Sportsman Blagden escapes kidnapers recovers at Ohio friend home
Harry Blagden, 45, New York sportsman, recounted to reporters in Cleveland how he fought his captors five days after being abducted near Lake Placid. He slugged one guard, escaped, and walked to a friend’s home in Ohio City, aided by passersby. Blagden described a staged ransom note and travel through Albany Syracuse and Cleveland before release.
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Cleveland
Harry
Lagden
New York State
Blagden
Claude Peck
New York
Detroit
Lake Placid
N. Y
Roland Harriman
Saranac Lake
Sons of the Rock
Peck
Albany
Syracuse
Thomas
Harry Blagden
Jim
Harriman
Curley
Zeke
Way 15 paved for major trunk line
New York February 16 The Van Sweringen brothers of Cleveland have taken another step toward forming a major railroad trunk line system. Allegheny Corp will transfer holdings of Erie Nickel Plate and Pere Marquette common stock to Chesapeake and Ohio in a deal valued at about 5 500 000. C and O will acquire 46 000 Pere Marquette shares at 11 each and obtain a four year option to purchase 215 000 Erie shares and 167 300 Nickel Plate shares at 13 25 each. The arrangement aims to strengthen Allegheny's finances and improve security positions while offering potential gains above current market prices.
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New York
van Sweringen Brothers
Cleveland
Wall Street
Allegheny Corporation
van Sweringens
Erie, Nickel Plate
Pere Marquette Common
Chesapeake and Ohio
C. and
Erie Common
Erie
Allegheny
Quiet Dell Bluebeard Is Denied New Trial
Harry F Powers known as The Bluebeard of Quiet Dell lost his bid for a new trial in Clarksburg West Virginia. He awaits execution for the murder of Mrs Dorothy Pressier Lemke with a March 18 hanging date. Judge Birk S Stathers refused retrial to speed justice and allow an appeal to the state supreme court. Law will file the appeal but no new trial is granted now. Powers is held at Moundsville Prison where Warden Scroggins calls him a model prisoner.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Harry F. Powers
Bluebeard
Quiet Dell
Lothario
Blue Ridge Foothills
Dorothy Pressier Lemke
Northboro
Masa
Birk S. Stathers
J. Ed. Law
State Supreme Court
Stathers
Supreme Court
Ife
Circuit Court
High Court
Law
Powers
Senate to Take Up Banking Bill
Washington reports the Senate will rapidly take up the Glass-Steagall banking bill after the relief measure. Bi partisan support is expected to pass it tonight to bolster the Federal Reserve with 750 million dollars in treasury gold and free cash for banks. Hoover notes a reversal of hoarding as bonds may help restore circulation and reduce inventories.
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Washington
Senate
House
Federal Reserve System
Treasury
Hoover
Mills
Col
Frank Knox
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Reconstruction Corporation
Father, Tots He Killed Buried in Family Plot
Charleston West Virginia February 16. A father Bolton White 46 killed his six family members with a hatchet and poker then killed himself. He buried his four children in the family cemetery near Clendenin and the others died or were injured. three remaining children fought for survival as ministers conducted last rites.
