Widow spider bites sweep Oklahoma with misery
June 19. The blood red hour glass on the black widow spider became a symbol of death as authorities blamed bites for one death and several serious illnesses across Oklahoma. Reports describe bites near Oklahoma City and Clinton, with victims including W R Meadors and Mrs Sadie Potts. Health officials warn to seek medical aid immediately.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Election Board
Davis
Okla
W. R. Meadors
Jess Walker
Holme
Clinton
Oklo
Holdenville
H. D. Moor
University of “Oklahoma Medical School
California
Moor
Robbery top suspects Hogan Raster sentenced in Corning
Howard Hogan and Peter Raster of St. Louis were convicted and each given 15 years for the $9,560 October 6 bank robbery at Corning Bank and Trust. Jury deliberated four and a half hours. Neither testified, alibis placed them away from Corning. Harold Hogan testified he helped transport them to Missouri.
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Corning
Ark
Howard Hogan
Peter Raster
St. Louis
Corning Bank and Trust Company
Alhe
Hogan
Raster
John Hogan
Mainach
St. Louis County
Harold Hogan
Howard
Missouri
Plaster Crashes During Poker Draw In New York Bar
Patrick Sweeney and four friends played poker at John Burke's bar when a ceiling plaster section fell as he drew. He had just picked a card and held a straight flush queen high. All players were unhurt, and he was taken to an ambulance.
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New York
Patrick Sweeney
John Burke
Sweeney
Micel Jordan
Sylvester Iy
Pat
Witnesses Give Opinion On The Case In Court
Several witnesses testified and expressed their opinions during the trial, detailing observations and perspectives relevant to the case. Their statements covered key events and potential implications for verdicts and legal arguments.
Government Spends Over Seven Billion in Current Fiscal Year
Washington report shows total expenditures for the year reaching 7,000,000,000 with two weeks left before June 30. For the first six months, outlays totaled 7,000,667,041, compared with 6,729,318,049 a year earlier, while revenue to June 17 stood at 3,629,769,294 against prior figures.
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Washington
Treasury
Woman Credits Laziness for Long Life in Montreal
Montreal dispatch reports Mrs. Timothee Maclouin celebrating her 112th birthday declaring that never having worked a stroke of work in her life is the reason for her longevity. She says laziness is her virtue, lemonade her drink, and a two block daily church walk her favorite pastime.
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Montreal
Que
Treasury figure contrasts year over year in June
The treasury stood at 3.3709 billion on June 17, down from 3.7613 billion a year earlier, reflecting a decline of about 390 million in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year. The earlier figure was 3.7613 billion versus 3.3709 billion now.
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Treasury
Roosevelt Invited to Ste Genevieve Bicentennial Pageant
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt will be invited to attend Ste Genevieve Missouri bicentennial celebration in August. Representative Willians (D Mo) said Rev E B Platiska of Perryville who will direct the pageant will come to Washington soon to discuss the plans.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ste. Genevieve
Rep
Willians
Missouri’s oldest White settlement hosts four day celebration
An invitation to the president marks a four day event starting August 19 with August 22 set for a national day celebration. The Missouri congressional delegation is asked to attend and speak, with Roosevelt to be spoken to by long distance phone if the president cannot attend. Genevieve is noted as Missouri’s oldest White settlement.
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Missouri
Roosevelt
Genevieve
Britain ready for multilateral naval talks with France Italy and Russia
London officials say Britain will host naval experts from France Italy and Russia to discuss terms of a proposed multilateral naval limitation pact. Capt Eden to confer with Laval in Paris on Friday. French reaction to the Anglo German naval agreement remains cautious as Eden's Paris trip looms.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
France
Italy
Russia
Anthony Eden
League of Nations
Pierre Laval
Paris
Britain
Eden
Admiralty Office
More witnesses called in Muench venue case
St Louis June 19 AP ten additional witnesses were called to the stand to complete the limit of 73 in the change of venue motion for the kidnapping trial of Mrs Nellie Tipton Muench sister of State Supreme Court Judge Ernest Tipton. Her attorneys claim public opinion in St Louis would deny a fair trial for the abduction of Dr Isaac Dee Kelley in April 1931.
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ST. Louis
Julius R. Nolte
Nellie Tipton Muench
State Supreme Court
Ernest J E. Tipton
Hersin
Muench
Br. Isaac Dee Kelley
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Arkansas
Anti-Crime Council of
Lower East Side
G-Men
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Frankie Damato
Center
Julius
Libson Lawrence
Tuy
Jefferson Cleaners
Phil A. Dallmeyer
Anheuser-Buseh - ST. Louis
England
Gase
Licctrs & Myzns Tobacco Co
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