Nation Pays Homage to Washington in Alexandria Parade
Washington birthday observances in Alexandria honor the nation’s founder with President Hoover and Virginia Governor Pollock attending. A 3.5 mile parade precedes ceremonies at Mount Vernon tomb and a churchyard Masonry tribute to Washington’s brothers. Eleanor Washington Howard participates.
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James Craik
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Dennis Ramsay
Eleanor Washington Howard
Probe Fliers Deaths Called In By Jury
Six veteran pilots sat as a coroner's jury to inquest the deaths of Captain Joseph Donnellan and Richard King who burned in a crash at Cook County Airport No 1. The field had been condemned as unsafe months earlier. Donnellan piloted the plane We Will which aimed for South America after reaching Cuba in 1926.
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St Louis Youth Quietly Copies News at Expo Press Room
A 21-year-old St. Louis youth once famed for columns worldwide stood at the mimeograph in the press headquarters of the international aircraft exposition. Clarence Red Terhune, known as the first trans Atlantic aerial stowaway aboard the Graf Zeppelin in 1928, drew little notice from fifty reporters covering the eight day event.
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Red) Terhune
Fight and Alimony Backing in Westmore Wedding Rites
Hollywood reports Ernest Westmore, a wig maker and former film star, married Ethlynne Claire then faced court summons over $1,700 back alimony to a former wife. A battery warrant followed after an incident at the Breakfast Club post wedding, as a scuffle with photographer Joe Mingo drew police. Westmore’s attorney plans to surrender Monday.
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Newpaper
Runs Into Train's Path in Legan Arraignment Flight
Six children mourn their 27-year-old father Lyman Wyatt of Otsego after he escaped custody in a courtroom and ran into a passenger train. Police pursued but could not prevent the fatal crash. Wyatt was awaiting arraignment when he fled.
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Four Die in Fire at Edinburg Station
Four men burned to death in a blaze that destroyed the Edinburg Pennsylvania railroad station near Newcastle. Officials say the station door lock was broken and believe the fire followed an attempted robbery. All bodies were burned beyond recognition.
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Markets Closed Across New York and Chicago Saturday
No Markets New York and Chicago stock and grain markets remain closed Saturday February in honor of Washingtons birthday. It marks a quiet trading day with exchanges and grain yards halted as a federal holiday observed nationwide.
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Slayings Trigger Search For Assassins In Kansas City
Police hunted attackers who shot and killed James Everett Redfern, 39, on a north side street near police headquarters after a late night gun battle with four eastern youths. Two of the suspects, Indianapolis residents George Williams 21 and James Alfred Williams 19, were captured. redfern’s death linked to bootleg gang feuds.
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Kansas City
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Indianapolis
Redfern
George Williams
James Alfred Williams
Speedway City
Colder Weather After Showers Forecast for Sunday
Forecasters predicted colder temperatures after tonight's showers and cloudy conditions on Sunday. Thunder may accompany tonight's rain, especially in the eastern and southern parts of the state. The temperature may reach 68 degrees Friday afternoon, a new February record, surpassing the 1878 high of 61 degrees.
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Mercury
Ohioan Slain at Sea Aboard The America
Five days after reporting being followed by a would be harmer John Ruin a Romanian from Youngstown Ohio was found dead at sea on the liner America with a stab wound through the heart the watchman reporting the body at Plymouth February 22.
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Taft Very Weak as Illness Persists at Washington Bedside
Former Chief Justice William Howard Taft remains seriously ill in Washington from blood and bladder complications. Family members, including his daughter Helen Taft Manning, are en route to the bedside as physicians say his condition is not immediately critical though he is very weak and has not rested well in recent hours.
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Washington
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Helen Taft Manning
Bryn Mawr College
Times Sports Coverage Promises Broad Seasonal Lead
The Times pledges premier sports coverage with basketball, baseball, golf, racing, and more. It notes sectional state high school drawings, state finals in March, and expanded columns like Backboard and racing as spring sports come to the fore. Local reporters Eddie Ash Dick Miller Vern Boxell and others are billed for comprehensive updates.
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Norman Perry
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Making Military Training at IU Sparks Campus Debate
The Indiana Daily Student editorialized against compulsory ROTC at Indiana University calling it the making of robots and urging abolition of mandatory military training. The piece argues education should foster self reliance and individual judgment, not blind obedience, and notes no war currently necessitates such programs.
