O Connell Kidnapping Ends After $40000 Ransom Paid
Lieut John J O Connell Jr 24 nephew of Albany Democratic leaders was released after abductors paid a $40000 ransom in marked bills He was held 23 days and examined by a physician finding no evidence of doping The case remains under police investigation with three men questioned by District Attorney John T Delaney and another taken into custody in Albany New York July 31
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Albany
N. J
John J. O'Connell
National Guard
Leutenant
Dan O'Connell
John T. Delaney
Delaney
Bang
N.X
Ouly
John J.nell
Albany Times
R Vreleased
Young O’connell
Young O'Connell
New York
Cury
Putnam Street
Holderberg
Dan P. O'Connell
Woman Blown To Pieces In Lane Explosion Near Portersville
A lone lane explosion near Perry Highway three miles from Portersville ripped apart a car and killed a woman. Police found car license PA JL697 tied to James Rubricht, a Harmony garage owner, while parts and body fragments were scattered up to hundreds of feet away. The case involves Mrs Rubricht living with the Annabels in New Castle and a man who picked up Mrs Rubricht last night. Authorities planned to bring the Annabels to the scene to help identify the victim.
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Lonely Lane
Portersville
Perry Highway
Petersville
Pennsylvania
James Rubricht
Harmony
G. D. Annabel
New Castel
Annabel
William O. Bolin Named Taylor Road Supervisor
Fifty five newly appointed county road supervisors will meet with Road Commissioner Ernest L. Bailey in Charleston on Tuesday for the first discussion of the reorganized state highway system. The meeting will outline duties of the supervisors named Saturday and discuss the state's program, with Mortimer W. Smith of Clarksburg designated as district engineer.
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Charleston
Ernest L. Bailey
Bailey
Mortimer W. Smith
Clarks
Old Chemical Alliance To Aid Recovery
New York July 31 The chemical industry reactivated the old Chemical Alliance to aid the recovery program under theWar era act. W B Bell of American Dynamid Co serves as president in a statement from Dynamid outlining the reorganization to handle emergencies under the recovery act while not interfering with existing trade groups. Wheat testing 65 pounds to the bushel was harvested on a Plainview Texas farm.
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New York
Chemical Industry
W. B. Bell
American Dynamid Company
Chemical Alliance
Dynamid Company
Plain View
Texas
Six States Adopt Death Penalty For Kidnapping
A survey shows six states have increased to death the penalty for kidnapping as commonwealths and the federal government unite to intensify crime laws. Missouri recently sentenced an abductor to death, while the fed tightened laws to make sending extortion ransom by mail a federal offense. Police worldwide organized to pool data and speed up apprehension of criminals.
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Sey Commonwealths
Fed
Missouri
International World Police
Purported Film Kidnap Plot Untrue in Hollywood Story
Los Angeles officials say a 30 hour grilling failed to prove an unnamed man's claim that Charles Arthur Floyd a.k.a. Pretty Boy Floyd plotted to abduct Richard Barthelmess daughter Mary. The man admitted he invented the tale to seek a reward.
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Los Angeles
Charles Arthur
Pretty Boy
Hardware and paint stores announce new cooperation hours
Gratton hardware and paint stores pledge cooperation with President Roosevelt s N R A program to boost employment and improve conditions. Opening hours begin at 7 A M and close at 4 P M for five days a week. Saturdays 7 A M to 6 P M. Evans Hardware, Taylor County Hardware, The Paint Store, W A Woodyard Lumber Co, Lee Bonnett and Son.
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Gratton Hardware and Paint
Roosevelt
Evans Hardware
E. F. Clark
Taylor County Hardware Co
W. A. Woodyard Lumber Co
Lee Bonnett and San
Oil Industry to Hear Federal Regulation Plan Tonight
The oil industry awaits Hugh S. Johnson recovery administration plans to regulate production, raise pay, and shorten hours. If proposed, James A. Moffett may head the oil industry administration with backing from Walter C. Teagle of Standard Oil. Producers and refiners could not agree on a code of fair competition, leading to government supervision over crude flow and coordinated state and federal programs. Continued on Page Six.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
James A. Moffett
Walter C. Teagle
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Industrial Administration
Hugh 8. Johnson
Johnson
Interior Department
Ickes
Reconstruction Corp reports June loans near 120 million
Washington July 31 the reconstruction corporation reported to congress that during June it authorized loans aggregating almost 120,000,000. The monthly tally shows 349 new advances and several increases in existing loans. Banks and trust companies received 38,841,466 including 21,474,583 to aid in reorganizing or liquidating closed banks.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
Congress
Trimble
House
Balbo Delays Departure of Italian Sea Squadron
Strong wind keeps Gen Italo Balbo at Newfoundland point as he delays sailing for Valencia I Island. Italian air and sea squadron arrival from the United States occurred yesterday. The next leg is about 1 800 miles away toward Valencia.
Ten Guardsmen Patrol as Strike Tensions Rise
Brownsville Pa July 31 Fresh disorders flare in western Pennsylvania coal field as new walkouts push strikers beyond twenty thousand. Governor Pinchot invites strike leaders and H C Frick Coke president Thomas Moses to Harrisburg to seek peace. Militia may be reinforced with three more companies. Major General Hannon surveys the area as Sheriff Hackney steps back from guarding the sector.