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Charleston
W. Va
Jimmy
Kathleen
Malcolm
Bolton White
Elk” River
Clendenin
Hilda
Louise
John
Wilbur V. Mallalieu
Myron S. Collins
First Methodist Episcopal Church
White
Democrat elected mayor of Cleveland city
Cleveland, February 16. Ray T. Miller a Democrat and 39 year old county prosecutor won Cleveland’s mayoral race, ending a seventeen year Republican rule in Cuyahoga county. With half the 175,000 votes counted Miller led by about 15,000 ballots as Morgan and Morgan’s Republican group conceded. Democrats expect the margin to grow to 25,000.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Ray T. Miller
Daniel BE. Morgan
Miller
Maurice Maschke
House Unit Votes Against Rum Bill
Washington February 16 The House Judiciary Committee disapproved 14 to 9 a resolution sponsored by a bipartisan wet bloc to submit a constitutional amendment for state control of liquor Linthicum Democrat Maryland announced plans to bring the measure to the floor under new rules A petition signed by 145 members allows a bill from a committee to reach the floor Blanton Democrat Texas called the move an idle gesture The vote breakdown lists nine for approval and fourteen against with noted lawmakers from several states involved
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Representative Linthicum
Maryland
House
Linthicum
Blanton
Texas
Lindicum
Bingham
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Montague and
Tucker
Virginia
Celler
Oliver
New York
Condon
Rhode Island
Dieterich
Illinois
Dyer
Missouri
Laguardia
Bachmann
West Virginia
Summers
Dominick
South Carolina
McKeown
Oklahoma
Browning
Tennessee
Gregory
Kentucky
Tarver
Georgia
Weaver
North Carolina
Christopherson
South Dakota
Yates
Hall
Michener
Michigan
Kurtz
Pennsylvania
Moore
Ohio
Sparkes
Kansea
Traffic Resumes After East River Mountain Slide on Bland Route
The Lakes to Florida highway south of the city reopened at 2 p.m. after a Monday night slide on East River mountain. State highway crews used a steam shovel and trucks to remove dirt, with guards on both sides. officials expect about three weeks to fully clear. The slide, the worst since the Bluefield Wytheville road was built, moved slowly during recent rains at an estimated inch per hour, then two feet per minute during Monday night, with boulders weighing tons toppled onto the highway.
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East River Mountain
Bland County
Bluefield-Wytheville
Irish Free State Casts Heavy Vote In Presidential Election
Dublin reports a tense election as the Irish Free State votes on whether William T. Cosgrave should stay in office and Eamon de Valera’s Fianna Fail should take power. Troops kept order amid minor disturbances. two assassinations and an attempted murder marked the finale. Donkey carts and motor vehicles ferried voters to polls as De Valera’s party campaigned on severance from England and abolition of the oath. The government sought reelection on economic cooperation with England and tariff preferences.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
William T. Cosgrave
Eamon de Valera
Fianna Fail
Cork
Foxfield
Leitrim-Slico
de Valera
Etreann
Cosgrave
England
Ireland
Randolph Bias Named C. R. O. State Officer
Randolph Bias of Williamson West Virginia was named state chairman of the Citizens Reconstruction organization the C R O created by President Hoover to end hoarding He becomes the 25th state chairman The C R O plans to promote sale of a liquid government security and to educate the public on money banks and credit while stressing the dangers of restricted credit
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Chicago
Randolph Bias
Williamson
W. Va
West Virginia
Citizens’ Reconstruction Organization
Hoover
Frank Knox
Knox
Senate Rebuffs Massive Relief Amid Hoover Decline
The Day In Washington reports the Senate rejected 756 million in federal relief while Hoover notes a waning money hoard with about 34 million restored to circulation since February 4. The House backs a constitutional amendment to end lame duck sessions, while judiciary dis approves a bipartisan net bloc liquor control amendment. Treasury backs new taxes on gasoline and electricity in a revenue bill draft. The House passes a 50,445,492 Interior Department supply appropriation as Garner gains overt presidential support from Senators Sheppard and Connally. Democrats push Glass Steagall expansion for credit.
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Associated Press
Senate
Hoover
House
House Judiciary Committee
Treasury
Interior Department
Garner
Sheppard and Connally
Texas
French cabinet members resign in Paris crisis
Paris reports Laval government falls after senate defeat by 23 votes. Premier presented resignations to President Doumer as Geneva disarmament talks continue. Delegation heads fear impact on talks while names like Andre Tardieu Paul Reynaud and Albert Sarraut are mentioned as potential successors.
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Paris
Laval
Senate
Geneva
Elysee Palace
Paul Doumer
United States
M. Laval
Chamber of Deputies
Aristide Briand
Foreign Office
Washington
United State
Andre Tardieu
M. Tardieu
Joseph Paulboncour
Louis Barthou
Albert Sarraut
Paul Reynaud
Dumesnil
Minnie Fiske Mourned as Great Actress Dies at 66
New York reports the death of Mrs Minnie Maddern Fiske at 66 after weeks of illness. She died at Mae Coxe’s Hollis Long Island home with only her longtime companion present. Her husband Harrison Grey Fiske announced cremation per her wishes. Her career began before age three in Little Rock and spanned sixty three years marked by acclaimed emotional performances.
