Better Times Plan of FDR Is Due Today
President Roosevelt announced to his cabinet a forthcoming broad plan to spur business employment and farm prices, with aims to restore confidence. He outlined three steps: modify corporate profit tax, curb attacks on business, and adjust labor relations to allow both sides to seek board help in disputes. The move follows meetings with business, congressional and monetary experts as he prepares for Hyde Park respite.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Congress
New Deal
Uberais
Jevy
New Air Service Formally Opened
The eastern panhandle gained quicker access to Charleston as passenger and express air service began linking Martinsburg Morgantown and Charleston. Gov Holt and chamber officials received Potomac fish and Chesapeake oysters from Martinsburg gifts delivered before 3 pm, as two Tri-State Aviation planes arrived at Charleston airport at 2 20 pm carrying seven Martinsburg city officials and other leaders.
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Panhandle
West Virginia
Charleston
Martinsburg
Morgantown
Potomac River
Gov. Holt
Chamber of Commerce
Chesapeake
Martinsburg Chamber of Commerce
Willie Willis by Robert Quillen
Uncle Henry arrives at night and reveals a pony in the dining room while the narrator discovers breakfast plans gone awry. The brief vignette centers on small town humor and a surprise domestic animal.
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Henry
Prison Warehouse Looted of Firearms
Officials at central state penitentiary report a burglary during a guard shift as inmates pried open an east wall window to loot the prison warehouse of guns and ammunition. The theft occurred while guards patrolled the walls nearby, revealing a bold breach of security.
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Raleigh
N.C
Central State Penitentiary
Water Traps 3 Miners in Hazleton Mine Flood
In Hazleton Pennsylvania a flood surged into Lehigh Valley Coal Co Mine No 1 trapping eight miners while two escaped unharmed. Rescue teams navigated debris filled tunnels 500 feet underground as officials described a broke in a water basin above the workings. Fresh air was present and death by suffocation unlikely, officials added.
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Hazleton
Lehigh Valley Goal Company
Alope No. 1
George D. Schutter
Bernard MecAlerney
Six U S Planes Arrive in Lima Bombers Land
Bulletin from Lima reports six U S Army Flying Fortresses completing a 2695 mile non stop flight from Miami. The first bomber took off at 1057 p m E S T with four others at 2 5 minute intervals. One was delayed by a faulty propeller awaiting tomorrow.
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Lima
Peru
Cee
Buenos Aires
Mismi
U. S. Army
Miami
Life term for Bunny Sohl in Newark bus driver murder
Ethel Bunny Sohl aged 20 arrives at Newark court to learn life imprisonment at hard labor alongside 18 year old Genevieve Owens for the $2.10 holdup murder of a city bus driver. Daughter of a policeman, Sohl faces the verdict with dejection as she is sentenced.
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Gangirl
Ethel
Bunny” Sohl
Newark, N. J
Genevieve Owens
Slayer of Tot Shot to Death in Mexican Army Court Martial
In Tijuana a 24 year old man identified as Juan Castilla Morales was executed by a firing squad after a quick court martial. Soldiers seized him at the jail and carried him to a cemetery for death by rifle fire. Officials said the sentence was carried out as tensions eased after riots and arson following the alleged killing of a 6 year old girl.
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Tijuana
Mexico
Juan Castilla Morales
Olga
Cononeta
Ag Fieiughout
Morales
Insurgents Trapped in Aragon Front Clash Near Teruel
Spanish government forces reported trapping insurgents in fierce fighting for control of the Aragon front. The pocket lies about 36 miles north of Teruel as government dispatches note a counter-offensive northwest of Cordoba recapturing positions from the insurgent drive toward Almaden.
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Hendaye
France
Aragon
Teruel
Spain
Cordoba
Georgia Peach's Husband No 9 Sent to Bellevue Hospital
NY AP report details Mia Virginia Quershiner, formerly Cogswell’s husband No 9, sent to Bellevue for observation after Bronx court found him guilty of non-support of his wife and three children. Sentencing deferred to Feb 28 pending psychiatric exam. Georgia Peach alias Georgia Minx faces bigamy summons for Rudolph Kaplan. romance scandal stems from a Maryland marriage and court drama.
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New York
Virginia Quershiner
Cogswell
Georgia Peach
Cafe Society
Bellevue Hospital
Lawrence B. Dunham
Bronx
Husband No
Rudolph Charles Kaplan
Kaplan
Elkton, Md
Usat Braun
Mehance
Firemen Burn Grass Also Fire Station
Brookhaven volunteer fire company decided to burn dead grass around their fire house to clear the area. The blaze destroyed the fire station but firefighters saved the 5000 pump and boots and their charter.
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Brookhaven Volunteer Fire Company
Yar
High Altitude Weather Record From Alaska Expedition
In Fairbanks on February 17, scientists reported a dramatic temperature gradient from 23 below at ground level to 74 degrees above at 46,260 feet. The finding came from a radio robot and was announced by meteorologists W. B. Crawbaugh and L. A. Caffin, who were dispatched from Washington to conduct a high altitude survey.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Arctic
W. 2B
Crawbaugh
L A. Caffin
Washington, D. C
Japanese Drive Aims to Cross Yellow River at Central China
Western front observers say a new push south of the Yellow River could tilt control of western Shanghai heading into central China. If Japan breaks through, the Lung hai corridor may be sealed, trapping up to 100000 Chinese troops while guerrilla and Communist forces strike along rail lines toward Peiping Hankow.
