Rivers Recede Reducing Downtown Pittsburgh Flood Threat
Tributary streams of the Monongahela Allegheny and Ohio were receding delaying a new flood crest in Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle. The Weather Bureau predicted the rivers would reach about 26 feet today before gradually falling. In Cambridge Maryland fear grew that 14 may die as Capt Joseph Ruark and his four man crew remained missing after a sudden squall hit the Choptank oyster fleet.
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Pittsburgh
Monongahela
Allegheny
Ohio
Golden Triangle
St. Patrick's
Weather Bureau
Cambridge
Joseph Ruark
Bomb explodes at Torquay Conservative club in Devon
A blast wrecked the Torquay Conservative club headquarters in Devonshire triggering Scotland Yard experts to search England's south coast for suspected Irish terrorists. The 3 p.m. explosion followed Parliament closures and discoveries of secret clues in a wave of bombings attributed to the Irish Republican Army. Police ransacked floors and walls but found no clue to the blast as the seaside town reeled.
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London
Torquay
Devonshire
Scotland Yard
England
Irish Republican Army
Thomas Moore
House of Commons
Manchester
Liverpool
Ireland
Michael John Lyons
Bow Street Court
Inquest Postponed in Weinberg Death Case
Dr. Amos O. Squire the Westchester county medical examiner postponed the inquest into the death of George Weinberg, key witness in the retrial of James J. Hines on policy racket charges. The postponement follows an investigation ordered by District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey.
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White Plains
N. Y
Amos O. Squire
Westchester County
George Weinberg
James J. Hines
Squire
Thomas E. Dewey
Escapee Currie Held in Georgia After Prison Break
Raleigh dispatch reports John Currie, who escaped from a North Carolina prison in May 1930, is being held in Elberton Georgia. Records show he was sentenced in Durham County in 1927 to 25 years for second degree murder.
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Raleigh
Penal Division
John ©. Currie
North Carolina
Elberton
Durham County
Senator Borah Expected to Leave Hospital Soon
Washington report says Senator Borah Republican Idaho is expected to leave Emergency Hospital this afternoon or tomorrow an assistant in his office said.
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Washington
Borah
R-Ida
Nation Endures Severe Cold and Storm Toll
Sub-zero temperatures snow and ice disrupt travel and daily life. The Arctic blast and flood waters are linked to twenty deaths across scattered regions as communities battle hazardous conditions.
Tornado Nips Columbia S C and Damages Area
A tornado struck Columbia South Carolina on February 4 around 3:20 pm, injuring several people lightly and causing damage estimated up to 1 million dollars. The funnel hit a southeast city section, tearing down power lines and destroying flimsy Negro houses and chimneys, with Five Points plate glass shattering and the university campus only lightly affected.
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Columbia
S. C
Olice
W. H. Rawlinson
Main Street
Union
University South Carolina
Seeond
Five Points
University
Roosevelt denies Rhine frontier remark fuels GOP demand
Washington reports say President Roosevelt denied calling the Rhine America’s frontier after a secret foreign affairs conference. Senator Bridges asked to let committee members present their versions, amid claims of misrepresentation and reactions from Germany and Italy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rhine
America
Bridges
R-N.h
France
Germany
Italy
United States
Rome
Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Governor Hoey Grants Six Paroles in North Carolina
David Joyner who was sentenced in Columbus county in January 1931 to four to five years for box car theft and larceny was paroled today by Governor Hoey. Five other short term prisoners also received paroles including C W Routzhan Forsyth county abandonment and non support W L Ingram Jones county assault driving drunk James Privette Nash county driving drunk Isaac Serence Catawba county larceny and receiving and Harvey Sturgis Union county driving drunk.
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Raleigh
David Joyner
Columbus County
Hoey
C. W. Routzhan
Forsyth County
W. L. Ingram
Jones County
James Privette
Nash County
Isaac Serence
Catawba County
Harvey Sturgis
Union County
Britain orders 250 more warplanes from America
London reports Great Britain will buy 250 additional warplanes in the United States, adding to a 400-plane prior order. Fifty are Lockheed general reconnaissance machines and 200 are North American trainers. The move follows improved delivery prospects and signals broader procurement.
