killings
Steubenville reports a 49 year old worker, David Dascanio, alias Dasco, was found with a .38 revolver strapped to his waist. Ballistics tie the weapon to three murders and one wounding at Wheeling Steel mill. He allegedly stated Germans should be killed, and the victims bore German names. Police, after long questioning, note prior release after initial arrest.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Ballstics
David Dascanio
Dasco
Dascanio
Dascanto
Fred Melsheimer
James Barnett
Ray Kochendorfer
William Messer
Kochendorfer
Messer
Deny Reports Hindenburg Gravely Sick in Berlin
Berlin reports say President Paul von Hindenburg is not gravely ill though alarm spread after notices from Neudeck and Bayreuth. A medical council saw him July 1 after Hitler purge actions. public appearances suggested weakness and cane support amid precarious health.
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Berlin
Paul von Hindenberg
Germany
von Hindenberg
Neudeck
Bayreuth
Hitler
von. Hindenburg
Uiblic
Beech Street Bridge Hit Run In Beevy Valley Scene
Police seek driver of unknown car after it struck Robert Gramm of Route 6 on Beech street bridge over the Tygart Valley river. Gramm claimed he signaled to stop and stayed to the right, while the other car from West Side plowed into his front end. The offender, allegedly intoxicated, left after threats. license number obtained. Continued on page six.
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Robert Gram
Route 6
Beech Street
Tygart Valley
Grimm
William F Scott jailed for 60 days after guilty plea
William F. Scott of Grafton received a 60 day county jail term a $25 fine and costs and one year license revocation after pleading guilty to drunken driving. He allegedly endangered two pedestrians on Route 56 near Webster before fleeing toward Barbour County. Deputy Batson and State Trooper Wamsley recovered him and the case continued.
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William F. Scott
U. S. 56
Webster
Justice of the Peace
Batson
W. G. Wamsley
Barbour County
Scott
Ersel Poling
Route 5
Philippi
Chamber Leader Praises Subistence Homesteads Project
Washington July 30 Henry L Harriman president of US Chamber of Commerce praised the administration stance on subsistence homesteads calling it the most fundamental movement. Harriman had just returned from Leena Perna ville W Va where with Mrs Roosevelt aid one of the first subsistence ventures was started. Dr William A Wirt of Gary Ind attacked it as communistic during a house committee hearing.
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Washington
Henry L. Harriman
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Harriman
Leena Perna
Fleeing Reform School Boys Captured After Escape Attempt
Three reform school youths fled Pruntytown yesterday afternoon but were soon caught on the Bernhold curve by State Trooper W G Wamsley and Deputy Sheriff Harry Batson. Names not released by Superintendent R P Bell. Powell search continues. two inmates David Brune and Albert Nichols confess involvement and Powell may have fled with them. Authorities doubt murder theory. Powell may still contact Huntington family. The two alleged slayers remain jailed, insisting Powell was killed in a stoning and river burial.
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Reform School
Pruntytown
W. G. Wamsley
Harry Batson
Bernhold
R. P. Bell
Powell
James Powell
Trusty
David Brune
Albert Nichols
Huntington
West Virginia Auto Dealers Push Semi Annual Vehicle Inspection
The Automobile Dealers Association of West Virginia urges a state law for semi annual automobile inspections. Its legislative committee also proposes adopting a state FERA code law for automobile dealers and plans to present the program to the next legislature.
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Charleston
Automobile Dealers Association of
West Virginia
Association
West Coast Strike Ends Tuesday Morning
The Pacific coast longshoremen strike ends as 12,000 workers from Bellingham to San Diego vote to return to work at 8 am Tuesday. Marine workers may follow, easing the threat of National Guard intervention in Portland. Arbitration will set hiring hall control and wage and condition demands.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Bellingham
Wash
San Diego
Cal
National
Portland
Ore
Julius L. Meier
International Longshoremen’s Association
Jackson to quit in race for governor
Baltimore report says mayor Howard W. Jackson prepared to withdraw from the Democratic gubernatorial contest due to insurmountable political difficulties. The Sun cites a top Jackson camp source noting pressure from the Ritchie machine and Radcliff boom impacts. Remaining candidates include Governor Albert C. Ritchie and Dr. Charles H. Conley with Radcliff seeking the Senate nomination.
