Ten Wounded In Anderson Battle In Indy
Governor Townsend ordered National Guardsmen into Anderson after a labor clash that wounded ten, with two seriously hurt. Mayor Baldwin called the situation grave and asked for urgent aid as about 1,000 guardsmen were to move in. police reported 18 arrests, including six from Flint, in the tavern violence.
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Indianapolis
M. Clifford Towksend
Anderson
Harry R. Baldwin
Elmer F. Straub
Andunov
United Automobile Workers of América
Joseph Carney
Flint
South-Side
Stuation
M. Clifford Townsend
Flint Plants Reopen Amid GM Recovery Surge
Flint and Detroit reopen as General Motors resumes work for over 100000 employees after a six week strike. About 1800 workers return in Flint today with 30000 more set to resume Monday as Chrysler and Packard follow with wage increases.
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Detroit
General Motors
Flint
Mich
Key City
Chrysler
United Automobile Workers
Chrysler Corporation
Packard Motor Car Company
Drive Safely Walk Six Family In Peru Collision
Six members of one family in Peru suffered serious injuries while four others died in a head on collision yesterday. The message urges no chances when driving and warns against betting life against a few seconds from the Taylor County Safety Council.
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Peru
Committees Study Bills in Charleston Senate Actions
In Charleston during weekend adjournment major committees moved to place key measures on the agenda. The Senate finance group may study municipal taxation bills while informal talks occurred on other proposals. The Senate may ask the state banking commissioner to study small loans business for the 1939 session.
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Charleston
Senate
Capitol
Chamber
Shahan
Judiciary Committee
WPA Resumes West Main Street Paving Project
Wallace N Henderson WPA county supervisor announced resumption of work on the West Main street paving project abandoned nearly a year ago. WPA labor began yesterday on the broken pavement near the old brewery while most workers from the Maple avenue project are assigned to the First Ward project. Henderson said workers will stay on this job until completion.
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West Main Street
Wallace N. Henderson
WPA
Maple Avenue
First Ward
Henderson
Butcher Funeral Rites Held For Ben Hcher Butcher
PARKERSBURG Feb 13 The body of Delegate Ben H Butcher Uncle Ben to colleagues in the legislature lay in state in his home city today as hundreds paid respects. He died yesterday in Charleston of pneumonia at 79 and funeral services will be held at the sister Mrs J E Carle home at 2 pm tomorrow with a 16 member legislative committee attending.
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Parkersburg
Ben H. Butcher
Ben
Charleston
J. E. Carle
Landon Urges Nonpartisan Court Reform Debate
Alfred M. Landon urged nonpartisan consideration of court reform at the Lincoln Day dinner in New York. Republican leaders and strategists noted his mild remarks on the Supreme Court, suggesting adherence to a bi partisan approach to the issue. His brief message, less than 500 words, echoed calls for nonpartisan debate amid Roosevelt's court expansion proposals.
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New York
Alfred M. Landon
Supreme Court
National Republican Club
John D. M. Hamilton
Madison Square Garden
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Snowbound Miners Await Rescue Near Denjay Camp
Eureka California February 13 Snowbound for six weeks more than 70 miners and families awaited arrival of highway crews pushing through drifts toward New River district Trinity county Rain aided rescuers Crews reached Happy Camp mountain summit and expected to clear the remaining 15 miles to Denjay mining camp by nightfall
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Eureka
Calif
New River District
Trinity County
Happy Camp Mountain
Denjay
Baldwin Indicted in Slaying of His Mother
HUNTINGTON February 13 An indictment charging Charles Buffington Baldwin 41 with murder was returned by the Cabell county grand jury reported to Common Pleas Judge J C Worth this morning The bill charges first degree murder among 124 indictments The slain victim is Juliette B Enslow 63 socially prominent widow found dead in her bed October 17 last year
Chance remark tied to Owl wreck manslaughter case
Fresno California February 13. District Attorney Dan F Conway says a remark lets go play railroad influenced theSouthern Pacific Owl wreck investigation that killed two trainmen. He cites two witnesses saying Mrs Frank K Ritchie spoke the line to her husband at a cafe before they drove 200 feet along the railroad right of way and leaped out when the car stalled. Lab tests reportedly show Ritchie intoxicated and he will seek grand jury indictment for manslaughter.
