Wreck on Union Pacific Pony Express injures dozen in Wyoming
In southern Wyoming the Pony Express train derailed off a 20 foot bank after a broken rail. Fourteen people hospitalized in Laramie and five in Rawlins, with several Iowa residents among the injured. Union Pacific officials announce immediate investigation and transfer of uninjured passengers to westbound trains.
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Laramie
Wyo
Union Pacific
Wyoming
Rawlins
Woo
H C. Mann
Omaha
The Letter From the Dead and a Writer's Duty
A reflective essay on receiving a letter from a friend who has died and the urge to offer timely praise. The author recalls Dickens and Bret Harte, urges writing kind words now, and to craft letters worth reading after one’s death. The piece ends with a moral to say good words today.
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Dickens
Bret Harte
Westminster Abbey
Bankers Life Representatives Said On Wrecked Train
Bankers Life agency staff tied to Cedar Rapids were W H Deppey Maquoketa G L Hallgren Vinton W F Roberson Iowa City E R Winter Wapello and Walter Sharnborg Belleview with wives accompanying Deppey Hallgren Roberson and Sharnberg. Mr and Mrs H L Barker Sigourney were also aboard. No injuries reported to this group and Bankers Life office had not received word by Saturday. Mrs W W Jaeger Des Moines, injured, is Emma Camp Mount Vernon’s daughter.
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Bankers Life Company Agency
Cedar Rapids
W. H. Deppey
Maquoketa
G. L. Halgren
Vinton
W. F. Roberson
Iowa City
E. R. Winter
Wapello
Walter Sharnborg
Bellevue
Deppey
Hallgren
Roberson
Sharnberg
H. L. Barker
Sigourney
Car Wreck Near Bosler Injures Lincoln Man
W A Fraser of Lincoln had been released from a hospital for a fractured leg. He rode in a lower berth when his car overturned, sustaining more injuries. Ned, a passenger, was said to have provided rapid aid. Despite shock and bruises he walked a quarter mile to a Bosler filling station to call for help. Several insurance executives bound for the Golden Gate exposition in San Francisco were among the passengers as the train jumped the track near Bosler Wyoming at 10 p m Friday. Jaeger and his wife awoke to the crash from their berth.
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W. A. Fraser
Lincoln
Ned
Bosler
Laramie
W. W. Jaeger
Des Moines
San Francisco
Wyo
Jaeger
Miracle Averted Holocaust As Train Crash
Portwood of Davenport described the Pony Express wreck near Laramie Wyoming as a near catastrophe after a Union Pacific train overturned Friday night. He suffered minor injuries from a severe collision and said everyone reacted without panic amid the cold and tangled cars.
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Laramie
Wyo
INS
H C. Portwood
Davenport
International News Service
Union Pacific
Pony Express
Portwood
Italians In France Begin Mass Return To Italy
In Paris thousands of Italian citizens prepared to board two special trains to Italy, part of a government repatriation order. Reports from Corsica and other cities indicated about 3,000 Italians in continental France would depart, despite many Corsica residents declining the invitation.
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France
Corsica
Rome
Mussolini
Ins
Italy
Italy Uses Feint To Press France In Diplomatic Tangles
Observers see Italy’s strategic moves in Rome as twofold: to deter France by signaling readiness for military action or to intimidate Paris into accepting Italian colonial claims. Analysts tie repatriation and emigration curbs to boosting Italy’s population density to buttress Mussolini’s expansionist case.
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France
Italy
Betty Grable Returns To Cameras After Emergency Appendectomy
Hollywood star Betty Grable is back before the cameras after an emergency appendectomy two weeks earlier, marking a swift recovery for the screen icon.
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Betty Grable
Hollywood (Ap
Make supreme move to wind up Spain's war
Paris and London push to end the civil war in Spain and gain recognition of Franco. Daladier told the French chamber he would recognize Franco and the republicans were urged to concede. Azana said he would resign within an hour after Allied recognition becomes official.
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Paris
France
Britain
Daladier
Chamber of Deputies
INS
Manuel Azana
Franco
Spain Faces Political Collapse Amid Franco Recognition Talks
Reports from Madrid say Miaja has ceded control of defense forces as plans for a civil and military exodus circulate. Franco demands surrender while signaling a new all Spain government. Azana contemplates leaving office as Negrin holds out amid Madrid's confusion. Britain vows recognition only for insurgent-held areas until Azana capitulates.
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Jose Miaja
Spain
Madrid
Miaja
Berard
Morocco
Manuel Azana
Diego Martinez Barrio
Azana
Paris
Juan Negrin
Garbo and Stokowski to sail together to Sweden
In Stockholm Greta Garbo and Leopold Stokowski plan to sail for Sweden this spring on the same ship. Stokowski telegraphed that he will conduct a symphony in Stockholm on the 25th.
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Stokowski
Stockholm
INS
Hardy Perennial
Greta Garbo
Leopold Stokowski
Sweden
Jokowski
Porto Rico to Be Heavily Armed for Atlantic Defenses
The United States plans a fortified Porto Rico as an eastward Hawaii to spearhead Western Hemisphere defense. Navy and Army Air Corps bases will be built on Isla Grande and on the island itself with long range coastal artillery, submarines, and underground fuel tanks. The project, at about 9 million of the 48.8 million base measure, aims to extend U.S. defense 2,000 miles into the Atlantic with a Virgin Islands secondary base.
