Insurgent Guns Strike Madrid in Civil War Drive
Spanish insurgents shelled central Madrid killing 16 and wounding 23 as the civil war returned to the capital. Government forces rallied with Premier Negrin at a cabinet meeting in Madrid, while Franco pressed for unconditional surrender.
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Perpignan
France
Madrid
Jativa
Valencia
Alicante
Madrid-Valencia
Spain
Catalonia
Juan Negrin
New Madrid
Francisco Franco
Franco
Flood Control Meeting Set to Discuss State Projects
Representatives from 29 parishes plan to attend a public meeting by the Louisiana Flood Control and Water Conservation commission to review flood control navigation and drainage projects totaling about 60 million dollars. Frederick J. Voorhies announced a tentative plan to direct water usage to rice regions and use channels for navigation, with an expert study and Army Corps review. The commission, created in 1936, includes nine members. Wade O. Martin chairs, Harry Jakobs is engineer.
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Louisiana Flood Control and Water Conservation Commission
Frederick J. Voorhies
Commission
Ouachita
Black
Red
Vermilion
Contableau
Boeuf
Cocodrie
Mermentau
Calcasieu
Voorhies
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
Army
Wade O. Martin
Harry Jakobs
US Naval Officer to Visit Hainan Island
Captain John T. G. Stapler of the South China patrols will travel to Hainan Island, recently occupied by Japanese forces, to assess conditions and safeguard American lives and interests. He transferred the Mindanao’s flag to the destroyer John D. Edwards as preparation for the trip, and Canton’s U.S. Consulate informed the Japanese authorities of the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Masses and crowds attend Pope Pius XI's bier in St Peter's
Thousands pass the pontiff's bier in St Peter's Cathedral as the conclave preparations begin. Foreign cardinals arrive and Prince Ludovico Chigi-Albani is presented to oversee secrecy. Guards and masses mark the funeral rites under a gray sky with rain.
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Vatican City
St. Peter's
Pius XI
Congregation of Cardinals
Ludovico Chigi-Albani
Chigi
Pius
Pietro Pisani
Forty and Eight Wreck Postponed to February 23
The Forty and Eight wreck scheduled for February 13 was postponed to February 23 due to the absence of several city officials. The event will be one of the largest in years with a class of candidates from nearby cities and towns.
Five Die in Texarkana Head-On Car Crash
Howard Walker 21 of Ashdown died in a Texarkana hospital as the head-on collision near Texarkana raised the weekend death toll to eleven. Also fatally injured were Mrs Flora Campbell and her son Olin Campbell and his wife of Texarkana and Edward Pickett 23 of Ogden Ark.
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Texarkana
Ark
Howard Walker
Ashdown
Flora Campbell
Olin E. Campbell
Edward Pickett
Ogden
Arkansas
Missing Marie Airways Plane Near Alaska Flight Disappears
Five aboard Marie Airways flight from Ketchikan to Juneau vanish after reporting storm conditions near Grand Island in Taku inlet. Coast guard Haida searches Stephens passage but finds no trace as icing and heavy winds hinder rescue efforts. Pilot Lon Cope and fellow crew and travelers were named alongside E. E. E. and George Chamberlain.
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Juneau
Alaska
Marie Airways
Ketchikan
Lon Cope
Grand Island
Taku Inlet
Cope
John Chappell
Earl Clifford
George Chamberlain
Coast Guard
Haida
Stephens Passage
Here
Sheldon Simmons
Alex Holden
The
Marine Airways
Tulsequah
B. C
Search for missing flyer Roy Shreck begins in Spokane
Spokane today reports airmen and ground patrols joined in a search for Roy Shreck a United States weather bureau flyer who vanished after flying three miles up into a stormy sky Sunday morning leaving no trace of his whereabouts as of Monday night
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Spokane
Wash
Roy Shreck
Shreck
United States Weather Bureau
Stiletto Death Arrest in London Slaying
Scotland Yard arrested a man tied to the stabbing of Georgina Hoffman known as the Black Butterfly and the Girl in Red. The victim, found in Mayfair wearing a wine colored dress, had Irish ties and a rosette of green and white colors. Detectives hunted a man seen with her after an Irish English rugby match as inquiries focus on sabotage links and possible explosions.
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London
Scotland Yard
Georgina Hoffman
Heath
Donnelly
Irish Republican Army
Dover Street
Mayfair
Ireland
Sir Bernard Spilsbury
Nurse Fatally Injured in Highway Crash Near Baton Rouge
Miss Irene Gordon a Marksville nurse died shortly after a collision on a highway ten miles west of Baton Rouge. The 25 to 30 year old woman never regained consciousness. Three negro occupants of the other vehicle were injured.
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Baton Rouge
Irene Gordon
Marksville
Flashes In The News From Several Cities
In North Carolina Otis L. Duncan claims a minnow used as bait slipped from a goldfish bowl and revealed itself when cut open. In Missouri disgruntled union workers picketed a colleague’s home over a signing dispute. In Kansas a deed from England Scotland and Canada now lists 44 heirs of Margaret Spencer in Saline County.
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Smithfield
N. C
Otis L. Duncan
Duncan
Salina
Kas
England
Scotland
Canada
Saline
Garfield grade school coach uses gum to boost scoring
Abilene Kansas coach Grant Spence motivates his Garfield grade school basketball team by giving the players chewing gum at the start of practice to energize and increase scoring.
