Dillinger Slain And Bus Tragedy In Chicago Outing
Desperado Dillinger gunned down by federal officers in Chicago while a Sunday bus outing ends in 16 deaths and many injured as a 30 foot embankment plunge traps riders on a New York Central line. District Attorney Coyne calls the buses junk and death contraptions.
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Dillinger
Chicago
Ossining
N. Y
Brooklyn Democratic Youngs Peoples League
New York Central
Sing Sing
Coyne
Trio Victims Across Carolinas Mark Weekend of Tragedy
A weekend of violence and accidents across the Carolinas claimed fifteen lives. Causes ranged from drownings and drownings during rescues to car and train crashes, drownings, and a self inflicted death at a Charlotte YMCA.
Harriman Hosiery Mill Workers March Back to Jobs
About 400 workers returned to their Har riman plant after a month idle when the Har riman Hosiery Mill shut down for losing its blue eagle status.
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Harriman
Tenn
Heat Death Toll Rises in St Louis Area
A brutal heat wave claims thirty two lives in St Louis and surrounding areas, lifting summer deaths to eighty nine. Catholic churches held prayers for rain as a 16th day with temperatures at or above 100 degrees marked the period, with the thermometer topping 108 degrees at 11 A.M.
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New York City
Pennsylvania
New England
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Rocky Mountains
Aurora
Hill Springfield
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Omaha
Chicago
Missouri
Illinois
Nebraska
Ohio
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Iowa
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ST. Low
Quintuplets Celebrate Weight Milestone in Ontario
Callander Ontario reports the Dionne quintuplets reaching a combined weight just over 19 pounds at eight weeks old. Only Annete slipped slightly, shedding half an ounce from the day before as the siblings mark a new growth milestone.
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Callander
Ont
Dionne
Annette
Weather Roundup for North and South Carolina
North Carolina sees generally fair Tuesday with local thundershowers this afternoon or early tonight in the south and east central areas. Tonight cooler in extreme west and north portions. South Carolina has local thundershowers this afternoon or tonight with Tuesday generally fair.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Weather: Northeast Winds and Showers Along Atlantic Route
The forecast shows moderate to fresh northeast and east winds with generally fair weather tonight and Tuesday. Showers possible in extreme south tonight and along the coast from Hatteras to Jacksonville, with winds shifting to northeast or east and overcast skies likely Tuesday.
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Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Jacksonville
San Francisco Bay sailer notes bridge to Honolulu
A sailor reports from San Francisco about a projected bridge to Honolulu if credit holds, jokes about the strike and alibis, and asserts no one takes responsibility for starting the strike while blaming Dillinger. He signs off ship ahoy with light humor.
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Malola
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Honolulu
Desperadoes Escape Texas Prison Inmates At Large
Three killers blasted from the death house at a Texas state prison after overpowering guards and scaling walls. Leaders include Raymond Hamilton and Joe Palmer, with Frazier and Thompson aiding the breakout. Four companions were shot or killed. authorities across Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana hunt them near Hearne and along the Mexico border.
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Huntsville
Tex
Texas State Prison
Raymond Hamilton
Clyde Barrow
Joe Palmer
Barrow
Blackie’ Thompson
Oklahoma
All Life Terriers
Kuey Walker
Thompson
Charlie Frazier
Louisiana
Roy Johnson
Texas
Texas Rangers
Mexico
Hearne
Frazier
Lee Brazil
Brazil
Hamilton
Palmer
Pete McKenzie
San Antonio
Ira Rector
Desperado
Johnson
Walker
W. T. McConnell
McConnell
Shife Termer
Dillinger Shot Dead Outside Chicago Theater
Dillinger is killed near the Biograph Theatre on the Northwest Side of Chicago after a gunfight with federal agents. Melvin Purvis led the pursuing officers as Dillinger attempted a final pistol dash, receiving five bullets and collapse amid panicked onlookers.
Desperado's Captor Former S. C. Lawyer
Chicago July 23 It was a young lawyer turned detective who took John Dillinger Melvin H Purvis 31 soft spoken South Carolinian who led 30 agents in Illinois Wisconsin and Indiana He trapped Roger Touhy gang then captured them later and saw Verne Miller shoot his way out of a trap He later helped imprison the Touhy gang and continued the Dillinger hunt Continued on Page Five.
