Fire Kills Father And 7 Children In Va House Tragedy
In Nokesville Virginia a 40 year old father Edward Hansborough and seven of his eight children died in a house fire on Friday. His wife Edna aged 35 saved their youngest child aged 2 but others on the second floor were trapped when the roof collapsed. Fire officials said the cause was undetermined and neighbors noted there were no signs of a blaze minutes before the tragedy. Mrs Hansborough sobbed after being rescued and treated for shock while her son sheltered with neighbors.
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Nokesville
Edward Hansborough
Hansborough
Edna
P W. Howard
Manassas
Hansboroughs
Grants Hearing On Writs Sought By McCall's Lawyers
Chief Justice Terrell granted an immediate full court hearing on two writs for Franklin P McCall sentenced to death for the abduction and murder of Skeegie Cash. Attorneys seek writs of error coram nobis and habeas corpus claiming new evidence and violations of constitutional rights. Justice Strum declined to intervene, citing state court findings affirming the conviction and denying a new trial.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Glenn R. Terrell
Franklin Pierce McCall
Little “Skeegie” Cash
Princeton
C A. Arriett
C A. Rutledge
State Supreme Court
Iranted
McCall
Arriett
United States District Court
Jacksonville
Louie W Strum
Strum
Forty Pupils Strike Over Teacher Whipping Allegations
In Ashland Ohio the Montgomery township school board meets after forty grade school pupils from Miss Owendolyn Workman raged at age six to fourteen strike alleging she whipped students beyond reason. Parents accuse the teacher of striking a 12 year old girl until the skin broke. Miss Workman, 32, refused resignation despite prior review.
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Ashland
C. S. McNall
Montgomery Townsip
MccNall
Miss Workman
Dies Reported Comfortably Recovering After Surgery
An Emergency hospital attendant said Representative Dies of Texas rested well overnight after an appendicitis operation. The report described the night as very comfortable.
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Washington
Representative Dies
Texas
Christian clergy suffer in Russia purge a 1939 note
A reader contrasts the fate of Jews in Germany with the persecution of Christians in Russia during the purge era. The piece cites Allied reports of bishops and priests executed for opposing church closures and baptisms on collective farms, arguing for recognition of the Russian church’s suffering amid silence in churches.
Six Die As Car Hits Truck Near Taylors SC
Six occupants of a Georgia plated car died and two were injured when the auto struck a truck at a highway intersection near Taylors South Carolina. Four of the dead were identified as Mrs Laura Reese, her daughter Robert Johnson, and Charles Johnson, all from Rome Georgia. The truck occupants were unharmed.
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Taylors
Here
Laura Reese
Reese
Robert Johnson
Charles Johnson
Frank Mahon
Rome
Mahon
Georgia
See Jr. pleads not guilty in reckless driving case
Cedar Rapids man Christian See Jr. 24 living on a farm near Ely pled not guilty to reckless driving after his car struck cyclist Charles Rohda 24 near the armory. See posted bond after a 5:05 p.m. Friday arrest. brakes were found defective by officers.
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Christian See, Jr
Ely
See
Charles Rohda
Armory
Honda
Dyson
Bruce
Lee
Jesse Clift
Farmer pleads for snowplows over missing chewing tobacco
Snowbound in his Idaho Falls home for two weeks a farmer phoned County Recorder W. L. Brewrink begging for urgent snowplows to reach town. When asked if someone was sick he answered no, he is out of chewing tobacco and can’t stand it any longer.
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Idaho Falls
Ida
W. L. Brewrink
Brewrink
France reoccupies Somali land ceded to Italy
France returns to the 12 mile coastline and 3088 square mile hinterland in French Somaliland. Fixed garrisons replace roaming units after Italy failed to occupy and after its denunciation of the 1935 pact. Djibouti's port and railway hub near Bab el Mandeb seen as strategic.
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Paris
France
Italy
Somaliland
French Somaliland
Italian Eritrea
Djibouti
Bab el-Mandeb
Red Sea
Gulf of Aden
Djibouti-Addis Ababa
Madagascar
Indo-China
LaGuardia Allows Bund Rally Speech at Madison Square Garden
New York Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia denied plans to block the German American Bund event. He said the rally could proceed Monday night at Madison Square Garden if conducted orderly and without violent or anti government rhetoric, emphasizing protection of free speech.
