Senate Debates Prohibition Funds and Deficiency Bill Fight
The senate appropriations committee reversed on Harris proposal for a 24 million increase in prohibition funds and voted to add it to the second deficiency bill. The panel also approved seed aid, canal survey, submarine safety gear, and other items while rejecting publicity for tax refund hearings and a strike on provisions.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Harris
Senate
Georgia
House
Dodge
McKellar Democrat
Tennessee
Mellon
Virga
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Glass
Early Action Sought on Charges Against Judges
Washington reports urgent calls for action as Congress plans a special House committee to investigate Judge Grover M. Moscowitz of the eastern district and Judge Winslow of the southern district of New York. The push follows affidavits by Representative Homer of New York alleging improper handling of bankruptcy cases.
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Washington
House
Grover M. Moscowicz
New York
Graham
House Judiciary Committee
Congress
Zuch Coolidge
Moscowitz
West Virginia towns added to corn borer area
The Agriculture Department extended quarantine rules to cover Marshall County West Virginia six towns infested last season. Shelled corn packages weighing two pounds or less will no longer require inspection and certification. Weston nominates candidates for March 1 election with Malloy leading Democrats and Harrison heading Republicans. Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker to receive Congressional Medal of Honor under Clancy bill sent to Senate.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Marshall County
West Virginia
Weston
W. Va
Kd. (. Malloy
L. Harrison
Wold
Rickenbacker
Kaward V. Rickenbacker
America
Germany
Clancy
House
Senate
Fight Party Tonight Showmen Invite Fans For Big Bout
Sports fans in Bluefield are invited to a fight party in front of the building tonight. Young Stribling and Jack Sharkey exchange punches in Flamingo Park, and The Daily Telegraph announcer will relay the report to the crowd. Preliminaries at 7:45 p.m., main bout at 10 p.m. Bluefield time.
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Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
Bluefield
Young Stribling
Jack Sharkey
Flamingo Park
Miami Beach
Associated Press
Walters Fate Hinges On Jury In Second Murder Trial
In Hagerstown Maryland Reginald E Walters charged with murdering prohibition agent Hunter R Stotler in July 1927 faces a retrial after a prior conviction and life sentence The jury is expected to decide by noon tomorrow The prosecution rested after a written confession was offered and Walters wife testified during the trial leading to questions of motive and alleged threats to Stotler
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Hagerstown
Reginald E. Walters
Hunter R. Stotler
Prohibition
Walter
Stotler
Court of Appeals
Walters
William Harvey
Cumberland
Waltres
Proposed classification amendments favored in Charleston
Charleston Feb 26 The senate finance committee agreed to report favorably a constitutional amendment to allow classification of property by the legislature and let municipalities grant five year tax exemptions for industrial plants. Sponsored by Senator Walter Hallonan the measure sets tax limits at $2 per $100 inside municipalities and $1.50 outside. A 69 percent vote would empower municipalities to raise the levy.
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Charleston
W. Va
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Walter
Hallonan
Kanawha County
Boy Located After Long Search in New Jersey
Eleven year old Richard Grant of Los Angeles returned safely to his rescuers in Roswell New Mexico after a two month desert chase. Abductor Harry Palmer age forty alias Nathan Eagle was captured as he worked on a house near his shack. Dickey said he left home after mistreatment by his parents and Palmer claimed the boy threatened suicide if returned. Palmer may face up to fifty years if convicted of kidnapping.
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Roswell
N. J
Emilee
Richard
Dickey) Grant
Los Angeles
Lee
Harry Palmer
Palmer
Dickey
Nathan Eagle
William C. Grant
Lane
Intel
Tomorro Dick
Union Announces Affiliation With Soviet Union
Pittsburgh February 26. Patrick Toohey secretary treasurer of the National Miners union says the executive board adopted a resolution affiliating the organization with the Red International of Labor Unions based in Moscow The National Miners union was organized in September 1925.