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London
Air Ministry
Great Britain
United States
North American Aviation Company
Washington
France
Louis Johnson
War Department
Johnson
British
Buffalo
N. Y
Curtiss Wright
U S Plane Sets Off To Aid Chile Sufferers
A 30 ton B-15 bomber from Langley Field sails to Chile on a mercy flight carrying medical supplies. It will stop at the Panama Canal Zone before continuing to South America following the route used by six Flying Fortresses last February. The mission aims to reach Santiago by Monday.
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Langley Field
Army Air Corps
Chile
Panama Canal Zone
South America
Santiago
Winds and floods lash southern states across region
High winds and heavy rains caused floods across Tennessee Arkansas and surrounding areas. Rivers rose forcing evacuations while storms killed several people and damaged homes. In Arkansas Paragould saw heavy snow and a man died from exposure as engineers readied boats for potential rescues in Monette and Paragould.
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Associated Press
Tennessee
Arkansas
Paragould
Ark
Georgia
South Carolina
Mississippi
Pisgah
Arlington
Miss
Taylors
Julian L. Harter
Zebulon
Lagrange
Columbia
Chattanooga
Tenn
Dyersburg
Harriman
Briceville
East Tennesee
St. Francis
White
Ouchita
Little Rock
U. S
Monette
Fireman Fatally Injured as Train Overturns in Landslide
Knoxville report says Fireman G. L. Painter died en route to Newport hospital after a coal train from Asheville to Knoxville derailed near Paint Rock North Carolina when struck by a landslide. Engineer Sherwood Johnston sustained minor burns and both men were from Knoxville.
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Knoxville
Tenn
The
Southern Railway
G. L. Painter
Sherwood Johnston
Paint Rock
N.C
Johnston
Painter
Newport
Asheville
Cotton plant in Concord to discuss reopening
Directors of the former forke Cotton plant, which closed several months ago, plan a Monday meeting to discuss reopening. The facility formerly employed about 700 workers.
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Mile
Rhorey
Concord
Fel
Forke Cotton Will
Dies to Search Out Foreign Propaganda
Washington Feb 4 AP The House backed Chairman Dies to split the Un American Activities Committee into three divisions one to probe foreign propaganda its sources and funding and the other two to investigate communist and fascist activities The House voted to extend the committee for a year and likely fund it with 100000 Dies called the inquiry urgent amid charges of unfairness that opponents raised in a 344 to 35 vote
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Washington
House
Dies
D-Texas
Committee On Un-American Activities
Texan
Accounts Committee
Bills Andrews Call Your Dad
Paul Sifton signs a message to Bill Andrews missing from the University of Pennsylvania. The note asks him to reach his father Elmer F. Andrews wage hour administrator and lists his locations in Pittsburgh then Washington. Last known whereabouts place Bristol and Long Island.
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Washington
Bill Andrews
Elmer F. Andrews
University of Pennsylvania At Philadelphia
Paul Sifton
Sifton
Schenley
Pittsburgh
Andrews
Bristol
Conn
Long Island
Berg and Kirby Reach Miami Biltmore Final
Patty Berg of Minneapolis and Dorothy Kirby of Atlanta advanced to the Miami Biltmore amateur golf final. Berg beat Laddie Irwin 75 with six birdies, while Kirby who was medalist in qualifying defeated Ellamae Williams 3 and 2.
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Coral Gables
Fla
Patty Berg
Minneapolis
Dorothy Kirby
Atlanta
Miami Biltmore
Patty
Laddie Irwin
Glen Ridge
N. J
Miss Kirby
Ellamae Williams
Chicago
Subpoena Issued for Federal Judge in Grand Jury Probe
U S Attorney Gregory F Noonan issued a subpoena for Judge Edwin S Thomas of Connecticut and his records in a grand jury inquiry tied to the Manton case and McKesson and Robbins matters. Thomas sailed aboard the Grace liner Santa Barbara from New York. a second subpoena targets Martin T Manton to appear Monday with records.
