Alabama Judge Bars Death Penalty In Scottsboro Case
Judge Horton granted a new trial motion for Heywood Patterson, one of nine indicted in the Scottsboro Case, setting aside the death penalty from Morgan County. He ruled the prosecutrix Victoria Price’s testimony shows unreliability, is uncorroborated, and contradicted by other evidence, with the evidence greatly preponderating in the defendant’s favor.
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S. Ala
Horton
Heywood Patterson
Scottsboro
Morgan County
Southern Railway
Victoria Price
Park Chief Pursues Broad Civil Service Shakeup in Missouri
Gov Guy Park broadens his Democratic administration by filling key posts. He plans July 1 or soon after for major appointments and spends half each workday interviewing applicants. Roy Sherry of Macon is set as State Gas Inspector on August 1 at 3500 dollars yearly. Two Public Service Commission seats will be filled, replacing resignations of Stahl and Porter. Marvin Krause is named as a possible Stahl successor for the Highway Department. A state purchasing agent post, created by legislature, will oversee buying of state supplies. Joseph B. Thompson will be replaced July 1 by Emmett J. O'Malley of Kansas City as Insurance Commissioner.
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Missouri
Guy FB. Park
Roy Sherry
Macon County
State of and
Cherry
Public Service Commission
Milton R. Stahl
John H. Porter
Stahl
Marvin Krause
St. Louis
Highway Department
Joseph B. Thompson
Emmett J. O'Malley
Kansas City
Forest Reserve Drive Seeks 125000-Acre National Park
An association formed to push a national forest reserve of 125000 acres, with 25000 acres in each of Phelps Pulaski Laclede and Wright counties, was organized in Pato Missouri. About 200 attended as H Buehler Rolla Gogs and K F Wainscott spoke and a Springfield Chamber letter of endorsement was read. Sam T Rollins Waynville was elected president and Robert Wilkins Rolla secretary with county vice presidents named for each county.
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Pato
Phelps
Pulaski
Texas
Laclede
Wright
H . Buehler
Rolla
Conrad H. Bammer
Missouri Univesity School of Agriculture
Goigs
K. F. Wainscott
Springfield
Partly Cloudy and Warm Forecast Across Missouri Regions
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with continued warmth. The Missouri River area including Kansas City, Boonville, Hermann and nearby towns show little temperature change. Forecast notes unclear figures and stray names, but overall warm conditions persist through the period.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Boonville
Hermann
Sesserdape
Kansas to Use Its National Guard Against Bandits
Kansas plans to deploy National Guard patrols on highways to confront gangsters killers racketeers and escaped convicts. In emergencies guards will stop motorists at barriers or flare signals and may fire on cars that ignore orders, under Governor Landon and state officials terms.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Public Works Speeded Up by Administration
Washington report states Roosevelt public works board moves to accelerate the 3.3 billion appropriation for construction under the industrial recovery act. Secretary Ickes chairs. Colonel Donald H. Sawyer leads current operations from the Interior building as applicants queue for jobs. A state-administrator plan will appoint officials to manage county and city projects, with no state public works chief named yet.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Public Works Board
Congress
Ickes
Cabinet Board
Publics Works
Donald H. Sawyer
Federal Board
Suspect in Bank Robbery and Slayings Taken to St Louis
A suspect in the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Mexico robbery and the killings of two peace officers at Columbia was taken to St Louis after questioning by state highway patrol officers. He would be held for possible charges in other crimes as the search for the slayers continues.
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Farmers and Merchants’ Bank ofMexico
Columbia
St. Louis
State Highway Patrol
B. Marvin Casteel
Col.Casteel
Veterans Return From Encampment At Excelsior Springs
T C Goodall William Zr Burger Charles J Hitz Fred L McFadden and Mrs McFadden and Mr and Mrs W B Hodge have returned from the Department Encampment of Spanish War Veterans at Excelsior Springs Missouri Chaplain Chas E Robinson of Mokane and Col Fred W Manchester now of Kansas City also attended The local camp reelected Robinson chaplain Boonville was picked as 1934 convention city
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T. C. Goodall
William Zr. Burger
Charles J. Hitz
Fred L. McFadden
McFadden
W. B. Hodge
Excelsior Springs
Revi Chas. E. Robinson
Mokane
Col
Fred W. Manchester
Kansas City
Robinson
Boonville
Lakes to Gulf Channel Opens in Chicago Ceremony
The Lakes to Gulf Waterway linking New York Chicago and New Orleans via a 100 million dollar nine foot channel opens with ceremonies. Secretary Dern delivers the keynote as barges roll into Chicago. The project promises cheaper transport, inland waterway coordination, and a new route to South and Central America.
