Lock on slain girl's room fuels murder mystery
Asheville N C July 28 a hotel chambermaid chart showed the door to Helen Clevenger’s room locked from inside ten minutes before her mutilated body was found sparking fresh questions in the murder case. The sheriff and hotel officials noted a master pass key in the lock and questioned a shadowy “mystery man” seen near the stairwell. Daniel H Gaddy night watchman and L D Reddy elevator operator were detained but not charged as seven people were detained overall. Professor W L Clevenger, uncle of the victim, planned to travel to Raleigh after her funeral.
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Frank B. Gilbreth
Asheville
Helen Clevenger
New York University
Migs Clevenger
Battery Park
W. L. Clevenger
Sheriff's Office
Laurence E. Brown
Daniel H. Gaddy
Brown
Gaddy
Raleigh
N.C. State College
Rebel fascists take town Valencia
Madrid reports a day of heavy air strikes against insurgent garrisons in the Guadarrama and attacks on Loyalist positions near San Sebastian Oviedo and Toledo. Government forces claim advances while insurgents promise Madrid arrival within three days amid fierce fighting and mobilization of workers and bullfighters.
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Alexander H. Uhl
Associated Press
Madrid
Spain
Guararyama
Loyola
San Sebastian
Guadarrama
Emilio Mola
Oviedo
Hendaye
France
Toledo
Alcazar
Malaga
Estepans
Gypsy Band Arrests Ended in Clearfield County Court
In a tense preliminary hearing at the county courthouse, five gypsy suspects were arraigned and later fined up to 50 dollars each with restitution totaling 700 dollars for stolen sums from multiple victims. Detained families and a broader state police alert followed as authorities vowed full enforcement to curb the band.
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Sheeprocks
Clearfield
Jones
Bein
Wallace Smith
Clearfield County
J. C. Steck
John Miller
Frank Mitchell
Anna Mitchell
Tessie Miller
Cara Miller
Schuylkill County
Schuylkill
Clearfeld
Forest Fire Claims Three in Little Rockies Tragedy
A major forest fire in the Little Rockies near Lodge Pole Montana killed three members of a U S geological survey party and left one missing as flames swept a 20 mile front. Cameron Baker of Havre John Rowles of Sandusky Montana and Brockunier of Lowell Massachusetts died. Dr Knechtel head of the five man party was found badly burned and exhausted. Missing is a Yale student known only as McCarthy. The blaze near Zariman threatened mining camps and was described as the worst in the range this year.
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Havre
Mont
Little Rockies
Here
U. S. Geological Survey
Cameron Baker
Northwestern University
John Rowles
Sandusky
R. Brockunier
Lowell
Mass
Yale University
Baker
Rawles
Brockunier
Knechtel
Washington, D. C
McCarthy
Yale
Lodge Pole
Zariman
Big Republican Rally August 1 At Ebensburg Fair Grounds
A major Republican rally is set for Ebensburg fair grounds on Saturday August 1 with a national speaker. Western Pennsylvania leaders from over twenty counties are invited including Allegheny Greene Washington Beaver Butler and more. State and county officials and several candidates are expected to speak and two sessions are planned with lunch options at the grounds.
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Ebensburg Fair Grounds
Republican State Committee
Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Greene
Washington
Beaver
Butler
Crawford
Erie
Venango
Mercer
Fayette
Lawrence
Somerset
Westmoreland
Armstrong
Jefferson
Indiana
Cambria
Bedford
Blair
Centre
Clearfield
Huntingdon
M. Vashti Burr
Fair Grounds
Republican Committee
Cambria County
Henry L. Cannon
Sam and Edith to wed after mock ceremony years ago
In Columbus Sam Schill and Edith Foreman progressed from a childhood mock wedding to plans for a real marriage next week. The couple, who were 14 and 12 when their families joined, are now preparing a formal ceremony.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Sam Schill
Edith
Foreman
Sam
Senate Adjourns As Tax Controversy Looms Over Philadelphia
The final adjournment followed heated session politics as Senators cast votes and the House approved a conference-backed bill enabling more frequent constitutional amendments. Governor Earle blasted tax note plans as a fraud on unemployed funds, urging restraint and a sane path to funding relief.
Angered by their failure battles over relief funds
A stalemate over how to provide 45 million dollars for relief ended in standoff. The Senate backed 35 million while the administration sought 55 million. Relief funds of 3 million, approved two weeks earlier, had run out by last Tuesday midnight amid uproar in the Senate gallery and calls to pass bills.
