Four firemen die in three alarm blaze at Ohio lodge hall
Columbus a large three alarm fire at a ten story Odd Fellows temple near Ohio's capitol left Captain Ignatze and Robert Welsh dead while Lieut Harry McFadden died hours later. Firemen battled near zero cold to curb flames as a wall collapsed trapping and injuring several others.
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Columbus
Capts
Ignatze
Robert Welsh
Herbert Harrington
Arry McFadden
Oliver Metzger
Odd Fellows Temple
Ohio
Catol
Welsh
Etzger
Frank Kronenbitter
Lodge Council
Ignatze and
Harring
Harry McFadden
Jémen William Donahoe
Earl
John O'Reilly
McFaden
Donahoe
Ruhl
Apital
Firen Jay Embrey
Albert Weber
Kiam Hill
Robert Kinson
William Lewis
Herbert Obetz
Banks in liquidation see small recoveries for depositors
Raleigh February 19. Orders at the office of the state banking commissioner show depositors and other creditors of 113 banks closed as liquidated in the past nine years received an average of 24 cents on the dollar. There are 185 banks in liquidation in the nine year period. fifty remain to have their affairs settled.
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Raleigh
Ords
Gurney Hood State Banking Commisner
Weather outlook with rain and mild cold snap near coast
Forecast indicates rain or snow possible Thursday night in extreme west coastal areas with milder temperatures inland. Northeast winds expected tonight into Thursday with showers across the region, and official records show varied rainfall in cotton regions and nearby locales.
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Jacksonville
N. C
Ficial Weather Bureau
Prince
Scee
York Éarbeore
Bia Beeee
Antonio A Eees
Prancisco
Rtanbure
Ington A Sdeecen- Ae
Ieistess
Italy Launches New Offensives and Allied Support
Italy reports a northern Ethiopia infantry penetration behind aerial bombs as a prelude to a major spring offensive. Rome notes France’s note confirming mutual Mediterranean aid with Britain, while Britain eyes a large defense program and defends fleet movements as prudent, not coercive.
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Italy
France
England
Ethiopia
Rome
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Stanley Baldwin
Gas Blasts Hit Utica Sparks Deaths and Guarded District
A 9:40 morning gas explosion shook Utica New York’s busy corner killing a dozen city officials including Police Chief Nicholas Doll. Guards blockaded a six block downtown area as workers battled underground fires and 4000 people stayed away amid gas leaks and freezing water pipes.
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Utica
N. Y
Nicholas Doll
Utility Company
Bleecker
Genesee
LaFayette
Firmen
S. C. Flier Aims to Set Record in Midget Airplane
Rock Hill Feb. 19. Robert E. Bryant aviation enthusiast and theater owner departed at 8:20 AM for Miami in a small two cylinder Aeronca plane to attempt the world's longest nonstop under 1,600 pounds empty. The route over Savannah Brunswick Daytona Beach ends in Miami around 8 PM. The flight, sponsored by the North Carolina Aero Club and approved by the NAA and Federation Aeronautique Internationale, weighs 171 pounds with ballast and 38 gallons of fuel. The aim is to show two persons can fly such a distance at about 3 dollars cost each.
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Rock Hill
8. C
Robert E. Bryant
Bryant
Sebastiano Hedendo
P. Nuvoli
Cinisello-Milano
San Vito Dei Normani-Brindisi
F. M. Baldridge
Charlotte
National Aeronautical Association
Dwight Cross
Huntersville
N. C
Savannah
Brunawick
Daytona Beach
Miami
Asapeed
North Carolina Aero Club
Department of Commerce
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Aeronca
Johnston
New Order For Death Of Hauptmann Is Fixed
New Jersey sources say a new execution order for Bruno Hauptmann was drafted after a midnight meeting between Gov. Harold Hoffman and defense lawyers C. Lloyd Fisher and Samuel Leibowitz. The prosecution prepared a third order for the week of March 23, awaiting Justice Thomas W. Trenchard. Leibowitz plans further talks with Hauptmann at Trenton Prison.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Harold G. Hoffman
C. Lloyd Fisher
Atorney Samuel Leibowitz
Brooklyn
Leibowitz
Hauptmann
New York
Hauptman
Thomas W. Trenchard
Death House
Wilentz
David Wilentz
North Carolina Sunday School Convention Nears Adjournment
CONVENTION NEARS CLOSH WINSTON-SALEM, Feb. 19. The annual convention of the North Carolina Sunday School association, which opened here Monday, drew toward a close today. Adjournment was to follow a business session. Various phases of Sunday school and religious work were discussed by speakers at yesterday's session.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina Sunday School Association
Bandit Trio Sought After Virginia Bank Holdup
Three bank robbers stole 2000 dollars from the Clarksville Citizens Bank and Trust in Virginia yesterday afternoon. They held cashier L G Pitter and assistant Floyd Thompson at gunpoint as they fled, missing 1500 dollars in cash. A green mud splattered coach with North Carolina tags matching the bandit car was seen en route toward Richmond. Authorities tracked a report of a car broken down in Wise North Carolina but found it did not match the bandits car.
