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PAGE TWO Some of the Ten Who Died in Mine Blast Bodies of the ten miners who lost their lives in the mysterious gas explosion in the Butler Colliery of the Volpe Coal Company at Pittston, Pa., are being removed in mine cars in the picture above. Besides the ten dead, five were seriously injured, two of the latter blinded by the terrific blast. • (Central Press) A Kis f.om ihe Governor^ /!' s • L J .** |/ } **§§&■ ; . While the bridegroom stands smilingly looking on, Gov. Richard Leche, of Louisiana, plants a smacking good kiss on the cheek of Rose Long, daughter of the late Huey P. Long. The bi’idegroom is Dr. Osmyn McFarland, and the ceremony took place in New Orleans. (Central Press) Talking in Billions Pictured in discussion of the new relief bill are Senators Arthur H. Vandenberg (left), Michigan Republican, and Er. ost Lundeen, of Min nesota. Senator Vandenberg’s motion to increase the fund set aside for direct relief was defeated. Lundeen asked an additional three billions for pump priming. (Central Press) Social East and West Meet - Mrs. George E. Cameron, San Francisco socialite and chairman of the women’s committee for the San Francisco Fair, is pictured above (left) with Elsa Maxwell, famous New York society hostess, at a dinner given by Miss Maxwell on the Waldorf-Astoria’s Starlight Roof. Mrs. Cameron wears a gown in black, white and blue print, three strands of pearls and pearl earrings. Miss Maxwell's gown is of maroon-colored lace with a gold daisy at the shoulder. (Central Pressi HENDERSON. (N. C.) G.) DAILY DISPATCH MONDAY, JUNE 6,198 S In Son’s Defense „ A w 4 "'“3 Mrs. Elizabeth M. Crabb . . . takes stand for son In defense of her son, Mrs. Eliza beth M. Crabb takes the stand in Pekin, 111., at the trial of the son, James Warren Crabb, 11, accused of manslaughter in connection with the death of his bride of five weeks. On Kidnap Hunt By plane, Ishmael Cash (above), aviator-cousin of 5-year-old James Cash, Jr., took up the search for the ttoy kidnaped from his home in ; Princeton, Fla. The flier’s task was to scour the hundreds of Florida tveys for sign of the abductors’ possible hideout. Kidnap Courier : sjjii J John Manuel, of Princeton, Fla., is pictured above. He was “drafted” by the kidnapers of 5-year-old James B. Cash, Jr., to deliver one of the three ransom notes to the child’s father. The kidnapers stopped at Manuel’s shack, slipped the note under the door and shouted the directions to him. Manuel fled, and the kidnapers were forced to leave a note at the home of the child’s uncle instead. In Trust Looting? IHHnmnf |j| iff j||||f 4 Philip A. Frear . . . one of accused lawyers Charged in New York with loot ing seven investment trusts of at least $6,000,000, four lawyers in cluding Philip A. Frear, 44, son of formei Congressman James A. Frear of Wisconsin, and two other men were arrested in New York, Boston and Washington. Frear, arrested in Washington on a fugi tive warrant, said he would fight extradition to New York. He was released under $5,000 bond. Frear said: “I have nothing to conceal and that whatever may be the facts as regards others, I never was possessed of any of the funds in controversy and I did not par ticipate in any wrongdoing.” — Central P.css Killed Five Women Robert NLxon ... confesses five slayings Five slayings in Chicago and Jos Angeles which baffled police lor two years are believed solved. Chicago police say that Robert Nixon, alias Thomas Crosby, 18- year-old Negro, has confessed to the slaying of five women, three in Chicago. Nixon was arrested in the brick slaying of Mrs. Flor ence Johnson, of Chicago. ; —Central Press . Stated Clerk The Rev. William B. Pugh (above) 19, pastor of the First Presbyterian Dhurch, Chester, Pa., was elected itated clerk of the General Assem bly of the Presbyterian Church in be United States at the 150th As •embly in Convention Hall, Phila lelphia, Pa. Mr. Pugh was chaplain |f the 28th Division, A. E. F., dur ing the World War. (Central Press) Rescued m These two women are pictured aboard a Coast Guard cutter after they had been rescued from the sinking Mandalay , excursion t steamer which foundered in New; York Harbor after a fog-collision! with the Bermuda-bound liner 1 Acadia. Not a life was lost in the mishap. (Central Press) In Governor Race? Mmi * Hk ' . aBHH» El mk S I Thomas C. Desmond .. .G.O. P. possibility Known as the “father” of the Des mond marriage law in New York, which becomes effective July 1, State Senator Thomas C. Des mond of Newburgh, N. Y., is be ing mentioned in political circles as a possible G. O. P guberna torial candidate. Desmond is a Harvard graduate. The Desmond bill requires each person applying for a marriage license to be ex amined for syphilis. —Central Press Mom Numskuu. DEAR- NOAH«= IF" I WFPF CLIMBING A HILL IN MY CAR. AMD CAME TO A STALL., WOULD I FIND A HORSE THERE "TO : SET ME UR *7 E.s.blacicmon * TAMPICO, MEXICO DEAR NOAH «= WHEN : j VIA—DUCT A SAME OF BRIDGE THAT HER. ' PIERS UPHELD*. DID SHE SPURN OR SPAN THE \ OVERHEAD *? PICK BRUNTON GROVE CITY, PA. ' MAIL. Vauß- ETARL.Y SUMMER. IDEAS TO NQAH ~~ TOM I TK_ ~~ WHERE FIRST CASH RANSOM NOTE WAS FOUND ’' N :' ‘; •*»-.. • /W . V "*‘'^^^pj^- ••••^'v^-av>.-• • .^w.n-.*,- • • •>>V **> { • - y y in,M,, (:*•; y S|sj ' s | Cabin In which first ransom not© was left In this cabin on the edg6 of the citrus farming region near Princeton, Fla., the father of James Bailey Cash, Jr., found the first kidnap note de manding SIO,OOO ransom which was later paid. A Negr© lives in the house. He told, police and fed-. Start of a New War Dog ||| y y ' v '' ~s#f*»** M^^w|n^|p'' , '''_ , .. W- ' - -- Using a riveting hammer to drive the first bolt, Commander Claude 0. Kell, of the Charlestown, Mass., navy yard, is pictured beginning con struction of the new U. S. destroyer Walke. Two destroyers are being built there. (Central Press) Victory Brings ’Em a Ducking _ * w . / •»!>■ Headed for shore after winning the interclass races cu the Charles River at Auburndale, Mass., Lasell College’s junior red cre.v were hurled into the water when their war canoe capsized. Here are the girls, scrambling out of the drink. No one was injured. (Central Press) U. S.- Made Cars Used by Japan In the battle to capture strategic Soochow from the Chinese, the Japa nese partially solved the transportation problem by the liberal use of i American cars and trucks. Pictured above, two of the American-made machines pass a building blasted in the course of battle. (Central Press) eral agents that the supposed kidnaper came to the house and wanted him to deliver the note to the boy’s father. The Negro said he refused to take ~? e *J°te and finally fled from his home in fear of his life, 1 ;;
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