Wilentz to Fight Hauptmann Charge and Delay
New Jersey Attorney General Wilentz flies in to counter Governor Hoffman's attack on two state witnesses in the Hauptmann case. He will advise on extradition questions while seeking to forestall another reprieve as Hauptmann faces execution the week of March 30.
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N. J
Flemington
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
New Jersey
David T. Wilentz
Florida
Huntergon County
Anthony M. Hauck, Jr
Harold G. Hoffman
Hauptmann
Hauck
Wilentz
Millard Whited
Amandus Hochmuth
Bronx
Sourlands Mountain
Tudbergh
John Mattlesen
Tren- Hauptmann
Iday Night
New York
John F
New Jersey Assembly
J. Parnell Thomas
Hoffman
Charles R. Geddes
Flooded Rivers Drive Hundreds From Northern California Homes
Northern California towns face ongoing rains with 16 straight days of downpours. The Sacramento River and tributaries breach weakened levees, forcing farm families and workers to evacuate as acres of farmland flood.
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San Francisco
California
Sacramento River
Woman's Body Found. Jockey Questioned in Slaying
New Orleans police hold Jack O'Day 26, freelance jockey, for questioning in the death of Mrs Estile Hughes found on a downtown railroad station lawn. Hughes, about 29, mother of a nine year old, believed from Panama City Florida.
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New Orleans
Jack O'Day
Estile Hughes
Ohio Governor Davey Claims $49 Million in State Savings
Columbus report says Governor Martin L. Davey told his radio audience he saved about $34 million in one month and $15 million through vetoes. He attributed relief savings to Sherrill Committee recommendations and other economies, claiming Federal control cut relief costs in Ohio.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Sherrill Committee
Ohio
East Orange Chamber smoker celebrates business mood
A Chamber of Commerce event in East Orange New Jersey featured "low mood cigars" as attendees toasted improving business conditions. The notice notes a lively gathering with light atmosphere and a successful classified ad promising a gas range and an Axminster rug for sale, including address details.
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Chamber of Commerce
East Orange
N. J
Axminster
Grosvenor St
Polar claim reopened as Cook seeks investigation
Dr. Frederick Cook, 70, asks the American Geographical Society to reopen inquiry into his 1909 North Pole discovery, despite science labeling the claim a hoax. The request underscores ongoing disputes over polar exploration credentials.
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North Pole
Frederick Cook
American Geograpical Society
Billion Dollar Power Bill Up to Senate Battle Over Agriculture Plans
The Senate moves to take up the Norris Bill authorizing a $1 billion rural electrification program over ten years. Controversy swirls around the tree belt project for the Plains and a cotton production report. The House Appropriations Committee omits $1 million for this year's tree planting, with Rep. Johnson calling it waste and Rep. Treadway accusing the Agriculture Department of doctoring the cotton report released on Feb. 4.
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Washington
Senate
Plains States
House Appropriations Committee
Johnson
Okla
Treadway
Mass
Agriculture Department
AAA
Three Perish In Snow Slide At Camp Bird Mine
Three miners died and at least four were injured when a two to three mile wide snow slide roared down the Chicago Slide into Camp Bird Gold Mine near Ouray Colorado. The disaster follows another avalanche near Hesperus and trapped 25 miners at Red Bird Camp before they escaped. Camp cook Rose Israel was killed as she looked toward the falling snow from a porch.
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Ouray
Colo
Camp Bird
Thomas Walsh
Colorado Rockies
Chicago
Hesperus
Here
Red Bird
Rose Israel
Four Year Old Drowns After Ice Breaks Creek Fall
Steubenville report states William Stefan four years old, son of Joseph Stefan, drowned Monday after falling through ice on Short Creek at Dillonvale. The father recovered the child's body.
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Steubenville
William Stefan
Joseph Stefan
Short Creek
Dillonvale
Inquest Planned Into Mrs Ferguson Death At Home
Coroner P T Perin planned to conduct an inquest today into the death of Mrs. Clarence Ferguson, 42, whose body was found in a clothes closet at her residence with no visible wounds.
