Plane crash near Fresno ends nine aboard saga
Reports from San Francisco say a Transcontinental and Western Air skyliner found wrecked near Fresno after a storm over Tehachapis. Authorities believe injuries, if any, are minor. The search involved police sheriffs, farmers, forest rangers, and TWA officials.
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San Francisco
Transcontinental
Western Air
Bally
Fresno
Calif
TWA
Westec
Joan Graves
Los Angeles
Tehachapi Mountains
San Joaquin Valley
Graves
Sierra Nevada
Aunt Starts
Paul Richter
Atte
Burbank
Portland
Ore
Salt Lake City
Pacific Coast
Far West
C. W. Place
M. M. Wilson
Weather Outlook Delivers Cold Lashes Across KY TN VA
Intermittent rain tonight and Thursday persists in Kentucky and Tennessee with warmer conditions in the east and central areas tonight. A sharp cold snap follows Thursday with much colder temperatures Thursday night. Virginia sees similar rain through tonight and Thursday, warming briefly tonight, then colder in west and north Thursday afternoon, and much colder by Friday.
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Nalin
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Attacked by Axman at New York Public Library
John C. Abbott, 26, an efficiency engineer from New York City, sustained critical injuries from a hatchet assault in a library corridor. The alleged attacker, Charles Frankel, 32, was subdued by guards and detained by police on felonious assault and concealed weapons charges. Abbott’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Abbott, traveled from Cleveland to be with him.
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John C. Abbott
New York City
New York Public Library
Charles Frankel
New York
Abbott
W. J. Abbott
Cleveland
Central Press
Major measures in Va legislature advance in House
Richmond Va March 2 Bills continuing its state clean er regulations enacted in 1936 enlarging the powers of the state boxing and wrestling commission and placing pinball machines under the anti slot machine law were in position for passage today in the house of delegates. The senate slowed yesterday by an hours debate that led to the defeat of the Moffett Witten bill tightening milk control regulations had among house bills at the amendatory stage the Stanley Sterrett plan to increase the highway gap fund from 1 000 000 to 2 000 000 a year and limit future additions to the primary highway system to 100 miles. Backed by Five Wherry cleaners hill patroned by Delegates W H Scott Co Ashworth E A Fitepatrick Ben
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Richmond
State
Boxing and Wrestling Commission
House of Delegates
Senate
Moffett-Witten
House
Stanley-Sterrett
Orders May Curb Catholic Church in Graz Rally
By Alvin Teinkopf Gra z Austria March 2 Nazi leaders in Graz demand changes to the concordat with the Vatican and Nazi officials press for modified church state relations. Arthur Seyss Inquart arrives amid torchlit Nazi parades as police stay distant.
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Alvin Teinkopf
Graz
Austria
Vatican
Arthur Seys- Taquart
Seysx-Inquart
Germany
Fuehrer
Hitler
Seysz-Inquart
Yellow Cab Company Barred From Operating
The Yellow Cab Company was barred from operating in the city after failing to secure required liability insurance under a new city ordinance. Police Chief C. G. Crawford ordered a halt on passenger hauling until proof of insurance is received. Harald Wallin, the company manager, protested that the policies had not yet arrived. The ban, the third under the ordinance, will be lifted once the insured status is confirmed.
