Albert Stern Found Dead In Cheap Rooming House
Albert Stern a 21 year old reputed Schultz mob killer was found dead in a cheap Newark rooming house. Police said death by gas poisoning and strangulation was likely accidental and murder chances were small. Lucianos name resurfaced as investigators linked visits to the city before the tavern massacre.
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Associated Press
Newark
N. J
Albert Stern
Harrison S. Martland
New York
Vincent—Coll
Stern
Schultz
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Manhattan
Luciano
Streets Ready For Surfacing On City Roads
About 50 men under W. J. Trail have graded several streets including Stanley Lincoln McGinnis Garfield and Russell and finished ends of F and E streets. A mile of penetration top surfacing will soon be laid on rural streets including the Fayette cut off to Smith street on First avenue under H. F. Will tong supervision.
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W. J. Trail
Stanley Street
Lincoln Street
McGinnis
Garfield
Russell
Fayette
Fayette Street
Smith Street
First Avenue
H. F. Willtong
Kuklish Rites In Pennsylvania
Funeral services for John Kuklish a Glen Rogers motorman and county league pitcher killed in a Glen Rogers mine accident will be held in Luzerne Pennsylvania with burial in Fredrickstown. Kuklish skull fracture survivor list includes Mr and Mrs Joseph Kuklish of Luzerne and siblings Mrs Mary Fitch Mrs Suzanne Moses Ann Elizabeth Steven Mike and Joey Kuklish.
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John Kuklish
Glen Rogers
Luzerne
Pennsylvania
Fredrickstown
Kuklish
Joseph Kuklish
Mary Fitch
Suzanne Moses
Wilson, Pennsylvania
Ann and
Elizabeth Kuklish
Pittsburgh
Stevenye Mike and
Joey Kuklish
Cecil Kessler Sentenced to Two Years in Raleigh Court
Cecil Kessler pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and received a two year penitentiary term from Judge H. M. Kilgore in Raleigh County criminal court. Orville Athey of Sand Lick got four months after pleading guilty to assault and battery. Trials set for Willie Dalton maiming, Robert Mooreman murder, and B. J Shumate embezzlement or forgery.
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Cecil Kessler
H. M. Kilgore
Raleigh County
Orville Athey
Sand Lick
Willie Dalton
Robert Mooreman
B. J Shumate
WPA Work Hinges On Labor Supply
WPA projects in Raleigh county depend on local labor availability. Officials said only a carpentry manpower shortage could delay completion of 25 school projects approved for about 500000 dollars. if all relief carpenters were assigned, eight months would finish the work.
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Raleigh County
W. R. Fugitt
J. L. Huttman
Washington
Works Progress Administration
Fugitt
Sophia Legion Post Names New Officers
The Gulf Post of the American Legion in Sophia elected H. E. Turner as commander, succeeding W. E. Williams. Other officers include J. A. Denny as first vice commander, H. E. McKinney as second vice commander, T. S. McElrath as adjutant, L. G. Doyle as finance officer, J. A. Lyons as service officer, the Rev. F. C. Davis as chaplain, and L. M. Kincaid as sergeant-at-arms. Meetings will be held at the Scout cabin.
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Gulf
American Legion
Sophia
H. E. Turner
W. E. Williams
J. A. Denny
H. E. McKinney
T. 5. McElrath
L. G. Doyle
J. A. Lyons
F. C. Davis
L. M. Kincaid
Hull Reaffirms U S Neutrality In Italo Ethiopian War
The United States under Secretary Hull reiterates independent neutrality toward the Italo Ethiopian conflict while expressing sympathetic interest in peace efforts. The note to the League of Nations avoids direct commitments on sanctions and outlines deferred actions under neutrality law.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Hull
League of Nations
Italy
League
America
Hugh R. Wilson
Switzerland
Augusto de Vasconcelos
Committee of Coordination
Death Toll Rises After Haitian Storm Strikes Port-Au-Prince Area
Officials fear up to 1000 dead as floods from a hurricane devastate Jeremie and Jacmel in Haiti. Reports say 200 bodies recovered in Jacmel with Jeremie possibly hardest hit. thousands homeless and crops destroyed. Aid efforts begin as roads remain impassable.
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Associated Press
Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Jacmel
Jeremie
Cuba
Jamaica
Vandals Break Window at Byus Mankin Lumber Office
A window at the Byus Mankin Lumber company on North Kanawha Street was broken around 9 30 p m by unknown vandals. C A Byus said no entry was gained and a theft attempt seemed likely after a passerby reported the crash.
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Byus-Mankin Lumber Company Ofice
Kanawha Street
C. A. Byus
Robbers Escape After Cash Register Robbery at Jimmy's Place
Police hunt two armed men who robbed Jimmy's Place on South Kana wha Street, taking about $90 and loot from a cigar box, then locked proprietor Jimmy Bisato in a washroom. Bisato and his wife Angelina alerted authorities as the robbers fled within five minutes.
