Body Found Of Missing Show Girl
Missing show girl Virginia Allen Ball is found dead on an operating table in a Brooklyn physician Dr Julius Phillips 54 who is charged with homicide after reportedly taking poison in a personal crisis Officers described a dramatic scene as a booking agent husband Thomas Ball burst into the office crying I knew something has happened and later revealed she sought Broadway fame from Erie Pennsylvania Her mother and sister are named in the report Continued on Page 6
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Thomas Ball
Brooklyn
Julius Phillips
Virginia Allen Ball
John McGowan
Homicide
Ball
Chicago
Virginia
Dr. Phillips
Erie
Mary Allen
Perry makes guilty plea in mountain murder case
Avil Perry, 32, pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the December slaying of his wife Lessie on Kayford Mountain. Judge Henry K. Black sentenced him to 18 years in the state pen. Perry had shot his wife and then wounded himself, after a quarrel, near Charleston, resolving Kaneawha county jurisdiction disputes.
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Henry K. Black
Charleston
Raleigh
Kanawha
Perry
Kanawha-Raleigh
Jess Thompson
Lessie Perry
Strange Creature Reported From Fireco Section
Rumors reach Fireco of a two foot tall creature with yellowish gray hair that has slain hogs and dogs and frightened residents. Witnesses include Henry Beard and Reverend Artie Ward who describe it as running like the wind. Dogs chased it. one dog’s head was found severed and brains eaten. Reports spread to nearby areas with hog heads and brains noted. The Rev Ward heard a related commotion last Wednesday night.
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Fireco
Henry Beard
Stoco
Artie Ward
Floyd Terry
Clark House Damaged in Coolridge Conspiracy Case
Two men Upshur Lilly and Owen Ransom were jailed on conspiracy to destroy real property charges after a house wrecking near Coolridge. Watson Clark filed the conspiracy warrant before Magistrate Z A Petty. Police say the men and others damaged John Clark’s house by breaking windows and smashing doors. No hearing date set for this morning.
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Upshur Lilly
Owen Ransom
L. A. Green
Howard George
Watson Clark
Z. A. Petty
John Clark
Three Incorrigibles Sent To Pruntytown
Three youths under sixteen were adjudged incorrigible in juvenile court and ordered moved to the Industrial school at Pruntytown. They were charged with breaking and entering the Beckley Ice and Feed Co. on Neville Street and stealing items. Patrolman John Williams noted each boy had prior petty offenses in and around Beck.
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Revival services planned at Salvation Army hall Prince street
Salvation Army announces revival meetings at Prince street hall starting Sunday at 7 30 pm led by Envoy T Andrew Mc Mahon with Captain K E Moss in charge and soldiers assisting The revival will run two to three weeks with nightly services except Monday Music will be featured and a “real live baby” will be given away Sunday night
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Salvation Army Hall
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T. Andrew McMahon
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Salvation Army
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Moss
Showdown on Debts Demands New U.S. Pact
Washington reports President Roosevelt has triggered a showdown on war debts citing four words from the Johnson act Or any part thereof. The rule blocks payments from debtors in default and many nations were told June 15 token payments would be refused. Thirteen nations face 175 million dollars due June 15 under the act unless a new deal is reached.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
William Phillips
Wheat Price Rises With Crop Losses
Wheat prices climbed sharply on May 11 amid reports of severe drought and dust storms damaging crops especially in the northwest. May wheat rose to 90.38 cents at Chicago, with July and September futures higher, while corn and other grains also gained. Crop experts attribute the reduced wheat yield to heat, dry soil, and wind. oats and hay also suffered.
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Chicago
Northwest
Chicago Board of Trade
Department of Agriculture
Woman Slain Found in Trunk in Philadelphia
The body of Mary Hogg, 30, bride of ten months, was found slashed and stuffed in a steamer trunk in Philadelphia. Police seek Joseph Hogg, 28, eldest stepson, amid statements by his father Jacob Hogg that Joseph previously kept company with the woman and that family tensions followed their marriage.
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Philadelphia
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Mary Hogg
Joseph
Hogg
Government Exams Open For Two Civil Service Posts
S B Andrews local secretary for the United States Board of Civil Service Examiners announced open competitive examinations for two government positions. The supervisor of secondary education in the Indian field service offers 4600 dollars annually minus 400 dollars for quarters lights and fuel while the associate public health nursing analyst pays 3200 dollars. Further information may be secured from Mr Andrews at the post office.
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Stock Market Opens With Early Gains On Wall Street
Wall Street opened with stiffening stock prices as the second hour began. Fractions rose to about a point with American Telephone up one, and U S Steel New York Central Case American Can and General Motors showing fractional advances.
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American Telephone
U. S. Steel
New York Central
Case
American Can
General Motors
Bolivia Threatens Bombardment of Asuncion
Lapaz Bolivia May 11 Bolivia threatened to bombard Asuncion the Paraguayan capital from war planes in response to reports of mistreatment of Bolivian soldiers in Paraguayan prison camps in the Gran Chaco. The government said if confirmed the Bolivian air force will begin a bombardment. Asuncion has a population of more than 100,000.
