Mitchell quits as assistant to Secretary Roper
Washington June 15 secretary of commerce announces Ewing Y Mitchell an original Roosevelt For President Missouri member has been dismissed after refusing to resign A department statement cites need for broader engineering and administrative experience and a new assistant secretary planned Mitchell had been linked to a looming reorganization and his resignation was sought by September 1934
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Washington
Roper
Ewing Y. Mitchell
Secetary of Commerce
Mitchell
Torney
Sheen
Department
Secretary of Commercey
One Dead in Strike Riot in Omaha
Omaha reports a milk wagon driver John Duster aged 24 shot to death during the third night of carr strike rioting. At least 50 injured include seven in serious condition and 41 policemen treated for scratches and bruises as mob violence damaged streets and property. оруж
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Omaha
John Duster
William Hutter
Duster
Robert Samardick
Roy N
Towl
Walter Jurned
Dewey McCoy
Sands
Court Martial Involving Harriet Hagman Sebastian Case
Lieut Henry A Sebastian, former Army football star, faced a court martial as his wife Harriet Hagman Sebastian sues for separation citing a 1931 wedding date. Cadets reportedly cannot marry, while an aunt claims a 1934 marriage on graduation day.
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Harriet Hagman Sebastain
Henry A. Sebastian
Army
Sebastian
West Point
Vote to seat Rush D Holt in U S Senate
Washington June 15 The senate elections committee voted ten to four that Senator elect Rush D Holt would be entitled to the senate seat to which he was elected when he reaches the age of 30. He will be 30 on June 19 and plans to take oath of office. The challenge by former Senator Hatfield argued Holt was not 30 at election or term start. The interpretation favors seating if Holt is 30 when he presents himself.
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Washington
Senate Elections Committee
Rush D. Holt
W. Va
Senate
Holt
George
Hatfield
Body of Missing Boy Found in East River
The body of five year old Jackie Kaul was recovered from the East River, ending a search that began June 6 after he vanished from a playground in Sutton Place. His father John Kaul identified the body at Fordham hospital morgue before collapsing. Police pursue two leading theories including a fall into the river or abduction by a woman of frustrated maternal instincts.
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New York
Theody
Jackie Kaul
East River
Sutton Place
Manhattan
John Kaul
Bronx
Fordham Hospital
Jon
Lawyer Took Ransom Cash As Fee In Urschel Case
Oklahoma City report details Denver attorney Ben B. Laska convicted of conspiracy in the Urschel kidnap ransom. Star witness Mrs. Molly Edison arrested for perjury after the verdict. Edison, appearing shaken, pleads not guilty and is held on $5,000 bond with a Friday hearing slated.
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Oklahoma City
Ben B. Laska
Denver
Charles F. Urschel
Molly O. Edison
Laska
America
Edward Feldman
Albert Bates
Feldman
Edison
Three More Stores To Be Opened Monday A. M.
The state liquor control commission announced that stores will open Monday morning in Morgantown Fairmont and Spencer. Glenville and Hinton stores are set to open next week. Liquor stocks arrive at Hinton Monday and the Beckley store is ready to receive supplies. Equipment will be installed in Logan Welch and Montgomery stores during the coming week.
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Charleston
State Liquor Control Commission
Morgantown
Fairmont
Spencer
Glenville
Hinton
Beckley
Logan
Welch
Montgomery
New Commissioner Named in Martinsburg
Martinsburg on June 15 reports H. Marshall Homer is acting United States commissioner pending successor to H. A. Downs who resigned due to ill health Downs served Martinsburg since 1922 and previously 1913 to 1921 before his 1922 election to the state house of delegates
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Martinsburg
H. Marshall Homer
United States
H. A. Downs
Downs
W. B. Baker
U.S
Martinsburgh
House of Delegates
Former WVU Law Dean and U.S. Representative Dies
Charles Edgar Hogg, 83, former dean of West Virginia University law school and former U.S. representative, died at his Point Pleasant home last night. Funeral services are set for Sunday afternoon at Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia University
U. S
Charles Edgar Hogg
Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church
Man admits stabbing wife in custody dispute in New York
Peter Christ, 32, confessed to stabbing his estranged wife Stella, 28, to death and stuffing her body in a trunk in the presence of their 7-year-old son Perry after a dispute over custody. He surrendered at a sports writer’s desk in New York. He said the victim cut him first and he never planned the killing.