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Jimmy
South Kanawha Street Beer Garden
Jimmy Bisato
Bisato
Angelina
Holt predicts Democratic win in West Virginia 1936 race
Senator Rush D. Holt of Weston forecast a Democratic victory in West Virginia next year while warning it would require a hard fight with Republicans. He blamed Governor Kump for limiting New Deal benefits and urged progressive, Roosevelt-aligned candidates for the state ticket.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Rush D. Holt
Weston
West Virginia
Roosevelt
Holt
Kump
Mussolini Furious Over League Action In Wake Of Sanctions
Mussolini denounced the League of Nations boycott as an odious injustice and promised action. In Africa Italian forces press front lines while Addis Ababa and surrounding areas face tension. Count Luigi Vinci-Gigliucci leaves Addis Ababa as peace talks fade and a bombed railway remains a possibility.
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Associated Press
Benito Mussolini
League of Nations
Africa
Aduwal
Adigrat
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Luigi
Vinci-Gigliucci
Addis
Ababa
Djibouti
Corn Hog Referendum Shows Large Support for Continuance
Early returns from a national corn hog referendum indicate heavy backing for continuing the AAA program. Across 48 states voters favored a 1938 control plan by about six to one, with AAA officials predicting continuation and President Roosevelt arranging nightly updates aboard the Sequoia.
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Associated Press
AAA
Washington
Farm Administration
Sequoia
Roosevelt
Naval
Wallace
French A. Harper Shot To Death Near Home Saturday
French A. Harper a 52 year old Raleigh merchant was fatally wounded by gunfire near his home after leaving his store. He died at Raleigh General Hospital at 10 30 last night from shots to the head back and left arm. His brothers Herbert and Jeff Harper heard the shots and helped transport him to the hospital where surgeons performed an emergency operation. A second armed robbery occurred within two days with $25 reportedly taken from Harper’s pockets.
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Raleigh
French A. Harper
Harper
Raleigh General Hospital
Herbert Harper
Jeff Harper
French Harper
Jeff
Roosevelt Sees Defense Needs on Navy Day
President Roosevelt urged strengthening national defense in remarks for Navy Day 1935. He endorsed the Vinson Trammell bill and noted plans to showcase naval radio communications. Navy Day events, moved to Monday due to Sabbath, will climax with the Shaw and Cassin destroyer christenings at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Secrtary Swanson
Vinson-Trammel
America
Theodore Roosevelt
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Shaw
Cassin
Relic Sale At MacCorkle Estate Draws Small Bids
In Charleston on October 26 bidders gathered at the Sun Rise home of former Governor William A. MacCorkle for an estate relic sale. Buying was slow with no famous collections offered. A gun shell ash tray drew bids from a snappy-eyed boy, a nearby woman, and a final bid of 20 cents before the tray went to the boy and the woman.
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Associated Pres
Charleston
W. Va
iAtt
William A. MacCorkle
J. M. Woods
Woods
Speed up in work relief drive reports large job gains
Washington reports a 110,737 gain in dole replacing WPA jobs over two days as November allotments are checked. Hopkins says 1,421,470 people were at work last Saturday vs 1,310,733 on the preceding Thursday, with a two day rise of 410,737 though short of the 3,500,000 goal by Nov 1.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
J. R. McCart
WPA
Junior Cooper Suffers Arm Fracture After Truck Fall
Junior Cooper of Shady Spring was treated at Raleigh General Hospital for severe lacerations to his right leg after falling from a truck driven by his brother Robert Cooper in front of the Beckley post office on South Fayette Street. Doctors said the injuries were painful but not critically injured.
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Junior Cooper
Shady Spring
Raleigh General Hospital
Robert Cooper
Beckley Post Office
Mountain Blaze Rages in West
Southern California endures a sixth day of a major mountain fire driven by winds near Seminole Hot Springs and Malibu Lake in the Santa Monica range twenty miles west of town. Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz mobilizes deputies as residents rush to evacuate and the Malibu Lake colony remains under threat with the Malibu Beach movie colony narrowly spared within 100 feet of residences.
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Los Angeles
California
Great Mountain
Seminole Hot Springs
Malibu Lake
Malibu Crags
Santa Monica Mounttains
Here
Eugene Biscailuz J
Sheriff's Office
Malibu Lake Colony
Strand
Weekend Weather Outlook With Scattered Showers
Mostly cloudy weekend with likely showers Monday. Temperatures remain steady as western Ohio and Tennessee expect light showers amid broad cloudiness. Central regions stay generally fair Sunday with a light rain chance in the Ohio Valley.
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Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Ohio
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New Yorker
Dutch Schultz
Huffman
Sophia Legion Post
Geneva
South Kanawha Street
Demos
Britain
Walter Schacter
Evelyn Sliwinski
Willie Saunders
Omaha
Schaefer
Joseph Itzel
Navy
Bex
McCorkle
West
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