Coalition cabinet proposal draws defen se in campaign sparks
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan proposes a coalition against Roosevelt inviting Democratic support if the GOP nomination wins. Opposition comes from Representative Snell and others as Dickinson enters the Illinois primary and Roosevelt files to run. Ickes attacks Hoover’s jitters as the party debates second place and Jeffersonian cooperation.
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Dickinson
Iowa
Roosevelt
Illinois
Mshington
Vandenberg
Michigan
Henry P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee
Snell
New York
House
Burns
Washington
Ickes
Hoover
Hon
Council
Wsmen
Black
Alabama
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton
United States
Varfdenberg
Adams
Colorado
House approves huge army fund in wartime budget
The House tentatively approved nearly 400 million dollars in peace time army appropriations as part of a 543 million dollar War Department supply bill. Debate centered on earmarking 100 million for rivers and harbors and restoring 20 million for projects including Passamaquoddy dam and the Florida ship canal. An amendment to raise air power from 565 to 799 planes failed 26 to 63.
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Washington
House
War Department
Passamaquoddy Tidewater
Florida Ship Canal
West Coast
Hawaii
Panama
Military Affairs Committee
Rogers
New Hampshire
Air Corps
Regular Army
German Seaplane Reported Down Near Azores With 30 Aboard
Madrid reports a German seaplane with 30 passengers was said to have fallen near Ponta Delgada in the Azores. The British carrier Furious remained off Teneriffe to aid rescue as German and Berlin officials gave conflicting statements about the incident.
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Ponta Delgada
Madrid
Ahora
Teneriffe
Canary Islands
Furious
Azores
Las Palmas
Azores Islands
Portugal
Atlantic Ocean
Prison fraud nets counterfeit plant in soil bill clash
In Washington a Senate fight over a soil conservation subsidy bill sparked by 10 amendments. Democratic leaders aim for a quick vote restricting debate as substitutes await decision. Separately in San Quentin a cache of spurious bills and counterfeiting equipment was found in the engraving room after a prisoner confession.
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Washington
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Robinson
Connally
D-Tex
Smith
D-Sc
Bankhead
D-Al
Treasury
Texan
Logan
D-Ky
Roosevelt
Convention
The
National Grange
Columbus
Ohio
Louis J. Taber
Reorganized Federal Reserve Board
Albert S. Gauss
Maryland
Frank W. Peck
St. Paul
Clarence Poe
Raleigh
N. C
Secret Service
San Quentin Prison
San Francisco
United States Secret Service
Thomas F. Foster
San Quentin
Daniel R. Wilson
Foster
Jack Lewis
Los Angeles
Wilson
Clifford EB
Park
Thomas Bell
French cabinet orders dissolution of militant royalist groups
Paris February 13 The French cabinet led by Premier Albert Sarraut ordered the dissolution of militant royalist bodies after public assault on Socialist leader Leon Blum. Police seized Action Francaise headquarters and demanded member lists, which were refused by Leon Daudet and Charles Maurras. Blum left in weak condition. The order targets Action Francaise league Camelots du Roi and the National Federation of Students of the Action Francaise.
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Paris
Albert Sarraut
Cenés
Leon Blum
Blum
Action Francaise League
Action Francaise
Leon Daudet
Charles Maurras
Action
Action Franciase League
Camelots du Roi
King’s Henchmen
National Federation of Students
The
Employment Increases In Buckhannon Area
Buckhannon West Virginia February 13 25 men were assigned to work in private industry most to Clay county coal mines and 25 girls were hired by a local garment factory according to Luther A Powers local representative of the national re employment service
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Buckhannon
W. Va
Buckhanon
Luther A. Powers
National Re-Employment Service
Clay County
TWO ROY WARDENS TO EXPLAIN BEER SALES
Charleston officials expect Roy A. Warden of Yukon and Roy B. Warden to explain their beer and whiskey sales. Tax Commissioner Fred L. Fox said Roy A. Warden with a beer distributor license is accused of retail sales and Roy B. Warden with a retail permit acted as a distributor.
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Charleston
W. Va
Roy
St Clair Bridge Plan Abandoned Re Route Change
Virginia highway officials reportedly abandon the St Clair overhead bridge plan and shift the route to run east from St Clair to the West Virginia line using the old Cumberland Fincastle turnpike. The project had money but stalled over right of way, missing Greater Bluefield as the new road aims for Beav er Pond and the Lakes to Florida highway corridor.
