Army Bombers Set Transcontinental Flight Records
Five U.S. Army bombers completed a 6,200 mile goodwill flight from Miami to Buenos Aires in 34 hours 14 minutes total time with 28 hours 2 minutes of actual flying. One aircraft delayed by prop trouble flew separately after repairs. The squadron, led by Lieut-Col. Robert Olds, arrived ahead of Argentina's inauguration of President-elect Roberto Ortiz and planned to join Argentine planes in formation.
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U. S
Lima
Peru
Robert Olds
Olda
Pacific
Lina
Santiago
Chile
Andes Cross, Inc
Buenos Airea
Roberto M. Ortiz
Good Will Squadron
Miami
Buenos Aires
Arso
Maniac Hammer Slayers Captured After Midwest Escape
Paul Harrison and Peter Florek, both sought after for a hospital escape, were recaptured by Chester police and a reporter after a tip led them to an old riverfront warehouse. The pair, exposed to the cold with frozen feet, had hidden since last Saturday night and fled using a key from the hospital shoe shop.
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Chester
NSI
Paul Harrison
Maniac Hammer Alayer
Midwest
Harrison
Peter Florek
Mlindy Security
Guy Rigdon
Newspal
Jim Hanson
Florek
Hanson_dec
Willie Willis Delivers Cryptic Dinner Invitation
A fragmentary line shows Willie Willis speaking about hosting company for dinner as a scene unfolds with a family moment implied by a mother figure removing jelly from a dish. The text hints at casual, domestic dialogue from a larger narrative.
Provision Restored to Bill War Profits Clause Returns to Draft
Washington February 18 A drastic plan to draft all manpower for the next war was restored to the Administration war profits bill as the house military affairs committee overrode Roosevelt recommendations. Civilian witnesses attacked a 300 million naval construction bill before the house naval affairs committee led by Dr Thomas Healey Georgetown University professor saying America is rearming because England may need us in 1938 to protect her interests. Revision postponed at urgings of Uberalace who claimed the measure had been emasculated.
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Washington
INS
House Military Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Thomas Healey
Georgetown University
America
England
Road Construction Damage Claimed In Wellsburg
State road commission meeting reveals reported damage from road work along route 2. Wellsburg residents describe cracking walls and warped porches at several homes, as City Attorney R I Minnich details statements during the delegation briefing.
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State Road Commissioners Office
Wellsburg
Minnich
Tarzan Girl Freed Of Blame in Tot's Mud Puddle Death
PHILADELPHIA Feb 18 AP Mary J OConnor a 19 year old physical education student was acquitted of all charges in the death of five year old Nancy Glenn. The state said she struck the child and left her face down in a mud puddle last Labor Day but the jury found her not guilty after hearing her testimony and the defense argument. The verdict followed a more than 14 hour jury lock in. Oconnor sobbed in court as the decision was announced and said she would probably return to school.
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Philadelphia
Mary J. O'Connor
Nancy Glenn
Mary
Nancy
O'Connor
Glenn
Miss O'Connor
Joseph C. Sloan
Robert S. O'Connor
Man to Lose Legacy of Grass Is Brown
In Redwood City California on February B M Nelson T Rathbun and cousin of the late Nelson UW Tunicliff must keep the era green as a trust fund condition. If the grass turns brown the trust becomes void and Tunicliff lacks a legacy.
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Redwood City
Calif
Feb.b
Nelson T, Rathbun
Ate
Nelson UW
Tunicliff
Cancer Aid Showcases Sex Gland Extracts As Cancer Treatment
Fort Wayne Indiana February 18 doctors report promising cancer treatment using sex gland extracts from cattle injected intramuscularly. Beaumont Cornell M D notes experiments in Fort Wayne and London Lambeth clinic with letters from George Liebbing praising potential future role. Extracts act on opposite sex. male glands used for women and female glands for men.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Lambeth Cancer Clinic
America
Cornel
Cornell
Logan Couple Celebrates 71st Wedding Anniversary
Logan, Feb 12 AP Aunt Sallie Garrett and her husband Uncle Duke Garrett, aged 90, mark their 71st anniversary tomorrow though Duke battles rheumatism. Married in 1866 after Civil War service with the Logan Wildcats, they have lived on Ble Creek for 82 years in the same house.
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Logan
Sallie
Duke Garrett
Big Creek
Sallie Garrett
Garrett
Logan Wildcats
Uncle Dyke
Garretts
Ble Creek
Whith Garrett
China Turning Tide of Battle In Central Area
China appears to turn the tide in the central campaign as Chinese air force, led by foreign volunteers, shoots down five Japanese planes near the outskirts of a city. Chinese regulars and new volunteer units push forward along the Tientsin Pukow line, with reports of 3,000 Japanese troops annihilated after crossing the Hwai river.
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Hanrow
Ching
China
Japan
Kima
Generatissimo
Chiang Kai- Shek
People’s Volunteer Corps
Foreign Legion
Aut
Hwai River
Anhwel
Rrat
Tientrin-Pukow
Clendenin Man Killed in Crash
Russell McClellan Zook aged 36 of Clendenin was killed and four others injured in a two car collision on state road 13 near Pax ton school around 7 PM. Arnett Butcher of Maysell, driver of one car, faces manslaughter charges after release from Staats Hospital in Charleston. Circuit officer Virgil Jarvis of Delle reported Zook’s riderless car occupants and injuries, with details about each passenger and the crash lines.
