Beard Denies Guilt Before Death in Chair
Augustus Dwight Beard, 27, a former NC football player and wrestler, was executed in Huntsville Texas for killing Dallas detective John Roberts during a garage holdup. He publicly denied the North Carolina and Dallas slayings moments before the electric chair sentence was carried out.
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Huntsville
Texas
Augustus Dwight Beard
North Carolina
State Penitentiary
John R. Roberts
Dallas
Beard
W. W. Ward
Arlington
Finnegan
ON. C
Augustus Bounso
Divorce Case Details Shake New York Society
Mrs Virginia Stevenson Anderson of New York seeks divorce from Alvin Anderson alleging beatings and drink abuse. He seeks annulment claiming she never disclosed two prior marriages though she is 20. Rumored heir to a 3 million fortune, the case unfolds amid press attention. Central Press notes a related escape episode.
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Virginia Stevenson Anderson
New York
Alvin Anderson
Anderson
Central Press
Carnival Closes Gate to Aid Ill Boy's Recovery
A Rhode Island carnival closed its gates to help a 14 year old boy named Joe Almond Jr suffering from pneumonia fever in a nearby house. The carnival sign read closed for illness though no troupe member was ill.
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Rhodell. W. Va
Joe Almond
Law Officers Parley Set for Wheeling June 21 23
A joint convention of West Virginia sheriffs, police and firemen will be held June 21 23 in Wheeling. Mayor Charles F Schultze issued a proclamation urging all citizens to cooperate in making the meeting a success.
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Wheeling
West Virginia
Charles F. Schultze
State's Oldest Woman Now 109 in West Virginia
Charleston June 4 Comfort Daniels Christian a 109yearold mountain woman is now the oldest person in West Virginia receiving a Public Assistance grant. Born in 1828 before Andrew Jacksons presidency she lives near Panther WV with 84 grandchildren 66 greatgrandchildren and one greatgreatgrandchild. She voted for President Roosevelt in 1932 and was spotted by Welch Kiwanis members distributing Christmas baskets.
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Charleston
Comfort Daniels Christian
West Virginia
Public Assistance Department
Christian
McDowell County
Roosevelt
Mingo County
Andrew Jackson
California
Panther
W. Va
Panther Creek
Welch Kiwanis Club
Consumers' Sales Taxes Rise in April in Charleston
Charleston reports April consumer sales tax receipts of 678,872.59 dollars, up from 622,332.14 dollars a year earlier. N. F. Conner of the state tax department notes March receipts at 806,549.94 dollars, elevated by quarter-end payments. Small merchants pay quarterly.
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Charleston
N. F. Conner
Consumers
State Tax Department
Veteran buried in Montgomery funeral for Civil War veteran
Funeral services were held today in Montgomery for John G. Fitawater 93 a Civil War veteran. The ceremony honored his service and gathered family and local residents to pay respects.
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Montgomery
John G. Fitawater
Last applications for auto licenses mailed
The last of 350000 auto license applications were mailed to vehicle owners and new tags may be used after June 20. C J Powell registrar of motor vehicles said applications are being returned in daily increasing numbers.
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C.J. Powell
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Youth Faces Hard Ordeal During Iron Lung Journey
Frederick B. Snite Jr. a 26 year old paralysis victim, was wheeled into Shanghai General Hospital completing the Peiping Shanghai leg of his 10,000 mile homeward trip in an iron lung. He whispered to his father that he was all right and not afraid as the respirator operated through a rough ride. Snite, paralyzed from the neck down, will sail from Shanghai aboard the President Coolidge to San Francisco on Sunday.
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Shanghai
Chicago
Frederick B. Snite, Jr
Shanghai General Hospital
Peiping
Pieping
President Coolidge
San Francisco
Judges Taste Strawberries at West Virginia Festival
Buckhannon hosts the second annual West Virginia strawberry festival on its final day with more than 200 planters' berries judged by three state agriculture officials. Queen Phyllis II reviewed the grand parade as floats bands and horse units moved through town. An auction of prize berries and a festival pageant The Birthday of a Princess closed the event at West Virginia Wesleyan College stadium.
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Buckhannon
J. B. McLaughlin
State Department of Agriculture
West Virginia
Phyllis II
Phyllis Curry
Lost Creek
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Italy Assures U S No Peace Threat Imminent
In Rome on June 4 factory reports Italy told U S envoy William Phillips that the Spanish Civil War could be settled without further endangering European peace. Count Galeazzo Ciano Mussolini's son in law and foreign minister made the assurance as Civita Vecchia echoed with artillery in a mock battle for visiting German minister Von Blomberg during tense Madrid crisis.
