Hammer Slayer Escapes From Ohio Prison Today
Velma West the 33 year old slayer who beat her husband to death twelve years ago escaped from the Ohio Reformatory for Women at Marysville. Three other prisoners fled with her as a truck driver saw a group near Marysville around 5 am. Sheriff Roosa’s office reported the escapes follow a 6 am cell inspection. West’s mother expressed shock, recalling Velma’s past and insisting it could not be her daughter.
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Marysville
Velma West
Ohio Reformatory For
Thomas Edward West
Cleveland
Homer Roosa
Mrs. West
Bert van Woert
Cleland
Velma
Ten Dead In Bad Tornado Hit Minnesota Towns
A Sunday tornado ripped through Corcoran Maple Grove Champlin Anoka Cedar St Francis and Bethel near Minneapolis killing ten people and injuring over sixty. Anoka suffered the worst damage with 40 to 50 buildings demolished and two fatalities. Noted victims include Mrs Anna Freeman Ellen Freeman and James Bradley.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Corcoran
Maple Grove
Champlin
Anoka
Cedar
St. Francis
Bethel
Here
Anna Freeman
Ellen Freeman
James Bradley
Minne
Theatres Invite Mrs James H Shingleton Tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs James H Shingleton of 529 Beech Street to tonight's showings. "Let Freedom Ring" with Nelson Eddy is at the Dixie Theatre or "The Return of the Cisco Kid" with Warnes Baxter is at the Strand Theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
James H. Shingleton
Beech Street
Nelson Eddy
Dixie Theatre
the Cisco Kid
Warnes, Baxter
Strand Theatre
Annapolis Quiz Investigation Reports Name Change Claim
In Annapolis reports say Jay Allen Einstein a New York midshipman was advised to change his name because it is Jewish. Academy officials denied giving such advice, and the boy’s name was changed to Easton.
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Annapolis
Jay Allen Einstein
Vernon
N.Y
Harlan union rally stirs clashes as leader calls loyalty
John L. Lewis urged miners to stay with the United Mine Workers of America at a Highpoint rally in Harlan County. William Turnblazer, UMW district president, cited talks with the CIO and UMW chiefs. Guardsmen observed as hundreds gathered amid fistfights. Turnblazer questioned company beer in use to dampen attendance and criticized Governor Chandler for militia deployment.
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Harlan
Kysdune
John L. Lewis
Harlan County
United Mine Workers of America
William Turnblazer
Harlan U. M. W
Lewis
Turnblazer
Turnblaver
National Guard
Zedt Tumblazer
A. B. Chandler
Suspended Patrolman Posts Bond for Trial
Wheeling reports Francis Weisend, a suspended radio patrolman, posting a $1,000 bond for his assault trial. Chief Alonzo Hixenbaugh filed charges after a woman, Mrs. Clarice Nutter, 34, suffered skull injuries, multiple broken ribs and black eyes. Weisend to face Civil Service Commission hearing as well.
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Wheeling
Francis Weisend
Alonzo Hixenbaugh
Clarice Nutter
Weisend
Civil Service Commission
Hixenbaugh
Clarksburg Publishing Co Hearing Date Fixed
National Labor Relations board set June 26 in Clarksburg W Va hearing on charges that Clarksburg Publishing Co violated the Wagner Act by refusing to bargain with the American Newspaper Guild and by dismissing two employees for union activities.
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Pittsburgh
Clarksburg Publishing Company
Clarksburg
W. Va
National Labor Relations Board
American Newspaper Guild
Movie Stars to Testify in Buckner Trial in New York
In New York on June 19 a banker testified that an airplane trip to Washington by William P. Buckner Jr. and an unidentified woman was paid for with a 43.80 check from a bank Buckner had no account at. Buckner faces charges of conspiracy and mail fraud over alleged Philippine railway bond manipulations. Future witnesses include Bing Crosby’s brother Everrett Crosby and film star Frank Morgan, with more Hollywood figures to be summoned.
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New York
Washington
William P. Buckner, Jr
Buckner
George H. Phillips
Bank of the Manhattan Company Legal Department
Philippine Railway Bondholders Protective Committee
Phillips
Hollywood
Bing
Fiverett Crosby
Bing Crosby
Frank Morgan
Loretta
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Five Bishops To Take Part In M. E. Conclave
FAIRMONT June 19 Five bishops will come here on September 5 to participate in the closing of the West Virginia conference of the three branches of Methodism and the organization of the new Methodist conference for this area. The six day meeting is among the east’s most important denomination gatherings necessitated by union of the three branches. Five districts would be organized with a superintendent in the new conference. The reorganization will bring some pastoral changes but wholesale revision of present assignments is not expected.
