Girl Athlete Testimony in Nancy Glenn Case
Philadelphia report outlines Mary O Connor statement to detective Captain Murphy about striking five year old Nancy Glenn with her fist during a muddy lane confrontation last Labor Day. She described the incident, the bicycle ride request, and her subsequent actions as she claimed to check for a pulse. Continued on page eight.
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Philadelphia
O'Connor
Nancy Glenn
Mary
John T. Murphy
Miss O'Connor
Nancy
Marines Turn Back Japanese in Shanghai Clash
In Shanghai on February 16 United States Marines repelled a fourth attempt by armed Japanese to enter the Shirai international settlement. Talks between Marine officers and Japanese authorities aimed to defuse control tensions as Japan plans stricter post office censorship and broader security moves. Nearby, Japanese troops on the Lunghai corridor fought to secure a crossing of the Yellow River and threaten Hankow, intensifying regional pressure.
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Shanghai
United States
Shirai
Americas
A. M. Chapelain
Postoffice
Lunghai Corridor
Yellow River
Lunghai Railway
Hankow
China
Injury award set at 100000 in Missouri car crash case
Miss Melba Peterson a 27 year old former saleswoman was awarded 100000 against Bradford Shinkle Jr in St Louis courts for injuries from an automobile collision. She suffered a double skull fracture a broken pelvis and later had surgery to remove her right eye.
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St. Louis
Melba Peterson
Bradford Shinkle, Jr
Peterson
Central Press
Cold Weather Grips Rockies Across The Plains
Death dealing cold blankets the Rockies as snow and sleet spread over the Great Plains. An emergency appeal for food comes from Lake Tahoe California where 400 residents face shortages after 20 foot drifts. A Ta HidE Inn proprietor calls for state aid by air. Montana Colorado and Nebraska report deaths from freezing and winter hazards while Colorado and Kansas blame highways.
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Denver
Rockies
Great Plains
Oklahoma
Canada
Lake Tahoe
California
Carl Bechtold
Tahide Inn
Glenbrook
Bechtold
Montana
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Anniversary Program At Elks Club Tonight
Grafton lodge No. 308 observes the seventieth anniversary of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks with a lodge meet ing and social session tonight at the East Main Street Home. Exalted Ruler E J Bnayan announces all former members are invited to attend and participate. A message from charter member and first exalted ruler E J Shaughnessy will be read from El Reno Oklahoma.
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Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Grafton
Main Street
E. J. Bnay
E. J. Shaughnessy
el Reno
Okla
Roadhouse Burglary Solved By Police
Cityview roadhouse on Route 60 robbed early Sunday. Police chief A E Lockard announced the case solved though no arrests were made and warrants pending. Victims report $1.50 to $2 in tax permits missing along with several cartons of cigarettes.
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Cityview
Tony Olivio
A. E. Lockard
Olivio
Olivia
Berlin says union urged by England
British diplomatic sources say Britain urged reconciliation between Germany and Austria as Mussolini pressed for talks between Hitler and Schuschnigg. Henderson carried messages from London and warned that any attempt at an anschluss could threaten European peace, framing Britain as key in steering German Austrian ties.
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Berlin
Britain
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Kurt Schuschnigg
Schuschnigg
Hitler
Germany
Neville Henderson
London
Great Britain
Henderson
Twin Cities End Transit Walkout After Settlement
Minneapolis residents returned to work as street cars resumed service after a two day walkout. Workers at a station stopped operating one man cars in protest, and late Tuesday night voted to accept a company plan to keep two man cars and provide 30 days notice for future changes.
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Minneapolis
Twin Cities
Martial Law Declared Amid Riot in Tijuana City
Martial law and machine guns saturate Tijuana after a mob of 800 men and women tried to lynch an accused sexual slayer of an 8 year old girl. At least a dozen injured by bullets or trampling as police HQ and a jail were burned and the federal building damaged. Unconfirmed reports hinted at a child and two adults killed in street fighting between rioters and soldiers. A young Tijuana soldier linked to the case became a target of the mob’s vengeance. General Contreras said the situation was under control.
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Tijuana
Mex
Federal
Oiza Com‘acho
Manuel Contreras
As cd
Discovers Daughter's Body in City Excavation
New York February 16. William Fogarty returning from a movie found two legs protruding from a street excavation. He pulled out the body of his 20 year old daughter Harriet. Family says she apparently stumbled and fell into the trench.
