Denial of delay to wealth tax plan by House speaker
Washington reports emphatic denial from Speaker Burns of any plans to delay the president's wealth distribution taxes until a later session due to revolt threats. He said Democratic Ways and Means members would proceed with a tax bill this session and send it to the Senate, with plans for brief recesses as hearings occur. Burns also signaled quick action on the gold bill and TVA power amendments, aiming for passage the following week.
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Washington
Burns
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Senate
Lafollette
Vicce
Burns Sai
Ways and Means ‘Committee
Steagall
Banking Committee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Eva Coo Executed at Sing Sing
Ossining N Y June 28 Eva Coo was executed in Sing Sing last night for murdering a man to obtain $12000 life insurance. Relatives in Ontario awaited word as the electric chair crackled and a guard removed the body. The case also involved Martha Clift and co-defendants who faced sentences in the same sensational trial.
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Martha Clift
Poet Philosphers Stay Near Home Phobic Prison Tale
William Ellery Leonard, professor at the University of Wisconsin, plans to join Grace Golden in a life of a phobic prison six blocks square. Leonard suffers distance phobia and experiences hysteria if he walks beyond a few blocks from his Madison apartment.
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William Ellery Leonard
Univ Consin
Tak Grace Golden
Leonard
Madison
Iden
Aged Man Is Arrested In Hollywood Love Tragedy
Daniel W. Nield a 61 year old gardener is held on murder suspicion after the bullet torn body of his 42 year old sweetheart Frances Conklin was found near the Griffith Park bridle path. Detectives say he confessed describing a picnic quarrel ending in a lover’s dispute. His 84 year old mother accompanied them earlier.
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Hollywood
Calif
Daniel W. Nield
Frances Conklin
Griffith Park
Roy Hurst
Ray Giese
Nield
Miss Conklin
Maria Conklin
Tran
A .Olley
John T. Davis Dies at Elkins Home at 61
Elkins notices the death of John T. Davis 61 a former state house member in 1913 and 1915 and son of the late U S Senator Henry Gassaway Davis He died at his Elkins home last night and is survived by a son a sister and his widow who lives in Washington D C
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Elkins
John T. Davis
State House of Delegates
U.S
Henry Gassaway Davis
Davir H and Elkins College
Sieter
Washington
Two Quintuplets Stand Up For First Time In Ontario
In Callander Ontario on June 28 two of the Dionne quintuplets Yvonne and Cecile stood up for the first time, thirteen months after birth. The other three Annette Emilie and Marie clung to the sides of their cribs as nurses predicted soon they would walk.
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Callander
Ont
Yvonne
Cecile
Annette
Emilie
Marie
Phone Toll Charges In West Virginia Reduced
Public service commission approved a new toll schedule for West Virginia reducing most in state calls by five to ten cents. The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company requested the change and the vote occurred yesterday in Charleston.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Public Service Commission
Re‘quest
Chesapeake and Po‘tomac ‘Telephone Company
Illegal Grand Jury Rates Executions In Kentucky Case
Williamson June 28 In indictments against 100 men and women one was executed for murder. Circuit Judge Ferguson held the grand jury illegal calling for commissioners to select names. Richard Goad rearrested after release. a new indictment will be sought in October. Continued on Page Seven.
Justice Gains New Trial After Liquor Conviction
A West Virginia justice of the peace convicted of removing and concealing 25 gallons of untaxed liquor confiscated from arraigned individuals will get a new trial. The U S circuit court of appeals ordered the rehearing due to errors in testimony admitted and jury instructions refused. Simpkins faced a three year term and a $5000 fine.