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Rome
United States
Europe
Galeazzo Ciano
Mussolini
U. S
William Phillips
Civita Vecchia
Papal Rome
Werner von Blomberg
Hitler
Italy
Rome-Berlin
Balance in State Fund Reported by Treasurer
The state treasurer's office reported a balance in the general revenue fund of $581,096.93 as of June 1. An overdraft appeared in only one general fund, the general school fund at $625,337.63 of 14 state funds. Transfers totaled $1,995,470.
Jail Breaker Returns to Serve Long Sentence
Beckley West Virginia June 4 Patrick Powell who said he broke jail eight years ago after manslaughter conviction returned to London Kentucky to begin a two to 21 year prison term Powell was arrested on a drunk charge and said he had killed Boyd Nichols in self defense in 1928
Bethany College Dean Faces New Rostrum Rumor
Bethany College dean H. Kirkpatrick, who has served ten years, did not comment on a report he would become president of Culver-Stockton College in Canton Missouri following J H Wood's resignation. The Bethany and Culver-Stockton communities awaited confirmation amid the campus leadership shakeup.
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Bethany
Forrest H. Kirkpatrick
Bethany College
Culver- Stockton College
Canton
J. H. Wood
Culver-Stockton
Loss of Card Game Ties to Man's Death
Pittsburg June 4 The coroner reports that Peter Nesovich 72 hanged himself after losing a farewell game of 300 A note bearing the line If I don't win this game will never go to Woodville was pinned to his clothes the score was recorded in the game.
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Pittsburgh
Peter Nesovich
Woodville
Ladies Only Pain Relief Medicine Ad
An advertisement for quick acting relief medicine claiming to end pain and delays within 2 to 5 days. Marketed as very powerful yet safe and harmless, priced at 98 cents by Grafton Drug & Chemical Company with a slogan about lowest prices in town.
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Grafton Drug & Chemical Company
Can't Use School Buses For Vacation Clinics
Charleston June 4 The attorney general's office in an opinion for Assistant Prosecutor W H McGinnis Jr Raleigh county doubts school boards can authorize using school buses to transport children to immunization clinics during vacation. The immunization act requires execution in the first month of the school year.
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Charleston
Attorney General's Office
W. H. McGinnis, Jr
Raleigh County
Asiistant
W. Holt Waddell
Explosion Damages Grafton Home At Maple Avenue
A paper steamer fueled by gasoline exploded at 431 Maple avenue injuring three second floor doors and causing smoke damage with about 50 dollars in losses. The blast occurred at 2 10 p m while Alph Dutch Shaw and Junior Shackelford were removing wallpaper upstairs. firemen controlled the blaze with chemicals.
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Grafton Fire Department
Lloyd Shackelford
Maple Avenue
Alph “Dutch” Shaw
Junior Shackelford
Robert Barley
L. H. Greenwald
Barley
Grafton Baking Company
Blueville
Shaw
Young Shackelford
Parsons Council Votes Bank Night Tax Plan
Parsons officials approve a 5 tax on each bank night and raise beer parlor levy by 25 annually. The move targets theatres hosting bank nights offering cash gifts to ticket holders as part of local entertainment.
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Council of Parsons
Parsons
Amelia Earhart Leaves On Another Lap of Trip
Amelia Earhart took off at 5 10 a m EST from Paramaribo heading for Natal Brazil on a new leg of her round the world flight. Weather was clear as she began the leg early this morning.
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Amelia Earhart
Paramaribo
Dutch Guiana
Natal
Brazil
Reds Join United Front Call From Spain Crisis
Dimitroff urged a united front by Communist and Socialist Labor unions of Spain to save Spain. He argued mass worker mobilization would force Britain and France to oppose German and Italian Fascist intervention and compel withdrawal of troops and ships, advancing a Spanish victory.
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Page One
Spain
Dimitroff
Germany
Italy
Secretaries Seek Unity of International Proletariat in Spain
The secretaries of the Communist Socialist and Labor Union parties in Valencia declared they are uniting to defend the Spanish people from Fascist barbarians and protect international peace. They cited the Almeria bombardment by Germany as a decisive factor in uniting the three international bodies as Italy and Germany withdrew from the internation.
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Valencia
Almeria
Italy
Germany
London Non-Intervention Aims to Resume Libel Action
Italy reportedly set a virtual blockade of the eastern Spanish coast to stop Russian supply ships carrying war materials to the Madrid Valencia government. The insurgents, having received Italo German recognition as the legitimate Spanish government, faced new pressures from the blockade and diplomatic stance.
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al Non-Interventionae
London
Italy
Spain
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