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New York
William Fogarty
Harriet
Austria Nazi union fears draw Germany toward war
Britain and France warned that Germany may press for a union with Austria after Chancellor Schuschnigg reshaped Austria's cabinet with two ministers approved by Hitler. European diplomats urged caution, fearing renewed conflict if powers act too boldly. The French press called the cabinet coup a major sensation on par with past German aggressions.
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London
Austria
Britain
France
Germany
Schuschnigg
Fue
Hitler
Schus‘Herala
As & i
Etropis
Rhineland
Pay Tributes To Red Cross Vet Workers
Taylor county American Red Cross honored Mrs. J B Leamon and Charles W Steel for 20 years of continuous service at a chapter meeting in the Tre gellas building. Charles Marshall and others demonstrated first aid as Frank C Collins presented awards. 23 attended.
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J. B. Leamon
Charles W. Steel
Red Cross
Taylor County
The
American Red Cross
Tregellas
Belle Vankirk
Charles Marshall
James Parkhill
Sherman Reed
Frank C. Collns
Luther For
Lila Dean
Leslie ‘Loar
Strawberry Festival Headed By Dr Judson
Buckhannon West Virginia reports the Central West Virginia Strawberry Festival will run June 2 and 3 under Dr J E Judson WV Wesleyan College professor. H P Stalnaker named assistant director. he directed last year. In 1937 about 17000 attended for the queen crowning and Governor Holt address.
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Buckhannon
Central West Virginia
J. E. Judson
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Central West Virginia ‘Strawberry Festival Association’ Board of Directors
Judson
H. P. Stalnaker
Stalnaker
Holt
Grand Jury Indicts Man in Martinsburg Collision Death
Martinsburg report says grand jury returns manslaughter true bill against Wesley Stine of Maughansville for the December 10 collision that killed Emory C. Davis of Marlowe. The same docket accuses Salvatore Sbriglio, linked to horse racing, of stealing $165 in jewelry from Mrs. Carrie Compton’s Martinsburg home where he lodged.
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Martinsburg
Wesley Stine
Maughansville
Emory C. Davis
Marlowe
Salvatore Sbriglio
Carrie Compton
Compton
Keely Low Bidders To Finish Route 119 Work
Contracts for completing U S route 119 from Grafton to Morgantown were let in Clarksburg to Keely Construction Company. Bids include 1.009 miles paving Morgantown to Grafton for $15,734.40 and 4.442 miles paving for $69,100.50.
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Keely Low
Grafton
Morgantown
Clarksburg
Keely Construction Company
Taylor
Monongalia
Gorilla Bites Circus Executive in His Arm
Sarasota, Fla. Feb 16 A circus executive John Ring Ung North was bitten on the arm by Gargantua the Great the gorilla as he stood before the animal's cage. Anti tetanus serum was given after keeper Richard Kroner beat off the gorilla. Doctors warned bites may cause infection. North heads Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus wintering in Sarasota.
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Sarasota
Fla
John Ring
Ung North
Gargantua the Great
North
Richard Kroner
Ringling Brothers and
Bamum [and Bailey Circus
Discharge of Wright Jury Nears After Sixteen Hours
Los Angeles report says the jurors failed to reach a verdict on Paul A. Wright's sanity after long deliberations since Monday. The case involves Wright, convicted of manslaughter in shooting his wife and her husband, with a retrial possible if insanity is still contested. Judge Ingall Bull may discharge the weary panel.
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Wright
Los Angeles
Paul A. Wright
Prae
John Kimmel
Ingall Bull
Governor Holt Reveals How He Got Nickname Rocky
Governor Homer A. Holt of West Virginia known as Rocky explained last night at a fraternity gathering how he earned his nickname. He said he used to carry a few stones in his pockets until the bottoms wore out, though he cannot say why they were kept, noting they were for defensive purposes.
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New York
Homer A. Holt
West Virginia
Rocky
Hitler Seizes Key Posts in Austrian Cabinet Change
Vienna reports a government with Nazi influence forming under Adolf Hitler's approval. Chancellor Schuschnigg remains, creating independence caution while Seyss-Inquart becomes interior minister with police control. Two other ministers, Ardamovitch and Glaise-Horstenau, are sympathetic to Germany as Austria maintains formal independence.