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Clarksville
W. E. Powell
Wise
N. C
Citizens Bank and Trust Company
L. G. Pitter
Floyd Thompson
Powell
North Carolina
Barnes Junction
Richmond
Death listed as suicide of railroad engineer Quate
Greensboro February 19 Coroner W W Harvey ruled the death of David M Quate age 56 as death by own action He was a railroad engineer and his body was found yesterday in a gas filled bathroom He had been ill for some time
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Greensboro
W. W. Harvey
David M. Quate
Relief Looms In Prolonged Frigid Siege
United States receives French demand for reduction in battleship size at London naval talks. Undersecretary William Phillips plans a formal reply. Paris seeks 27 000 ton capital ships. Meanwhile Chicago forecasts rising temps easing historic cold. coast guard reports ice 20 inches thick on Lake Michigan and several ships grounded off the Atlantic.
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Washington
Andre de Laboulaye
United States
William Phillips
London
Norman Davis
William H. Standley
Phillips
State Department
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Atlane
Gulf of Mexico
Rocky Mountain
Central Plains
Minnesota
Missouri
Arkansas
New England
Middle Atlantic
Boston
Cape Hatteras
Stefanos Costomenis
City of Newport
Mich
Nevada
Muskegon
Milwaukee
Michigan
Wisconsin
Coast Guard
France Seeks US Backing for Smaller Battleships Directly
Paris officials reportedly pursue direct talks with Secretary Hull in Washington to win US consent for smaller battleships. The step bypasses Norman H. Davis and Admiral Standley, who lead the US delegation and naval operations, prompting a rebuke from a US spokesman who noted their authority to negotiate.
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London
United States
Washington
Norman H. Davis
William H. Standley
Hull
Andre Lefrevre de Laboulaye
Paris
Davis
Admiral Standley
Cotton futures open steady in New York trade
New York cotton futures opened steady with near months rising up to five points on trade demand for near and new crop positions. March and May prices were 11.85 and 10.95 with July 10.64, October 10.23, December 10.27, and January 10.30.
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New York
Medh
Kid Cann Acquitted in Liggett Slaying Inspires New Probe
Isadore Blumenfeld known as Kid Cann is acquitted of murdering Walter Liggett, publisher, as Minnesota officials vow a renewed statewide effort to solve the case. Governor Olson orders use of all agencies, with the attorney general leading the pursuit, while Liggett’s widow lashes the police and defends her eyewitness testimony.
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Minneapolis
Isadore
Kid Cann
Woyv
Kvya Dp
Vinson
Blumenfield
Floyd B. Olson
Ed J. Goff
Olson
Liggett
Minnesota Bureau of
House Hopes To Pass Farm Bill Friday
Washington report notes House effort to pass a new farm bill by Friday while a bloc of senators plans to oppose major cuts in relief funds arguing continued need for unemployment aid. The piece also covers Supreme Court rulings on New Deal laws and TVA power, plus political maneuvering ahead of the June conventions.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
White House
Supreme Court
TVA
Guffey
PWA
Securities and Exchange Regulatory
Roosevelt
Alfred B. Smith
Tammany
Smith
Cal
Senate Munitions Committee
Donald Y. Wemple
Leigh Wade
Joseph I. McMullen
Witnesses Link Gov Olson Ally to Husband's Death
A witness testified that she heard references to Gov Olson's faction or Kid Cain in connection with the husband’s death. Col McCormick’s Chicago address criticized Liggett and Howard Gatiford as slain Minneapolis publishers, while Hennepin County Attorney Joff and Police Chief Forrestal dismissed the remarks as absurd.
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Odd Fellows’ Lodge
THE
Associated Press
Earl of Stanhope
House of Lords
Malta
Sicily
Britain
S. C. Flier
Rock Hill Man
King Winter
Windy
Hoffman
Hunt
Trio Bandits
U. S
North Atlantic
Thomas W. McMeekin
Cann
MecMeekin
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