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New York
U. S
Gregory F. Noonan
Edwin S. Thomas
Connecticut
Thomas
South America
Santa Barbara
Noonan
Coster-Musica
John J. Bowling
Martin T. Manton
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Thomas E. Dewey
Manton
Judge Thomas
Cristobal
Canal Zone
John Meagh
Democratic State Committee
Woodrow Wilson
Jersey City Legion warns CIO and ACLU over protests
An officer from Jersey City's largest American Legion post threatened the CIO and the ACLU saying veterans will "give you a lesson in democracy" if protests invade the city. Ezra Nolan, judge advocate and Hudson county traffic court chief clerk, named Roger Baldwin Morris Ernst and Norman Thomas and pledged local citizens will oppose their activities.
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Jersey City
N. J
App
American Legion
CIO
American Civil Liberties Union
Ezzra Nolan
Albert Quinn
Hudson County
Legion
Roger Baldwin
Rowan Member Denounces Empty Raleigh Seats
Representative Murphy of Rowan rebuked members for weekend exodus from Raleigh calling it a reproach as most sessions see few members. He defended the trips home but urged representatives to serve the people. A highway users conference campaigns anticdiversion radio appeals target the assembly over a Senate committee report.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Murphy
Rowan
Highway Users Conference
Senate Finance Committee
Failure to Halt Attack on FDR in Rome
United States Ambassador William Phillips failed to stop Italian attacks on President Roosevelt as Mussolini prepared for a grand council meeting. Il Popolo di Roma mocked Roosevelt’s coherence and foreign policy while diplomats watched for Italy's stance on France and Franco's progress in Spain.
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Rome
United States
William Phillips
Roosevelt
Grand Council
Mussolini
America
Rhine
Phillips
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Washington State Department
Il Popolo di Roma
Italy
France
Franco
Bodies Searched After Cambridge Oyster Fleet Disaster
Chesapeake Bay patrol boats combed the Choptank River for nine missing men after a sudden 50 mph squall capsized three Cambridge oyster boats, drowning crews and triggering a search by authorities.
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Cambridge, Md
Chesapeake Bay
Choptank River
Cambridge Oyster
Ohio River prepared for renewed flood surge across valley
Flood warnings spread from Pittsburgh to Cairo as melted snow swelled the Ohio River. West Virginia reports two deaths and four missing as sections brace with bridges and roads repair under disaster plans. Authorities, health officials, and volunteers mobilize for relief and containment across the 981 mile basin.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Valley
Pittsburgh
Cairo
Monongahela
Allegheny
Mississippi
Ohio
West Virginia
American Legion
Portsmouth
Kentucky
German Press Rejects FDR Denial Of Frontier Quote
Berlin reports in Nachtausgabe and other papers treat Roosevelt four points as new attacks on Germany and Italy, while denial of frontier words is seen as insufficient. Nazi press laments U S belligerence yet emphasizes peaceful trade with others.
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Berlin
Naucchtausgabe Today
United States
Roosevelt
Germany
Italy
Senate
France
Hitler
Goering
National Zeitung
Essen
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Europe
Mts
Voelkischer Beobachter
Tornado Strikes Woodville Near Elizabeth City
A sudden tornado hit Woodville eight miles from Elizabeth City at 7 15 PM destroying the two story Wood home. Wallace Wood his wife and a 15 month old granddaughter escaped with minor injuries. Damage to the Woods home estimated at 2500 dollars. Nearby Bateman home and Hen house were also disrupted as winds tore through the area.
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Elizabeth City
Woodville
Wallace Wood
Bateman
Wood
Woods
Wand
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Ipostpones
N. C
Ito
Columbia, S. C
Gop
Warley Barracks
South
Mountain Side
Dad
Aclu
Jersey City Post
Ohio River
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