Tugwell Approved by Agriculture Committee
A West Virginia control board probe notes a truck crash at Jones farm near Pruntytown injured several inmates and killed Charles Wicker age 20 and James Ellis age 14. The army truck rolled over on a rocky dirt road pinning the men beneath it.
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Charles Wicker
Industrial School For Boys
Pruntytown
City Hospital
James Ellis
McDowell County
Jones Farm
Wicker
Ellis
Centol
Fairmont Road
Edgar Wicker
Hinton
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Numbers Racket Doomed in Mercer County Town
Mercer Pa June 12 District Attorney J W Nelson ordered officers to stop selling chances in the numbers racket. Five racketeers have been arrested and fined in a raid by Corporal Marcus White of the state police. If the lesson fails further raids and jail terms will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer
Mercer County
J.w.nelson
Marcus White
Pittsburgh Police Nabged Wanted Man in Slaying Case
Michael Hricik, 74, was captured in Pittsburgh at his son’s home by detective G. W. Murren after a Taylor county murder inquiry. Sheriff Lee Bennett planned extradition with state police aid. Hricik and Pastko were coal company workers at Wendel cabin, tied to a fatality on June 2 amid alleged intoxication and neighbor testimony.
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Michael Hricik
Taylor County
Michael” Pasaio
Wendel
Hone Wermuesday
Pittsburgh
G. W. Murren
Lee Bennett
Hrncik
Pennsylvania
Claude Hefner
Pastko
Hricik
Coal
Can Eache
Maryland Coal Company
Joe Ondo
Pasko
Ondo
Assum
Susanville Knife Slaying Spurs Guarded Suspect in Jail
Susanville residents reel from a five person knife slaying. Peter Alesi, 45, is held at the county jail as six armored deputy sheriffs guard him amid reports of a possible lynching attempt. An inquest into the murders of Joe Fazio, his wife, and their children was set for today as authorities recall past violence in the valley.
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Susanville
Calif
Peter Alesi
Alesi
Joe Fazio
Mountain
California
Nevada
John
Appar
All Kiwanis Night Observed Here By Club With Program
Grafta Kiwanis members observed All Kiwanis Night during a meeting linked to the Kiwanis International 18th annual convention in Toronto Canada. Luke B Ross said 85 000 Kiwanians joined from coast to coast while the club streamed fellowship hour with silent prayer, singing, and a message from International president Joshua L Johns of Appleton.
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Kiwanis
United States
Canada
Kiwanis International
Toronto
Atlantic
Pacific
Luke B. Ross
Joshua L. Johns
Appleton
Three Killed in Oklahoma Gun Battle In Miami
In Miami Oklahoma, June 12, a 30 year old merchant patrolman Jack Dunaway and two unidentified gunmen were shot to death in a pistol duel early today after Dunaway and Policemen Johnson and Witt Ellis attempted to question suspects. Dunaway died on scene and the other gunman died a short time later. the two officers escaped unharmed. The report notes a gunfire exchange as officers neared an automobile and indicates a third man was sought.
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Miami
Okla
Jack Dunaway
Dunaway
Johnson
Witt Ellis
Ellis
Shorts Ban for Girls on Net Courts in York
York, June 12. An ancient city ordinance was found in the archives to regulate dress for girl tennis players on the park commission courts. It bans wearing shorts, defining dress not becoming to one’s sex. Neighbors call it scandalous, saying it is the latest health wrinkle.
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York
The
Park Commission
Payne speaks to graduates at University
In Morgantown 532 graduates of West Virginia University 67th annual commencement heard John Barton Payne head of the American Red Cross. The state education association contributed 2300 for the library upkeep memorial to the late Dr. Wakeman T. Barbe. Judge Payne urged relief efforts as a new era in government. bishop Darlington delivered the sermon and degrees were awarded to 2 doctors of philosophy 77 masters 45 Doctors of Medicine 32 and 10 Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering among others.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
Wakeman T. Barbe
John Barton Payne
American Red Cross
State Education Association
Barbe
Payne
Edward Grandigan” Smith
Methodist Episcopal South Church
Huntington
Crowds killed her five sons recall by Mayfield mother
Kevil Kentucky June 11 The mother of five quintuplet boys born 38 years ago recalls the era when the world talked of her babies. Elizabeth Lyon now 78 lives with her son Marion near Crowds and cables at their home were blamed for the deaths. The five died within days from heavy crowds touching them. She plans to write to a Canadian mother to warn against crowds surrounding fragile infants.