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Tiffin
P. T. Perin
Clarence Ferguson
Britain Votes 40 Million for Armed Forces Amid Sanction Debate
In London, the House of Commons approved roughly 40 million dollars for the army, navy and air force as Eden avoided firm oil embargo commitments against Italy. Italy protested Britain's Mediterranean pact move while Ethiopia claimed Italian lines near Makale suffered 668 killed in a fighting update.
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Associated Press
Italy
House of Commons
Anthony Eden
Commons
Great Britain
London
Albert Victor Alexander
The
Admiralty
United States
Eden
England
Ethiopia
Mussolini
League of Nations
Makale
Melting Snow Causes Ohio River Rise Across Region
Spring like warmth melted snow above Pittsburgh causing the Ohio River to rise slowly at most points from Pittsburgh to Dam 25 above Point Pleasant West Virginia. The river held or fell slightly from there to Dam 28 below Evansville Indiana before rising again downstream.
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Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Evansville
Ind
Shotgun Device Kills Absent-Minded Farmer
Anderson 8 C Wayman E Below 57 a farmer rigged a shotgun trap to fire at the door when opened. He died after he opened the door by mistake while thieves were stealing corn from his crib.
College Senior Hurls Dollar Across Charles River
Radcliffe College senior Joyce Henry, 118 pounds, threw a dollar 220 feet across the Charles River in Cambridge. Sponsors found a dollar after visiting six banks Monday to locate the coin for the feat.
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Cambridge
Mass
Joyce Henry
Charles River
Radcliffe College
Dustpan Beauty Hint Boost for Hausfrau Posture
Ithaca experts urge using broom and dustpan as beauty aids training posture and health. Dorothy H Bateman Cornell instructor says proper lifting builds strong hips and slim waist while routine chores improve poise and appearance.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Milady
Dorothy H. Bateman
Cornell University
Bateman
Butler Company Leads Trend Toward Voluntary Store Chains
New York report shows James Butler Grocery Co plans to convert into a voluntary chain of 2,000 independent stores. Arthur C. Jones says aim is better operation, not tax avoidance. Managers offered to buy their stores at about $2,000 each, with company financing for those unable to raise funds. Butler also invites 1,500 independents to join as owner-managers in a $60 million annual business outlook.
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New York
James Butler Grocery Co
John A. Hartford
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Hartford
Arthur C. Jones
Butler
Relief Legality Is Challenged Before Supreme Court
Louisville landowners who won in lower courts challenge the New Deal relief structure. They contend Congress abdicated and attack the NIRA Act powers creating PWA and related agencies with 3.3 billion dollars plus the 1935 Relief Act add on of 4.88 billion. They accuse Kentucky of receiving 100 million in federal relief funds just before election day as pork barrel activity.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Louisville
High Court
Millions Given Away To Avoid New Taxes
New reports to the securities commission show total gifts of 100 million dollars by corporation officers and major stockholders before higher gift taxes took effect January 1 1936. The December supplement tallies about 7 million in gifts that month and roughly 8 million in earlier months, with about 85 million already reported.
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Washington
Securities Commission
Farmers Seek Security for Rural Power Plan
Urbana report shows Manager Forrest Critzer of the Champaign County Rural Electrification Cooperative Association says farmers were told by the Ohio Electric Power Co that the rural electrification administration program could not succeed. On his request and that of 150 farmers, county commissioners told the prosecutor to file injunctions against extensions where franchises were not granted. Farmers seek protection of easements and rights of way.
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Urbana
Forrest Critzer
Champaign County Rural Electrification Cooperative Association
Ohio Electric Power Co
Rural Electrification Administration
Critzer
Hawkins Construction Co. wins Ohio Power office contract
The Hawkins Construction Co. of Newark was awarded a $100,000 contract by Ohio Power Co. to build an office building in Steubenville.
