Grand Jury Probes Gambling and Liquor Violations Begun
Grand jury session opened at 9 30 this morning under Circuit Judge Herbert W Dent with L D Martin of Flemington named foreman. Jurors are tasked to investigate violations of statutes against gambling and prohibition. The judge warned liquor may be kept only at home if legally acquired and prohibits manufacture, sale, or possession.
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Cirit
Herbert W. Dent
Law County
Martin
Flemington
Layer A. A. Stewart
Flemton
dEe
Frank Hollis
Dent
West Virginia
King Albert Death Mystery Persists Worldwide
From Brussels reports the anniversary of King Albert’s death keeps fueling belief he was murdered. Albert’s demise remains disputed with many accepting foul play yet authorities and historians warn against unproven theories. Messages pour into the royal palace and Belgium’s political police as speculation endures.
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Albert W. Wilson
Associated Press
Brussels
Albert
Gme
Els
Surete Fale
Belgium
Exec
Europe
Rita Lent Mystery Deepens in Death of 3-Year-Old
Jefferson February 18 The Rita Lent mystery remains unsolved as Ashtabula county authorities seek the cause of death of three year old Rita Lent Found late Saturday in a farm cow path two miles from home scientists in Cleveland study vital organs for clues The mother Olive Lent 34 and hired man Martin Quinn 62 detained for questioning maintain they know nothing of the disappearance Continued on page two.
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Jefferson
Rita Lent
Ashtabula
Cleveland
Soft Coal Wage Parley Opens in Washington
Leaders of the eleven billion dollar soft coal industry faced wage demands from 650000 miners and prepared to present views on possible federal regulation. Negotiations for new wage contracts with the United Mine Workers of America begin today to replace agreements expiring at midnight March 31. Hearings before a Senate subcommittee are set for tomorrow on Senator Guffey's bill proposing industry regulation as a public utility.
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Washington
United Mine Workers of America
Senate
Guffey
D-Pa
Byrd’s Antarctic party returns to civilization
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and the Antarctic expedition crew arrived in Dunedin New Zealand aboard their flagship. Dr Thomas C. Poulter wed Miss Helen Gray with Byrd performing the ceremony. The event followed news of the venture’s wireless arrangements and Poulter’s past faculty ties at Town Wesleyan College.
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Dunedin
N. Z
Richard E. Byrd
Admiral Byrd
Thomas C. Poulter
Helen Gray
Poulter
Gray
Town Wesleyan College
Witness Breaks Record For Days Testifying in Texas Court
Dallas report says W. A. Fosdick, long familiar with the witness chair, is entering his eleventh consecutive day as a civil case witness in district court, setting a Texas record for witness testimony.
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Dallas
Tex
W. A. Fosdick
Texas
Dry Speaker Attacks Five Percent Beer in Senate
Charleston reports Anti-Saloon League superintendent B E Ewing urges that declaring five percent beer nonintoxicating will be a 1936 campaign issue. He warns legislators against voting for such a measure and notes beer can lead to stronger liquor. He also criticizes a senate amendment raising voter approval from fifteen to twenty six percent.
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Charleston
Senate
B.E. Ewing
Anti-Saloon League
Ewing
Old Ad Draws Crowds Seeking City Jobs in Monroe
In Monroe Louisiana on February 18 crowds swamped the streets and parks office as job seekers brandished a newspaper advertisement claiming a shortage of city prison labor required a larger paid street force. A closer look showed the ad’s heading read Fifteen years ago.
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Monroe
Parking Violation Signage Ordered in Vincennes
Police Chief Thomas Martin orders curb signs in no parking zones in Vincennes Indiana. Signs read No parking 8 and aim to fix fixed price established for parking violation.
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Vincennes Ind
Thomas Martin
Bold hold up rocks Roxy Theatre in Times Square
A lone robber tied up three Roxy theatre officials and stole between 11000 and 16000 from the office of treasurer James Muldoon. The 2500 audience remained unaware as more than 100 theater workers knew nothing of the incident near Seventh Avenue and 50th Street.
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New York
Roxy Theatre
L | Lcots
James Muldoon
Roxy
Seventh Avenue
50Th Street
Times Square
the Bandit
Lawyers for Hauptmann Press Appeal to Seek Costs
Bruno Hauptmann faces an appeal move from his Lindbergh kidnapping conviction as his attorneys seek the state to pay about $10,000 printing costs for the trial record. Defense counsel plan to file a writ of error with the New Jersey Supreme Court via Chancellor Luther A Campbell, with other attorneys likely to appear before him.
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Bruno Hauptmann
New Jersey
Trenton
Lindbergh
Central Press
N. J
Jersey
Death House
Frederick A. Pope
Supreme Court
Thomas W. Trenchard
Hauptmann
Pope
Butler Attacks Report of House Investigators
Kennett Square, Pa. February 18. General Smedley D. Butler accuses the congressional committee on un-American activities of suppressing testimony and names in its inquiry into an alleged Fascist plot against the government. He says crucial witnesses were ignored and cites his testimony describing an offer to lead a 50,000 veteran march on Washington.
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Kennett Square
Congressional Committee On un-American Activities
Smedley D. Butler
Congress
Ino
Washington
Three Youths Rob 81-Year-Old Woman In Home Invasion
State police seek three youths who entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. Brice Chambers in Cameron West Virginia on Saturday night. They bound 81-year-old Mrs. Chambers and stole $60, forcing her to reveal the location of the money.
