Tobacco Heir Faces Death Probe After Shooting
Winston-Salem reports on July 1 sheriff saying the Smith Reynolds inquiry is ongoing after a coroner’s jury found death by gunshot from unknown parties. Libby Holman Reynolds, held as a material witness, endured two days of confinement before a verdict freed her. Alfred Holman confirmed plans to move her from the Rey nolds estate as she recovers.
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Winston Salem
N. C
Transon Scott
Smith Reynolds
Reynolds
Winston-Salem
Libby Holman Reynolds
Alfred Holman
Cincinnati
Gibby
Holman
Ab Walker
Smith
Eft
Reynolds Tobacco
Blanche Yurka
Reynolds Lived Within Allowance Despite Death
A check of statements filed in the superior court clerk's office shows that Smith Reynolds, tobacco heir who died Wednesday from a pistol wound, lived within his $50,000 a year allowance.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Superior Court
Smith Reynolds
Annapolis to buy Maryland mined coal for city needs
Annapolis officials announced the city will purchase only Maryland mined coal for City Hall, the fire department, and other municipal properties in the coming year.
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Annapolis
Shoe King Bata Dies In Plane Crash At Otrokowitz
Thomas Bata the Czechoslovakian shoe magnate and aviation enthusiast known as the Henry Ford of Czechoslovakia was killed when his private plane crashed over his flying field at Otrokowitz. He was 56. Bata, who with his brother built a fortune in footwear, advocated using airplanes for commercial transport and had recently begun an airplane tour from Prague.
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Henry Ford
Czechoslovakia
Thomas Bata
Otrokowitz
Bata
Alstadt
Prague
Romance of Actress Windsors Breakup with Read
Los Angeles July 12 Claire Windsor a Llonde stage and screen actress admits her happiness with Alfred C Read Jr fractured as Marian Read sues for 100000 dollars for alienation of affections and Read for divorce Windsor says she gave Read all her money about 1000 to invest now gone She met Read on a train to New York and says he claimed to be unmarried then divorced Read ends reconciliation talks with his wife after she refused to drop suit
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Los Angeles
Claire Windsor
Alfred C. Read, Jr
Oakland
Llonde
Los Angeles Examiner
Read
Marian Y. Read
Alfred
San Francisco Chronicle
Tetas Winds
Damage suit filed over September auto crash damages
Aronson M. Barnett through attorneys Little and Bushong filed a $500 damage suit today against William McHenry in connection with an automobile accident on the Western Pike last September 17.
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Aronson M. Barnett
Little and Bushong
William McHenry
Western Pike
Two Die In A Gun Duel At Pennington Gap
In Pennington Gap Virginia last night a roadhouse brawl sparked by a husband’s jealousy left two men dead and two women wounded. Shelby Middleton and Pryor Milligan from Hagan fired on each other, Milligan killed, his wife hurt, and Mrs Bill Milhorn, the roadhouse owner’s wife, struck by a stray bullet.
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Pennington Gap
Shelby Middleton
Pryor Milligan
Hagan
Milligan
Bill Milhorn
Woman Found Dead in Bed at Home Here
Miss Ella W. Renner, 43, seamstress, was found dead in bed at her home 533 Reyn olds avenue. Death attributed to self-administered poison, verdict death by own action. Family says despondency prompted suicide. An empty bottle and two notes found. body to Coffman funeral home. burial at St. Pauls cemetery. Survivors include Lewis Renner, daughters Mrs Bloyer, Mrs Grove, Mrs Sollenberger, and Fred H. Renner. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m.
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Ella W. Renner
Reynolds Avenue
Richard Duffey
A. K. Coffman
Wilson District
Lewis Renner
Wilson
George Bloyer
Williamsport
Anna Grove
Wilson’s
Rachel Sollenberger
Fred H. Renner
Coffman’s Funeral
Walter K. Deihl
St. Paul’s Cemetery
Western Pike
Girl Awakening Hopes Dim After 150 Days Sleep
Chicago reports Patricia Maguire, 27, has been in a coma since February 15 after a sleeping sickness attack. Doctors, researchers, and authorities study the baffling case as a new serum is tried with limited effect. Nourishment via nostrils and regular massages sustain her, but waking remains unlikely.
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Chicago
Patricia Maguire
Oak Park
Miss Maguire
River fishing status improves with clearing Potomac
The Conococheague creek runs clear and suitable for fishing while the Potomac remains off color but is clearing. With favorable weather, the river is expected to be in good condition within several days.
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Potomac
Domestic discord erupts in Illinois court
In Wheaton on July 12 Byron Putman a cornet player and his wife a pianist faced assault charges after a quarrel over a discordant musical duet. He claimed she hit him with wooden heeled slippers while she said he tried to stop her piano obligato. Five jurors sided with him and one with her, a hung verdict resulted.
Youngster Recalls Riding Timber 10 Miles in Flood
Charleston dispatches recount how Bobby Kincaid fourteen and his sister Rubena fifteen rode on timbers ten miles through Black Valley floodwaters down Paint Creek to the Kanawha river. Bobby was rescued, Rubena saved, but eighteen believed dead as relief workers pushed through wrecked valleys and police searched for victims.