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Associated Press
Lapaz
Bolivia
Asuncion
Paraguay
Gran Chaco
Dust Storm Very Severe In Mid West
Dust swept across the Dakotas Illinois and surrounding states as hot sun and strong winds created black blizzards. Two deaths were linked to the storm one woman suffocated in North Dakota and another died from injuries after a dust driven car crash in South Dakota. Air schedules disrupted and visibility reduced as dust seeped into offices and homes. Local forecasts called for showers in Nebraska North and South Dakota and Iowa.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Middle America
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Midwest
Dakotas
Lake Michigan
Sykeston
N. D
John Bosencamp
Dupres
S. D
Jake Ochsner
No Plea for Sam Insull
Samuel Insull refused to acknowledge the U S district court jurisdiction and did not enter a plea to charges of bankruptcy act violations and using the mails fraudulently in selling his company's stock. At arraignment before Federal Judge Philip Sullivan the elderly prisoner remained aloof while his counsel entered a general plea challenging his seizure in Istanbul as illegal and refusing to plead. Fellow defendants pleaded not guilty. the hearing was postponed until next Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Samuel
Insull
United States District Court
Philip Sullivan
Istanbul
Sullivan
Aged Walkertown Man To Be Baptised Sunday
Ballard Farley a 77 year old Walkertown resident near Resaco is scheduled for baptism Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock if drought conditions allow the pool to fill to the required depth Kelly Cole leads a crew building a dam on Pines creek this week and if water is available Reverend Philip Graham of the Primitive Baptist church will perform the baptism of Mr Farley
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Walkertown
Resaco
Kelly Cole
Pines Creek
Philip Graham
Primitive Baptist Church
Farley
Woman Held In Kidnaping Of Oil Man
Los Angeles May 11 Sheriff’s office detains a brunette woman about 30 in the kidnapping of millionaire oil man William F. Gettle. Six other men are questioned as investigators urge progress. Ernest F. Noon, counsel for Gettle, says he obtained very important information that could identify the kidnappers. Authorities note the timing after Noon’s claim and pursue possible connections.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Sheriff's Office Today
William F. Gettle
Norris Stensland
Sheriff's Office
Stensland
Blaney Mathews
Ernest FE
West Virginia Praised for NRA Code Compliance
Charleston May 11 Recovery Administrator Hugh S. Johnson commends West Virginia as first among states to require firms selling to the state to comply with NRA codes. He praises Governor Kump state purchasing director James A. Tierney and Henry C. McGill for action aligning state purchases with codes.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
Kump
James A. Tierney
Henry C. McGill
National Emergency Council
National Recovery Administration
Real estate men from four counties to meet in Beckley
Four county real estate men Mercer McDowell Wyoming and Raleigh will meet in Beckley on Thursday May 17 to organize for work under the Roosevelt code. Charleston regional board representatives will attend. A banquet precedes the meeting at 6 30 in Beckley hotel dining room. O J Wilson likely to open as temporary chairman with officer elections and board selection on the agenda.
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McDowell
Wyoming
Raleigh
Beckley
Roosevelt
Charleston
Beckley Hotel
T.o'j. Wilson
Bluefield
O. F. Cook
Lacy Trump
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Cook
Turner to speak at Beckley mining institute banquet
Dr. John Roscoe Turner president of West Virginia University will address the New River and Winding Gulf Electrical and Mechanical Institute banquet at the Black Knight Country Club in Beckley on May 19. The event, by invitation only, includes coal officials and mining men and plans for mine and shop tours. the annual institute meeting follows on May 17 at Mountainair hotel with papers by E W Davis and R R Zisette on insulation materials and mine bearings.
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West Virginia University
Raleigh County
Beckley
New River and Winding Gulf Electrical and Mechanical Institute
Black Knight Country Club
M. K. Clay
Raleigh
Turner
West Virginia
Institute
Clay
Mt. Hope
Mountainair Hotel
E. W. Davis
Boston
Mass
R. R. Zisette
Cincinnati
Buick Motor Plant Closes Amid Fisher Body Strike
Flint Michigan May 11 The Buick Motor company plant shut down after a walkout by union workers at Fisher Body Corporation plant one producing Buick bodies. About fourteen thousand Buick workers and an estimated five thousand Fisher employees were idle. The closure may last until Tuesday pending strike settlement. The shutdown occurs ahead of a new model debut with piece rate pay cited as a cause for Fisher plant discontent.
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Associated Press
Flint
Mich
Buick Motor Company
Fisher Body Corporation
Buick
Fisher
Bodies Of Five Sought In Water Of Stream
Rescue workers hunted for five bodies in the Clacks Fork river after a car plunged 60 feet into the stream killing three children and three other occupants. One body was recovered when the car was pulled from the water, bringing the death toll to six.
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Associated Press
Heron
Montana
Clacks Fork
Rain and dust sweep Raleigh county day
The weather shifted from showers and a cooling trend to a dust storm blown from west prairie lands. By afternoon visibility improved as the wind eased, and yesterday’s rain helped quell long burning forest fires in southern West Virginia. Efforts to contact Flat Top Airways Weather observatory were blocked by poor telephone lines.
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Raleigh
Associated Press
Beckley
West Virginia
Airways Weather Observatory
Flat Top
New Truce in Robles Kidnapping Case
Tucson reports a stop in active pursuit as authorities observe a new truce in the April 25 kidnapping of six year old heiress June Robles. Fernando Robles, father, says only $10,000 of the $15,000 ransom is raised with organizers insisting the girl be returned alive before payment.
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Tucson
June Robles
Robles
Fernando Robles
Two Men and Woman Held For Robberies
Richmond Indiana May 11 police arrested two men and a woman suspected of gang bank robberies in Ohio. The trio Harry Hopkins 23 Jamestown Ohio Vernon Taylor 28 Springfield Ohio and Thelma Mitchem Springfield were seized after tear gas forced them from a house. The two men were heavily armed.
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Richmond
Ind
Ohio
Harry Hopkins
Jamestown
Vernon Taylor
Springfield
Thelma Mitchem
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