FLIER CHARGED IN A HOMICIDE CASE CONTINUATION
Lancaster faces murder charges after Hawthorne testified about notes written on Clarke's typewriter and plans surrounding the victim’s death. Hawthorne claimed Lancaster sought to revive Clarke after a bullet wound and implied the death would be ruled a suicide. Keith Miller, a witness, expressed firm belief in Lancaster’s innocence and awaited further testimony.
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Lancaster
Chubbie
Keith Miller
Clarke
Hawthorne
University of Miami
Keith-Miller
Ee Lancaster
Taxpayers Meet Tonight in Garrison School
Taxpayers of Taylor County gather at Garrison School in South Grafton at 7 45 this evening to organize the Taylor County Taxpayers League. H E Brestel is chairman of the constitution and by laws committee, denying prior reports he was secretary treasurer. A full slate of officers is to be chosen.
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Taylor County
Garrison School
South Grafton
Tax Payers League
H. E. Brestel
Brestel
Woman Shot During Drug Store Hold Up
In Oklahoma City on May 3 a young woman named Lena Heard aged 25 was shot as she fled a drug store holdup. The shooter, J Jackson Gist, claimed he fired the shot while escaping with about $10.
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J Okahoma City
Oklo
J. Jackson
Lena Heard
Senate Finance Committee hikes taxes to balance 1933 budget
Washington May 3 The Senate Finance Committee pressed new revenue sources and raised levies on the House tax bill. Rates on brewers tax and admissions to race tracks increase while telegraph and telephone leases, including papers and radio, lose exemptions. Taxes on messages rise from 30 to 50 cents, with a tiered structure, and the leased wire rate drops to 5 percent. Collegiate sports stay exempt from admission tax, but prize fights and Olympic tickets face higher rates. Roosevelt hints opposition to estate revaluation in the House plan.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Tydings
Senate
Bingham
Conn
Watson
Ind
Los Angeles
Roosevelt
New York
Best American Newspapers, Berlin Praise Declares
Berlin on May 3 reports Prof Emil Dovifat, a top German journalism expert, calls American newspapers the best in the world. He leads Berlin Institute of Newspaper Research and lauds U.S. press quality and reporting standards.
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Berlin
America
Emil Dovifat
Germany
West Virginia Dog Killing Law With Hard Labor Penalty
A 1931 West Virginia code imposes hard labor imprisonment up to one year for unlawfully killing a dog valued over twenty dollars, or six months and a smaller fine if under twenty. Burial costs are required, with the county paying funeral expenses if burial assessment cannot be collected. A Grafton man faces twenty dollars in payment after shooting a dog. City campaigns regulate movements of dogs, cats, and chickens.
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West Virginia
Grafton
Taylor County
Humane Society
City Hall
Booths Creek
Court House
Fetterman
Flemington
Knottsville
Pruntytown
Graffin
Lindbergh Active In Norfolk Kidnapping Negotiations
The Virginia Pilot reported an authoritative source says Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh is in the Norfolk area actively participating in negotiations with three Norfolk men to secure the infant son from kidnappers. The paper noted Lindbergh has been here since April 22, when Curtis led the yacht Marcon cruise off the Virginia coast and Lindbergh accompanied Curtis on those trips.
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Norfolk
Virginia Pilot
Charles A. Lindbergh
Marcon
John Hughes Curtis
Virginia
Lindbergh
Curtis
Counterfeiting Ring Tied to Ohio and West Virginia
The defendants face charges of carrying counterfeit currency hidden under car hub caps and are accused of running a white slave ring with operations centered in Wheeling and Akron.
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Wheeling
Akron
Huey Long Resigns from Senate Committees in Demonstart revolt
Huey Long resigns from Senate committees in a one man revolt against Senator Robinson of Arkansas. The Democratic steering committee accepted the move and filled the vacancies, leaving Long a man without a committee.
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Washingwa
Mayo
Nuey Long
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Democratic Steer Age Committee
Long
Rotary Governor Elected in West Virginia
Huntington May 3 Edwin C Wade superintendent of Bluefield schools was chosen district governor of West Virginia Rotary clubs at the annual meeting today.
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Rotary
Huntington
Edwin C. Wade
Bluefield
West Virginia
Rotary Clubs
Federal Court Opens Today in Wheeling
An important session of the federal court for northern West Virginia opened in Wheeling with Judge William G. Baker presiding. Civil cases were called, the grand jury was seated, and jurors were charged to probe liquor rings, counterfeiting, and automobile theft networks. Two women, Eunice Williams Schwertfeger of Richmond and her daughter Mary Edith Yarnell of Akron, Ohio, are named as alleged leaders of an auto theft ring. seven others remain jailed.
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Wheeling
West Virginia
William G. Baker
Baker
Grand Jdurors
Eunice
Williams Schwertfeger
Richmond
Mary Edith Yarnell
Akron
Tax Plans Compete Over Inheritance and Stock Transfers
Inheritance tax applies to deaths from September 2, 1930, to January 1, 1932. Bond transfer taxes face two alternatives to the House proposal of a quarter percent. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania proposed the administration’s plan a four cent per share stock transfer tax.
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Howse
Reed
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Maureen O'Sullivan
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