Tornado winds sweep Minnesota causing major damage
Tornadic winds struck scattered parts of Minnesota last night and today causing extensive property damage with no loss of life. A cloudburst at North Branch leveled about 150 poles and about four inches of rain fell. Continuous reports say some towns faced power and communications outages as the storm climaxed the year’s worst heat wave with near 100 degree temperatures.
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Fairmont
Albert Lea
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North Branch
Kentucky gun fight claims three victims
Hyden Kentucky June 20 Sheriff Sim Morris of Leslie County investigates a deadly gun battle on Wooten's Creek that left Will Joseph Harris Engle and Finley Bailey dead and Mrs Warren Joseph wounded. The sheriff will not arrest anyone before funeral services.
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Sim Morris
Leslie County
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West Virginia marks 68th state anniversary holiday
West Virginia observes June 20 as West Virginia Day marking its 1863 statehood. State offices close. celebrations were limited as the milestone is noted with historic context of three moves toward a separate government west of the Alleghenies and east of the Ohio. Mrs Emma M Pownall dies after illness, two brothers and two sisters survive.
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Purported Attack On Occasional Reacher In Tex Hoax Revealed
Dallas reports a hoax where B P Brown a hotel baggageman and occasional preacher admitted fabricating a tale of four masked men attacking and hanging him in North Dallas Baptist church He confessed to self deception and sending threatening letters to himself and Rev H J Marler church leaders were told of his remorse He had planned to die near the pulpit but lacked nerve and disclosed the motive was to gain attention and possibly the pastorate Continued on Page Three.
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Ralphsnyder Land Resale Confirmed in Monongalia County
Judge Warren B. Kittle confirmed the resale of Ralphsnyder coal and farm lands in Monongalia County for about 34000 after earlier bids failed to meet decree terms. The June sale, purchased by Lucille Gas Coal Co of Marion County, followed a 1920 offer of 120000 for coal rights and reflects sharp value declines since 1920.
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Ralphsnyder
Monongalia County
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Gene W. Ford
May reopen sugar tilt
Washington reports the tariff commission weighs reopening the sugar duty under the 1930 act. Beet growers from Colorado California Idaho Montana Nebraska Wyoming seek higher duties. Current rates: Cuban raw 2 cents per pound, Cuban refined 2.12. 1922 law set 1.91. Growers claim profits fall below costs, with beets not profitable under $7 per hundredweight.
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California
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City Sizzles as Thermometer Climbs to Ninety Two
Graf ton area expected to top 93 or 94 before nightfall as June rainfall remains light after a damp May. W. E. Clayton reports government readings with yesterday reaching 91 and near 92 today. Total rainfall this year 16.71 inches, down slightly from last year. sweltering conditions keep Grafton Park crowded with locals seeking shade.
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Park Float Installed for Sunday Crowds Amid Ferry and Beach Plans
The iTygart Valley Traction Company announced thirty minute park service after one, to run until all passengers are carried, as the ferry operates on a regular schedule and the bathing beach prepares for usual Sunday crowds. A. B. Riddle will supervise the ferry tomorrow and handle beach troubles, with plans to hire a regular life guard later.
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Ralph H Booth U S Minister Dies in Austria
Vienna reports the death of Ralph H Booth aged 57, editor and publisher and former United States minister to Denmark, at Bad Gastein Salzburg. Booth owned Michigan newspapers and held leadership posts in the Associated Press, including first vice president in 1917 1918. He traveled to Austria for heart ailment treatment after recent influenza illness. kidney trouble cited as direct cause.
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Ralph H. Booth
United States
Denmark
Bad-Gastein
Salzburg
Austria
Booth
Michigan
Associated Press
Bad Gastein
Do-X Flying Boat Passes Rio De Janeiro
The German flying boat DO-X over Rio de Janeiro as its long delayed flight from Altenhein Switzerland nears completion.
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Altenhein
Switzerland
Army Workers To Call On 300 Yet To Contribute
Salvation Army drive total reached 2539 dollars and nine cents. Next week about three hundred county residents who have not contributed will be visited by workers carrying prospect cards. An advisory folder detailing needs will be distributed by mail and other means early next week. Captain W. H. Arnold warned that, without more gifts, the relief department may close until fall.
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Clore
Hoover plan eyed as Europe greets US economic aid
European capitals welcomed President Hoover’s pledge to help boost Europe’s economy. Berlin stocks rose as the move was called a Hoover boom, while London Paris and Washington dispatches sparked widespread interest in Germany’s reconstruction and reparations links.
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West Virginia hangs man for wife slaying in 1920
Frank Hyer a 55 year old Pocahontas County resident was executed at the state prison in Loundsville after admitting guilt and blaming liquor. He died when the trap decapitated him, in what officials say was an almost instant death. Hyer’s final words attributed to booze reflected acceptance of his fate. The case dates to December 19, 1920, when he beat his wife to death in a Durbin restaurant.
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W. Va
Frank Hyer
Pocahontas County
Hyer
West Virginia
A. G. Scroggins
Durbin
Funeral services for Brother Beane in Oklahoma
Funeral services for William Robert Beane of Chikaskia Lodge No 109 Blackwell Oklahoma will be held Sunday June 21 1931 at 2 30 p m at Bartlett Funeral Parlor conducted by Grafton Lodge No 15 A F and A M with interment at National Cemetery All Masons are asked to assemble at the Masonic Temple at 1 30 p m to pay respects to our memory
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Blackswell
Oklahoma
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Grafton Lodge
National Cemetery
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Charles Pueae
Mrs Holden Verdict Ends Taylor County Case
At six minutes before ten this morning the jury found in favor of defendant Mary S Holden, ending the Taylor county circuit court term and settling the Jolliffe vs Holden suit over an account from Jolliffe's store. The claim totaled about $667 and involved authorization to charge feeds.
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W. V. Lucas
Taylor County
George L. Jolliffe
Mary
Holden
Jtate
Jolliffe
Marga Summmerville
Rival Union Leaders Claim Walkout Spreads in Coal Fields
Pittsburgh dispatch reports rival union leaders claiming a walkout in the western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and eastern Ohio coal fields is spreading as talks with the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company stall. United Mine Workers officials say negotiations with the firm were resumed after a conference with Governor Pinchot and UMWA President. The company says adjustments offered were refused and negotiations are off, while district president P. T. Fagan and international officer John O’Leary met with terminal vice president A. J. Appel.
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Bh Forte
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation
United Mine Workers of America
Pinchot
United Mine Workers
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