Three Slayers Hear the Buzz Deadly Motors
In Kentucky six condemned men faced execution by electric chair at Western State prison. After Ratcliffe and Edmonds were pronounced dead, Lloyd Williams John Keller and James Grigsby were granted stays. Ratcliffe died after four shocks and Edmonds after two. Williams Keller and Grigsby remained hopeful.
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Eddyville
J. L. Hughett
Sampson
Lloyd Williams
John Keller
James Grigsby
Ballard E. Ratcliffe
Richard Edmonds
Western State Penitentiary
Qrigsby
Ratcliffe
Edmonds
L. J. Knoth
L. R. Gumm
E. Collier
D. J. Travis
E. L. Busby
Hopkinsville
Edmond
Travis
Carl Dunn
Lakeland
Gum
Keller
Grigsby
Harry S. Long
Louisville
Williams
H. R. Porter
William A. Muse
Muse
Americans Lose Wimbledon in Wightman Cup Debut
England's strong team of female players beat the United States in two of three matches as the US headed by Helen Wills Moody opened the defense of the Wightman cup. Moody won her singles, Jacobs lost, and Palfrey Cross fell in doubles.
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Wimbledon
Frz
England
United States
Helen Wills Moody
Mrs. Moody
Helen Jacobs
Sarah Palfrey
Edith Cross
Helen Becomes Queen of Rumania as Carol Reigns De Jure
In Bucharest Princess Helen of Greece, ex wife of King Carol II and mother of Prince Michael, is named Her Majesty by royal decree making Carol king de jure after his father’s death. Carol meets Maniu for a new government while Mironescu is named foreign affairs minister under a Peasant Party cabinet.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Helen
Greece
Carol
Michael
Maniu
Peasant Party
National Peasant Party
M. Maniu
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
George G Mironescu
Carin
Mironescu
Dreamers Take Modest Credit in French Romantic Echo
Paris observers note a self critical era of political idealism in contemporary French literature as a revival of Romantic era spirit. Critics compare 1930s writers to 1830 luminaries like Hugo Balzac Stendhal and Merimee and praise their broader view of humanity and Europe. Ernest Gaubert cites an explosion of intellectual life mirroring the earlier period.
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Paris
France
United States of Europe
Gaubert
Shriners Close Toronto Session After Five Day Carnival
Shriners leave Toronto in a steady stream after five days of carnival. By nightfall a vanguard of 500 began homeward by train, ship, and car as the convention army prepared to follow.
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Toronto
Shriners
United States
Convention Army
Capone Hosts Champagne Breakfast Ahead of Miami Donation
Alphonse Capone appeared in court as testimony described a champagne breakfast he gave before contributing 1,000 to Miami’s community chest. G C Stembler, the Miami insurance man, recalled about 25 guests at Palm Island including many foreigners, with champagne offered to attendees.
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Miami
Fia
Alphonse Capone
Palm Island
G. C. Stembler
Tg Jane Sabine
Baseball National League Results With Multiple Bottom-Line Scores
Baseball scores and lineups listed for games across the National League with teams such as Cincinnati Brooklyn Pittsburgh New York Chicago Philadelphia St Louis Boston Washington Chicago St Louis Detroit and others. Box scores include pitchers hitters and relievers with runs hits and errors noted for each contest.
N P Veterans Meet Elects Merritt Leader
George R. Merritt of St Paul was elected president of the Northern Pacific railroad veteran employees here for their annual convention. He succeeds J A Campbell of Tacoma. Other officers named include Jesse B Huxtable of Pasco vice president T D Blacen of Fargo ree , W L Nickel of Dickinson director and W H McGowan Sr. The 1931 session will be held in Spokane during June.
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Atland
Ore
George R. Merritt
St. Paul
Northern Pacific Railroad
Merritt
J. A. Campbell
Tacoma
Jesse B Huxtable
Pasco
Wash
T. D. Blacen
Fargo, Ree
W. L. Nickel
Dickenson
T. D
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Road over Summit opens to traffic in good condition
The Bureau of Highways reports Summit pass from Ketchum and Hailey into the Stanley Basin is open for travel this year after the winter snows. Mud and falling rocks keep danger high, and officials advise caution despite earlier private passage. Other Idaho highways show improvement with road work underway and oiling and construction on segments of the Old Oregon Trail between American Falls and Burley.
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Boise
Galena Summit
Ketchum and
Hailey
Stanley Basin
Bureau of Highways
Bureau
Idaho
Idaho Falls
American Falls
Burley
Speed king Sir Henry Segrave dies in windermere boat crash
Major Sir Henry Segrave, world automobile record holder, died after his speed boat Miss England II overturned on Lake Windermere while testing for an international trophy. He suffered a broken arm and injuries. two crew members were hurt and a search continues for a missing mechanic. Lady Segrave witnessed the accident. In Idaho, two bandits sought in the Wendell First National Bank robbery rest in a remote Sawtooth hideout while a wide mountain and swamp search continues for the $5000 loot and car abandoned by the fleeing pair.