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New York
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Broadway
Nhree
Miss Mae Coxe
Harrison Grey Fiske
Miss Coxe
Hollis
Long Island
Little Rock, Ark
Nell
Japan demands removal of Chinese troops in Shanghai
Shanghai remains under heavy bombardment as Japan issues an ultimatum for Chinese forces to withdraw 20 kilometers from the international settlement. The front from Chapel to Klankwan sees artillery duels and shelling along the Whangpoo river. Two British sailors wounded as shells hit docks. raids target a Methodist church school in Hongkew. The Chinese and Japanese engage in nightly clashes while the League of Nations calls Japan to fulfill obligations.
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Shanghai
Japan
International
Chapel
Klankwan
Woosung Forts
United States
Whangpoo River
Hongkew
International Settlement
Woosung
Hongkew Park
American Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Council of the
League of Nations
Geneva
Bureau activities loom as Congress rows on credit reform
Washington reports a coming study of federal bureaus to identify which can be trimmed or eliminated as Democrats press for economy. Speaker Garner accuses administration of inaction and claims credit for the Steagall Glass bill. Senator Robinson blasts Republican praise of Hoover as partisan rhetoric amid efforts to ease credit and balance the budget.
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Washington
Congress
Garner
House
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Hoover
Hag
Partis
Lincoln
Garner Advanced as Presidential Candidate
Washington February 16 Speaker Garner was formally advanced as a Democratic presidential candidate tonight by Senators Sheppard and Conally of Texas. They pledged the votes of Texas' delegation to the national convention and urged national support for Garner as a rugged militant champion of the American people. The pair asserted Garner, with training and experience in national problems, is the most qualified among contenders in either party.
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Washington
Garner
Sheppard and
Conally
Texas
Nain
Shanghai Firestorms and Shelling Rally Front Lines
Shanghai battle raged along a wide front from Chapel to Kiangwan as heavy Chinese and Japanese artillery exchanged blasts overnight. American marines reported shells landing in the international settlement harming Chinese and softly wounding several. two British sailors were wounded guarding the Wharves. Japanese officers claimed Chinese gunmen sniped Hongkew despite Hague conventions.
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International Settlement
Whangpoo River
Hongkew
Senate Rejects Direct Aid Bill Amid Party Split
Washington reports the Senate rejected the Lafollette Costigan 750 million dollar direct relief bill by 48 to 35, ending attempts to fund unemployed aid via federal gifts or loans. The vote split party lines, with 21 Democrats and 27 Republicans opposing, 15 Republicans for, and the debate stretched past adjournment as supporters pledged new relief efforts through substitutes and loans to states.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
Lafollette
Wisconsin
Feas
Ohio
Reed
Pennsylvania
Walsh
Massachusetts
France
Senator Black
Alabama
Black
Lafollette-Costigan
Costigan
Colorado
Famine Threatens Snowbound New Mexico Communities
Severe snowdrifts trap several Rio Arriba mountain settlements in northern New Mexico with Tierrra Amarilla lacking flour sugar coffee and lard. Communications to Chama are cut off since February 7 as the Durango Silverton line waits for opening and train crews clear the 10000 foot Cumbres Pass after eight days of blizzards.
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Alamosa
Colo
Rio Arriba
New Mexico
Continental Divide
Cumbres Pass
Tierra Amarilla
Chama
N. M
Pasa
Durango
Dispatches
Silverton
Duloe
Harbert Files as Republican Delegate Candidate
Clarksburg West Virginia February 16 Ralph Harbert of Clarksburg files as a Republican candidate for member of the house of delegates from Harrison County.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Ralph Harbert
House of Delegates
Harison Country
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Ohio City
System, C. & C
Quiet Dell Bluebeard
Arry F. Powers
Randolph
C. R
Gabinet
Minnie Fiske
U. S. Marines
Methodist
League
The
United States Marine
Kiangwan
Hongkow
Kongkew Park
Eilent
Lafollette - Costigan
Clarksburger
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