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Asheville
N. C
Simpkins
Sien
Ate
Barnes Place Cant Reopen Court Ruling
Taylor county circuit court under Judge Herbert W. Dent granted a temporary injunction preventing reopening of Barnes Latrobe street restaurant beer garden and in house room. The motion to suspend the writ was overruled and the place must stay closed with a bond to ensure compliance. A counter motion to modify the injunction for first and second floors was immediately argued by Francis L. Warder who claimed no nuisance existed there and the injunction was broader than statute. (Continued on page seven)
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Barnes
Holt
Warder
Bank Teller Trial Postponed Until Fall
Beckley June 28 The embezzlement forgery and falsifying accounts case against B J Shumater a former bank teller was continued until October 23 after his attorney J Q Hutchinson withdrew. Clyde E Scott was newly retained as defense counsel and asked for time to prepare.
Holt Launches Attack On Holding Companies
Washington June 28 Senator Holt of West Virginia defended the Wheeler Rayburn bill to outlaw public utility holding companies. He said its enactment would not cost investors a nickel and favored sending the measure to the house with the death clause intact. He called holding company securities largely water and criticized Insull and others for controlling others money and trust.
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Washington
Holt
Ww. Va
House
Senate
County Clerks Elect Officers Late Today
West Virginia county clerks from 55 counties meet in Princeton for their annual convention to elect officers for the coming year. The conference opens with addresses by Tax Commissioner Fred L. Fox, Auditor Edgar B. Sims, and Road Commissioner Ernest L. Bailey.
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Princeton
West Virginia
Fred L. Fox
Edgar B. Sims
Ernest L., Bailey
Interest rate cut at First National Bank Graf ton
The First National Bank of Graf ton lowers savings account interest from 2.5% to 2.0% effective August 1. Executive VP O Jay Fleming said the decision, approved at the June 19 board meeting, aligns with government refinancing of short term treasury bonds at 1.5% annually.
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First National Bank of Grafton
O. Jay Fleming
Fleming
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Feacons
Pleming
United States
Treasury
Christmas Day Killer Pays in Death Chair
Eddyville Kentucky June 28 Bill Young a silent killer paid for the murder of Joe Caywood at Evarts last Christmas Day. He sat in the electric chair without change of expression and was pronounced dead three minutes after the current was turned on. The warden said Young never spoke to anyone except brief replies and refused to give his history when admitted.
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Eddyville
Bill Young
Joe Caywood
Evarts
Tom Logan
Labor Meeting Planned Sunday at Fairgrounds
A mass meeting will be held at the fairgrounds on Riverside drive at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Notices signed by the State Federation of Labor announce speakers from Fairmont, Charleston, Clarksburg, Philippi and Grafton. The event is for organizing workers in Taylor county under the hod carriers and laborers local union recently set up here.
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Fairgrounds
Riverside Drive
State Federation of Labor, Committee
Fairmont
Charleston
Clarksburg
Philippi
Grafton
Taylor County
Hod Carriers
Edwards the Mattress King Faces Contempt Hearing
Huntington June 28 a committee of four attorneys appointed by Special Judge George Wallace reported that auditor Frank Adkins was in the city when C Fred Edwards capitalist and mattress manufacturer was ordered into court to show cause why he should not be cited for contempt of court for false testimony.
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Frank Adkins
Adkins
George 8. Wallace
Farmers Keep Potatoes Off City Markets Riot Report
Potatoes are kept off city markets as Eastern Shore farmers protest low prices. Rioting erupts in Joplin Missouri with motorists targeted. National Guardsmen withdrawn, tensions rise after mass meetings in Painter and Princess Anne counties. Trucks are halted. one driver identified only as Lewis has tires shot out. shipments stopped across the area. (Continued on page six)
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Painter
Princess Anne
Painter High School
Accomac
Lewis
Indiana Boys Saved From Life Terms After Intercession
Judge John L Sumner of Jasper Indiana spared Bascom Ray Jr aged 14 and Maurice Sheridan 17 of Huntington West Virginia from life abduction sentences. The judge resentenced them for banditry with Ray’s term suspended and Sheridan ordered to serve one to ten years. Philip Lutz Indiana attorney general and Governor Paul McNutt facilitated the clemency.