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Ghicago
New Lakes To Gul
New York
Chicago
New Orleans
Michigan Avenue Bridge
Lake Michigan
Gulf
George H. Derny
Wilmette
Central America
Panama Canal
Dern
America
River dragged for murder near Cement City Kansas City
Missouri river dragged west of Cement City as deputies investigate the disappearance of Phil Darais a paper baler. Dorais was last seen with four men who allegedly killed him and dumped him in the river. George Howell alleges they were victims of a holdup and that Howell was slugged and tossed into the water.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Cement City
Phil Darais
Thomas Bush
Jackson County
George Howell
Dorais
Sugar Creek
Howell
Dorsis
Sheriff Harris Gets Suspended Sentence For Neglect
In Waynesville Missouri on June 22 AP reports Pulaski County Sheriff John Harris received a 30 day jail sentence suspended on the condition he faithfully performs duties. The case ties to the Crider murder trial where Harris disappeared Tuesday night while jurors deliberated. Crider, a St James laborer, was later sentenced to 22 years for stabbing Paul Biffer at a December street dance in St James.
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Waynesville
John Harris
Pulaski County
Ant
J. H. Bawron
Lebanon
Carence Crider
St. James
Harris
Bowron
Crider
Paul Biffer
Labor protests against noncollective bargaining plan
Washington June 22 AP A vigorous labor protest opposed the national recovery administration plan for industry codes to set minimum wages and maximum hours without collective bargaining with workers. At the labor advisory board meeting Secretary Perkins heard opposition from Hugh Johnson and John J. Lewis as workers push for worker consultation. The textile code faced scrutiny for a 10 dollar weekly minimum in the south and 11 in the north, while Perkins voiced support for a child labor ban with a likely minimum age around 15 and a preferable 16.
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Washington
National Recovery Administration
Labor Advisory Board
Perkins
Organized Labor
Recovery Administration
Hugh
Johnson
Labor Advisory Council
John J. Lewis
Southern Mills
Roosevelt Heads His Schooner Along the Coast
President Roosevelt sails toward Campobello Island aboard a rockbound schooner with no stops along the 53 mile coast to Portland Maine. He plans a brief visit with granddaughter Sarah Delano Roosevelt and awaits the arrival of his two younger sons Franklin Jr and John after Groton School duties.
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Roosevelt
Portland
N. H
Atlantic
Maine
Sarah Delano Roosevelt
James
Campobello S~ Land
N. B
Portiana
Franklin, Jr
John
Groton School
Massachusetts
Interest on Demand Deposits to Stop Nationwide
Banks announce ending interest on demand deposits under the new banking act. Savings and time deposits not payable on demand remain unaffected. Similar actions are being taken across the nation.
Armstrong Letter Not Yet Received
Col. B Marvin Casteel of the State Highway Patrol said he had not received Rep. QO KK Armstrong’s letter requesting an investigation of patrolmen and other officers in connection with the kidnapping last Friday of Polk County Sheriff Jack Killingsworth.
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Marvin Casteel
State Highway Patrol
KK. Armstrong
Jack Killingsworth
Polk County
Trainmen to Hold Convention Here
Jefferson City wins the 1934 Missouri Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen convention at the annual meeting in St Louis. Officers named include Clyde D. Mitchell of St Louis as chairman Ge O Griffis of Slater as vice chairman and E W Proctor as secretary treasurer with Bugh of St Louis as another officer.
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ST. Louis
Jefferson City
Missouri Brotherhood of Firemen
Clyde D. Mitchell
St Louis
Ge. O. Griffis
Slater
E. W. Proctor
Nevada
Bugh
Meeting Called For Go Relief Chairmen In Missouri
Prof Walter Burr director of relief for Missouri called a conference of relief chairmen aiding local relief funds to meet Sunday. He expects about 10 chairmen to attend to discuss the immediate future of relief administration and its link to the public works movement.