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Yellow Cab Company
New City
C. G. Crawford
Climaxes
Harald Wallin
Crawford
Wallin
Grawford
Accused Spies Face Russian Hearing in Moscow Trial
The opening of a treason trial in Moscow drills into claims against 21 Soviet leaders with N. N. Krestinsky denying charges while prosecutors present alleged confessions from 20 co-defendants. U. S. Ambassador Joseph Davies watched as key defendants including ex-premier Lexis I. Rykoff and Nikolai Bukharin faced accusations of spying for foreign powers and plots to dismember the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Heo
N.N. Krestinsky
Soviet Union
Krestinsky
Hans von Seckt
Leon Trotsky
Supreme Court of the
Joseph B. Davies
U. S
Iexis I. Rykoff
Russia
Nikolai Bucharin
FDR May Seek Monopoly Probe In White House Accord
Washington March 2 The White House discussions on revising anti trust laws bolster belief that President Roosevelt may ask Congress for a full monopoly inquiry He said yesterday he would submit an anti trust message but gave no date Congressional leaders expect no new legislation until inquiry ends Deferral of bills until next year aims to avoid hurting business sentiment with an early adjournment
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol Hill
Cummings
Jackson
Douglas
Securities Commission
Berry Holdings Held Valueless in TVA Condemnation Case
Knoxville March 2 A three member federal commission ruled the Marble holdings of U S Senator George L Berry and associates in the Norris dam area are commercially worthless The commission said the properties could not be operated at a profit and will file its report in U S district court as part of TVA's suit to condemn the leases for no value The Berry interests had claimed more than 5 000 000 in value and the TVA officials declined comment pending review of the report
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Knoxville
U. S
George L. Berry
TVA
Norris Dam
U.S. District Court
Serry
Berry
Washington
A. E. Morgan
David E. Lilienthal
Hoar
Kingsport marks 21st birthday with quiet observance
Kingsport quietly celebrated its 21st birthday today as a municipal corporation. The city, incorporated March 2, 1917, has grown from under 5 000 to over 22 000 in population. Records show stable leadership with few changes in office, recalling early officials who helped shape the city’s rise.
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Kingsport
J. W. Dobyns
F. B. Mahan
J. Carribles
Tom C. Warrick
R. ¥. Grant
Niemoeller fate and High Knob dispute headline
The Rev. Martin Niemoeller was sentenced to seven months in prison with three months to be served unless a $600 fine is paid for disparaging Reich leaders. Time served partly covered a $200 pulpit decree fine amid courtroom crowds and a prior trial on inciting disobedience. In Virginia, Wise County won a boundary dispute over High Knob with Scott County, leading to prosecutions of Scott deputies for murder and a $10,000 civil suit.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Martin Niemoeller
Tve
Niemoeller
Reich
Wieraweller
Een
Niemoelier
Propa
Sindia Supreme Court
Scott County
Wise County Circuit
Scott
Wise
High Hook
Virginia
Wise County Court
Wise County
Peta Hamilton
High Knob
Wilmur Whited
Jeff Flanary
John Sturgill
Norton Law
Parole Boards Ban in Counties Confirms State Ruling
Tennessee welfare commissioner lacks authority to name advisory parole boards in counties. Assistant Attorney General Nat Tipton said the statute enabling such appointments was repealed with the new parole system last year. The ruling follows criticism in Chattanooga over Hamilton county. Louise Anzeiger to cease publication with this Friday issue.
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Nashville
Tennessee
State Legal Department
Britain plans record air force spend in new year
London reports Britain will spend more than 500 million dollars on its air force for the year starting April 1 as part of a major rearmament push. In Tennessee, Adjutant General R. Smith says the national guard will be reorganized by April 1 under War Department plans. Nashville awarded road contracts for Carroll and Obion counties and a Davidson bridge project, all to lowest bidders. Felts of Nashville is the unopposed Democratic candidate for the vacancy on the Tennessee Court of Appeals Middle division.
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London
Britain
GUARD
Nashvillee
R. ©. Smith
Tennessee National
War Department
Nashville
Allen
Carroll
Obion
Davidson
Felts
Knoxville
Marea
P—eaige
Sam Felts
Democratic Party
Court of Appeals
Middle Division
Tennessee
Tax Bill Debated as Weapon in GOP Attack
Washington March 2 Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee condemned the administration's tax revision bill calling it a political weapon to attack foes in business. They cited a proposed penalty tax on large corporations owned by families or a few individuals as vicious and inequitable. The committee approved the bill 17 to 7, with Democrats drafting a responsive report. Some members contend the bill could stimulate business by revising provisions seen as causing hardship and inequities.
