Murder Case Still Active in Scott County
Sheriff Culbertson continues to pursue two clues in the brutal hack murder of James Draper 52 a night operator for the Southern Railway. Ewing Harrilit a local youth held on threats remains jailed in Gate City. An 18 hour telephone outage disrupted service as wires were severed near the Gate City central office, with authorities suspecting a plot to release prisoners. No new development reported. a definite update is expected later this evening.
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Harvey Culbertson
Scott County
James Draper
Appalachia
The
Southern Railway
Ewing Harrilit
Gate City
Culbertson
Draper
Owen Contest Findings Support Ruth Owen Seat
Findings of the House elections committee that Mrs Ruth Bryan Owen is entitled to retain her seat as representative from the fourth Florida congressional district will be reported to the House early next week. Chairman Beedy of Maine plans to present the Owen report as soon as he returns to the city.
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Owen
Washington
House Elections Committee
Ruth Bryan Owen
Florida
House
Beedy
Maine
Owen Port
Slay er executed at Rockview for taxi driver's murder
Ralph Russell Sloat, 50, of Philadelphia, was electrocuted at Rockview penitentiary for the murder of John Lowry, a Scranton taxicab driver. As the death march began, Rev. P. N. Osborne accompanied him to the chair, who witnessed Sloat say, Good bye Jove. The body was unclaimed.
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Bellefonte
Ralph Russell Sloat
Philadelphia
Rockview Penitentiary
John Lowry
Scranton
Sloat
P. N. Osborne
Chaplin
Liquor Runners Disturb Bride as Trucks Rattle Night
Deputy Port of New York surveyor John H. McGill traced a disturbance to liquor runners near Keasby New Jersey. Four officers pursued twenty men, seven were captured, a motor boat fled, and authorities seized two trucks and 200 cases of cognac valued at twenty thousand dollars.
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Keasbey
N. J
Weather Fair and Warmer in Tennessee and Virginia
Tennessee will be fair and warmers tonight and Tuesday with increasing cloudiness and warmer temperatures. Virginia sees fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with lighter frost along the coast and milder by Tuesday. winds shift from north to south. Readings show yesterday’s high 57 and low 30 with no rain on either date. data taken at 6:30 p m by C L Bunn U S W O.
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Virginia
West Portion
C. L. Bunn
G O P Leaders at Odds on Tariff Plan
Washington March 31 Western Republicans push for higher Senate agricultural rates while House Republican leaders fail again to agree on a procedure for the tariff bill. A steering and rules committee meeting was called for later to try to craft an arrangement acceptable to all Republican factions.
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Washington
House
Senate
Monaco election shows Marquet victory amid royal dispute
In Monaco national and municipal elections Mayor Eugene Marquet's list won decisively with 458 votes to 1 671 for opponents Bonaventists and Aureglians. The result signals support for reigning prince Louis, amid talk of abdication over casino receipts.
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Monte Carlo
Monaco
Eugene Marquet
Marquet
Bonaventists
Aureglians
Louis
Bonaventurists
Prince Louis
Princess Charlotte
Prince Pierre
Charlotte
Pierre
Prince Reyneir
Bandits Threaten Kiangsi Province Menace Steps Up
Foreign dispatches from Nanchang Kiangsi Province report rising bandit activity and a possible evacuation of foreigners. Missions and officials note communistic bandits moving north from the south, threatening the entire province.
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Shanghai
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Pessimism Clouded Naval Talks in London
Britain and France were seen as near impasse in talks on a security pact with the Anglo French discussions likely to fail. Secretary Stimson met Briand in London and planned to meet Prime Minister MacDonald as pessimism spread among American and French circles.
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Stimson
Briand
France
MacDonald
Pessi mistic Five Power Naval Conference Showdown Looms
London reports say a Friday plenary session may end the five power naval conference for practical purposes. Britain refuses further military pacts and security guarantees, arguing such commitments would trap it in broader war operations. The British stance aims to improve peace machinery while avoiding new military entanglements.
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London
Mar
Great Britain
France
House Leaders to Use Gag Rule on Tariff Bill
Arkansas Democrat Rep Ragan predicts Republican leaders in the House will push a gag rule to block Senate tariff debate. He brands the so called four horsemen as Longworth Tilson Snell and Hawley and argues they will prevent Senate bill consideration, urging an aggressive minority to challenge rate plans. He says the Senate has not earned public favor with its tariff action in 25 years.
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Ragan
Arkansas
Washington
Mar
House
Representative Ragan
Ways and Means Committee
Four Horsemen
Senate
Longworth
Tilson
Connecticut
Snell
Rules Committee
Hawley
United States Senate
Hawks in Glider Trails Plane Across Continent
Tucson, March 31. Captain Frank Hawks resumes transcontinental glider flight from San Diego to New York towing with a plane. A tow-line failure forced a Tucson stop. The itinerary includes Yuma Phoenix Lordsburg Sweetwater Tulsa East St. Louis Columbus Buffalo and aims for Central Park with a 40 hour flight total.
