Girl Testifies of Blood Stain in Monaghan Case
A 19 year old waitress Dolores Good testified she saw a man with a blood stained shirt near the room where Frank C Monaghan was beaten to death during a third degree murder trial in Fayette county. Coroner Baltz and other officials prepared to testify as the case continued.
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Somerset
Bertillon
Frank C. Monaghan
Dolores Good
Fayette County
Florence Dean
John C. Wall
A. Baltz
Miss
Stacy Gunderman
Moupshang
Miss Good
James “A. Reilly
Uniontown Peace
Union Demand Held Amazing
New York editors report that soft coal producers expect the United Mine Workers wage and hour demand will raise the annual coal bill by at least 270 million dollars. Philip Murray cites a 30 hour week and 15 percent raise as not costing 60 cents per ton. Operators call the figure conservative and point to a guaranteed annual income provision whose cost is undetermined.
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New York
United Mine Workers
Philip Murray
Miners’ Union
Charles P. O'Neill
O'Neill
Safety council notes highway deaths and bridge work crisis
The Taylor County Safety Council cites alarming highway fatalities last month while recalling ten workers who perished in a major bridge building operation. The piece contrasts a past Golden Gate bridge project with the present fatal accident, urging awareness of road dangers.
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Golden Gate Bridge
West
Investigation into Scaffold Collapse Kills Ten at Gate Bridge
San Francisco reports an investigation into the 200 foot fall of ten workers during construction on the Gate bridge. State officials and inspectors debated scaffold safety as a 10 foot movable scaffold on wheels, held by a rope net, slipped from a girder, plunging workers to their deaths.
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San Francisco
Frank McDonald
A. F. Mailloux
McDonald
Philip Hart
Pacific Bridge Company
Bridge District
State Industrial Accident Commission
Phillips
State nears end of case in Scully manslaughter trial
Winchester attorney Thomas G. Scully Jr. faces a manslaughter charge after Frederick M. Affleck and Homer Hook were killed near Winchester on Christmas night. Prosecution witnesses testified Affleck was intoxicated and driving fast when the fatal crash occurred on Martinsburg pike.
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Winchester
Thomas G. Scully, Jr
Frederick M. Affleck
Affleck
Homer Hook
Martinsburg Pike
Dewey Newiin
Steward C. Hiring,Jr
Scully
Elting
Martinsburg
W. Va
French Decree Guards Frontiers Over Spanish War
Paris reports President Albert Lebrun signed a decree to enforce the international ban on volunteers in the Spanish war. It strengthens police patrols and airport supervision, adds a Spanish border guard, tightens passport and visa rules, and requires special visas for railway travelers to Spain. All Frenchmen are barred from joining either side and recruiting stations are to be closed.
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Paris
Albert Lebrun
Spain
Huntington May Be Made Branch of Loan Agency
Washington reports the Disaster Loan Corporation is seriously considering Huntington West Virginia as a branch office. A new federal bill provides a 20 million dollar loan fund with three percent annual interest, or no interest for four months, aimed at assisting owners of properties damaged by floods in the region.
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Huntington
Washington
Disaster Loan Corporation
George W.J. Johnson
Parkersburg
W. Va
Ashores Iarce
Barber Waits 50 Years For Customer Mug
MEDINA Ohio February 18 Henry Schuler a barber aged 72 surprised C E Horn 73 by presenting him a shaving mug engraved with Horns name He said Ive been waiting 50 years for you to come after me and Horn who had needed a shave finally received the mug after a half century delay
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Medina
C. E. Horn
Cleveland
Henry Schuler
Horn
Schuler
Vis
Board of Trade Meeting Called At 8 P M Tonight
Grafton to hear reorganization plan for Taylor County Board of Trade at 8 o clock in county building court room. Over 400 members and Kiwanis drive supporters urged to attend as directors will be elected and officers for 1937 chosen.
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Taylor County Board of Trade
G. T. Bartlett
Trade Board
Grafton Kiwanis Club
Grafton
Kiwanis Committee
James C. Holt
Bartlett
Watkins Appointment Referred to Committee
President Roosevelt nominated Harry E. Watkins a 39 year old Fairmont West Virginia attorney for a third federal judgeship in the state. The senate judiciary committee referred Watkins to a sub committee headed by Senator M. M. Neely of West Virginia who recommended him.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry E. Watkins
Fairmont
W. Va
Senate Judiciary Committee
M. M. Neely
West Virginia
Mary Astor Weds Youthful Mexico City Insurance Man
Mary Astor wed a 25-year-old Mexico City insurance salesman in a dawn ceremony at 4 30 a m. The elopement from Hollywood to Calexico followed prior arrangements. Judge Henry Kelly noted no objections from the groom's kin as the couple departed by auto limousine.