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Brownsville
Pennsylvania
al Ofrd Pinchot
Thos. Moses
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Harrisburg
Fayette County
National
Secretary Roper's Son Weds In California
James H. Roper engineer and son of the secretary of commerce married Elizabeth May Armstrong librarian in San Leandro California. First shipments of peaches and apples from Georgia orchards in 1933 were reported the same day.
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Roper
California
Oakland
Cal
James H. Roper
Secretary of Commerce
Elizabeth May Armstrong
Georgia
Auctioneers Voice Heard Over Eight Miles Atop Cumberland Gap
Lee Chrisman, a 32 year old Kentucky farmer, set a claimed world record by shouting from Cumberland Gap peak to echo across Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia. Judges in each state heard his voice travel eight miles from the starting point as he yelled yee hoos, with listeners in all three states confirming the feat.
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Cumberland Gap
Tenn
Lee Chrisman
Kentucky
Danville
Tennessee
Virginia
Chrisman
Christman
Herman Smith
Middlesboro
Agreement Flexibility in U S Wage Code Hearings
Washington July 31 Thousands of workers nationwide face wage gains this week as hearings on a steel code test NRA machinery. Frances Perkins leads a major code review while President Roosevelts appeal expands employment. In Chicago area 100000 workers may be affected by new signing of re employment pacts. Interpretations will clarify paragraph two affecting clerical and store workers across industries.
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Washington
America
National Recovery Administration
Frances Perkins
Ro Ras
Recuvery Administration
Chicago
Department of Commerce
R Rosevelt
Susion
St. Louis
Missouri
San Francisco
Standard Oil Company of California
Associated Oil of
California
Be Sure To Read Miller's Ad On Back Page
Miller promotes offers on the back page of the issue, urging readers to inspect the advertisements for deals and notices. The item functions as a brief reader prompt and highlights a page-wide promotional invitation without listing specific products.
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Miller’s
Weather forecast mostly fair with warm temps ahead
Generally fair and continuing warmth tonight and Tuesday with a chance of thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon in the north portion.
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North Portion
Fear 30 Dead In an eon Blast. Today
Brunn Checho-Slovakia July 31 An explosion of undetermined origin blew the front of the Hotel Europa burying scores of guests. Three bodies were recovered, twenty injured, thirty missing and believed dead. Flames shot 200 feet as the blast rocked the city. cause unknown.
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Brunn
Checho - Slovakia
Europa
Leo Frazier Believed To Be Man Held
Charleston July 31 Chief Deputy Sheriff Harry Adams said a man matching Leo Frazier's description was arrested near Fayetteville. The arrestee denied being Frazier. A search for Frazier and Huntington’s Charles Harper followed the shooting of Deputy Roy Shamblin. Ralph Harper faces a 25 year robbery term. Federal warrants accuse them of auto theft and officers say they are wanted for murder.
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Charleston
Harry Adams
Leo Frazier
Ander
Fayetteville
Adams
Fayeteville
Frazier
Charles Harper
Huntington
Roy Shamblin
Harper
Ralph
Reform School Boys Go to Penitentiary
Shirley Shamblin Harold Beneler and Alden Hoke inmates of the Industrial School for Boys at Pruntytown were convicted for complicity in a felonious assault on school guard A. G. Arnett April 11. Arnett died four days later in a Fairmont hospital. Judge Herbert W. Dent imposed ten years in the penitentiary in each case. They left the county jail this morning. Continue on Page Six.
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Shirley Shamblin
Harold Beneler
Alden Hoke
Industrial School For Boys
Pruntytown
Circuit Court
A. G. Arnett
Fairmont
Herbert W. Dent
Continuea
Sister's Home on Belington Road Searched
A second kidnapping attempt targets 18 year old Miss Triplett of Barbour county. Two men in a New Jersey plated car claimed to be Gotham gangsters and sought her at the Hill home on Belington road. They ransacked the Hill residence and indicated money awaiting her at the Grafton post office.
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Philippi
Barbour County
New Jersey
New York
Bernard Hill
Belington Road
Hill
Miss Triplett
Murl Golden
Elkins
Belington
Grafton
Mattern Back in New York After World Flight
Jim Mattern of Texas completed his around the world flight returning to Floyd Bennett Field New York after a 14 hour 15 minute leg from Toronto Ontario He landed at 3 45 pm EST and was greeted by a cheering crowd estimated between 6000 and 8000 people The voyage began with navigation aid from a Soviet pilot after he was ferried from Anadyr to Nome Alaska by ship
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New York
Jimmie Mattern
Siberian
Anadyr
Nome
Alaska
Floyd Bennett Field
Toronto
Ont
Alfalfa Bill Threatens To Halt Dam With Troops
Oklahoma Governor William H. Murray arrives in Washington to oppose a Texas dam at the mouth of the Washita River near Denison. He vows to mobilize troops if needed, aiming to block Public Works Administration flood control and power project. He plans discussions with lawmakers and sees Texas officials and Ickes during his visit.
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Oklahoma
Washita River
Denison
Texas
Washington
William H
Murray
Washits River
Ickes
Public Works Administration
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William O. Bolin
Taylor Road
M. W. Smith
Clarksburg
OLD Chemical Alliance
U.S
Balbo
N. F. Point
Sherife
Fear
Reform School
Penitentiary
Wm. Snow
Gotham Gunmen
Mattern
Hop
Horace Manuel
Eunice, la
Howl
N. R
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