Blizzard Grips Midwest Leaves Deaths and Drifts
A massive Midwest blizzard brings heavy snow across Illinois Wisconsin and Indiana with 16 deaths including an 18 year old in Chicago. Fishermen near Lake Michigan face harsh conditions while workers clear drifts and farmers expect crop benefits. Traffic halts on many roads as the storm moves eastward. New York notes Governor Roosevelt asks Seabury to probe District Attorney Crain.
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Middlewest
Wisconsin
Ralone
Fraf. R. A. Moore
Agronomy Department
University of Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Palmer
Kenosha
Wis
Illinois
Missouri
Indiana
New York
Roosevelt
Seabury
Crain
Late winter nips AF buds in south
Dixie shivered as north winds brought snow flurries to Atlanta and Florida saw clear skies. The south faced continued cold, with a warmer February followed by a late winter dip. Nashville and Memphis reported snowfall and low temperatures while Birmingham noted fair weather.
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Atlanta
Dixie
Florida
Tampa
Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
Memphis
Birmingham
Ala
Indictment Ties Lea Caldwell And Ramsey To Bank Fraud
Three prominent figures Colonel Luke Lea Rogers Caldwell and J Basil Ramsey were indicted in Greeneville Tennessee on conspiracy to violate federal banking laws and two counts of misapplying bank credit in the Holston Union National Bank case The charges allege Ramsey created a 98000 entry to hide deposits and Lea Caldwell benefitted, with possible Federal Reserve and Comptroller scrutiny.
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Nashville, Tenn
Luke Lea
Rogers Caldwell
J. Basil Ramsey
Federal District Court
Greeneville
Tenn
Holston Union National Bank
Knoxville
Ramsey
Caldwell
Lea
Lea and
Cadwell
Federal Reserve Bank
Holston Union
Comptroller
Currency
Federal Bank Examiners
State Legislative Committee
Four Chypren Run To Death In Woodland Maine
Four children aged 15 months to 13 years burned to death in a Woodland farm home of Robert Searles. A fifth child, 9, survived after leaping from a window to the snow and seeking help half a mile away. The parents were at church with two other children when the blaze started.
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Caribou
Maine
Robert Searles
Woodland
Here
Robert, Jr
Caspar
Bertha
Goldie
Marjorie
Bitter winter storms sweep Europe with heavy snow in London
A weekend storm paralyzed parts of Europe with bitter cold and strong winds. London and southern England faced freezing temperatures and snow driven by high winds. eastern Scotland saw its worst snowfall of the year. Rail delays and flooding risk were reported as rivers rose.
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London
Europe
England
Britain
Scotland
Snow Laden Gale Rakes Seaboard From N Eton C
A snow laden gale swept from the Carolinas to Maine causing deaths and property damage across New York and New England. Seven die in New York City auto crashes. four in West Haven Connecticut. three in Glens Falls New York.
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New York
Lashine
Atlantic Seaboard
Carolinas
Maine
New York State
New England
New York City
West Haven
Conn
Glens Falls
N. Y
Long Island
Four Die in West Haven Incident. Four Dead Three Critical
West Haven Connecticut police report four men killed and three others critically injured in a early evening incident. Investigators labeled the scene as a deadly event with authorities continuing to search for a motive and the remaining survivors receiving treatment.
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West Haven
Conn
Knoxville Women Attacked in Bloodied Knoxville Home
Police and county officers search for a maurauder after a brutal attack in Knoxville that left Gladys Prince 24 and Luther Floyd's sister-in-law critically injured. Delores Floyd two found with head injuries, mystery weapon and covered bodies reported. the suspect fled with a blunt instrument.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Gladys Prince
Luther Floyd
William D. Worley
Delores
Floyd
Vivian Gordon’s Brother Slips Into Mental Collapse in Hushed Crisis
Perre M Franklin brother of Vivian Gordon, central figure in a murder spree tied to his sister, suffers a mental breakdown in a Bellevue psych ward under heavy guard. He was found half clothed shouting, restrained after three hours, while police and detectives pursue no new leads in the Gordon case amid 18,000 officers.
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New York
Mar
Perre M. Franklin
Vivian Gordon
Franklin
Bellevue
Benitia Bischoff
Montreal
Westchester County
Miss Gordon
Arnold Rothstein
Weather Fair No Change Tennessee and Virginia
Tennessee fair and continued cold tonight with fair Tuesday and rising temperatures. Virginia mostly fair tonight and Tuesday with snow flurries in the extreme west and little temperature change. Readings show yesterday’s high 55 and low 29 in Tennessee and Virginia with rainfall around .24 inches.
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Tennessee
Virgina
T. C. Harris
U.S.W.O
Southern trains crash in storm near Knoxville
A snow storm blamed for a Southern Railway freight train slamming into the rear of the Carolina Special near Powells station ten miles west of Knoxville. Several passengers were shaken up, two Pullman cars and two engines damaged, with one porter severely injured. Officials cited blocked signals and limited visibility from snow as causes.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Southern Railway
Powells
Charleston
S. C
Cincinnati
James Austin
Asheville
N. C
B. C. Gibbs
H. M. Carden
W. D. Post
The
Southern
Anti-Saloon Leagues 1932 Campaign Readied in Florida
At the annual convention in St. Petersburg the Anti-Saloon League declared it will wage a major fight for prohibition in the 1932 presidential campaign. F Scott McBride criticized John J. Raskobs state control plan as eastern backed and urged support for Hoover and the Constitution. Mrs Henry W Peabody accused Gossip Incorporated of press manipulation and smear campaigns against President Hoover and Bishop James Cannon Jr.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Anti-Saloon League
Prohibition
F. Scott McBride
John J. Raskob
Democratic Party
McBride
Hoover
Dr. McBride
United States
Gossip Incorporated
Henry W. Peabody
Woman’s National Committee For Prohibition Enforcement
Florida
Massachusetts
James M. Cannon, Jr
Southern Methodists Church
Cannon
Lea Confident of Vindication Amid Bank Law Indictment
Col. Luke Lea declares his innocence after a Greeneville grand jury indicted him on national banking law violations. He says he awaits a fair trial, rejects rumors of self harm, and condemns attempts to smear him while vowing not to prosecute in the press.
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Nashville
Tenn
Luke Lea
Greeneville
Colonel Lea
Federal
Caldwell and Company
Sheriff Cleared of Larceny Count in Knox County
Knox county grand jury returned no true bill against Sheriff S. H. Reach of Grain Ger county who was accused of receiving and concealing a stolen automobile linked to Floyd Henderlight of Knoxville. Nick J. Osborne was indicted for felonious assault after alleged shooting of Edna Styles Osborne following divorce. Patrolman A. E. MacLinn was exonerated of felonious assault against a negro who claimed he was shot through the trousers.
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Knoxville
Tenn
S. H. Reach
Grainger County
Knox County
Floyd Henderlight
Nick J. Osborne
Edna Styles Osborne
A. E. MacLinn
Thomas Dies Former NC Congressman at 69
Charles Randolph Thomas aged 69, who represented North Carolina's Third District from 1899 to 1911, died in a Norfolk hospital last night.
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C. R. Thomas
Newbern
N. C
Charles Randolph Thomas
North Carolina
Norfolk
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