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Steubenville
Hawkins Construction Co
Newark
Ohio Power Co
Tailors urge men to wear bolder colors in style show
New York custom tailors urged that men should embrace more vivid attire matching women in color variety. They argued that men should move beyond 10 to 20 year old evening tails and tuxedos and learn how to pair accessories with outfits for better overall style.
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New York
Ohio Senate Considers Overrides of Gov Dav ey Vetoes
Columbus Ohio lawmakers returned from recess with slim prospects for overriding Gov. Martin L Davey's 3 million budget vetoes. The milk control bill advances in the House while Senate action remains uncertain. Senate leaders cite constitutional questions and urgency to address unemployment insurance and income tax measures.
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Columbus
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
Senate
House
Paul P. Yoder
Dayton
William H. Herner
Senate Finance Committee
William M. McCulloch
Revoke Driving Rights Of 14 Ohio Motorists
Columbus Frank West registrar of motor vehicles certified today revocation of driving rights of 14 motorists under Ohio Drivers Responsibility Law for driving while intoxicated. Names include Howard Clark Gloucester Harry Dodds Carbondale Stanley Spencer New Pittsburgh Wm Lohmer Jr Monday Delbert Peakock Orbiston John Hull Carbondale W B McCarty Gloucester.
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Columbus
Frank West
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Ohio
Howard Clark
Glouster
Harry Dodds
Carbondale
Stanley Spencer
New Pittsburgh
Wm. Lohmeir, Jr
Monday
Delbert Peacock
Orbiston
John Hull
W. B. McCarty
Eastern Ohio Homes Surrounded by Water
Ice gorges dammed swollen Ohio streams flood Eastern Ohio towns driving hundreds from their homes. Nearly a hundred families flee from Wheeling Creek Valley near Bridgeport as melting snows push water through Lansing Barton Crescent and Maynard.
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Ohio
Wheeling Creek
Bridgeport
Lansing
Barton
Crescent
Maynard
Florence Stove Co to Buy Wehbie Stove Plant in Newark
Kankakee Ill announces purchase of Wehbie Stove Company at Newark by the Florence Stove Company. The Newark plant employs 2 000 persons.
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KANKAKEE, _ Ill
Wehbie Stove Company
Newark
Florence Stove Company
General Hagood Removed After New Deal Critique Sparks Debate
Major General Johnson Hagood is relieved from command at Fort Sam Houston and sent home to Charleston amid political uproar. Republicans call it a reign of terror while Democrats differ on the move as war officials label it routine. impeachment talks and sharp rhetoric follow about free speech and government power.
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Johnson Hagood
New Deal
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Charleston
S. C
Hagood
House
War Department
Blanton
Texas
Dern
Malin Craig
Harry H. Woodring
Lehrbach
New Jersey
Roosevelt
Bankhead
Alabama
American Liberty League
Lewis Plan Is Turned Down By Federation
The American Federation of Labor rejected John L. Lewis's call for an immediate steel industry campaign. William Green said the federation will proceed with a Spring campaign among steel workers as directed by the last convention, budgeting about 1.5 million dollars with support from eight unions.
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Ican Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
The
United Mine Workers
Ers
William Green
A. F. of
Mine Workers
Charleston Youth Seeks Sale or Lease in Columbus Ad
A Columbus newspaper prints a notice offering a 30 year old man named American White for sale or lease for any term. The ad lists care of Box 18. Jack Ellars, 30, of South Charleston, says he is jobless.
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Columbus
Jack Ellars
South Charleston
Ellars
State Relief Commission allocates February funds to 22 counties
Twenty two counties received a total of 551 579 dollars from the State Relief Commission for February.
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Columbus
State Relief Commission
Suspect Katarina Schis seller Held in Brazil
Katarina Schisseler is detained in Brazil as a suspect in the 1934 Marseille assassination of King Alexander of Yugoslavia and French Foreign Minister Barthou. She awaits word from the French government.
