Family Killed When Auto Driven on Tracks in Fort Wayne
The McBride family of ten perished in a crash as Marion McBride 43 drove their ten year old car onto railway tracks. Nine children and his wife Susan 40 died at the scene or soon after. five year old Phyllis McBride survived critically and died later in hospital. The infant was born after the wreck and found 150 feet from the mother. The family, living in poverty, had been returning from a funeral when the tragedy occurred and authorities investigated the theory of deliberate action.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Phyllis McBride
Dan
Walter E. Kruse
Yiles McBride
Marion McBride
WPA
Susan
McBride
Wiliam Con Mor
Fatal Train Collision In Indiana Sectors Report
A family tragedy near Leo Indiana ends in a wreck when a car strays onto tracks as a locomotive approaches. Six children and two infants perish while five year old Phyllis survives, entangled on a cow catcher. Mrs McBride narrowly escapes with plans to help her sister with a tenth birth.
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Phyllis
Clara
Marion, Jr
Mary
Arthur
Virginia
Robert
Richard
Ramona
William Connor
McBride
Davis Takes On New Deal Law Constitutional Questions
A counsel for J. P. Morgan & Co. and other large corporations, Davis has appeared in courts repeatedly to challenge the constitutionality of New Deal measures and related legislation.
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Ant
J. P. Morgan & Co
Davis
Ah Wilderness! Beery and Barrymore star in poignant family tale
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer brings Eugene O Neill's Ah Wilderness to the screen at the Palace Theatre. Wallace Beery portrays Uncle Sid the alcoholic with warmth while Lionel Barrymore plays the father. The drama follows an American family with humor romance and moments of intense drama.
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Metro-Goldgwyn-Mayer
Palace
Wallace Beery
Sid
Lionel Barrymore
George M. Cohan
Wl Rogers
O'Neill
Barrymore
Beery
Aline MacMahon
Eugene O'Neill
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Clarence Brown
Wallace Seery
Vonel Barrymore
Tolliver and Palmer Tie Official Marriage Knot
John J Tolliver a rubberworker of Thurston marries Helen E Palmer a Baltimore nurse in a ceremony officiated by Rev J W Plummer. The license records the union and the couple’s hometowns and professions.
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John J. Tolliver
Thurston
Helen E. Palmer
Baltimore
J -W. Plummer
Real Comedians Don’t Need Ridiculous Garth at Miss Pacific Fleet
Hugh Herbert, comedian, comments on modern comedy between scenes of Miss Pacific Fleet. He says good humor comes from being oneself without dressing up in silly costumes to get laughs. The film opens in Baltimore at the Ohio Theatre Sunday and Monday.
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Hugh Herbert
Ohio Theatre
Baltimore
Herbert
Cuts in liquor prices set to take effect Monday
Columbus Jan 25 reductions in liquor prices in state stores affect 94 brands. The cuts were made by American distillers to meet reductions by Canadian dealers prompted by the tariff agreement between the United States and Canada.
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Columbus
United States
Canada
College auctioned off for 20510 dollars in Barbour County
Alderson-Broaddus College a Baptist institution sold under the auctioneer's hammer at Barbour County courthouse in Philippi for 20510 dollars. The bid came from bondholders' protective committee. The sale covered buildings campus and other properties including coal oil and gas royalties. Original assets valued at 750000 dollars. Bonded indebtedness 192000 dollars plus seven percent interest for six years. Unsecured debt about 110000 dollars.
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Philippi
W. VA
Alderson-Broaddus College
Barbour County
Bus
Wheat futures rise on Washington’s inflation talk
Chicago grain notes say wheat futures gained about a cent as buying cooled near the close. May finished at 101 3 4, up 3 4. July 89 1 8, up 1 2. September 88 1 4, up 5 8. Corn, oats, and rye also moved higher.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Washington
Al Smith Delivers Broadside in Washington Tonight
Alfred E. Smith returns to the national stage in Washington to address the Liberty League anti New Deal rally before about 2,000 diners and a coast to coast radio audience. The event marks a key moment in 1936 nonpartisan opposition and features John J. Raskob and looming Lincoln Day Republican oratory.
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American Liberty League
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Swan
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League
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Lincoln
Arthur H. Vandenberg
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Vandenberg
New York
Roosevelt
America
Republican National Committee
Hiss
White House
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