Marriage May Throw Damper On Coronation
London AP reports the Duke of Windsor set May 2 for his wedding to Wallis Simpson, risking overshadowing George VI’s coronation ten days later. Edward seeks about 125000 dollars annual income. middle class apathy grows as seats and protocol stir discontent ahead of the May ceremony.
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Edward
Wallis
Crown George VI
London
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Simpson
Edward VIII
Ernest Simpson
England
George VI
Windsor
George
Elizabeth
British Legion
Haile Selassie
Asfaou Wosan
Writer Humphrey Pearson killed in Palm Springs struggle
Pearson death came after wife and he struggled for a gun at their Palm Springs home. Mrs Pearson, under questioning, said she tried to take the gun to prevent self harm. She claimed the weapon fired during the struggle. deputies noted she was intoxicated and her recollection was hazy.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Humphrey Pearson
Subway Motorman Dies At His Post Of Heart Failure
Joseph Walsa a twenty four year War worker collapsed at the controls of a moving subway train. He appeared to suffer a heart attack while the car was in motion and died at his post before the train was brought to a halt. Witnesses say he fought to stay conscious until emergency steps began.
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Subway
Joseph Walsa
Prosicans
Denison Dept Store Fire Rocks City. Bank Damaged
Denison firefighters battled a fire that began in the Boys department and swept two stories through the two building complex. The blaze gutted the department store, tore the bank cupola, and heavily damaged two attorneys offices on the second floor. Firemen reported the scene under control by 2:30 pm.
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Denison Cap
Denison
Boys
Crawford County Trust and Savings Bank
Bank
Man Found Killed On Tracks Near Calamus
Investigators say a man was found dead on the railroad tracks near Calamus. The coroner is examining the case to determine the cause of death and identify the deceased. Local authorities reported the discovery occurred Monday near Caburnye and Sagerlord, with no immediate identification available.
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Calamus
Clinton
CNP
Rte
Caburnye Croorge
Delay Serv ing Injunction On Mass Picketing
WAUKEGAN Ill (UP) mass picketing at the Fansteel Metallurgical plant continued as deputies delay serving an injunction by Circuit Judge Ralph J Cady to ensure peace. About 25 to 30 pickets in groups near the 7 acre plant where sit down strikers were evicted Friday. The injunction limits to two union pickets within 300 feet and bars organizers from visiting workers at home to induce joining the Amalgamated Iron Steel and Tin Workers of America CIO. A grand jury was convened to consider indictments against eight CIO leaders charged with conspiring to resist enforcement of the court orders.
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Waukegan
Ill
Cady
Amalgamated Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of America
John L. Lewis’ Committee For Industrial Organization
Dady
CIO
Woolworths Grand Boulevard workers join sitdown strike
Ten women employees of the F W Woolworth company Grand Boulevard store joined coworkers downtown in a sitdown strike after officials refused to consider wage and hour demands filed by union leaders.
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Detroit
F. W. Woolworth Company
Grand Boulevard
Detroit Woolworth sitdown strikes raise wage and union issues
In Detroit a sitdown strike at the Woolworth store began with about 200 female workers demanding union recognition and a 10 cent hourly raise, from 28 cents per hour. Arthur Offenbach urged coordinated strikes in major Woolworth markets while executives warned they would close the Detroit store if demands persisted.
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Detroit
F. W. Woolworth
Woolworth
Arthur Offenbach
New York
Offenbach
A. F. of S
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Toledo
A. J. Dahlquist
William F Mayer
Roosevelt to Speak on Second New Deal in Two Radio Talks
President Roosevelt will address the aims and purposes of his second New Deal in two broadcast talks on March 4 and March 9. The White House said the speeches will form a serial in two parts outlining the broad objectives he seeks to achieve in his second term.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Whte House
Aristocratic Young Britons Believed Eloping To Spain
London reports the British government acting as a stern adviser to stop a suspected elopement by two young nobles. Consuls in Bilbao and Bordeaux are urged to verify if Jessica Tuey Freeman-Mitford and Esmond Romilly intend to wed without parental consent under Spanish law.
