Rioting prison guards slain in cell house outbreak
A Catholic priest aided the riot by carrying bombs to escape. Three guards were killed in the cell house and four more during the night. Marvin Duncan, a guard, survived after being found in a cell in shock like shell shock. Danny Banniers ordered Wiggins to stand and fired. Wiggins and others perished.
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Ing
Father O'Neill
Marvin Duncan
Stark
Elles
Danny Banniers
Wiggins
Banniels
John Shay
Banniers
Glittery Blood in Cell House After Prison Riot
The floor of the cell house glitters with blood after four unarmed guards are slain. Charles Shepherd and John W. McClelland are found bound and shot in the cell house. Riot leaders set a crisis around 4 a.m. and surviving guard C. E. Earl reports the breakout at daybreak.
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John J. Elles
Robert A. Wiggins
Charles Shepherd
John W. McClelland
Ownership Statement for Winchester Evening Star 1929
Notarized owner ship statement for The Winchester Evening Star dated October 1 1929 lists H F Byrd as publisher editor and managing editor with R S Fansler as business manager. Owner listed E Bolling Byrd of Winchester Virginia. Average copy distribution reported as 4713 with sworn affidavit by R S Fansler.
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Winchester Evening Star
Winchester
State of Virginia
Frederick
Fansler
H. F. Byrd
E. Bolling Byrd
Ams
Mme
D. Arnold
Examination of Farm Board members completed for confirmation
Senate agriculture committee finished the examination of Federal Farm Board members for confirmation. Chairman McNary said the panel would meet in executive session next week to decide recommendations to the Senate. Administration leaders expected a favorable outcome. William Schillings of Minnesota represented the dairying sector.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Farm Board
Senate Agriculture Committee
McNary
Senate
William Schillings
Minnesota
Cooperative marketing promised farmers prosperity
A board member was the last to be questioned and asserted that cooperative marketing would be the farmers' most effective method to prosperity.
Man Acquitted in Wife Murder Case in Allentown
Roy Van Wagerman was today acquitted of charges he killed his wife by throwing her from an automobile. The case arose after the incident in Allentown, Pennsylvania, with the defendant cleared by the jury.
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Associated Press
Allentown
Roy van Wagerman
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