Infant killed by father's car in Shinnston tragedy
A 13 month old boy, John Maley, son of Mr and Mrs Murray Maley of Shinnston, died at his grandfather's Stonehouse home after being run over by his father's car. He initially appeared fine, were taken to Dr Kimble, but died hours later. The family had been in town for a funeral and had just repaired the axle shaft before the fatal accident. The infant was survived by seven relatives.
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John Maley
Murray Maley
Shinnston
Stonehouse
J. A. Kimble
Virgie Hazel Maley
Abbott injured in auto crash near West Main store
West Main street merchant and former banking commissioner Harry A. Abbott escaped serious injury when his Ford coupe was struck by Baltimore & Ohio bus No. 1 near his 448 West Main street store. The collision occurred at 2:50 pm as Abbott, unaware of the westbound bus, turned toward his building. Glass cut his arm and the Beroneai light was damaged.
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Harry A. Abbott
West Main Street
Baltimore & Ohio
B. Barnes
Abbott
Glass
Jail administrator and deputy jailer arrested on untaxed liquor charges
Federal agents arrested Virgil Poe 43 deputy sheriff and night jailer at Harrison county jail and Robert Shroyer 23 on the Clarksburg Grafton road with one gallon liquor. They face arraignment before U S Commissioner E L Eddy in Fairmont. Poe and Shroyer held overnight, Sheriff Bennett defends Poe pending court hearing.
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Virgil
Poe
Robert Shroyer
E. L. Eddy
Fairmont
Shroyer
Clarksburg
Grafton
Harrison County
Eddy
Cecil
Lee Bennett, Jr
Bennett
Nudist wedding at World's Fair garden in Chicago
Charles Mueller of Milwaukee and Jean May of Amarillo wed in nudist ceremony amid synthetic underbrush at a World's Fair concession. Civil license had been issued earlier under names Gertrude Schubeck and Samuel Wallace Jr. Minister Bishop H. Perry Ward opposed, dressed in a goatskin.
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Charles Mueller
Milwaukee
Jean May
Amarillo
Texas
Indiana
Wisconsin
Gertrude Schubeck
Samuel Wallace, Jr
You and I
Marie Dressler Clings to Life's Slender Thread
Santa Barbara California June 30 Marie Dressler 62 clings to life amid uremic poisoning with remarkable vitality. She rallied Thursday night after doctors abandoned hope and faced only days to live. Telegrams from across the country pour into the C K G Billings Montecito estate as condolences flow in.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Marie Dressler
Hope
C. K. G. Billings
Montecito
Society
City Fourth of July Plans Promise Grand Celebration
A formal program will begin at 6 a m with an aerial salute from Rauscher hill and hourly salutes through 9 p m. The big parade starts at 10 a m from the Moose Home and proceeds through downtown streets to end at Washington. A basket dinner and a municipal playground program follow featuring swimming canoe and diving events. A Chicago imported stunt involves a greased pole over the river with prize money at the far end.
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Ralph H. Cline
Rauscher Hill
Cline
Moose Home
East
Washington Street
Bridge Street
Main
St. Mary's Street
Tygart Valley
Beech Street
Walnut
Thayer
Spruce
Maple Avenue
Washington
Chicago
Mother Saved Second Time by Governor
Ossining NY June 30 The governor stayed the execution of Anna Antonio and two conspirators for a second time as a death cell statement claiming Antonio’s innocence was branded a lie The decision grants a reprieve to allow defense counsel to seek a new trial while three lives hang in the balance Feraci and Saetta were spared as the hour neared for Sing Sing death.
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Ossining
Anna Antonio
Vincent Saetta
Sam Ferac
New York City
Saetta
Feraci
Two Die in Mountain Plane Crash
Albuquerque dispatch reports two fatalities in a mountain plane crash near Albuquerque New Mexico June date uncertain. Victims identified as Edward Thaw of Milton Massachusetts nephew of Harry K Thaw.
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Albuquerque, N. C
Edward Thaw
Milton,Mass
Harry K. Thaw
Old torture methods used in feud row headline
Little Rock June 30 state troops reportedly sought to halt Henley Barnet feud in Ozark Mountain Marshall. Effie Jackson a stenographer allegedly tortured by a group attempting to force disclosed whereabouts of a suspected east token.
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Little Rock
Ark
Ozark Mountain
Marshall
Putrell
Effie Jackson
Rival unions battle as sniper fire hits miner home
In Uniontown Pennsylvania, snipers fired over 100 shots at miner Joseph Wardo’s home, part of a week‑long rivalry between two mine unions. No one wounded. Wardo and friends returned fire from windows as state police arrested 11 men fleeing the scene in two cars. The attack forced Wardo’s family and neighbors in Merrittstown to seek shelter in cellars.
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Uniontown
Serge
Merrittstown
Joseph Wardo
Ea Hood” Union
Wardo
Hhis
Former head of nation is killed today
Berlin reports Chancellor Kurt von Schleicher killed by police during arrest as Nazi leadership announces Boehm’s arrest and Goering’s Prussian role amid a closed Austro-German border and claims of a plot involving a foreign power. Warsaw air crossing ends with engines gas-starved and forced landing in France.
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Berlin
Changellor
Adolph Hitler
Kurt von Schleicher
Ernest
Boehm
Storm Tropers
Nazi Party
Herrmann Wilhelm Goering
Prussia
Sais ‘Orn
Paris
Warsaw
Brooklyn
Caen
France
von Papen
Poland
Benjamin
Joseph Adamowicz
Harbor Grace
N. P
Two Brothers Set Fast Pace in Crossing Ocean
Two brothers depart Harbor Grace amid hopeful spirits as their ship carries cherished dreams of returning home. They face the vast sea with resolve, aiming to reach the warfront and bring news back to loved ones.
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Ocean
Harbor Grace
Border closure halts traffic between Austria and Germany
Vienna reports the Austro-German frontier closed at noon with all trains to Salzburg arriving empty and passengers forced to disembark before the line. By 2 45 p m the border reopened at Einstein as Italian dispatches note the event.
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Vienna
Salsburg
Eastein
Rome
Italy
Stock Exchange Trading Hits 11-Year Record Low
Trading on the New York stock exchange dropped to the lowest Saturday session in nearly 11 years. Total transfers for the two hour session were 180,300 shares, the smallest since August 11, 1923. Market dullness was worsened by many traders leaving the city after yesterday's 97 degree heat.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Father Held As Death Of Child Probed
Howard Sipe a 38 year old self described faith healer and witchcraft believer remained in a Tucker County jail cell as investigators probed the death of his twelve year old daughter Helen, believed to have died from poison.
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Wis
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Thaw
Neutral Steel
Walter P. Stacey
North Carolina Supreme Court
Henry E. Wiley
Roosevelt
Mitssunde
Flers
St. Andre de-Messer
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