West Virginia crops aided by rain but drought lingers
West Virginia farmers report beneficial rain across the state improving hay and pasture with wheat in some areas showing wear. The drought had already trimmed major crop prospects to about 30 percent. A Wheeling worker died of heat prostration. The State Rail Commission redefined metropolitan areas for truck weight rules. An elephant accident near Elkins with minor injuries to the animal and handlers is noted. Political notices include Beacom seeking a state senate seat and McDonald named Prohibition party candidate. Tax collections for May reach 566535.84 dollars with 19159.21 collected yesterday. Veterans of Foreign Wars held their 13th annual Welch encampment.
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Elkins
Mena
Rice Brothers Circus
Buckhannon
Clarksburg
John Wesley McDonald
Fairmont
Prohibition Party
United States Senate
West Virginia
Squire Halstead
Murder in Pierre Dufresne's House Prompts Lockdown Inquiry
In a tense session Director Connors and Sergeant Harper press Mr. Dufresne and Captain Macklin for evidence as Harper asserts a third person murdered Hamill and may have staged the scene in Dufresne's residence. They probe a hidden revolver, concealed bullets, and erased clues while Dufresne accuses the detective of fabrication.
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Pierre Dufresne
Somysterious
Dufresne
Harper
Dufreane
Fir
Qergeant
Dutreme
Macklin
Connors
Mackin
Hamill
Carlin
Teat
Mr. Dufresne
Highboy
Andrews
Meeting on three day period set to occur today
A meeting is scheduled to run for three days beginning today with organizational officials coordinating sessions and attendees expected to participate in planned discussions and decisions.
Six Escaped Prisoners Reach Safe Port From Devil's Island
Georgetown British Guiana June 20 six exhausted escapees from a French penal colony arrived in a small open boat. They include five Frenchmen and a Spaniard and plan to continue to Trinidad after repairing their leaky craft. They received medical aid but were warned not to linger or risk deportation as undesirables.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Devil's Island
Trinidad
Louisiana lottery debate spurs revenue projections and voters' gamble
Lawmakers discuss state lottery potential revenue with estimates ranging from tens of millions to half a hundred million annually. Officials note vast outbound lottery spend and discuss constitutional amendment timing for November vote. A prior committee had favored harsher penalties for lottery operators.
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Louisiana
Gilmore
Joe Pisher
United States
Hopkins to Head FHA Housing Push Plan
Washington January 21. Three new initials FHA to expand home building and loans under Harry L Hopkins as head. Modernization loans up to 2000 with 20 percent U.S. guarantee. insurance of building and loan shares. divisions for mortgage insurance up to eighty percent, low cost dwellings, and old mortgages. National mortgage associations to issue bonds backed by mortgages.
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J. E. Brackett
Washington
Jtme
FHA
Harry L. Hopkins
Federal Housing Administration
United States
National
Dr Willis of Booths Creek Dead at 56
Dr Clarence Lee Willis 56 a veteran veterinarian and noted race horse trainer died suddenly at his Booths Creek farm home. He collapsed while working on his automobile. heart attack was given as cause. Survived by widow Sallie, daughter Olaf, son Burl and son Mitchell, with relatives across Boothsville area.
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Clarence Lee Willis
Booths Creek
Boothsville
Kenneth
EJ H. Brannon
Bridgeport
Willis
Chicago
Elmore
Martha Martin Willis
Sallie Robinson
Olaf Willis
Burl Willis
Bury
Mitchell ‘Willis
Booth's Creek
Funeral services for Kenneth Willis held at Boothsville home
Kenneth Willis died recently and funeral services are planned at his residence at 1 PM Friday followed by a 2 PM service at the Methodist Protestant church in Bridgeport. Interment will be at the new Masonic cemetery in Bridgeport. Willis was active in community affairs and a member of the Boothsville Methodist Episcopal church.
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Kenneth Willis
Willis
Methodist Episcopal Church
Boothsville
Methodist Protestant Church
Bridgeport
New Masonic Cemetery
Alienation Suit Continues In Rowlesburg Case Details
The 1931 alienation suit continues as Blake Darlington faces a misdemeanor larceny count for stealing fish from A. A. Pickering’s private pond in Rowlesburg. The trial for J. B. Phillips, charged with driving an automobile while intoxicated, began late yesterday.
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Blake Darlington
A. A. Pickering
Rowlesburg
J. B. Phillips
Youth Shoots Self In Accidental Shell Blast
Rowtsburg reports a 16 year old boy from Etam and a 21 year old, Jane Knotts, involved as the shell exploded during an attempted firing of a 22 caliber shell with a rock. The boy sustained a thigh wound and is under medical care. Another accident sees Ray Sickoris, son of Mr and Mrs Mike Sickoria, fracture his right arm and recover.
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Rowtesburg
Jane
Ray Sickoris
Mike Sickoria
Heim
Cation Bible School
Methodist “Episcopal Chi
Naomi McMillen
Ci Funk
Margaret Wilson
Helen Rose Hooton
J Treat
Prisoner Sawing Bars Delays Oklahoma Return
Colorado Springs report notes Clyde Brandon, 32, hoped to escape by sawing through steel bars while awaiting transfer to Sheriff Waters of Miami. He allegedly faced motor theft and burglary charges in ami Oklahoma, as officers discovered he had nearly severed through the bars during the misstep.
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Colorado Springs
Clyde Brandon
Ami
Okla
Sheriff Waters
Miami
Brandon
Two Inmates Die Fall From Fifth Floor Rope
Two girls at House of Good Shepherd in Troy fall 60 feet while escaping a fifth floor window. Martha Nichols of Zanesville and Camilla Mattesko of Utica, both hospitalized in critical condition with severe leg fractures. Authorities say a sheet rope was lowered after a screen was pried loose. both girls reportedly lost grip during descent.
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Troy
House of Good Shepherd
Martha Nichols
Zanesville
Camilla Mattesko
Utica
N. C
Troy Hospital
Nichols
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