Worried Youth Kills Family Then Ends Own Life
A 20-year-old bookkeeper Bernard Gregor shot his mother Mrs Anna Gregor 47 and sisters Mary Ann 15 Betty 25 in their West End Pittsburgh home and killed himself with a new rifle. Police say three notes show he was driven by worry over the family. brother Frank 27 found the bodies.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Gus Ellen
Edward Kirby
Bernard Gregor
West End
Bernard
Frank
Anna Gregor
Mary Ann
Betty
Crash Mystery Solved in Tams
Robert Branch, a local resident, admitted driving the car that struck L R Drennen’s vehicle on Tams mountain July 18. He paid the damages and court costs, promised to change ownership papers and license plates, and was released. The warrant had named Thurmond Branch, who had died two years earlier, with the car still under his name.
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Robert Branch
Tams Negro
L. R. Drennen
Stotesbury
Branch
Drennen
Frank Lemon
Tams Mountain
Thurmond Branch
Lemon
Beckley
Ancient Hoist Still in Use
Kaymoor transport relies on a 1911 hoist that drops 2 250 feet into the valley to remove miners and residents. The only access to Kaymoor bottom is this car or 2000 steps, with over 500 daily riders and injured miners carried out by the hoist on multiple shifts.
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Register
Kaymoor
Mike Pashion
Pashion
Kaymoor Bottom
Negro Injured in Knife Fight in Covel Wyoming
Lonnie Johnson aged 22 of Covel Wyoming county was wounded in a knife fight across from his home July 26. He said Tom Ross insulted his wife, drew a knife as he rose, and Johnson struck once. Ross was jailed on a warrant but later released on bond.
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Lonnie Johnson
Covel
Wyoming County
Johnson
Mullens
Tom Ross
Ross
Senate seeks extra session next October
President Roosevelt avoided taking a public stance on a proposed special session in October to consider farm legislation. Senate supporters numbered about 40, while House leaders and Speaker Bankhead stated there is no need for a fall session and that farm bills would be a priority in January. Roosevelt declined to say if the Senate would be convened after adjournment to vote on a Supreme Court nomination.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Bankhead
Rayburn
Texas
Jones
House Agriculture Committee
Supreme Court
Goes on Trial for Murder in Inglewood Girls
In Los Angeles Albert Dyer stands trial after jury selection begins for the murders of Melba Everett 9 Madeline 7 and Jeanette Stephens 8 in Inglewood hills. District Attorney Baron Fitts predicts a first degree murder conviction and execution.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Albert Dyer
Inglewood
Baron Fitts
Dyer
Melba Everett
Madeline
Jeanette Stephens
Infant Born to Deceased Mother in Philadelphia
In a dramatic post mortem delivery a three and a half pound baby girl was born one minute after her mother Mrs Mary Boccassini 27 died from tubercular meningitis. Doctors placed the infant in an incubator and gave oxygen. a medical official called the chance of survival fair. Dominik Boccassini the father expressed relief and grief saying he would support the child as best he could.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Mary Boccassini
Yellow Kid Weil Still Sought by Police
Postal inspectors monitor Chicago haunts of Joseph R Weil alias The Yellow Kid. The famed con man evaded agents in Birmingham where he posed as a doctor for over a year. Police say he embezzled more than 10 million dollars from investment victims over 30 years and faces New York charges for mail fraud.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Joseph R
Yellow Kid
Weil
Birmingham
Alabama
New York
County Seeks 29000 Federal Grant for Courthouse
County court optimistic about a new 29000 grant from the federal government to equip the remodeled courthouse. Clerk Harry Anderson in Washington says officials will reconsider. Senator Neely and Congressman Smith's office are aiding, as bids for furniture and fixtures are opened.
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Harry Anderson
Washington
Capitol
Anderson
M. M. Neely
Joe L. Smith
Miner Suffers Injured Foot at Cranberry Mine
Charles Persinger a 21 year old mine brakeman from Cranberry sustained a foot injury at the Cranberry mine around 9 30 this morning. He was taken to Beckley hospital for treatment. The owner stated the seriousness was not known at noon. Persinger told hospital attendants he caught his foot between a bumper and a motor.
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Charles Persinger
Cranberry
Beckley Hospital
Persinger
Americans Flee As China Jap Conflict Nears
A month into the undeclared war between China and Japan, tensions rise across northern China. Americans flee toward the south as Japanese forces pour into the Hankow region and consuls urge foreign residents to prepare for possible evacuation. U S consuls draft safety measures and an emergency committee forms to protect nationals.
