Federal Plots Target Baby Face Nelson After Dillinger Era
The Associated Press reports federal agents are hunting George Baby Face Nelson as the next top public enemy after Dillinger and Floyd. Floyd’s criminal career included bank robberies, killings and spectacular escapes, often using a machine gun. Nelson now faces pursuit by planes, posses, and armored cars as authorities press the crackdown.
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G-men
Dillinger
Charles
Pretty Boy” Floyd
George
Baby Face
Nelson
John Hamilton
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Oklahoma
Belle Starr
Matt
George Kimes
Will-O
Public Enemy No 1 Nelson Takes Dillinger’s Mantle
The map shows the Midwest bandit raids of Charles Floyd and Baby Face Nelson. Nelson, now designated Public Enemy No 1 after Dillinger’s death, fled from Joliet after a 1931 robbery sentence and later faced federal pursuit across Missouri Kansas Iowa Ohio and Oklahoma as Floyd’s exploits faded.
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Nelson
Chicago
State
Joliet, Ill
Chesterfield Cigarettes Blend for Mild Taste
In Chesterfield we balance mild ripe tobaccos grown in this country with Turkish tobaccos. The blend uses cross blending to create a milder cigarette with a better taste.
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Chesterfield
Telephone Employees Get Service Awards
Three Beckley district workers at Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone were honored with service emblems. C. S. Cavendish earned a four star emblem for twenty years of service, while C. E. Hewitt and W. Ronk received three star emblems for fifteen years. Statewide, 137 employees with a combined 1,215 years of service were recognized.
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Beckley
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
E. T. Stromp
C. S. Cavendish
C. E. Hewitt
W. Ronk
Pinchot In Action Reports Theft Of 24 Fish
Police report details a theft at a private pool in Olathe Kansas. T C Simpson supplied a list naming each fish by sex length and age, documenting the missing 24 specimens.
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T. C. Simpson
Olathe
Kan
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Johnson’s
Beckley, W. Va
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Black Sea
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Martini
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Columbia Network
Cardus
Pinchot
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Eckle Fruit Market
Dev
Main St
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TVS
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Kellogg's Rice Krispies
Crescent Grocery
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Liccerr & Myzas Tosacco Co
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