Neighbors Find Bodies Amid Deep Winter Weather
In Raleigh and Kanawha counties two women died during a cold wave in West Virginia. Mrs. Ann Douse, 65, was found in a Cranberry shack frozen after refusing to leave for warmth. Miss Belle Glenn, 55, died of starvation and exposure with her sister Minnie Glenn nearby. relief efforts reached the cabin after two miles of snow drifts.
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Associated Press
Mercury
Raleigh County
Ann Douse
Cranberry
H. E. Foster
Kanawha County
J. E. Roberts
Belle Glenn
Roberts
Minnie Glenn
Miss Glenn
Beckley
Dewey Farley
Pearl Fink
Cold Wave Grips North as Subzero Deaths Persist
A new cold wave moves toward the Midwest after scattered snow. Western Canada and the U S northwest report deep subzero readings, with Bemidji Minnesota logging 29 straight days below zero and Bismarck North Dakota recording 33 days. Snow isolates communities from the Rockies to Ohio. Hereford residents endure fuel shortages as a relief party turns back. Sleds ferry food to Winslow Illinois after four days of isolation.
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Mercury
Northwest
Minnesota
Chicago
Canada
United States
North Central States
Bemidji
Minn
Bismarck
N. D
Saskatoon
Sask
Minot
Havre
Mont
Sheridan
Wyo
Aberdeen
Lutherville
Rockies
Ohio
South Dakota
Hereford
Winslow
Ill
Ransom Attempt Held For American Mining Official
Guadalajara Mexico February 12 Friends tried to raise funds to ransom Samuel C Faneuf an American mining official held by a kidnap band for two days A federal cavalry detachment tracks the bandits but negotiations dictate any capture The ransom demand remains undisclosed Candelario Rojas named as insurgent leader and Mrs Hortensia Faneuf expressed belief her husband will be spared if quick payment and no arrest occur Paul Avery another abductee aided efforts to secure release
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Guadalajara
Mexico
Samuel C. Faneuf
Faneuf
Candelario Rojas
Hortensia Faneuf
San Francisco
Rojas
Paul Avery
Col Knox Enters Illinois State Primary Contest
Col Frank Knox filed papers in Springfield Illinois to appear on the April Illinois presidential primary ballot as a Republican candidate. He accused the New Deal of autocracy and urged a balanced federal budget, criticizing Roosevelt and administration leaders during a Lincoln Day talk in Boston.
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Colonel Knox
Springfield
Ill
Boston
Roosevelt
Knox
Chicago
Middlesex Club
Illinois
Eight Die In Fire At Victoria Mansion Hotel
Lakewood New Jersey February 12 fire devoured the Victoria Mansion hotel leaving eight bodies missing and eight more dead. Firemen using searchlights comb the ruins for victims as police identify four of the dead and note many guests and employees were inside. Coroner cites fractured skulls as primary cause with several children among the missing and dead.
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Lakewood
N. J
Victoria Mansion
Walter Curtis
Raymond A. Taylor
Ruther Sherman
Bronx
Three Croats linked in assassination of King get life terms
Aix-En-Provence France February three Croats members of the Ustachi secret society were found guilty of complicity in the assassination of King Alexander of Yugoslavia and sentenced to life imprisonment in French Guiana. Three other alleged terrorists were convicted and sentenced to death though not arrested.
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Aix-En-Provence
France
Ustachi
Alexander
Yugoslavia
French Guiana
Marseille
Mio Kraj
Zvonimin Pospechil
Ivan Rajtich
Ante Pavelich
Eugene Kvaternik
Pavelich
Gustave Perchett
Louis ‘Barthou
Dimitrov Velitchko
Lemberg Rescues Eleven From Sinking Boston Trawler
A Canadian trawler the Lemberg of Halifax plowed through heavy seas off Cape Sable to rescue eleven men from the sinking Boston steam trawler Gertrude M. Fauci. The Lemberg arrived after a race among five freighters and two coast guard boats to aid the beleaguered vessel.
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Boston
Lemberg
Halifax
Cape Sable
Coast Guard
Gertrude M. Fauci
Body of Mooing Army Flier Found Near Sierra Madre
Lieut. John T. Helms, missing since December 30, was found at the foot of an 80 foot cliff near the Sierra Madre range after a plane crash. The body lay a mile from wreckage, suggesting a mountain descent for aid. Coroner Williams and Sheriff Shea planned to recover the body.
