Peery Named Virginia Governor Nominee by Big Margin
George Campbell Peery, from Pazewell, wins the Democratic primary for Virginia governor. With 1,423 of 1,685 precincts reported, Peery led Deal and Smith by large margins, carrying the ninth district by nearly 20,000 and winning key counties, pledging continued Byrd-Pollard policies and a liquor-control referendum. Deal and Smith concede and back Peery as Fred McWane awaits the general election.
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Richmond
Aus
George Campbell Peery
Pazewell
Ninth
Slemps
Virginia
Joseph T. Deal
Norfolk
W. Worth Smith
Louisa
Peery
Deal
Smith
Pollard
Harry F. Byrd
United States
Byrd-Pollard-Peery
Prohibition
Princess Anne
Louisa County
C. Bascom Slemp
Old Dominion
John Garland Pollard
Peary
State Corporation Commission
Harry Flood Byrd
Louis 8. Epes
Supreme Court of Appeals
Mr. Peery
Albert Gillespie Peery
Washington and Lee
Tazewell
George C. Peery, Jr
Cincinnati
Nancy Peery
Kidnapers Hold Fight Promoter to Demand Ransom
Nathan Baskowitz a Brooklyn real estate and fight promoter is held by three men who seized him outside a friend’s home. Police say a ransom note demanding 25 000 dollars was received by his brother Artie Baskowitz whose ties to Humbert Fugazy in fight promotions are noted. The incident occurred Monday night and authorities are investigating threats to the captive.
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New York
Nathan Baskowitz
Brooklyn
Baskowitz
Artie
Humbert Fugazy
Friends
Urschel Kidnapping Rumors Mount Amid Silence From Family
Oklahoma City Aug 2. News of what allegedly happened in the Charles Urschel kidnapping neared the surface while federal agents stayed covert. John G Catlett of Tulsa spoke by telephone with Lamar Seelig and Kirkpatrick as Urschel’s family refused to comment on ransom transfers. Reports put ransom between 25 000 and 20 000 or as high as 200 000 with talks in St Louis Kansas City and Oklahoma City. The Urschel home repeated the private matter stance as agents questioned Catlett regarding trips to St Louis Kansas City and Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
Charles! Y
Urschel
Tulsa
John G. Catlett
Lamar Seeliggen
EK. EB
Kirkpatrick
Urschel Council of Strategy
Kidnagers
Ursehel
Norman
Okla
Catlett
St. Louis
Kansas City
D. H. Galvin
United States Bureau of Investigation
Tulsa World
John Mabee
Tulsa Oi
Hel
Public Opinion's Force 10 Speed Recovery Drive
Nationwide mobilization aims to press public opinion into the NRA re employment drive. Blue eagle posters appear as merchants and businesses test compliance with higher wages and shorter work weeks. State and regional recovery boards form about 60 leaders invited by telegrams as codes await a August 15 hearing.
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Washington
NRA
Roosevelt
Esele
Nude dances end at Century of Progress fair
At Chicago's Century of Progress the nude dances and shows on the midway and in the oriental village were halted after an edict by Mayor Edward J. Kelly. Concessionaires moved to eliminate indecent displays and some shows were closed after police and investigators observed performances. Rufus C. Dawes praised the mayor's action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Oriental Village
Edward J. Kelly
Cairo
Rufus C. Dawes
Pet dog leads to drowning of society matron
A terrier’s frantic barking drew staff to a shallow lake on the Berton estate in Cove Neck New York where Mrs. Samuel R Bertron a year old society matron and wife of banker died after a heart attack caused her to fall into the four foot deep lake. The body was recovered by servants with help from Martin Ericsson the elderly longtime servant and the dog’s alarm prompted action. Doctors could not revive her. Mrs Bertron born Miss Carol N Harding of Port Gibson Mississippi married in 1888. She leaves a daughter Mrs Elizabeth Bertron Bouimistrow. Mr Bertron a banker with international ties previously diplomat who helped negotiate between Italy and Turkey in 1912 and was later appointed by Wilson to missions in Russia and to the Belgian relief commission.
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Cove Neck
Samuel R Berton
Overbrook
Berton
Bertron
Ericsson
Bertran
Werner Family
Carol N. Harding
Port Gibson
Elizabeth Bertron Bouimistrow
United States
Italy
Turkey
Wilson
Pio
Russia
Tennessee and Virginia Weather Notes
Fair conditions with locally scattered thundershowers and little temperature change tonight in Tennessee and Virginia. Local thunder showers expected tonight in the north portion with slightly cooler readings. Official highs and lows from yesterday and the same date last year are shown, along with rainfall totals and daily summaries taken at 6:00 p m.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Eastern heat wave storms into fifth day amid deaths
New York area endures a fifth day of extreme heat with 27 deaths in the metropolitan region and 97 to 100 degree readings. Beaches attract crowds while public spaces see improvised relief measures as a balcony collapse at Coney Island wounds 87. In unrelated notes, Fred Bendlage of Streator now speaks with an artificial larynx after cancer surgery and has resumed work.
