State Nears End of Case Against Second Trooper
In Somerset Pennsylvania the state edges toward concluding its case against Trooper Anthony Sanute in the third degree murder of Frank C. Monaghan. The trial enters its second week as prosecutors expect to finish testimony late today or tomorrow.
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Somerset
Commonwealth
Anthony Sanute
Frank C. Monaghan
Place Sanute
Charles J. Margiotti
Sanute
Fayette County
Bertillon
Monaghan
Stacy Gunderman
Othe Step
Gunderman
Saiute
John Well
Ralph Simon
George Sherbon
Labor League Drives Support for Court Restructuring
Washington March 8 Labor's Non-Partisan League launched a campaign to win backing for Roosevelt's court enlargement plan. President Berry urged supporters to back the president, while L. Lafollette and CIO leader John L. Lewis prepared further speeches and a national broadcast. Delegates planned to visit congressmen as debates rise, with AFL and CIO figures uniting at a pivotal moment.
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le Roosevelt
F. R
Supreme Court
Farley
University of North Carolina Political Union
Cummings
Senate
New York
League
Berry
la Follette
Wis
Ague
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Congress
Quake Shakes San Francisco Bay Area in Early Morning
Residents of the San Francisco Bay Region were awakened by a 2:32 am quake that rattled shelves in east bay cities. Albany police and Martinez sheriff’s office reported the movement the strongest since the 1906 disaster, with Albany’s burglar alarm triggered. No damage reported.
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SAN_ FRANCISCO
San Francisco Bay Region
East Bay
Albany
Sher'if
Martinez
San Francisco
Hercules Logan
City Leased Rock Quarry Reopens With WPA Labor
The city leased quarry restarted today after a two month closure with 20 WPA laborers. Street Commissioner James E. Reed announced. Quarry rock will supply material for city streets and WPA road projects in the county. Work on McGraw Avenue proceeds as Tygar ts Valley Traction pauses rail removal today.
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James E. Reed
McGraw Avenue
Tygarts Valley Traction Company
Spring roads teem with cars as crowds enjoy bright day
A Taylor County safety notice asks how many drivers and passengers will rest in cemeteries next spring due to reckless driving. The warning, issued by the Taylor County Safety Council, urges caution on highways crowded with joyful travelers.
92 Year Old Man Becomes Father for 38th Time
In Brooksville Florida Ambrose Hilliard Douglas aged 92 welcomed a seven pound girl last night making his thirty eighth child. His wife Minnie gave birth as the Hernando county welfare board provided a complete layette. His first wife who has since died bore 25 children.
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Brooksville
Fla
Ambrosé Hilliard Douglas
Minnie
Douglas
Hernando County Welfare Board
Farmer-Fiddler Claims Record For His Pants
Stafford Mo March 8 Joseph O Cox a farmer and fiddler claims a local endurance record for a pair of pants his only pair The pants are part of a three piece ensemble bought in Tacoma Wash in 1906 for 25 Cox has never bought another suit since.
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Stafford
Joseph O. Cox
Tacoma
Wash
Cox
Fiend Slays Young Woman in Hamptramck Tragedy
Detroit March 8 A sudden series of attacks on women ended with the slaying of 17 year old Bernice Onisko in Hamptramck Police roundup 20 suspects yielded no clues autopsy planned to determine cause of death Miss Onisko a widow's daughter was seized after leaving church according to Police Capt Sikorski (Continued on Page Four)
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Detroit
Bernice Onisko
Hamptramck
Miss Onisko
John Sikorski
Noted Negro Educator To Address Kiwanians
William Pickens, director of branches of the NAACP and a noted Negro educator and publicist, will be the principal speaker at the Grafton Kiwanis meeting at Cozy Rest Inn Tuesday night announced by Program Chairman Virgil Rohrbaugh. Pickens, former dean and vice president of Morgan College in Baltimore, authored The Heir of Slaves The New Negro and Bursting Bonds and has lectured widely in the United States and Europe.
