Public Utility Holding Bill Faces House Floor Fight
Washington mobilizes as the public utility holding company bill nears a house floor vote. Leaders warn of a possible death sentence for abuses, while the Senate and House clash over abolition timelines and federal restraints. Debates stretch eight hours, with key figures urging opposition to broad deregulation.
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Ex-Mayor Murdoch II Named Relief Overlord
A former mayor of Parkersburg takes over county relief administration in Wot county on July 1. Allen C. Murdoch succeeds John C. Yeager as relief administrator, announced yesterday by state administrator William N. Beehler.
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John C. Yeager
Herndon granted rehearing in inciting insurrection case
Angelo Herndon, seen in New York, fights execution of his sentence and wins a rehearing after the U S Supreme Court affirmed earlier. He was arrested in Atlanta for urging workers to strike and found guilty under an ancient law of inciting insurrection facing 18 to 20 years in a Georgia chain gang.
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U. S. Supreme Court
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Atlanta
Lucky in Craps Lem Unlucky at Law in Divorce
Chicago judge awards Alma Ervin half of a claimed $4,000 craps win and grants a divorce. Judge Rudolph Desart said Lemuel Ervin would split the winnings with his wife but did not admit gambling. The case details a disputed craps windfall and its legal consequences.
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Premier Mussolini Threshing with Peasants in Littoria
Premier Mussolini toiled in shirt sleeves at a threshing scene in Littoria joining peasants on land reclaimed from Pontine marshes. The annual harvest celebration highlighted the government project transforming marshland into farmland.
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Lawyer Given Two Years In Jail For Harboring Dillinger Gang
Chicago June 27 The heaviest penalty under the law a sentence of two years in prison and a $10000 fine was imposed today on Attorney Louis P Piquet convicted of harboring the late Homer Van Meter and John Dillinger. Federal Judge Philip L Sullivan overruled a defense motion. Piquet a former city prosecutor was charged with arranging a hideout and aiding the gang. Surgeons testified they operated on the gangsters fingertips to prevent future fingerprint identification.
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Big Bill) Thompson
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Wilhelm Loeser
Harold B. Cassidy
Road Maintenance Chief of Cabell County Dies
John D. Greenwade 65 longtime Cabell County maintenance director for the State Road Commission died after a three week illness. A Kentucky native resident of Huntington since 1915 he will have funeral services this afternoon. Survived by his widow two brothers and a sister.
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Little Wind in Capital Despite Many Orators
Washington weather bureau reports wind in the capital averages 7 miles an hour despite strong political rhetoric. Chicago averages 15, New York 13, while Mount Washington, N H, records 33 on average and once hit 168 miles an hour.
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Japanese say Chahar incident fully settled in Sino-Japanese clash
Peiping June 27 Japanese military declares the Chahar incident settled. Chinese authorities silent on the announcement, which is viewed as an indication of capitulation to Japanese demands. The broader Sino-Japanese North China crisis continues with much accomplished but more still undone.
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Suter Elected Head Of Florists' Society
Fairmont June 27. F A Suter of Charleston is the new chairman of the Fiorests Telegraph association in West Virginia, elected yesterday. Officers named include William Diechman Elm Grove vice chairman L L Chriswell Martinsburg secretary treasurer H F Winter Charleston delegate to the national convention. Martinsburg chosen for the 1936 meeting.
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Roosevelt Team Faces Yale in Junior Varsity Rowing Race
The Roosevelt crew defeated Yale in the Harvard junior varsity shell event while the varsity race was postponed to the next day, leaving both squads disappointed by the delay.
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Firemen Continue Courtship Despite Teaching Ban
Lynn Massachusetts June 27 Axel Anderson a Lynn fireman will keep courting Rita Coates a school teacher who refused him threatening her job The school committee refused to condone married women teaching Miss Coates 24 sole supporter of her parents Anderson a widower with four children earns 40 dollars a week She plans to finish her year then wedding plans were disrupted but she says she will remain a spinster to help her parents and keep her job
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Black cat superstition bucked as Jones risks luck
Washington dispatch reports George L. Jones, 27, a black man, tried to avoid a crossing cat but ran into bad luck. He drove faster to prevent the feline from crossing, then was fined $5 for driving 36 miles an hour.
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Child Beater Prefers Jail in Local Case
In Alexandria on June 27 a 37 year old house painter Harry Gregory chose jail over a bull whip after he and his wife Jean were convicted of beating their foster child Rosemary three. Rosemary is now in a policeman’s home awaiting adoption as Judge James R Duncan sentenced the woman to 60 days and offered Gregory a year or a whipping.
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Rosemary
James R. Duncan
Advertising shows gain in May in 1928 32 report
Advertising activity rose in May by 2.1 percent from a year earlier, per the Printers Ink general index. May's index reached 81.2, up from 79.8 in April, with figures adjusted for seasonal variation. the index uses 100 as the five year 1928 32 average.
Miners Share Hall in Mount Hope with United Mine Workers
Union miners from Kilsythe Tomroy Oswald Call away and Price Hill will share use of a new United Mine Workers hall in Mount Hope. The hall was dedicated last night.
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Callaway
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United Mine Workers of America
Owen Young Back Home for His Wife's Funeral
Owen D. Young chair man of the board of General Electric returned to his home town to bury his wife in the cemetery where seven ge. A fragmentary newspaper item notes a funeral return and local ceremony.
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Alcohol Tanks Struck By Lightning Explode
Two tanks containing 50 000 gallons of alcohol exploded in Danzig after a lightning strike. The blast shattered hundreds of windows in nearby homes but caused no deaths. Police cordoned off streets as firemen fought to prevent fire reaching another 250 000 gallons stored nearby.
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