Word Battle Between State Delegates Over Cereal Bill
Two state delegates spar in the house chamber over cereal labeling in pork sausage. Delegate J Alfred Taylor accuses an unnamed attaché of voting for an absent member as the fight escalates into charges of falsehoods and a possible conspiracy. Brotherton defends, while Weoldsam denies being Taylor's interlocutor as March 1 special calendar debate is briefly halted.
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House of Delegates
Kay Thomas
J. Alfred Taylor
Fayette County
Taylor
W. T. Brotherton
Kanawha
Brotherton
Georgy WeOldsam
Ohio County
40 More Jurors Called at Trial
ROCKY MOUNT Virginia February 16 40 more prospective jurors were called for a trial involving W V brothers Hubbard and Paul Duling charged with killing Deputy Sheriff Richards and his prisoner Jim Smith in 1934. The case follows their prior conviction for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Clarence Simmons and delays arose as attorneys failed to select a 24 jurors from 36 called.
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Rocky Mount
Paul and
Hubbard Duling
Summersville
W. Va
A. H. Hopkins
Commonwealth
Dullegs
Richards
Franklin County
Jim Smith
Smith
Iill
Callaway
Clarence Simmons
Hubbard
Paul Duling
Simmons
Pontiff Moves Closer to Full Recovery
Vatican, Feb 16 Pope Pius XI has regained full physical dominance after three days of rising from bed to walk ten steps. Father Agostino Gemelli, a priest-physician, says the 73 year old pontiff should live many years if he avoids overexertion. He walked ten paces in his private channel, aided by a monk and watched closely by Dr Amint Milani.
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U. S
Vatican City
Pius XI
Agostino Gemell
Milan
Vatican
Father Gamelli
Amant Milani
Senators Join In Court Fight
Washington dispatch reports three Democratic senators split over President Roosevelt's plan to pack the Supreme Court. Senator George of Georgia aligned with opponents, while Senator McAdoo urged enactment to speed up court work and dismissed packing charges. Senator Van Nuys urged public input on enlarging the court beyond age seventy, urging a national referendum if needed. Page 14 continues.
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Washington
Roosevelt
George
BD Ga
Himiself
Teagan
Georgel. Berry
League
John L. Lewis
Berry
McAdoo
Calit
van Nuys
Ind
Supreme Court
Congress
Speed Blamed In Deaths Of Two In Winchester Trial
In Winchester Virginia on February 16 the trial of Thomas G. Scully a 23 year old attorney from a prominent family began for involuntary manslaughter in a Christmas eve crash that killed two men. Prosecution alleges speeds between 70 and 85 miles per hour under intoxicants while defense denies the claim. Toy cars were used in court to show positions at the scene.
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Winchester
Thomas G. Scully
Mmonwealth
Burr P. Harrison
Final Auto Strike Issues Are Attacked at Parley
Detroit February 16. Questions of wages hours and working conditions for General Motors improvements unsettled after the peace agreement ending the strikes. A joint conference began to set the issues for negotiation as GM and the United Automobile Workers met in Detroit. Production lines restarted in several cities and thousands resumed work. The Wash-Kelvinator strike ended with a wage increase agreement. Kelvinator raised minimum hourly rates to eight dollars and seventy five cents for men and sixty and eighty five cents for women. All workers receive increases of 5 to 12 cents. Evacuation of sit down strikers at the Plymouth road plant was provided for. Negotiations set for future talks with GM. Conferees named Wyndham Mortimer Ed Hall and John.
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Detroit
General Motors
United _Automobile Workers of America
General Motors Buileme
General’Motors
Flint
Mick
Pes
Wash-Kelvinator Corporation
Mechanics Educational Society of America
Kelvinator
Flymouth Road
Matthew Smith
United Automobile Workers
Wyndham Mortimer
Ed Hall
John
John L. Lewis
City Auditorium Project Revived
Mayor D Boone Dawson and a Charleston West Virginia chamber committee returned home after a conference with Col Horatio B Hackett urging the Public Works Administration to reverse its cancellation of a 175000 grant for an city auditorium and to approve a 450000 grant for a bridge as part of a 1000000 project.
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Washington
D. Boone Dawson
Charleston
W. Va
Chamber of Commerce
Jett Tor
Public Works Administration
M. Mr. Neely
West Viri
M. L. O'Neale
WPA
FL Witcher McCullough
National Emergency Council
Robert L. Smith
Chamber Or Commerce
Chamber
Dawson
Horatio B. Hackett
PWA
Hackett
Eric
Redistricting of Senate Proposed by Committee
The senate yesterday considered a proposal to enlarge the senate to 32 members from 16 districts, replacing the current 32-member body with a 32-seat body and realigning districts. Senator Fleming said each district would average 108000 people, down from 115000, with Kanawha county becoming its own district and major counties paired with smaller ones. The measure, reported as a substitute to Peiter's plan, awaits House action after possible reapportionment.
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Senate
Peiter
House
Potter
Kanawha
Ohio
Brooke
Mancock
Fleming of Pleasents
GM Official Says Files Were Stripped Before Senate Probe
Washington report says Larry W. Anderson, GM labor relations head, testified that last summer the company purged files of labor spying material after the Senate investigation began. He swore he examined executive files and that two vice presidents’ papers were removed and destroyed. He claimed no files were destroyed in his office and that he handles most business by phone.