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Walter Burr
Relief
Missouri
Conference of Relief
Burr
Commission Awarded In Mine Sale Suit
Springfield Mo June 22 The suit of Haywood Scott against P E Tabor and the Tabor Investment Company brought from Joplin on a venue change to obtain a share of a 100000 commission for the sale of a mine was settled in circuit court today Judge John Schmook awarded Scott 25000 and granted the defendants a six month stay to pay.
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Springfield. Mo
Haywood Scott
P. E. Tabor
Tabor Investment Company
Joplin
John Schmook
Scott
Heat Wave Grips Nation Amid Record June Temperatures
AP reports widespread heat with dozens of deaths across states. Wisconsin tops 14 fatalities. Michigan 14, Pennsylvania and Ohio three each, Missouri two, Kansas one. Temperatures hit 103 in parts of Illinois and Maryland, with readings in Ohio and Michigan in the 90s and Detroit at 96. Chicago cooled to the 70s as humidity lingered in Lincoln and other hubs.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Missouri
Kansas
Washington
DB. c
Nebraska
Lincoln
Mattoon
Bloomsburg
Frederick
Detroit
Chicago
Lake Erie
Hull launches new attack on trade barriers
London reports Secretary Hull introduced a resolution at the World Economic Conference aiming to eliminate tariff quotas exchange controls and other restrictive measures. He said the goal is to remove all trade barriers and to move beyond the stabilization debate. The US rejects immediate currency stabilization arguing it could cause price recession and favors gradual tariff barrier reductions.
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London
World Economic Conference
Hull
The
Economic Commission
Associated Press
Wai
Haies
United States
Great Briain
France
Inter
Ramsay MacDonald
James M. Cox
James B. Warburg
Georges Bennett
Mgr. Cox
Cox
Publen
Death of Rep Edward Almon of Alabama at hotel
Rep Edward B Almon of Tuscumbia Alabama died of heart disease today in a hotel here. He chaired the house toads committee and supported operation of Muscle Shoals in his district. A veteran of nearly twenty years in the Eighth Alabama District he was elected to Congress in 1914 after service in the state legislature and as judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit.
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Washington
Tklward B. Almon
Tuscumbia
Ala
Almon
House
Alabama
Congress
Buck Shows Height In Trial For Kidnaping
Barnstable Massachusetts June 22 AP Osril Buck fought to defend his innocence in the kidnapping case of Margaret Peggy McMath. He challenged cross examination by State’s attorney William Crossley and accused detectives of pressuring a scribe to alter his answers. He also shifted blame to his younger brother Kenneth, who faced arraignment alongside him. Cyril admitted he never told Kenneth to claim they knew crime details and feared gang retaliation.
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Barnstable
Mass
Osril Buck
Margaret
Peggy? McMath
Hack
William c. Crossley
Woods Hole
Kenneth
Crossley
Cyril
Kidnapers Search Shifts to Wisconsin Region
St Paul dispatch reports the William Hamm kidnapping case moving to northwestern Wisconsin after a Missouri license car was seen Tuesday. Sheriff Olson said the vehicle with a lone male stopped at a Balsam Lake filling station, asking for Cumberland, with the attendant noting the license. Detectives traced that plate to a suspected gang hangout in St Paul.
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ST. Paul
Minn
William Hamm
Wisconsin
Missouri
James Olson
Polk County
George Moeller
Balsam Lake Ming Station
Cumberland
Wis
Se Paul
New Heat Record as Temperature Reaches 100 Degrees
Two 1033 heat records have been shattered here the last two days with a government thermometer on Swift's Highway showing 100. Yesterday’s high was 95 and the previous Jefferson City record reached 98 by 3:90 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Little relief is forecast for today and Friday.
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Mercury
Swift
Jefferson City
Bomb found in Rep Eaton car in Watchung New Jersey
June 23 Up New Jersey A large bomb wired to the ignition of Congressman Charles A Eaton s car was found before it could detonate. An estate employee heard sounds near the garages early and discovered cigars a five cent piece and a loose wire leading to the car boot The device was turned over to state police Eaton reported no threats or theories about the attacker.