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Vienna
Germany
Fuehrer
Hitler
Austria
Rochtesgaden
I Sa
Schuschnigg
Arthur Seysz-Inquart
Interior
Ludwig Ardamovitch
Justice
Edmund Glaise-Horstenau
Glaise-Horstenau
Greenbrier land bought for state park
Charleston February 16 announcement that 5000 acres in Greenbrier county near White Sulphur Springs on Kate's Mountain will become West Virginia's sixth state forest. The state paid 14500 to Frank C. Baker and Ernest L. Bailey for property with 1,500,000 feet salable lumber, springs, cabin sites, picnic areas and a 12 mile skyline drive nearing completion.
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Charleston
Greenbrier
West Virginia
H. W. Shawhan
Conversation Commission
Shawhan
Frank C. Baker
Elkins
Ernest L. Bailey
White Sulphur Springs
Kate's Mountain
Hart’s Run
D. B. Griffin
Joy Riding Car Thieves Elude Searching Police
Huntington reports two car thieves who forced drivers from autos eluded a radio patrol after their latest bold act. They stopped Mrs. Monte Little on Fifth avenue and ordered her and C. E. Gressle from the car before fleeing in the vehicle. Sergeant Myron Neale noted descriptions provided by Mrs. Little matched two suspects.
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Huntington
Monte Little
Fifth Avenue Preparatory
Myron Neale
Man Convicted of Manslaughter in Mrs Kimmel Slaying
Paul Wright was found guilty by a Los Angeles jury on two counts of manslaughter in the deaths of his wife Maureen Kimmel and her best friend. Mrs Kimmel, widow of the “best friend,” showed no emotion as the verdict was read. Wright faced a subsequent trial on an insanity plea.
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Paul Wright
Los Angeles
Maureen Kimmel
Wright
Central Press
Senate Weighs Filibuster Clash Over Lynching Bill
Washington reports Senate leaders expect a near defeat of a motion to curb the anti lynching filibuster but say the measure will not be shelved before the $250 million emergency relief appropriation is ready for consideration. House action on relief is timed ahead of a Senate vote on curbing debate with plans for debate Friday and continued coverage on page eight.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Salem deputy clerk dies suddenly in hospital
Sylvester Roy Hannah age 45 of Salem, deputy clerk of Harrison County circuit and court, died today after an emergency appendectomy. A former bank teller and school teacher, he served as Salem recorder and leaves a widow, one son, a brother and three sisters. Funeral plans incomplete.
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Clarksburg
Sylvester Roy Hannah
Salem
Hannah
Defense Asks Dismissal Of Impeachment Charges
Defense attorneys asked for dismissal of eleven counts charging misconduct in office against Batfour County court members Boyd E. Holbert Andrew Booth and Coney E. Corder in Circuit Court Prosecuting Attorney H J Poling asked for the removal. The defendants contend the petition lacks sufficient impeachable allegations.
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Philippi
Batfour County
H. J. Poling
Boyd E. Holbert
Andrew Booth
Coney E. Corder
Hotel Commodore Washington DC Room and Bath Deal
Hotel Commodore at Union Station Capitol Plaza in Washington DC offers modern comfortable economical rooms with bath starting at 2.50 dollars. The listing highlights convenient location facing Union Station and Capitol Plaza with affordable rates and basic amenities.
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Commodore
Washington, D. C
Unioin
Capitol Plaza
Austrian Nazi prisoners freed as cabinet reshapes government
Vienna reports more than two thousand amnestied Nazi convicts released from prisons as Kurt Schuschnigg reorganizes the cabinet with Nazi allies in key roles. The move follows Berchtesgaden talks with Hitler and Mussolini, prompting debate over Austria becoming a puppet state while neighbors seek internal peace and independence guarantees.
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Vienna
Cellor Kurt Schuschnigg
Austria
Nantmany
Udray
Berchtesgaden
Navy tightens secrecy on wartime ship plans
Washington reports guarded naval planning details amid speculation about two possible delays and privacy measures. Officials say a public welfare order limits disclosure while construction progress and carrier schedules face potential changes, with no official delay figures released.
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Washington
United States
Navy
Hereiason
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