Tragic torch murder confession shocks Stark county
A 21 year old Laura Weaver confessed to strangling her drunk lover Wilmer Kitselman 52 at his home on June 30. She wrapped the body in a quilt, transported it thirty miles, and burned it with naptha. The motive cited was repeated drinking and a violent quarrel. Her father Henry Weaver is a wealthy landowner in the Fox River valley.
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United Press
Toulon
Inl
Wilmer T. Kitselman
Stark County
Laura Weaver
Kitselman
Miss Weaver
Kistelman
Annawan
Rockefeller Celebrates Ninetieth Birthday At Ferry Home
John D. Rockefeller, aged 90, marked his birthday at Tarrytown with a day planned by his routine and friends. Activities included golf, reading mail, a 40 to 50 mile auto ride, a family dinner, and a late evening with his kin. He spoke of gratitude and good will in a brief statement.
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Morris DE Haven Tracy
United Press
Tarrytown
N. Y
H. F. Bigger
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Auto bandits and thieves steal over $200 weekend
Police seek two men after a front-lot robbery of Harold Reeves for $15 at 431 North Pennsylvania. A filling station hold up netted $80 from Carl O. Dollrath at Spencer Avenue and Washington Street. A Negro footpad took $8 from George B. Lucas on West Street. Traveling bag stolen from James M. Knapp near the state capitol. Night cook and $60 missing from Bert Argust’s East Washington Street restaurant. Mrs. M. F. Motzel left purse on a running board. four rings valued over $100 and more money disappear in Lebanon trip aftermath.
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Pennsylvania
Harold Reeves
Illinois
Reeves
Carl O. Dollrath
South
Audubon Road
Indian Refining Company
Spencer Avenue
Washington Street
Fire Kills and Injures Hundreds at Detroit Park
A July 8 fire at an east side park during a double header between the Kansas City Monarchs and Detroit Stars sent about 125 injured, many in serious condition. A gas explosion is blamed as mass panic struck a 2,000-strong crowd including many Negroes, with 99 taken to hospitals as investigators probe the blaze.
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Detroit
Kansas City Monarchs
Detroit Stars
Negro Baseball League
U S Moves In Car Strike At New Orleans
A major city street car strike in New Orleans enters its second week as mediator W A Rogers heads to negotiate between the strikers and New Orleans Public Service Inc. The union faces an injunction bid over riotous violence last week that left two dead and hundreds injured while tensions rise over a potential sympathy strike by building trades. Police keep guards at car barns after a bomb incident and reports of tear gas bombs arriving from Pittsburgh. Carmen parades emphasize steel resolve as authorities fear wider work stoppages.
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United Press
New Orleans
W. A. Rogers
St. Louis
Department of Labor
New Orleans Public Service, Inc
Carmen
Public Service Company
Poland
Building and Trades Council
Public Service, Inc
Building Trades Council
Edwin Peyroux
Pittsburgh
Dry Slayers Guarded After Mob Threats
Four members of a liquor raiding squad in Tecumseh Oklahoma are jailed on first degree murder charges after killing two farmers Jeff Harris and Oscar Lowery. District prohibition leader W W Thomason aided in report prep. Officials fear mob violence and move the suspects to Oklahoma City for safety.
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United Proeas
Bee de Mundron
Randall Pittman
Thomason
Oklahoma City
Rose
Pottawatomie
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West Palm Beach
Margaret Campbll
Florida State College For Women
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Hickory Rocker
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Maryland
Lebanon
U.S
Labor Department
DRY Slayers
Oklahoma
Cesterfield
Lecestr & Myzas Tosecco Co
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