Convict Trio Guilty of Murder of Patrolman
In Dedham Mass a jury found Morton and Irving Millen and Abe Faber guilty of first degree murder in the case that killed patrolman Forbes McLeod. Electric chair awaits as crowds react outside the courthouse with mixed cheers and boos. Mrs. Isabelle McLeod mourns her son.
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David P. Sentner
International News
Dedham
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Millen Brothers
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Irving
Abe Faber
Forbes McLeod
Isabelle McLeod
Court House
Faber
Gontinnad
Westminster Alumni Day Opens Commence Week At New Wilmington
Westminster college observes alumni gathering as hundreds converge for Alumni Day events marking the start of commencement week. May Day ceremony slated on campus this evening, with commencement day set for Monday.
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Westminster College
New Wilmington
Westminster
Daily Weather Report of U S Statistics
Daily weather report shows 24 hour period ending 9 am with max 88 and min 66, precipitation 0.01 inches, river stage 3.6 feet. Year ago figures include max 9, min 84, no precipitation.
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U. S
Rare Big Leaf Magnolia Found in Gunton Park
A hidden magnolia, about 120 feet tall from regrowth after vandal damage, grows on a park bank beside a stream. Landscape architect Frank E. Patterson and park foreman J. B. Oesterling note the tree is not native to the region and its origin is unknown. The plant has attracted attention for preservation.
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Gunton Park
Frank E. Patterson
RWD
J. B. Oesterling
Two Are Dead In Neighbor Fued
In Penns Grove New Jersey a feud between neighbors ended in murder and suicide. Clarence Norton shot his neighbor Albert F. Naylor during a land boundary quarrel, then Norton killed himself with a shotgun blast in his basement using a stove poker to pull the trigger.
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International News Service
Pennsgrhove
WN. J
Clarence Norton
Albert F. Naylor
Norton
Pastor Dead At Grove City
Rev. H. W. Jones 68, pastor of the Baptist Church for seven years in Grove City, was found dead in his home bathroom at 7:30 am. He endured heart trouble yet served his duties and civic roles. Survived by widow, son Emory of Oregon, and sister Mrs Laverne Clough of Union City. Funeral plans pending.
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Grove City
H. W. Jones
Baptist Church
New Bethlehem
Emory
Oregon
Laverne Clough
Union City
Tugwell Faces Grilling by Senate Committee
Professor Rexford Tugwell, an administration adviser and assistant secretary of agriculture, will be questioned by the Senate agriculture committee over his qualifications for the under secretary post. The hearings cap a protracted confirmation battle that has split the Democratic majority and could affect several college professors who advised the president.
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Zugene J. Cadou
International News Service
Washington
Rexford G. Tugwell
Congressional
Senate Agriculture Committee
Tugwell
Roosevelt
Plane crash kills seven in Chiapas forced landing
Seven people died when an airplane crashed while attempting to avoid a herd of cows near Villa Flores in Chiapas. A baby boy survived. The craft was piloted by Hiwar Malsh, a Syrian, with Francisco Sarabia as part owner who planned a transatlantic flight from Progreso to Seville this month.
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Mexico City
Villa Flore
Chiapas
Hiwar Malsh
Francisco Sarabia
Progreso
Mexico
Seville
Spain
Taylor Named New Chairman Of State G. O. P.
M Harvey Taylor, president of Dauphin county board of commissioners, was elected chairman of the Republican state committee at a biennial session in Philadelphia. He succeeds Gen Edward Martin and was chosen unanimously amid strong party support and calls for unity ahead of the November election.
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Greencastle
Republican National Executive Committee
Republican Party
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Everett Sanders
Chicago
International News Service
Philadelphia
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Dauphin County Board of Commissioners
Pennsylvania
Taylor
Republican State Committee
Dauphin County
Martin
Edward &. Martin
Fiag
John E. Snyder
Faylor
Edwin R. Cox
Republican City Committee
State Committee
Field Crops In State Suffering From Hot Spell
Harrisburg reports the May through June drought has hit Pennsylvanias field crops hard except the southeast with winter wheat near 84 percent normal in the southeast and 48 percent in the north central. The estimated winter wheat yield falls to about 14.65 million bushels from 15.95 million last year, while peaches collapse to 488000 bushels versus 1.708 million in five-year average. Apple crop stands at 50 percent of normal due to May frosts and unseasonal heat.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
North Central
Mid-West Dry Areas Get More Rainfall
An eastward moving low pressure area brought appreciable rains to drought ridden farming areas in northern Illinois Iowa Wisconsin and Indiana. Thunder showers reached deluge levels in north Illinois helping parched crops while temperatures cooled from the 90s after the storm moved east. The drought emergency remains in effect, warns Secretary of Agriculture Henry A Wallace at St Paul.