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Tucson
Ariz
Pime
Frank Hawks
Tuscon
el Paso
Tex
Turdok
Arig
San Diego
New York
Texas
Cal
Phoenix
Hawks
Yuma
J. D. Hernigan
Fen Diageo Thaom Srevethent
Lordsburg
New Mexico
Arizona
Sweetwater
Tulsa
Okla
East St. Louis
Columbus
Ohio
Buffalo
N. Y
Central Park
New York City
van Cortlandt Park
Roosevelt Field
Long Island
Three Die In Columbia River Boat Collision Near Vancouver
Federal inspectors opened a blame inquiry into the wreck of the excursion barge Swan and the Davenport after a collision on the Columbia River near St. Helens Oregon. Three women and one man died, others were injured, and several remain missing among 286 passengers returning from Longview's celebration and the opening of the interstate bridge.
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ST. Helens
Ore
Swan
Davenport
Columbia River
Vancouver
Wash
Dix
Longview
J. E. Magedorn
J. E. Larson
Florist
E. G. Lundy
Stanley Stone
Richard Belland, Jr
Belland
Frank Hoffman
R. G. Anderson
Bandman
Seventh Infantry
Vancouver Barracks
Game warden dies in Nashville heart attack
George R. Calhoun 61 a Nashville jeweler and former state game warden died early today of a heart attack. He served in that capacity about a year ago. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 Tuesday morning at his home in Ridgetop.
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Nashville
Tenn
George R. Calhoun
Calhoun
Ridgetop
Aviatrix Saves Life During Parachute Jump Record Attempt
Mildred Kauffman of Kansas City leapt from a plane during a bid to surpass her 46 inside loops. Thrown from the cockpit and snagged by the safety strap, she freed herself and descended 3,200 feet with a parachute to a safe landing. The plane wrecked. She regards the 46-loop feat as a world record for women.
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Aviatrix
Buffalo
N. Y
Mildred Kauffman
Kansas City
Miss Kauftman
Three Die in Pistol Battle Near Brownsville Ky
A man and two nephews die after pistols are drawn during an altercation on a highway eight miles north of Brownsville Kentucky. Curley Johnson, son-in-law of the elder man James Stroud Merideth, is jailed after claiming he fired only when fired upon twice by the Duvalls. Merideth and Isaac Duvall leave widows and three children. Floyd Duvall is unmarried, as is Johnson.
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Brownsville
Here
James Stroud
Curley Johnson
Isaac Duvall
Floyd Duvall
Johnson
Duvalls
Mammoth Cave Country
James Reed
Merideth
Slayings in raid probe after back‑fleeing farmer shot
In Madison County Kentucky Deputy Lloyd Lane said to have killed Am brose Williams 30 during a raid on his Owlsey Fork home seeking liquor. Williams allegedly refused to surrender as four officers searched for contraband. An examining trial was set before Judge Goodloe with evidence of a still and liquor found at the scene.
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Richmond
Lloyd Lane
Ambrose Williams
Williams
Owlsey Fork
Kentucky
Madison County
Goodloe
Williams killed during attempted arrest in Jackson County
An officer pursuit along the Madison Jackson county line ended with the death of Williams after several shots were fired at him during an arrest attempt. Deputy US Marshal Boyd Sandlin reported Williams ran about 800 yards before being struck in the back and dying before a physician arrived. Williams’s family was at the scene. officers claimed Williams was not armed.
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Od Wd
Willems
Lane
Parseht
Jackson County
United States
Boyd Sandlin
Sandlin
Williams
Farmer shot by deputy after liquor raid in Richmond
In Richmond Kentucky a farmer fled after a liquor raid and was shot to death by a deputy sheriff. In Boston Massachusetts ten were arrested and about 250 liquor and sloop cases were seized.
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Richmond
Boston
Census Mill To Start Grinding Population Tally
The 1930 census is mobilized with 120000 census takers under 575 supervisors. They will scrutinize every city apartment and hermit hut to count everyone, including sailors at sea, aiming for accurate data on unemployment literacy industry and other factors. Census takers will visit households within two weeks after April 2 in cities and within thirty days on farms.
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Washington
United States
Uncle Sam
Census Bureau
Eleven Others Believed Dead in Mine Blast
Five miners were found dead in the Pioneer Coal Company mine near Kettle Island Kentucky after an explosion. Rescue workers faced dense carbon monoxide gas and will resume efforts after long shifts, with officials declaring it practically certain that eleven more miners are dead.
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Kettle Island
Pioneer Coal Company
John F. Daniel
State Department of Mines
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Bandit Sticks Up Drug Store
A masked robber entered a Wick & Wee drug store, demanded cash, and brandished a pistol. After taking money from the cash register and threatening a clerk, he fled with about 75 dollars. In a nearby Pig gy Wiggly, a similar description robber robbed three clerks and two women customers, escaping with about 50 dollars.
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Trentens
Imese Distriet
Miners Entombed in Pioneer Coal Mine Near Pineville
Rescue workers labored to reach 16 men trapped by Saturday explosion in a Pioneer Coal Co mine. Air thick with carbon monoxide hampered gas masks as crews neared the 200 foot target point. Fifteen rescuers affected, families gathered at the mine entrance hoping for survivors.
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Kettle Island
Pioneer Coal Company
Pineville
Oil Well No 1 Mary Sudik Reaches Control
The No 1 Mary Sudik well in the South Oklahoma City field was brought under control after a weeklong gusher that spouted thousands of barrels of oil over surrounding territory. The Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Co owners said the well was choked in last night.
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Oklahoma City
Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company
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Census
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By Bess Furman
Associated Press
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