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William Pickens
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
Grafton
Trico
Shooting of Los Angeles D A Probed
D A Baron Fitts, target of an assassination attempt while driving home near Monrovia, was wounded in the left arm as three to four men fired from a black sedan. Sheriff O Biscailuz called it an amateur job and ordered a large manhunt as Fitts recovers in hospital.
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Los Angeles
Baron Fitts
Fitts
Monrovia
Eugene O 'Biscailuz
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Slayer of Aged Uncle Gets Life in Prison
Logan March 8 Judge C C Chambers sentenced Hubert Conley to life in prison for killing his 82 year old great uncle Pat Hensley who tried to intervene in a family quarrel Conley pleaded guilty to a murder indictment State police said Conley and a younger brother wrecked furniture in the elder Hensley s son Tom s home After a fight the Hensley family fled to Pat Hensley s home He attempted to stop the fight and was struck down.
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Logan
C. C. Chambers
Hubert Conley
Pat Hensley
Conley
Hensley
Tom
New Trial Sought for Doomed Slayer in Ohio Court
In Wheeling on March 8 attorneys sought a new trial for Raymond Styers, 28, of Moundsville, sentenced to hang for killing Mrs Anna Bris in her husband’s beer parlor last December. The jury did not mercy, making death by hanging mandatory. Styers’ brother Thomas and Kenneth Lightner were notified for the state. The younger Styers faces trial tomorrow, with Lightner to follow.
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Wheeling
Raymond Styers
Anna Bris
Moundsville
Styers
Thomas
Kenneth Lightner
Clarksburg Murder Trial Set For March 30
Prosecutor J P Clifford said Floyd Robinette will go on trial March 30 for murder in the case accusing three defendants of killing Calvin C Lanham and shooting Mrs Bris in January. Lanham’s body was found in the parlor of a hotel in the Glen Elk district in South Wheeling. Rob inette is a hotel clerk.
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Clarksburg
J. P. Clifford
Floyd Robinette
Calvin C. Lanham
Bris
Long Count Confronts Missouri Lumberman
A Stockton Missouri incident reports a customer paying a $400 lumber bill with paper tax tokens worth one mill each. John Keep, the lumberman, spent two days counting the cardboard discs and concluded the payer had been overpaid by 15 mills, insisting the tokens weighed differently than counted.
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Stockton
John Keep
Keep
Slaying Case Sees New Evidence In Beckley Case
In Rocky Creek police revisit the shotgun death of Mrs Gay Ball as her minister husband Rev Ball waits in jail for a hearing. The 29 year old’s death follows funeral services and supporters stand by the minister who pleads innocence claiming accidental shooting. State police Sgt M M Rairden leads the reexamination amid courtroom prep and jail services.
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Beckley
Rocky Creek
Gay Ball
Ball
M. M. Rairden
State
Rock Creek
Lacks Four Cents But Mayor Puts It On Cuff
Dan Willis unpaid four cents of a five dollar fine for being drunk and causing a disturbance. He paid 4.96 in pennies in Mayor E Otto Waugh's municipal court and promised to bring the remaining four cents during the day. The mayor had previously ended a similar penny deposit practice.
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Dan Willis
West Knotts Avenue
E. Otto Waugh
Willis
Waugh
Japan abandons aggression policy toward China new deal for equality
Tokyo reports Foreign Minister Naotake Sato unveils a policy shift promising equal dealings with China. He pledges a fresh start to repair strained Sino-Japanese relations, framing the move as a turning point in Japan's foreign policy. News outlets across the empire highlight the maiden speech as decisive.
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Tokyo
Japan
China
Naotake Sato
Empire
Sato
Insurgents Drive Sharp Attack Near Madrid Amid Siege
Insurgents launched a sharp attack on Almadrones in the Upper Guadalajara sector northeast of Madrid as Franco forces seek to encircle the besieged capital. General Miaja reports troops resisting magnificently and anticipates further assaults to sever Madrid's lines and tighten the siege. Rain and hail brought a temporary lull as militia manned trenches and awaited renewed action.
