Convict Slain While Attempting Prison Escape
Jefferson City Missouri August 6 Manual Rinker a 32 year old convict at the Missouri State Penitentiary serving 50 years for bank robbery was shot and killed during an escape attempt. Fellow convict John O'Brien from St. Louis County was wounded and carried to the prison hospital.
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Jefferson
City
Manual Rinker
Missouri State Penitentiary
John O’brien
St. Louis County
O’brien
Governor Acts To Force End of Drivers' Strike
LIS Minn Aug 6 The Minnesota governor used his power to push a three week truck drivers strike toward settlement. National guard controlled permits for moving trucks with a few allowed under the edict. Empleyers and strikers clash over Haas Dunnigan plan with mediators urging reinstatement.
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Associated Press
Lis, Minn
Floyd B. Olson
National Guard
Haas-Dunnigan
Employers’ Advisory Committee
Francis Haas
E. H. Dunnigan
Arrests Expected In Threats To Kidnap Judge
Oklahoma City police said they know the identity of one of three men tied to a plot to abduct Robert T. Heffner Sr. former Oklahoma Supreme Court justice. They identified a suspect through photographs and pursued two red haired men and a heavy set leader in connection with the attempted abduction last night.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Robert T. Heffner
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Hitler Voices Austria Union View Amid Peace Prayer
In a wartime address, Hitler says Austria’s independence remains above debate and that Anschluss is not a current aim due to European opposition. He notes Germans in Austria may favor union but stresses it is not feasible today because of wider European resistance.
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Tram
Austria
Germany
Europe
World on Parade at the Fair Grounds features famous acts
At the Winches ter Century of Progress under Charley Rouss Fire Company Cet lin and Wilson Exposition presents the World On Parade. Highlights include Baby Lillian the 559 pound beauty Johnny Eck the living half boy and monsters from Sumatra with Jumbo the python. Also Streets of all Nation Show with dances from many lands and attractions like Mickey Mouse and Jewell-Joeau. The exposition runs all week at the Fair Grounds.
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Winchester Century of Progress
Charley Rouss
Century of Progress of
Chicago
Lillian
Adam and Eve
Johnny Eck
Ripley’s “Odditorium
Century of Progress
Johnny
Sumatra
Jumbo
Rio
Congo
South Africa
Hawaii
Dave
Art
Musical Boys of Radio Fame
Mickey Mouse
Jewell- Joeau
Mitzi
Wall Street Opens Week With Grain Gains And Mixed Stocks
Markets start the week with muted enthusiasm as grain prices rise and several leaders retreat early. Downgrades in Union Pacific Santa Fe and U S Steel pull shares to new lows before partial recoveries, while U S Smelting and other non ferrous metals gain.
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American Telephone
U. S
New York
Wall Street
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
U. S. Steel
Western Union
Montgomery Ward
Johns Manville
du Pont
General Motors
Chrysler
McIntyre
Dome
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Mid- West
Plymouth Rocks
Rhode Island
Hennery Exchange
One Man Killed and Two Wounded in Charlottesville Shooting
In Fry's Spring Charlottesville suburb a man died of abdomen gunshots, another man and a woman were wounded on a rear porch during a Saturday night incident near Redland Swimming Club. Will Dowell, 25, was jailed after treatment for scalp wounds and a murder charge was filed.
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Associated Press
Charlottesville
Fry’s Spring
Herbert E. Davis
University Hospital
Mason Smith
Will Dowell
Monte Vista Avenue
Dowell
Davis
Jesse
Pearl) Walton
Commonwealth Attorney
Fife
Smith
Walton
Redland
Chicago Grain Market Prices and Quotations
Closing prices in Chicago and Baltimore wheat markets are supplied daily by Winchester Milling Corporation via Stickell Sales. Chicago quotes show Sept 1.07 cents? Dec 1.10 May 1.12. Baltimore spot wheat 1.03. Corn quotes Chicago Sept 14.44 Dec 17 May 8.17. Winchester delivered 70 cents per bushel and 3.50 per barrel.
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Chicago
Baltimore
The
Star
Winchester Milling Corporation
Stickell Sales Corporation
North Washington Street
Hagerstown
Winchester
Congress Member Ordered To Prison
Minneapolis Aug 6 Judge Wright ordered Representative Francis Shoemaker to begin a 30 day term in the work house after he failed to appear in traffic court to pay a $75 fine for failing to stop after an accident. The Minnesota Farmer-Labor member was convicted May 31.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Francis Shoemaker
Farmer-Labor
Minnesota
Fred B. Wright
Shoemaker
Lapse of 1921 Navy Treaty Would Please French
Paris officials said a lapse of the Washington naval treaty of 1921 would suit France which has long resented the prestige gap between its navy and Italy’s. The comments came amid preparations for the 1935 naval conference to draft a new treaty among the United States Britain Japan France and Italy.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Italy
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Unionist Abducted From Hotel Room in Huntsville
Union organizer John Dean of United Textile Workers was abducted from a Huntsville hotel by unidentified men during a statewide textile strike. He was dumped in Fayettesville, Tennessee, then escorted back by strikers. no officers were notified. Sheriff says conditions remain tense though no disorder reported.
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Huntsville
Ala
John Dean
United Textile Workers of America
Dean
Fayettesville
Tenn
Ben Giles
Decatur
Woman aviator Franches H Marsalis dies in Dayton air meet crash
Dayton Ohio August 5 a light bi plane piloted by Frances H Marsalis fell from low height after being caught in the backwash of five other planes during a women's race. Marsalis in her early thirties was co holder of the endurance refueling record with Helen Richey, established last December in Miami. The Garden City aviatrix was completing a pylon turn on a 50 mile triangular course at the national women's air meet at Dayton municipal airport near Vandalia.
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Dayton
Frances H. Marsalis
Dayton Municipal
Vandalia
Thompson May Be Candidate In Chicago Again
CHICAGO Aug 6 William Hale Thompson often called Big Bill may seek to become Mayor of Chicago again. Reported today Thompson is willing to run if Mayor Edward J Kelly pursues the Democratic nomination. Friends say Thompson shows interest in politics and one expects he could beat Kelly.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Big Bill
Edward J. Kelly
Thompson
Kelly
Warning to followers of firefighting rigs in Winchester
Winchester Fire Chief C. Lee Barr warned residents not to tail fire apparatus as they respond to alarms. He said such pursuit endangers all involved and that steps will be taken to stop the practice. Two alarms Saturday and Sunday proved unfounded with no fire found.
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C. Lee Barr
Winchester Fire Department
Mr. Barr
Cameron Street
Fred L.glaize Company
Food of Gods Described as Ambrosia Mythic Origin
A fragment explains ambrosia as the food of the gods derived from Greek parts meaning privative and mortal. The term denotes the substance believed to grant immortality to gods.
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Ann Harding
John Boles
Helen Vinson
Rolak Bromfield
Warner
RKO
McNamee News
Thelma Todd
Dry Cleaners
Lupton Orchard Service
Hamman’s Dollar Store
Hours Depository
Farmers & Merchants National Bank & Trust Co
Postal Savings Depository
Depository
State of
Virginia
Federal Reserve System
Legion of Decency
Panamas
Sheetz
Hitler
Congress
Parlace
Comedy
FOX
Claire Trevor
Ken Maynard
Tarzan
Hansbrough & Carter Insurance Real Estate Investments
Monarch
Rhodes Grug Company
J. W. Arthur
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