U S Offers Wheat Aid to Spanish Civilians Amid War
The United States offers 3,000,000 bushels of surplus wheat to the Red Cross for Spain and appeals to other nations for gifts of food or money to ease civilian suffering. Sumner Welles notes grave distress, linking aid to broader concerns about totalitarian regimes and possible German gains.
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United States
Red Cross
Spain
Sumner Welles
Secreta
Intion
Chir
Welles
Ani
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Airman
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The
Barcelona
Argentina
Mexico
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Insurgents Prepare Large Assault on Barcelona Front
Reports from Hendaye say Spanish insurgents massing forces on the Tarragona front plan a major offensive against Barcelona. Rail traffic to the eastern front is suspended and placed under military control.
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Hendaye
France
Tarragona
Spain
Barcelona
Man admits killing wife and burning body in incinerator
Los Angeles police report William Spinelli 59 confessed to killing his wife Rose 45 with an axe on December 12. He details a fight over their children and dismemberment before burning remains in an outdoor incinerator. Two children corroborate.
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Los Angeles
H. J. Wallis
William Spinelli
Rose
Wallis
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Aace
Spinelli
William, Jr
Helen Angieli
South America
Jury convicts Fern Dull of manslaughter in Holbrook case
A circuit court jury in St. Joseph Michigan convicts Fern Patricia Dull, known as the office wife of attorney William Holbrook, of manslaughter in the October shooting of Holbrook. Verdict carries up to 15 years. sentence to be set tomorrow.
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Fern Patricia Dull
Michigan
William Holbrook
St. Joseph, Mich
Circuit
Benton Ye
Mary Baker
Kimmell
Ind
Lester
Woman Robber Foiled by Water While Robbing Bank
A blonde woman, armed only with two vials of water, attempted to rob the Drexel State Bank in Chicago. Police say she identified herself as Mary Schuch, 36, who confessed and claimed the plan was a bluff. She cited poverty and unemployment as motive, while bank officials and Captain Eugene Barry described a five minute crime.
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Chicago
Eugene Barry
Mary Mary Schuch
Monohan 13 Held for Grand Jury in Slaying Case
James H. Monohan 57 admitted killing his brother Harry 37 at their Reynolds Avenue home Tuesday evening. He was held to await grand jury action after waiving preliminary hearing. Funeral services set for Harry at Reynolds Avenue residence with burial in Hopkins cemetery.
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Princeton Bureau Daily Telegraph
Carl Jones
James H. Monohan
Harry Monohan
Reynolds Avenue
Monohan
G. H. Crumpecker
C. C. Christian
Christian
Harry
Pred Gott
Jessie Cain
Madge Farley
Evelyn Martin
Dorothy Bowling
Estelle
Zella Easley
Lydia
Mary Monohan
Charles
Belle
James H
Princeton
Will Pearman
Welch
E. A. Cain
Mary
Ida Noel
Ada Shutt
Kingsport
Tenn
Jim Monohan
S. Fielder Wednesser
Ohio Man Goes To Chair Clutching Prayer Book
Stephen Figuli, 21, a Cleveland youth, died in the electric chair for the murder of a Columbus detective. He was the sole surviving member of a four man bank robbery gang after a Feb gun battle with police, saying nothing as he entered the death chamber.
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Ohio
Columbus
Stephen Figuli
Relief Bill Tops Agenda After WPA Funds Run Out
Congressional leaders push emergency relief appropriation after Aubrey Williams warns WPA funds expire February 7. Senator McNary foresees little GOP opposition while Senator Ley cites a $600 million request to cover March 1 through July 1. Rep Davis accuses WPA rolls of being overworked for political campaigns.
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Washington
Aubrey Williams
WPA
Williams
Pennsylvania
Congress
McNary
Oregon
Ley
Kentucky
Senator Davis
R Pa
Chiang presses for outside aid from democracies
Shanghai dispatch reports Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek pressing the United States and Great Britain for aid to sustain a free China. He warned that without Western credits China might seek help from Soviet Russia or totalitarian powers. Premier Kung announced a $25,000,000 Eximbank credit to develop industry and communications in western China.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
United States
Great Britain
China
Europe
Chaing
Soviet Russia
H. H. Kung
Chungking
4 Day Search for Girl Ends as Body Is Found
The body of 19 year old Margaret Martin was found late today in a burlap bag, half-submerged in a creek near Keelersburg. Coroner Ray W Greenwood said she was murdered with brutal injuries and had been lured from home by a man for a white slave ring before death.
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Margaret Martin
Wyomi¢ County
Ray W Greenwood
Keelersburg
Martin
Fidelity Denies Charge in SEC Fraud Suit
The Fidelity Investment association, accused of fraudulent practices in a suit by the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed its answer in Detroit denying all charges and seeking dismissal of the case.
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Fidelity Investment Association
Securities and Exchange Commission
United States District
Edward J. Moinet
SEC
Fidelity Association
Association
West Virginia
Wheeling
W. Va
Frank Vizetelly Taken By Death
New York reports the death of Dr. Frank H. Vizetelly 74 an arbiter of the English language and lexicographer noted for a vast vocabulary and aid to Funk and Wagnalls He died of pleurisy and pneumonia at Fifth Avenue hospital after a long illness beginning December 2 He had read widely and spoke French as a child.
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Frank H. Vizetelly
Fifth Avenue Hospital
London
Funk and Wagnalls Publishing Company
Rate Standard Dictionary
Dr. Vizetelly
Rush Holt Plans Vote Against a Third Term for FDR
Senator Rush Holt, a West Virginia Democrat, proposes a senate motion opposing a third term for President Roosevelt. The measure echoes 1928 sentiment against Coolidge but faces changed political tides and administration support.
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Kirkel
Simpson
Washington
Senate
Calvin Coolidge
Resolu
Rush Holt
West Virginia
Roosevelt
Ickes
Coolidge
Lewis outlines legislation plan for new Congress
CIO leader John L. Lewis laid out a broad program centering on enforcing the Wagner act for federal contracts and loans. He opposes AFL efforts to revise the act and backs civil liberties social security relief unemployment housing and maritime labor measures. His aides suggested possible Walsh Healey act amendments or a Wagner backed blacklisting effort to force employer compliance.
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John L. Lewis
CIO
Congress
AFL
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Labor Board
House Rules Committee
Bankhead
Mich
Ress
Walsh-Healey
Wagner
Argentina Breaks Conference Over Pan American Declaration
At Lima Argentina rejected a draft declaration on continental solidarity and defense accusing it of forming a military alliance. Isidoro Ruiz Moreno stated Buenos Aires would not accept the text and issued its own proposal urging cooperation against aggression from any source with emphasis on continental threats.
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Peru
Argentina
Isidoro Ruiz Moreno
Roberto Ortiz
Cordell Hull
Afranio Mello Pranco
Carlos Concha
Oswaldo Aranha
Rio de Janeiro
United States
Buenos Aires
Feral Grand Jury Indicts Two as Soviet Spies
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted Hafis Salihh a 33 year old former Berkeley California officer and Mikhail Gorin a 34 year old manager of Intourist Soviet Travel Bureau for transmitting naval intelligence reports to the Soviet Union.
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Ussia
Hafis Salihh
Berkeley
Calif
Mikhail Gorin
Intourist, Inc
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