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New York
Bund
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Madison Square Garden
LaGuardia
Hitler
Frisco Opens Its Golden Gate Fair
Frisco opened its Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island with 250 exhibitors from 36 nations. Visitors arrived by ferries and the bay bridge as a grand illumination lit the fair. Police confiscated guns. a stray bullet wounded an insurance man, and crowds filled the gayway amusements as up to 20 million are expected to view the event.
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San Francisco
Treasure Island
Bay Bridge
Bay Region
Fred D. Sperry
Fire disrupts scout class as car catches fire outside church
Frank O'Maley's car burst into flames right in front of a church where Boy Scouts were studying fire fighting. The scouts grabbed extinguishers and rushed outside for a brief, hands on lesson in handling a blaze.
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ST. Louis
Frank O’malley
Conclave to Elect Pope Ends World Isolation for 237
Vatican City reports 237 men including 62 cardinals and 175 aides will be isolated in a Vatican triangle for the conclave to choose a successor to Pope Pius XI. Doors sealed, whitewashed panes, and smoke signals will announce results from the Sistine chapel.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Pius XI
St. Damasus
Marshal
St .Uffizi
Cardinal Pacelli
Camerlengo
Boggiani
Sistine Chapel
St. Peter’s
St. Peter's Square
McGregor Man Killed By Hit and Run Car
Charles Knoebel a 51 year old painter from between Marquette and McGregor was struck by a hit and run vehicle Friday noon near McGregor and died three hours later at McGregor hospital. Sheriff Carlson and Coroner Rhomberg investigated and arrested Don Finnegan 30 of Marquette as a suspect with charges not yet filed.
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Mcgregor
Charles Knoebel
Knoebel
Marquette
Elizabeth
Dale
Delores
McGregor Hardware Company
Lone Knoebel
E. W. Carlson
Elkader
E. B. Rhomberg
Student Who Stole Is Granted Chance To Make New Start
Evanston Northwestern engineering student Harry Elton Albright, after pleading to petty larceny instead of breaking and entering, received one year probation and will relocate to Hartford Connecticut for a fresh start away from his past crime, with only a brother as a familiar face.
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Evanston, Ill
INS
Harry Elton Albright
Northwestern University Engineering
Evanston
Hartford
Conn
Albright
James M. Corcoran
Kentucky girl aged eleven granted annulment from marriage
Rosie, a Kentucky mountain child bride from Columbus, was freed from her marriage to 24 year old coal miner Flem Tackett. County Attorney Forrest D. Short filed annulment which Circuit Judge John W. Caudill approved, restoring Rosie's maiden name after a Johnson county birth record showed she was eleven last Sunday.
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Prestonsburg
Rosie
Columbus
Kentucky
Flem Tackett
Forrest D. Short
John W. Caudill
Johnson County
Mussolini Rejects Bid to Increase Bodyguard Force
In Rome, Premier Mussolini reviewed 200 black musketeers after an alleged assassination attempt. He refused a police request to augment his guard despite public concerns. Authorities linked the attack to Bruno Simone who wounded a detective. the fate of the injured officer remained critical.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Pincio Gardens
Mussolini
Arturo Bocchini
Ilduce
Bocchini
Turin
Italy
Bruno Simone
Villa Torlonig
Woman Charged In Fatal Passing Of Illinois Student
In Champaign Illinois the parents of William Spurrier a University of Illinois sophomore who died after a shooting filed a serious case charge against hotel owner Margaret Strothers 50 a Black woman. Spurrier was struck near Strothers hotel early Thursday after a confrontation over admission and a beer bottle was thrown through a window. Police quoted Strothers saying she fired several rounds after the incident.
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Champaign
Lil
University of Illinois
Arthur Cutts Willard
University
Margaret Strothers
L. K. Irvine
Toledo
Ohio
William Spurrier
Clyde Davis
Roosevelt Urges Western Hemisphere Democracy Must Be Maintained
President Roosevelt, en route to join naval forces, told Key West listeners that in the Americas the institutions of democracy must be maintained. He urged nations to lift democracy above autocracy and respect borders while promoting freedom of trade, travel, and cultural exchange. He spoke from Key West and San Francisco to emphasize the good neighbor policy and hemispheric unity during defense preparations.
