Stormy Atlantic Searched For Survivors Of Wreck
Rescue vessels comb stormy north Atlantic for life boats from the British freighter Maria de Larrinaga believed to have foundered with 37 crew aboard. Cunard White Star liner Acrania and Holland America Veendam sighted wreckage but found no survivors as searchers, about 1200 miles east of New York, pressed the hunt amid poor visibility.
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Chatham
Mass
North Atlantic
New York
Acrania
Yeendam
Seanmall
Aurania
Veendam
de Larrinaga
Glass accuses Roosevelt of purge effort over judgeship
Senator Glass charges the president seeks to purge Virginia Democrats by denying a judicial appointment. He faults Roosevelt for not discussing the Roberts nomination with Virginia’s Byrd and Glass, who backed A. C. Buchanan and Frank Tavenner for the position and criticizes the senate rejection of the confirmation.
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Washington
Glass
Roosevelt
Virginia
Senate
Floyd H. Roberts
Three Hunted in Deep Snow Near Bingham Utah
In Highland Bay near Bingham two children vanish as a deadly avalanche traps a family. A woman identified as Stana Thomas is killed, six of her children survive. Fifteen others were swept up, with two in critical condition. one believed buried is Sam Narich, a boarder.
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Utah
Bingham
Stana Thomas
Helen
Duchie Thomas
Sam Narich
Thomas
Highland Bay
Salt Lake City
Prosecutor Denies He Is Easy On Gamblers
Huntington reports Prosecutor E. E. Winters Jr. rejected ministerial association charges of leniency toward gambling He said he has indicted and prosecuted hundreds of gambling cases and asked state police to investigate bank nights at theatres amid a grand jury inquiry into gambling prosecutions in the Worth case.
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Huntington
E. E. Winters, Jr
H. Clay Worth
Winters
B and O Gains Assent of Creditors on Debt Plan
New York Feb 9 The Baltimore and Ohio railroad has won assent from holders of 418,228 funded debt or 77.1 percent under its plan to voluntarily reduce interest charges. Reported in Wall Street, the figure comes after an earlier report of 73.5 percent. At least 90 percent of each class of security is required to make the plan effective.
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New York
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Wall Street
New Cumberland Woman Elected Head of Bureau
Morgantown February 9. Mrs J B Porter of New Cumberland is elected president of the West Virginia Woman's Farm Bureau. The West Virginia Livestock association also met and re elected all officers led by President T J Groves of Grant County.
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Morgantown
J. B. Porter
New Cumberland
West Virginia Woman's Farm Bureau
West Virginia Livestock Sociation
T. J. Groves
Grant County
WPA Scandal Case Debated in Albuquerque Court
A tense crowd filled the federal courtroom in Albuquerque New Mexico as 25 defendants relatives and political friends awaited the verdict in the WPA conspiracy trial. The jury retired at 7 PM and could return a verdict none earlier than noon EST with three possible outcomes including conviction of all 25 defendants.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Garrisons Strengthened On Manchoukuoan Border
Tokyo reports Soviet and Japanese forces reinforce defenses on the Manchoukuo western border as fighting along the Argun river enters its second week. A Harbin dispatch says Russian troops renewed attacks on Mengoskill, 60 miles northeast of Manchuli, with one killed or wounded and Japanese casualties totaling 15. The Moscow side blamed Japan for the assaults and sought protests from Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Russia
Japan
Manchoukuo
Argun River
Doftier
Harbin
Manchoukuoan
Mengoskill
Manchuli
Moscow
Spaak Cabinet Resigns Over Naming of Martens
The Spaak government in Brussels resigns after a split over Premier Paul Henri Spaak appointing Dr Adrian Martens, a wartime German sympathizer, to the Flemish academy. The liberals pressed the decision after an emergency session, opposing Martens and threatening to resign if the appointment stood.
PSC Bill Gets Support From Associations
Charleston February 9 The Public Service commission bill to bring all common and contract carriers under its jurisdiction was presented to a joint session of the house and senate judiciary committees and won backing from two motor associations. The measure would extend regulation to all for hire vehicles, excluding private fleets delivering their own goods. Ted Moyer of Wheeling, president of the West Virginia Motor Truck Association, and J Z Terrell of Clarksburg, president of the State Bus Association, urged passage. They stated the association is not opposed to regulation of motor vehicles. Continued on page five.
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
House
Senate
Judiciary Committees
Road Commission
Pons Si
Ted ‘Moyer
Wheeling
West Virginia Motor Truck Association
J. Z. Terrell
Clarksburg
State Bus Association
Moyer
Downtown Erie Blaze Destroys Store, Damages Building
A four hour downtown Erie fire destroyed a drug store and a women’s dress shop in a three story building at Eighth and State streets. Firemen estimate losses at 204000 dollars, with the blaze likely starting in the drug store basement.
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Erie
F Or
Eee
Eighth
State Streets
Dies Un American Probe Receives $100,000 Funding
Washington Feb 9 The house voted to grant the Dies committee on un American activities 100000 to continue its investigation. The fund was approved by voice vote nearly unanimously. Chairman Warren of the accounts committee noted the money ensures no future alibi despite preferring a smaller amount.
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Washington
House
Dies Committee On UN
Pope Stricken by Pneumonia Hopes Waning
Pope Pius is critically ill after an influenza turn developed into bronchial pneumonia. Several doctors attend the bedside at the Vatican. The Vatican news service reported a cardiac asthma episode and temporary unconsciousness, followed by a return to consciousness and a resting state as conditions were described as improved.
