Farmer released in wife murder case
John W. Davis 65, indicted for second degree murder in his wife’s death, was released on bond after Mason McFerrin posted 1500 dollars. Davis, held since May 29, faces trial June 17. he maintains participation in the abortion, and had offered to trade places with his wife and two children who operated a bull tongue plow.
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Woodbury
Tenn
John W. Davis
Mason McFerrin
Bhill
Davis
Maryland Insurance Agents Convene In Ocean City
The Maryland Association of Insurance Agents holds its first annual convention in Ocean City with Avery W. Hall of Salisbury delivering the welcome address and Churchill Murray of Anap apelis presiding. George W. Goott of the National Association Agents will speak on the program.
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Ocean City
Maryland Association of Insurance Agents
Avery W. Hall
Salisbury
Easter Shore
Churchill Murray
An‘papelis
Syecking
Scacion
George W. Goott
Bec Y
National Association Agente
Soviet Union Indicts Eight War Warlords for Treason
Moscow reports a secret military tribunal charged eight top warlords with high treason and conspiring with a foreign power. Marshal Michail Tukhachevsky among those tried, with declarations of guilt and immediate execution anticipated.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Michail Nokolaevitch Tukhachevsky
Red Army
Japan
Tos. S. Bo
Red Amy
Societ Union
U.S O
Experts Forecast Bumper Wheat Crop
Washington government crop experts forecast the U S wheat harvest this year between 825 million and 850 million bushels the largest in six years. The June 1 conditions from 40 000 farmers supported a yield well above last year with recent rains and warm weather improving crops and pastures though conditions were near average except in the Great Plains.
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Washington
United States
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Federal Board
Great Plains
Union Sympathy March Halted by Union Chief in Monroe
The Monroe march ended after police and National Guard planning altered the scene. Pontiac locals opposed the protest as 400 non union workers returned to Newton Steel Plant amid tear gas clashes. Legion post urged state action to protect the city’s residents.
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Monroe
Pontiac
Martin
Yeaders
Fisher
Detroit
Daniel A. Knaggs
Frank Murphy
Committee For Industrial Organization Union
Newton Steel Company
Ponjtiac
Iit
Newton
Carl F. Parson Post No. 60
American Legion
Fred Keehn
Law and Order
Keehn
Legion Post
Strike Actions Hit Cambria Mill Amid Steel Labor Drive
The Bethlehem Steel Cambria mill in Cambria PA, employing about 12 000 of 15 000 workers, faced a strike order as SWOC presses to unionize the industry. Bethlehem’s other plants were spared, while Pontiac plants and Fisher Body joined the walkout. A governor’s conference offered slim hope for peace.
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Bethlehem
Cambria
Lewis Union
Ohio
Pethlshem Steel
Cortohustown
Bethlehem Steel
Steel Workers Organization c Committee
Chicago Swoc
Committee For Industrial Organization
Pontiac
Monroe
Fisher Body
Yellow Truck and Coach Company
General Motors
Pontiac Motor Car Corporation
Gut
No Second Bounce Potlatch Crash Report
A car traveling about ninety miles an hour crashed into a log near Potlatch Idaho. The car was hurled 47 feet, struck a 16 inch tree, and the motor flew 60 feet from the chassis. The rear tire slammed into the front seat as the body collapsed. Driver Pat Kilfort and passenger Robert Stevenson emerged unhurt. A separate report from Santa Cruz California states Allan D. Boggs 54 a wealthy former army officer was convicted of wife murder by a jury on June 11 and faces the death penalty under California law as no mercy was recommended.
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Idaho
Pat Kilfort
Robert Stevenson
Santa Cruz
Calif
Allan D. Boggs
California
Death of E Augustine Burkholder Near Shady Grove
E Augustine Burkholder died at his home near Shady Grove from paralysis at 81. He belonged to United Brethren church and is survived by son Bruce, brothers Charles D P and others, a grandson. Services set for 3 p m Sunday at Salem Lutheran Church in Marl on s with Rev G E Platt. burial in adjacent cemetery. Body to lie in state an hour before service. Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for kindness during illness and to Ada F. De Alee for moral tributes.
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E. Augustine Burkholder
Shady Grove
United Brethren Church
Bruce
Charles
D. P
Marion
Lewis M
A. Shertz
Chambersburg
Adam E
Waynes
Boro
Salemutheran
Marlons
G. E. Platt
Ada F. De‘Alee
New Berry Named for Mrs. Roosevelt
A giant strawberry variety formerly known as type 337 was named the Eleanor Roosevelt after Dr Charles Dearing announced Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt agreed to the name. The berries, two to three inches long, were shown during Wallace North Carolina’s annual strawberry festival with Mrs. Roosevelt in attendance.
