Floyds Part in Slaying Probed in Kansas City
Kansas City dispatch reports officers probe if Charles Pretty Boy Floyd took part in the Saturday massacre that killed four police and Frank Nash. Witness Mrs. Lottie West identified a man matching Floyd, while authorities note Floyd’s real weight and past cases cast doubt on the link.
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Bas City
Charles
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Lottie West
Travelers’ Aid Society
Whion
Nash
Thomas J. Higgins
Olice Detectives
Drought Shrinks Tobacco and Corn Crops in Eastern NC
Eastern North Carolina suffers 20 to 30 percent tobacco loss and serious corn reductions due to drought. State Senator A. B. Corey notes crops in Pitt county hurt though Beaufort rains help. John R. Porter cites barns filling with cured tobacco as drying continues.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
A. B. Corey
Pitt County
Beaufort
John R. Porter
Tarboro
Corey
Grave Catches Fire In Chicago Cemetery
Chicago report states a grave in Mt. Olive cemetery burned due to intense heat. Superintendent Alex Mulvenfa described the grave was filled with black dirt and fuelled the blaze.
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Chicago
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Alex Mulvenfa
Yale awards honorary degrees at 232nd commencement
Pearl S Buck, noted writer and missionary, was among 12 recipients receiving honorary degrees at Yale University’s 232nd commencement in New Haven Connecticut. The ceremony was held yesterday marking Yale’s traditional conferring of honors.
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New Haven, Conn
Pearl
Buck
Yale University
Sequoia Tree Yields Timber and Shingle Haul
A giant Sequoia produced 300 posts 660000 shingles and 100 cords of firewood. The upper one third and branches were not used.
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