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Love drove grandfather to kill two granddaughters
Detroit Feb 22 A 57 year old retired locomotive engineer Jesse Waite poisoned three granddaughters after treating them to ice cream and candy. Ruth Vernal 5 Alma 3 died Betty 8 dying Waite in critical condition. A note read To love them so well I cannot go without them. Manuel Vernal the stepfather said Waite had learned of a planned move and feared parting from the children.
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Detroit
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Alma
Betty
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Vernal
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Mrs. Vernal
Lindsey to Seek Colorado Bar Reinstatement After California Nod
Judge Ben Lindsey plans to petition for reinstatement to the Colorado bar after California officials allowed him to practice in the state. The California board refused to disbar Lindsey following a Colorado Supreme Court action. Lindsey faced accusations of taking 37 500 dollars from Helen Elwood Stokes, former wife of W E D Stokes. He said the California decision did not surprise him and expressed gratification.
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Los Angeles
Ben Lindsey
Colorado
Board of Governors
California State Bar Association
Denver
California
Colorado Supreme Court
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Helen Elwood Stokes
W. E. D. Stokes
New York
Hogs Hold Firm at City Yards Market
Week ends with firm hog tone at Union Stockyards. Prices steady to 15 cents higher than Friday, bulk 150 to 300 pounds selling $11.00 to $11.75. Chicago receipts 6,000 hogs with 3,000 direct. Cattle and calves dull, wealers down a dollar. sheep on hand 1,200.
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Union
Chicago
Hourly Temperatures Reported for the Morning
The brief lists early temperatures with 6 a m reading at 53 degrees and mentions an 8 a m estimate for the day. It notes the progression of readings and hints at a warmer later period.
Pilfered wine kills four men in Nebraska incident
In Lyons Nebraska four young men died after drinking from a jug they believed held wine but contained radiator solution. A fifth youth, Reuben Roberg, was near death. the jug was stolen from Ed Snethen, a Burlington agent, before they attended a dance.
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Lawrence Kohlmeier
Nelson Jarvis
Leon Harvis
Hollis Cleveland
Reuben Roberg
Ed Snethen
Burlington
Kohlmeier
Meningitis Toll Rises as City Records 86 Deaths
The city confirms 86 meningitis fatalities since Dec 9 with DeLores Irwin age 2 and Sarah Bratton six months among the victims at City Hospital. Coroner Keever rules death from meningitis in the cases of Albert De Bolt and Alvin Williams. Florence Arbuckle age 4 hospitalized, total cases 128 with twenty five active at City Hospital.
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Ethel Street
Sarah Bratton
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Charles H. Keever
Albert de Bolt
Alvin Williams
Indiana Avenue
Florence Arbuckle
Olive Street
Premier Hamaguchi reelected in Japan election
Premier Yuko Hamaguchi wins re election from Kochi prefecture and his party appears to hold a parliamentary majority Minseito 94 Seivaku kai 51 other parties 12 United Press report also notes Mrs B B Whittier 50 Royal Center is dead after auto accident fracturing her leg wife of local weather bureau meteorologist
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Royal Center
United States Weather Bureau
Shortridge and Ben Davis Open Local Sectional
Indiana High School Athletic Association announced the 64 sectional basketball tourneys with Shortridge drawing the opening game against Marion county champ Ben Davis. Local matches set at Technical gym as 16 regionals lead to state finals at Butler Fieldhouse.
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Idianapolis
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Marion County
Frankfort High School
Indianapolis
The Lost Zeppelin Witnessed By Miriam Hyland and Tom
A crowd gathers at the Zeppelin hangar as the South Pole expedition ships depart. Miriam Hyland and Lt. Tom Armstrong exchange a farewell amid fanfare, while Donald Hall offers consolation and support. The giant airship lifts off, carrying two great loves beyond the clouds.
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Knights of the Camera
Tom Armstrong
Donald Hall
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Tom
Donald
Murder Backstairs serial opens in Times February 25
A fashionable Berkeley mansion hosts a weekend party where Doris Matthews, a ladies maid, is found dead in the pool. Detective Bonnie Dundee investigates guest Seymour Crosby amid a perfume clue as the plot reveals a long planned murder intended for another. The Times debuts this gripping serial by Anne Austin starting Tuesday February 25.
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Gigi Berkeley
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Seymour Crosby
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Dundee
Anne Austin
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