Heir to Woolworth Fortune Welcomes Son in London
Countess Barbara Haugwitz Reventlow gave birth to a son in London aided by three physicians. The infant becomes heir to Barbara Hutton’s estimated 20 million dollar share of the Woolworth fortune. The Count and Countess, married in 1935 after her divorce from Prince Mdivani, ponder residence in England amid fears of kidnapping.
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London
Barbara Hutton Haugwitz Reventlow
Woolworth
Count Court Haugwitz Reventlow
Prince Alexis Mdivani
Mdivani
Spain
Pranklyn
New York
Barbara Hutton
F. W
Barbara
Funds Report Slashes Cash for Tree Belt Project
The House appropriations committee cut funds for the western Shelter Belt of trees from the Agriculture Department budget despite forestry directors' opposition. Testimony showed the project to halt wind erosion across six western states would benefit a limited area, with 3,000,000,000 trees needed and an ultimate cost of about $250,000,000.
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Washington
U.P
Agriculture Department
House Appropriations Committee
Texas
Dakotas
F. A. Silcox
Forestry Service
Paul H. Roberts
Shelter Belt
Hoffman accuses Whited of lying in Hauptmann case
Gov. Harold Hoffman charged Millard Whited with lying in testimony about Hauptmann near the Lindbergh estate. Whited, a Sourland ranger, testified Hauptmann prowled the Lindbergh grounds in February 1932, a key link in the extradition and trial records.
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Millard Whited
Sourland Mountain
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Whited
Hauptmann
Hopewell
Sourland
New Jersey
Haupmann
New York
Bronx
Flemington
Hoffman
Charles A. Lindbergh
Wolf
Wages Slashed After N A Out TODAY Johnson Did It
Article fragments discuss The Globe columnist Arthur Brisbane and his topica of the day. It notes Walter Johnson’s supposed publicity stunt throwing a silver dollar across the Rappahannock, contrasted with a lighter 59 cent coin. Stalin is mentioned in passing.
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Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Walter Johnson
Rappahannock River
George Washington
New York
Washington
Johnson
Weather outlook for Amarillo and region
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and Tuesday with lows around 35 degrees. West Texas sees cooling in north and west areas, Panhandle falls, New Mexico partly cloudy to unsettled with colder conditions. Temperature extremes today range from 44 to 65 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Body of Boy Found By Mongrel Dog
Eight year old Jackie Reardon was found crushed beneath half a ton of ice in Winthrop harbor after disappearing while playing on the ice. A mongrel dog named Rusty led the boy’s father and police to the body, and investigators say he fell wedged between two floating cakes of ice and drowned. The search lasted all night with police and neighbors.
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Winthrop
Mass
Jackie Reardon
Edward
Rusty
House Agrees To Farm Bill Conference
The House voted to convene a conference with the Senate on a new 500 million dollar farm bill. Speaker Burns named agriculture committee conferees including Chairman Jones and Members Palmer Doxey Hope and Kinzer from several states.
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Washington
House
Senate
Burns
Agriculture Committee
Jones
Texas
Palmer
South Carolina
Doxey
Mississippi
Hope
Kansas
Kinzer
Pennsylvania
Police guard Aimee's aide after threat in Los Angeles
Rheba Crawford Splivalo, militant assistant to Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson at Angelus Temple, received underword threats and was guarded by police after a frantic warning. She blamed underworld groups for enmity over her crusades against vice.
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Los Angeles
Rheba Crawford Splivale
Aimee Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
New York
Salvation Army
Manhattan
Ferris Man Killed When Car Crashes Into Bridge Rail
WPI-C. C. Batchler, 50, of Ferris Texas, died when the car struck a bridge railing. A timber fragment pierced his body. The Dallas County traffic toll for the year rises to nine.
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Dallas
C. C. Batchler
Ferris
Texas
Dallas County
Talks Self Out of His Army Job
Major General Johnson Hagood is relieved from command of the Eighth Corps Area at Fort Sam Houston Texas and ordered by direction of the President to proceed to his home and await orders. The removal follows his testimony to a House subcommittee proposing WPA stage money be used to improve housing at army posts. The War Department released the February 21 order today.