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Spain
London
Cupid
Bilbao
Span
Bordeaun
France
Jessica Tuey Freeman- Mitford
Lord Redesdale
Esmond Romilly
Yvear
Winston Churchill
Parenta Conant Hornilly
Neteood
Colubleer Peyditer
Speen Kuvernietil van Vege
Jeane Lary
Phaidon
Aed Bayonne
Tiwan
Tillan
Fedith Maxwell Motion Delayed for New Trial
A garbled court notice shows Fedith Maxwell requesting a new trial with postponement details. The fragment references a judge and related legal proceedings but is heavily corrupted, obscuring exact dates, docket numbers, and locations.
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Fedith Maxwell
Roosevelt Proposes Sugar Quotas and Tax Plan
President urges a Jones Costigan based framework with safeguards for consumers producers and small holders. He recommends a .75 cent per pound excise tax and quotas to balance sugar supply prices while protecting wages child labor rules and equitable shares for family farms.
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Congress
Treasury
United States
Amber Bank Seeks State Audit Under Senate File 111
DES MOINES AP The state banking department reported that Amber Savings Bank in Jones county near Anamosa has asked for a special audit and possible take over under Senate File 111. The department said the bank would be audited immediately and a decision on a potential takeover or liquidation would likely be announced Tuesday.
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Des Moines
State Banking Department
Amber Savings Bank
Senate
Amber
Jones County
Anamosa
State Department
Bank examiner audits Amber Savings affairs under senate file 111
Special examiner John J Ravane of the state banking department conducted an audit of Amber Savings bank affairs on Monday. He was in charge of banking facilities maintained for the community while the bank remains under senate file 111. Ravane refused to comment on the bank's condition, saying he had not gone far enough with his audit to know anything definite.
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Amber
John J Ravane
State Banking Department
Senate
Ravane
Senate Fails To Act On Job Insurance Appointments
DES MOINES AM reports senators did not act on confirmations for unemployment insurance posts. Discussion centered on nominees Crow Melson and committee actions. The session touched on job security measures, with reference to unemployment claims and related agency positions.
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Senate
Des Moines
U S aviation bureau reshuffled with Vidal replaced
In Washington a full shakeup at the U S bureau of air commerce ousted Eugene Vidal and installed Fred D. Fagg Jr as director. Rex Martin and J Carroll Cone were reassigned to study aviation abroad, with Maj. R W Schroeder named assistant director. Vidal, blamed by critics for air crashes, stayed on as adviser.
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Washington
U. S. Bureau of Air Commerce
Fred D. Fagg, Jr
Bureau
Eugene L. Vidal
Rex Martin
J. Carroll Cone
Secretary of
Commerce Roper
Maj
R. W. Schroeder
Schroeder
Daniel Roper
J. Monroe Johnson
Sen
Royal S. Copeland
Senate Commerce Committee
Vidal
Copeland
Air Commerce Bureau
Brothers Plead Not Guilty To Robbery Count At Maquoketa
Sherman Edwards and Sanford Edwards, brothers, pled not guilty in district court to a breaking and entering charge for the Hurstville store robbery. They were apprehended in Savanna Illinois with stolen cigarettes and brought back for arraignment before Judge Frank D. Kelsey. Bond set at $500 each. cases scheduled as first jury terms of March. Also, Thomas Houston of Canton was fined $300 for drunken driving and ordered to jail 90 days unless paid.
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Maquoketa
Sherman Edwards
Sanford Edwards
Frank D. Kelsey
Arthur Janssen
Fred Hurst
Hurstville
Savanna
Hurst
Thomas Houston
Canton
Modern Woodmen Declared Solvent by Officials
The Modern Woodmen of America fraternal insurance society was declared one hundred percent solvent in a multi state examination report filed with the Illinois state insurance department.
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Springfield
Woodmen of America
Lincoln's Governess Agnes L Thomas Dies at 85
Agnes L. Thomas, aged 85, once governess to Abraham Lincoln's children, died Sunday night in Burlington Washington. Born in Lynchburg Virginia, she had moved from Iowa 46 years ago to reside in Burlington.