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Wallace
N.C
Eleanor Roosevelt
Charles Dearing
State Experiment Farm
Souvenir giver and delegate wife in Frederick crash
In Philadelphia today Col F Wamsley of Charleston donated a 1898 snakes collection to the Philadelphia zoo earning a life pass used this week. Thelma Houck, wife of Delegate Charles Houck Jr of Frederick, suffered a fractured leg when a car crashed into a pole in Frederick early today.
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Philadelphia
F. W. Wamsley
Charleston
S. C
Philadelphia Zoo
Thelma Houck
Charles 5. Houck
Frederick County
Frederick
Chicago Grain Market Quotations by Wyckoff Co
Hagerstown Md based Wyckoff Co provides grain market quotations from the Wareham Building. Edward G Wyckoff & Co lists prices and market data for Chicago grains with contact number 2353.
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Edward G. Wyckoff & Co
Wareham Building
Hagerstown, Md
Chicago Grain Market
Wareham
Hagerstown
Rich Society Woman Still Missing After Abduction
William H. Parsons, a Yale graduate and poultryman, waits by the telephone all night for word from his wife presumed abducted. Reported ransom demand of 25 000 to be paid at Jamaica terminal. a crude note threatened harm if police were alerted. Parishioners and family urge restraint while authorities intensify an eight state manhunt.
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William H. Parsons
Yale
McDowell
Parsons
Jamaica
Long Island
Alice
Insurgents Renew Assault on Bilbao Defenses
General Fidelio Davila orders renewed bombardment of Bilbao after Mola’s death. Insurgent air squadrons strafe the besieged city as 2,000-ton explosive blasts hammer the steel and concrete fortifications in the Biscayan defense line. Davila watches from Lemona peak as the semi mechanised offensive prepares for a major thrust.
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Charles S. Foltz, JR
Bilbao
Fidelio Davila
Emilio Mola
Biscayan
Mola
Davila
Lemona Peak
Dayila
Tax Dodgers' Names To Be Revealed In Probe
Treasury officials disclosed a secret list of wealthy individuals they say dodged federal income taxes. Names will be handed to a congressional committee when hearings begin next week. The panel, six senators and six representatives, will decide on public disclosure and testimony.
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Washington
Treasury
Congressional
Roosevelt
Senate
Doughton
House
Ways Aid Means Committee
Damages Sought Over Bomb Death in Cape Charles Farm Family
Curry Thomas and Francis Thomas sue the estate of Dr H R Hege for 19000 dollars after a bomb sent to a Cape Charles Va farmer killed Curry Thomas and injured his wife Elsie Salmons Thomas. Dr Hege committed suicide in Martinsville Va jail after arrest for the bombing.
Lack of Support Leaves Farmhand Bruised by Collapsed Wall
In Wilson North Carolina on June 11 Jim Sauis a Black farm hand leaned against a brick building on J Aycock s farm. When he moved away the wall collapsed injuring him with cuts and bruises. Beulah Mulligan through attorney Grace Gerber Silverberg sues for absolute divorce from George D Mulligan.
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Wilson, N. C
Jim Sauis
J. ¥. Aycock
Sauis
Beulah Mulligan
Grace Gerber Silverberg
George D. Mulligan
Old Timers Parade Hauls Upward Runway Horse Mishap
A team of horses pulling a hayrick carrying 30 women ran away during the Canon City old timers parade. The horses charged through the lineup for three blocks before stopping. Tim Ablett, riding in a baby carriage, was injured when run over. No women were hurt.
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Canon City
Colo
Tim Ablett
Incoming Maryland Governor Faces Balanced Budget Dilemma
In Annapolis June 11 a new Maryland governor will confront a $4 million annual gap between general fund expenditures and receipts. Prohibitions on diverting gas tax funds force either deep cuts or an unbalanced budget, with tax increases or bond issues likely needed for balance.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Harry W. Nica
Legislatura
Bonda
State Roads Commission
Nice
Broad probe into steel strike agreed by Bridges in Washington
Senator Bridges endorsed a broad inquiry into the steel strike situation rather than limiting it to alleged interference with the mails. Senator Guffey proposed the extension, arguing sole responsibility rests with three independent steel companies and urging the probe to determine violations of the Labor Relations Act and use of machine guns and imported gunmen.
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Washington
Bridges
Guffey
D.pa
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Cambria, PA
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J. L Case
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Penna
BR. BR
Ltd
N. J
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United Aircraft
Union Pacific
Weathouse Elee
Western Union
Alice Parsons
New York Social Register
Eve Pony
Lindsey Henry
Center
Suffolk County
New York
Stony Brook
L. I
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Gallen
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Dodge
R. W. Helmes
Los Angeles
Ewes
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Central Garage
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