Brown Seeks Immunity Waiver to Testify in Air Mail Probe
Walter F. Brown, former postmaster general, asked the Senate air mail inquiry committee to hear him voluntarily and waive immunity. Chairman Mead said the House post office committee would also hear Brown and aviation firms over cancelled airmail contracts, with executive session first on charges behind the cancellations.
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Washington
Walter F. Brown
Hoover Administration
Senate Air Mail Inquiry Committee
Fess
Ohio
Brown
Senate
Black
Meng
Mead
D-Ny
House Post Office Committee
Post Office Department
Kelly
R-Pa
Walter Brown
Charlies A. Lindbergh
MacCracken Plans Appeal as Brittin Serves Jail Term
Washington February 15 AP William P MacCracken intends to appeal the ten-day jail sentence for contempt imposed by the Senate while L H Brittin chooses to serve the term and enters the District of Columbia jail. Brittin’s counsel says the senator was unjust and aviation interests lose a pioneer as Brittin accepts punishment rather than pursue remedies.
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Washington
William P. MacCracken
Senate
L. H. Brittin
MacCracken
Commerce
Air
Brittin
Northwest Airways
District of Columbia
Seth W. Richardson
America
Jurney
Air mail contracts under fire as White House mulls approach
President Roosevelt may send a special message to Congress on the air mail situation as Postmaster General Farley accuses 14 aviation firms of collusion. Officials prepare to fight a court order seeking to stop contract cancellations, with a possible army takeover of nightly air mail service if needed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Parley
Farley
Gray Stone Post Office
Justice and Post Office
New York
District of Columbia
Black
Senate Air Mail
Senate
National Parks Airways
Walter F. Brown
Brown
United Aircraft and Transport Corporation
American Airways
Transcontinental
Western Air Systems
Italian Troops Mass Along Austrian Frontier Amid Unrest
75000 Italian troops and Fascist frontier guards are posted at Bolzano Udine and Trieste amid Austrian crisis. Officials say moves are military policy, not invasion. Italy aims to deter union with Germany and protect Little Austria, with no stated plan against Dollfuss.
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Andrue Berding
Associated Press
Rome
Verona
Pala
Italy
Austria
Engelbert Dollfuss
Bolzano
Udine
Trieste
Brenner
San Candido
Germany
Social Democrats
Dollfuss
Celere
Tarvisco
Piedicolle
Fatally Shot Young Man on Asheboro Street
William Clyde Hudson, 21, of Dixon Street, died after a midnight shooting on Dixon Street. Glenn Hughes, also from Asheboro, is jailed in Randolph County pending investigation. five bullet wounds marked Hudson's death. Funeral services are set for Friday at Neighbors Grove Church.
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Asheboro
William Clyde Hudson
E. H. Hudson
Dixon Street
Glenn Hughes
Roy Hughes
Randolph County
Hudson
Hughes
Edward
James
Tiffany Hudson
Mattie Hodgin
Celia Robins
Virginia Coole
Elizabeth
Edna
Grove Church
Crowded World Scene Stirring Voices on War and Alliances
A terse radio style note from Santa Monica discusses tensions in Europe and Asia. It mentions England warning Germany, Mussolini awaiting moves, France mobilizing, and Russia unable to ignore Japan as global powers maneuver and Americans debate internal conflict.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Austria
England
Germany
Russia
Japan
Mussolini
France
Raleigh takes half point lead in state high school boxing tourney
In Chapel Hill on February 15 Raleigh led the state high school boxing tournament with 71-2 points as semi-final bouts ended. Greensboro and Wilson were tied for second with seven points each.
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Chapel Hill
Raleigh
Greensboro
Wilson
Taxes and Appropriations Chief Problems Faced by Congressmen
Washington date line reports Congress wrestles with twin taxes and appropriations while a Senate committee probes alcohol stock dealings to expose profits. House debate covers wildlife censers and RFC funding for local government loans, with Roosevelt and Hopkins overseeing civil works adjustments and CWA tapering.
