Senate to open Kuhn Loeb and Dillon Read inquiry June 26
The Senate banking subcommittee decided to begin investigations of Kuhn Loeb & Co and Dillon Read on June 26, and to include Chase National Bank in the same hearing. Counsel Ferdinand Pecora said he is ready to proceed with the private houses and would soon begin scrutiny of Chase National Bank of New York.
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Washington
Senate
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Dillon, Read & Co
Senate Banking Sub-Committee
J. P. Morgan and Company
Ferdinand Pecora
Chase National Bank of New York
Chase National
Local boy saved from Great Falls near Louisville
William Monroe 23 of Parkview, son of Mr and Mrs C W Monroe, nearly went over the Great Falls of the Ohio at Louisville while canoeing toward the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. Coast guards spotted him within 100 yards of the falls and guided him to safety before resuming his river journey.
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C. W. Monroe
Parkview
Chicago
Great Falls
Ohio River
Louisville
United States Coast Guards
Grafton
W. Va
Chicago Fair
Monroe
Coast Guards
Falls
Portland Canal
The
Ohio
Kump to Take Part in Big Fourth of July Program
Governor Kump accepted an invitation to speak at Ekins Fourth of July celebration and will be initiated into the 40 and 8 Legion play organization in the evening. He has long served in the Legion and led the Elkins post as commander. The Legion welcomes conservation corps workers in Elkins to join the parade program.
Grafton Hosts Pittsburgh Leaders on West Virginia Tour
Grafton welcomes a delegation of Pittsburgh business leaders tomorrow from three to four pm. Officials will greet the party at the First National Bank area with remarks from Mayor Chas O King, Chamber of Commerce head Harry C Sempton and Rotary president John W Ault. The event includes speeches from the visitors and mutual exchange of goodwill.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio Valley
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
First National Bank
Main
Latrobe
Chas
O. King
Harry C. Sempton
Chamber of Commerce
John W. Ault
Rotary Club
Bank
Band of Five Robs Indiana Bank at Purdue State Bank
Five men robbed the Purdue State Bank in Lafayette Indiana gathering about $2000 in cash and forced a student C E Young and Dorothy Arnold into their car. They were released a half mile from Lafayette as Purdue commencement ceremonies occurred nearby.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue State Bank
C. E. Young
Purdue University
Dorothy Arnold
Boan
Oklahoma Output Up As East Texas Oil Falls
Tulsa Oklahoma June 13 A further decline in east Texas crude oil production last week was offset by increases in Oklahoma bringing U S crude oil output to 2,796,673 barrels daily up 2,437 from 2,794,236. Eastern production rose 800 barrels to 106,000 barrels.
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Tulsa
Okla
Texas
Oklahoma
United States
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Eastern
Wheeling Man Amnesia Victim Found in Ohio
Edward L. Fox, 60, former business man, missing since April 20, was found wandering in Columbus, Ohio, and taken home by a son. Fox suffers amnesia and recalls nothing of his activities in the last two months.
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Wheeling
Edward L. Fox
Columbus
Fox
Buck brothers face equal guilt in My Math Girl kidnapping
Barnstable Mass June 13 Prosecuting Attorney William C Crossley told a jury Kenneth Buck 28 and Cyril Buck 41 both of Harwichport are equally culpable in the kidnapping of 10 year old Margaret Peggy McMath. The elder Buck acted as go-between in ransom negotiations while Cyril allegedly misrepresented the situation to Peggy's father Neil C McMath in the May 2 abduction at Harwichport.
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Barnstable
Mass
William C. Crossley
McMath
Kenneth
Cyril Buck
Buck Brothers
Cyril
Harwichport
Margaret
Peggy” McMath
Neil C. McMath
Crossley
Buck
Cyrill
Peggy
Noted day set for Andrews M E talk by United Dry forces
The United Dry forces of Taylor county announce a big rally at Andrews Methodist Episcopal church on Thursday evening June 15. Principal speaker Clinton N Howard chairs the National United Committee for Law Enforcement with HQ in Washington. His talk titled The Glory and Shame of the Nation has been delivered in Broadway Temple New York and in Washington and Baltimore churches. Howard is described as an international figure.
