Hoffmann given time to delay Hauptmann probe
Trenton New Jersey February 17 state delays setting a new death date for Bruno Hauptmann to allow Governor Hoffmann time for possible moves. Assistant Attorney General Lanigan said no Supreme Court date before tomorrow at earliest. Leibowitz met the governor and Hauptmann remains in his death cell as a 30 day reprieve expires.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Harold G. Hoffman
Joseph Lanigan
Supreme Court
Thomas W. Trenchard
Mercer Hospital
South Amboy
JS. Leibowitz
New York
Eions
Leibowitz
Hauptann
Lepowitz
Harold G. Hoff
Hauptmann
David T. Wilentz
Hunt for waitress slayer stirs West Virginia town
Mount Hope West Virginia February 17 state troopers search for a slayer after the battered body of 22 year old Grace Carter was found on a rocky hillside near the railroad tracks a few hundred yards from her home. She had left work Saturday night and was believed attacked shortly after. Investigators questioned a friend and a male companion in efforts to piece together the events leading to the homicide.
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Mount Hope
W-Va
Po-Ee
Grace Carter
Carter
Bandits Hold One American Engineer in Mexico
Samuel C. Faneuf, one of two American mining engineers seized by bandits in Jalisco, Mexico, remains held while his partner Paul W. Avery is freed after paying ransom. Avery arrived in Guadalajara and refused to discuss details of his release.
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Samuel C. Faneuf
Apove
Jalisco
Mexico
Paul W. Avery
Avery
Guadalajara
Police Find Car of Slain Gang Leader in Chicago
Police uncovered the machine gun McGurn's car two days after the gangster’s killing in a second floor bowling alley. Abandoned in a North Side industrial area the auto held two keys on a ring with five car keys and a possible safe deposit key. Authorities guarded the widow Louise Rolfe amid threats.
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Chicago
Jack” McGurn
Scarface al" Capone
Idan
Louise Rolfe
Ault Admitted To Hospital In Wheeling Ohio Valley
John W. Ault manager of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone company is a patient at Ohio Valley hospital in Wheeling. He was admitted for observation with a kidney infection and his condition remains undetermined. Decision on possible operation will come later this week.
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John W. Ault
Grafton
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Ohio Valley Hospital
Wheeling
Ault
Gawthrop Enters Race for County Assessor Post
John T. Gawthrop, a well known insurance man with broad Taylor county ties, filed his candidacy for the assessor post with Circuit Clerk Frank M. Hollis Jr. Deputy Sheriff Harry Batson has also entered the race for the Democratic nomination, while Assessor Ed Lock stands unopposed for renomination on the Republican side.
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John T. Gawthrop
Taylor County
Frank M. Hollis
Harry Batson
Ed Lock
West Virginia WPA to Cut Administrative Staff
Charleston February report states WPA will trim administrative expenses by $6,000 monthly, reducing costs from $170,000 in November to $94,000 in March. Furloughs expected for office clerks and further staff reductions planned as Washington orders cutbacks across February and January budgets, with over 200 employees already furloughed. Continued on page three.
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Charleston
W. Va
WPA
West Virginia
F. Witcher McCullough
McCullough
Washington
Posse Sought Negro in Wounding Two Persons
Welch February 17 UP A posse hunted Lawrence Martin of Landgrass after he shot Walter Price 32 in the abdomen at close range with a shotgun during an altercation at Price's home. Martin then fired through his brother Alfred Martin’s window wounding him in the face.
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Welch
Lawrence Martin
Landgrass
Martin
Conservator of the Peace
W. F. Jones
Walter Price
Walter
Jones
Alfred Martin
Famous Inventor Dies In Colorado Hospital
Hiram Percy Maxim, Hartford born inventor and mechanical engineer, died in Mennonite hospital in La Junta Colorado after a throat infection. He was 67 and had recently been traveling by train with his wife. Maxim was an electrical engineer for several firms before founding his own company to manufacture ordnance articles of which he was the inventor.
