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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1933
Page
8
Filling station operator Jeff Weatherby identified Wilbur Underhill as the leader of four men who robbed him of a few dollars and gasoline and kidnapped him just before 6 am. They drove him to Narcissa, eight miles south of Miami, where he was released unharmed.
Lansing Kansas May 30 officials said Warden Kirk Prather and two guards held by 11 convicts who escaped during a prison baseball game near Welch Oklahoma were released unharmed about 15 miles southwest of Welch. Prather notified authorities by telephone that he and the others were safe.
Eleven convicts seized control during a Decoration Day baseball game at the Kansas State Penitentiary. Warden Prather was bound with a neck wire as convicts seized guard posts and commandeered cars, with two groups fleeing toward Oklahoma and Texas-bound routes while women passengers and hostages were separated. A vast manhunt spread across Kansas and Oklahoma as reports identified Harvey Bailey and Wilbur Underhill among the escape leaders.
In a thunderstorm on Griggs farm near Richmond, three Democratic candidates to the Virginia governor nomination delivered speeches to a drenched picnic crowd. Deal attacked the so called Virginia office holders trust and backed popular election of several state officers. Smith attacked power trusts and defended the Virginia political organization. Peery pressed his candidacy from Newport News while defending the organization and Virginia’s policy landscape.
Lord Derby's Hyperion led at 100 to 11 to win the hundredth running of the English Derby at Epsom Downs before about 250000 spectators including the king and queen. King Salmon was second and Statesman third as two other American entries failed to place. Hyperion finished the 12 furlongs in 2 13 4 and claimed Lord Derby's third Derby victory since 1780.
Mr Peery defends cost bearing for utility rate investigations saying it should fall on utilities or consumers not taxpayers. He notes Norfolk gas-rate cuts from an earlier inquiry and discusses valuation methods for utility properties with references to the Supreme Court. Governor Pollard allowed a fund deficit to finance the probe.
Closing quotations show Chicago May at 71 and July 73 34, September 75 12, December 78 % g. Baltimore spot wheat at 84 2 and Winchester spot at 80. Data supplied daily to the Star via Winchester Milling Corporation under a wire arrangement with Stickell Sales Corp.
The Senate voted to cancel air and ocean mail subsidy contracts that paid individual salaries over $17,500 as part of the officers appropriation bill amendment. The Associated Press report from Washington notes the move affects subsidy holders and their payrolls.
Richmond May 30. Governor Pollard confirms audits begin across state departments to standardize accounting. Norfolk candidate Mr Deal says he did not prompt highways probe, but praises the audit as a coincidence and jokes about free publicity.
The Senate heatedly debated nominating Lew Douglas for Treasury with criticism of Morgan-linked ties to the Phelps-Dodge group. Ashurst defended Douglas as courageous and honest as Long questioned the influence of a prominent banking family. McKellar pressed for tax-collection reports from Mellon companies.
In Poona India doctors said Mahatma Gandhi remained in critical condition after a three week fast broken yesterday. He will need absolute rest both physically and mentally. Gandhi was informed the Siva Temple was opened to untouchables, a move tied to his protest against caste restrictions.
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