Warden Dowd Intervened in Last Minute Reprieve
Shaw died without a statement after a dramatic reprieve caused by findings of errors in his conviction procedure and the intercession of Warden Alfred Dowd.
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1938
Page
3
Shaw died without a statement after a dramatic reprieve caused by findings of errors in his conviction procedure and the intercession of Warden Alfred Dowd.
A Kansas graduation meditation critiques ghost writing, noting it cheapens the student and harms education. It cites Phi Beta Kappa exclusion for a student and broadens to political speechwriting, including presidents, urging integrity in scholarship and public discourse.
The piece argues Japan's retirement policy and materials mobilization aim to reveal the China war's horror. It cites restrictions on commodities and import curtailment as steps to mobilize the economy. It warns Japan's war effort lacks secure footing while bombings continue and the war remains far from ending.
Dr Harold W Dodds president of Princeton University urged Nassau graduates to focus on daily work rather than career dreams. He said happiness comes from doing the task at hand with maximum effort and that steady effort yields lasting peace and rewards beyond mere ambition. A Chicagoan accused in a dynamite car case denies enemies.
A Kansas reader argues against expanding government power praising Jefferson's ideal of minimal governance. He warns that inspectors and officials intrude into private lives, burden producers, and drain resources, urging a police power that is impartial, limited, and protective of rights.
A compilation of birth anniversaries for notable figures such as James Robertson Richard Hildreth Lyman J Gage and Luigi Pirandello, plus events like the coronation of Queen Victoria and the opening of the National Deaf-Mute College. Also includes 1902 Panama Canal funding, 1914 Sarajevo assassination, WWI treaties, 1934 housing bill, and other aging biographical notes.
Dr Alexis Carrell of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, born in France 65 years ago. Arthur M Howe, editor emeritus of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, born in Canada 71 years ago. Otis Skinner, famed oldtime actor, born in Cambridge, Mass 80. Polly Moran, actress born in Chicago.
The meditation argues that Jesus favors continuity through change and rejects rigid fixity. It notes healing on the Sabbath and fasting as means to an end, while stressing transformation in religion and society. The second item reports Britain–Italy wartime diplomacy and shipping disruption with Loyalist ports, noting 100 British merchants trading there and an Arlon bombing in Valencia.
London reports show confusion over Spanish Nationalist bombings against British merchant ships with strong debate on whether a hard line or continued conciliation will prevail. Observers link the campaign to Mussolini's possible approval and question its future under evolving political pressure.
Automobiles driven by M. L. Parrish of 108 Harvard Avenue and Mrs Robert Wilson of 156 Denison Avenue were considerably damaged in a collision at East River and Fourth Street about 7 15 p m yesterday, police reported. Another minor accident involved cars owned by Robert Black of 120 Denison Avenue and J Archambeau of 217 Erie Street on Broad Street about 1 15 am.
Robert Shaw, 27, a Canadian born ex convict, was electrocuted at the state penitentiary for the murder of Henry Spice a LaGrange County deputy sheriff in Michigan City. The execution had been set for midnight Thursday but was halted.
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