Mine Crews Sink Shaft To Reach Cave Prisoner
Floyd Collins remains trapped as mine rescuers sink a shaft from above at Sand Cave Kentucky. Officials describe multiple death risks including suffocation starvation pneumonia and cave collapse while organizers plan for days of rescue work aided by Red Cross medical teams and a mobile hospital unit.
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H. H. Denhardat
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Ben K. Well
Ogden University
Sand Ave
Red Cross
Barren County Medical Association
Here
Glasgow
Nashville
Poles Expected To Raid Danzig In Tense Standoff
In Danzig hostility rises as Poles threaten invasion over a League of Nations ban on Polish postal services. Cassubians arm and Danzig police confront Polish letter carriers amid fears of warlike action near the free port. World News Service reports from February.
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World News Service
Danzig
Poland
League of Nations
Cassubia
Free Port
MacDonnell
N.Y
Six Hours of Acrimonious Debate Precedes Stone Justice Confirmation
Senate confirms Attorney General Stone to the Supreme Court by a 71 to 6 vote after hours of bitter debate led by Walsh and Borah. Only Trammell and Heflin join insurgents. Wheeler abstains. Norris faults Stone for favoring big business while Caraway answers Heflin on the Owenby case. Continued on page ten.
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Borah
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Senate
Big Business
Idaho
Wheeler Case
Washington
Charles Michelson
New York World News Service
Supreme Court
Trammel
Florida
Heflin
Alabama
Frazier
North Dakota
Norris
Nebraska
Shipstead
Johnson
Minnesota
la Follette
Brookhart
Ladd
Department of Justice
Wheeler
District of Columbia
Reed
Pennsylvania
Bruce
Maryland
Owenby
Caraway
Dem
Ark
Recall Of General Mitchell To Testify Spurs House Debates
The House Aircraft Committee orders Brigdier General Mitchell to testify again amid a flood of charges and denials over aircraft policy. General Drum also recalled after Secretary Weeks and War Department officials refuted muzzling claims. Wilbur and Moffett deny intimidation as floor controversy grows.
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Moffett
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Army Air Chief
House
Congress
Lampert
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Naval
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Admiral Moffett
Alsu
Naval Air Service
Bureau of Aero
Sheriff Agrees to Withdraw Amid Disarmament Demands
In Williamson County Illinois a truce ends two years of gun violence as Sheriff George Galligan agrees to withdraw and disarm the county. Supervisors governor and officials sign a pact to revoke deputy warrants and licenses while moving Galligan to Cuba and appointing Randall Parks as Acting Sheriff.
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Springfield
George Galligan
Williamson County
Small
Carlstrom
Black
Galligan
Board of Supervisors
Justices of the Peace
Cuba
Randall Parks
Struggle With Fighting Dogs On Nome Serum Run
Champion musher Leonard Seppalla recalls a 245 mile dash to Nome delivering diphtheria serum despite fierce dog fights, cold, and storms. He laments losing lead dog Togo on the track while noting long, grueling miles from Elim to Isaacs Point and onward toward Shaktolik and Bonanza.
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Leonard Seppalla
Alaska
Lead Husky
Togo
Leonard Seppalleis
Gunnar Kasson
Kasson
World News Service
Seppalla
New York World News Service
Shaktalik
Nenana
Solomon
Elim
Isaacs Point
Norton Bay
Norton Sound
Cape Darby
Isaac
World Flyers Promotion Bill Clears House Panel
In Washington The House Military Committee reported a bill to promote world flyers. The Tariff Commission appropriation was restored and the independent offices appropriation bill passed. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee shelved the World Court proposal amid opposition to the ERA. Commissioner Esch testified to oppose the long haul bill.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Tariff Commission
Independent Offices
Esch
Interstate Commerce Mission
White powders in medicine linked to Ohio murder trial
In Coshocton Ohio on February 5 testimony in the trial of Myrtle Haxton for first degree murder revealed family disputes over William Allison McCurdy’s estate. A witness said $12,000 in cash and papers were taken from the bookcase, with about $8,000 missing. Doctors found death by unnatural causes and a chemist reported about an ounce of poison in McCurdy’s stomach. Prosecution plans to call witnesses to establish motive.
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William Allison McCurdy
Myrtle Haxton
Clara S. McCurdy
McCurdy
Kidnapped Boy Found in Hotel in St Augustine
Twelve-year-old Jack Nutting son of Arctic explorer Captain William Washburn Nutting was located by police in the Alhambra Hotel room of Selwyn Smith, who had checked in November 13 from Cass Lake Minnesota. Smith denied kidnapping and expected to face a City Court hearing. The boy had not returned home from St Joseph's Academy five days earlier and was reportedly seen in a car with four men yesterday.
