Partners Meet Gunfire Wounds Killings Hint at Dispute
A conference of business partners in a Cleveland office ended with a gunman shooting two men. Abraham Knopp of Waterbury Conn. fled after the attack. Ben Levine died, Ernest Schwartz survived four gunshot wounds. Authorities link the violence to a court-driven dissension and alleged debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cleveland
Abraham Knopp
Waterbury
Conn
Ben 2. Levine
Ernest Schwartz
Knopp
Levine
Schwartz
Connecticut
Public Square
Stanley Orr
Orr
Damaging Disclosures In Lindbergh Case Resurface
Albert S. Osborn, famed handwriting expert, states Hauptmann wrote the Lindbergh kidnapping notes after comparing German and Lindbergh handwriting. The wartime letters include a coded second-word system and reference a failed bid to speak with the warden and Col. Lindbergh. Paullin claims direct contact with Lindbergh and a plan to recover the child.
Hauptmanns Friend Heavily Involved in Lindbergh Case Clews
Officials keep investigators on Hauptmann while fingerprints and footprints are matched to the ransom notes. Hoover confirms a code letter from a convict linked to the case and notes Hauptmann lent Fisch money. Uhlig, Fisch and Hauptmann were close associates in business affairs. Hauptmann claims Fisch gave him the ransom money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hauptmann
Paulin
Col. Lindbergh
Paullin
Lindbergh
Pauilin
New York
Uhlig
Fisch
Germany
Leipzig
Arthur Johnson
Vienna
Cummings
Department
Sourland Mountain
Columbus
Ohio
Justice
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Bronx
Landbergh
Republican Senate Candidates to Meet in Chicago
All Republican candidates for the U S Senate have been invited to meet in Chicago on September 30 to plan the final month of the fall campaign. Senator Daniel Hastings, chairman of the Republican senatorial campaign committee, will preside.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States Senate
Daniel ©. Hastings
Tincher Rises This Afternoon
Mrs. Mary L. Tincher aged 83 died at her Fayetteville home Friday night after seven weeks of illness attributed to old age. Survived by husband James Tincher and children Mrs. Bill Goode Fayetteville Mrs. Maggie Winston Beards Fork Mrs. Myrtle Harmon Snow Hill and Herbert Tincher Westerly. Also surviving are brothers and sisters Joe Tatum Robinson W Way El iott Oak Hill and Mrs. Susan Johnson Fayetteville. Funeral services are set for 2 o'clock this afternoon with burial at Carter cemetery Laurel Creek under Tyree and Dew supervision.
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Mary L. Tincher
Fayetteville
James Tincher
Bill Goode
Maggie Winston
Beards Fork
Myrtle Harmon
Snow Hill
Herbert Tincher
Westerly
Joe Tatum
Robinson
W. Way
Anna Eliott
Oak Hill
Susan Johnson
Tyree and
Dew
Carter Cemetery
Laurel Creek
Johnson Quits and Disappears After NRA Rift
Johnson resigns as administrator or is forced out and vanishes for three days. He reappears to attack organized labor in a Carnegie Hall speech to 3,000 New York code authorities. Roosevelt is greatly irritated. the speech reportedly did not reflect the president’s views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Johnson
NRA
New York
Roosevelt
Herald Tribune
Dispatch
Washington
Dillinger Gangster Riot Sparks Death House Breakout
A riot at the penitentiary erupts as eight guards confront Dillinger faction fugitives. Pierpont and Makley use soap guns to free nine death row inmates, triggering a swift riot squad response and a steel door breach. Later, western Republican committee members plan a western HQ meeting to discuss finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican National Committee
Prison Break Attempt Ends With Prisoners Shot
An assault on the death house by Pierpont and Makley failed as guards opened fire when the doors were breached. Pierpont and Makley were killed, guard Harold Whetstone was wounded, and extra guards secured the walls while condemned inmates entered the death row cage, including Serafino Sinatra also known as Joe Englth, of Toledo, convicted of a club operator murder.
