Snow Shovelers Battle 12 Foot Midwest Blizzards
A vast snow removal effort spans Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Illinois and the Dakotas as shovellers dig through twelve feet of snow to reopen railroads and roads. Coal meat and milk supplies are scarce with several towns isolated and fuel running low amid record subzero temperatures.
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Chicago
Midwest
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Utah
Illinois
Dakotas
Watertown
Marcus
Black Hills
Des Moines
Iowa City
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Henry
Bureau
Stark
R. S. Pollard
Columbia
Moline
Ottawa
Bureau County
Llinois
Yankton
Mitchell
Sioux Falls
University of South Dakota
Wyoming
Tennessee
Ohio
South Dakota
Missouri
Cape Cod Bay
Lake Michigan
Charlevoix
Tangier Island
Chesapeakey
Ethiopian chie holds Americans in Gamo province
London dispatch says seven Americans and a Canadian, all members of the Sudan interior mission, were imprisoned by Fitaqurah Gizau Shawin in Chencha and Shama. Captives include Rev Harold Street and his wife with four children and nurse Miss Bray. John Trewin the Canadian also reported jailed.
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London
The
News Chronical
Djibouti
Sudan Interior Mission
Street
Trewin
Chencha
Gamo
Shama
Fitaqurah Gizau Shawin
Dedjazmatch Beyenemerid
Rescuers Save Seven CCC Boys From Cape Cod Floes
Coast Guard boat Harriet Lane forced into ice to reach seven Rhode Island CCC workers stranded on wind swept floes in Cape Cod bay. An Amphibian plane airlifted three to hospital as the youths aged 17 to 19 endured exhaustion and frostbite.
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Cape Cod Bay
Boston
Coastguard
CCC
Harriet Lane
Boatawain
M. Fedderson
Fedderson
Rhode Island
John Fitzsimmons
Portsmouth
Albert Papa
West Warwick
Thomas Malone
Portamouth
Tony Ray
Norman Beaulieu
Pawtucket
Manuel Botello
Nicholas Scunzio
Thornton
Beaulieu
Fitzsimmons
Papa
Hyannis
Brewster
Pittman Urges Dominant Naval Air Power Against Japan
Senator Pittman in Washington attacks Japanese policy in China and calls for the United States to dominate naval and air forces. He accuses Japan of violating the nine power treaty, warns of a Russo-Japanese Asia alliance, and criticizes efforts to sway U.S. public opinion. Hull denies White House involvement.
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Nevada
Solon
United States
Washington
China
Pittman
D-New
Foreign Relation Committee
Japan
Lewis
Ill
Asia
Hiroji Saito
Hull
State Department
Congress
Borah
Idaho
Foreign Relations Committee
United States Navy
Far Pacific
Mrs Long Continues Share-Our-Wealth Drive After Senate Swearing
In Washington on February 10 1935 Mrs Rose McConnell Long widow of Huey P Long was sworn in as Louisiana’s second woman senator. She seated beside Hattie Caraway and said she would carry on her husband’s share-our-wealth campaign with her daughter Rose noting the movement would continue.
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Washington
Rose McConnell
Long
Louisiana
Senate
Garner
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas
Huey P. Long
Minister Candidate Builds Platform on Ten Commandments
Rev. John F Mason, a minister and candidate for delegate at large to the Republican national convention, filed his candidacy in Charleston and attached a memorandum stating his platform is the Ten Commandments. Also filing were W B Hines of White Sulphur Springs as a Republican and Dr L L Belcher of Elkhorn as a Democrat for the Fifth district conventions.
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Charleston
W. Va
John F. Mason
Clarksburg
W. B. Hines
White Sulphur Springs
L L. L. Belcher
Elkhorn
Roosevelt omits repeal bill stalls farm program progress
Washington reports progress on the new farm program stalled in Congress as Lincoln Day speeches delay action. President Roosevelt signs a one page bill repealing Bankhead cotton Kerr Smith tobacco and potato controls and revives farm benefit payments after AAA invalidation. Senate and House confer on 50 million seed loan authorization with passing differences pending.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Kerr- Smith
AAA
Senate
Bankhead-Smithson
Charles Curtis
Herbert Hoover
McNary
House
Trial Continued In Slaying Case Of Ulysses Damron
Logan West Virginia February 10. The state moved to May 27 the trial of Ulysses Damron 37 a former trooper and Logan deputy on a charge of slaying Alfred Gibson during an altercation at Lorado on July 12. Prosecutor Claude A Joyce cited the absence of three state witnesses.