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Senate
John Muldowney
Wilkes-Barre
Owlett
Tioga County
Buckman
Kennedy
Senate clashes over taxes and relief bills amid captiol protest
The governor attacked Senate amendments to unemployment and mothers assistance bills as controlled by Republican machines. He urged funds for flood relief, mental health, armory construction, and school relief while lawmakers seek $49.5 million in tax measures. Two thousand unemployed stay at the Capitol as charity funds run dry.
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Senate
Republican State Organization
Earle
Boards of Mothers’ Assistance
House
Capitol
General Assembly
Paul Colton
Easton
Farle
Pinch of Want Felt Here as Relief Funds Exhausted
Relief agencies report routine processing of new applications and ongoing investigations to resume checks once appropriations renew. Authorities say no widespread destitution, but merchants extend credits to bridge gaps. State Emergency Relief identifies approaching worst conditions as funds run out and food orders near depletion.
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Blair
County Commissioners
Pennsylvania
State Emergency Relient Administration
Karl de Lchweinitz
State Emergency Relief Board
Hunger marchers arrest echoed in Harrisburg brief
Overnight briefs from Harrisburg Philadelphia Madisonville Harrisburg Chambersburg Butler Bedford Sharon report arrests and incidents including an escaped inmate from Fairview hospital a man charged with killing his wife and a fatal farm accident as inspectors review mine qualifications and a fireman death deemed unavoidable.
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Harrisbury
John Strupers
the Hospital For the Criminal Insane
Fairview
Governors discuss Landon speech in radio talks
In New York six Democratic governors plan to discuss Alf Landon's acceptance address during radio talks signaling the opening of the fighting phase of the New Deal campaign. In Topeka Governor Landon invites Senator Arthur Van denberg of Michigan to lunch then dines with Gifford Pinchot after meetings with business specialists. The day also notes Roosevelt at sea vacation and Khokan planning a broad campaign swing beginning in August while Oklahoma City reports Governor Marland and Representative Josh Lee in a Democratic senatorial primary race.
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Associated Press
New York
Alf M. Landon
James A. Farley
Topeka
Kas
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Letang Island
Chicago
Frank Khok
Oklahoma City
E. W. Marland
Josh Lee
Side whiskers for Roosevelt at Passamaquoddy Bay
President Roosevelt, on a Maine sea vacation, sports side whiskers aboard the schooner Sewarina near Letang Island New Brunswick. He contemplates landing at Campobello or waiting for Quebec with Governor General Lord Tweedmouth. Mrs Roosevelt and others join lunch at Welchpool Harbor while Hopkins visits.
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Letang Island
N. B
Roosevelt
Sewarina
New Brunswick
Campobello
Quebec
Lord Sua Enchy
Canada
Inssons
Campobello Island
Passamaquoddy Bay
Welchpool Harbor
Passamaquoddy
Congress
Jarrett Meets Former Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm
Berlin July 28 Eleanor Holm Jarrett met former Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm at Netherlands Palace and spoke with him as he toured her through the former Imperial residence now a public museum. She praised his natural manner and recalled her excitement to meet royalty while sharing stories of Olympic ambitions.
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Louis FP
Lyuchnel
Berlin
Eleanor Holm Jarrett
Frederick Wilhelm
Netherlands Palace
Jarrett
Prince
Ellis
Eleanor
Storm Forces Lindbergh Down on Germany Tour
Storms forced Col. Charles A. Lindbergh to land today at Magdeburg while en route to Dessau to visit the Junkers plant. He left Berlin at 8 am and later returned. Bavaria suffered severe damage from wind and rain, with millions of marks in crops and buildings ruined.
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Berlin
Charles A. Lindberg
Magdeburg
Dessau
Junkers
Bavaria
Hall
Crawford County Flood Fund Rises in Meadville
The Crawford County flood relief drive continues in Meadville with $25 donated by a State Highway Department worker, lifting the total to $4,559. The campaign, though officially closed over two months ago, seeks further contributions for St. Patrick's day flood victims.
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Meadville
Crawford County
St. Patrick's Day
County Red Cross
State
Stock Market Clocks Broad Gains Amid Profit Taking
New York July 28 The stock market edged higher as profit taking crept in after a long recovery. Trading was quiet with many issues advancing to multi year highs despite some laggish names. Deere and several rail stocks led gains while General Motors Chrysler Motorola and other big names weakened or held steady amid mixed news and favorable earnings and dividends. The Oxford note says the University of Oxford in England was founded by King Alfred in 672.