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Philip Lutz
Indiana
Paul McNutt
John L. Sumner
Jasper
Ind
Bascom Ray, Jr
Maurice Sheridan
Huntington
W. Va
Young Ray
Sheridan
Elks Birthday Party Plans Finalized at Grafton Lodge
The Grafton Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks marks its 40th anniversary with a party at the lodge home on East Main Street tomorrow night. Exalted Ruler C. K. Cook confirms all arrangements and a class of 16 will be initiated by the Fairmont lodge degree team. A social session in the grill room will follow the lodge exercises.
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Grafton Lodge
The
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Main Street
C. K. Cook
Fairmont Lodge
Perry Wins Open Title Equalling Meet Record
Alfred Perry, a 30 year old British Ryder Cup player, won the British open at Muirfield with rounds of 67 and 72 to finish 283, tying the meet record in windy conditions. Henry Cotton, former champion, ended with 293 after 76 and 75.
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Muirfield
Alfred Perry
Perry
Henry Cotton
Sandwich
Cotton
Jail Father for Chaining Up Daughter
Uniontown Pennsylvania June 28 A magistrate jailed 52 year old Jacoo Miko for chaining four small children in a black cage in a cellar on his farm. Frances, 12, supported by Stella 13, said the children were bound at times while sisters and brother endured. Frances denied theft claims, saying there was no food.
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Uniontown
Jacoo Miko
Miko
Frances
Stella Mike
Mike
Stella
Hunt Missing Girl In Swampy Wooded Sector
Greenville, N. C. June 28 The 9 year old Helen Glenn vanished from home Wednesday prompting a search that shifted today to swampy woods a farmer said he heard screams hours after the disappearance Paul Austin a local farmer reported hearing a human voice and a repeated cry described as terror in the woods about a mile south of the village
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Greenville
Helen Glenn
Paul Austin
Mother Arrested For Assaulting Daughter in Mansfield
Mansfield Ohio June 28 Police held Mrs Augusta Henry 47 on a charge of assault with intent to kill her 16 year old daughter Virginia. The girl is in serious condition in a hospital. G W Marriott Richland county prosecutor said Henry told him she struck the girl four times with a pipe wrench. He said she told him she feared her daughter would relapse in a mental condition treated at the Toledo State hospital three months ago.
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Mansfield
Augusta Henry
Virginia
G. W. Marriott
Richland County
Cuban Soldiers Rescue Kidnapped Girl in Cuba
Cuban soldiers scoured the countryside and rescued 14 year old Maria Alonzo from a farmhouse near Santa Clara. An armed man found with her was arrested on charges of abducting her under threats of $1,000. The girl was reunified with her father Aurelio.
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Santa Clara
Cuba
Maria Alonzo
Boldiers
Aurelio
Missing Man Sought in Detroit Slaying of Attorney Dickinson
Detroit police intensified the hunt for William Lee Ferris after the body of New York attorney Howard Carter Dickinson was found in a Detroit park. Ferris, who checked out of a hotel with several thousand dollars, was linked to a possible meeting with Dickinson. Medical examiner Dr. Robert Kallman said Dickinson was likely killed by someone he knew, with a second shot ensuring death.
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Detroit
Howard Carter Dickinson
New York
William Lee Ferris
Dickinson
Ferris
Ohio
Merris
Andrew Smygen
J. Dickinson
Emmaney
Direc
Tor
Hig Hotel
Robert Kallman
Wayne County
Dr. Kallman
Mother Held For Slaying A Mother In Huntington
Lizzie Blevins, 45, arraigned in Huntington on murder charges for the shooting death of Mrs. E. I. Henry, said to fear Henry would injure her daughter Nora Blevins, 13. Police say a wild stairway shot struck Henry in the right eye and entered the skull after Blevins fired from the stairwell. A Detachment Lieutenant noted Blevins appeared frightened and claimed she intended to shoot.
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Huntington
Lizzie Blevins
Rooer
E. I. Henry
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Sing Sing
Gne
Pophey
Rd Scarnici
Coe
James Stevens
Grace Golden
Manis
Gardener
Sweetheart
Moundsville
Barnes Place
State Supreme Court
Joplin
Elks
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