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Burlington, Wash
Agnes L. Thomas
Abraham Lincoln
Lynchburg
Thomas
Iowa
Man Dies After Gasoline Rub For Rheumatism
George Pene aged 64 of Paterson New Jersey suffered rheumatic trouble on a cold day. He moved to the kitchen stove and rubbed his leg with gasoline. He will be buried Tuesday.
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Paterson
N. J
George Pene
Births Recorded at Mercy and Morel Toni Morey Hospitals
A garbled notice reports the births of a girl to Mr and Mrs Richard Sullivan at 800 First Avenue East and a boy to Mr and Mrs LeRoy Wood at Thirty-Fifth Street SE, both in Mercy hospital, plus a birth to Mr and Mrs John Britt at Tenth Street NW in Morel Toni Morey hospital.
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Richard Sullivan
First Avenue E
Morcy Hospolit Norn
LeRoy Wood
Thirty-fifth Street
Wren
Mercy Hospital
John Britt
Tenth Street NW
Morel
Toni Morey Hospital
Denver welfare aides slain by Black man in hospital office
Frank Bailey 59, a transient with a history of demanding relief, shot and killed James E. Tunnell 31 director of public welfare and Oliver Milliken 36 and Carl Dedio 37, bureau employees, at Denver General Hospital. He also wounded Ramona Chambers 26, then fired at two nurses, before being arrested nearby.
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Denver
INS
Frank Bailey
Denver City Welfare Bureau
Denver General Hospital
James E. Tunnell
Oliver Milliken
Carl Dedio
Ramona Chambers
Bureau
Bailey
Tunnell
Milliken
Dedio
Brooks
Chamers
Woman Dies In Auto Collision In Rock Island
Mrs. Dorothy Specketer Pietsch, 31, died Sunday after the car she rode in was struck by a vehicle driven by P. Arnett of Davenport. Arnett is held on a reckless driving charge.
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Rock Island, MI
Dorothy Specketer Pietsch
P. Arnett
Davenport
Mrs Hines Denies Plotting Dan Shine Marriage Murder
Minnie Hines, mother of 18 children, testified she did not plot the marriage murder of Dan Shine, a Littleport farmer killed May 5 1935. She denied being at the Shine home after April 22 1935 and denied urging Pearl Hines to marry Shine or helping Pearl obtain a deed to the Shine farm. She admitted going with Pearl to her husband’s home to obtain the deed. She appeared nervous on the stand.
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Eleader (Ap
Minnie Hines
Dan Shine
Littleport
Hines
Shine
Pearl Hines
Pearl
Pearl Shine
Ontario opposition to probe Didenne quintuplets fortune
The Conservative opposition in Ontario declared it may press for a legislative inquiry into the sources of the Didénne quintuplets' fortune. The Toronto Globe and Mail said the inquiry would cover big money contracts negotiated for the five sisters by government guardians.
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Toronto
Ontario
Didénne
Toronto Globe and Mail
Callander
Five die as Brisbane to Sydney mail plane crashes in mountains
A Brisbane to Sydney mail plane crash in the McPherson range on February 19 killed five people including New York architect William Fountain. Two passengers were found alive beside the burning wreckage, injured and separated from the main crew for days. One survivor, engineer Pround from Sydney, and another, Binstead, were located by settler O'Reilly after wandering away from the wreck. The men, near death from hunger, asked for the Melbourne cricket test score.
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Sydney
New South Wales
William Fountain
New York
McPherson Mountains
Gladstone
Macleay River
O'Reilly
Pround
Binstead
Melbourne
Oklahoma officers escort death-bomb suspect to Iowa
Oklahoma City officers headed toward Sioux City with William Nesbeth 37 in custody for the dynamite murder of Harold Baker near Sioux Falls South Dakota on New Year’s Eve. Nesbeth was to be questioned at Sioux City in connection with a burglary at a jewelry store valued at 38800 dollars.
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Oklahoma City
Here
Sioux City
William Nesbeth
Harold Baker
Sioux Falls
S. D
Nesbeth
Blind landing by M S Boggs at College Park
A first time blind landing was achieved by M S Boggs on September 16 1931 at College Park Maryland marking a milestone in aviation history with a daring precision touch.
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M. S. Boggs
College Park
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