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Fresno
Calif
Dan F. Conway
Southern Pacific
Conway
Frank K. Ritchie
Ritchie
Prisoner Confession Reported as Theft, Victim Unidentified
Salt Lake City police hold Art M. Ellison 38 after a routine inquiry led to a confession about a watch and 15 dollars taken from a woman whose identity Ellison did not know. No theft report had been filed.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Art M. Ellison
Jury Unable To Agree In Kidnap Case In New York
A King's county trial jury was dismissed after failing to reach a verdict on two men charged with kidnapping Paul H. Wendel and coercing a false Lindbergh kidnap confession. The jury reportedly stood 9 to 3 for conviction after 20 hours of deliberation. Defendants Schlossman and Weiss await retrial March 1. Bleefeld pleaded guilty after evidence concluded. Extradition issues blocked trial of Parker senior and junior from New Jersey.
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New York
King’s County
Paul H. Wendel
Lindbergh
Martin Schlossman
Harry Weiss
Murray Bleefeld
Ellis Parker
Burlington County
N.J
Ellis, Jr
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
John J. Fitzgerald
Young Pinkerton Faces Senate Contempt Action
Robert Pinkerton head of the Pinkerton Detective Agency may face a senate contempt charge for refusing to name the secret operatives who mingled with sit down strikers at General Motors plants. Senator Lafollette said Pinkerton officials were reluctant and evasive in hearings, and evidence before the committee indicates the agency has restrained free speech and collective bargaining.
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Washington
Robert Pinkerton
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Senate
General Motors
Senator Lafollette
Wis
Pinkerton
Civiliberties
Pinkerton Agency
Body recovered from San Francisco Bay amid airliner crash debris
Floodlit South San Francisco Bay yielded the coatless body of Myron Lorge, 27, Los Angeles, among 11 victims of Tuesday night's United Airlines crash. Seven United Air Lines boats scoured the bay after midnight, finding Grennan, Sr., Berkeley real estate man, nearby. Five remain missing.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Myron Lorge
Los Angeles
United
United Air Lines
John A. Grennan
Berkeley
Cali
Missing 16-year-old girl feared murdered in Coatesville case
State and city officers chase murder theory after a fruitless search for Helen Moyer, with her shoes, hat and torn books found along the road between Coatesville and Modena. Mayor Bergstrom says the girl was killed to silence a similar Modena case. hundreds search, a lake near Mortonsville is drained without results. A Buffalo item follows on page eight.
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Coattesville
Helen Moyer
Coatesville
Modena
Albert R. Bergstrom
Fomer Coatesville
Berkstrom
Helen
WPA
Mortonsville
Three Hundred Forced to Leave Spain by Fascists
Bayonne France February 13 Three hundred people mainly women and children were reported forced by Spanish insurgents to cross no man s land on foot. Mass expulsions of families with government sympathies continued in insurgent territory in the Bay of Biscay region. News from Bilbao Basque government says Angracio De Arantzidi died of natural causes aged 78.
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Bayonne
France
No-Man's-Land
Bay of Biscay
Spain
Bilbao
Sat
Angracio de Arantzsidi
Wyckoff Explains West Penn Con demnation Plan
Attorney E Bailey Wyckoff said no sixty foot right of way was sought from Miss Anna Jarvis in a condemnation case settled in circuit court. The West Penn sought to erect seven utility poles along a 2113 foot stretch rather than a broad right of way, countering claims the poles would ruin property for about thirty feet on each side.
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E. Bailey Wyckoff
West Penn
Anna Jarvis
Circuit Court
Sleeping Beauty Begins Sixth Year in Coma
Patricia Maguire of Oak Park New Labrador entered the sixth year of coma from epidemic encephalitis lethargica. The 31 year old stenographer left home five years ago to mail a valentine and has not left since. Family notes she is slightly more alert than a year ago and hopes medical science may yet find a remedy.
