Leaking Gas Fault Forces Flight Resumption Near Krasnoyarsk
Texan aviator Stanley Richardson, performing a round the world flight, landed near Prokopievsk after gasoline fumes from a leaking line almost overwhelmed him. He remained ill but planned to depart for Krasnoyarsk within five to ten hours, saying he could not keep food down. The AP report places the event in Belovo after he started from Omsk during the fifth leg.
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Stanley Richardson
Associated Press
Moscow
Pattern
Trokopieesk
Siberia
Krasnoyarsk
Belovo
Propopievsk
Omsk
Eliberia
Juror Toothache Forces Deliberation Break in Doyle Case
In Wheeling on June 8 jurors in the Joseph Doyle case faced a painful interruption as Henry Shrader’s toothache required dental relief. Deputies escorted the entire jury to Dr A W Walters where a tooth was extracted before the panel resumed and Doyle was found guilty. The jury did not recommend mercy and the judge may sentence Doyle to life imprisonment or death by hanging.
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Wheeling
Henry Shrader
Ohio
Joseph Doyle
Shrader
A. W. Walters
Doyle
Bank Robbery Attracts Seven Bandits In Chicago
In Chicago seven masked bandits robbed the Main State Bank today, seizing 17 000 dollars from tellers and customers with sawed off shotguns. They fired a warning shot and escaped in two cars, forcing employees and eighteen customers to lie on the floor as cash was loaded into canvas bags.
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Chicago
Elmer Asherman
Mukden
Manchukuo
Neils Nielsen
Nielsen
Senate Okehs Inquiry Into DRY FORCES OF Tax Firm's Partners
Washington June 8 The senate empowered its committee investigating J P Morgan and company to probe individual income tax returns of the firm partners. The measure extends authority to inquire into all stock transactions affecting tax payments. Morgan counsel John W Davis declined to say if Lamont stock dealings would be challenged after the extension.
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Senate
Okehs
Washington
J. P. Morgan and Company
O. P. van Sweringen
Committee On Aid
Fro Morgan
A. M. van Sweringen
Fletcher
Steinner
Tee
John W. Davis
Morgan Counsel
Thomas L. Lamont
Comittee
Lamont
Thomas W. Lamont
Morgen
Sunday Night Prohibition Meet To Unite Dry Forces
Oliver W. Stewart, president of the Flying Squadron Foundation, tours to speak in the First Baptist Church on Sunday June 11 at eight to organize scattered dry groups to resist repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. The aim is to connect precinct units up to county levels and build a nationwide dry front in cooperation with United Dry Forces.
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Oliver W. Stewart
Flying Squadron Foundation
United Dty Forces
First Baptist Church
Stewart
Chicago
House of Representatives
National Enquirer
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
Mollisons Crash as They Start Take Off for Hop to New York
London and Los Angeles dispatches report Capt James Mollison and Amy Johnson crashing at Croydon Airport as they began a trans Atlantic hop to New York. Neither was injured though the undercarriage failed and repairs may take a week. The Mollisons planned a world distance flight record and a non stop return to England after reaching New York. Mrs Elliott Roosevelt, wife of the president's son, left for Washington and plans for divorce are reported by a newsman amid custody talks for William Donner Roosevelt.
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Los Angeles
Elliott
Neva Yada
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Reno
Elizabeth Donner
William Donner Roosevelt
London
James A. Mollison
Amy Johnson
Loff
New York
Croydon
Mollison
Atlantic
Bagdad
England
France Face Arms Reductions Urged By U.S. Envoys
Paris reports Jesse L. Straus presenting credentials as American ambassador to France. He told President Roosevelt that the United States awaits concrete French moves on disarmament and the world economic conference. Meanwhile Norman H. Davis pressed Premier Daladier to abolish tanks and cut artillery to enable disarmament.
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Paris
Jesse L. Strause
France
Tebran
United States
Mr. Straus
America
Norman H. Davis
Daladier
Pretty Model Ends Life in Hotel Plunge
Williamsport, Pa June 8. A show girl tentatively identified as Jerry Rogers, 22, of Williamsport, Pa, jumped or fell from the 13th floor of the Lincoln Hotel in New York. A clipping with a photo states Mildred Betts of Williamsport was named Miss Williamsport in a film company beauty contest. A note ends with I am in love and am broken hearted Lovingly, Loretta J G. Relatives say Mildred Betts, a 22 year old model who won a Williamsport beauty contest in April, is the girl who plunged from the New York hotel and left two weeks ago for Elizabeth N J Santa Barbara Calif received many inquiries about the metal policemen developed for school crossings.
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New York
Jerry Rogers
Williamsport
Lincoln
Mildred Betts
Loretta J. G
Elisabeth
N. J
Santa Barbara
Calif
Fairs Plan to Hold Races In West Virginia
West Virginia fairs in Clarksburg Pennsboro and Glenville plan racetrack meets under the peri mutuel act. State Sen Earl H Smith says tentative tracks may open at Martinsburg and Wheeling as discussions proceed this week.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Earl H. Smith
Fair_mont
West Virginia Fair Association
Clarksburg
Pennsboro Fair Association
Glenville Fair Association
Martinsburg
Wheeling
Warrant Out For Clyde Demoss In Shooting At Policeman
West Side youths Finis Thompson and Robert Knight faced Mayor Charles C King on a disorderly conduct charge after a midnight firing on Spruce street. They pleaded not guilty and were released. A warrant remains for Clyde Demoss, accused of firing the shot that awoke the neighborhood during Patrolman Earl Demoss's encounter. The trio reportedly used a tear gas pencil, a cartridge device that booms loudly and blurs vision briefly at close range.