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LA Junta
Colo
Hiram Percy Maxim
Hartford
Mennonite Hospital
Ween Waren
Maxim
Wife of Railroad Man Beaten Up and Robbed
PARKERSBURG Feb 17 William Johnson Baltimore and Ohio railroad employee found his wife unconscious in the railroad yards with a head wound. Police say she was slugged and her pocketbook containing 24 dollars was taken. Three men were arrested for questioning. Johnson said his wife usually met him at the station.
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Parkersburg
William Johnson
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Johnson
Epidemic of Car Thefts Hits Taylor County Area
An epidemic of car thefts sweeps Taylor county with multiple vehicles reported stolen near East Main Street and Elks Home. Ira 0. McCue reports his 1930 Ford coupe taken. two cars recovered including E F Hippelehuser’s vehicle found on East Washington Street. The thefts prompt state and city authorities to investigate.
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Minneapolis
Isadore
Kidd Cann
Blumenfield
Walter Liggett
Witnesess
Thomas McMeekin
Kid Cann
Guus
Arthur de Lauriers
Liggett
Taylor County
Elks
East Main Street
Ira
McCue
West Virginia
E. F. Aart
Sannetay
East Washington Street
Associated
New York
Eee
Italian Forces Claim Major Victory in Northern Ethiopia
Rome reports a sweeping six day advance with 300 square miles captured in northern Ethiopia. The Italian tally lists 5,000 Ethiopian deaths and 15,000 wounded, with 2,000 Ethiopian casualties claimed, while Italian losses are said to be 1,500 and fewer than 500 killed. Ethiopian sources dispute the figures as the conflict continues.
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Associated Press
Ethiopia
Rome
Ital
Jan
Ethiopic
O Connor to reply to Detroit priest on House floor
Congressman O'Connor of the Rules Committee weighs an on floor reply to Father Coughlin over the Frazier Lemke mortgage refinancing bill. Coughlin had accused him of intimidating lawmakers as signatures on a petition shift. The dispute centers on use of up to 3 billion in new currency to refinance farm mortgages.
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Congressman O'Connor
Detroit
Washington
O'Connor
House Rules Committee
James E. Coughlin
Ntact
Guaranteing
Capitol
White House
Coughlin
Royal Oak
Mich
Frazier-Lemke
Lemke
R-N. D
Father Coughilin
Representative Boland
D-Pa
New Yorker
Roosevelt
Body of Third Victim Of Plunge Not Located
Charleston february 17 policemen pushed grappling hooks through Elk river to locate Ezra Taylor 30 of Clendenin after a car plunged from a 60 foot embankment into the swollen river two others Ray Carper 27 of Amma and Mack Carper 47 were recovered from the wreck Ray escaped from the car and was found nearby the elder Carper’s body remained in the vehicle.
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Charleston
Elk River
Ezra Taylor
Clendenin
Ray Carper
Carper
Ray
Safety Council's First Meeting Planned Tonight
The Taylor County Safety Council plans its first meeting at 8 o'clock this evening in the Moose Home. State Trooper L W Emerick will preside and coordinate efforts with the American Legion and State Department of Public Safety in forming a county unit to promote highway safety in West Virginia. All invited members and others interested in safety are urged to attend.
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Taylor County Safety Council
American Legion
State Department of Public Safety
Moose Home
L.W. Emerick
State Police
Prooper Emerick
West Virginia
Taylor County
New Deal Is Basic Issue in 1936 Campaign
Editorial opens a series examining the 1936 presidential race focusing on core policy questions and the personalities shaping the contest. It frames the New Deal as the central, defining issue and previews forthcoming discussions of plans and contrasts.
Political Picture Muddled by Inflammatory Speeches
Washington scene shifts as Father Coughlin attacks Rep O Connor on pensions and inflation bills as Ohio and Pennsylvania primary tensions rise. House rules committee approved a Townsend old age pension investigation amid mounting political drama and campaign impact signals.
