Strange sect behind writer slaying aid implicated
Sheriff claims confession from Carl Taylor’s houseboy ties Penitente sect to the murder. The slain author’s agent notesTaylor’s manuscript and Today magazine piece describe Penitentes rites in New Mexico, with references to Good Friday rituals and controversial depictions of the order.
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New York
Carl Taylor
Roy de
Horn
Taylor
Today
Brothers of the Blood of Christ
the Penitentes
United States
Republic
Airplanes Crash In Munich City Center Killing Three
Two aircraft collided 4000 feet above Munich today. One plane crashed into Neunhauserstrasse, a main business street, killing a woman and two others as it toppled a building facade. Four occupants of the planes survived. Several pedestrians were injured.
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Munich
Germany
Neunhauserstrasse
Munitions probe cites big profits from warship build
Testimony before the Senate munitions committee attributes a $3,000,000 profit to the New York Shipbuilding Corp from an $11,500,000 warship. It also estimates government costs to equip most fighting plants at $48,000,000 and outlines reproduction costs for machine guns and plants at major firms.
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Washington
New York Shipbuilding Company
Senate Munitions Committee
Charles H. Spencer
Interstate Commerce Commission
Colt Patent Firearms Company
Pratt-Whitney Aircraft Company
Chance Vought Company
United Airports, Inc
DuPont Company
Gale Rips Buffalo as 70 Mile Winds Roar
A 70 mile per hour gale from the west grips Buffalo New York with near zero temperatures. Pedestrians cling to ropes to move from city hall toward Niagara Square while a policeman directs traffic. The brutal wind and cold sweep the area from the northwest to the east coast.
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Buffalo
N. Y
City Hall
Niagara Square
Pekin Labor Ends General Holiday
Pekin Illinois ends a city wide shutdown after labor and business leaders reach a settlement. Workers had organized a 22 hour general holiday to pressure the dismissal of Chief of Police Harry Donahue. City restored normal commerce as restaurants stores and services reopen and food and fuel supply lines resume.
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Pekin
Trades and Labor Assembly
Harry Donahue
W. E. Schurman
Raleigh County Man Gets Life Sentence
In Beckley West Virginia on February 6 a 23 year old man, Jesse Scalf, was given a life term for the murder of merchant French Harper. The judge cited a confession that he shot the merchant while intoxicated near Harper on October 26. Earlier the same judge sentenced William Fields to 18 years for killing Stella Wright.
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Beckley
W. Va
Jesse Scalf
Harley M. Kilgore
Brothers of French
William Fields
Stella Wright
Barking Dog Triggers Arrest of Six Robbery Suspects
In Clarksburg West Virginia on Feb 6 six youths were arrested on robbery charges after a dog’s loud bark alerted store owner Clark Nichols and a note to police outlined planned heists. Detective Leo Johnson said three confessions framed weekend robberies yielding hundreds of dollars. Police nabbed four suspects inside a store while two were earlier detained.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Leo Johnson
Clark Nichols
Johnson
Riverman Harvey Brown Found Dead in River
Morgantown West Virginia February 6 coroner Dr R C Farrier examined the body of Harvey Brown 75 ferryman and ruled death by shock and exposure earlier officers suspected he had been attacked Charles L Brown found his father’s body beside the Monongahela in three feet of water the throat and wrists were cut but not deeply enough to cause death the coroner said Brown likely cut himself and threw the weapon into the river
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Morgantown
W. Va
R. C. Farrier
Harvey Brown
Charles L. Brown
Monongeéhela River
Rescuers Plan New Effort To Free Trapped Fox Terrier
Roy Buck Dewalt and volunteers prepared to chisel at a cave rear wall in Tuscarora mountains near Landisburg Pennsylvania to free a fox terrier trapped in a crevice for more than two weeks. Dewalt carried food to the dog by pole and said the dog is in fine shape as rescue efforts resume tomorrow.
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Landisburg
Roy
Buck) Dewalt
Tuscarora Mountains
Dewalt
State Wins Strange Lost Laws Fight in Texas Court
Huntsville Texas February 6 District Judge S W Dean denied habeas corpus to T J Copeland 43 serving two years for incest over a missing 150 laws in the Texas penal code The case moves toward the appellate court while other inmates affected watch The judge warned the legislature to act if the statutes are ruled invalid and rejected the argument that the laws were never enacted due to an incomplete Dill enrolment or unsigned copy by Governor Miriam A Ferguson
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Huntsville
Tex
Convieta
S. W. Dean
T. J. Copeland
Dean
Court of Criminal Appeals
A. T. McKinney
Copeland
Miriam A
Ma) Ferguson
Republicans win Keystone contest in biannual election
Keystone voters returned incumbents as Republicans swept the city ticket. Mayor J. J. Stuart led with 811 votes to Democrat Wade M. Pennington's 270. East End precinct backed 623 to 139. Councilmen reelected were J. E. Painter, R. L. Hatcher, Joe Pais, S. A. Calhoun and Archie Davis. F. B. Gordon remained city recorder. Voter turnout reached 1,081 of 1,670. Campaign events included rallies at the theatre and city hall.