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Kevil
Mayfield
Elizabeth Lyon
Marion Lyon
John
Mystery over plane crash being probed
A Newark to Chicago luxury liner crashed on Monaup mountain near Livingston Manor killing seven. The crash site yielded torn bodies carried by volunteer pallbearers through rugged terrain aided by electric torches. Officials report naval papers salvaged from victim William Bader and a coroner probes the disaster to determine cause.
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Livingston Manor
Newark
Chicago
Mongaupountain
William Badler
Bader
Monaup Mountain
Here
W. G. Burks
Sullivan County
William Bader
Buffalo
Two Suspects Captured In North Carolina Hold Up
Two heavily armed men found asleep in a wood near here were captured by officers today and charged with participation in Saturday's hold up of the Bank of Magnolia. The bandits fired their way out, wounding two, and carried off $836. the sleeping men reportedly had $804.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Magnolia
Child Hit by Stone Suffers Ugly Forehead Gash
Mildred Anna Ruse, six, daughter of Frank and Mrs. Ruse of Rosemont, was seriously cut on the forehead yesterday when her brother Josephy, eleven, tossed a rising stone that struck her as they played near home. She rests at home today with no serious outcomes expected. the family, well known in Rosemont, includes a barber father.
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Mildred Anna Ruse
Frank Ruse
Rosemont
Josephy
Youth killed after spar at filling station near Aurora
In Preston county near Aurora, John Wotring aged 28 died after a so called friendly boxing match at Brookside filling station. Harry Frazee, 25, is held in Kingwood for questioning. witness Jake Shaffer, 28, Aurora, also questioned by the prosecutor Melvin C Snyder. Frazee admitted striking Wotring in the face with an open hand. Wotring died before medical aid could reach him. Funeral arrangements pending county action.
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Aurora
Grafton
Preston County
John Wotring
Harry Frazee
Kingwood
Melvin C Snyder
Frazee
Jake Shaffer
Snyder
Brookside
Wotring
Watring
Long-sought desperado found in isolated woodland region
Bluefield June 12. A fugitive who evaded federal authorities for 10 months is in a hospital with two bullet wounds after a county officer shot him in Bland County Virginia. The man is Bill Mullins 29, whose escapees faced federal charges for six others. Deputy Sheriff Gibson said Mullins opened fire when told to halt in his tent home. A young woman claiming to be Mullins sweetheart and a 19 year old boy were arrested at the tent. Mullins had escaped from the Methceremmnty jail in West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Agriculture
Rexford G. Tugwell
Smith
Hatfield
W. Va
Tugwell
Ai Culture
Senate
Bailey
North Carolina
Sen. Smith
South Carolina
Columbia
Sen. Hatfield
West Virginia
Sen. Cutting
New Mexico
Bluefield
Bland County
Bill Mullins
Gibeon
Sun
Mullins
Gibson
Mullin
Mexican Coast Prepares for Approaching Hurricane
Tampico Mexico June 12 The Gulf coast from the Texas border to Vera Cruz braces for a large hurricane. Warnings issued as the storm lingers about 100 miles offshore moving ashore at eight miles an hour. Red Cross hospitals police and buses prepare for emergencies as El Salvador and Honduras report heavy casualties from last week.
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Tampico
Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
el Salvador
Honduras
Texas
Vera Cruz
Red Cross
South Side Confectionery Opens at 17 Grand Street
Harriett Dawson proprietor announces the South Side Confectionery is now open at 17 Grand Street offering ice cream and candy. The new shop welcomes neighbors and promises a varied sweet lineup from bakery treats to classic confections.
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Agriculture Committee
Control BD
Byrd
Leah Dilley
Sharon
George Dilley
Dilleys
Associated Press
Sheriff
California City
Publicity Association
Oklahoma
Waitman T. Barbe
Quintuplets
Kentucky
Benevolents and Protective Order of Elks
Charles O. Bing
City of
Fisg
Benevolent and Prostective Order of Elks
Jume
Charles
Gratton
No. Carolina
Ch 'Ma
Fler
Helene Tsang
Los Angeles
Century of Progress
Sikine Pepsises
Young Man
Pal
Mexican Coast
South Side Confectionery
Grand Street
Harriett Dawson
Prop
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