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New York
Peter Christ
Joseph Mooney
New York Daily Mirror
Christ
Kriegs
Perry
Stella
Mooney
Braddock Cabled Offer To Meet Max Schmeling
Pred Kirsch promoter for Imperial Sports Palace in Berlin cabled his American representative Jimmy Bronson to offer James J. Braddock the world heavyweight title holder $200000 to fight Max Schmeling in Berlin next September. Bronson said plans include meeting Braddock’s manager Joe Gould to obtain reaction and that the bout may be staged at the new Olympic Stadium with Braddock’s guarantee deposited in an American bank.
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New York
Pred Kirsch
Imperial Sports Palace
Berlin
Jimmy Bronson
James J. Braddock
Max Schmeling
Bronson
Joe Gould
Braddock
Kirsch
Olympic Stadium
Auto Trolley Crash Injures Four In Bluefield
Four persons are in hospital after a head on collision of an automobile and street car in Bluefield. Injured are Clyde Kirk driver of the car N L Kirk 52 J T Myers 64 and Alice May Lusk 9 all of Burton Va. Doctors fear Clyde Kirk and Myers may not recover. The trolley motorman rushed to the rear upon seeing the crash.
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Bluefield
Clyde Kirk
N. L. Kirk
J. T. Myers
Alice May Lusk
Burton
Myers
Britain expands anti air force with eight new units
Britain orders immediate formation of eight battalions for anti aircraft defense. Five will convert to searchlight units and three become anti air artillery brigades including the Royal Fusiliers. London area postings planned with similar mobilization for Midland cities. Training emphasized for immediate action at outbreak of war. Giant searchlight batteries and air raid sounding stations to aid detection. Continuation noted on page 4.
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London
Great Britain
War Office
Royal Pusiliers
Army Council
Great Midland
Conqueror of Helen Wills Moody Wins Kent Title
London June 15 Kallie Round England's top team nis player defeated Katherine Stammers in the Kent championship final. Round won 6 2 6 0 after Stammers earlier beat Mrs Moody 6 0 6 4 in a sensational upset.
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London
Kallie Round
England
Nis
Katherine Stammers
Helen Wills Moody
Kent
Miss Round
Miss Stammers
Mrs. Moody
Slays Son In Law Beckley Man Nabbed
Beckley, June 15. Will Blevins 54 of Tommy's Creek near Beckley is jailed awaiting a preliminary hearing after allegedly shooting his son in law Charles Overstreet 30 as he walked along a road Thursday night. Blevins said he fired after Overstreet raised a rifle. Overstreet is survived by his widow and two children. burial set in Thaxton, Virginia.
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Beckley
Will Blevins
Tommy's Creek
L. Dillon
Blevins
Charles Overstreet
Overstreet
Prac Overstreet
Floods Sweep West Texas Leave Eight Dead
Floods sweeping West Texas have killed at least eight people as rivers rose to record levels. The disaster left thousands homeless and caused extensive damage to railroads crops and homes across several counties. Authorities expect further action as cases are prepared for federal court in Elkins Term with many residents still unaccounted for.
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San Antonio
Tex
Clarksburg
Texas
Wheeling
Elkins
H. L. Robinson
Liberty League Pledges Constitution Defense Plan
Chicago June 15 Members of the American Liberty League pledged a four point program to defend the Constitution. Alfred E Smith a league leader said the Liberty League has no bearing on a third party movement. They urged Congress to quit and return to constitutional deliberation while praising the NRA decision as beneficial.
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Chicago
American Liberty League
Alfred E. Smith
Liberty League
League
National Credit Oy
Congress
Supreme Court
NRA
Roosevelt
Smith
Texas Police Think Karpis Escaped Trap
Kirbyville officers believed Alvin Karpis, long sought in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping, escaped after a gun battle near a CCC camp five miles east of Kirbyville. N B Powell says a tip led to a sedan with two men. one resembling Karpis slept while the other, armed, sped off firing as officers gave chase along Highway 8. Continued on page six.