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Washington
Johnson Hagood
San Antonio
Tex
Roosevelt
War Department
U. S. Army
Eighth Corps
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Hagood
Malin Craig
Army Chief of Staff
Secretary of War
Ethiopians Report Minor Victory Over Italian Force
Addis Ababa announces Ras Imru led Ethiopian troops in the Aksum region killing 412 Italians destroying 15 bomb depots capturing 30 tanks. The general court said several trucks and artillery pieces were seized. first engagement for Ras Imru, ruler of Gojjam, in suppressing a rebellion.
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Addis Ababa
Aksum
Ras Imru
Haile Selassie
Gojjam
Emma Willis Describes Abusive Home Before Parricide Trial
Emma Willis testified about years of parental abuse before she fatally shot her father two months earlier. The prosecution spent about 40 minutes outlining the patricide as the trial opened in Anadarko Oklahoma.
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Anadarko, Okla
U.P
Emma Willis
Ritchie Dies at 59 Former Maryland Governor
Albert C. Ritchie, four term governor of Maryland from 1920 to 1935 and 1932 Democratic presidential hopeful, died at his Baltimore home at age 59 after a paralytic stroke. He spoke hours earlier at an Epworth League meeting and showed no prior illness.
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Baltimore
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Ritchie
Elizabeth W. Smith
Cecil Bagley
Batimore
Smith
Dr. Bagley
Charles H. Bagley
Epworth League
Washington
Breakup of the Averts Menace Averts ices flood risk on Ohio River
Ice gorge breakup swept huge cakes downstream averting floods in Southern Indiana and Kentucky. Across the nation freakish weather featured thaws floods dust storms and blizzards as the first real thaw after a month of cold.
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United Press
Ohio River
Indiana
Kentucky
Middle West
Invincible battleship devised by Alester P. Barlow
Stamford Conn Feb 24 Alester P Barlow inventor of WWI airplane bombs discloses plans for a new superdreadnought immune to torpedoes gun projectiles and air bombs Navy Department has offered careful consideration He says his offer stands until he must show technical data to officials of other nations for world armament reductions He notes a standing invitation from the British Admiralty and says the Soviet government would consider his plans See SHIPS Page 3
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William D. Clark
United Press
Stamford
Conn
U.P
Alester P. Barlow
Navy Department
Washington
U. S
Barlow
Move to Crush Radical Plot on U.S. Fleet
Two women Lucy Wilkes and Carol Brandit were arrested aboard the battleship Mississippi on suspicion of criminal syndicalism. Navy intelligence moved to thwart a plot to spread dissatisfaction among fleet personnel with pamphlets urging sailors to join Third Internationale and other communist groups.
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Los Angeles
U.P
United States
Lucy Wilkes
Carol Brandit
Mississippi
Third Internationale
Wing Pressure Protested by Dr Frank in Education Meeting
Dr Glenn Frank president of the University of Wisconsin denounced right and left wing pressure on schools during the opening session of the National Educational Association meeting in St Louis. He warned against schools becoming agencies for conservative traditionalism or leftist propaganda as democracy’s function hinges on an independent free school system.
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ST. Louis
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Frank
National Educational Association
Guest hunted after woman is strangled in Long Beach
Police search for a mysterious guest after Mrs. Ethel Palm, an attractive divorcee, is found strangled with a silk lingerie noose in her Long Beach apartment. Billy Dooley reports a man dropping through a window around 10 PM Saturday. body discovered after manager forced entry.
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Long Beach
Calif
Ethel Palm
Billy Dooley
Palm
Passion Slayings Debated Across Nation
Gov. E. W. Marland’s claim that love killings arise from insanity sparks sharp opposition from psychiatrists and criminologists. Judge Ben B. Lindsey, George B. Wold, and Dr. Rock Sleyster contest the idea, calling it an unfounded generalization and arguing mental illness is not the main cause.
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Chicago
E. W. Marland
Oklahoma
Ben B. Lindsey
Superior Court of
Los Angeles
Cal
Flags Dipped to Half Staff for Navy Official
Flags of all U S Navy ships and shore stations were dipped to half staff in mourning for Col Henry Latrobe Roosevelt assistant secretary of the navy who died suddenly. Navy ships worldwide will fire a 17 gun salute at noon today and tomorrow. The President and Mrs Roosevelt return from Hyde Park N Y for the funeral at 1130 A M tomorrow in St Johns Episcopal Church Arlington National Cemetery to bury Col Roosevelt with full military honors.
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Washington
U. S. Navy
Henry Latrobe Roosevelt
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