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Pittsburgh
Patrick Toohey
National Miners’ Union
Red International of Labor Unione
Moscow
Soviet Union
National Mineral Union
Ohio Flood Threat Recalled From 1913 In Report
Columbus report details widespread Ohio flood fear as cold snaps slowed rain and melting snows. Buck Creek and Mad River cripple Springfield industries while towns like Xenia, Middletown, and Hamilton face high water. several bridges and roads inundated and power and rail service disrupted.
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Springfield
Buck Creek
Mad River
Big Four
Erie
Yellow Springs
Antioch College
Miami
Miami River
Miami Valley
Sidney
Hamilton
Miami Conservatory
Middletown
Shawnee Creek
Little Miami
Xenia
Spring Valley
New Burlington
Cliffton
State Highway Department
Pitchville
Huron County
Mount Vernon
Electric Service
Scioto
Columbus
Ohio State University
Toledo
Massillon
Ohio River
Hocking
Athena
Ohio
East Liverpool
Habitual criminal law gains House approval in Ohio
Columbus Ohio February 26 An habitual criminal law providing life imprisonment for four felonies passed the House 118 to 4 and was sent to the Senate. Labor law violators are exempt from life imprisonment under provisions of the measure.
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Columbus
Ohio
House of Representatives
Senate
Raskob at Palm Beach Costume Dance in New York Society
John J. Raskob financier and Democratic national chairman attended a costume dance at Mrs Alexander A McKay's Palm Beach home. The article notes a whip in his hand, likened to the one used on the Democratic donkey during campaign time.
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John J. Raskob
Palm Beach
Alexander A McKay
New York
Lenroot and Glasse to be United States judges
Washington reports varying views on Senate action for Irvine L. Lenroot to the United States court of customs appeals and Henry H. Glasse to the District of Columbia supreme court. Both nominations face opposition and may die if not voted before adjournment.
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Washington
Senate
Irvine L. Lenroot
Wisconsin
United States Court of Customs Appeals
Henry H. Glaseie
Maryland
Traifs
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Lenroot
Senate Judiciary Committee
Glaesie
Hoover
Pat M. Neff
Texas
Railroad Board of Mediation
Neff
Mayfield
Arthur Batcheller
Massachusetta
Cyril M. Janeky
Minnesota
Federal Radio Commission
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Commerce Department
Tornado Devastates Duncan Mississippi kills seventeen
Duncan Mississippi reeled after a tornado that killed seventeen residents and left the town with widespread ruin. Rescue workers scoured debris as crowds of sightseers and souvenir hunters gathered, conscripting several hundred African Americans for relief duties amid continued Southern weather disturbances.
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Memphis Tenn
Duncan
Miss
Mississippi
Arkansas
Texas
Troy
Ala
Emmett Slaughter
Sam Reese
Subway Stabber Injures Four in Times Square Incident
A six foot iron worker identified as John Kitt, 28, stabbed three men and a boy at the Times Square subway station before a policeman knocked him unconscious. Passengers fled as a stampede occurred. Kitt was taken to Bellevue hospital with possible skull fracture. Nathan Frieman, 15, among the wounded, was in critical condition at New York hospital with back and arm wounds.
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New York
Times Square
John Kitt
Calle
Kitt
Bellevue Hospital
Nathan Frieman
New York Hospital
Twenty-Six Injured in Head-On Collision Near Coatesville
A Reading railroad gas electric passenger car and a wrecking train collided ten miles from Coatesville Pennsylvania. Albert L Knabb 40 of Coatesville suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries and was listed as most seriously injured. Thirty other passengers and crew were hurt with eleven discharged and six treated at the scene.
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Coatesville
Reading Railroad
Laurel
Albert L. Knabb
T.B. Rosser
Williamsport
Mall
Frank Desimore
Elvernon
John Workman
Joseph F. White
Joseph Ff. White Jr
Elverson
Adrewwell
Ralph Ayers
Honeybrook
Grant Hardwork
Workman
Lindbergh and Miss Morrow Plan Wedblank Yet
Charles A. Lindbergh and Anne Spencer Morrow continue quiet days in Cuernavaca with Ambassador Dwight Morrow’s residence as they plan for their forthcoming wedding. The couple strolls through town and countryside with Mrs Morrow and Elizabeth, while private terms of their engagement remain undisclosed.