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Windermere
England
Henry ©. Segrave
Lake Windermere
Detroit
Segrave
E. Halliwell
M. J. Willcox
Hailey
Idaho
First National Bank of
Wendell
Sawtooth Mountain
Wood River
Blaine County
Paul
Simon
Division of Scripps estate stays appeal on accounting
Mrs Josephine Scripps Miramar California widow of James G Scripps seeks a share of the E W Scripps estate. The US circuit court granted a stay of its mandate pending a Supreme Court appeal after affirming a district court ruling dismissing her claim for an accounting of about 7 million dollars.
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Cincinnati
United States Supreme Court
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Josephine
Scripps
Miramir
Cal
James G. Scripps
E. W. Scripps
James G Scripps
Hoover says London naval treaty has no obligation beyond the norm
President Hoover declares there is not one scintilla of obligation in the London naval agreement beyond the treaty and Senate participation. He frames the issue as stopping a costly navy race to reduce destruction and ill will.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
London
Harvest Begins In Kansas Area As 1930 Crop Readies
June 13 AP reports the vanguard of the 1930 harvest moves into Kansas and three other states as part of an estimated 212,723,000 bushels. In Kansas the state expects to generally harvest by June 30 with 137,300,000 bushels, and 190,000 workers are needed to finish reaping, 27,500 of whom may come from outside the state per farm labor director George Tucker.
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Kansas City
Department of Agriculture
United States Employment Service
Kansas
George Tucker
Troops Asked in Bombay Row Urgent Demand Sent
Poona India June 13 The military authorities received an urgent message from Bombay asking that a whole battalion of the forty fifty Maharattas about 500 strong be sent to Bombay immediately. Bombay advices said troops had been summoned in haste from other places likely tied to enforcement of the anti-picketing ordinance a move linked to the Congress working committee appeal.
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Poona
India
Bombay
Maharattas
National Congress
Glendale butcher sentenced to hang for double murder
Augustine Gingell, 35, a Glendale meat cutter, was sentenced in Los Angeles Superior Court to be hanged for the February murder of his wife Vera and her alleged lover Sigurd Bijorneby. The execution date will be set later and an appeal was noted.
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Los Angeles
Augustus Gingell
Glendale
Vera
Sigurd Bijorneby
Gingell
Bjorneby
Jury awards 150 damages in beauty parlor case
In Denver on June 13 a jury in Judge Henry Bray's court awarded Mrs. Audra Arnold 150 in damages against beauty parlor operator Lillian Kretschmar for a burned bald spot claimed from a permanent wave machine. Arnold sought 5,000 damages for the injury.
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Denver
Henry Bray
Audra Arnold
Lillian Kretschmar
Arnold
Senate Passes Tariff Bill After Bitter Fight
The Senate approved the conference report on the tariff bill by a 44 to 42 vote amid praise for backers and critics alike. Senator Smoot led the measure through the finance committee with support from Republican Watson. House action and Hoover’s anticipated signature loom.
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Smoot
Utah
Senate
Finance Committee
Simmons
North Carolina
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Baird
Bingham
Capmi Couzens
Dale
Denzen
Fess
Gille Glenn
Goldsborough
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Crude
Hale
Hastings
Hatfield
Hebert
Johnson
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Kean
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Patterson
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Reed
Robinson
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Sullivan
Thomas
Idaho
Townsend
Vandenberg
Walcott
Waterman
Broussard
Ransdell
Fletcher
Trammell
Kendrick
Farmer-Labor
Shipstead
Cutting
Golf
Gould
Moses
Nye
Steck
Blease
King
Smith
House
Schmeling’s name not to go on Tunney Muldoon Trophy
New York reports Max Schmeling will not have his name engraved on the Tunney Muldoon heavyweight trophy. William Muldoon of the New York state athletic commission said no title winner who is disqualified for foul play will have his name engraved. He criticized the decision after two years of effort to solve the heavyweight puzzle.
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New York
The
Evening Post Today
William Muldoon
New York State Athletic Commission
Max Schmeling
Tunney
State Board considers bachelor of music degree for Pocatello school
The Idaho state board of education may authorize the Adelaide Anderson School of Music in Pocatello to award the bachelor of music degree after an inspection. Dean John Laundsbury of Oregon University will evaluate if the school qualifies as a standard music college.
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Boise
Adelaide Anderson School of Music
Pocatello
State Board of Education
W. D. Vincent
John Laundsbury
School of Music
Oregon University
Chicago Police Prove Weak on Trail of Gang Slayers
The chase for Alfred J. Lingle the Tribune reporter shows no new clues or prospects of results. Community leaders call for mass meetings to demand action while police intensify patrols across Chicago in a bid to curb crime.
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Chicago
Alfred
Jake) Lingle
Tribune
Phillip
Dr Yarrow
Chicago Federa
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