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Russell McClellan
Zook
Clendenin
Paxton School
Corp
Ezra Zirkle
Arnett Butcher
Maysell
Staats Hospital
Charleston
Butcher
Virgil Jarvis
Delle
Russell, Varney
Russell Hargus
Corp. Zirkle
France Urges Britain to Aid Against Hitler
London reports France pressed Britain to join a strong joint effort to safeguard the democracies as Germany pushes through Austria toward Nazism. In Vienna opposition rises amid talks of a possible Austrian resistance to Hitler. Austrian Chancellor Schuschnigg faces pressure from Fatherland Front leaders. Chamberlain convened an extraordinary cabinet on foreign affairs to assess the European crisis as Franz von Papen warns of shifting alliances.
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London
France
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
Neville Chamberlain
Europe
Italy
Hitler
Riady Crista Schuschnige
Vienna
Franz von Papen
Scions Obtain Tip On Aerial Mine Technology
Washington reports that inventor Lester F. P. Barlow of Stamford Connecticut told the House naval committee that a new aerial mine could blanket a ten mile square area within minutes if dropped from high altitude. He claimed to be the first to use bombs in aerial warfare and cited his career from naval service to wireless pioneer work, including Guam and Cavite. The testimony suggested drastic revisions to the administration's naval expansion plan as the committee weighs the new tactic.
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Washington
Congress
Lester FP
Barlow
Stamford
Conn
Ile
Hawse Committee
Thhe Navy
Guam
Naval
Cavite
Philippines
House Naval Committee Today
Martha Raye Family Feud Over Film Earnings
Hollywood reports Martha Faye Raye calls herself an innocent bystander as legal fights erupt between her parents Martha Reed and Peter A. Nerd over love and film earnings. Reed sues Martha’s manager Peter Baumann for 150000, claiming theft of his wife’s affections, while Reed seeks at least 50000 of Miss Raye’s earnings. Mrs Reed dismisses both suits, noting a court order ensuring a monthly 353 dollar settlement to her husband for life in exchange for abandoning claims.
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Hollywood
Martha Faye
Peter A. Nerd
Maybelle Hooper Reed
Vik
Reed
Martha
Fast Spring
Peter Baumann
Roosevelt outlines balanced price system goal
President Roosevelt told reporters at a press conference that a limited increase in prices without inflation or higher living costs is the first necessity. He described a balanced price system as the objective, with measures including crop controls, housing bill changes, relief funding, easy credit, and targeted reductions in building materials costs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury and
Federal Reserve Board
Chatamantetee
H. Jones
Jonez
Wall Street
Mny
Mr. Roosevelt
Sec. Morgenthau
Lev. Perkins
Sec. Wallace
Eccles
Cal
Tornado Devastates Rodessa Louisiana Killing 25
A winter tornado ripped through Rodessa Louisiana killing 25 people and injuring 41 with three missing. Wreckage lined a four mile by two hundred yard path as mud and floods hampered rescue efforts. National guardsmen and state police secured the area while relief workers moved through the debris.
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Rodessa
Louisiana
West Ten
Nessee
Arkansas
Eddie Hill
Hill
Floods Rage Across Southwest States Amid Blizzard Snow
Floods and blizzards grip Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Missouri and Kansas as rising waters flood roads strain trains and isolate towns. Six inches of snow paralyzes parts of Oklahoma while McAlester faces a polluted pumping station and water shortages. Two teens Vernon Gidley and Claudell Cowen drown near Cadet Missouri in MH Creek.
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ST. Louis
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missour
Kansas
McAlester
Oklo
Lta
Biles
Vernon Gidley
Aid
Clautell Cowen
Cadet
Vicare
Col
Elks Gaieties of 1883 Show Opens Tonight
The Elks Gaieties of 1883 debuts tonight at 8:30 at the WCHS Opry house with a 100 plus cast in a two week rehearsal. Howard Dilley directs a lively program featuring music, drama and Lippsichorean acts as a full evening of entertainments ends with a midnight floor show. Dewey E. S. Kuhns serves as master of ceremonies and C Ray Morgan Jr chairs the event with a spring drama.
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Wchs Opry House
Howard Dilley
Jerome H. ‘Cargill Company
Dewey E. S. Kuhns
C. Ray Morgan, Jr
M. Fi. Hearne
Coal Operators Protest High Tax in Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh February session hears two Greensburg operators say excessive taxes slowed Pennsylvania coal production while West Virginia grew stronger. John B. Brunet and C F Freseman claim West Virginia’s lower costs and taxes reversed coal output ratios, with 1937 WV at 172 million tons versus PA 90 million. Dent notes state cash concerns. Brunet argues WV tax burden is lighter.
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Pittsburgh
Legals
Industrial Tax Commission
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
John B. Brunet
C. F. Freseman
Greensburg
Westemoreland County
John H. Dent
Brunet
Dent
Brunot
Bennet
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