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Henry A. Wallace
St. Paul
President Roosevelt to offer substitute plan on Wagner bill
President Roosevelt will abandon the controversial Wagner labor bill and send a simple measure to Congress to authorize federal industrial conciliation commissions. The commissions would mirror industrial relations boards from NRA codes in cotton textile, automobile, and soft coal, replacing the existing voluntary boards.
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William K. Hutchinson
NRA
Miner Charged With Sending Bomb In Mail
In Pittsburgh on June 9 a 41 year old Wildwood Pennsylvania miner Joan Lukas was arraigned and ordered held on $10000 bail as the alleged sender of a bomb that exploded in a Washington post office injuring clerk Morton Gunung and damaging a parcel. A complaint by postal inspectors says the parcel was mailed to injure the addressee, a Czechoslovakian resident. Carmen DeFilice, 3, sustained a lacerated left arm from a fall while at play.
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Bull Tm
International News Service
Fittsburgh
Washington
Morton Gunung
Joan Lukas Allas Lukac
Wildwood
U. S
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Czechoslovakia
Johnson Meets Union Leaders over Recognition Clash
Eighteen tri state steel union leaders confronted Recovery Administrator Johnson in Washington warning a general steel strike will be called next week unless the right of pure recognition for collective bargaining is granted. The rank and file blamed Johnson's radio rebuke of labor leaders and urged immediate recognition.
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International News Service
Washington
Tri-State
Johnson
Commerce Building
American Steel and Iron Institute
Milk dealers must file monthly reports state wide
Harrisburg reports required by the Milk Control board for all licensed milk dealers detailing milk and milk products handled each month. Reports must be filed by the fifth day of each month.
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Harrisburg
Milk Control Board Today
New Trial For Senator Coyne On November 12
Federal prosecutors prepared to retry State Senator James J. Coyne and five Republican co defendants on November 12 after a jury failed to reach verdicts on the six defendants. Jurors who acquitted Ward district Republican chairman Martin Mullen were released after 19 days of service and paid $57 each.
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Cinternational
Pittsburgh
James J. Coyne
Martin Mullen
James I. Marsh
Louis Graham
Quintuplets Begin Thirteenth Day in New Incubators
Callander Ontario June 3 the Dionne quintuplet daughters enter their thirteenth day escorted in individual incubators three new machines arrived from Toronto and three of the twelve day old children were moved from the large incubator to the new units Yvonne who came ten days ago from Chicago remains in her incubator under oxygen carbon dioxide therapy to stimulate her development and the youngest Marie is described as the smallest in the group
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Charles E. Blake
International Mews Service
Callander
Ontario
Oliva Dionne
Toronto
Jonesome Dionne Jtarm
Sren
Yvonne
Chicago
Death of Rev. H W Jones in Grove City
Obituary notice reports the death of Rev. H W Jones aged 4? in Grove City. Patrick Coluluca, 40, of Lafayette Street, appears in the record as another named individual. no further details provided.
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H. W. Jones
Grove City
Patrick Coluluca
Lafayette Aireet
Roosevelt seeks 55 million drought relief plan
President Roosevelt asked Congress to appropriate 55 million for drought relief and outlined a seven line method of attack using existing agencies. He urged speedy action to prevent human suffering and specified how funds would be allocated across seven phases of the disaster.
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Edward Blockett
International News Service
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
New Deals and Indian Policy Reflections in Hollywood
Special To The News notes talk of economic optimism and political shifts as the secretary of the treasury presses nonpartisan stance. A column questions the Wheeler-Howard Indian bill and praises Collier while suggesting ongoing debates about justice and native rights in the era.
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Hollywood
Carl
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury Department
Maz Boer
Wheeler Howard
Collier
Jem
Laure
Wash and rain forecast in a dusty car tale
A woman washes a dusty car hoping for rain. Despite a dry sky and a dry spell, rain arrives later. The narrator notes seventy four and reflects on whether washing can bring rain.
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