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Peiping
China
Great Wall
Hankow
Yellow River
Japan
Tientsin
United States
Tsinan Fu
Shantung Province
Tsingato
Shanghai
North China
Hopeh- Chahar
Asia
Clarence E. Gauss
Tokyo
Domei
District Head Of Lions Here
Harrisville Lions district governor Dewey Wass arrives in town for Beckley club meeting at 6 30 p m at the Pleasant Inn. Mrs Samuel Thomson leads songs before dinner as Rev C W Sydnor Jr gives the invocation. After dinner Kermit Locke will introduce Wass followed by speeches, singing, and a reception.
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Dewey Wass
Harrisville
Gertrude Ederle Reflects On Bathing Day Past
In Hempstead New York Gertrude Ederle now 30 recalls the famed swim of 11 years earlier. Visitors drop by on the anniversary. she notes she may bathe later but no longer swims. She explains I don t go swimming any more I go bathing.
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Associated Press
Hempstead
N. Y
Page One
Trudy
Gertrude Ederle
Twelve Cops Raid Capture Juvenile Fugitive Glenn Owens
Raleigh County officers led by Deputy Mills trapped Glenn Owens, a 15-year-old escapee with a long criminal record, at his Mid City home and captured him after he fled toward a mine entrance. Owens had escaped jail December 1 with Carlos Allen and Carl Hendricks, then drifted through West Virginia and Virginia before his latest arrest.
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Raleigh County
Glenn Owens
Oley Mills
Mills
Owens
Mid City
Carlos Allen
State Penitentiary
Carl Hendricks
Pemberton
Allen
Hendricks
West Virginia
Virginia
Negro moonshine raid nets two men in McAlpin
Levi and Charles Daniel, both Negro, were arrested Wednesday morning for operating a moonshine still at their McAlpin home and are held on bonds totaling 3000. Charles and Levi pleaded guilty and were ordered held for the federal grand jury in Bluefield.
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Levi
Charles Daniel
Daniel
Huffman Tells Of Western Tour
J L Huffman spoke to the Kiwanis club describing a 23 day family motor trip covering 7585 miles from Tennessee to the West and back via Arkansas Texas New Mexico Arizona California Nevada Wyoming Montana the Dakotas Iowa Illinois Indiana and Ohio He urged See America first and praised its value for understanding the nation Two club members W A Imes and John A Cunningham are recovering in hospital.
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J. L. Huffman
Great West
Kiwanis Club
Tennessee
Mississippi
Arkansas
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Nevada
Wyoming
Montana
Dakotas
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Americ
Huffman
Club
W. A. Imes
John A. Cunningham
Children Inoculated For Smallpox And Diphtheria Today
Pre school children in Raleigh received inoculations for small pox and diphtheria by county health department nurses. White children were vaccinated in the morning and negro children in the afternoon.
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Raleigh
County Health Department
Warfronts Shift as Planes Hit Ships and Catalonia Advances
Warplanes struck a British tanker and an Italian steamer off Algiera near the Spanish Civil War front. In Madrid and Aragon, insurgent forces face strong expectations around Huesca as government troops press from Madrid toward the Teruel corridor. Catalonia’s troops push along the Teruel Soria axis, threatening insurgent supply lines while Madrid-Valencia forces gain space.
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Algiera
Spain
Francisco Franco
Aragon
Huesca
Madrid
Associated Press
Teruel
Catalonia
Autonomous Regime of
Teruelsoria
Madrid-Valencia
Teruel-Soria
Midwives to Meet at Raleigh Health Office
All midwives in Raleigh county will attend a morning meeting from 9 30 to 12 oclock tomorrow at the county health offices. County health officer Dr W W Hume announced the gathering with Dr Thomas W Nale of the state health department to address the group and Miss Helen Howell of the Public Health Training center to perform a demonstration.
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Raleigh County
W. W. Hume
Thomas W. Nale
State Health Department
Helen Howell
Public Health Training Center
Small Advances in Stock Market Rises
New York reports slight gains in today’s stock market with fractions around a point. Leading gainers include American Smelting, United States Steel, Standard Oil of New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The downticks feature Auburn and Western Union.
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Associated Press
New York
American Smelting
United States Steel
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Auburn
Western Union
Local Showers Likely Tonight and Saturday
Weather forecast notes probable showers in the area tonight and Saturday with slightly warmer conditions in the southeast tonight. Data from Weather Observer L A Mauck records Beckley highs of 90 and a 59 degree low yesterday.
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Beckley
L. A. Mauck
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