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Clark
Serafino Sinatra
Joe Engltsh
Toledo
Jack Kennedy
Welfare Cannery Aids Relief And Educates Local Women
Welfare officials describe a cooperatively run cannery where garden produce is canned for direct relief and for public lunch programs. Ten cans produced yields six to the owner, with four kept by the Welfare Office, while nurses and home visitors expand sanitation, medical aid, and relief oversight across the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. R. Witt
Welfare Office
Relief Nursing Service
Evelyn Starr
Audrey Cothran
Mattie B. Clark
Edna Dodson
Addiiion
Miss Dodson
Methodists plan meetings to discuss delegation transport
Continued from page 1, the Methodist group outlines plans and methods for transporting large delegations from each church. Churches expected to be represented include Long Branch, Scarbro, Hill Top, Harvey, Glen Jean, Mt. Hope, and Beckley.
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Lsted
Long Branch
Scarbro
Hill Top
Harvey
Glen Jean
Mt. Hope
Beckley
President Roosevelt Surveys Relief Needs in National Talks
President Roosevelt held a series of conferences in Hyde Park on relief funding and the national financing situation. He met with a committee of mayors led by Mayor La Guardia and discussed a permanent federal relief program. Also present were Bernard Baruch and Treasury Secretary Morgenthau, with Hopkins noted as federal relief administrator.
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Associated Press
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Bernard M. Baruch
New York
Economist and Finance Authority
Morgenthau
The
Treasury
Textile Strike Continues as Roosevelt Plans Settlement Board
The piece notes that many quitters dispute the guarantee in the settlement plan while President Roosevelt at Hyde Park prepares to implement it. Green cites a moral victory for textile workers as he backs the plan. A three member board will be appointed to settle disputes with labor, employers, and impartial members. The labor department and FTC will study industry conditions, wages, hours, costs, and pay disparities. A second board will regulate the stretch out practice affecting workers’ machine assignments.
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Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Green
Labor Department
Federal Trade Commission
Abney WV Ladies Aid and Local Social Gatherings
The Abney West Virginia Ladies Aid met at Mrs. Hedrick's home with Mrs. Fowler in charge. Guests and attendees included Mrs. Sperry Lockard Alderman Fowler and Underwood. Additional events include a Sewing Circle meeting at the Starling home and a Prayee gathering next Tuesday at 7:30 PM. Church services are set for Sunday at 11 AM led by Rev. Roark. News notes mention Mrs Pauline Martin hosting a sewing circle with plans to meet September 26 at Mrs Davis home. Granddaughter Cleo Odle to wed Earl Barnett in Wise Virginia on September 19, 1934. Local visits list Nell Rasco and many others visiting Beckley, Pine Grove Park, Princeton, and Norristown social and hospital notes.
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Ladies Aid
Hedrick
Fowler
Roark
Pauline Martin
J. H. Davis
W. S. Odle
Coejourn
Cleo Odle
Earl Barnett
Wise
Nell Rasco
Sullivan
R. W. Barnett
Alfred Barnett
Beckley
R. E. Loflin
R. J. Rinalducci
Norristown
Pine Grove Park
Andy Hodges
Hodges
C. B. Lilly
Tommy's Creek
George Jones
Ralph J. Rinalducci
F. G. Turner
Glen Morgan
Tom Taylor
Bluefield
J. 5. Davis
Kegley
Davis
Earnest Shumate
Mullens
John Fix
Stafford
Fireco
J.H. Davis
Gordon Davis
W. L. Jones, Jr
Leaksville
N.C
Bertie Alderman
Charles
Bowyer
C. H. Alderman
Charleston
Wilson
Southern Methodist churches in the eastern district
The list names multiple churches and locales including Methodist Temple East Beckley Blue Jay Glen Hedrick Mullens Mullens Pineville Maben East Gulf Itmann Rho dell Killarney Lillybrook Besoco Princewick Fireco Winding Gulf Hot Coal Big Stick Whitby Affinity Phillips Sullivan Wyco Helen Herndon Bud Alpoca Rupert and notes Southern Methodist churches in the eastern section of the district.
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East Beckley
I Blue Jay
Glen Hedrick
Mullens
Pineville- Maben
East Gulf
Itmann
Rhodell
Killarney
Lillybrook
Besoco
Princewick
Fireco
Winding Gulf
Hot Coal
Big Stick
Whitby
Affinity
Phillips
Sullivan
Wyco
Helen
Herndon
Bud-Alpoca
Rupert
Southern Methodist
Tthe
Local notes of visits births and travels across towns
An assortment of social items records births and family news from Cherokee to Beckley. Entries note a newborn son for George Jones and wife, various visits among friends and relatives, travel for studies in Baltimore and Chicago, faculty changes, and local church activities.