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Shanghai
Yellow River
China Front
Nanking
China
Lunghai Corridor
Peiping-Hankew
Japan
gucerMa
Red
Peiping-Hankow
Thenpting
Changte
Dynamite Pond Project Sparks Chicago Interest
In Chicago a group including Works men blew 1600 pounds of dynamite to create a pond in a swampy southwest side tract. Residents, curious youths, and reporters asked many questions as the project unfolded. The Willow Springs Mosquito Abatement Society directed the effort to drain swamp water and reduce mosquitoes.
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Chicago
The
Willow Springs
Night of January 160 staged by prison players in Bismarck
Twelve convicts at the North Dakota penitentiary just completed a jury trial of a widow accused of killing her husband in a community play presented to inmates. The jury selected from the audience decides which of two endings the comedy will have.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
Girl Tells Jury She Only Hit Glenn Child
Mary OConnor testifies in the Nancy Glenn case and admits striking the child with the back of her hand. Prosecutor contends the blow contributed to the death in the mud puddle as Nancy Glenn, age five, died from water in the lungs after being teased and chased near the O Connor and Sloan homes.
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Glenn
Mary O'Connor
Nancy
Philadelphia
Nancy Glenn
Mary
Rochair
Miss O'Connor
O'Connor
Tuen
Relief Fund U K Is Asked For WPA Jobs Expansion
Washington February 12 Aubrey Williams acting relief administrator urged a Senate appropriations subcommittee to approve a 250 million dollar supplementary relief outlay to provide WPA jobs for seven hundred thousand unemployed. With the additional funds 200 thousand persons could be added to relief rolls while without it 200 thousand must be dropped. Chairman Adams announced action will be taken tomorrow. Williams indicated the 250 million will adequately meet the need.
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Washington
Aubrey Williams
Kenate Appropriations
Roosevelt
Williams
Senate
Adams
Colo
Stalemated Europe Faces Hitler Move in Austria
John Evans reports that Reichsfuhrer Adolf Hitler has aligned Austria by placing five friendly ministers in its cabinet, signaling a possible union. The piece notes Germany's recent army purge, the Nazification of the military, and ongoing officer unrest as Hitler seeks to divert world focus and advance his plans.
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John Evans
Reichsfuhrer
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Germany
Hitler
Europe
Witter
Precautions To Protect Hitler Ahead Of Reichstag Speech
Berlin dispatch reports German secret police tightening measures to safeguard Adolf Hitler. Preparations focus on Sunday when the Fuehrer will motor to the Reichstag to deliver a key address. Austria’s role in Europe’s peace arc and global concern surround Hitler’s expanding power.
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Berlin
INS
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer Wal
Reichstag
Vienna
Aidleas
Schuschnige
Austria
Archduke Otto
Wapsburg
Hitler
Alfred Seyss-Inquart
Communism
Soviet Union
Fuehrer
France
Central
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Justices of Peace Funds May Aid School Finances
West Virginia Justices of the Peace may free about 125000 dollars from sheriff-held balances to bolster the state school fund and narrow a 258000 dollar deficit in the secondary aid program. Auditor Sims urged sheriffs to apply balances due the general school fund and explained past requests were not made this year to allow sheriffs time to review applicable laws.
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Justices of Peace
West Virginia
Justices of the Peace
Edgar 8. Sims
Sheriffs In Os
Board of Public Works
Simg
Sheriffs
Navy Increase To Cost Billion
Washington reports the U S navy's new construction program will cost 1 050 000 000 dollars. Rear Admiral William G DuBose said this to the house naval affairs committee amid a secret agreement with Britain and France to drop naval limits. Costs cover three battleships two aircraft carriers nine light cruisers 22 destroyers nine submarines and 22 auxiliary vessels with the rest for naval yard facilities.
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Washington
INS
William G. DuBose
U. S
Britalny
France
DuBose
Navy
House Naval Affairs Committee
Alan
Thousands Honor McIntyre at Rites
In Gallipolis Ohio on February 17, thousands gathered despite not entering Gatewood, the writer Q O McIntyre’s dream home. The famed columnist was laid to rest at Mound Hill cemetery after a simple service requested by Mrs. McIntyre.
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Gallipolis. O
Q. O. McIntyre
Mound Hill
Ohio
McIntyre
Gatewood
Hitler presses move to turn Austria into Nazi vassal state
INS reports Adolf Hitler aims to complete Austria's conversion to a Nazi vassal within 24 hours. He prepares a final Reichstag declaration after pressing Schuschnigg to accept a line of ultimatums, including swift anti communist decrees and suppression of monarchist and underground groups.
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INS
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Nazi Germany
Fuhrer
Kurt Schuschnigg
Two Gas Wells Drilled In Sissonville Area
Two gas wells were drilled in the Sissonville Grapevine area with total daily capacity near 29 million cubic feet. Litton brothers brought in a 20 million foot well close to the highway, while United Fuel Gas and United Carbon drilled a second 8 million foot well on the Fisher Stogdon farm. Traffic delay occurred as a 260 foot line was split from Litton well to a hillside to protect motorists. A third well is expected today by Joe Breuben on the Smith farm, having shown about one million cubic feet during drilling yesterday.
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Sissonville-Grapevine
Clint
Levi Litton
Charleston
Pocataligo River
Warner and
Eagle of Gassaway
United Fuel Gas Company
United Carbon Company
Fisher-Stogdon
Litton
Oriskany
Joe Rreuben
Smith Farm
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Robert Quillen
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U.S
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Bellevue
Apo
Lena
Relief Fund
U.K
WPA
Saya
Marylyn
Johna
William Johns
Knoxville
N. G. Kraschel
Johns
Poperhanger
Cal
Gallipolis
Adolf
Reich
Czech
Litton Bros
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