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San Bernardino
Cal
John T. Helms
Sierra Madre Mountains
Lytle Canyon
R. E. Jones
San Bernardino National Forest
Helms
Toby Wing
San Sevaine Canyon
Jones
Lieut
San Francisco
March Field
R. E. Williams
Emmett L. Shea
Man Leaps From Airplane Over San Francisco Bay
Oakland Feb 12 a man tentatively identified as Harold A Sprague leaped to his death from an airplane 2000 feet above San Francisco Bay. Pilot Emanuel Henderson dove the craft in a bid to catch the man but he jumped free as the plane nosed toward the bay.
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Oakland
Calif
Harold A. Sprague
San Francisco Bay
Emanuel Henderson
Naval ship doctors rush serum to curb meningitis on training ship
Balboa Canal Zone February 12. The destroyer Tatnall sped into the Pacific with doctors and serum to combat a meningitis outbreak aboard the training ship California State. One cadet died and 70 cadets along with 23 crew members were affected. a second patient improved as the ship’s officers reported no further cases. The Tatnall carries three doctors U S Army Capt R B Skinner Dr W R Davis and Dr Kenneth Courtney and eight other medical personnel. Col Edgar King of Gorgas Hospital sent serum and replenishment to the mission. The Re lternia State, the state nautical school's training vessel, sailed from San Francisco January 31 and was en route to Balboa when the outbreak was detected.
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Canal Zone
Naval Radio
Tatnall
Pacific
California State
R. C. Dwyer
U. S. Army
R. B. Skinner
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Kenneth Courtney
Army Hospital Corps
Edgar King
Gorgas Hospital
Re Lternia’ State
The
State Nautical School
San Francisco
Balboa
Norris Attacks High Court Over AAA Ruling In Senate
Senator Norris challenges the Supreme Court's AAA decision and urges Congress to curb the court's jurisdiction as the Senate delays action on the AAA replacement bill. A Friday vote is hoped as the Smith bill moves for 50 million dollars in seed and feed loans for 1936. Senator Barkley recalls Lincoln on judicial power. Norris criticizes the court's funding order as a perceived legalized theft.
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Norris
Supreme Court
AAA
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Senate
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Dred Scott
Barkley
D.-Ky
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White House
House
Carey
R.wyo
Farm Credit Administration
Wallace
Kentucky
Indianapolis
Madisonville
Eugene Talmadge
Springfield
Ray Murphy
American Legion
State seeks bond payments for Raleigh magistrates
Charleston W V February 12 the state moved to collect 3865 from bondsmen of two Raleigh county magistrates. Edgar B Sims asked New Amsterdam Casualty of Baltimore to pay 2400.47 for Herman E West who left office months ago. He asked Prosecutor Clarence Meadows to recover 1463.63 from J J Ferrell J P Hunter Willis Jarrll and C C Perry bondsmen for B P Petry who died months ago.
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W. Va
Raleigh County
Andris Edgar B. Sims
Sims
New Amsterdam Casualty Company
Baltimore
Herman E. West
Rhodell
Clarence Meadows
J. J. Ferrell
J. P. Hunter
Willis Jarrell
C. C. Perry
B. P. Petry
Petry
Republicans Push Debates at Lincoln Day Dinner Meetings
Republicans ignite political talks across numerous Lincoln Day events while eulogies honor Lincoln’s career. Thousands attend memorial services as praise blends with partisan claims that Lincoln would back the present routes and approvals.
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Lincoln
Lincoln anniversary echoes across nation and era
Abraham Lincoln’s birth anniversary sparks memorials from Washington to Springfield with wreaths at his statue and tomb. President Roosevelt and figures like Hoover and Vandenberg honor Lincoln while political voices argue over today’s path, echoing the nation’s reverence for the rail splitter.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Republicans denounce New Deal echo Lincoln in speeches
In Washington on February 12 former President Hoover led Republican leaders coast to coast against the New Deal invoking Abraham Lincoln. Earlier, Senate actions and Secretary Wallace in Indianapolis tied Roosevelt's supporters to Lincoln's Civil War stance on the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Hoover
Abraham Lincoln
Senate
Wallace
Indianapolis
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Elusive Cause Of Cold Bottled By Scientist
New York February reports Dr A Raymond Dochez of Columbia University announces the long sought cause of the common cold is an invisible virus cultivated in a test tube for twenty months. The virus reproduces in chimpanzees and humans, weakening respiratory organs before bacteria cause complications, confirming a filterable virus as the cold’s basic cause.
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New York
Columbia University
A. Raymond Dochez
Columbia University School of Medicine
Dochez
Enza
Cruise to Nowhere opens in Daily Telegraph serial
Jane Weston scans the want ads and finds a photo of a wealthy sardine prince visiting America. Her dull life changes as she boards a luxurious ocean liner within a day to seek adventure in the tropics, launching the new serial on Page ten.
