Jury to Probe Two Parkersburg Murder Cases
Parkersburg authorities prepare for an immediate grand jury investigation into two deaths. Four people are in custody including Arthur Shaw's widow and Ruth Maton’s husband. Eddie Crouch to be returned from prison. police say plot to slay Shaw discussed. Mrs Mason’s husband Earl detained as investigators probe her death and a related shooting.
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Parkersburg
Arthur A. Shaw
Ruth Maton
Little
Kanawh
Shaw
Ida May Shaw
Harley Lemon
Myrtle Delaney
Ernest Delaney
Eddie Crouch
Crouch
Mason
Earl
Bhan
Plot to kill Shaw investigated after theater
Officers said they had evidence indicating a plot to kill Shaw and were investigating a possible plan to take Delaney's life discussed at the time.
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Shaw
Delaney
Sife
Hospital Notes From Knottsville And City Hospital
Miss Gladys Auvil 12 daughter of Mr and Mrs G C Auvil Knottsville rests comfortably after a fall from a cherry tree near her home Friday suffering severe cuts to the head. John Evans Lucreti a mail carrier underwent major surgery at City Hospital for a side abscess after a cherry picking incident yesterday. Mrs Blanche Dougher Loveland addition was discharged today.
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Gladys Auvil
G. C. Auvil
Knottsville
City Hospital
John Evans
Lucretia
Blanche Dougher
Loveland Addition
Campbell Kills Self in Hollidays Cove Tragedy
Willis Campbell, 35, shot himself near his Hollidays Cove home after injuries to his hands left him unable to work. Relatives cited despair as the motive in the Wheeling area incident dated June 27.
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Wheeling
Willis Campbell
Hollidays Cove
Fetterman to Meet Majestic July Fourth in Clarksburg
The Fetterman Tygarts Valley League baseball nine hosts Majestic of Clarksburg on Independence Day with a 1 30 p m start. Manager 8 E Kinter notes Harrison countian has won eleven straight and the July fourth duel shapes as a key matchup. The new board of education allows use of Athletic Field by Fetterman and Grafton B&O teams. Fetterman also schedules a Saturday doubleheader with Wendel and a Sunday home game against Belington.
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Fetterman Tygarts Valley League
Majestic
Clarksburg
E. Kinter
First Ward
Kinter
Board of Education
Grafton B. & O
Lana Fetterman
Fetterman
Wendel
Belington Club
West Virginia and Nation Debate Prohibition Repeal
Long morning of light voting marked by strong woman turnout in Martinsburg and Clarksburg as West Virginia joins California in statewide repeal ballots. Observers call the vote pivotal with drys and wets racing to mobilize while gold bloc talks stoke currency stabilization tensions in Europe and Britain weighs its stance toward American monetary policy.
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Martinsburg
Land
Belgium
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Gold Bloc
Clarksburg
California
Associated Press
West
Virginia
Mountain States
West Coast
West Virginia
Prohibition
Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
United Repeal Council
State's Beauty Will Be Told State's Beauty Will Be Told
West Virginia Automobile Association adopts a plan to publicize the state's industrial and recreational assets. Charles P. Clark of Washington says success depends on civic and citizen cooperation as states prep to profit from new industrial conditions. Clubs launch a campaign to market West Virginia as a destination, not only a route, with Ernest A. Smith expected to speak.
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Charleston
West Virginia Automobile Association
West Virginia
Charles P. Clark
Washington
Te Ameria Automobile Association
Clark
Ernest A. Smith
The
National Association
State girl wins in the doubles at West Penn tourney
Miss Margaret Carspecken of Morgantown WV and Miss Miriam Sullivan won the women's doubles at the West Penn tennis tournament in Pittsburgh. They defeated Mrs. De Richetson and Mrs. Martha Ginne of Pittsburgh 6 1. J B McLaughlin urged Future Farmers of America to organize and study for community leadership at a Charleston conference.
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Pittsburgh
Margaret Carspecken
Morgantown
W. Va
Miriam Sullivan
de Richetson
Martha G.inne
McLaughlin
Charleston
West Virginia Association of Future Farmers of America
J. B. McLaughlin
Kahn Attacks Cut Throat Competition In Banking
Washington reports Otto H. Kahn of Kahn Loeb & Co urged the Senate Banking Committee that cut throat competition among American bankers for financing industrial enterprises should end as harmful to the public. He said banks often refrain from funding a concern when another bank handles it, aligning with the new national code regulating business.
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Washington
Otto H. Kahn
New York
Art Patrio
Senate Banking
Kahn- Loeb & Co
New York Banking House
Kahn
Crogan Declines Preston County School Board Post
In Kingwood on June 27 indications point to Dr. R. D. Harman of Kingwood as the likely appointee to fill Attorney P. J. Crogan’s vacancy on the Preston county school board. Crogan had been named to the board but immediately telegrammed Superintendent W. W. Trent that he would not serve. Terra Alta attorney L. F. Everhart described his appointment as a surprise and said he was not among the applicants.
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Kingwood
R. D. Harman
P. J. Crogan
Preston County
Rosemont Man Fined Fifty For Carrying Gun
Frank Roberts, 28, of Rosemont, was fined 50 dollars and sentenced to six months in jail for carrying a concealed weapon. Deputy Batson arrested him after a .32 calibre S and W revolver was found. Roberts claimed no knowledge of possession. He has a wife and two children living near Rosemont.