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Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
Susan B. Anthony
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Assayal
RFC
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
CWA
Mrs Pulliam Bound Over In Harvell Case
Emma H. Pulliam 58, operator of a South Maine boarding house, bound over to the March 5 term of Superior court on charges connected to the death of Lee H. Harvell. Magistrate Woodell found probable cause after a 2.5 hour preliminary hearing in City Hall. Witnesses described dreams and associations with Harvell, while evidence included Harvell’s burned clothing with possible body fat and bloodstains on pillowcases and a bedspread.
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Emma H. Pulliam
South Maine
Superior Court
Lee H. Harvell
B. A. Woodell
Harvell
H. L. Koontz
Pulliam
Woodell
Police Department
McMahon
Commis
Doumergue Firm As He Takes Control
Paris report says new French Premier Gaston Doumergue declared a political truce and refused to be drawn into squabbles. Police surrounded the Chamber as Communist deputies interrupted, while Doumergue warned parliament to honor peace for France’s security and respect abroad.
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Doumergue
Paris
Gaston Doumergue
Chamber of Deputies
National Union
France
Three Dead in Havana Auto Shootout
In Havana on February 15, unidentified occupants of a closed car fired on a vehicle carrying soldiers near Carlos Tercero and Belascoain streets. At least three people were killed and several wounded in the exchange.
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Havana
Carlos Tercero
Belascoain
Death of Alice Borowetz in Vienna Hospital
Alice Borowetz aged 17 daughter of a New York restaurateur died in Vienna at 3 50 P M Tuesday of brain fever after entering a hospital Saturday. The illness was not related to rioting.
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Vienna
Alice Borowetz
New York
Britain to Maintain Hands Off Policy on Austria Troubles
London Feb 15 Sir John Simon British foreign secretary said in the House of Commons Great Britain would continue its hands off policy regarding Austria's internal troubles.
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London
John Simon
House of Commons
Great Britain
Austria
Lieutenant Maurrel Cleared in Alabama Case
Lieut. John H. Maurrel was cleared of a criminal attack on Miss Blanche Ralls a red haired Alabama divorcee and announced he would return to the army with a clear conscience.
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Murrel
San Antonio
Tex
John H. Maurrel
Blanche Ralls
Alabama
Attorney Glenn McKinney Dies at Pinehurst Estate
Glenn Ford McKinney 65, a New York attorney with ties to Lititzville Pennsylvania, died after a brief illness at his winter home and shooting preserve near Pinehurst Southern Pines. He passed away February 15.
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Pinehurst Southern Pines
Glenn Ford McKinney
New York
Litusville, Pa
Here
General strike in Czechoslovakia amid Austrian crisis
Czechoslovakia faced a tense day as a five-minute general strike by Socialist unions froze railways and factories to show sympathy for Austrian workers. The government resigned amid fears of a wider European war, with Premier Malypeth staying to form a new regime as alarm over Austria's civil warfare grew.
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Praha
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Jan Malypeth
Austriaa
Rebels Flee as Forgets Begin Clean-Up March
Rebels fleeing as forges begin clean up march report from Vienna by Wade Werner notes collapse of Socialist rebellion in capital with government troops flushing out pockets in Vienna and preparing push toward Linz. Laaberg surrender of 2000 Socialists follows Dollfuss amnesty offer.
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Wade Werner
Associated Press
Vienna
Engelbert Dollfuss
Laaberg
Ernst von Starhemberg
Austria
Heimwehr
Steyr
Goethe Hof
Linz
Dollfuss
Italian press accuses Czechoslovakia of aiding Austrian rebellion
Rome reports the Giornale D Italia accuses Czechoslovakia and other states of backing Austrian Socialist rebels. It cites encouragement to Austrian Socialism, weapon supplies, and flights of socialist leaders as evidence, linking Dollfuss’s weakened task to growing foreign support. Budapest papers echo this charge.
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Rome
Giornale D'Italia
Czechoslovakia
Giornale
Dollfuss
Austria
Italy
Lavoro
France
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Interior Department
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