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Keystone
J. J. Stuart
Wade M. Pennington
J. E. Painter
R. L. Hatcher
Joe Pais
S. A. Calhoun
Archie Davis
F. B. Gordon
West End
F. L. Rhea
McDowell County
Democratic Executive Committee
East End
Stuart
Pennington
Roosevelt views FIOGAL outlook
President Roosevelt and congressional leaders discuss the fiscal outlook as a tax bill may be smaller than expected. Doughton says the bill could raise 450 to 500 million dollars for the farm program, with no clear savings announced from public works and rural programs. Jones of the RFC cites excessive repayments and potential loan cancellations.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Doughton
D-Nc
House
Ways and Means Committee
Public Works
Works Progress
Jesse H. Jones
The
Reconstruction Corporation
RFC
Justice Department
AAA
Coughton
Representative Bankhead
D-Ala
Neam
Government seeks to bar A W Cutten from trading
The government asked the Supreme Court to bar Arthur W. Cutten of Chicago from trading on commodity markets for alleged violations of the grain futures act. The move appeals a Seventh Circuit ruling that lifted a two year suspension imposed by the grain futures commission.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Arthur W. Cutten
Chicago
Seventh Federal Circuit Court
Cutten
Grain Futures Commission
Wallace and Roper
Cummings
Wil Bill Faces Senate Opposition On Conservation Subsidy
The administration soil conservation subsidy bill debuted in the Senate amid bipartisan challenges to its constitutionality. Opponents call it mere subterfuge to evade Supreme Court limits on the AAA decision, while supporters cite its legal aim to fund soil conservation via dual federal aid. The debate also touched repeal actions on Bankhead cotton, Kerr-Smith tobacco, and potato acts and a plan to cancel taxes not yet collected.
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Washington
Senate
Supreme Court
AAA
Smith
South Carolina
House
Lgoiley
Wisconsin
Secretary of Agriculture
Hope
Kansas
Alf M. Landon
Bankhead Cotton
Kerr-Smith
Roosevelt
White House
Coal firms seek court orders to halt code dues
Two signers of the Guffey coal compliance code in West Virginia asked federal court to restrain assessments. The Carbon Fuel Company and Winifrede Coal Company claimed duress in signing and sought to stop Walter R. Thurmond from collecting dues after reporting payments of 815 and 1357 dollars in November.
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Charleston
W. Va
Carbon Fuel Company
Cabin Creek
Winifrede Coal Company
Winifrede
W. McClintic
Walter R. Thurmond
Parkersburg
Winifrede Company
Family Rescued After Ice Bites Ohio River House Boat
Steubenville reports rivermen rescued Mrs. Martha Loy and her 10 children from a house boat as ice chunks battered the craft. The family sought shelter with a daughter ashore after thousands of tons of ice from a jam in the Ohio River crashed onto the boat.
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Steubenville
Martha Loy
Ohio River
WPA road supervisor resigns as justice of the peace
Martinsburg West Virginia February 6 a WPA road supervisor resigned as justice of the peace to keep his position with the works administration L Fred Staud asked the county court to cancel his bond and release him from the duties.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Woman jailed daughter to face lunacy hearing in WV
A 62 year old Fayetteville woman accused by state police of imprisoning her daughter in a dark room for 22 years was released on $500 bond pending a lunacy hearing before a special commission. Daughter Dama Coleman, 33, is at McKendree state hospital described as emaciated but mentally normal. doctors say she is improving. Deputy Sheriff L L Rogers reported the pair were found in a secluded mountain shack with a tightly locked single room.
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Fayetteville
W. Va
Minnie Coleman
John Coleman
Cincinnati
L. C. Patterson
Mount Hope
Patterson
Dama Coleman
McKendree State Hospital
Dama
Kincaid
L. L. Rogers
Hobart Rakes Extradited On Forgery Charge In Georgia
Hobart Rakes 38 of Mingo county West Virginia is indicted in federal court for attempting to forge a parole release to obtain his freedom from Atlanta penitentiary. He waives extradition and will be taken to Georgia for trial. Bond set at 5000 dollars, he remains jailed in Huntington. The forged signature on the parole request was attributed to James Damron Huntington U S district attorney.
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Huntington
W. Va
Hobart Rakes
Mingo County
West Virginia
Atlanta
Northern Georgia
L. A
Via
United States District Attorney
Rakes
Georgia
James Damron
United States
Peace move rumors swirl amid Italian press reports
Italian newspapers hint at a new peace effort while denying official talks. Mussolini meets army corps commanders. Badoglio may be recalled. A British officer reportedly asks Kenya markers removal. Belgian officer refutes Italian claims on ammo from a Swedish ambulance unit. Geneva sanctions panel says substitutes could cover 15 percent of oil needs.
