Irwin Held Without Bail in Triple Beekman Hill Slayings
Robert Irwin a former divinity student and sculptor is held without bail after two brief court appearances over Easter Sunday murder of Veronica Gedeon her mother and a roomer. Prosecutors announce three first degree murder indictments while Irwin claims insanity and references a nut house.
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New York
Robert Irwin
Beekman Hill
Samuel Leibowitz
Irwin
Veronica Gedeon
Gedeon
Brough
Leibowitz
Chicago
Lewis J. Valentine
William C. Dodge
Six Injured In Portsmouth Motor Mishaps
In Portsmouth area three motorists are charged with reckless driving and one with driving while intoxicated after Sunday incidents. Elva Rader and child were injured when a car door opened during a turn causing a fall. Clyde Hutchinson and Dana Craigmyle were involved in a separate collision leaving injuries. Nine arrests were reported.
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Portsmouth
Elva Rader
Melvin Rader
South Webster
Rader
Eighth Street
Dana M. Craigmyle
Lincoln Street
Eighth
Broadway Streets
Mr. Craigmyle
Auto Plunge Drowns Three in Muskingum River
Three McConnelsville residents were drowned when their car left the road and plunged into the Muskingum River north of McConnelsville. The victims were Riley Price 49 driver Mrs J W Butterworth wife of a local minister and Norma McDonald 15.
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Mcconnellville, CO
McConnelsville
Muskingum River
Here
Riley Price
J. W. Butterworth
Norma McDonald
Weather Record for the Day
Observer Schirrman reports today at 11 am the high 80 and low 62 degrees. The previous day peaked at 90, with no recent extremes. One year ago today the maximum was 98 and the minimum 67.
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Schirrman
Rest in ballot tampering trial as defense calls witnesses
The Ohio ballot tampering case in Lawrence county nears a week of trial with the state resting and defense witnesses to follow. Prosecutor Thomas A. Burke leads as special counsel for the attorney general while defense claims group testimony for each defendant. A witness denied plotting to steal 1000 from the county though another testified to a bond cashing scheme tied to the same sum.
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Times Ironton
Lawrence County
William J. Kennedy
Ohio
Thomas A. Burke
Cleveland
Herbert
Duffy
Charles Chatfield
Dan Rapp
Rapp
Chatfield
Chat
Buckhorn Furnace Man Shot While Running
Connie Tucker Smith of Buckhorn Furnace was wounded with shotgun shots in the arm and back and told Sheriff B R Monte that Les Kurtz fired the shots as he ran after Kurtz emerged from bushes and ordered him to run near Ironton.
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Ironton Hospital
Ironton
Connie (Tucker) Smith
Buckhorn Furnace
B. R. Monte
Les Kurtz
Smith
Kurtz
Merrill and Lambie Plan New York to Rome Flight
Dick Merrill and Jack Lambie announced a new trans Atlantic flight from New York to Rome. They recently completed a round trip to England and expect to take off in about three weeks from Oakland, California.
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Dick Merrill
Jack Lambie
Oakland
Calif
R. T
Dick) Merrill
New York
Rome
England
Long session agreed on at solons picnic
Democrats in congress settled to enact a heavy administration program likely to keep them at work until fall. They held weekend picnics with President Roosevelt and administration leaders on Jefferson Island in Chesapeake Bay to boost resolve to stay in session and act on major bills. The court fight was deferred and open discussion on the issue to be conducted after the July 4 recess.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Jefferson Island
Chesapeake Bay
Senate and House agree on relief bill compromise
Senate and House conferees reached a quick accord on the administration relief bill worth 1.5 billion dollars after trimming eight million from funds earmarked for the public works administration.
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Washington
Senate
House
Public Works Administration
Lawmaking amid reorganization and farm bills noted
Senator Robinson indicated a delay on the court bill until after July 4 as the government reorganization and wage measures proceed. President Roosevelt may speak on farm legislation as Tenant Aid bills move through the House with Wallace signaling possible pronouncements.
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Arkansas
Senate
House
Wallace
Roosevelt
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Jefferson Island
Rayburn
Texas
Hitler's Talk Clouds Hope Of Peace In Europe
The report notes Adolf Hitler declares two German policies in Spain, dampening optimism for peace. While London Berlin and Rome stay calm, Paris and Moscow foresee continued tensions. Valencia sees a submarine sinking a merchant ship and a new anti submarine fleet. Franco’s forces reinforce Madrid as both sides prepare for possible further actions.
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Adolf Hitler
Spain
Europe
London
Berlin
Rome
Paris
Moscow
Valencia
Francisco Franco
Madrid
Casa de Campo
Jarama
Louisa Officer Shot Fatally After Midnight Gun Battle
Patrolman Bert Hampton age 45 was shot multiple times during a midnight gun battle outside Louisa. He died from injuries after suffering a belly wound and other hits. Two Magoffin County men, L. G. Carpenter and Walter Wireman, are jailed in connection with the incident. A Colt pistol, $500, and a check were found on Wireman amid tense deputized pursuit and citizen posse actions.