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Bulletin
Kirbyville
Tex
William Mahan
George Weyerhaeuser
Here
Jasper County
Alvin Karpis
CCC
N. B. Powell
Karpis
Cec
Powell
Clipper Plane Starts Trip to Midway Isle
Honolulu June 15 The American Airways Clipper sailed from Pearl Harbor bound for Midway Island about 6 57 a m Honolulu time 12 27 p m EST The craft carries six crew members and two passengers as the second link in a planned California to China air service, following its Alameda departure Thursday Naval officers ground crew and newspapermen witnessed the takeoff.
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Honolulu
American Airways
Pearl Harbor
Midway Island
California
China
Alameda
Calif
Charles Payne Elected Succeed S M Musgrove
Charles Payne was elected secretary of the Royal Arch Masons Copestone Chapter No. 12 at a Monday meeting June 3 and was installed as acting secretary of Grafton's Lodge No. 15 A F and A Masons. Payne, past worshipful master of No. 15, succeeds the late S M Musgrove who served three Masonic bodies in Grafton. The DeMolay recorder election is set for June 17 at the Masonic Temple on Main and St John streets.
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Charles Payne
Royal Arch . Masons
Copestone
Grafton
A. F
A. Masons
Payne
Musgrove
Royal Arch Masons
A. F. A. Masons
DeMolay Co Dery
Parkersburg Woman Drowns Self in Creek Near Home
Parkersburg, June 15. Mrs. Nettie Bryan, 63, of South Parkersburg, drowned herself in Neal Run near her residence yesterday. Acting coroner R. E. Hays released the basic facts but details remain unclear due to garbled report text.
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Parkersburg
Nettie Bryan
South Parkersburg
Neal Run
R. E. Hays
Mash Ang Saeg Anton Snc
Husband Found Buried Slayer Charged in West Falmouth Me
The axe hacked body of Herbert L. Morrill, 63, bicycle dealer, missing a week, was found in the cellar of his isolated West Falmouth home wrapped in a blanket and quilt and partly buried. His widow Mary E. Morrill, 53, was arrested and charged with murdering him after County Attorney Walter M. Tapley Jr. arrived at the scene.
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West Falmouth
Herbert L. Morrill
Mary E. Morrill
Walter M. Tapley, Jr
Home Owners Suffering Little in This State
The Home Owners Loan Corporation says West Virginia saw only five new loan applications in the first week of the new period, suggesting distress in home refinancing has nearly vanished. Since May 28, only five new West Virginia applications were accepted, with Idaho and Nevada the only states recording fewer that week.
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Washington
Home Owners Loan Corporation
West Virginia
HOLC
Idaho
Nevada
Holt Bailey to Speak at Auto Dealers Meet
Senator elect Rush D. Holt and Road Commissioner E. L. Bailey spoke at a West Virginia Automobile Dealers Association banquet closing a two day convention in Charleston. The event focused on proposals for a new code of fair play and industry standards amid statewide auto trade discussions.
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Holt
Bailey
Charleston
U. 5
Rush D. Holt
E. L. Bailey Kepak
West Virginia Automobile Dealers ‘Association
Guffey Bill Extension Agreed for Coal Strike
Washington June 15 The projected coal strike was called off as United Mine Workers and Appalachian soft coal operators ratified President Roosevelt’s proposal to extend current wages hours and working conditions through June 30. John L Lewis announced a June 24 reassembly to renew wage and hour talks. Some southern districts were not represented with Pocahontas Tug River and Greenbriar noted as likely to go along. failure could halt Monday work.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Pocahontas
Tug River
Williamson
Loany Steapinnerry
Lou Appa- Indian
Port of Virginia
Lewis
Kennedy
Greenbriar
Knox Speaks to Rotarians on International Justice
Rev William Knox of Andrews M E church addressed Rotarians at the Hotel Grafton on justice in international affairs. He traced the concept from ancient Greece and Rome through medieval church limits and expansions, highlighting a historical arc from paganism to Christianity and the use of coercive power in enforcing justice.
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William Knox
Andrews M. E
Rotary Club
Hotel Grafton
Knox
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