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Pope
Vatican City
Vatican
Pius
Filipe Rocchi
Randolph Defends NLRB From Republican Attack
Representative Randolph of West Virginia defends the National Labor Relations Board against Republican criticism in the House. He says employees have the right to organize for lawful purposes and that employers should organize their business. He calls discouragement and coercion a proper subject for condemnation and says the NLRB act only equalizes deep industrial and social inequalities.
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Washington
Randolph
W. Va
National Labor Relations Board
House
Congress
NLRB
Two Men Hurt as Engine Plunges From Trestle
In Welch WV area, engineer John Fraley 36 and Clarence Daniels 26, both of Panther, suffered serious scalds when a small locomotive carrying 12 to 14 men plunged into Panther Creek after a flood-weakened trestle failed. Fraley walked six miles on a handcar to an ambulance. Daniels was rushed to a Welch hospital. Griffith Lumber crews had been repairing bridges on a 15 mile track.
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Welch
John Fraley
Clarence Daniels
Panther
Panther Creeks
Fraley
Daniels
John Higeinbothah
Griffith Lumber Company
Oxygen Halts Convulsions Of One Roosevelt Triplet
A 10 day old Roosevelt triplet, Delano Janney, showed signs of improvement as oxygen halted convulsions and the infant received continued oxygen therapy at Kessel hospital. Nurses feared for his life earlier, noting Delano had lost weight since birth. Thelma Janney of Franklin and Roosevelt gave birth to the trio in a two room home.
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Ripley
Delano Janney
Roosevelt
Kessel Hospital
Delano
Galveston
Francis Garbade
Garbade
Callander
Burke Urges Congress to Rewrite Wagner Act and New Board
Senator Burke proposes sweeping changes to the Wagner Act, creating a new federal board with one member from employers, one from employees, and one from the public. He aims to shift cases to federal courts, broaden unfair labor practices, and give employers greater say in elections and bargaining while asserting the current board is biased. The plan also calls for prompt court review of board rulings and favors craft unions in unit determinations.
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Burke
Congress
Washington
Neb
National Labor Relations Board
Organized Labor
Federal District Court
Labor Board
Walsh
Sénestor'Walsh
Mass
American Federation of Labor
CIO
Chamber
School Girl Suffered Minor Concussion After Hallway Fall
Miss Velma Cross slipped in the high school hall and hit the back of her head, receiving a slight concussion. Officials called a physician who ordered her return home to rest for the remainder of the day.
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Velma Cross
Youth Struck by Locomotive on B and O Right of Way
A 19 year old trespasser, John Smith of Parkersburg, was struck by an engine on the Baltimore and Ohio right of way at Brydon near Flemington at 6 30 am. He was rushed to Grafton City hospital with a fractured zib feared pneumonia. The engine crew carried him to a crossing where an ambulance waited.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Brydon
Flemington
Grafton City Hospital
John Smith
Parkersburg
Air Force Need Seen As Greatest Military Priority
Los Angeles February 9 Maj Gen Henry H Arnold chief of the Army air corps says a capable air force is essential to defend the continental United States and the Panama Canal zone amid a feverish plane building race abroad. He notes the aerial armament program will take two years to complete and stresses local engineers can match any nation’s prowess. Continued on Page Four.
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Los Angeles
Continental
United States
Panama Cabal Zone
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
Army
Congress
Arnold
Army Ordnance Association
Hypnotist Murder Sparks Hollywood Street Shooting
Hollywood February 9 Two bullets fired by a man regarded as a friend killed vaudeville hypnotist known as Mr Q on a street corner. Harold T Edwards 28 osteopath and former booking agent was arrested for murder. Edwards said he fired after being knocked down by Mr Q Robert M Goodwin 57 a trooper. Police report Edwards claimed an argument over treatment of Marianna Persall 20 his partner in a recent engagement. The girl appeared at the police station and told detectives that Mr Q had choked and kicked her a week earlier.
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Hollywood
Mr. Q
Harold T. Edwards
Robert M. Goodwin
W. W. Christopher
Edwards
Christopher
Negrin Flees Spain As Franco Seizes Le Perthus
Franco's insurgent troops reach the Franco Spanish border at Le Perthus and plant their flag while Juan Negrín leaves Le Perthus for France. Insurgents cross with a marching column as government forces engage briefly. border guards keep to the barrier.
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LE Perthus
Francisco Franco
Catalonia
Juan Negrin
France
Pombo
Juan Ignacio Pombo
Atlantic
Spain
Mexico
la Junquera
Carabine
Espana
Prencia
Trial Date of Duvall Fixed For 9th of March
Raymond Duvall, 30, charged with the Clayton Poots holdup in Indianapolis, will stand trial March 9 after pleading innocent. Judge Dewey Myers overruled a motion to quash the indictment for murder in perpetration of a robbery. Duvall was captured January 21 near Alexandria, Louisiana, and faces federal charges in a $39,000 Charleston, West Virginia bank holdup.
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Indianapolis
Raymond Duvall
Clayton Poots
Dewey Myers
Duvall
Alexandria
Charleston
W. Va
Parsons Nursery Ships Pine Trees to Baltimore
Galveston report notes 10,000 red pine trees moved from a U.S. forest nursery in Parsons to Baltimore with funds to educate the trees. Officials say the shipment follows a contract lifting seed beds and placing money in trust for the Daughters of the American Revolution. Continued on page 1.
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W. E. Bargett
Parsons
U. S. Forest Nursery
Hess
Bal
Baltimore
Daugh
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White Star Liner
Boy Scouts’of
New York City
RCA
Radio City
Senator Byrd
Roberts’ Taylor County Hardware Company
Spaak
Martens
Dies Un-American
Holy Father
Fallin Hall
Air Corps
U. S
Negrin
Boundary
Franco
Madrid
Tex
Parsons Nursery
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