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Watchung
N. J
Charles A. Eaton
New Jersey
Congressman Eaton
Joseph Ballanton
Eaton
Greuer Takes Case Under Advisement
Judge R A Brewer in Cole County Circuit Court took under advisement the suit filed by Martha Laur against Frank Weigerson. Arguments began this morning and continued until 2 45 this afternoon as the case has lingered in the court for years. On July 1 Judge Nike G Levice will hear the receivership matter for the Central Hotel Company Inc.
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R. A. Brewer
Cole County
Martha Laur
Frank Weigerson
Nike G. Levice
Central Hotel Company, Inc
Evans Selical Brotherhood Outing At Emil Schott Clubhouse
The Evans Selical Brotherhood of the Eyat Selical Church held an outing for 120 members and friends at Emil Schott's clubhouse on the Moreau. The event included a business meeting, competitive games, band music, speaking program, and a picnic dinner with half hour dialect stories by local resident John Vollmar. the Brotherhood’s own band performed.
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Evans Selical Brotherhood
Eyat Selical
Emil Schott
Moreau
John Vollmar
Brotherhood
Three Men Die in Truck Collision in Wisconsin
Three men died in a head on crash when two transport trucks collided and burst into flames near Green Bay Wisconsin. Victims were Joseph Madi from Milwaukee and Charles McIntye plus James Collins from Marinette.
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Green Bay, Wise
Joseph Madi
Milwaukee
Charles McIntye
James Collins
Marinette
Wis
William E Addison Wins Free Trip With 66815 Votes
William E Addison, age 15, captured the eighth free World's Fair trip with 66815 votes, far ahead of rival Lucille Lueckenhoff who earned 36703. Addison, son of Mr and Mrs Addison of 1005 Mrecau Drive, will be a sophomore next term and received the prize from the News Tribune and 32 local merchants. The ninth contest opened today as the event nears conclusion with expectations of a free-for-all in the final weeks. Judges included Earl Heidt, Abe Cohen, and a newspaper representative.
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William FE. Addison
Addison
Addie Addison
Mrccau Drive
Chicago
News-Tribune
Lucille Lueckenhoff
George T.lueckenhoff
Dorothy Kul Te
Mary Louise I¢rixse
Dorothy Pohlman
Robert Huegel
Vernon Deho
Mary K. Curtius
Donald Butler
William Addison
Mitchell Acquitted On Income Tax Charge
Charles E. Mitchell, former National City Bank chairman, was acquitted of all counts in the income tax evasion indictment. After a 24 hour wait, the jury found him not guilty as his attorney Max Steuer praised the jury and noted the lengthy, exhaustive prosecution.
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New York
Charles E. Mitchell
National Citi Company
Mitchell
W. D. Thornton
Greene Cananea Copper Company
Mitenell
James K. Campbell
Max Stever
Stever
Henry W. Goddard
Mitchel
Stoner
Steuer
S Bains
Pretty Boy Floyd Sighted in Springfield Restaurant
Springfield MO June 23 report by Mrs Wini fred Lippert owner of a restaurant says a man closely resembling Charles Pretty Boy Floyd visited her place with two companions Tuesday night. Two employees also believed they saw Floyd. He and a companion drank coffee while the third ate a sandwich. Conversations overheard suggested they spoke of a squealer and traveling at high speed into Springfield. Lippert is certain one man was Floyd citing pictures in papers.
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Springfield
Charles
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Winifred Lippert
Nationwide wage increase ordered for factory workers
New York June 22. A 10 percent wage increase for household lighting fixture factory workers across the United States was voted today by the Wholesale Lighting Fixture Manufacturers Division of the Lighting Fixture Merchants Association.
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New York
United States
The
Lighting Fixture Merchants Association
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Lakes-To-Gulf
Plan of National Recovery
Armstrong
London Conference
Edward Almon
Aaril Buck
Hght
Cidnapers
Wisgersin
BOM
Rep. Eaton
Employe
Greuer
Wm. E. Addison
Earl Heidt
Kolkmeyer Store
Abe Cohen
Reliable Store
Representative
Max Steuer
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