Endorsement Shows Value of Newspaper Advertising
An advertising test by United Cigar Stores demonstrates newspaper space as a strong merchandising tool. The campaign on the Pacific coast drew 200,000 new customers in May and after May 24 the policy spread nationwide, adding around 100,000 customers in the first week. Savings from ending pamphlet form advertising are estimated at about 3000 yearly, portion of which funds more newspaper space.
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Prosecutor Probes Dry Agent’s Crime
Detroit June 12 federal and local probes investigate a shooting that critically wounded 21 year old Archibald Pugster as customs border patrol inspector Jonah Cox fired at him while guarding a seized speedboat. Assistant US Attorney Gregory H Frederick seeks justification for the shots. Raymond Malicki 21 Joseph Lakatos 20 and Frank Cooper were with Bugster.
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Detroit
Jonah Cox
Archibald Pugster
Gregory H. Frederick
United States District Attorney
Bugster
Raymond Malicki
Joseph Lakatos
Frank Cooper
van H. Ring
Prosecution Notes Inconsistent Statements On Shooting
The prosecuting attorney's office reports Eugster's companions gave contradicting accounts of the fishing expedition during which the shooting occurred. A French company progresses with cocoa nut cultivation by reclaiming jungle in the Marquesas Islands.
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Frederick
Eugster
Marquesis Islands
Grafton Police Catch Convict Roy Bolinger
Roy Bolinger alias Roy Bolin, a convict who escaped from the state penitentiary at Moundsville last September, was captured in Grafton late last night by Patrolman Earl C. DeMass and Night Police Chief Wallace Henderson. He made no attempt to resist and was returned to Moundsville by state police. Also arrested were William Smith in Clarksburg for petit larceny and Angela Eppas near Shinnston on a warrant for attempting to defraud a Grafton woman of a $290 board bill.
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Roy Bolin
Moundsville
Fetterman
Earl C. Demass
Wallace Henderson
Bolinger
Taylor County
William Smith
Clarksburg
Homer Selvey
Angela Eppas
Grafton
Shinnston
Shim
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Skidmore
M. D. Allender
Indian Rebels Convicted in April Bombing Sentenced to Life
Bhagat Singh and Bateshkwara Dutt were found guilty of the April bomb outrage in the legislative assembly and sentenced to life transportation in New Delhi. They shouted long live the revolution of the Proletariat as the sentence was pronounced. In Washington, Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt resigning as assistant attorney general will stay on until June 30 to wrap up pending matters.
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India
Bhagat Singh
Bateshkwara Dutt
Legislative Assembly
Washington
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Prohibition Prosecutions
Mitchell
Willebrandt
Gas Company Changes Map at Public Hearing
Pittsburgh geologist R B Davie testified at a Public Service Commission hearing on United Fuel Gas Company's rate increase. Maps showed proven and wildcat gas acreage, with Paul W Scott noting Davis previously testified for the company and maps from five years earlier were used for comparison.
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Charleston
R.B Davie
Pittsburgh
United Fuel Gas Company
Public Service Commission
Davis
Paul W. Scott
Huntington
Scott
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Patterson Named Vice President of Woodmen of the World
Thomas B Patterson, sovereign auditor of the Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Association since 1905, is appointed vice president and sovereign advisor to succeed the late Col B W Jewell. Announcement by W A Fraser notes effective June 1 1929. Patterson born June 2 1867 in Mount Vernon Illinois, served as lieutenant colonel of the Second Tennessee Volunteers in the Spanish American War.
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Thomas B. Patterson
Woodmen
World Life Insurance Association
B. W. Jewell
W. A. Fraser
Patterson
Mt. Vernon
Tennessee
Tennessee Volunteers
Twenty-One Prisoners Escape From Custody
Moundsville W Va June 12 Norvel Lambert and Pete Sosonzik prisoners at the state penitentiary escaped last night from the prison farm and road camps within six days twenty-one prisoners have escaped. Judge James Shipman of the Marshall county circuit court said he would try to deter further escapes by adding five years to the term of each man caught if needed.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Norvel Lambert
Pete Sosonzik
State Penitentiary
James Shipman
Marshall County Circuit Court
Deaths and Homicide Reported in Two Cities
Clarence F P Underwood a 58 year old commercial artist known for drawings of women appeared in magazines and billboards nationwide. Archibald Bueg ster aged 21 was shot by customs border patrol inspector Jonah Cox yesterday and died today in Detroit.
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New York
Clarence FP. Underwood
Detroit
Archibald Buegster
Jonah Cox
Customs Border Patrol
Former Kluxer sues Notables in Indiana damages suit
Indianapolis June 12: Senator James BE Watson M Bert Thurman and six other Indiana Republicans are named defendants in a $50,000 federal suit by William M. Rogers, a former Ku Klux Klan member. Rogers accuses defendants of conspiracy to damage his reputation via a forged affidavit claiming he admitted testimony before a Senate committee that Watson showed him a Klan passport. The suit cites threats, intimidation, espionage, and business damage during the perjury probe and lists Earl Klinc k Albert Ward Judge James A Collins and George W Coffin among others.
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James BE
Watson
Indiana
M. Bert Thurman
William M. Rogers
Senate
Rogers
Earl Klinck
Albert S Ward
United States District Attorney
James A. Collins
Marion County
George W. Coffin
Seventy
Conley and Hallowan Travel By Airplane Event
Several thousand persons gathered at Point Pleasant for the Field Day and Livestock Show hosted by J. E. Shadte of Mount Vernon farm. Three airplanes moved guests from Char.
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Point Pleasant
J. E. Shadte
Mount Vernon Farm
Char
Bigamy Charges Sweep Lewis County as Sheriff Seeks Luzadder
Weston June 12 Sheriff David Brows and Deputy A V Wooddell left for Summerville Nicholas County armed with a warrant charging bigamy against William Wellington Luzadder. Luzadder has four children with Lottie Sparks and later married Rosa Ann Butcher using the name Weed Usander without divorcing his first wife.
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Weston
Lewis County
David Brows
A. V. Wooddell
Summerville
Nicholas J
William Wellington
Luzadder
Lottie
Sparks
Summersville
Rosa Ann Butcher
Weed Usander
Nature Study Attracts Camp Course At Oglebay Park
Oglebay Park Wheeling invites registrations for a two week Nature Training School run by park naturalist A B Brooks. The June 15 to 29 course targets leaders in mature activities and nature hobbyists, with teachers and students eligible. Students stay at the park camp unit with supervision. ages 15 plus. The program includes access to the park museum and nature study opportunities.
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Ogiebay Park
Wheeling
Oglebay
A. B. Brooks
West Virginia nature school offers field based learning plan
A college trained program sponsored by the West Virginia Nature Association operates on a cost basis with field trips covering birds zoology wild animals nature photography geology and related subjects. Nightly lectures by visiting naturalists campfire events and social activities complete the plan with ample recreation time.
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Monongah Division Athletic Association Meets Thursday
A meeting of the board of directors of the Monongah Division Athletic Association of the B and O railroad system is called for Thursday at seven p.m. John Donnachto, president, announced after a high meeting. The discussion will cover scheduling and boosters. The Faherty Athletics baseball team, sponsored by T. K. Faherty, will also convene in the superintendent's office.
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Monongah Divisi Athletic Association
B. & O. Railroad Organization
John Donnachto
Donnathie
Boosters
Boosters Club
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