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Logan
W. Va
Ulysses Damron
Alfred Gibson
Claude A. Joyce
Damron
Logan County
Gibson
Lorado
Judge imposes death sentence in axel slaying case
Salem New Jersey February 10 A jury convicted Marguerite Dolbow and Norman Driscoll of first degree murder in the axle slaying of Harry Dolbow. The death sentence is mandatory as mercy was not recommended. Dolbow could become New Jersey’s first woman to die in the electric chair.
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Salem
N. J
Marguerite Fox Dolbow
Norman Driscoll
Harry Y. Dolbow
Dolbow
Driscoll
Frank F. Neutze
New Jersey
William King
Leroy Ditzel
Holt Opposes Seat on Coal Commission as Smith Confirmations Loom
Washington February 10. Senator Ruth Holt may oppose C E Smith's confirmation to the national coal commission while M M Neely pledges support. Van A Bittner of the United Mine Workers says delegates endorsed every coal commissioner including Smith and urged confirmation. Holt declines to state grounds for opposition and says he was asked by John L Lewis to support Smith. Neely and Bittner spoke to miners in Fairmont, West Virginia, with Smith remaining noncommittal.
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van A. Bittner
Coal Commission
Holt
Washington
C. E. Smith
Fairmont
W. Va
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Ruth D. Holt
D-W Va
Smith
M. M. Neely
Senate
United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia
Neely
Mine Workers Convention
The
C. KE. Smith
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Bittner
Friends of Labor
Rabies Quarantine Expands in West Virginia Counties
A new rabies quarantine covers Monongalia and Marion counties and parts of Tyler Preston Wayne Harrison Kanawha and Mercer as officials try to halt an outbreak. The latest restriction surrounds Shinnston within a 10 mile radius after three rabid dogs were found. Authorities warn unchecked spread could threaten human life.
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Charleston
W. Va
Harrison County
Department of Agriculture
Monongalia
Marion
Tyler
Preston
Wayne
Harrison
Kanawha
Mercer
Shinnston
J. B. McLaughlin
Curtis Funeral Rites Set in Kansas Capitol
Topeka Kas February 10 Charles Curtis long serving U S senator and vice president died Saturday at 76 Funeral in state for two hours then services in the house of representatives hall Curtis was a member of Kaw Indian tribe Chief Deerfoot sent a bow and arrow to his grave Tributes poured in from national lawmakers state officials Gov Landon led official attendance Burial at Topeka cemetery beside Mrs Curtis
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State
Kanéan
House of Representatives
Curtis
Chief Deerfoot
Dolly Curtis Gann
National House and Senate
Senate
Alf M. Landon
Harold €. Case
First Methodist Church
Topeka
Peace Time Army Fund Sought to Strengthen Western Defenses
Washington reports a large peacetime army fund sought to expand Western defenses as part of a total military expenditure of 388,782,232 dollars. The bill increases regular army strength to 150,000, adds 5,000 guards, funds 565 new planes, and boosts coastal defenses for Hawaii, Panama, and the U.S. mainland.
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Washington
House
Army High Command
Senate
National Guard
West Coast
Hawaii
Panama Canal
Panama
Pacific
Oscar Westover
Air Corps
Westover
United States
Budget Bureau
Hawaiian
Electric Needle Restores Life To Victims Of Heart Ailment
Dr. Albert S. Hyman unveiled a compact electric needle that restarts hearts stopped by angina pectoris, coronary thrombosis, electric shock and more. Cited case of radio host Samuel Rothafel shows potential to extend life after heart stoppage, with restart often lasting months or years. The device, about the size of a flashlight, differs from earlier Pacemaker needle and requires only a dry cell battery.
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New York
Roxy
Samuel Rothafel
Albert S. Hyman
M. D
Carolina Greenwood
Aviation Medicine
Medical Department
U. S. Naval Service
Third District
Watkin Foundation For
Hyman
United States
Young Republican Leader Outlines Recovery Plans
Point Pleasant W Va February 10 W Chapman Revercomb president of the Young Republican league of West Virginia outlined a national recovery program including a prohibitive tariff a farm distribution system and a nationalism policy He criticized Democrats and WPA calling it a political bandwagon He urged relief for only those in genuine need support for labor industry and farmers and protection against foreign competition A return to nationalism was urged and plans to keep plants operating and workers employed.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
W. Chapman Revercomb
Young Republican League of
West Virginia
Charleston
Democratic Party
WPA
City police seize fugitive Harris posing as Reed
City police hold a man claiming to be Tom Reed from Norton Virginia. The suspect, Curtis Harris a 27 year old from Honaker, Virginia, is listed as a fugitive from the Virginia penitentiary after being identified from a prison circular photo. Virginia authorities were notified and patrols dispatched.