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Youngster
Sister
Charleston
W. Va
Bobby Kincaid
Rubena
Black Valley
Paint Creek
Kanawha
Bobby
Paint
Armstrong Creeks
State roads chief inspects Middleburg pike amid width debate
State Roads Commission chairman G Clinton Uhl and member Robert Lacey visited the Middleburg pike from the corporate limits to the Pennsylvania line to review the remaking project. They did not indicate plan changes though another conference may follow. The visit followed a request by the Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce to widen parts of Route 11, a busy feeder with recent motor accidents. Bids for construction were opened recently, with no award yet.
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Middleburg Pike
G. Clinton Uhl
State Roads Commission
Robert Lacey
Sabre
Uhl
Hagerstown
Youth Struck by Car Injures Five Year Old Boy
Freddie Saylor five year old son of Charles Saylor Clearspring was struck by a car driven by Dr. H E Tapler Hancock. He escaped with bruised leg and arm and no bones broken. He ran into the street while dodging another car and into the path of Tapler's slow moving vehicle.
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Freddie
Charles Saylor
Clearspring
H. E. Tapler
Hancock
Extortionists Arrested Over Kidnapping Plot in Lake Bluff
Chicago detectives arrested Joseph Verdi, 35, and Pete Cunnias, 52, for a $50,000 extortion plot involving the threatened kidnapping of Patricia Durand, two year old daughter of Jack Durand, adopted son of wealthy packer F Scott Durand. Verdico is a former…
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Lake Bluff
Chicago
Patricia Durand
Jack Durand
F. Scott Durand
Joseph Verdico
Pete Cunnias
Chicagd
Verdico
Convention's Whistler Dies
William C. Page known as the whistling Democrat of national conventions died at his Mumford home. He attended every Democratic national convention since 1876 and earned fame by blowing a postman’s whistle at the 1928 Houston gathering. Nicknamed the Sage of Wheatland, he signaled at Chicago this year with a code revealing convention trends. A chest injury from a Chicago taxi accident preceded his illness and death.
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Rochester
N. Y
William C. Page
Whistling Democrat
Mumford
Page
Houston
Sage
Wheatland
Chicago
Governor Roosevelt Delayed by High Wind at Sea
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt and his party faced a wind delay as the Myth II was towed from Mor ris Cove Connecticut by New Haven yacht club power launch. The trip toward Newport Rhode Island expected to resume around 9:15 am with possible further stop at West Watch Hill Rhode Island.
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Roosevelt
Morris Cove
Conn
Long Island Sound
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New England
New Haven Yacht Club
Newport
R. I
West Watch Hill
R. T
Connecticut
New London
Basa weighing at Semler's Sport Shop contest
Two basa fish caught by local anglers were weighed in yesterday at Semler's Sport Shop during the July contest. O Garmong of Chestnut Street reported a two pounds five ounces catch and John L Hutzell weighed in at two pounds six ounces.
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Semler
O. Garmong
Chestnut Street
John L. Hutzell
Local Woman Narrowly Escapes Injury in Wreck
Mrs R Disert of this city narrowly escaped serious injury Sunday two miles north of Chambersburg when her car was side swiped. Ruth Heckman of near Chambersburg and Joseph Parhaud of New York were driving in the same direction. Parhaud tried to pass as Disert’s car approached, swerved to the right clipping the Heckman car, then went left and sideswiped the Disert vehicle, overturning in a field. Mrs Parhaud was shaken but not seriously hurt. all three cars were damaged.
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R. Disert
Chambersburg
Ruth Heckman
Joseph Parhaud
New York
Heckman
Disert
Parhaud
Tragic drowning of young bride at Beaver Dam lake
Mrs Hazel Kessler aged 21, four months married, drowned at Beaver Dam near Cockeysville after slipping from a rock into deep water. Her husband Calvin Kessler of Baltimore heard her scream and swam to the spot but could not locate her.
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Baltimore
Hazel Kessler
Beaver Dam
Cockeysville
Calvin Kessler
Federal troops move against Sao Paulo revolt in Brazil
In Sao Paulo, July 12, federal troops and naval units press the revolt of the Fuerza Publica, as President Getulio Vargas directs a 21 member committee to draft a new constitution. A decree closes the port of Santos, Brazil's major coffee hub, amid ongoing upheaval.
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Getulio Vargas
Fuerza Publica
Sao Paulo
Santos
Brazil
Federal Interventor
Tidhest
Peruvian Reds Flee After A Fierce Battle in Trujillo
In Lima on July 12 a fierce three way assault by Peruvian federal troops Red Cross forces and rebels left Trujillo in ruins. Federal forces re captured the northern city as rebels retreated toward Cajamarca while some loyal troops were lynched during attempted restorations of order amid heavy scattering fire and air land sea assaults.
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Lima
Peru
Trujillo
Red Cross
Trujjillo
Cajamarca
Fletcher Urges Immediate US Debtor Conference On War Debts
Former U S ambassador Henry P Fletcher at his Greencastle home urged the United States to seek an immediate adjustment of war debts through a conference with European debtors. He said the Lausanne settlement marked a major step toward reconciliation, supported a prompt US invitation to an economic conference, and favored a delegation of equal Republicans and Democrats to push talks without waiting for elections. He warned delaying action would hurt Europe’s recovery and urged bold moves now.
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United States
Greencastle
Fletcher
Depemporis
Europe
Mr. Fletcher
Pete Tre
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Torch Singer
Rague
Associated Press
Albert Walker
Man
State Roads
Whistler
Cove
Bass
E. R. Branigan
Beloit
Wis
Bride
Federal
Rio DE Janeiro
Ing
Hoover Administration
Henry P. Fletcher
U. S
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