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Supreme Commission For Defense
Mussolini
Geneva
Italy
Distributors Ordered to Turn In Beer Licenses in City
In Charleston on February 6 a dozen beer distributors in the northern Panhandle were ordered by the tax department to surrender their licenses. E A Hansbarger of the inheritance tax division said the outlets were accused of selling or permitting whisky sales or possession and state troopers searched each beer parlor after investigators gathered evidence.
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Charleston
W. Va
Panhandle
Tax Department
E. A. Hansbarger
Inheritance Tax Division
Hiquot Commission
Knox 19 silent on primary plans
Cincinnati dispatch reports Col. Frank Knox talking with Ohio and Kentucky party leaders about the 1936 Republican presidential situation. He declined to announce intentions, saying he would not jump off the deep end and no immediate statement would be made. Ohio leaders plan to decide next week whether to back an outside candidate or a slate pledged to a favorite.
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Cincinnati
Frank Knox
Ohio
Kentucky
East
Chicago
U. S
Ridaho
Knox
Clarence J. Brown
Times Star
Ed Schorr
Schorr
State Central Committee
Columbus
Snowstorm Bites Western States. Missouri Sets Record
Snow blankets southern West Virginia and southwestern Virginia with drifts up to two feet in places. Abingdon reports 10 inches, Bluefield seven inches with more falling. Roanoke Radford Lurich Bristol report varying depths as Blizzard winds disrupt buses and transit. Adjutant Hal Hughes says about 25 people sought Salvation Army shelter last night.
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West Viirginia
Virginia
Daily Telegraph
Abingdon
Bluefield
Roanoke
Radford
Lurich
Bristol
Pocahontas
Norfolk and Western
Hal Hughes
Salvation Army Corps
Army Quarters
Hughes
Arctic chill tightens grip midwest as polar cold persists
Denver to Chicago and beyond report renewed arctic air across North Dakota Minnesota and Iowa with minus 56 degree readings from the Mackenzie basin. Kirksville Missouri posts a fifteenth straight day below zero as New Jersey endures a 21st day and Minneapolis shatters a 37 year subzero record.
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Chicago
North Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Mackenzie Basin
Kirksville
New Jersey
Minneapolis
State moves to tax RFC stock after court ruling
Charleston West Virginia February 6 The state tax department aims to collect about 175000 additional revenue after the Supreme Court decision that Recon corporation stocks are taxable Commissioner Fred L Fox will instruct assessors to levy 50 cents on a 100 dollars of 3471000 dollars in preferred stock in national banks in the state The deputy banking commissioner says state banks with only one class of stock are not affected.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Tax Department
United States Supreme Court
Fred L. Fox
Maryland
H. P. Brightwell
Little Community Snowbound Two Weeks After Blizzard
Uniontown Pennsylvania February 6 a small group of about six families near Mt Brad dock in Dunbar township remains snowbound two weeks after a blizzard blocked highways. Milk deliveries have been halted by snow a half mile of packed roadway. Mail service continues via a nine mile detour. John Yagal leading family saved themselves from freezing by chopping trees for fuel after coal ran out.
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Uniontown
Mt. Braddock
Dunbar Township
John Yagal
Elderly Man Drowns While Trying to Save Another
In Cedar Grove West Virginia on February 6 an elderly man drowned in the Kanawha River while attempting to aid another who had fallen in Hugh Rikers of Henderson an engineer on the towboat Creighton identified the man as Lovejoy He said U S marshal W S Oldham slipped into the stream minutes earlier while calling for help Oldham fell from the boat and was rescued by Rikers Lovejoys body remained unrecovered.
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Cedar Grove
W. Va
Kanawia
Hugh Rikers
Henderson
Creighton
Lovejoy
W. S. Oldham
U. S
Oldham
Rikers
Miners Raise John L Lewis Salary At Union Convention
United Mine Workers voted to raise John L Lewis from 12000 to 25000 a year, making him among the nation s highest paid labor leaders. The convention also extended membership to coal processing plants, signaling possible AFL craft versus industrial union tensions.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Convention
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
Organization of Labor Industries
Tucker County Man to Oppose Randolph
Charleston West Virginia February 6 Charles K E Long of Hendricks Tucker county became a candidate today for the congressional seat now held by Jennings Randolph Elkins Democrat Thomas O B Flynn of Wheeling filed as a candidate for delegate to the Republican national convention by the first congressional district.
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Charleston
W. Va
Charles KE. Long
Hendricks
Tucker County
Jennings Randoph
Elkins
Thomas O'B. Flynn
Wheeling
Lewis to propose added mine time for national coal relief
John L. Lewis head of the United Mine Workers will urge the national convention in Washington to allow all U S mines to operate next Saturday to ease a coal shortage. Van A. Bittner, District 17 president, quotes the plan citing cold weather and delayed shipments as reasons.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Washington
United States
Lewis
van A. Bittner
District No. 17
Pocahontas Operators Association
Ash announces candidacy for state superintendent
Shepherdstown July 6 Dr I O Ash 48 professor of education at Shepherd State College announces he will seek the Republican nomination for state superintendent of schools.
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Shepherdstown
W. Vu
Dr. I
Ash
Shepherd State College
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