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Washington
House
Ways Who Means
Crans
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ways and Means Committee
Naval talks loosen caps on battleships and cruisers
Washington reports that the United States Britain and France will abandon 35000 ton battleship limits and 8000 ton cruiser caps. Britain will communicate the results to Germany and Russia, citing existing naval treaties. Italy stands free of pacts as a large shipbuilder.
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Washington
London
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Great Britain
Italy
Europe
Spy Ring Probers Continue Work in New York
Federal agents report a core letter offering 1000 to Johanna Hoffman, 26, for information on new aircraft carriers Yorktown and Enterprise. Investigation into an alleged international spy ring continues as officials say foreign agents could glean more from current publications than a military post.
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Harold K. Miles
New York
Army
Navy
Secre
Washington
Five charged in dynamite deaths face court showdown
ELIZABETHTON Tenn March 2 AP Circuit Judge Ben Allen ordered three missing defense witnesses held on contempt writs during final arguments in the dynamite deaths of three Gouge children. Swafford jailed for failure to appear. writs issued for Wheeler and Harris. Prosecution sought death for White and Crave Tollett and Lester, with Walling and Walker linked to the plot. Gouge faces separate trial from 1936 slaying. In Uniontown Pa Samuel Lee Moore, two, suffers his fifth broken leg in hospital as his child grows up with accidents.
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Elizabethton, Tenn
Mar
Ben Allen
J. M. Moreland
T. Y. Swafford
Bledsoe County
Swafford
Pattrolmen
Allen
Robert Wheeler
Sam Price
Erwin
Crave Tollett
Sonia
Luena
Roma Jean Gouge
W. H. Clark
Craven Tollett
Penry Perry Thurman
Homer Creek
J. M. Marcland
Harmon Gouge
Gouge
Walling
Walker
Tosy
Hampton
Here
White Tollett
Church Lester
Lester
Tollett
Arnold Tollett
White and
Crave
Deputy and workers wounded in mistaken identity clash
Special Deputy Jim Cunningham, Howard Scott, and Robert Glass were wounded in a gunfight at the Northwestern Barb Wire plant site on Lawrence Park Island after a light signal led to a mistaken belief by officers and workers. A deputy also suffered gas exposure from a nearby bomb as a night clash followed a prior daytime strike incident.
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Lawrence Park Island
Reel River
Scott
Glass
Shire
Cunningham
Shriff
A. E. Hamilton
Pendergast linked to padded Democratic rolls in vote fraud trial
In Kansas City March 2, testimony linked James Pendergast to paying Republican committeemen to overlook a padded Democratic registration roll. A GOP worker testified that the T. J. Ross Pendergast organization funded GOP campaigns in exchange for ghost votes. Mrs. Eva O Bryne, a Republican committeewoman turned government witness, said she and Lester L. Aulgur received money not to challenge the padded rolls. Eight others from both parties are on trial.
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Sansas City
James Pendergast
Republican City
Kansas City
T. J
Ross) Pendergast
GOP
Pender- East
Iva O'Bryne
Republican Commtiteewoman
Republica
O'Byrne
Lester L. Aulgur
Manufacturers Named as Heavy Buyers of Tear Gas
A Senate civil liberties committee official said 207 leading contributors to the National Association of Manufacturers bought 60 percent of all tear gas sold to industry for labor warfare from 1933 to 1937. He named General Motors, Chrysler, Pennsylvanian Railroad, Congotem-Nairn, and Laclede Gas as prominent contributors.
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Maroh
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
National Association of Manufacturers
Robert Wohlforth
Manufacturers’ ‘Association
John Gall
Wohlfortht
Tre
General Motors Corporation
Crysler Corporation
Pennzivatia Railroad
Congoteum- Nairn, Inc
Laclede Gas
T. Louis
Wobsforth
American Liberty League
the Crusaders
The
Sentinels of America
National Economy League
Farmers
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