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Cameron
W. Va
Brice Chambers
Kenova Policeman Will Face Murder Trial
Kenova West Virginia February 18 Prosecuting Attorney J Floyd Harrison says Wayne County grand jury will be asked to indict Patrolman Harry Irons age 32 of the Kenova police department for murder Irons is held for the killing of Clifford Hensley age 26 of Kenova shot to death on a Kenova street Saturday night Irons said Hensley resisted arrest.
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Kenova
W. Va
J. Floyd Harrison
Wayne County
Grand Jury
Harry Irons
Irons
Clifford Hensley
Hensley
Police Chief Warns Against Fake State Police Magazine
Charleston February 18 A warning from State Police Superintendent P D Shingleton cautions the public against solicitors claiming to publish a so called State Police Magazine The superintendent says the department has never sponsored such a publication and has received reports of solicitations being made under that name.
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Charleston
W. Va
P. D. Shingleton
State Police
Lamson Goes On Trial For Wife's Death Again
San Jose California February 18 official's first trial ends in tragedy and a second time Lamson goes to trial on a charge of murdering his wife Allene Thorpe with an iron pipe. The case involves prior appeals and a lingering sensational history connected to Stanford University publishing house.
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San Jose
Calif
David Lamson
California Supreme
Tri- Gallows
Allene Thorpe
Stanema Es
Stanford University
Two Women Spies Executed in Berlin Courtyard
Berlin reports Baroness Renate von Natzmer and Frau Benita von Falkenhayn were decapitated today for espionage. Official note at 2:50 pm says Hitler refused clemency. Prison courtyard execution carried out with secrecy before page six continuation.
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Berlin
Renate von Natzmer
Frau
Benita von Falkenhayn
Hitler
Doctor Found Dead at Excelsior Springs Camp
Dr Roy F Hackett a 32 year old Independence Missouri physician who had been missing since Saturday night was found dead early today at a tourist camp in Excelsior Springs Miss Dorothy Peglar his 24 year old office assistant who disappeared at the same time was found in a cabin with the body The coroner Dr W L Wysong said the doctor died of acute alcoholism and the woman was detained by police but would not talk
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Excelsior Springs
Roy F. Hackett
Independence
Dorothy Peglar
Roosevelt Keeps Busy On His NRA Message
President Roosevelt works to finish the NRA message for Congress with hopes to submit it late today. He faces a tight schedule and limited opportunity for final drafting as he aims to advance the administration's key recommendations this session.
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Roosevelt
NRA
Washington
Congress
Capitol Hill
Luncheon at First Baptist Church Menu Notice
A church luncheon announcement lists Tuesday February 10 offering meat loaf plus home baked sides. The snippet records a community gathering event at the First Baptist Church with an unspecified year.
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First Baptist Church
Highest Court Rules Government Immune To Some Suits
The Supreme Court sustains the New Deal gold clause invalidation for private contracts but defeats suit on federal bonds. It rules the Court of Claims lacks jurisdiction to hear such actions, effectively preventing bondholders from collecting on old gold bases. The decision upholds Congress's currency power and leaves questions about government attitude unresolved.
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Supreme Court
Associated Press
Washington
Court of Claims
Congress
Act of Congress
Eighteen Desperate Convicts Free In West
Granite Oklahoma February 18 eighteen convicts are at large after a wholesale break from the state reformatory. Women and children were used as shields and a guard was shot to death. Thirteen other convicts returned to cells. Mrs George A Waters the nation s only woman warden faced the danger and sought the source of pistols smuggled to the leaders. Guns were smuggled in and posses searched the plains to flush the felons from hiding. Guards were rounded up as the break followed an investigation into cruel treatment reports. The warden exposed herself to gunfire but said precautions were taken. Continued on page six.
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Granite
Okla
George A. Waters
Young Kennamer Set to Testify in Murder Trial
Pawnee Oklahoma February 18 Anxious crowds await the climax of the Phil Kennamer murder trial as the defendant plans to tell his side of the story about John Gorrell Jr The defendant has been coached by his father A Flint Moss chief defense counsel and C B Stuart a veteran courtroom fighter in the days leading to his appearance in court
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Pawnee
Okla
Phil Kennamer
John Gorrell, Jr
Franklin Ean
Tulsa
A. Flint Moss
C. B. Stuart
Injuries Prove Fatal To Ohio Truck Driver
Clinton O Woods, 29, of Pleasantville Ohio, died in a Pittsburgh hospital after a truck mishap in Clarksburg. He fell while riding with a motor freight firm and struck an iron bar during the trip. Woods had been en route from Pittsburgh to Lancaster when the accident occurred.
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Ohio
Clarksburg
Clinton
Woods
Pleasantville
Pitterburgh
Lancaster
Motor ‘Freight’ Company
Patrmint
State Bonus Up For Vote In West Virginia
Charleston February 18 The house of delegates discussed a $10 million state war bonus proposal to pay $15 a month to World War I veterans or their dependents with the plan to submit the bond issue to voters at the 1936 general election while the senate pressed liquor control measures. The bond would fund monthly payments to honorably discharged veterans from April 1917 to November 1918 or to dependents at $16 per month of service, with details in proposed provisions.
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Charleston
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Senate
House
Aptley
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Byrd
Daring Desperado
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Butler
Warnng
Agaist
Lamson
Chow
Quin Papa
Oliva Dionne
Canada
Papa Oliva Dionne
Detroit
Mrs. Dionne
West
Oklahoma
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