Washington Records Show Feb Cold Sets New U S Norms
Mounting reports to the weather bureau indicate February set ongoing cold records and may mark a shift to a hard winter era. Preliminary calculations suggest next winters could be wet and cold, contrasting with the last decade, with widespread subzero readings and North Dakota recorded as the coldest state.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
United States
Rocky Mountains
North Dakota
Bismarck
N. D
California Republicans Seek Uninstructed Delegates slate
A California Republican meeting in Merriam holds a conference among factions to nominate a satisfactory uninstructed slate of delegates for the national convention. Governor Frank F. Merriam is noted as a holdout in the process.
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Merriam
Francisco
Frank F. Merriam
California
Two Commit death by own action After Coup Fails
Tokyo reports that 21 leaders of a military rebellion faced the crisis as the revolt ended a week of upheaval. Two officers committed suicide, Capt Teruzo Ando and Capt Shiro Nonaka, while another attempted death by own action. About 1,000 revolting personnel are detained, with most held at Shibuya military prison.
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Tokyo
Japan
Teruzo Ando
Shiro Nonaka
Shibuya
Koji Muranaka
Asaichi Isori
Zensuke Shibukawa
Nonaka
Dam Builder Crowe Ends Boulder Canyon Job
Frank T. Crowe, builder of the Boulder Canyon dam, begins his first real vacation as he passes control of the $55.4 million Six Companies project to the government. He reflects on a 23 year career and muses about future work after relinquishing the largest single contract.
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Boulder City
Frank T. Crowe
Ralph Lowry
Pal
Reclamation Service
Ralph
Boulder Canyon
Companies, Inc
Crowe
Plot to overthrow government nets arrests in Chile
More than twenty people were arrested in Santiago in a government stated plot to overthrow the regime. Four retired army officers were among those detained as authorities moved to curb the alleged conspiracy.
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Santiago
Chile
Texas business improves Washington week ended Wednesday
Continued improvement in Texas business conditions during the week ended Wednesday was noted today in the Commerce Department's weekly business survey.
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Texas
Washington
Commerce Department
Subsidy Bill to Aid Farms Signed by Roosevelt
The White House announced that President Roosevelt signed the Soil Conservation Subsidy Bill to replace the invalidated Agricultural Adjustment Act. He called it a long term program to improve American agriculture while noting it is not a final plan and will be refined with experience. He plans to seek $500 million in taxes to fund the farm relief program. The act authorizes up to $500 million annually for federal subsidies to farmers who divert land from crops.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Mrs Hewitt Falls On Dangerous List After Overdose
Mrs Maryon Cooper Hewitt, kept in the medical center psychopathic ward, slipped to the danger list as her condition worsened after an alleged sedative overdose. Hospital officials had called her state fair earlier. she is charged by San Francisco police with mayhem against her 21 year old daughter Ann Cooper Hewitt.
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Jersey City
N. J
Maryon Cooper Hewitt
Medical Center
Italy seeks peace talks to end Ethiopian war
Official sources report Italy signaled willingness to negotiate with France for termination of the Ethiopian war. The move allegedly reflects Italy's recent northern and southern front victories. French officials debate whether Mussolini orchestrated the hint to ease sanctions or to show true intent. France's Flandin ready to urge League of Nations to resume peacemaking efforts.
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Paris
Italy
France
Mussolini
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
League of Nations
Flandin
Tickets on Sale For Ballet With Beautiful Girls
Tickets for a Hollywood Ballet Company performance at the Municipal Auditorium go on sale at City Drug Store No. 1 on Polk Street with showtime tickets priced at 1.65 1.10 and 0.55 dollars. The 40 artist company features many film veterans and will include an electric organ and 400 costumes with special lighting effects for the tour ending at the Metropolitan in New York.
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Metropolitan
New York
Hollywood Ballet Company
Municipal Auditorium
City Drug Store No. 1
Polk Street
Landon Returns From Lincoln After Founders' Day Rally
Gov. Alf M. Landon arrived home in Topeka after addressing a Founders' Day Republican rally in Lincoln on Sunday night on national issues.
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Landon
Topeka
Alf M. Landon
Lincoln
Neb
Fourth Anniversary of Lindbergh Kidnapping Recalled
On March 1 in Trenton New Jersey authorities marked four years since 20 month old Charles A Lindbergh Jr was abducted from Hopewell atop the Sourland Mountains. Governor Hoffman renewed attacks on the Hauptmann case and criticized state police signaling possible legislative action.