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United Dry Forces
Taylor County
Andrews Methodist. Episcopal Church
Clinton N. Howard
National United Committee For Law Enforcement
Washington
United States
Triple Murder Marks Bloody Trail of Mob
New York police probe a mob linked triple murder as bodies of three petty racketeers are found stabbed in a tenement flat. Victims named Charles Cabrese Salvatore Tulumello and Louly Sally were last seen together amid gangland feuds and racketeering.
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New York
Charles Cabrese
Salvatore, Tulumello
Louly
Sally
Quartet Pries Out Section to Flee Jail
Four men escaped from Clay county jail by prying a brick wall section free and slipping into the rain soaked hills. Named fugitives are Okey Hamrick 40 awaiting trial for criminal assault Andrew Green 21 under two year sentence for reaching and entering Alphonso Kuhn 22 serving eight months for auto title violation Delbert Blankenship 21 awaiting trial on several misdemeanor charges.
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Clay County
Okey Hamrick
Andrew Green
Alphonso Kuhn
Delbert —Blankenship
Wet-Dry fight carried into Mass for test
Early returns from Massachusetts indicate repealists lead in the vote on the 18th amendment. Voters in Mashpee Hardwich Sunderland show mixed results on wet versus dry positions, with delegates pledged to repeal expected to dominate the convention tally. The state aims to join ten others in repealing prohibition, while prohibitionists anticipate enough support to retain the amendment.
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Boston
Mass
Mashbee
15Th
Massachusetts
Sunderland
Massachusett
Prohibition Cribesmen
Rivers Busy as Tow Boats Chase Speed Records
Pittsburgh June 13 rivermen report faster river traffic as tow boats push steel coal and other cargoes toward speed records. The packet Cordill carries steamboat supplies for reshipment to New Orleans and heads to Cincinnati where the Queen City is due Wednesday arriving from Cincinnati.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio
Monongahela
Packet Cordill
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Queen City
Italian Driver Wins French Race
Italian Campari driving a Macerati won the nineteenth annual French Automobile Club race at 00 kilo meters, averaging 131.143 kilometers per hour. Campari took the lead from Frenchman Philip 13 Brancelin on the last lap in Paris on June 13.
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Paris
Campari
Macerati
French Automobile Club
Philip- 13 Brancelin
Elmer Ray Williams Held for Grand Jury on Kidnapping Charge
Chicago meanwhile reports Elmer Ray Williams aged 90 was held for grand jury on a kidnapping charge. He is accused of abducting his 5 year old stepson Fred Boylen from Front Street South Side on June 2 and hiding him in an abandoned cabin in Hierra Preston county until June 5. The boy had been kidnapped twice in thirty days amid divorce proceedings. Williams is in jail on $1500 bond awaiting grand jury action.
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Elmer Ray Williams
Onn. C. Jefferys
Fred
Bunk) Boylen
Front Street
South Side
Hierra
Preston County
Williams
Grand Jury
Sallie Ann Williams
Charles Jewel
Blueville
John Williams
96 Water Station
Statement on Frame Case Public Record Opened for Inspection
Morgantown on June 13 the University Board of Governors released the full minutes showing its action seeking Nat T. Frame's resignation former University Extension Division director and a complete copy of Goodwin legislative committee testimony from the current regular session The secretary C T Neff Jr said no statement is needed and the record is available for examination by any interested party.
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Morgantown
Nat T. Frame
University Board of Governors
Frame
Goodwin Legislative Committee
C. T. Neff, Jr
He Counted His Chickens Too Soon
Durant Oklahoma June 13 a farmer C B Brown warns against counting chickens before hatch. He cites dynamiting shocks on a highway project near the Brown farm that killed 500 eggs worth of chicks in the brood.
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Durant
Okla
C. B. Brown
Brown
Brown Farm
Britain Accepts 10 Percent War Debt Payment
London reports Great Britain has settled Thursday’s 75.95 million war debt installment at 10 percent, with President Roosevelt’s approval for his portion while Congress remains uninvolved. British Chancellor Neville Chamberlain expected to announce in the House of Commons. Debates over immediate debt settlement and euro monetary issues dominate the world economic conference.
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Great Britain
United States
Roosevelt
Congress
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
America
Jung
Italy
Jan Christian Smuts
South Africa
MacDonald
J. Jung
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