Irwin Held for Triple Slaying in New York
Robert Irwin, a debonair former divinity student turned sculptor, is held without bail in New York on charges tied to the Beekman Hill triple slayings. He surrendered in Chicago after fleeing Cleveland where a hotel kitchen maid identified him. Prosecutors expect an early indictment and trial as Irwin’s defense plans a sanity challenge.
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New York
Robert Irwin
Beekman Hill
Irwin
Herald and Examiner
Chicago
Cleveland
Samuel Leibowitz
Veronica Gedeon
Gedeon
Brough
Homicide
Ronnie
Erwin
Ethel Kudner
Aes
Frank Byrnes
Ronnice
Byrnes
Lewis
J. Valentine
William C. Dodge
Dodge
Leibowitz
Valentine
Tewin
Trwin
Pick-ups W E Amos Celebrates 73rd Birthday Luncheon
Amos celebrated his 73rd birthday yesterday with a luncheon at States Park attended by seventy five relatives and friends. Separate notes report local hospital admissions, a roof fire with slight damage, and new marriage licenses issued by Recorder LePage to two Jefferson City couples. A four week old infant from 627 Virginia Street was taken to the hospital for medical treatment.
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W."e. Amos
East Miller Street
States Park
James Raymond Roth
Raymond Roth
Virginia Street
Toxas
Arizona
New Mexico
Messers
Claude Holley
Bud Hicks
Ed Parsons
Missouri
Jefferson City
Woman With Hammer Involved In Kansas City Labor Troubles
June 28 report from Kansas City details a hammer wielding woman arrest tied to Katz Drug strike actions. Lawrence Metzger, 27, worker for Federal Cash Register, says he was slugged by opponents to a union. Marie Conroy, 38, a Katz Drug store cook, says she carried a hammer for self defense and was not a striker. Police issued a pickup order for a man accused by CIO workers of dispersing them with a pistol amid union recruitment efforts. City officials urge arrests for violence against workers as contractors return to sites.
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Kansas City
Lawrence Metzger
Federal Cash Register Company
Marie Conroy
Katz _Drug company
Sev
Eral
C.I.0
Katz
H. J. McElroy
Venue change in Jasper ouster suit heard in Barton County
In Jasper county, the ouster suit against Prosecuting Attorney Charles R. Warden will be moved to Barton County for venue considerations. Circuit Judge Wilbur Owen granted the change Saturday, with a similar action pending against Joplin Mayor A. C. Maher. The grand jury accused the officials of neglect of duty amid county vice probes.
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Carthage
Charles R. Warden
Jasper County
Barton County
Wilbur Owen
A. C. Maher
Joplin
Membership of church groups show big gains
New York June 28 UP Religious bodies in the United States gained almost a million in membership during 1936, the Christian Herald reported in its annual survey. Total membership reached 63,493,036, a rise of 837,404 from 1935, with Baptists, Catholics, and Lutherans posting notable gains. The survey credits growth across depressions, citing 30,000 plus member denominations at 10.1 percent gains and smaller groups up 29.4 percent.
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New York
United States
Christian Herald
Ar Sain
the Baptists
Reformed Church
Baptists
George Linn Kieffer
M. A. Kielfer
National Lutheran Council
Governor Warns Labor Abuses and Upholds Law During Tense Era
The Ohio governor defends the oath to uphold the constitution while condemning labor violence. He notes a rising public tide against current conditions and urges protection of citizens and law. Mention is made of Perkins and calls to subpoena Tom Girdler and Frank Purnell to Columbus.
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United States
Ohio
Labor
Perkins
Federal
Tom Girdier
Republic Steel
Frank Purnell
Youngstown Sheet & Tuber
Columbus
Parkins
Edward F.) McGrady
KWOS Radio Schedule Tuesday Features Many Music Programs
The KWOS listing shows a full day of programs starting at 6:30 with Rambling Red and continuing through 7:00 Just About Time and 7:15 Home Folk Frolic. It includes Market Summaries, Musical Clock segments, news at 8:00 and 10:00, various orchestras and soloists, then afternoon markets, Ratios of rhythm, and wrap for the day with Hollywood Brevities and Evening Melody. The schedule notes sports at 6:15 St. Louis Cardinals vs Cubs, then Country Church of Hollywood and other music blocks ending at 7:30 with Off.
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Lou
Harry Reser
Kay Kay
Hollywood
Harmony Hall — News
St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago Cubs
Country Church of
Victim of fake marriage: Derby affair in Chicago case
An affidavit by Mar guerite Eustice O'Brien of Chicago accuses Quin O'Brien, assistant Chicago corporation counsel, of duping her into a fake Derby Day marriage in Louisville. She says she learned it was fake January 1937 and lived as his wife in Chicago. O'Brien faces conspiracy charges. A Chicago grand jury did not indict the seven arrested in the case. the marriage was later annulled.
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Louisville
Marguerite Eustice
O'Brien
Chicago
Quin O'Brien
Chicago Corporation
O’brien
Morrison
O O’brien
Huoby Rogers Honeymoon Cruise to Honolulu
Hollywood reports Charles Buddy Rogers and Mary Pickford aboard the Lurline bound for a Honolulu honeymoon. Gene Raymond and Jeanette MacDonald travel with them, married June 16, planning about a month on the islands. Rogers aims to return via Santa Barbara to visit Lilliam Gish and pursue ranch-home plans, amid broader notes on book publisher losses.
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Hollywoon
Charles
Buddy) Rogers
High Seas
Honolulu
Rogers
Mary Pickford
Hollywood
Gene Raymond
Jeanette MacDonald
Miss Pickford
Raymond
Miss MacDonald
United States
Lilliam Gish
Santa Barbara
Calif
Congress Back To Garry Out Boss Orders
President Roosevelt urges Congress to resume work on the second New Deal. Adjournment set for Sept 4 as Democrats return from a Chesapeake Bay island retreat. Key items include possible testimony from Postmaster General Farley, probes of steel and wage law issues, and farm loan and land purchase measures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Chesapeake Bay
White House
Agriculture Department
Treasury
Jeffersonsland
Legislative Front
Senate Post Office Committee
James A. Farley
Senate
House
Administration
Senate Labor Committee
Senate Democrats
Annapolis Ma
Farley
Supreme Court and Roosevelt stand on program agenda
The court and the executive branch are cited as standing fast on a program including wage and hours legislation, Ever Normal Granary, water power control, and tax loophole closing. Domestic airlines carried 58,008 passengers in February 1937.
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Roosevelt
Dust Bowl aid policy questions raise local protest
In Kansas a representative criticizes government agencies for not carrying out congress's intent to provide crop loans during the Dust Bowl emergency. He cites Wichita regional managers and agency cooperation failures as hindering relief efforts in the territory. The protest, voiced by Representative Clifford Hope, calls attention to the administration's stance on loan assistance amid the drought.
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Kansas
H. E B. Warren
Congress
Ag- Washington
Clifford Hope of
Garden City
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