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Trenton
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Sourland Mountains
Hopewell
Harold G. Hoffman
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Two Die In Riot In Coronel Vidal Argentina
Two people were killed and one seriously wounded in an election clash at Coronel Vidal Buenos Aires province during Argentina's vote for 82 seats in the chamber of deputies.
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Buenos Aires
Coronel Vidal
Argentina
Chamber of Depues
I Am Still Same Man, New King Tells Britons
King Edward VIII in his first radio address since ascending the throne says he remains the same man Prince of Wales. He speaks of experience gained worldwide and urges peace and understanding, prosperity, and happiness for Britain. The speech honors his father King George and Queen Mary.
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London
Edward VIII
Prince of Wales
Empire
United States
Edward
King George
Mary
Jewish Purge Opens Anew in Hitlerland
Berlin reports a renewed anti Semitic wave as 763 notaries are ousted under Nuremberg laws and 152 Franconia meetings with Nazi speakers plan more actions. Hanover permits first Jewish run restaurants and bars as authorities tighten oppression.
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Hitlerland
Berlin
Germany
German Justice
Nurnberg
Fraenkische Tages-Zeitung
Julium Streicher
Franconia
National Socialism
Streicher
Hanover
Oklahoma Man Dies in Durant Highway Crash
Bill Rouse, 41, was killed instantly when his car collided with another vehicle carrying members of the Bells, Texas basketball team, five miles north of Durant Oklahoma. Goose Currin was injured slightly. none of the players was hurt.
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Durant
Okla
Mar
Bill Rouse
Bells
Tex
Goose Currin
Rouse
Tennessee Governor Arrives for Texas Centennial Celebration
Governor Mill McAlister of Tennessee arrived in Houston to join Texas Centennial celebrations and extend greetings from Tennessee to the people of Texas on the occasion of Texas independence centennial commemorations.
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Tennessee
Texas
Houston
Mill McAlister
Malice Debt Paid In Jail In Chicago
Myrtle Tanner blacklidge finished a six months jail term for failing to pay a $7,500 debt from an alienation suit with Patrolman Norman Nottingham. She was released at midnight and declined to say if she would see Nottingham again. Page 9, Col. 6.
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Chicago
Myrtle Tanner Blacklidge
Norman Nottingham
Denny
Suzanne Nottingham
Nottingham
Mild quakes rock Los Angeles area
Two moderate earthquakes were felt in wide areas of Los Angeles today. The first shock at 11 30 A M was slight. The second, strongest in the Inglewood district, rattled dishes and windows but caused no damage. No tremors were reported in Long Beach or Santa Monica.
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Los Angeles
Inglewood
Long Beach
Santa Monica
Texans Observe Liberation Day
OLD WASHINGTON ON THE BRAZOS Texas March 1 Eyes of Texas turn backward as six million citizens plan tribute to the men who signed away allegiance to Mexico A year of celebrations builds to a $15 000 000 centennial party with Dallas exposition at its heart La Follette joins the Texans honoring the 58 signers who declared Texas free and sovereign.
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Washington - ON - the Brazos
Texas
Mexico
Dallas
la Follette
Santa Anna
Broadcast on Texas Centennial features notable officials
A WJZ NBC program airing at 9 30 Monday night Amarillo time will include speakers Senators Tom Connally and Morris Sheppard Congressmen Samuel Rayburn and Jesse Jones governors James V Allred Phillip La Follette and Hill McAlister. The broadcast ties into the Texas Centennial and will air from New York.
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New York
Wjz-Nbc
Amarillo
Tom Connally
Morris Sheppard
Samuel Rayburn
Jesse Jones
James V. Allred
Texas
Phillip LaFollette
Wisconsin
Hill McAlister
Tennessee
Texas Governors Lead Early Texas Centennial Commemoration
Governors James V. Allred of Texas and Philip LaFollette of Wisconsin join thousands at a memorial in Houston to honor Sam Houston and the Alamo defenders. They will then mark Houston’s steamboat house find in Huntsville and lead observances in San Antonio before the Dallas Centennial Exposition begins in June.