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Virginia Highway
St. Clair’s Crossing
St. Clair’s School House
West Virginia
Bluefield
St. Clair
Virginia Highway Department
Virginia Highway Engineers
Tazewell County
Tazewell
West Virginia Line
Cumberland-Fincastle
Beaver Pond
East River Mountain
Minneapolis Honeywell Profit Report For 1935
New York reports that the Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator company and Brown Instrument and subsidiaries earned a net profit of 1,793,339 in 1935. After preferred dividends, this equals 8 a share on 207,300 common shares. In 1934, excluding Brown Instrument, profit was 1,007,785 or 4.69 a share on 197,474 shares.
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New York
Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company
Brown Instrument Company
Weather Chaos Sweeps Broad Territory With Snow Snow and Rain Hit Wide Areas
A severe storm system brings gold snow and rain across a broad territory causing widespread travel disruption. Snow and rain cover over 80 percent of the United States with blizzards and gales in Europe and the Near East. Wisconsin counties see isolated snowfall and more snow is forecast for the Midcontinent.
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United States
Wisconsin
Severe winter storm sweeps Northern Hemisphere with heavy losses
Across Europe and the Near East and into North America a brutal storm system brings high winds snow and floods. Death tolls rise with estimates near 200 overseas and dozens in the United States as states report blizzards fires and transportation disruptions. Red Cross aid is requested and coal shortages trigger fuel rationing.
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Europe
Near East
America
Lakewood
N. J
Jackson
Illinois
South Dakota
Mt. Lowe
Calif
United States
Wyoming
Montana
Midwest
Steelmen point to gain in production in early 1931
Steelmen report a two point week rise in production, with Pittsburgh district at 38 percent capacity and national rise to 53 percent. Wheeling district also up two points. Strong orders from railroads and steelmakers boost output as motor industry slows. Iron Age sets No. 1 heavy melting steel at 13.75 dollars per gross ton, a peak since September 1930.
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Pittsburgh
Wheeling
Chicago Area
Bessemer
Lake Erie
Union
New York Central
Denver and
Rio Grande
Iowa Senator Dickin son Runs For President But Declines Delegates
Senator L. J. Dickinson of Iowa entered the Republican presidential race but said he would not seek pledged delegates, signaling a limited bid and focusing on the nomination path.
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Enator
L. J. Dickinson
Iowa
House to Call Up Neutrality Bill
Washington reports a Senate group backs a broader neutrality drive as House leaders prepare to bring up a stop gap bill Monday. The Nye committee plans a 60 day embargo extension through May 1 1937 with a South American exemption and floor amendments to curb trade with belligerents.
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Washington
Senate
House
Nye
North Dakota
Foreign Relations Committee
League of Nations
Nye Group
U.S. Warns Naval Parley To Keep Politics Out
The United States rejects linking Europe’s old disputes to the four power naval conference. Norman H. Davis warns the talks must stay on naval matters with Britain seeking broader debate. France opposes, while Britain calls for German participation and the pace of a limited armament pause grows uncertain.
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U.S
London
Europe
United States
Norman H. Davis
Great Britain
Britain
Germany
France
West Virginians Find Way To Slow Down Digestive Machine
Three Morgantown physicians report in the Journal of the American Medical Association that ephedrine slowed stomach emptying by about 92 percent on average in six young men. They caution use in asthma and hay fever and urge diet monitoring when ephedrine is given.
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West Virginia
Journal of the American Medical Association
Journal
West
West Virginiany
Roosevelt backs ten year low cost housing plan
President Roosevelt endorsed a ten year federal low cost housing and slum clearance program in Washington with Senator Wagner and housing advisor Peter Grimm. The plan calls for grants and loans to local communities to clear slums, private home building under five thousand dollars aided by government mortgage insurance, and possible agency merger debates.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wagner
N. Y
Peter Grimm
Congress
Federal Housing Administration
Public Works Administration
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Rural Resettlement Administration
Reconstruction Corporation
Grimm
New Yorker
Slide blocks Virginian tracks near Oakvale
A heavy slide on the Virginian railroad at Stingle near Oakvale blocked both main lines. One Virginian time freight was detoured via the Norfolk and Western between Matoaka and Northcross. Heavy rains caused creeks to rise in Radford and Pocahontas counties.
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Virginian
Stingle
Oakvale
Norfolk and Western
Matoaka
Northcross
Radford
Pocahontas
Navy Secretary Swanson Shows Improvement After Illness
On February 13 Claude A. Swanson aged 74, secretary of the navy, rallied from a serious illness following a fall at his home. A naval hospital bulletin said he was improved and resting easier, with pleurisy developing under a broken left rib.