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Finis
Herbert Thompson
Robert
Bud) Knight
West Side
Earl Demoss
Spruce Street
Charles C. King
Lberty
Clyde Demoss
Demoss
Pennsylvania Rubber Co Increases Tire Prices
Jeanette Pa June 8 The Pennsylvania Rubber company increased tire prices from seven and one half to 10 percent.
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Pennsylvania Rubber CO
Jeanette, Pa
Pennsylvania Rubber Company
Sweltering Heat Drives Populace To Cool Spots
Gaetano Saccone, 20, is reported as a drowning victim amid a day of record heat. The scorcher reached 94 degrees in the area with 6 pm readings near 85 as rivers and pools drew crowds to escape the heat. dozens sought relief at Gratton Park and nearby spots while incidents of heat illness and a fatality were noted in nearby cities.
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Jalmy
Grafton
W Clayton
Cooperative Government Observer
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Charleston
Marie Harper
Chareston
Pittsburgh
Four Powers Sign Italian Peace Pact for Europe
Rome June 8 Premier Mussolini and the ambassadors of France Great Britain and Germany signed a four power pact pledging a decade of peace and disarmament even if the Geneva conference fails. The agreement based on Kellogg Locarno and the League covenants was signed at Palazzo Venezia as Mussolini spoke to the senate.
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Rome
Muscolini
Italy
France
Great Britain
Germany
Europe
Mussolini
Palazzo Venezia
Senate
Duce
League of Nations’ Covenant
Upi
Farm prices lead move upward as market recovers
New York June 8 farm prices rise faster than other groups since February lows. Farm products up 28.4 percent, hides and leather 16.7, foods 12.3, textiles 10.8, metals 0.9, building materials 2.3, all commodities 6.0. Economists see corrected farm-disparity and signs the mood has shifted without inflation.
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New York
West Virginia Bankers Association reports improved state finances
L F Haller of Wheeling opens the annual West Virginia Bankers Association convention announcing marked improvement in state finances since the banking holiday in March. The report notes economic gains across financial sectors and a general recovery in the state’s banking system.
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Chrteston
West Virginia Bankers’ Association
L. F. Haller
Wheeling
Injured Girl Returns Home After 50 Foot Fall
Bety June McDaniel ten, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude McDaniel of Newburg, was discharged from a city hospital after a fall of fifty feet over a spillway at a Baltimore & Ohio dam near Lakeview. She and a companion toppled backward into a shallow river bed Tuesday evening, suffering facial and body cuts. Initial fears of serious injury proved unfounded after examination.
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Bety June McDaniel
Claude McDaniel
Newburg
Lakeview
Baltimore & Ohio
Miss McDaniel
Repealists to Stage Drive Before Election
Charleston June 8 The United Repeal Council of West Virginia announces a final campaign push for repeal of the 18th amendment. Plans include newspaper advertising billboards and public speeches with P D Koontz as chairman. The strategy focuses on a home stretch ending June 27 with a repeal election.
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Charleston
United Repeal Council of
West Virginia
P. D. Koontz
Wew Repeal Council
West
Mine Trouble Marked by Two Bombings
Springfield Illinois June 8 two homes were damaged by bombs amid a mine union squabble that left one man dead and ten shot in a riot yesterday. About 500 picketers faced at Peabody Mine 43 as 200 United Mine Workers returned to work. Joe Dernoncourt district president of United Mine Workers of America had his home badly damaged by a bomb. Robert Roleman a black miner also suffered bomb damage to his home and windows at Grace A. M. E. Church nearby.
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Springfield
Ill
Peabody
United Mine Workers
Joe
Dernoncourt
United ‘Mine’ Workers of America
Compromise Sought on Veterans Aid Plan
Washington reports ongoing talks at the White House and Capitol Hill as Roosevelt and Democratic leaders seek a compromise in the veterans compensation dispute. The Senate and Presidential plans differ on disability attribution and cost, with the Senate proposal around 170 million dollars and the President's around 60 million. Leaders delay action on the independent offices appropriation to allow a concrete proposal to be reviewed.
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Washington
White House
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Independent Offices
Baers
Special Veterans’ Committee
River Tragedy First This Season At Sinclair Hole
The first river tragedy of the season occurred last night at Sinclair Hole near Graf ton Park in the Tygart Valley. Gaetano Saccone, 20, drowned while swimming with five companions as a whirlpool undertow lurked beneath the placid surface. Friends, including Robert Gaskin, 18, and Harry Remlinger, 92, attempted rescues with a pole and by diving. Firemen and a rescue party arrived with Dr Paul Warden and an inhalator, but Saccone was lost.
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Gaetano
Guy”) Saccone
Remigio Saccone
West Boyd Street
Tygart Valley
Harry Remlinger
William Dale Foley
Harold Moore
Ralph Madera
Wayne England
Yates Flag Station
Grafton Park
Sinclair Hole
Saccone
Als
Sinclair” Hole
Remlinger
Aes
Wes
Paul P. Warden
Harry Greenwald
Robert Gaskin
Gt Tiga
Three Power Accord To Make A Go Of Arms Conference
Paris on June 8 reports a three power accord among American British and French diplomats to “make a go” of disarmament talks and break the Geneva stalemate. French hesitated over security guarantees but agreed to remove obstacles to Geneva conference success.
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Paris
Geneva
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William H. Donner
Donora
Monessen
Elliott O Rosevelt
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