Death by Inhaled Pebble Sparks Grand Jury Probe
Seventeen people died when a nitrate laden ship burned. A Preston County Grand Jury will investigate the death of 28 year old John Wotring of Brookside near Aurora. The post mortem by Dr A V Cadden found the death due to inhalation of a minute pebble and sand during an epileptic seizure, not injuries from a sparring fight. Friend Harry Frazee was held on $2500 bond as the case advances.
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Preston County
Rand
John Wotring
Brookside
Aurora
Tate
A. V. Cadden
Hopemont Sanitarium
Melvin C. Snyder
Harry Frazee
Kingwood
Cadden
Werring
Jake Shaffer
Frazee
Wotring
Names named for Taylor County survey of needs
From welfare board suggestions a list is submitted for appointment to the Social and Economic Planning Council for Taylor County. State Administrator Beehler announces appointees from districts including Flemington, Book's Crock et, and Shroyer. The county survey aims to analyze relief cases and economic trends by district.
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Crocket
E. ¥. Lambert
H. B
Wrs
O. J. Shroyer
Oaronedman
Miner in custody for Wendel man murder
Mike Hricik 74 a Wendel coal miner is jailed in the county charged with murder in the death of Mike Pasako also of Wendel. Pasako's body was found Wednesday at the cabin they shared. Hricik was arrested Monday in Homestead and brought back after waiving extradition. Preliminary hearing date not set. expected before Magistrate Ona C Jefferys.
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Mike Hricik
Wendel
Mike Pasako
Hricik
Pittsburgh
Homestead
Lee Bennett
Claude Hefner
Hincil
James C. Holt
Ona C. Jefferys
Holt
Joe Ondo
Ondo
Pasako
Puzzling case before court for decision
John H. Weaver sues Sheriff Lee B. Bennett Jr. in Taylor County Circuit Court seeking about 500 dollars he says the sheriff deposited for him that failed after the Taylor County Bank closed. An agreed verdict favored the defendant. the case centers on a deposited check from Green Valley Coal Co. and the sheriff’s handling of funds.
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John H. Weaver
Lee B. Bennett, Jr
Taylor County
Weaver
Bennett
Green Valley Coal Company
F. H. Reppert
Reppert Coal Company
Dillinger Trail Hot in Northwest Again
Federal officers backed a report that John Dillinger may be alive. Donald Murray, once a Chicago taxi driver, said he saw Dillinger in Northfield Minnesota about 3 am Tuesday. Murray claims he drove Dillinger dozens of times in the 1920s, but records show Dillinger was released from an Indiana prison in 1928 after a 1924 28 term.
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St Paul
John Dillinger
Indiana
Donald Murray
Chicago
Dillinger
Northfield
Minn
Here
Murray
Plans for Fourth of July Celebration at Grafton Park
The Spanish American War Veterans organize a large Fourth of July program at Grafton Park with committee members Joseph A. Lang Clarence Painter and Herbert M. Wolf directing. U.S. Representatives Jennings Randolph and Robert L. Ramsay have accepted invitations to speak, ensuring a strong oratorical centerpiece.
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Grafton Park
Joseph A. Lang
Watson
Clarence Painter
Herbert M. Wolf
Congressman Jennings
Dolph
Elkins
Robert L. Ramsay
Wolfe
Mass Slayer Confesses Motive for His Crimes
Susanville California authorities say Peter Alesi forty five year old lumber mill worker confessed motive for stabbing to death three women and two men His confession described as breaking up his family led District Attorney Grover C Julian and Sheriff James Leavitt to prepare charges against Alosi for the killings.
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Susanville
Calif
Peter Alesi
Grover C. Julian
Alosi
James Leavitt
Fletcher is Out to Raise Party Funds
Washington reports a push for closer cooperation between the Republican National Committee and the party's Congressional Campaign Committee to formulate policies and fund the November elections. New chairman Fletcher signals a unified money plan, with conference set to merge campaign funds and coordinate spending.
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Fletcher
Washington
Republican National Committee
Congressional Campaign Committee
Henry P. Fletche
George Getz
Chicago
Hastings
Delaware
Representative Bolton
National Republican Congressional Committee
Capital
Bolton
National Committee
War veteran selected to run in Indiana
Indiana Democrats at their State convention nominated Sherman Minton, a lawyer and World War II veteran, for United States Senate to challenge Republican incumbent Arthur Robinson. Minton won on the fourth ballot after leading in earlier rounds, a victory seen as McNutt faction aligned.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Sherman Minton
Arthur R. Robinson
Minton
R. Earl ‘Peters
Fort Wayne
Peters
McNutt Minton
Paul V. McNutt
Darrow Board Member Resigns Over NRA Critique
Washington June 13 Thompson resigns from the Darrow NRA review board citing a trend toward fascism in the United States and urging a workers and farmers government to plan production and socialize industry. He says he authored the board's recent supplemental report and general indictment of NRA operations.
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Washington
NRA
United States
Wc. Thompson
Darrow Nra Review Board
White House
National Recovery Administration
Clarence Darrow
Steel Workers Arrive in Pittsburgh for Strike Convention
Pittsburgh June 13. President Michael F. Tighe of the steel workers union said he would not present the government mediation plan to the workers at the special strike convention set for tomorrow. The plan was submitted to operators and representatives by Hugh B. Johnson NRA administrator. Johnson welcomed any plan from the government.
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Pittsburgh
Michael F. Tighe
Steel Workers Union
Amalgamated Association of Tron, Steel, and Tin Workers
Hugh 8. Johnson
NRA
Veteran Operator of Clarksburg Succumbs
Carl Phil E'Drummond a 69 year old linotype operator at the Clarksburg Telegram died at 8 45 this morning of a heart attack at his home 1503 West Pike street in Clarksburg. He had been working regularly at the paper and came to the office despite feeling unwell asking for a substitute before leaving for home.
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Clarksburg
Carl Phil E'Drummond
Hain
West
Pike Street
John F Shiever
Missing Jap Consul Found Hid By Tomb
In Nanking on June 13 the Japanese vice consul Eimei Kuramoto was found in a Ming dynasty tombyard. Unkempt and hungry, he said he sought death by own action after failing to gain promotion. Authorities feared Sino-Japanese tensions but Kuramoto was rescued and the case closed.
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Nanking
China
Eimei Kuremoto
Japan
Kuramoto
Grief Over Slaying Husband Prompts Death by Self
Mrs Dolly Elwell of Chicago killed her husband James Elwell 35 general manager of a Chicago printing concern on February 15 after months of brooding over the crime. An unsigned note found in the hotel room implicated the two children James 6 and John 19 months in Chicago relatives’ concern. A grand jury refused to indict her.
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Chicago American Airways
Catekills
Debruce
N.Y
Associated Press
Kansas City
Dolly Elwell
Chicago
Nota
James
John
Rescue of Knut Hamsun crew after sea fire
Seventeen crew members were missing as the Norwegian freighter Knut Hamsun burned and sank after loading Chilean nitrate. The captain George McBride and sixteen crewmen were rescued in a lifeboat after nearly three days adrift, with the vessel located about 120 miles off Honduras. A Zacapa wireless message confirmed the rescue and reported the missing remaining crew.
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New York
Hbbean Sea
Colon
George McBride
Zacapa
United States Fruit Lines
Knut Blamytin
Honduras
Britain declines to pay debt in kind per American note
London reports Great Britain will not pay war debt in goods despite an American note. Downing Street officials study the issue after Cordell Hull’s reference to payment in kind, while Roosevelt signals openness to considering payment in goods on a basis.
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London
Great Britain
Cordell ‘Hull
United States
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