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John Dillinger
Melvin H. Purvis
Dillinger
Ind
Purvis
Timmonsville
Bureau of Investigation
Federal Detective Service
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Roger Touhy
John
Jake
Touhy
Verne Miller
Miller
Sheridan Road
One Killed in Davidson Crash
Robert Hunt, driver of an automobile that collided with a car carrying Clyde Hughes and two others on highway 109 near Gordontown, was held in Thomasville hospital charged with manslaughter. Hughes, 22, died. other occupants escaped serious injury. Younts held in jail. liquor found in Hunt’s car. Funeral for Hughes set for Clarksburg Methodist Church Tuesday at 11.
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Carolinas
J. Kinney
Zeb Floyd
High Rock Lake
Lexington
N. C
Clyde Hughes
Lexi
Davidson County
J. H. Gault
Union
Robert Broom
Fort Mill
8.C
Catawba River
James W. Osborne
Charlotte
Charlotte Y. M. C. A. Co
E. Duffey
Glen Alpine Furniture
Lake James
Claude Perry
Elizabeth City
Ruby Miller
Gastonia
Felix Spencer
Jim Granton
Southern
Gaffney
Viola Shearer
Anderson
Elijah Grant
Charleston
Collins Rudisill
Southern Railway
Morganton
Floyd Wise
Columbia
Little Pee Dee
W. H. Malone
Mullins
Robert Hunt
Gardentown
Thomasville City Hospital
Hughes
Howard Younts
Fred Kindley
Gordontown
Hunt
Younts
Street Hughes
Fuller
Ernest
John
Lee Hughes
F. C. Starbuck
High Point
Lee Warner
Minnie
Ella Hughes
Prince Mill Reopens After Two Month Textile Strike
Laurinburg July 2 AP The Prince Mill unit of the Waverly mill here resumed operations quietly today as though the two month old strike had never existed. The strike was settled last week by the Cotton Textile National Industrial Relations Board after long conferences with mill officials and strikers representatives.
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Laurinburg
Prince Mill
Waverly Mille
Cotton Textile National Industrial Relations Board
Noted Bandit Made Quarter of a Million In Bank Robberies
John Dillinger's total loot from bank robberies neared 241,700 dollars with the largest haul of 144,000 dollars from Greencastle Indiana. Other heists ranged from 3,000 to 28,000 dollars. Most crimes were in Indiana Illinois and Wisconsin and Dillinger’s share was likely a third or less as he worked with accomplices.
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Indiana
Greencastle
Ind
John
Illinois
Wisconsin
Dillinger
Dillinger Burial Set as Guardsmen Quell Violence
From Minneapolis to Mooresville officials report deadly clashes as 500 guardsmen move in to deter violence. Johnny Dillinger’s death in Chicago prompts his father John Dillinger Sr to coordinate his son’s funeral with sister Audrey Hancock nearby.
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Mooresville
Ind
John Dillinger
Johhny Dillinger
Chicago
Dillinger
Audrey Hancock
Con
Dillinger Crime Wave Rooted in Bum Rap and Hate
Chicago dated July 23. The Dillinger gang, once feared as ruthless killers, has fractured as leaders dispersed after a string of prison breaks and bank raids. John Dillinger, born 1902, rose from Mooresville and Indianapolis slums, felt wronged by a miscarriage of justice, and formed a famed criminal clique that escaped from Crown Point and aided other inmates.
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Dillinger
Rap
Chicago
Dillingers
Crown Point
Ind
Jess Larber
Lima
Failure First Time Didn’t Prevent Man From Trying Again
Philadelphia July 23 neighbors described Isadore Kriss 63 despondent over job troubles when he jumped from a second floor window. He survived the first leap and repeated the act turning a somersault before crashing to the ground. He later died.
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Philadelphia
Isadore Kriss
American Air Corps Urged To Be Without Peer In Report
The War Department special committee, led by Newton D. Baker, urges the Air Corps to be without peer and calls for 1 000 more planes to reach 2 320. It warns the next war will start with air engagements and supports aircraft industry for national defense while opposing a unified air force.
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Washington
War Department
Air Army Air Corps
Dern
Newton D. Baker
Coness
Army Air Corps
James Doolittle
Roosevelt
Clark Howell
Maker
Air Corps
Benjamin D. Foulois
House
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Fair Grounds
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