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Washington
Claude A. Swanson
Secretary of the Navy
The
Naval Hospital
Swanson
Douglas Hall
Navy
Governor Kump Pardons Three Berkeley County Men
Three Berkeley county men sentenced to one to ten years in 1935 were pardoned today by Governor Kump. The men freed are Harliss Files Bernard Whitington and S D Sant mire. A jury convicted them of damaging property during a quarry strike at Martinsburg.
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Charleston
W. Va
Berkeley County
Kump
Harliss Files
Bernard Whitington
S. D. Santmire
Martinsburg
Union Authorizes Soft Coal Miners To Work Saturday
The liquor control commission received word that Judge Jake Fisher ordered Spencer to hold an election to decide if a state store may operate in Roane county seat. The date will be set tomorrow by the judge. Citizens seeking the election asked the court to permit balloting March 24 after the council said municipal vote was not permissible within 60 days of an election and that the May 12 primary counts as an election. Roane county voted against liquor sales last year.
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Charleston
W. Va
Liquor Control Commission
Jake Fisher
Spencer
Roane County
J. Floyd Harrison
Fisher
Leibowitz Confers With Hauptmann In Death House Visit
Bruno Richard Hauptmann spoke with New York lawyer Samuel B Leibowitz for an hour in the New Jersey state prison death house. Hauptmann cried, said the interview was very satisfactory and that he would see Leibowitz again Sunday. Mrs Hauptmann denied any confession amid emotion.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Samuel
Leibowitz
New York
Hauptmann
Anna
Death House
Robert Q. Hicks
Washington
Evelyn Walsh McLean
Court of Appeals affirms ruling against bankruptcy act subsection
The U.S. circuit court of appeals in Cincinnati today upheld a lower court decision striking down subsection B-5 of the bankruptcy act while allowing continued federal receivership of Tennessee Publishing Co. The ruling blocks a 77B reorganization plan for the Nashville Tennessean venture led by Col. Luke Lea, noting the pond issue provisions are incomprehensible and the rest of the act remains operable.
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Cincinnati
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Tennessee Publishing Co
Tennessee Publishing Company
Nashville Tennessean
Evening Tennessean
Col. Luke Lea
Florence E. Allen
Charles H. Moorman
C. Simons
First Social Security checks mailed to states nationwide
The Social Security program began as checks were mailed to states for old age assistance, aid to the blind, and dependent children. A total of $4,446,622 in aid will be distributed to 16 states for aged support, 11 for aid to the blind, and 12 for dependent children, with federal matching rules in place. States listed include Iowa, Alabama, Delaware, Arizona, and Connecticut among others.
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Washington
Treasury
Social Security Board
Iowa
Alabama
Delaware
Arizona
Connecticut
Extra Mining Week May Extend Work in Coal Fields
Southern West Virginia and southwestern Virginia coal operators may run an extra Saturday shift under United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis instruction. Telegrams authorized districts nationwide to permit one more day of mine operation to ease fuel shortages as car empties remain slow to return and car supply tight, with 90 ton surplus units sole excess capacity and Norfolk and Western reporting dwindling unladen loads.
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United Mine Workers
Des Mones
Cedar Rapids
New York Coast Guard
Sayw
West Virginia
Virginia
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
United States
Pocahontas Operators Association
Norfolk and Western
Norfolk and Western Railroad
J. E. Hatcher
Hatcher
Tidewater
Lakes
Norfolk and Western Fields
Stockyard Blast at Swift and Co Hydrogen Plant Fatal
A hydrogen plant blast at Swift and Co in Chicago killed two workers Daniel McLean 27 and Walter Ericksen 38 and left several others injured. Foreman William Blake was believed buried. M Burenas 43 and George Ackerman 41 were in critical conditions. Fire units caused extensive damage with windows shattered. 17 workers were on site at the time and 10 were away for lunch.
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Chicago
A_ stockyards
Swift and Co
Daniel McLean
Walter Ericksen
William Blake
M. Butrenas
George ©. Ackerman
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Fletcher
Lin Dispatches
Etsted
Roy Wardens
ST. Clair Bridge
Associated Press
Red Cross
Malibu Beach Colony
California
Steelmen
Senate Group
Morgantown
Hayever
U. S. Court OF Appeals
Swift and Company
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