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Ambassador
Mexico City
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Spencer Morrow
Cuernavaca
Dwight Morrow
Pulide
Lindy
Hoover's Cabinet Begging 10 Emerges From Guess State
President-elect Hoover's cabinet list grows with William D. Mitchell as a likely attorney general pick. William J. Donovan reportedly resists becoming secretary of war, while Donovan meets with Hoover again. Dawes visits, and other lawmakers arrive for talks as Hoover structures his incoming administration.
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Dawes
Washington
Hoover
William D. Mitchell
St. Paul
Donovan
Mitchell
Coolidge
Minnesota
First Charter Commission
Railroad Administration
Wilson
Friens
Santa Fe
N. M
Moses
New Hampshire
Albert Hislop
Hhe State
Hastings
Townsend
Delaware
Dawer
New
Fish and Taber
New York
Conferees OK 12.37 Million Cruiser Start Fund
House conferees accepted a 12 370 000 dollar fund to start the cruiser construction program as part of the naval department appropriation bill. The Senate added the item to the naval supply measure and conferees reached agreement on differences. Senator Hale urged quick action while Senator Norris objected. the Senate voted 50 to 153 to take up the report, with deferral to tomorrow.
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Washington
House
Naval Department
Senate
Hale
Maine
Norris
Nebraska
Alleged Jail Breakers Sought in South
Fort Lauderdale detectives scoured the district for two men wanted in Charleston West Virginia for jail breaking after Julien Lieble was arrested on a traffic violation. Two others Adrian and Dana Blas reportedly fled toward Atlanta as W R Proctor and the trio escaped Kanawha county jail last week.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Charleston
W. Va
Julien C. Lieble
West Virginia
Lieble
Yesterda
Adrian
Dana Blas
Atlanta
Bias Boys
W R Proctor
Kanawha County
Can Hogs Be Taught To Observe State's Laws
In Charleston West Virginia on February 26 a state senate debate questioned if hogs could be taught they were violating local laws by running at large A bill proposed allowing hogs to run free Hugus Ohio county urged an amendment making it unlawful for people to permit hogs to roam Hutchinson the bill’s sponsor opposed the amendment and it was withdrawn.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Senate
Wright Hugus
Ohio County
Senate
Hugus
John Q. Hutchinson
Marshal Foch Sinking Amid Illness in Paris
Paris February 26 The ailing Marshal Ferdinand Foch was reported at 7 p.m. to be slowly sinking amid lung heart and kidney complications. A five-doctor consultation is set for tomorrow afternoon. Spokesmen say the wartime hero may not survive many more days.
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Paris
Ferdinand Foch
Associated Press
Confessed Kidnapper Implicates Grandmother in Dorie Smith Murphy Case
San Francisco February 26 1944 The San Francisco Call reports Mre xina Sharp 28 confessed kidnapper of Baby Dorie Smith Murphy made a new confession implicating Mrs C H Wasson of Alameda the child’s grandmother. She said the girl was given to her by Mrs Wasson who had previously taken her from a public playground where the child was last seen.
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San Francisco
Cald
Xina Sharp
Dorie Smith-Murphy
C. H. Waseon
Alameda
Alma Rubens to be confined in state hospital
Alma Rubens the former film star will be confined for at least eight months in a state hospital under an order issued by Superior Judge M. F. McComb. The action followed petitions from her husband and mother and involves a federal probe into narcotics supply to the actress.
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Alma Rubens
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Film Land
Beverly Hile Ton'eht
Spadra
Cal
Miss Rubens
L. Jesse Citron
State Medical Board
West Virginia lawmakers push anti-blanket finance plan
The West Virginia House of Delegates passed an anti-appropriation bill that would end blanket financing by directing revenues to specific appropriations. The measure sends the bill to the Senate for concurrence and could lead to a special session as lawmakers seek to revise the budget under the new system.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Senate
Harold Mathews
House Taxation and Finance Committee
House
Budget Commission
Plate
Harvey W. Harmer
Harrison County
State Bar Association
Harry P. Henshaw
Herkeley County
A. B. White
Capitol
Education Committee
Board of Public Works
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Morrow
Anne
Mexico
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