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Fairmont
West Virginia
End of WPA Theater Project Attacked by Simonson
Marblehead Mass June 19 A Theater Guild director denounces opposition to the Works Progress Administration Federal Theater Project as backwoods ignorance. Lee Simonson, visiting Harvard for reunion, says a renaissance of culture born with the WPA would continue through college theaters as lawmakers move to end federal theater funding.
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Marblehead
Mass
Stooges
Washington
Works Progress Administration
Federal Theater
Theater Guild
American Theater
Massachusetts
Harvard
Lee Simonson
Westport
Wop. A
Simonson
House of Representatives
Trapeze Performer Killed On 104-Foot Fall At Carnival
Seattle dispatch reports trapeze artist Ernn est Liber, 25, of Los Angeles, fell 104 feet during a final carnival performance. He and three teammates were midway through a routine when Liber lost his grip while spinning on the bar. Associates say he was performing a basic trick.
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Seattle
Ernnest Liber
Los Angeles
Liber
House Fights Over Tax Revision And Monetary Powers
Washington June 19 The House moved to finish business tax revision ahead of July 1 while Senate allies push a two year extension of the president s monetary powers The tax bill aims to cut undistributed corporate profit taxes and expand business stimulus but GOP critics say it does not go far enough The monetary plank would extend the president s authority to devalue and expand the stabilization fund and to buy domestically mined silver at prices above world markets Passage of the tax measure was expected by nightfall
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Washington
House
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Our
Ann
Treasury
Two Railroaders Hurt In C and O Derailment
Barboursville June 19 Crews worked to clear wreckage after a Chesapeake and Ohio derailment involving a locomotive and 16 coal cars. Engineer I F Chapman of Russell Kentucky suffered a wrench ed neck and Fireman W T Carter of Russell a bruised leg. Officials set damage at 20000 with an immediate investigation planned.
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Barboursville
I. F. Chapman
Russell
W. T. Carter
Chesapeake and Ohio
Appeal Denied in Gilmer County Estate Case
Charleston June 19 The State Supreme Court refused to grant an appeal in a Gilmer County Circuit court case over the estate of J A Pulliam who ran a general store at Troy Hendrick administrator appealed an order awarding J Lee Bucher a former clerk 1138 46 for payments he said covered for mercantile bills Hendrick argued five of 11 checks totaling 579 15 were not valid claims.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
Gilmer County
J. A. Pulliam
Troy
John J. Hendrick
J. Lee Bucher
Hendrick
Prosector to File First Degree Murder Charge Fink Case
Fremont reports Prosecutor A L Hyzer will charge Mrs Velma Baker Fink with first degree murder for the death of her ten weeks old son Haldon Fink. She allegedly abducted the child from Clyde and threw the wrapped body into Grew creek. Sheriff H L Myers said she confessed and two women served as jail matrons due to her distress. Lie detector aided police in the breakthrough.
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Fremont
A. L. Hyzer
Velma
Baker Fink
Haldon Fink
Creek
H. L. Myers
Atlantic Clipper Lands Safely In French Port
The Atlantic Clipper landed at 3 22 p m at Margone airport Marseille on its passenger preview flight from the United States. Eighteen American journalists were transferred to an Air France ferry plane for a two hour flight to Paris. Officials of the government Air France and Pan American Airways organized a formal welcome in Paris. The Clipper left Port Washington New Jersey on Saturday.
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Marseille
France
Margone
United States
Air France
Paris
Pan-American Air Ways
Port Washington
J. 1
Disastrous Fire Destroys Key Buildings in St Pierre
Fire swept St Pierre, the capital of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, destroying three government buildings seven stores and two warehouses. Fifteen families were left homeless as five residences burned. The blaze began in a theater basement Sunday with no injuries reported.
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ST. Pierre ET Miquelon
St Pierre
Newfoundiance
St. Pierre
St. Pilerte
Newfoundland
Canada
United States
Shooting of Artist Probed By Allegheny Co. Officers
Pittsburgh news reports the death of 43 year old commercial artist Raymond Brown from a bullet wound at his Brookside Farms home. Mrs Brown, questioned then released, recalled hearing a shot after a party as she prepared for bed and found him injured. A pistol was found on the bed. District Attorney Andrew Park said detectives would continue investigating multiple angles.