Fayette Study Club and Mount Hope Social Events
Fayette Study Club met at Scarbro hosted by Mrs J M McCauley. Mrs C T Jones and Mrs William Lubold spoke on Women of the Periods. six new members joined. Autumn Bridge Party at Mountainair Hotel featured prizes for top and guest groups. extensive salad courses served. More attendees listed from Mount Hope and surrounding areas. Bluestone Presbytery Mission Coaching Conference of the Ladies Auxiliary noted.
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Fayette
Mount Hope
Mountainair
A. V. Smithson
Edgar Graff
W. B. Jones
P. C. Graney
Austin Caperton
E. McK. Hardestyn
Willard Moore
W. R. Stanler
W. W. Pharr
Mesdames
J. E. McKenzie
C. M. Bruce
Wirth French
H. L. Crawford
T. S. Williams
J. F. Buskey
G. R. Hutchinson
Fred Willfong
Bluestone Presbytery
The
Mission Coaching Conference of the Ladies Auxiliary of
Fashion notes highlight Golflex and Nelly Don dresses
The column praises Golflex and Nelly Don dresses at Payne's with angora fabrics and leather details, plus new sport shoes at Hurvitz and a Purple Box lineup including Dobbs hats. It also mentions Marinette knit wear at Embee's and theatre listings for Now and Forever and Have a Heart at the Lyric and Palace.
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Payne’s
Golflex
Nelly
Navy
New York
Hurvitz
Oxford
Purple Box
Dobbs
Dobb
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Mildred
Lindy
Red Bank
Old
Bruho
Isadore Fisch
Albert S. Osborn
Scotland Yard
United States Treasury
Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf
New Jersey
Richard Hauptmann
Marsh
Bruno
Newark
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
George Paul
Senate
Tincher
Johnson
Lindbergh Kidn
Makerley
Pierpont
Harber
J. C. Woodward
O. E. Stagle
C. W. Pfarr
J. ‘T. Jones
Stagle
Russell Clark
Sarber
Jones
I. Block
Makley
Elkins Street
Ollie Burnett
Mary McQuade Scott
Claribel Marshall
Mary J. Worsham
Pearl E. Scott
Lora Mellon
Evelyn Redden
Fuin le Wray
R. D. Calloway
Elouise T. Laing
Paul Roles
Pearl E. Hoke
Mary Jordan
Rosetta Flint
Methodists
Abney, W. Va
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
Katie Bell Abney
Hale
L. L. Deal
E. S. Warner
R. B. Holmes
G A. Mohler
W.R. Vinette, Jr
J. F. Hinson
J. E. Knight
Hamilton
H. E. Wilson
Frank. Cutwright
Athens
W. McConnell
Princeton
J. Frank Marsh
Sam. G. William| Son
Melrose Avery
William Craver
Virginia
Kathleen
Cedar Grove
Charley Jones
Ted Newsome
Clarksburg
Emory Jones
Baltimore
Maryland
Medical School
University of Maryland
Basham
Wallace Thrasher F
Arthur Lilly
W. W. Hunter
Don
P. C. Thomas
Pittsburgh
W. E. Tissue
G. D. Covey
John ¥. Morgan
W. R. Thrasher
Reid
Cecil Wall
Devils Fork
Glenna Wees
P. D. Hollen
Virginia Kirby
McDowell County
F. E. Foster
Juanita and
Gladys
Eva Mae Bibb
Anna Belle Stack
Irene Nuckolls
J. M. Clark, Jr
Red Star Baptist Church
Charles Carmen
New Martinsville
A. R. Warren
Andrew Walker
R. H. Carter
David
Robert M. Carter
Yellow Jackets
Hanford
Cal
Bristol Bay
Alaska
Hitler
Mount Hope, W. Va
Foster
Mabscott, W. Va
Embee’s
Marinette
Shirley Temple
Gary Cooper
Carole Lombard
the Palace
Jean Parker
Firmament
Jimmie Dunn
Una Merkel
Stuart Erwin
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