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Oak Park
Patricia Maguire
Sleeping Beauty
Pat
Senators Clark and Moley Oppose Roosevelt Court Plan
Senator Clark of Missouri and Raymond Moley, once a Roosevelt adviser, align against the president on expanding the Supreme Court. Clark argues the 18-member plan would abolish the Court as it exists and demands a constitutional amendment. Moley likewise calls for a constitutional route, citing dangers of court packing.
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Clark
Moley
Supreme Court
Washington
D., Mo
Raymond Moley
Roosevelt
Brain Truster
Supreme Bench
Sleeping of Juror Triggers New Trial Motion
The Benny Hivick auto theft case prompts a new trial motion after a female juror reportedly fell asleep during deliberations. The attorney argues the unexpected awakening caused embarrassment and possible prejudice against the defense.
Wallis Simpson Returns to Society in Cannes Welcome
Wallis Simpson, long secluded after leaving England before the abdication, was greeted by French Riviera society as a guest of honor at a dinner hosted by Henry Clews Jr. in Cannes. The event marked her reintegration into social rounds, though no further engagements were announced. The dinner-dance drew eager crowds despite ongoing coverage.
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Cannes
France
French Riviera
Wallis Simpson
England
Edward VIII
Henry Clews, Jr
New York
Shovelers Battle Snow to Reach Trapped Train Crew
In Revelstoke British Columbia a 100 foot snowslide trapped a Canadian Pacific snow plough train. Conductor J M McDonald and Fireman W C Christopher son remained buried after 30 hours of desperate digging. Four units slid down the embankment near Llecillewaet river and rescue teams faced continued uncertainty.
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Revelstoke
B. C
Canadian Pacific
J.M. McDonald
W. C. Christopher‘son
Llecillewaet
McDonald
Ilecillewaet
James L. Carmichiel
W, Rande
Repeal push bids change to rail rate rule
Washington February 13 The interstate commerce debate centers on the long and short haul clause of the interstate commerce act. Railroads want repeal while motor carriers and shippers urge keeping the rule. The fight unfolds in a quiet committee room as lawmakers weigh impacts on transportation nationwide.
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Washington
Panama Canal
House
Interstate Commerce Com
Disorders at Berkshire Knitting Mills Renew in Reading
In Reading Pennsylvania Berkshire Knitting Mills saw new disorders a day after a riot in which a picket was shot in the head. Pickets and deputies clashed again at Wyomissing last night with no arrests. The wounded 17 year old David Dallesandro remained in critical condition. Both sides blamed each other for the shooting.
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Reading
Berkshire Knitting Mills
Wyomissing
David Dallesandro
Dallesandro
Lindys Off On Last Lap Of Air Jaunt To Cairo
The Flying Lindberghs Col and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh departed Mersa Matrouh for Cairo at 1 p.m. Greenwich time. They spent the night at a western desert army post two hours by air from Cairo and opted for light rolls and coffee instead of a heavy Egyptian breakfast.
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Cairo
Egypt
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mersa Matrouh
Western Desert
Police Told Of Scheme To Snatch Dionne Quintuplets
Ontario wide search ordered to thwart a reported plot to kidnap two of the Dionne quints from their Callander nursery. Guards heightened at the nursery and parents Olivia and Elzire Dionne as authorities investigate a bus traveler tale of two foreign men.
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Toronto
Ontario
Callender
North Bay
Olivia
Elzire Dionne
Callander
Arthur Roebuck
Mitchell Hepburn
Last Outlet To Sea Cut Off Near Madrid By Fascist Forces
Insurgent commanders say Madrid’s last direct link to the eastern sea coast is blocked as Fascists seize nine miles of secondary roads near Chinchon and Colmehar De Oreja. They report five ranches east of the Jarama taken and the Arganda bridge secured while air battles favor the Fascists.
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Madrid
Chinchon
Colmehar de Oreja
Albacete
Arganda
Jaxrama
Manzares
Jarama
Valencia
Alcala de Henares
Guadalajara
de Henares
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