Chinese Air Bombs Sink Two Jap Ships
Chinese air force claims to have sunk a destroyer and a gunboat in the Yangtze near Wuhu as ground forces reinforce to retake the city. In Shanghai, French police halted a Japanese patrol from sealing an American warehouse, prompting protests from U S Consul General Gauss. Japanese say 250 000 Chinese troops face encirclement along the Sungai corridor.
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Shanghai
INS
China
Chiang Kai- Shek
Hankow
Yangtze River
Wuhu
Gabse
U. S
Clarence E. Gauss
Okamots
Long Sunghai
Shansi
State Adverts Bids On Road Construction Projects
The state road commission announced a March 15 letting for eleven projects totaling about 48 miles of primary and secondary roads. The plan raises the year’s contracted miles to roughly 2,150 with an estimated cost of 440,000 dollars. Two Kanawha county projects are listed among others across the state.
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State Road Commission
Burr H. Simpson
Road Commission
Sata
Kanawha County
Coal Fork
Cinco
Ward
Mammoth
Pond Creek
Cabell
Deaf Worshippers Will See Sermon at St Pauls Church
Deaf worshippers in Pittsburgh will hear a sermon Sunday at Second St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church delivered by The Rev. Theodore Feederking of Cleveland using sign language. The service marks a hands on approach to preaching with interpreters and is set to begin at the usual morning hour.
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Pittsburgh
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Theodore Feederking
Cleveland
France Aligns With Britain on Peace Move in Europe
London reports that France shows rapid alignment with Prime Minister Chamberlain's bid to ease tensions with a four power pact. Foreign Minister Delbos declares Austrian independence essential for peace and pledges to maintain ties with Czechoslovakia, signaling a potential shift toward broader accord including Italy and Germany. Observers note German misgivings and possible political moves toward Eden if the pact fails to materialize.
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London
Great Britain
France
Neville Chamberlain
Italy
Germany
Yvon Delbos
Czechoslovakia
Eric Eb
Paris
Camille Chautemps
Delbos
Chamber ‘Fs
Mussolini
Rome
Mediterranean
Securiy
Chamberlain
Duce
Relch
England
Anthony Eden
Martinelli Collapses On Metropolitan Opera Stage
New York February 26 Giovanni Martinelli world famous operatic tenor collapsed on the Metropolitan stage during the aria Celeste Alda in Aida before a full house of 4000 and a vast radio audience. He was aided and taken to his dressing room where Dr Slattery diagnosed acute indigestion as the cause.
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New York
Giovanni Martinelli
Metropolitan Opera
Martinelli
G. M. Slattery
Opera House
Pershing Near Death as Health Fails at 77
General John J. Pershing, 77, lay critically weak in Tucson as kidney failure halted nourishment. Doctors, led by Dr. Roland Davison, reported no improvement despite oxygen and IV treatment. he remained mostly unconscious, with only moments of heart stimulant response and no pain. Sister Miss Mary watched anxiously as the battle to revive him continued through the night.
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Tucson
Ariz
John J. Pershing
Roland Davison
Davison
UL Marietta
Gen. Pershing
Miss Mary
Ruling Awaited On Utility Act
Washington February 26 UNS The Supreme Court may hand down its biggest New Deal decision of the year on the constitutionality of the 1935 Utility Holding Company Act. The high court reopens after a two week recess and is believed to have reached a decision, with some giant utility holding firms planning to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission in anticipation of a ruling upholding the law. The case, sponsored by Electric Bond and Share Co., involves electric and gas holding firms valued at about 12 billion dollars. The court may also decide several labor cases including the National Labor Relations Board appeals over orders in the Greyhound case and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters union dispute in Milwaukee.
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Washington
UNS
Supreme Court
New Deal
Utility Holding Company
High Court
Seecurities and Exchange Commission
Electric Banc and Share Company
Wie High Court
National Labor Relations Board
Loweer
Tr Gphoard
Greyhound Bus Lines
Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union of
Milwaukee
Cause Of Business Lag Sought By U S Chamber
Washington February 26 The Chamber of Commerce of the United States announced a grass roots inquiry into the question What is causing the business lag It urged 1100 local chambers and 500 affiliated trade associations to seek answers from their 1 000 500 members The bulletin said all signs favored recovery yet lag persists and outlined 15 topics for discussion at the May 3 annual meeting Including agriculture business organizations construction distribution foreign trade and tariffs government business relations and taxation Affiliates were asked to send delegates and report views promptly
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Washington
INS
Chamber of Commerce of the
U. S
Chamber
Narcotic Kisser Jease Mowery Sought by Police in Bigamy Case
San Francisco police sought 37 year old Narcotic Kisser Jease Mowery on grand theft and bigamy charges. He was linked to two women, Mrs Laura Alvina Smith Mowery and Mrs Vivian Korth Mowery, who said he deserted them in Webster New York and elsewhere.
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Jease Mowery
San Francisco
Mowery
Laura Alvina Smith Mowery
Webster
N.Y
Vivian Korth Mowery
France Aims at Realistic Policy with Fascist Powers
In Paris the chamber of deputies approves the government’s foreign policy by 439 to two, backing ties with central European allies and following Britain toward agreements with Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. Foreign Minister Delbas pledges restraint and warns Germany against meddling in Central Europe as deputies debate Chancellor Chautemps’ cabinet strategy.
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Tuliet
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Vrance
Meftain
Vascist Haty
Franer
Great Britain
Nazi Germany
Yeon Delbas
Fies
Ramatla
Yuy
Middle Europe
Delbas
Austria
Preemier
Camille Chautemps
Chamber
Germany
Britain
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Defeat Predicted If FDR Seeks Third Term
Boston dispatch reports Sen. Burton K Wheeler foresees a Democratic loss of some congressional seats in the fall if Roosevelt runs for a third term or even otherwise. He spoke at a press conference during a three-address visit, saying he wouldn’t be surprised by losses and would be amazed to see no losses.
