Death List Grows As Winter Blasts East
The storm lashes the Atlantic coast with heavy snow and high winds. Twenty eight people died at sea or ashore while ships were crippled and villages isolated from Delaware to North Carolina. Rescue attempts and widespread damage followed as crews battled frigid seas.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Upper
New York State
Pennsylvania
Lancaster
Gettysburg
Dixie
Maryland
Virginia-Carolina
Washington and Lee University
Virginia
North Carolina
New Jersey
Delaware
Cape Hatteras
Disabled ship battles storm off Nantucket in distress
The collier H. F. De Bardeleben, sailing from Boston to Norfolk, rode mountainous seas and lost power. Thirty four crewmen stayed at their posts as Captain B. T. Knight sought immediate help and prepared to abandon ship if needed while the Adriatic stood by and three coast guard craft pursued rescue efforts.
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Portland
H. F. de Pardeleben
Nantucket
Coast
Anna
New Jersey
Boston
Mar
H. F. de Bardeleben
Norfolk
B. T. Knight
Bardeleben
Coast Guard
D. F. de Bardeleben
Adriatic
Firefighter Killed as Oil Tank Explodes in Knoxville
In Knoxville Tennessee U P report says 40 year old firefighter H Clay Lawless and 26 year old garage operator Bill M Starnes were killed when a 16000 gallon fuel oil tank exploded at the Lee A Gridley Construction Co plant. Fireman R H Nash was injured when a piece of iron struck him. Starnes was a bystander. Fifteen other men narrowly escaped. The blaze began in grass near the tank and a locomotive sparked the fire. While firefighters connected a foam generator the heated tank exploded.
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Knoxville
Tenn
H. Clay Lawless
Bill M. Starnes
Lee A. Gridley Construction Company
R. H. Nash
Starnes
Collision of Tank Trains Near Constanza Burns Ten
Ten people are missing and feared dead after two tank trains collided near Constanza Romania. Gasoline spilled from overturned cars ignited and burned for about a mile. Special relief trains were rushed to the scene.
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Constanza
Romania
Detroit Unemployment Riot Ends With Four Dead at Ford Plant
In Dearborn near Detroit, a major unemployment protest at Ford Motor Company resulted in four deaths and many injuries as police and guards blocked access to the plant. Key figures included Ford service chief Harry Bennett and alleged agitators William Foster and William Reynolds, with arrests of several dozen marchers.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn
Harry H. Bennett
Ford Service Department
Bennett
Congress clears decks for action on taxes
Washington March 8 AP In a sprint to clear decks for action on the new billion dollar tax bill the house leadership brought up the Norris LaGuardia anti injunction bill passed by the senate. The measure aims to outlaw yellow dog contracts limit federal injunctions in labor disputes and provide for jury trials in most contempt cases. The House expects to act on pending bills in a day and night session tomorrow and tackle the tax question Thursday.
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House
Senate
Organized Labor
Cullen
N. Y
Garner
Rules Committee
Snow and Cold Reach Tennessee and Virginia
Weather note reports cloudy skies with light snow possible tonight in Tennessee and Virginia. Some colder conditions in the west and south portions, with similar expectations for Wednesday and minimal storm totals. Readings at 6 p.m. show yesterday highs near 54 in Tennessee and 59 in Virginia, with lows around 19 and 35 the previous year.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Granite State in Political Glare
New Hampshire voters formed the first test of Franklin D Roosevelt and Alfred E Smith strength in the Democratic presidential race. Eight at large and four district delegates were chosen with pledges split between Smith and Roosevelt. one at large was unpledged. Republicans ratified seven at large and four district delegates, all pledged to Hoover.
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N. H
March
New Hampshire
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alfred F. Smith
Granite State
Smith
Roosevelt
Hoover
Briand Lying In State In Paris Foreign Office
Aristide Briand, famed peacemaker, lay in state at the Quai d Orsay Foreign Office. Funeral set for Saturday. he will rest at Cocherel Brittany. Messages of condolence poured in from world leaders, including Bruening Hoover Stimson Kellogg.
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Aristide Briand
Foreign Office
Quai D’orsay
Cocherel
Brittany
Heinrich Bruening
Germany
France
Andre Tardieu
Hoover
Henry L. Stimson
United States
Frank B. Kellogg
M. Briand
Leon Blum
Paul Painleve
Edouard Herriot
Treasury receipts and expenditures for early March
Treasury receipts for March 5 totaled 3 677 655 01 dollars with expenditures of 10 903 770 29 and a balance of 329 165 230 87. Customs duties for five days of March amounted to 4 732 454 75 dollars.
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Washington
Mar
New Offensive Reported Near Shanghai Amid Mediation Efforts
Neutral mediators resume talks as reports surface of a major new offensive along a western and northwestern battle line west of Shanghai. Chinese officials oppose armistice terms seen as humiliating and expect League of Nations action while Ueda’s withdrawal deadline is cited.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
Week Passes With No Word Kidnaped Baby 3 Suspects Arrested
Shanghai report notes major offensive developments with Chiang Kai-Shek rumored to move toward Kunchan and Japanese reinforcements and supplies along a front west of Shanghai while train service on the Shanghai Hangchow line is disrupted and telegraph equipment removed. In New Jersey police still pursue the Lindbergh baby kidnapping theory with officials saying investigation remains incomplete and questions to Col Schwartzkoff receive no full answers.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
Kunchan
Chiang
Woosung
Nanjiang
Shanghai- Hangchow
Hangchow
Lindbergh
Schwartzkoff
Arthur Garfield Hays
Dudley Field Malone
Col
Henry Breckenridge
Col. Lindbergh
Income tax exemptions and credits clarified for filers
The article explains personal exemptions of 1500 for singles and 3500 for married or head of family filers, with 3500 split between spouses if filed separately. It covers a 400 credit per dependent, rules for chief supporter, and head of family eligibility for relatives in one household.
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Washington
Mar
Boarder admits trunk murder in Atlantic City case
Louis Fine, 50, confessed to police that he shipped the body of his landlady Mrs. Mattie Schaaf, 60, to Philadelphia in a trunk found in a Philadelphia rooming house. Fine collapsed from a heart attack after confessing and was hospitalized under guard. Authorities pursue details of the killing and Fine’s alleged swindling past with multiple wives.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Louis Fine
Mattie Schaaf
Philadelphia
Fine
City Hospital
Louis Repetto
Schaaf
Emma Middleton
Adder Named Only Vicious Serpent in Great Britain
The report notes that the adder is the sole serpent described as vicious in Britain, highlighting its threat within the region.
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Creat
Britain
Kidnapers Refuse To Negotiate For Release Of Child
In Hopewell New Jersey March 8 AP reports two men were arrested in a Boston station while making a call to the Lindbergh home. One said his father in law knew more and wanted to inform Colonel Lindbergh. A New Haven contractor was held on 25000 bond as police explore a new angle. Three long term convicts were questioned in Philadelphia with little new detail.
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N.J
New England
Boston
Lindbergh
New Haven
Philadelphia
Unprecedented Hunt for Lindbergh Baby Forces Nation to Watch
A week into the Lindbergh kidnapping, authorities use every resource and technology from federal agents to press photographers to locate the 20 month old boy. Letters and tips pour in while investigators tighten the net, yet the baby remains missing.
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