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Louisa
Louisa General Hospital
Lawrence County
Kentucky
Bert Hampton
G. F. Smith
L. G. Carpenter
Magoffin County
Walter Wireman
Wireman
Smith
Flooded Bellevue Recovers as Underground Rivers Recede
Bellevue Ohio battles floodwaters that inundated 300 homes, with 2000 acre lake behind a railroad embankment. Water from underground limestone streams geysered 15 to 20 feet high, then receded, officials estimate damage at 100000 dollars as residents begin cleanup and guards patrol dikes.
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Bellevue
National
Wilber Stout
Columbus
Castalia
Sandusky
Ohio
Stout
Lake Erie
Hitlers Demand for Restored Colonies and Self-Sufficiency
Adolf Hitler applauded as Germany declared a demand for colonial rights and a place in world trade. Goering and Schacht urged self sufficiency under the four year plan while vowing to end economic dependence and press for restored colonies.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Nazi Germany
International Chamber of Commerce
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Germany
Hjalmar Schacht
Derfuhrer
General Goering
F. H. Fentener van Viissingen
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United States
der Fuhrer
Wurzburg
Hitler
Spain
Reich
Will
Goering
Goeing
Ford Official Denies NLRB Charges in Indiana Strike Case
Ford Motor Co attorney Louis J. Colombo calls NLRB unfair labor practice charges untrue after a nine page complaint alleges union activity crackdown at the Rouge plant in Dearborn. A July 6 hearing will mark the second clash between Ford and the U S government following past code disputes.
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Ford Motor Co
National Labor Relations Board
National Labor Relations Act
Louis J. Colombo
NLRB
United States
Henry Ford
United Automobile Workers of America
Ford
Mammoth Rouge
Dearborn
Fear for three missing girls sparks manhunt in Inglewood
Three girls aged 7 to 9 vanish after a Saturday outing in Inglewood California. Police Chief Oscar E Campbell says a degenerate may be involved and declares fear of murder. Over 500 officers, American Legion members, and citizens search homes and hills with federal agents aiding the probe. The missing children are Madeline Everett 7 Melba Marie Everett 9 and Jeanette Marjorie Stephens 8. Olive Everett 11 reports a man named Eddie invited her to rabbit hunt last Friday.
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Calif
Oscar E. Campbell
American Legionnaires
Federal Department of Justice
Madeline Everett
Melba Marie Everett
Jeanette Marjorie Stephens
Olive Everett
Eddie
Grandmother Welcomes Great News in North Carolina
Mrs Dora Odom Hobbs becomes a grandmother at 32 when her 17 year old daughter Mrs Calypso Hobbs Stewart gives birth to a son in Erwin North Carolina. Hobbs’s mother now becomes a great grandmother at 56.
Steel back-to-work drives surge in Youngstown area
Major General Gilson D. Light said about 15,500 workers returned to strikebound plants across Youngstown as SWOC mobilizes against four independents. Ohio guards under Gov. Davey policed the front, with 11,308 in Youngstown plants today and 4,299 last night.
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Gilson D. Light
Ohio National Guard
Ohio-Pennsylvania
Steelworkers Organizing Committee
CIO
Republic Steel Corp
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Bethlehem Steel
Cambria
Johnstown
Inland Steel Co
SWOC
General Light
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
Mahoning Valley
Sheet & Tube
Campbell Lant
Brier Hill
Esti
SAYS DAVEY TO BOOST PAROCHIAL AID FUNDS
Senator Horace W. Baggott reports Governor Martin L. Davey plans to send a special message to the legislature proposing a 3 million dollar appropriation for parochial school aid. Baggott, a no new taxes leader, said the plan was discussed at the executive mansion. The concurrent budget committee has yet to resolve parochial aid differences.
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Baggott
Columbus
Horace W. Baggott
Montgomery County
Martin L. Davey
Baggett
Senate
Executive
House
Senate approves bill for extra federal judge in Ohio
June 28 the Senate passed and sent to the House a bill to create an additional federal judge for the Southern District of Ohio. The action expands federal judiciary capacity in that region.
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Washington
Senate
House
Ohio
Strikers Face New Military Tensions In Indiana And Pa
Fresh fears of violence hit the strike front as Indiana authorities call for troops at East Chicago to avert a clash with two steel mills. Governor Townsend says no troops will be sent now while Ohio and Pennsylvania militia hold lines in the Mahoning valley. CIO leaders insist the strike remains strong as Cambria Mills resume work and other plants reopen under martial law.
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East
Chicago
M. Clifford Townsend
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Mahoning Valley
Martin L. Davey
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Gus Hall
CIO
Cambria Mills
Cambria Works
Bethlehem Steel Corp
America
Johnstown
Republic Steel Corp
Youngstown Sheet i Tube Co
Republic
Monroe
Mich
Warren
Youngstown
Benief
Davey
Mail Interference Probe Is Adjourned
Senate post office committee votes 12 to 1 to end its inquiry into midwestern steel strikes without further hearings by Postmaster General Farley. A 12 to 3 vote rejects summoning Farley to testify on alleged mail interference by pickets. The panel directs further study to the Senate Civil Liberties Committee, which will probe Memorial Day clashes between strikers and Chicago police.
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Senate Post Office Committee
Farley
Bridges
New Hampshire
Post Office Committee
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Chi‘0
McKellar
Tennessee
Senate
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