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Jane Weston
America
Jane
Tropics
Adventure
Daily Telegraph
Nowhere
Fuller Nominated for Congress in Ninth District Rally
Luther Fuller of Roanoke Virginia commonwealth's attorney of Russell County and Ninth district Republican leader was nominated yesterday at the Bristol convention. John G. Anderson briefly led on first ballot but withdrew and backed Fuller, delivering a unanimous vote. Bob Woods will manage Fuller’s campaign as the large Bristol crowd heard remarks from J Noe and Sarah Higginbotham. Former Congressman Joe Shaffer attended and spoke.
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Roanoke
Commonwealth
Russell County
Ninth
Congress
Bristol
John G. Anderson
Fuller
Giles County
Lee County
Sarah Higginbotham
Bob Woods
Pearlsburg
Bristol High School
Court House
Joe Shaffer
Wytheville
Virginia
Labor board orders election at United States Stamping plant
The labor relations board ordered an election among production employees at the United States Stamping company in Moundsville West Virginia to determine if the Porcelain Enamel Workers union holds a majority for collective bargaining. No ballot date was set.
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Washington
Labor Relations Board
United States Stamping Company
Moundsville
W. Va
Porcelain Enal Workers Union
Senate confirms coal commission members and labor board
The senate confirmed five members of the national bituminous coal commission including George E. Acret Walter H Maloney Charles F Hosford Jr E E Smith and Percy Tetlow and also confirmed two labor board members John J O Leary and Lee C Gunter. Senator Holt had opposed approval of Commissioner C E Smith and released a critical statement about mine workers and key union leaders.
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Senate
National Bituminous Coal Commission
George E. Acret
California
Walter H. Maloney
Missouri
Charles F. Hosford Jr
Pennsylvania
E. Smith
West Virginia
Percy Tetlow
Ohio
Thomas M. Woodward
Bituminous Coal Labor Board
John J. O'Leary
Lee C. Gunter
Tennessee
Holt
D.-W. Va
C. E. Smith
Roosevelt
Smith
Coal Commission
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
van A. Bittner
Hatfield Breaks Political Silence at Spencer Meet
Hatfield breaks silence at Spencer gathering urging defense of states’ rights amid shifting party lines. Shott and Hallanan predict Smith’s political trajectory as Republicans rally to Lincoln platform themes and condemn the New Deal’s perils to constitutional principles.
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Hatfield
Spencer
Taft Attacks New Deal At Lincoln Day Rally
Robert A. Taft of Cincinnati denounces the New Deal as promising nothing, calling it repudia ble where understood. He supports old age pensions and unemployment relief as necessary evils but opposes social security as an American ideal. He warns against manipulating the Constitution to push reforms.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Tait
Engineers Draft Plans To Employ Jobless On Roads
Charleston W Va Feb 12 District road engineers prepared plans to put between 10000 and 11000 employable men on state relief rolls to work on highways this summer Chief Engineer Mortimer W Smith said work would begin around March 1 repairing pavings clearing drainage ditches and other tasks Governor Kump said reliefable workers must meet work requirements so the state gains benefit from relief funds He warned that adding employables beyond about 17000 unemployables would hinder enacting a social security program and estimated employables at about 10000 to 11000.
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Charleston
W. Va
Mortimer W. Smith
Kump
Washington
Hoover Attacks Roosevelt State of the Union in Portland
Former President Herbert Hoover denounces Roosevelt's state of the union as a fountain of fear at a Lincoln birthday dinner in Portland Oregon, charging the New Deal fuels inflation and confusion while threatening recovery. He claims higher living costs, a rising national debt, and unsteady currency hinder progress and criticizes budget policy and relief tactics.
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Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Portland
Ore
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
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New York
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Delaware
Wilmington
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Supreme Court
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Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Daniel Webster
Theodore Roosevelt
Four Die In New York Fire At Lexington Avenue Building
A three story blaze at Lexington Avenue and 59th Street killed three men and one woman. More than thirty injured, some seriously, from burns and fall injuries after fleeing the Chinese restaurant Lum’s on the second floor. About 1,000 spectators gathered as eight ambulances and four police units tackled the two alarm fire that lasted an hour. Guests included 150 Holy Name Society members from the Church of Our Lady of Peace.
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New York
Lexington Avenue
59Th Street
Lum
Holy Name Society
Church of Our Lady of Peace
Virginia church approves military training at Massanutten prep
Shepherdstown Feb 19 The Evangelical and Reformed Church amid approval exercises today backed continuing military training at the Massanutten Academy Woodstock a preparatory school for boys in Virginia and West Virginia access.
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Shepherdstown
W. Va
Virginia
Evangelical and Reformed Church Today
Massanuttem Academy
Woodstock
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