Path to Electric Chair Charted for Sculptor
New York June 28 Robert Irwin a one time divinity student and sculptor was held without bail in two court appearances and hired Samuel Leibowitz to defend him in a triple murder case. Irwin admitted to killing Veronea Gedeon her mother and a former in-law with a room full of sensational details and claimed the killings were accidental prompted by a love triangle. He faced a magistrate and a homicide court in a case that winds through arrest records lineup and dramatic confessions as he awaited further proceedings with a postponement to January 30.
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New York
Robert Irwin
Laynea
Beekman Hill
Samuel Leibowitz
Jane
Irwin
Veroinea Gedeon
Hone
Brough
Ted
Homicide
Ronnie
Ethel Kiviner
Kudner
Taen
Aiavit
Horamide
Laikowitz
Enkowitz
Train
Chicago
Irvin
Tiervld
Examiner
Cleveland
Br. A. H. O'Connor
The
Rock
Janis Staite Hospital
Trwin Cance
Leitowitz
Trwin
John Leahy
Robert
Tornes
Leahy
Rank Byenes
Gedeon
Byrnes
Weather notes from Essen Kentucky and Virginia
Partly cloudy conditions with showers possible in Essen and eastern Virginia. Temperatures expected to hold with little change. Kentucky forecast shows fair conditions tonight with minimal change. Virginia may have showers early, then partly cloudy and a slow rise in west and north areas through Tuesday.
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Essen
Kentucky
Virginia
Relief Bill Moves Toward Final Congressional Action
Washington June 28 The administration’s 1.5 billion relief package neared final action as Senate and House conferees agreed to trim 8 million from 3367 million earmarked for the Public Works Administration. The measure faced Senate approval and must be confirmed by both chambers.
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Washington
Senate
House
Public Works Administration
Hose
Senate Post Office Committee
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Lafallette
Post Office Committee
Bridgas
Farley
Roosevelt
Judiciary
Seven Deaths From Accidents Reported in Tennessee
Nashville June 28 Automobiles caused five of seven accidental deaths in Tennessee over the weekend. A 24 year old man from near Ripley died in a Memphis hospital after a truck overturning incident. An unidentified young woman died near Selmer when an automobile overturned three times. Turrell Arkansas residents planned to view the body to aid identification. Alvin Douglas 25 was killed when his car skidded off a dirt road along Elder Mountain. Two men died near New York when a log trailer overturned. Walter Stinnett 45 and Carl Hoff 18, both of Cosby, were fatally injured. George Rogers 69, a farmer, drowned in Norris Lake after falling from a canoe. Leslie Cooper 40, a black man, was killed at Franklin when crushed by a cutting machine at a plant.
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Nashville
Tennessee
A & White
Ripley
Memphis
Selmer
Turrell
Ark
Charles Sherman
Chattanooga
Alvin Douglas
Elder Mountain
New York
Walter Stinnett
Carl Hoff
Cosby
George Rogers
Norris Lake
Leslie Cooper
Sundey
Franklin
Franco British patrol plan spurned by Italy and Germany
Rome and Paris reports show Italy and Germany reject a Franco British international naval patrol for Spain. Editor Virginio Gayda cites Italy's veto as essential, condemning Britain for partisan stance and France’s alliance with Soviet Russia. A non intervention committee meets to close gaps left by withdrawals.
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Rome
Italy
Germany
Spain
Europe
Virginio Gayda
Benito Mussolini
Mediterranean
Giornale d'Italia
Gayda
Britain
France
Russia
Convicted Tax Evaders Placed Under Parole Board
Nashville June 28. Fran Preston and Philip B. Jones of Knoxville pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud Tennessee gasoline taxes. Each fined 1000 dollars and sentenced to one to five years. parole requires reporting to officer G. McBee three times yearly. They paid 1058.45 dollars in fines and costs. motion for new trial withdrawn. Both petitioners lack resources. Preston notes marriage with no children.
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Nashville
Fran Preston
Philip B. Jones
Knoxville
G. ©. McBee
Knox County
J. H. Campbell
Tennessee
Charles Gilbert
Jones
Preston
Frank Preston Wold
Shelling of Spanish coast near Valencia reports
Reported coastal attack stretched about 30 miles from Sagunta to Castellon as German ships may have joined the bombardment. A government warship fired illumination projectiles while defense batteries attempted to repel brief shelling. 22 shells were counted with minor damage. Hitler announced two policies favoring an insurgent regime in Spain as rumors of broader European repercussions circulated.