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Pittsburgh
Raymond Brown
Brookside Farms
Sam Whisner
Andrew T.park
Brown
Basis For Settlement Of Tientsin Affair Sought In London and Tokyo Capitals
London and Tokyo host parallel talks to settle the Tientsin dispute. Prime Minister Chamberlain says Foreign Secretary Halifax conferred with the Japanese ambassador while Sir Robert Craigie in Tokyo works to clarify Japan's position. Local settlement hoped despite broader Sino-British tensions amid a Japanese blockade and the dispute over alleged terrorists.
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London
Tokyo
Chamberlain
Tientsin
House of Commons
Lord Halifax
Robert Leslie Craigie
China
Two Local Kiwanians Attend Boston Parley
President Joe Evans and past President Torlock Rasmussen of the Grafton Kiwanis club represent the local organization at Kiwanis International in Boston. The convention begins today and will run for several days. The trip is being made by automobile.
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Joe Evans
Torlock Rasmussen
Grafton Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis International
Boston
Harrisburg Supreme Court voids chain store tax ruling
Pennsylvania Supreme Court declares unconstitutional the graduated chain store and theatre tax. It upholds Dauphin County court findings that a $1 to $500 levy per business place violated uniform taxation. The law tied revenue to teacher salaries in fourth class districts and was challenged by American Stores and Stanley Theatres.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Dauphin County
S'ores' Company
Stanley Theatres
Three Die In Providence Apartment Fire
A major blaze in Providence Rhode Island left three dead and 25 injured as a fashionable apartment house burned. Victims include Eddie Healey 44 a restaurateur and former vaudeville star linked to New York former Gov. Alfred E. Smith and the elderly couple Mr. and Mrs. William A Booth. Healey died leaping from the fourth floor as the fire spread.
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Providence
R. I
Eddie Healey
Alfred E. Smith
New York
William A. Booth
Healey
Mrs. Booth
Naval inquiry gets started
A naval inquiry board in Portsmouth New Hampshire opened its investigation into the May sinking of the U S submarine Squalus with 26 lives lost The board led by Rear Admiral William T Tarrant held a formal hearing with 33 crew members called as witnesses and a decision not to allow public or press attendance, citing naval regulations The hearing room displayed submarine blueprints amid the proceedings.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Yard
Naval Inquiry Board
U. S
William T. Tarrant
First Naval District
Boston
Gunman Ejected From Armando Mustachio Place
John N. Fronsman, 31, was arrested Friday night after a shooting outside his Simpson home where Joe Tiano was burned while trying to wrest the gun from Fronsman. He was ejected earlier from Armando Mustachio's establishment, not his son Tony as previously stated. Armando Mustachio runs the business. Tony, his WPA official son, is not involved in the incident.
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John N. Fronsman
Simpson
Joe Tiano
Fronsman
Armando Mustachio
Tony
Sentinel
WPA
DeMoss and Haller Attend Police Lodge Convention
Sergeant Earl DeMoss and former City Commissioner Harley Haller attend the annual state convention of the Fraternal Order of Police in session at Clarksburg as delegates of the Grafton department. The event continues tomorrow and Wednesday with Captain A E Lockard and other officers planning to attend off duty.
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Earl DeMoss
Harley Haller
Fraternal Order of Police
Clarksburg
Grafton
A.E. Lockard
Captain Lockard
DeMoss
Japs Erect 1000 Volt Barricade Around Concessions
Japanese military authorities in Tientsin install a 1000 volt electric wire barricade around the British and French concessions to seal the foreign area. A switch was used to deter entry and fresh food crossing behind Japanese sentries. Britain weighs evacuation of women and children as blockade enters its sixth day with growing water shortages and food delivery cuts.
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Tientsin
China
Britona
Wal River
Farm Purchase Loans Get 0
Washington June 19 The Senate Agriculture Committee approved a bill to underwrite 350 million dollars of private farm purchase loans. The plan mirrors the Federal Housing Administration approach with government backing. Co authors include 52 solons and Lee aides. Rep Jones of Texas to push similar House bill. The Farm Security program would aid tenants aspiring to own farms amid ongoing crop controls and adjustments.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Les
Okla
Solons
Lee
Chi Jones
D. 'Tex
Home Culture Committee
House
Farm Securita Tion
R. M. Evans
Agricultural Amjustment
Arministrator
Jose
Foreigneas
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Husband
Minnesota
Strand
Dixie
Day Allen Easton
Harlan Union
Clarksburg Publishing Co
Young
Loretta Young
M. E
French Port
Allegheny Co
Far East
Roger Keyes
Germany
Italy
Japan
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Naval Inquiry
DeMoss, Haller
Police Lodge
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