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Alexander
Yugoslavia
Barthou
France
Marseilles
Katarina Schisseler
Brazil
National Guard Deployed Over Goodyear Strike
Sheriff James T. Frewer sought National Guard aid to control a Goodyear strike as about 500 pickets and sympathizers blocked a street intersection and halted freight cars. Fourty four plant entrances saw groups of ten pickets under a court injunction while 14 000 employees remained idle awaiting the company’s meeting terms.
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Akron
James T.frewer
National Guard
Goodyear
Borah Campaign Intensifies in Ohio Delegation Fight
In Columbus Borah backers anticipate a national figure as his running mate for Ohio's 52 delegates to the Republican convention. Roscoe McCulloch says the second choice would not be an Ohio man and hints a full slate of delegates will be announced within 24 hours. The Ohio State Central Committee weighs backing Borah or supporting a favorite son or uninstructed delegation.
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Columbus
William E. Borah
Ohio
Cleveland
U. S
Roscoe C. McCulloch
Borah
McCulloch
State Central Committee
Ethiopian Situation Not Now, Emperors Adviser Says at OU Convocation
Ernest Work a former educational adviser to Emperor Haile Selassie spoke at Ohio University. He traced colonial meddling in Ethiopia from 1889 to 1935, noting treaties coerced by Britain France and Italy and Italy s return to avenge Aduwa. He outlined three-power divisions of Abyssinia and Europe s ongoing involvement in the crisis.
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Stanley Livingston
Congo River
Ernest Work
Muskingum College
New Concord
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Little Presbyterian College
Work
Europe
England
France
Italy
Abyssinia
Wedalll
Menelik
Aduwa
Abyssiania
Petition on Patman Plan Seeks 25 Signatures for Action
Washington reports show only 25 Representatives backing Representative Patman’s plan to fund soldiers’ bonuses with new greenbacks. Leaders note 218 signatures needed to force a House vote, while Lemke’s mortgage refinancing proposal sits at 207 signatures. Inflation supporters say tax measures are needed in upcoming Roosevelt package to enable bonus funding.
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Washington
Patman
Texas
Lemke
R. N.D
House
Roosevelt
Senate Moves to Study Government Staffing Levels
Senator Byrd urged a resolution to form a committee that will examine federal agencies for possible coordination abolition or personnel reductions. He cited about 107000 Washington employees and 200000 more nationwide since March 1933. Morgenthau announced a billion dollar financing program for March to retire maturing securities and issue new funds as needed.
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Washington
Byrd
D. Va
Senate
Roosevel
Morgenthau
Pew
Coal Men Reaping Harvest This Winter
Chicago heat demand rises as weather drives coal use. M. G. Bluth of the National Coal Association reports coal consumption up about 30 percent in Chicago and similar gains elsewhere. He notes Chicago normally consumes 12 to 15 million tons annually for heating, likely rising to 15 to 18 million tons this year.
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Chicago
National Coal Association
Bluth
Pate rson Plans Campaign for Congress at Large
Cincinnati report notes John W. Pater son son of a former Ohio governor planned to raise funds and run a campaign for congressman at large.
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Cincinnati
John W. Paterson
Ohio
Armiger Lilley 95, Civil War veteran dies in Richwood
Armiger Lilley aged 95, a Civil War veteran, died Monday in Richwood. He served in the Union Army and lived in the Urbana area for many years. His passing marks the end of a long life rooted in local history.
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Urbana
Armiger Lilley
Richwood
Athens City Airfield Praised by State Aeronautics Chief
Major Fred L. Smith state director of aeronautics praised Athens Ohio for its well equipped airport during a brief city visit. He noted Marietta’s airport is unusable for landings and predicted steady growth in commercial and private aviation, highlighting Athens field’s value in the region.
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Athens
Ohio
Fred L. Smith
Marietta
Smith
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