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Raven
Huntsville
Sam Houston
San Jacinto
Texas Republic
Hill McAlister
Tennessee
Houston
United States
Alamo
Alfred
Steamboat House
Joseph Weldon Bailey
Dallas
Allred
McAlister
San Antonio
Cradle of Texas
Stock Farm Fire Kills Horses Mules at Shuler Farm
Fire swept the Shuler stock farm near Pulaski Tennessee in the early hours burning to death eight or ten thoroughbred horses about 20 mules and several head of sheep. C C Brown father in law of owner Eric R Shuler said the fire began soon after midnight and was out of control when discovered by farm hands. The heat prevented rescuers from reaching the stalls.
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Pulaski, Tenn
Shuler
C. C. Brown
Eric R. Shuler
Brown
Elks Charity Ball Tonight Supports Needy Citizens
Full proceeds of the Elks Charity Ball at The Nat go to aid the needy. Half is donated to the Goodfellows Fund for feeding hungry schoolchildren, with the remainder aiding private Elks charity work. Tickets from members or at the door. L. R. Croninger, exalted ruler, announced varied entertainment.
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Elks
Nat
Goodfellows’ Fund
The
Elks Club
L. R. Croninger
of the Elks
Allred Leads Noted Men to Famous Sites
Governors James V. Allred of Texas and Phillip LaFollette of Wisconsin toured historic Washington County Texas on the eve of the 100th anniversary of Texas Declaration of Independence. They will lead remarks tomorrow at Washington where the document was signed in 1836, joined by Pat M. Neff Cullen F. Thomas and Paul F. Wakefield, with a squad of state officials in attendance.
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Brenham
Texas
James V. Allred
Phillip LaFollette
Wisconsin
Washington County
Washington
Pat M. Neff
Paul F. Wakefield
Police seek lost papers of Dwight Morrow Jr in Boston
State police investigated missing personal papers reported by Dwight Morrow Jr son of the late New Jersey senator. The Harvard graduate student said papers on his bureau disappeared during a weekend absence and one item contained his mother's European itinerary. A detective was ordered to take fingerprints as officials asked for a list of missing papers.
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Boston
Dwight Morrow, Jr
Dwight Morrow
New Jersey
Young Morrow
Harvard
Cambridge
Europe
Morrow
H. Norman Schwartzkopf
Massachusetts
Paul G. Kirk
Farley Opens Campaign Push In New England
Postmaster General James A. Farley as Democratic National Committee chair announces the start of a nationwide drive to back Roosevelt pledged candidates. He meets with Governor James M. Curley and Massachusetts Democratic chair Joseph McGrath, then speaks to Young Democrats of New Hampshire in Manchester.
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Boston
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
New England
James M. Curley
Joseph McGrath
Massachusetts
Democratic Committee
New Hampshire
Manchester
Supreme Court May Extend Term to Hear New Deal Appeals
Justices considering delays to finish decisions on Roosevelt administration laws as arguments proceed in two weeks and possibly through early April. They may stay past the usual May or June adjournment to expedite cases on the Securities Act Guffey coal control law and PWA land condemnation.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Guffey
PWA
Six Children Die In Farmhouse Fire Near Canandaigua
Canandaigua New York March 1 six children Vina Arris 11 George 9 Waneta 7 Edgar 5 Harry 2 and John 11 months perished when a farmhouse eight miles south of Canandaigua burned Mrs Arris 30 in Memorial Hospital with second degree burns over her body and Edgar Arris 34 wounded in a rescue attempt.
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Canandaigua
N. Y
Here
Vina Arris
George
Waneta
Edgar
Harry
John
Edgar Arris
Arris
Memorial Hospital
Barbara Hutton Reventlow Improves After Illness
London reports Countess Barbara Hutton Reventlow heiress to a five and ten cent store fortune has shown improvement after a serious illness following the birth of her son. A morning bulletin at 11 A M said she had a fairly good night and was a little stronger.
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London
Barbara Hutton Haughwitz-Reventlow
Confederate Vets oppose Buffalo Bill statue at Texas Centennial
Dallas March 1 Confederate veterans adopt a resolution opposing a prominent display of Col. W F Buffalo Bill Cody at the Texas Centennial exposition. They argue the statue has no connection to Texas history and should be placed in a northeastern state rather than the Centennial venue. The protest follows objections from other groups about Buffalo Bill's display.
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Dallas
Col
W. F
Buffalo Bill) Cody
Buffalo Bill
Texas
Buffalo Bill Tee
Fine Arts Museum
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