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Key West
Fla
Ins
Roosevelt
Americas
New World
United States
Tampa
Key West Naval Station
Warrington
Craser
Houston
Caribbean
Panama Canal
Western Hemisphere
America
House passes 1940 legislative appropriation with amendment
The House approved and sent to the Senate the 1940 legislative appropriation totaling 1 637 778 dollars. An amendment added 7 000 dollars for Library of Congress salaries beyond the original bill.
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Washington
LLP
House
Senate
Library of Congress
Congress Roof One Box Top We Ought To Save
Barton Baer humorously notes Congress has not fixed its roof since 1857 and estimates $585,000 for shingles. He quips about spending to repair the roof, comparing it to a boat propeller tale, and urges action to fix the roof.
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Congress
Baer
Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Roosevelt’s Train Surveillance Footage of Man Near Florida City
Secret Service and Florida police searched brush near President Roosevelt’s special train in Florida City after a stranger in a brown sweater was spotted skulking near the roped-off area. The man fled into willows as officers closed in. the motorcade proceeded to Key West along the overseas highway.
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Florida City
Flaes
Secret Service
President Roosevelt
Key West
Mr. Roosevelt
William J. Geronimo
Washington
Roosevelt
Townsend Says Pension Movement Is Deeply Immersed in Politics
Dr. Francis E. Townsend told the House Ways and Means Committee that his old age pension effort has moved “up to our necks” in politics. Some members questioned compliance with the corrupt practices act while Townsend claimed about $3 million was raised over five years, denying a $5.8 million figure. He argued capitalism must serve all classes.
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Washington (Ap
Francis E. Townsend
House Ways and Means Committee
Townsend
Duncan
Sheppard
Calif
Escaped Ohio Maniac Blatz Captured in Chicago Tavern Hold-Up
William Blatz, 38, one of four convicts who escaped from Lima Hospital for the Criminally Insane, was seized in Chicago after a tavern holdup. He reportedly fired at Richard Russell, wounded him in the ankle, and struck Robert Goatley with his revolver after taking $74. Blatz is the third of five fugitives recaptured.
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Chicago
INS
William Blatz
Ohio
Lima
Blatz
Richard Russell
Robert Goatley
Icy Road Collision Injures Three Drivers
An icy stretch six miles east of Cedar Rapids on highway No. 30 caused a three car crash Friday around 3 p.m. Dr W G Kruckenberg of Mount Vernon skidded into G C Anderson of Waterloo. Anderson and Kruckenberg then hit Frank Swanda of Cedar Rapids, injuring Ed Penrod and H E Glime. Dale Slaughter of Waterloo rode with Anderson and suffered a head bruise.
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Cedar Rapids
W. G. Kruckenberg
Mount Vernon
G. C. Anderson
Waterloo
Harlan Snyder
Frank Swanda
Ed Penrod
Wenng Road
H. E. ‘Glimie
Eleventh Avenue SE
Swanda
Dale Slaughter
Anderson
French mission eyed US fighters and bombers for sale
Secretary Morgenthau testified the French mission planned to spend 65 million dollars for 18 month delivery of Douglas attack bombers and Curtis pursuit planes. Gen Craig supported promoting US plane sales while debates over secrecy and delivery continued as the French mission sought up to 100 planes and potentially 1,000 overall.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Malin Craig
Army
Roosevelt
Europe
Douglas
Curtis
Clark
United States
Craig
Douglas Airplane Company, Inc
Harry H. Woodring
France
Louis Johnson
War Department
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Serve Ice
Aeronautic Board
Navy
Navy Department
Santa Monica
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McCall's
Germany
Red
Russia
Niemoeller
Nikiforoff
New York Sun
Lkely
Dean Inge
DR. Newton
Cedar Rapids News
Frisco
Pope
Heroisen
FD R
Nab
Morgenthag
U. S
Edouard Daladier
Roosevelt Administration
Treasury Procurement Division
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