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Baltimore
Howard W. Jackson
Baltimore Sun
the Sun
Jackson
Radcliff
The
Sun
Ritchie
George L. Radcliff
Albert C. Ritchie
Charles H. Conley
Frederick
Canley
Gilbert Miller Dies By Own Action At Coffman Residence
Gilbert Miller aged 52 a bricklayer and Hazel Atlas glass plant worker in the First ward died by hanging at his Coffman home eight miles west of the city yesterday around 2 pm His daughter Loretta five found him after missing her father The belt tied to a bedpost with improvised noose caused death by strangulation Dr A R Warden ruled the death and no inquest was held Miller had been staying at E H Daviss restaurant on Latrobe street and had recently worked at the glass plant
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Gilbert Miller
Hazel-Atlas Glass
First Ward
Coffman
Loretta
A. R. Warden
Miller
Hazel-Atlas
E. H. Davis
Latrobe Street
Fred Robinson
Tygart’s Valley
Nine Convicts Escape From Texas Prison Farm
Nine convicts including a life-term from Dallas escaped from the Harlan state prison farm in Pt Bend County, 20 miles from Houston, this morning. With Captain A N Owens away, eight possemen searched the river bottom as the break occurred around 2 a m. The men, all trusties, chopped a hole in the trusty building. a guard discovered the break after the escape.
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Houston
Dallas
Harlan
Pt. Bend County
A. N. Owens
Accuse Clem's Mate of Being Against F D R
Charleston July 30 A statement charging that Mrs. Clem Shaver wife of a Democratic candidate for the United States senatorial nomination had publicly opposed President Roosevelt's nomination prior to the Chicago convention was issued last night by Mrs. Ann Johnson Gates secretary of the Kanawha County Democratic Executive Committee. Mrs. Gates said the women of the state should examine the public declarations of his wife which have not been repudiated by Mr. Shaver. The statement followed remarks by James Parley national chairman who said Shaver was an early Roosevelt supporter. Mrs. Gates asserted Shaver would back Roosevelt and his policies if nominated and elected, and that some party women sought to uncover past facts about Shaver's stance. She noted Mrs. Shaver attacked Roosevelt's candidacy days before the Chicago convention. Continued on page 51x
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Charleston
Clem Shaver
United States
Pres. Roosevelt
Chicago
Ann Johnson Gates
Kanawha County
Democratic Executive Committee
Shaver
National Committee
James A. Farley
Mr. Roosevelt
Paralytic Admits He Shot Dog Abuser in Gruesome Case
John McCash, 24, crippled and crawling, told police he shot his friend George Meier, 40, at Meier’s home after Meier allegedly beat McCash’s dog. Meier was found wounded six times and in critical condition.
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St. Louis
John McCash
George Meier
McCash
Meler
Sterilization Law Challenged By Paroled Man
McAlester Oklahoma July 30 The state will test the validity of Oklahoma s sterilization law aimed at habitual criminals The challenge centers on George Wrinkler a 38 year old burglar whose term ends early next year The law could affect more than 300 convicts and provides for hearings before the State Board of Affairs upon warden recommendations An appeal can go to District Court and then the State Supreme Court which has already upheld the part applying to hereditary or recurrent forms of in continu ed on page two.
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McAlester
Okla
Oklahoma
George Wrinkler
State Board of Affairs
District Court
State Supreme Court
Forty Nazis raid hospital in bid to abduct Rintelen
Vienna reports forty Nazi gunmen invaded the General Hospital to seize ex minister Dr. Anton Rintelen amid coup rumors. He survived a supposed self inflicted wound as police and Heimwehr captured several raiders. others escaped. The unrest followed Dollfuss assassination and a Nazi takeover assertion.
One Man Holds Fate Of Stock Yards Strike
Chicago July 30 A lone decision by William Collins organizer of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen of North America could halt 8400 workers in Chicago’s major plants and 800 strikers from quitting in sympathy as federal mediators push for arbitration to end a week long stockyards strike. Union leaders withheld immediate action while meat packing operations stall awaiting word.
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Cne
Chicago
William Collins
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen
North America
Collins
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