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New York
Coney Island
Plainfield
N. J
Pittsburgh
Newark
Washington
Boston
Chicago
Fred Bendlage
Joseph ©. Beck
Reese Guttman
Labor Defense Attorneys Blocked From Tuscaloosa Negro Trial
In Tuscaloosa two accused negroes, Dan Pippen Jr. and Elmore Clarke, faced trial for the killing of a white girl amid crowd threats. Three International Labor Defense lawyers were barred from participating after protests. National Guardsmen escorted them from the courtroom as tensions rose around the court.
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Birmingham
Ala
International Labor Defense
National
Tuscaloosa
M. T. Jemison
Dan Pippen, Jr
Irving Schwab
Allen Taub
New York
Frank B. Irvie
Henry B. Foster
Pippen
Schwab
Taub
Irvin
Tudge Poster
Elmore Clarke
Jemison
Grand jury in New Orleans election probe discharged
In New Orleans on April 2 Judge Frank T. Echessbal discharged the grand jury investigating alleged election fraud in constitutional amendments. He ordered immediate empaneling of a new grand jury to serve the remainder of the term ending in September. The jurors left quietly, with no reflection on their honesty.
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New Orleans
Frank T. Echessbal
Station Q
Criminal District Court
Eschezabal
New Orleana
Behezaba Cis
Painy
Kidnappers Sought In New York City
Albany and New York pursues suspects in the kidnapping of Lieutenant John J. O’Connell. Ex-convict Manney Strewl, who secured the boy’s release for $40,000, is being used to trace a “large group of Italians” involved. Officials target the finger man and expect an arrest. Strewl may face accessory charges.
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Albany
John J
Butch
O'Connell
New York City
Manney Strewl
Ed Anil
Dan O'Connell
O’connell
Strewl
John T. Delaney
Eastman to Build Power House Extension
Eastman Corporation starts construction of a new power house extension to support process steam and plant operations. Contract awarded to Ridgy Construction of Rochester, unit sized for four stories, 86 wide by 64 deep, with reinforced concrete and steel work. About 80 men employed, completion expected before November 1.
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Tennes
Eastman Corporation
Ridgy Construction Corporation of
Rochester
Nnll
Bdailers
Font
Virginia Bridge and Iron Company
Spectacular gun battle ends in slayers death in hotel
QT Louis Aug 2 AP hundreds of bullet holes and seared walls mark the deaths of Samuel Murta owner of Erie House hotels and a former clerk. George Perry, 48, fired on police during a 44 minute siege after slaying Murta in the basement. Perry was mortally wounded by a machine gun burst after police used a large mirror to expose him.
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Louis
Samuel Murta
Erie House
Morta
George Perry
Marta
Perry
Sean
A. W. Bean
Boston Drunkenness Reform Breaks A Seventy Year Law
A 71 year old prohibition record was broken as only three men appeared in Boston’s municipal court to answer drunkenness charges. The former rule required four offenders in 1862.
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Boston
Fatal shooting at sea on Bremen near Cherbourg
Karl Werner Heye a 28 year old New York broker was fatally shot in the head by Charles Manger 22 of Los Angeles while playing with a pistol in their cabin aboard the Bremen near Cherbourg France. Officers report the act as accidental and Manger will be turned over to German authorities. Heye and Manger, Stanford student, had begun a world tour.
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Cherbourg
France
Karl Werner Heye
New York
William Dahme
Ner
Bremen
Heye
Charles Manger
Los Angeles
Dahme
Manger
Bremsthaven
Germany
Auhorities
Bremerhaven
Stanford University
New Yorker
Three Conservation Corps workers harmed in East Tennessee crash
A forestry truck collision near Gate City and other crashes in Tennessee and Virginia left one man dead and several injured. Berlin W. Brown, 19, of Tellico Plains, died at Bristol hospital. M. F. Long and another worker were injured. Clinton Bunton 27, also injured, as were Joe Mullins near Gate City, and Leonard Williams 22 killed when struck by a car. Authorities described a hit and run involving a 8 V-8 Ford with two boys and two girls seen near the scene. Brown’s body was held pending arrangements. several injured were treated or slated for further care.
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Conservation Corps
East Tennessee
Impac
Berlin
W. Brown
Tellico Plains
Camp Gleasom
Brounie
M. F. Long
Tellico Flains
Charles Maner
Knoxville
Dan Tyson
Cocke
County
Leonard V. Williams
Holladay
Morr
Paris
Albert Wellington
Fort Ielethorpe
Williams
McKelar
Brown
Kings Mountain Memorial Hospital
Soldiersss Home
Johnson City
C. C& Jacob's
Blountville
Rogersville
Blevin-Akard General
Bristol
Uneva
Browns
Samsan. Brown
Wintig
Delia Brown
Tellico
Plains
Clinton Bunton
T. T. McNeer
Gleason
Jess Little Hope
Mullis
Gate City
Stufflins
Shelby
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Byrd
Mistress
Alabama
Echezabal
Manney
Strews
Metropolis
Eastman
Managua
Nicaragua
National Guard
Leon
Santo Demings Plaza
Sacasa
Arsenal Blast Rocks
Slayer
Karl, Heye
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