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Frank Roberts
Rosemont
Ona CC
Jefferys
Roberts
Harry Batson
Eleven Die In Mines Reported In May
The mines department reports 11 fatal accidents in coal mining for May. McDowell and Logan counties each logged three deaths, Raleigh and Marion two each, and Fayette one.
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Charleston
Mines Department
McDowell
Logan
Raleigh
Marion
Fayette
Beauty Show at Hi School by Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
The American Legion Drum and Bugle corps sponsors a merchant beauty pageant and magic show at the high school auditorium Friday at 8 15 pm. A prize adapts to the winner judged by out of town judges. The program features 45 minutes of magic by James E True a noted magician engaged for the occasion and promising humorous tricks.
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American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
James E. True
True
Man Killed and Woman Wounded in Cedar Grove Shooting
In Cedar Grove, Acey Carr a 35 year old miner was killed in his home after a quarrel over his friendship with Mrs. Warden. Mrs. Wende Warden 34 of Beckley was wounded seriously and her husband Edward Warden 40 surrendered to Cedar Grove police.
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Charleston
Cedar Grove
Acey Carr
Wende Warden
Beckley
Edward Warden
Carr
Warden
Slaughtering Firms Report Big Pick Up
Chicago reports a strong month for slaughtering firms with production rising 11.5 percent from April and 14 percent above May. The Chicago Federal Reserve Bank announced the gains as the best since January 1932, signaling a robust month for the industry nationwide.
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Chicago
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank
Employment and wages up in 1932 month summary
Data notes 1992 figures show 11 to 12 percent excess for 1932 average in the month. The number of employees rose six and one half percent from April. Hours worked and wages increased eight percent.
Oil Code Deemed Triumph for the Little Fellow
New York June 27 The drastic code adopted under the national industrial recovery act is viewed as a triumph for the little fellow. Hugh B Johnson administrator of industrial recovery may sanction it soon and it aims to eliminate price fixing. It would set minimum and maximum motor fuel and other petroleum prices by locality and establish margins between delivered cargo or tank car prices and tank wagon and consumer prices as deemed just.
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New York
Wall Street
National Industrial Recovery Act
Hugh 8. Johnson
Industrial Recovery
No. E
Emergency National Committee
United States
DOUG BEGINS TO IMPROVE
New York reports Joan Crawford, recently divorced from Douglas Fairbanks Jr., is very concerned about his pneumonia illness and offered to visit his New York hospital bedside. He is said to be much improved, so he will not ask her to travel from Hollywood. The Whiting home says Crawford has phoned nightly since Saturday and fears for his condition. Fairbanks Sr. has called from London. The illness followed his arrival from Europe last Friday.
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New York
Joan Crawford
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Hollywood
Jack Whiting
Fairbanks
Miss Crawford
Whiting
Douglas Fairbanks
London
Euurope
Settlement Likely In Goldsboro Produce Truck Case
A $20,000 suit against Jeffreys and Son, Goldsboro produce merchants, faced little contest as witnesses were scarce. Marston and his family perished in a collision with a truck driven by Leslie Lasser and J. D. Phillips of Goldsboro. Investigators noted the truck’s speed, and the case awaits verdict plans as the defendant’s insurer has gone out of business.
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Marston
Jeffreys and Son
Goldsboro
F. B. Jack
Rebecca
Harry
Jean
Leslie Lasser
J. D. Phillips
N.C
Walter Bib
W. A. Sarcer
Hopemont
Woman Is Found Guilty Of Murder In Party Slaying
Kathleen Brown was convicted of second degree murder for the slaying of Norman Edmunds, 35, at a party at Black Betsey last October. Judge T. R. Shepherd deferred sentence, with a penalty of five to eighteen years.
Cubs Shortstop Bill Jurges to Wed Mary Huyette
Chicago Cubs infielder Bill Jurges announced plans to marry Mary Huyette of Reading Pennsylvania today in Philadelphia. The couple’s engagement was disclosed during Jurges remarks at a city event.
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Philadelphia
Bill Jurges
Chicago Cubs
Mary Huyette
Reading
Morlgantown official awarded 6000 for injuries
A Preston circuit court jury awarded R. S. Marston superintendent of Morgantown city schools six thousand dollars for personal injuries to himself and his family from a June 19 1932 road smashup on steep Caddell mountain road. The case arose from a run away incident and reflects a broader dispute over a five million dollar state deficit financing bond plan under advisement by the state supreme court.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Kingwood
Preston
R. S.marston
Morlgantown
Caddell Mountain
Glenn Thomas Captures Harbor Monica Title Again
Glenn Thomas won the Harbor Monica championship in St. Petersburg Florida for the second consecutive time this year.
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Glenn Thomas
St. Petersburg
Fla
Neely Accuses Dodds of Whitewashing Bank Crime Hearing
In New York on June 27 Senator Neely clashed with former Assistant U. S. Attorney General Nugent Dodds over delays in the Harriman National Bank and Trust Co. case. Dodds defended the delay as routine, while Neely pressed for accountability amid threats of a national banking crisis. Medalie said Harriman would go on trial about July 6.
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New York
Joseph W. N
Harriman National Bank and Trust Co
U. S
Senate
Mathew M. Neely
West Virginia
Nugent Dodds
Dodds
Neely
Harriman
Dodd
Glass
Henry F. Ashurst
Ashurst
United States
George Z. Medalie
Medalie
Department of Justice
Treasury Department
Fa Dodds
Chicago
Treasury
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N. Y
Senate Banking Committee
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Cub Star
R. B. Marston
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