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Boston
Roosevelt
Burton K. Wheeler
D-Mont
TY c
Youth Is Restored To Gandhi Follower
In Bombay a 172 year old self described youth maker claims to reverse aging in Gandhi associate Pandit Mohan Mataviya. He uses mystic Ayurvedic methods secretively administered by Bishan Das Udast while Mataviya shows younger appearance and reports reduced wrinkles.
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Bombay
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Mohan Mataviya
Gandhi
Bishan Das Udast
Hoghroyd
Frog Olympics Won By Everglades Entry
In Sarasota Florida February 3, Gan House Gis a frog from the Everglades won the frog jumping title at the International Frog Olympier leaping 19 feet. The performance beat rivals and earned a golden trophy donated by Mrs. Potter Worsay Palmer of Chicago plus a $50 prize.
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Povarssinn
Potter Worsay Palmer
Chicago
Navy Quizzed On Mimic War In Secret Exercise
U S Navy trials of a mimic warfare scenario between battleships and bombers sparked congressional scrutiny. Reports claim a California fleet was attacked under secrecy, with bomber speeds and tactics described. Some sailors were injured as maneuvers remained highly classified and not commented on by officials.
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Washington
INS
Asa
Charles Ediza
Army
California
Roosevelt
Navy
Edison
Edison, Questioned By the Heause Ny Commissiee
Congress
Ofti
Nemy Alremot
San Francisco
San Diego
Wry
Austrian Cardinal Rallies Catholics In Freedom's Cause
Vienna Catholic leader Cardinal Innitzer urges monthly masses for peace and freedom of Austria in a pastoral letter. He calls priests to organize prayer meetings across Vienna as Austria faces internal Nazi tensions after Berechtesgaden talks. Reports note public debate over independence and possible referendum on Schuschnigg’s government.
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Innitzer
Vienna
Austria
Cardinal Innitzer
Chiedlor
Kurt L Schuschnigg
Theodore Car
Schuschnige
Adolf Hitler
Premier Predicts Loyalist Victory
Spanish Premier Juan Negrin accused Mussolini and Hitler of causing Loyalist defeat at Teruel in the civil war. He blamed arms and troops sent to Gen. Franco and said the government would win the war, announcing a new armament program to bolster forces.
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Barcelona
Juan Negrin
Benito Mussollini
Adolf Hitler
Teruel
Spain
Francisco Franco
Italy
Germany
Negrin
Stork Derby Debate Heats Toronto Court Testimony Prompts Claims
Harold Madill testified he had an agreement for a percentage of any Millar stork derby share from Mrs. Pauline Clarke, as hearings assess legitimacy of ten-year birth tally. Judge Miderton presides after two courts previously weighed illegitimate child claims. Madill affirmed birth certificates naming him father. Clarke’s attorney objected to witness paternity.
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Toronto
Harold Madill
Pauline Mae Clarke
Madill
W. E. Middeton
Cartwright
Clarke
Tilley
Madiil
General Staff Calls Meeting Over Spy Ring Fallout
High army officers from defense arms were summoned to meet behind closed doors with the general staff Monday to review reports from the Department of Justice about evidence in a spy plot. They consider swift revisions of Atlantic coast and Panama Canal defense plans and revisions to air corps and coast artillery signals.
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GTON
General Staff
Army Intelligence Service
Signal Corps
Couat Artillery
Air Corp
Department of Justice
Comriete
Atlantic Coast
Panama Canal
Air Corps
New York Harbor
Haltimore
Boston
Charleston Navy Yard
Spy Investigator Solved Seder Case
Huntington February 24 19 RE Vetterli chief FBI agents in New York led the kidnapping inquiry of Dr James Seder. Three men Orville Adkins Arnett Booth and John Travian were arrested last November after Seder was found in a Wayne county hillside after ten days in captivity. Seder died four days later. FBI agents worked with city and county officers.
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Huntington
RE. Vetterli
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New York City
James
Seder
Sone Teneed
Orville Adkins
Arnett Booth
John Travian
Wayne County
FRE
Students Pledge Peace Amid Intercollegiate Conference
FAIRMONT Feb 26. West Virginia colleges held their first inter collegiate peace conference at Fairmont State College. Most delegates accepted the pledge not to support any US war abroad, while five backed the Oxford pledge. Dr Jesse Holmes Swarthmore College urged abolishing convicts and promoted cooperation to end racial and class subjugation to raise living standards.
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Fairmont
U.S
West Virginia
Fairmont State College
Jesse Holmes
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore
Holmes
Mather
Two Men Woman Red Head Held in Spy Plot
Federal agents in New York arrested Gunther Rumrich Johanna Wolfman and Erich Glaser on espionage charges as part of a ring selling U S military secrets. Rumrich confessed to passing information to a European power and to code messages sent abroad.
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New York
INS
Lamar Hardy
Germany
Hardy
Rurorich
Glaser
Leipzig
U. S
Dreseden
Reed Vetterli
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Donald L. Robinson
Russia
Gunther Gustave Rumrich
U. S. Army
Canal Cone
Johanna Wolfman
Lloyd Uner Europa
Erich Glaser
Michel Field
Rumrich
Czecho-Slovakia
Gemen
Vetter
Groundhog Bites Fox Chaser After Fox Trips Into Hole
Kendallville Indiana February 26 Da Ben Mile chased a fox into a hole and pulled out a groundhog which bit Mile’s fingers badly. The fox escaped.
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Kendallville
Ind
Allert
Mites
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