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Mary Astor
Mexico City
Yuma
Ariz
Campo
Henry
Kelly
Nesly
Manuel del Campo
Mexico
Holly
Calexico
Calif
Rush D. Holt
West
Wood
Virginia
Watkins
Red
Roosevelt urges crop insurance to aid farmers
President Roosevelt proposed Congress adopt crop insurance with storage reserves to stabilize farm purchasing power and aid stability of business and employment. He said the plan should be part of a broader agricultural policy including soil and water conservation, better land use, and rural relief.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
41 State Witnesses Will Testify Against Baldwin
Huntington, Feb. 18. The state summoned 27 witnesses for the March 15 trial of Charles B. Baldwin, 41, charged with slaying his mother Juliette B. Enslow, 63. Special prosecutors and detectives reviewed evidence before the summons was issued. Baldwin, a local coal operator, was arrested a week after Enslow’s body was found October 17.
Insurgents Repel Government Offensive Near Madrid Factory
Insurgents claim heavy Madrid troop casualties as government forces launch a two pronged assault on La Maranosa, the chemical factory settlement on the Parama river sector southeast of Madrid. Insurgent HQ says they repelled the attack after aerial and tank assaults.
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Avila
Spain
la Maranosa
Parama River
Madrid
Jose Miaja
Sarama River
Women Spies Put to Death in Spanish Civil War
A ring of women spies linked to Franco era Madrid defense failure. Central hub near Grinon served as a hospital theatre for espionage. Spies questioned soldiers about front line troop numbers and artillery positions. One woman reportedly executed near Madrid for defiance.
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Gibraltar
Francisco Franco
Madrid
Grinon
Georgian Is Arrested For Beer Parlor Fight
Paul Vickery alias Carl Morgan of Atlanta was held to the grand jury on a charge of slashing Bert T. King in a Princeton beer parlor Monday night. Magistrate McNeal said Vickery claimed he was wanted in Georgia but professed innocence. County officers say he is wanted for the December slaying of Bill Colson. Georgia officials were notified.
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Princeton
Paul Vickery
Carl Morgan
Atlanta
Bert T. King
Roanoke
W. W. McNeal
Georgia
Vickery
Bill Colson
Lineman's Ingenuity Is Winner Over Mrs. Stork
Augusta Georgia reports a telephonist named Picard using his lineman tools to “plug in” a telephone at his new home to aid an unexpected birth. Doctors and nurses witnessed the moment as the stork arrived during a race against time.
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Lineman
Mrs. Stork
Augusta
T. Pickard
Picards
Picard
Newcome Freed in Larceny Case. Hiskey Held on Bond
Wilbur Newcome was cleared of all complicity in a larceny case after Justice of the Peace A B Knabenshue found he did not participate in the theft of $8 in cash and a $45 diamond ring. Hayward Hilkey remained jailed on a $500 bond after admitting taking a pocketbook but denying the ring’s involvement. Smoky Simmons was arrested and to face the magistrate.
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Wilbur “Scrubby" Newcome
Justice of the Peace
A. B. Knabenshue
Hayward Hilkey
Smoky” Simmons
Hilkey
M. E. Wilmoth
Latrobe Street
Wilmoth
Newcome
Louis Johnson Favored For Position In Cabinet
Washington rumors name Louis Arthur Johnson of Clarksburg West Virginia lawyer and former American Legion commander as possible secretary of war. Johnson led the veterans division of the Democratic national committee last campaign with backers including Senator Neely. The shift follows Harry S Truman’s cabinet moves and McNutt’s Philippine appointment.
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Washington
Louis Arthur Johnsson
Clarksburg
W. Va
American Legion
Paul V. McNutt
Philippines
Johnson
Veterans’ Division
Democratic National Committee
Senator Neely
D-W. Va
Harry H. Wood
Kansas
Negro Bride and White Groom Sparks Interracial Marriage Court Row
Delia Palmer, age claimed as 18 by mother Irene Durham and her husband, wed John Lee Menefield, age 38, in Seattle amid police detentions of all four principals. School records listed Delia as 14, while the couple and parents dispute the ages and defend love as the sole virtue amid investigation.
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Settle
Charles F. Palmer
Delia
John Lee Menefield
Delta
Palmer
Seattle
Melvin
Irene S. Durham
Lindberghs Visit Basra En Route to Bahrein Island
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs Lindbergh arrived in Basra at 1:15 p m as their air tour to the Near East continued from Rutbah Wells toward Iran. After a brief stop they departed for Bahrein Island where American engineers are developing a new offshore oil field.
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Basra
Iraq
Charles A. Lindsbergh
Estranged Wife Indicted Over Husband's Slaying
Summersville reports Mrs Beasie M Sampson aged 34 was indicted by the Nicholas county grand jury for the murder of her estranged husband Charles Lewis Sampson 40 a railroad section foreman. Charles died from a small caliber bullet wound after Monday incident.
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Summersville
Beasie M. Sampson
Nicholas County
Grand Jury
Charles Lewis Sampson
Lewis
Aurea
Labor backs Roosevelt court reform drive in Washington
The American Federation of Labor rallied behind President Roosevelt’s court program with William Green stating the federation favors quick action over a constitutional amendment. Secretary Wallace predicted broad farmer support, while Green announced a national campaign to pressure Congress for favorable action at the earliest date.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Wallace
William Green
Federation
Executive Council
A. F
L. T
Green
Labor
Lewis
Tndustrial
Supreme Court
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Neely
Senate
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Franco
Louis Johnson
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