Pit Caverns Linked to Weyerhaeuser Kidnap Plot Revealed
Government agents, led by J Edgar Hoover, disclosed underground pits used in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping. They seek indictments against Harmon M Waley and his wife, with William Mahan named as the mastermind. A Spirit Lake Idaho pit and a Tacoma pit were found, plus an Issaquah lean-to where the boy was held for ransom.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
George Weyerhaeuser
Kown
Department of Justice
Harmon M. Waley
William Mahan
J. Edgar Hoover
Justice Department
Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Mahan
Spirit Lake
Ida
Hoover
Issaquah
Robles Pit
Waleys
George
Blanchard
Idaho
Leanto
Tex. wildcat driller hits oil after 75 tries near Camey
Camey Texas June 19 Dexter D Thomas of San Angelo Texas drilled seventy five wildcat oil tests in west Texas since 1926 before one near Camey struck oil. He had pursued prospects with persistence, finally finding oil in the area marking a milestone in his exploration career.
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Associated Press
Camey
Tex
Dexter D. Thomas
San Angelo
West Texas
Quebec Frontier Yields 12 Million in Gold to Modern Sourdoughs
Quebec officials foresee a new gold rush as Abitibi emerges with 159 mines and a 1934 harvest up 23 percent in value. Modern highways, air travel, and a growing city-bred prospecting culture push Northwestern Quebec toward mass motorist migration to mining camps near Montreal and the St. Lawrence.
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Quebec Frontier
Montreal
Que
Sons of
Yesteryear
North America
Abitibi
Quebec
Yukon
J. E. Perrault
Barre
America
U. S
Hull-Gatineau Valley
Pontiac-Lierre
St. Lawrence River
Gaspe Peninsula
Laurentides
Frontier
Noranda
Gatineau River
Wakefield
Frontier Village
Hull
United States
Funds sought for Huntington Veterans Hospital repairs
Washington reports that the United States Veterans' hospital at Huntington seeks funds for repairs and improvements from the Works Progress Administration. The request totals 69000 dollars with the Agriculture and Navy departments supporting the application.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States Veterans’ Hospital
Huntington
Works Relief Administration
Veterans’ Administration
Agriculture and Navy Departments
Paderewski seeks tax redetermination as executor
Pianist Padreewski acting as executor of his late wife's estate requests a redetermination of the 1932 income tax before the United States Board of Tax Appeals.
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Padreewski
United States Board of Tax Appeals
Hedwig and other new books in review from Ozark author
A review column discusses Vance Randolph, Kansan novelist living in an Ozark holler, and his new Hedwig about a German immigrant girl told in dialect amid hardship. It also previews Bright Destination by Darwin Teilher, The Big Town by O. O. McIntyre, and A London Story by George Buchanan, noting tone and plots.
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Vance Randolph
France
Mr. Randolph
Pineville
Ozarks
Clark University
Haldeman-Julius
Ozark Mountain
Vanguard
Middlewest
Hedwig
Darwin Teilher
Doubleday, Doran
O. O. McIntyre
Dodd, Mead
New York
London
George Buchanan
Dutton
Young Love and Three Novels in Brief
Ferenc Molnar’s Young Love set in Venice delivers tender young romance with a bittersweet ending. Robert Francis’s The Wolf at the Door, a French author’s American debut, follows three peasant girls in northern France and their intertwined lives. W. E. Burghardt Du Bois’s Black Reconstruction retells Reconstruction history to correct the prevailing narrative.
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Ferenc Molnar
Smith & Haas
Venice
Robert Francis
Houghton Mifflin
America
France
W. E. Burghardt du Bois
Harcourt, Brace
Forever Wandering by Ethel Mannin reviewed
Days after the war between the states a serious documented book takes measure of a grand tour. Ethel Mannin offers frank observations with pleasant if not striking insight in this Dutton publication review.
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Ethel Mannin
Dutton
Miss Mannin
Training School For Scout Men Opens In Sophia
A six week training school for scout leaders will open in Sophia at the Scout building on June 24. Robert R. V. Twohig, Beckley area scout field executive, announced the program to cover scouting fundamentals, activities, and troop organization with weekly evening sessions. Men from Beckley, Winding Gulf area, and neighboring towns are invited to participate.
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Sophia
Robert R. V. Twohig
Beckley
Twohig
Winding Gulf
Worm cannibalism saves corn says Agriculture Dept
The Department of Agriculture reports corn earworms practice cannibalism on a large scale, saving substantial corn. Only about one in twenty larvae may survive to adulthood, and their fights under a lens are described as furious.
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Associated
Preas
Washington
Department of Agriculture
American War Memorial Seeks Yugoslav Orphan Camp King
King Peter of Yugoslavia joins an orphanage summer camp run by Mrs. Mabel Gruitch in Selce near Belgrade. The 11 year old monarch romps with children, learns cooking, scales a robust appetite, and enjoys fishing and American games. The camp costs 40 cents daily per child. Gruitch aims to foster cross Yugoslav bonds and American friendship through the project.
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Associated Press
Yugoslavia
King Peter of
Mabel Gruitch
Clarksburg
W. Va
Slavko Gruitch
Royal Court
Belgrade
Mme. Gruitch
King Peter
Peter
Selce
Serbia
Mme. Graich
United States
Hamilton Fish Armstrong
New York
Grutch
Washington
Sweeney Family Visits and Local Socials in Parkersburg
Mrs G K Sweeney and her daughter Pearl with granddaughters Joy and Vera Sweeney visited Parkersburg friends. Eldridge Griffith returned from Romney for summer. Mrs A T Lilly improves after Raleigh General Hospital stay and plans home soon. Social visits include Fink Bowling, Meador to Griffiths, Whittie Bowling and Bonnie Flat Top dining with Sweeneys, Lillys travel to Princeton, Lilly and Stotesbury visitors, Youngs and Mannie Griffiths hosts, Alvin Sweeney and Henry Vines drive to North Carolina.
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G. K. Sweeney
Miss Pearl
Misses Joy
Vera Sweeney
Parkersburg
Eldridge Griffith
Romney
A. T. Lilly
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley
Madeline Fink
Genene Bowling
Geraldine
Anna Bell Griffith
Emil Meador
Lewis Fink
Whittie Bowling
Bonnie
Flat Top
L. D. Sweeney
William Lilly
Princeton
Opal Lilly
Stotesbury
Carl Bostick
A. D. Young
Mannie Griffith
Alvin Sweeney
Henry Vines
North Carolina
Prehistoric Miner Found in Mammoth Cave Discovery
In Mammoth Cave National Park Kentucky Robert P Holland acting representative of the park service announced the discovery of a desiccated prehistoric miner in an old cave section The body was found June 7 by guides Grover Campbell and Lyman Cutliff and withheld pending archeological study It is regarded by scientists as an important find.
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Associated Press
Mammoth Cave
Mammoth Cave National Park
Robert P. Holland
National Park Service
Holland
Grover Campbell
Lyman Cutliff
Research Turns To Weeds
Berkeley on June 19 reports experimental UC research aimed at transforming weeds into useful products funded by a Rockefeller Foundation grant. The project studies weed management and potential value additions through scientific processing and utilization.
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Associated Press
Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Rockefeller Foundation
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