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Curtis Harris
Honaker
Virginia
Tom Reed
Norton
Jess Gilpin
Camp No. 26
Carolina County
Harris
Russell County
Bluefield
Railroad Men Save Sparrow From Frozen Rail
Two Norfolk and Western railroad workers, Sectionmaster J. D. Bartee of Honaker and E. Eschbach of Cleveland, sheltered a frozen sparrow stuck to a steel rail. They used a torch to thaw the rail from below, freeing the bird who then flew away, and both returned to their duties.
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Norfolk and Western Railroad
J. D. Bartee
Honaker
E. Eschbach
Cleveland
Bartee
U. C. Charges Rum Running Activity
The United States cites photographs to charge rum running involving Norwegian and Belgian ships. The State Department protests Belgium's practice of loading liquor at Antwerp without destination certificates and protests Norway over transfers to ram runners off St Pierre. Treasury and coast guard traced alcohol to Boston Newport New York and Norfolk with at least 360000 gallons smuggled.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Robert van der Stratenponthez
Belgium
Antwerp
St. Pierre Island
Newfoundland
Wilhelm Munthe de Morenstierne
Treasury Department
Coast Guard
Island
St. Pierre
Boston
Newport
New York
Norfolk
Treasury
Fisherman Believed Lost During Storm Walks Into Village
Clayton Brown, 26, of Michigan, one of three men lost in Lake Michigan storm, walked into Goodhart village and was taken to Petoskey hospital in serious condition. Beardsl ey and Cunningham died from exposure after their boat iced seven miles off shore. Cunningham had earlier aided others to shore. Air searches failed to locate the drifting boat and rescue efforts were largely abandoned.
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Charleviez
Mich
Coast Guard
Clayton Brown
Lake Michigan
Goodhart
Little Traverse Bay
Brown
Petoskey
Karl Cunningham
Claude Beardsley
Beardsley
Cunningham
Coast
Son of Confederate general loses new plea to high court
Sam H. McCausland, 55, son of a Confederate general, again fails to overturn an 18 year sentence for the slaying of Howard Chester West on his Roane County farm. He argued misinstruction on self defense and improper exclusion of evidence of West's alleged motive. The Supreme Court declines review. McCausland remains jailed in Roan County.
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
Sam H. McCausland
Roane County
Howard Chester West
Roan
Spencer
West
McCausland
Supreme Court Backs Press Freedom In Louisiana Case
The Supreme Court ruled a 1934 Louisiana tax on newspaper ad receipts unconstitutional as an infringement on press freedom. It also upheld parts of New York milk acts differentiating price levels for independents, with a 5 to 4 and 6 to 3 split on separate sections.
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New York
Washington
Eupreme
Louisiana
TVA
New Deal
Tennessee Valley
Huey P. Long
McReynolds
Sutherland
van Devanter
Butler
Brandeis
Stone
Cardozo
Ed Hector
California
Ed Levell
Kansas
Supreme Court strike down Louisiana press tax under Huey Long
The Supreme Court unanimously voided a 1934 Louisiana levy targeting large publications to restrict information flow. Justice Sutherland called the tax a deliberate device to penalize publishers in violation of the free press guarantee.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Sutherland
Long
Knox Attacks New Deal As Dictator Regime Echoes
Col. Knox in Philadelphia links the New Deal to Mussolini Stalin and Hitler and says the government seeks to seize free enterprise. He warns business must enter politics or exit business and brands calls as selfish. He speaks before the manufacturers and bankers club in a second address of the day.
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Philadelphia
Frank Knox
Mussolini
Stalin
Hitler
Manufacturers
Bankers’ Club
Chicago
Supreme Court
Col. Knox
Republican League of
Islania
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Army of Workers
Chie
Province of Game
Mrs. Long
Roosevelt Olgno
Margaret Dolbow
Senator Neely
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Kansas State Capitol
Kas
Associated Press
Revercomb
U. C
Champions Press
KWOX
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