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Valencia
Spain
Sagunta
Castellon
Canariss
Norn
Ben
Associated Press
14 Year Old Bride Contests Divorce In Tennessee
In Oakdale Tennessee on June 26 a 14 year old bride Alma Ruffner Honeycutt contests her 23 year old husband Herold’s divorce complaint alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. Attorney Lee Jeffries will file a demurrer claiming Honeycutt not entitled to a divorce. The couple married January 1536 and seek custody of a child born last December. Hearing set before Chancellor A H Wallace, with potential delay to Wednesday. This follows Tennessee’s first child divorce recorded last April in West Tennessee.
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Oakdale
Tenn
Tennessee
Chancery Court
Alma Ruffner Honeycutt
Herold
Lee Jeffries
Honey
Alma
Jeffries
A. H. Walace
West Tennessee
Dorothy Warren
Union City
Willie Faulk
Kentucky
FDR Advances Labor Plans From Geneva Conference
President Roosevelt sent Congress the Geneva International Labour Conference proposals adopted June 4 to 24, 1936. He urged early action on a convention limiting hours for public works and called for enactment within 18 months to implement draft conventions on recruiting, public works, and paid annual holidays, plus two recommendations for progressive recruitment elimination and holidays.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress Today
Geneva
International Labor Organization
United States
Congress
FRESH FEARS OF OUTBREAKS SHAKE STEEL STRIKE FRONT
The Associated Press reports tension in Youngstown as about 15,500 workers return to work in strike plagued plants across the Ohio Pennsylvania front. SWOC claims lower counts and vows continued fight while National Guard guards the back to work movement amid calls for truces and possible reopenings under mediation.
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Associated Press
Mahoning Valley
Youngstown
Sheet and Tube
Campbell
Brier Hill
Republic
Light
Bessemer
Johnstown
BE. Howell
Cambria
Tower Gate
Franklin Borough
Calumet
Chicago
National Guardsmen
M. Clifford Townsend
Indiana
National Labor Relations Board
Inland
Republic Steel
Buffalo
N. C
South Buffalo
Elmer F. Cope
SWOC
Fhilin Murray
Pittsburgh
Ohio National
Cleve
Murray
Canton
Ohio
Cleveland
Indiana Harbor
Massillon
National
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Mahonjing
Martin ‘L. Davey
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Gus Hail
CIO
Kingsport Man Plans Hunger Strike to Die From Starvation
C B Linkous a 43 year old former auto mechanic says he will live with Christ until death after a year of paralysis and unemployment. He began his death fast yesterday and will not eat or drink. He says his wife’s quarrels and lack of income drive him, with aid from a renting family and relatives in Hawkins county. He moved to Kingsport from Rogersville and has two brothers nearby in Mt Carmel. He emphasizes faith, not religion, as the motive. Continued on page eight.
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C. B. Linkous
The
Times Today
Linkous
Arch Street
Ruth Linkous
Ivan
Kingsport
Christ
Kings'port
Rogersville
Hawkins County
Mt. Carmel
Tennessee Eastman Corporation
Mail Probe Ends at Steel Plants
Washington June 28 the probe into midwestern steel strikes ends without further hearings or testimony by Postmaster General Farley. A 12 to 1 vote rejected a plea by Senator Bridges to continue the inquiry, ending the investigation on the steel plant matters.
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Washington
Senate Post Office Committee
Farley
Bridges
R.-N.h
Scullery Maid Identifies Killer After All Searchers Fail
Cleveland June 28 The scullery girl discovers the killer amid a staged rainbow scene linking murder victims Ronnie Gedeon and Henrietta Koseiansis to bar boy Robert Murray and other suspects. Reporters in New York chase steel strike notes while police close in on the bar scene sleuthing. Continued on page eight.
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Dale Harrison
Cleveland
New York
Henrietta Mkoscianski
Ronnie Gedeon
Frank Byrne
Robert Murray
Robert Irwin
Robert Tewin
Henrietta Koseiansis
Rehief
Tadey
West F. Peterson
Edito
Inside Detect
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Chicago Herald and Examiner
Universal Service
Central Press
Paris
League of Nations
Hall of Mirrors
Versailles
Stanley Puryear
Deigneer
Phil Wallace
Puryear
W. T. McLain
Aurelia
Will Jameson
State Supreme Court
Moscow
East Tennessee
Homer Peel
Mary Mathes
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