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Fla
Jack Nutting
William Washburn Nutting
Selwyn Smith
Alhambra
Cass Lake
Minn
Miami
St. Joseph's Academy
Son
Deserter Wore Women’s Clothes Ten Years in Paris
Paris report details Paul Grappe, a World War I deserter known as Suzanna Landyard in Batignolles, who lived as a woman for ten years to dodge arrest. He explains amnesty allows him to reveal his identity, recounting days in factories and disguises, and a failed bid to avoid service after a self mutilation assault.
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Paris
Madamoiselle
Suzanna Landyard
Batignolles
la Garconne
Paul Grappe
Grappe
Madamoiselle Landgard
World News Service
Appe
Montmartre
Suzanna la Garconne
N.Y
May wheat hits new low as bears holiday in Chicago pit
In Chicago on February 5, May wheat delivery fell sharply as bulls dumped in a late session, marking a new low price record. May dropped about seven cents from the previous close, finishing near 1.92 and dragging July and September lower before a late rebound.
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Bears
Fire Chief dies as men suffer burns at Bethlehem Tin Plate Mill
Baltimore February 5 Harry Jefferies chief of Sparrow's Point Fire Department perished and three fellow firefighters were badly burned when a large oil tank at Bethlehem Steel's Tin Plate Mill caught fire. Oil overflowed the tank three times fueling a spectacular blaze.
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Harry Jefferies
Sparrow's Point
Tin Plate
Bethlehem Steel Company
Julius Fleischmann Dies After Polo Game in Miami
Julius Fleischmann prominent Cincinnati politician financier and polo figure dies in Miami at polo game from a heart attack. The Fleischmann family details estate bequests and plans for a municipal park and The Charles Fleischmann Endowment fund. Survived by son Julius Fleischmann Jr sister Mrs Christian R Holmes and wife Laura Heminway Fleischmann previously married twice. Funeral arrangements pending as Cincinnati relatives await details of services.
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Cincinnati
Henrietta Fleischmann
Max Fleischmann
Santa Barbara
Fleischmann
Christian R. Holmes
New York
Mirs. H. C. Yeiser, Jr
Julius Kleischmann, Jr
Charles Leischmann
Bay Shore
Long Island
Aviation Corps
Mr. Fleischmann
French Opposes U S France Liquor Treaty
Paris reports strong resistance in the Merchant Marine and Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies to the liquor treaty with the United States. Deputy Valude leads opposition, warning the US seeks to redefine territorial waters and grant visits to vessels bound for American ports. A unfavorable report could doom ratification, despite past similar accords.
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France
Great Britain
Washington
Merchant Marine and Foreign Affairs Committee
Chamber of Deputies
Valude
Merchant Marine Committee
M. Valude
Foreign Affairs Committee
Poison Capsule Found at Ohio State in Death Inquiry
Ohio State University investigators report a second capsule containing only poison discovered in the Pharmacy College Dispensary as they probe the deaths of two students and illness of at least three others. State Pharmacy Board officials are checking dispensing over the last year while university officials abandon an independent probe. County officials join the investigation as capsules issued and kept by the university are analyzed and the so called death bottle is re examined.
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Ohio State University
Pharmacy College
State Pharmacy Board
Clayton S. Smith
College of Medicine
W. O
Flood Bores Valean Valley Slaughtering Livestock
VALE Ore Feb 5 Loss around 250000 from flood in Malheur River Valley and Bully Creek after the Bully Creek irrigation dam failed. About 3000 sheep 500 cattle and other stock drowned or wrecked. twenty miles of fence washed away and carcasses litter the highway. Valer ins branch bridge washout cut rail service.
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Malheur River
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Oregon
Valerins
Millionaire Fleischmann Dies Playing Polo in Miami
Miami philanthropist Julius Fleischmann, president of Fleischmann Company, died at Miami Beach during a polo match. The 53-year-old, robust and active rider collapsed after dismounting. death listed as heart disease possibly stroke. Body to be sent to Cincinnati for burial. he had invited friends to visit his new Spanish style home.
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Juylius Fleischmann
Fleischmann Company
Miami Beach
Cincinnati
W. L. Philbrick
T Fleischmann
Florida
Fleischmann
Augustus J. Mitchell
Newark
N. J
Carl
Fisher
Indianapolis
Max Fleischmann
High Seas
Africa
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