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Washington
Larry W. Anderson
Tabor
General Motors
LaFollette Senate
Senate
Anderson
Civil Liberties Committee
Owan
Anese
C.z. Wilson
William
Knudsen
la Follette
Nderson
M. L. Prentiss
Pleasurn
Duke of Windsor and Mrs Simpson plan U S honeymoon
London reports the Duke of Windsor and Mrs Wallis Simpson intend an extended honeymoon in the United States after their spring marriage. They seek a private Maryland residence to live quietly and avoid publicity, with inquiries about suitable localities and homes.
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U. S
London
Duke of Windsor
Mrs. Wallis Simpson
United States
Maryland
Duke
Simpson
England
Assault Claim Recalls Massie Case in Hawaii
Honolulu police intensified the inquiry into the assault claim by Mrs. Bennett S. Copping wife of a naval officer who held to her account despite a physician finding no evidence of a criminal attack. Authorities questioned the Coppings and naval officers plus a nurse linked to a Pearl Harbor party.
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Honolulu
Bennett S. Copping
Phinlip Pines
Massie
Hawaii
William A. Gabrielson
J. B. Chadwick
Nent
Autmn Tine
Auto trailer dentist visits children in Indiana
At a winter meeting of the Chicago Dental Society Dr. R. J. Peden showcased an auto trailer dentist office. The mobile setup offers free dental care to children who cannot reach a dentist, expanding access in Indiana via the state health board.
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Chicago
Indiana
Chicago, Dental Society
R. J. Peden
Indiana State Board of Health
Nations Join to Isolate Spain in Global Rift
Across Europe 26 nations moved to isolate Spain as volunteers raced to beat a neutrality deadline. The London committee approved a ban on aid to either side with a naval blockade planned by March 6. Portugal refused ratification as volunteers streamed toward the Spanish front amid a broader non intervention effort.
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Spain
Portugal
London
France
Italy
International Non-Intervention Committee
Iberian Peninsula
Germany
Francisco Franco
Perpignan
Barcelona
Trosse Ing Ate Perthus
Cerbere
Rome
Malaga
Toulouse
Madrid
Bspect
Score Killed In Air Raids
At least 26 civilians were killed when insurgent air squads bombed Ta qaneen, a railway town southeast of Ma rid. Government planes chased insurgents over Ayganda in the Jarama river valley, with a mass air battle of 34 planes ending in four insurgent losses and two captured pilots. Three more insurgent planes were forced down behind government lines as Red militia forces reported heavy casualties for the insurgents in the Jerama sector while targeting the Madrid Valencia railroad near Aranjuez. General Jose Miaja, named age 14, Col. 1.
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Madred
Jervilians
Ta | Qaneen
Ma‘id
Sapiter
Ayganda
Jarama
oTwo
Jerama
Valencia
Madrid
Tarancon
Madrid-Valencia
Aranjuez
Arsnjrex
Strike talk called foolish by United Mine Workers
Washington February 16 The United Mine Workers branded talk of a soft coal strike on April 3 as foolish with the current wage and hour contract due to expire. John L Lewis said the union does not plan strikes, noting no sit-down strike is ruled out, and warned negotiations may determine if workers stay on the job.
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Washington
United Mine’ Workers
Nion
All State Roads Open Despite Snowfall
State road commission reports all routes open after a snowfall that dropped seven inches in Preston county. Plows operated in Preston, Nicholls, and Fayette counties while crews worked throughout the day. Street slush formed but traffic remained light and the river stayed at pool stage.
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State Road Commission
Preston
Nicholls
Fayette
Charleston
Man Kills Baby For Biting Him
In Cooperstown New York authorities say Clyde Proctor of Oneonta confessed to shaking to death an 18 month old baby after the infant bit him The 2 year old truck driver waives examination for grand jury action on a second degree murder charge District Attorney Joseph Molinari says Proctor signed a formal statement describing how he held the baby until its head snapped in the Hinckley home with him alone and the child cried before the fatal act
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Cooperstown
1. Y
Joseph Molanin
Otsego County
Clyde Proctor
Oneonta
Herold” Carpenter
Blace Justice
Molinari
Thomas
Hinckley
Proctor
District m
Iney
Helen Keller Plans Far East Aid for the Blind
Helen Keller, to sail from New York in April to aid the blind and handicapped of the Far East, accompanied by her secretary Miss Poly Thomson. Invitations come from Japan's educational authorities and women's clubs, with possible stops in Korea and Manchukuo before a late June return.
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Helen Keller
Far East
New York
Orient
Atlantic
Paic
Japan
Mystery Killing Sought After Slain Convict at Linhart Door
Sanas City February 16 The slaying of Gayland Linhart at the door of his red lit apartment prompts detectives to search for an ex convict with a jealous disposition. Vernon Webb 19 says the shooting followed Linhart resisting a robber who interrupted their visit. Webb cites an unnatural relationship four years old with Linhart. Police doubt this theory and note other visitors included a college student a well educated woman and another man.
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Sansas City
Gayland Linhart
Vernon Webb
Linhart
Webb
T. J. Higgins
Higgins
Wman
I Linhart
Law School
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