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Victor Eubank
Associated Press
New York
Deere
Great Northern
Delaware & Hudson
Auburn Auto
Baldwin Loch Balt
Ohio
Zils Bendix Aviat
Beth Sicel
Beth
Blaw-Knoa
Borden
Borg-Warner
Briggs Mg
Cerro de Pas Na Ches
Chrysler
Ats
Coca Cola
Doug Aire
Eastman Kodak
Lec Auto L
Gen Foods
Gillette
Harb- Walker Qi Hudson
Int Harvest
Nick Canal
Johns-Manville Tate Kennecott Ada Lehigh Val RR
Loew's Aby Worillard
Monty Ward
Nash Mot
Nat Acme
Nat Biscuit I
Nat Dairy Prod
Nat Distill
Nat Pwr
NY Central Aly Fomh Am
Penn RR
Phillips Pet
Pub
Soe NJ
Reading
Repub Sil
Loe Rey
Sears Roeb
Socony-Vacuum
Spiegel May Stern
Ltd
Brands
Cal
Ind Btm
Studebaker
Texas Corp
Transamerica
Unit
Aire Corp
Corp Bhs United
Indus Airo
US Rubber
US Steel
West UN Tel
West el
Woolworth
Curb Ark Nal Gas & GM Cities Service
Elec
Penmoad Corp
University of Oxford
England
Alfred
Witness Defies Hearing In Securities Probe
Wallace Groves a director of two investment companies testified at the Securities Commission probe into investment trusts. He claimed profits were smaller than claimed and cited counsel saying the SEC lacks authority while promising to continue testimony. A federal judge refused a restraining order but set August 4 to hear why an injunction should not be issued.
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Washington
Securities Commission
Commission
United States
Wallace Groves
New York
Baltimore
Anander
David Schenker
Groves
Federal District Court
Securities and Exchange Commission
Gravés
F.T. Fisher
Equity Corporation of New York
Oscar Luhring
Bowers Shifts to Coast Cutter Amid Refugee Transfer
Ambassador Bowers becomes less hopeful and anxious as events unfold. Reports warn mob rule if military command fails. The Cayuga plans a large refugee transfer, arranging to move 56 Coast Guard cadets to the battleships Arkansas and Wyoming at sea, with a Vigo report expected soon after arrival.
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Bowers
Vigo
Coast Guard
Arkansas
Wyoming
Dizzy and Daffy Duo Near End in National League
Boston dispatch reports the pitching brothers Dizzy and Daffy Dean may be separated for the rest of the NL season as Paul Dean threatens to quit after a poor showing in an exhibition at Randolph. Dean was hit for six hits and four runs in four innings in his first start since July 4 against the Reds.
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Boston
Me and
Paul
Jerome Herman
Dizzy
Bdean
Daffy
Dean
St. Louis Cardinals
Twirling Brothers
Randolph
Cincinnati Reds
Purdue emeritus professor dead in Orleans Mass
Mark Harvey Diddell aged 70 professor emeritus at Purdue University and international authority on Shakespeare died last night in Orleans Mass. He graduated from Princeton in 1887 and taught at several American universities before joining Purdue as a professor where he remained until retirement years ago.
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Orleans
Mass
Mark Harvey Diddell
Purdue University
Princeton University
Ihe
Purdue
Obituaries for Altheus Enterline and Michael Flynn
Altheus H. Enterline of Dayton, 52, died at home leaving widow Mina and three children. funeral at Glade Run church Wednesday at 2 p.m. Interment in adjacent cemetery. Michael J. Flynn, 62, retired Saxman Coal mine fireboss, died at home Blairsburg after a stroke. services at St Simon and Judge's Church tomorrow at 9 a.m. Burial in Blairsville church cemetery. Also notes a Pennsylvania Security P S L meeting set for Thursday July 30 in the Court House at 7:30 p.m.
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Altheus H. Enterline
Dayton
Mina L. Enterline
Stuhl Macher
Doras Enterline
Crown Point
Ind
Reynolds Enterline
Indiana
Duff
Jennings
Pascoe
Punxsutawney
Elder
Pittsburgh
Glade Run
Michael John Flynn
Saxman Coal and Coke Company
Peanut
Latrobe
West Brown Street
Blairsville
Flynn
Mr. Flynn
England
Jane Anna Flynn
Seased Leages
Elizabeth Cronin
Mary Flynn
Joseph Flynn
George Flynn
Gray Station
St. Simon and Judge's Catholic Church
Pennsylvania Security
Penn
Court House
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