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Alletin
Washington
Townsend
House Rules Committee
Former Commerce Chief Auto Builder Dies in Detroit
Rov. D. Chapin a pioneer of the auto industry dies at 55 after pneumonia. He left college in 1902 to turn a photography hobby into a career with Hudson Motor Car company and served as Secretary of Commerce from Hoover’s 1932 administration.
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Detroit
D. Chapin
Chapin
Hudson _ Motor
Beckley
Retary of Commerce
Hoover
Robertman
Lamont
W. R. Calhoun
New Use for Cod Liver Oil Reported Healing As Salve
Soviet physicians Dr V I Lost and Dr I G Koch ergin of Korkin claim cod liver oil heals both internal disease and wounds when applied as a paste or salve. In 263 cases, the salve allegedly treated wounds and boosted resistance, a liquid tonic form cited by the AMA report.
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V. I. Lost
I. G. Kochergin
Korkin
Russia
Chizago
96-Year-Old Veteran To Become Papa Again
Newbern North Carolina February 17 96 year old George Hughes expects to become a father again in May. He announced to J Gaskill McDaniel associate editor of the Kinston Morning Herald that the earlier birth 14 months ago was authenticated by medical records and published in the American Medical Journal. The child was named Franklin Roosevelt. The father is a Confederate Army veteran living on a government pension.
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Newbern
N.C
George Hughes
R Hughes
J. Gaskill McDaniel
Kinston Morning Herald
Hughes
American Medical Journal
Franklin Roosevelt
Earlrita Demoss Named Broaddus Queen of May
Philipppi, Feb. 17. With near zero mercury Alderson Broaddus college students chose Miss Earirita Demoss of Grafton a sophomore May Queen and Joe Burke of Elkins as king for the May Day celebration.
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Philippi
Mercury
Alderson Broaddus College
Earirita Demoss
Grafton
Joe Burke
Elkins
Rowlesburg Veteran To Receive Purple Heart
Frank D. Funk, past commander of Cannon Hill Post No 3008, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will receive the Purple Heart Sunday evening February 23 at 8 o'clock in the Rowlesburg Methodist Episcopal church. The presentation will be made near suburban Hubbard by Clarence Sumner of Youngstown and war historian Attorney Melvin C. Snyder, coroner J. C. Henshaw said. The award honors Funk for distinguished service in the line of duty during World War II, with the body found yesterday described as soaked in kerosene and set ablaze after a head wound and neck injuries. The discovery came from a flaming roadside body near Youngstown, with investigators noting a high powered car and a woman's footprints nearby. The case ties to a prior slaying near Girard involving John Pappas, a former Detroit gambler, though no definitive connection has been established.
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Rowlesburg
Frank
D. Funk
Cannon Hill
Episcopal Church
Clarence Rev
Arthur Lazenby
Sumner
Youngstown
Hubbard
Melvin C. Snyder
J. C. Henshaw
Preston County
War Department
Argonne Forest
Eight Judges In Accord On Big Decision Court Upholds Power Contract
The Supreme Court ruling by eight to one upholds the TVA right to dispose of all surplus power produced at Wil son dam Muscle Shoals. Justice McReynolds dissented. The decision, delivered at 1 p m, says federal control of power is a matter for Congress and that the government may seek wider markets for power beyond Alabama Power Company’s contract. The Tennessee River is deemed navigable, supporting federal powers over navigation.
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Washington
Supreme Court
TVA
Wilson Dam
Muscle Shoals
McReynolds
Hughes
Congress
Wisen Dam
Tennessee
Tennessee River
Alabama Power Company
Tennessee Valley Authority
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Mt. Hope
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M’cullough
Posse
Colorado
Canncase
Safety Council
Father Coughlin
O’connor
Priest
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Onder
House’ Rules Committee
Charles E. Coughlin
Commerce
American Medical Association
Papa
Earlrita Demoss
Broaddus
Roy Hardman
John Pappas
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Harry Ginteret
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