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INS
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Hitler
South America
Germany
Porto Rico
Hawaii
West Indian
America
Atlantic
Isla la Grande
San Juan Harbor
Congress
Navy
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Caribbean
Navy Board
Arthur J. Hepburn
Roosevelt
Hepburn
Culebra Island
George Kenney
W. T. Lawson
Army Air Corps
Army
Virgin Islands
Continental
United States
Panama Canal
Charleston
S. C
Brazil
Nevada grain elevator manager kills former stenographer then dies
Blaine Corbin 52, shot and killed Helen Mae Berry 30 at a downtown intersection in Nevada. He then drank lye and slashed wrists, dying later. A nine year old girl witnessed the shooting. Berry had recently left Corbin’s employ for a bank. Corbin was the father of two sons and a daughter. Sheriff McGriff reported no evidence Berry talked about him.
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Nevada
Blaine Corbin
Helen Mae Berry
C. V. McGriff
Corbin
Miss Berry
McGriff
Attack Fatal To Russian Dancer In Los Angeles
Anna Sosoyeva a 27 year old Russian dancer died after collapsing on the Los Angeles City college campus following a night dramatics class. Detective Lieut. William Clark said she was criminally attacked as she returned to her apartment and a classmate reported she staggered toward him saying someone hit me on the head before collapsing. The death was attributed to a fractured skull and a medical exam confirmed she had been assaulted.
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Los Angeles
Anna Sosoyeva
Los Angeles City College
William Clark
Clark
Wally Meyers
Senate Committee Approves Arms Bill for Defense Budget
The Senate military affairs committee urged passage of the House approved 358 million dollar national defense bill. It reviewed Roosevelt's message outlining defense needs and said the President presented convincing reasons for strengthening the defense nucleus.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Lawyers Guild Clash Settled In Conference
New York reports a factional dispute within the National Lawyers Guild was settled at a Pecora home conference. Ferdinand Pecora announced he would stay in the Guild if no one uses it to push communism fascism or Nazism, while Judge Gutknecht urged preserving the Bill of Rights and leadership sought to quell radical resignations.
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New York
National Lawyers Guild
State Supreme Court
Ferdinand Pecora
Pecora
John J.) Gutknecht
Guild
Gutknecht
Chicago
Morris Ernst
American Civil Liberties Union
Thurman Arnold
Jerome Frank
George Quillici
Missing German Plane With Ten Aboard Sparks Search
An aircraft en route from the Balearic Islands to Genoa disappeared Saturday after radio contact was lost for hours. The plane carried ten people, including four crew members, and a German operator. Search efforts were underway.
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Rome
Balearic Islands
Genoa
Hdd
Hopkins Seeks Recovery Help for Small Business
Secretary of Commerce Harry L. Hopkins told the Des Moines Economic Club that the new administration will push recovery with vigor and seek to avoid tax hikes that hinder capital. He promised government cooperation with business, disputed government ownership of utilities, and stressed aid to small business while urging labor groups to unite for collective bargaining.
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Hopkins
Des Moines Economic Club
Pinch Hitter at Berlin Dies at 55
Berlin AP Prentiss B. Gilbert charge d affaires at the U S embassy died Friday night of a heart attack. He was 55. Gilbert had led the embassy since Ambassador Hugh R. Wilson left Nov 16 for Washington on presidential and secretarial orders. First Secretary Patterson becomes head of the embassy in Wilson’s absence.
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Berlin
Prentiss B. Gilbert
United States
Gilbert
Hugh R. Wilson
Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
Patterson
Wilson
Sunday Gazette Want Ads Invite Quick Results
Readers are urged to call before 8 tonight to place ads with the Sunday Gazette. The ad-taker line 2-1121 promises quick results, with example Want Ads noting an electric sewing machine sold for $20 as proof of fast responses.
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Sunday Gazette
Ad Binger
Expressions Of President Echoed By Hopkins In Des Moines
Secretary Hopkins echoed President Roosevelt on major policy shifts from reform to recovery. He urged tax changes to avoid freezing capital and affirmed the New Deal’s reforms are in place while pursuing living wages and full employment.
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Washington
Des Moines
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Secretary of Commerce
Morgenthau
Treasury
Merkuri Gets Stay Of Extradition By Habeas Corpus Writ
Lincoln Neb AP District Judge E R Chappell stayed extradition of Christ Merkuri to face Texas arson charges by granting a writ of habeas corpus and setting March 4 for the hearing. Merkuri released on $5 000 bond. Governor Cochran granted Texas requisition despite prior refusals citing precedent. Merkuri arrested Feb 11 on a Texas warrant alleging involvement in an El Paso arson. The hearing will determine legal holding under Nebraska statutes, not Texas guilt.
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Lincoln
Neb
E. R. Chappell
Christ Merkuri
Texas
Merkuri
R. L. Cochran
el Paso
Merkur
Nelson G. Kraschel
Iowa
Business Pleased By Hopkins Speech But Will Wait And See
Des Moines AP report notes U S Secretary of Commerce Hopkins invites labor agriculture and business to work together on economic problems. Business leaders like Harriman Carlisle and Willkie welcome the move but call for concrete actions while economist Edie says private investment will be welcomed once specifics are shown.
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Mann
Interstate Commerce Commission
Joe Ryan, Jr
Des Moines
Secretary of Commerce
Harry L. Hopkins
Business
W. A. Harriman
Harriman
N. Y
Willkie
Lionel P.edie
New York
Roosevelt Urges Green and Lewis to Name Arbiters
President Roosevelt appeals to AFL chief William Green and CIO head John L. Lewis to appoint committees for a negotiated peace in labor's civil war. He lists four reasons, cites government support, hints at possible mediation, and stresses unity for a better democratic society.
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Lewis
Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
White House
A. F. of L
William Green
CIO
John L. Lewis
Guam Politically Shifts Defense Bill To Post Office Plan
Article reports on Guam maneuvering a defense funding bill into a plan for a marble post office and waterfront properties on several islands. It notes lack of government money for Guam, cites comparisons to Maine and Vermont, and mentions a controversial funding shift amid congressional debate.
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Guam
Marble Post Office
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