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Madrid
Almadrones
Guadalajara
Jose Miaja
Miaja
Francisco Franco
el Rastro
Jaram
Miner Accused of Wounding Passerby in WV Incident
Fayetteville March 8 State troopers charged Charles Dean a miner with shooting Jacob Doerr 42 who suffered a leg wound Doerr passed as Dean said the rifle he handled went off accidentally just as Doerr passed the scene
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Fayetteville
W. Va
Charles Dean
Jacob Doerr
Dean
Doerr
Youth Is Questioned In Shooting Accident
Huntington reports police questioned a youth named Duncan in the apparent accidental shooting of 14 year old Jean Walk. Attaches at Memorial hospital say the girl’s injuries may be serious after a revolver bullet lodged in the jawbone. Investigating officers state Duncan and Jean Walk claimed the pistol went off accidentally as he showed the weapon. The youth was taken to police headquarters for questioning.
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Huntington
Young Duncan
Pretty Jean Walk
Memorial Hospital
Camp
Sturm
Miss Walk
Duncan
Fire Destroys Red Parrot Clubhouse In Boone County
State troopers probing the blaze that gutted the Red Parrot Coal clubhouse in PRENTER Boone County. One man, Okie Schoolcraft, 41, died. chief clerk R. W. Morgan estimates losses at 15000 dollars. Fifteen miners escaped after flames broke out while Schoolcraft slept on the third floor. his charred body was later recovered. Morgan notes belief the fire may have started in Schoolcrafts room with a cigarette in hand.
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Prenter
W. Va
Red Parrot Coal Company
Boone County
Okie Schoolcraft
R. W. Morgan
Morgan
Schoolcraft
Boy Injured by Auto In Weekend City Collisions
A nine year old newsboy Teddy Gillen was the lone injury in three weekend traffic crashes in Taylor County. He darted from Latrobe Street into the path of a car driven by H GC Moore of Front Street at 3 15 am. His injuries are not serious as hundreds of motorists crowded the highways on a warm March day.
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Taylor County
Teddy Gillen
Sentinel
Teddy
Latrobe Street
H. GC. Moore
Front Street
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Governor Holt Signs Civil Service Bill
Charleston dispatch reports Governor Holt signed a law requiring West Virginia cities with populations over 5,000 to adopt civil service for police departments after June 1. Smaller cities may opt into civil service. Firemen have been under civil service since 1933.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Holt
Unidentified Ship Reported Distress in Bay of Biscay
Lloyds reported an unidentified vessel sent an SOS from the Bay of Biscay at 3:30 p.m. claiming she was sinking with people aboard. A Cork wireless list center said the ship’s message indicated it had been bombed amid Spanish fleet and air activity in the zone.
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London
Lloyds
Bay of Biscay
Flint Strike Shuts Four Chevrolet Divisions In Flint
Flint Michigan March 8 Chrysler Corp rejects United Automobile Workers bid for sole bargaining agency for 67 000 workers at Detroit and a strike halts four Flint divisions affecting about 7000 of 14500 employees. Plant 4 6 8 and 9 closed voluntarily as talks arranged to avoid a full UAW GM conference on wages hours and conditions. Dispute centers on transfer policy and management stance.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
United Automobile Workers of America
Flint
Mich
Chevrolet Motor Co
General Motors
Motor Assembly
Motor Parts
Sani
Harry Coen
U. A
Ritter Loses Court Battle Over Senate Impeachment
Washington report says Halsted L. Ritter lost in the Supreme Court bid to challenge the validity of Senate impeachment proceedings that removed him as a federal district judge for the southern district. The high court declined judgment against Ritter, who had been found guilty by the Senate last April of accepting bribes and bringing the court into disrepute. The ruling highlights constitutional limits on Senate actions and Ritter’s claim of procedural errors. The story notes Ritter’s continued assertion that the decision is unavailing.
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Washington
Halsted L. Ritter
Senate
Ritter
United States Court of C1
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D. A
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Long Count
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Miner
Maxine Breen
Chicago
Maxine
Hudson
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Walter Paul Shepherd
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