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Abilene, Kas
Grant Spence
Garfield
Lawyers Guild Opposes Change to Wagner Act
The National Lawyers Guild with 4300 members opposed any amendments to the national labor relations act and supported the labor board's administration. Delegates elected John Gutnecht president, Mortimer Reimer reelected secretary, and approved resolutions on relief funding civil liberties and tax policy.
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Chicago
National Lawyers Guild
National Labor Board
Guild
John Gutnecht
Ferdinand Pecora
New York Supreme Court
Mortimer Reimer
Washington
Congress
la Follette Subcommittee On Civil Liberties
Civil Service Commission
National Labor Relations Board
House Judiciary Committee
House
Labor Perkins
Immigration Haughtering
Solicitor Reilly
Labor Department
Spain's Rockefeller Heads Back To His Native Land
US treasury reports show 159,233 taxpayers received 34.53 million dollars in refunds for the year ended June 30. Largest refund 1.67 million to Ohio Oil. other big sums went to Brown and Williamson Tobacco, Petersburgh VA. estate of Henry Huntington, Procter and Gamble Distributing. Causes include math errors, non taxable income, foreign tax credits, and depreciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Cochran
Missouri
House Expenditures Committee
Ohio Oil Company
Findlay
Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company
Louisville
Petersburg
Henry E. Huntington
Los Angeles
Procter and Gamble Distributing Company
Cincinnati
Hull Address Signals Drive for Large Army Armament Bill
Secretary Hull told a national radio audience that the United States must maintain adequate defensive forces as long as attack remains possible. Congress began debate on a 552 million armament program including 300 million for army planes and 32.5 million for civilian pilot training. Representative Martin urged spreading purchases over three years to curb production stimulation, noting no immediate war threat.
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Washington
Hull
America
House
Panama Canal
Martin
Massachusetts
United States
Mardi Gras Celebration Opens Tonight In New Orleans
New Orleans begins nine days of carnival activity with eleven major balls and parades from tonight through Fat Tuesday. Organizers expect about 50,000 visitors as Knights of Momus parade with costly floats and torches, followed by Krewe of Hermes Nor Mid City Proteus Rex Comus and more busy days ahead.
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New Orleans
Knights of Momus
Association of Commerce
Hermes
Nor
Mid-City
King Alla
Proteus
Rex
Knights of Comus
Juan March Returns to Franco Command in Spain
Juan March the financier and key backer of the Spanish revolt leaves France for Burgos to align with General Franco. Once a dock worker, the 62 year old is described as a financial angel and liaison to Mussolini, having bankrolled the rebellion with vast funds over two years.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
New York
Juan March
Rockefeller
Spain
France
Generalissimo Franco
Burgos
March
Franco
Angel
Mussolini
Palma de Mallorca
Connally introduces permanent hot oil act in Senate
Senator Connally of Texas introduced a bill to make permanent the hot oil act. The measure aims to let states enforce petroleum conservation by making interstate shipment of oil produced above state quotas a federal offense. The current act expires June 30 unless extended and largely applies to Texas where a federal tender board assists the railroad commission in East Texas.
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Washington
Senator Connally
Texas
State Railroad Commission
East Texas
Sugar exports decline in 1938 total shipments
Lam born and company, sugar brokers, report refined sugar exports by the United States in 1938 at 55 203 long tons, down 11.9 percent from 1937. The 1938 exports reached over 50 countries, compared with more than 60 in 1937.
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New York
Lamborn and Company
United States
Mystery linked to tri state poison ring in Philadelphia case
Four held on charges of plotting murder for insurance are tied to a 'evil eye' mystic plot. The alleged ringleader is tailor Paul Petrillo with a convict nephew from Sing Sing, an informer, four witnesses and exhumed bodies, as detectives probe ritualist claims and a murder-for-insurance conspiracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Tri-State
Sing Sing
Samuel Riccardi
France
Paul Petrillo
Petrillo
Riccardi
Nick
Vincent P. McDevitt
John Cacopardo
New York
Nathan Beifer
Brooklyn
Fidler Joins News-Star-World as Columnist
Jimmie Fidler, Hollywood columnist and radio commentator, joins the News-Star-World as a daily and Sunday contributor. His column of movie news and gossip will appear on the editorial page of the News-Star today and every day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Fidler
Tce
Hollywood
News-Star—World
Fidler
News-Star
Bilbo bill aims to trade cotton on net weight basis
Senator Theo Bilbo proposes a net weight trading system for cotton to save an estimated 15 to 20 million dollars yearly. The plan would require bale coverings and ties to be marked with their weight and would curb middlemen adding extra jute patches during transit. The act would take effect 90 days after passage, with marking standards on bales and patches.
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Washington
Theo Bilbo
Mississippi
Bilbo
India
President Roosevelt Improves After Light Illness
President Roosevelt, held to his room for three days with a slight grippe, showed improvement with normal temperature. White House physician Rear Admiral McIntire advised rest, while plans remain for a southern cruise Thursday night. He canceled the Monday briefing but met with Hull and Welles and arranged lunch with Representative Rayburn, and will see Brazilian foreign minister Aranha before leaving.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ross T. McIntire
White House
Marvin McIntyre
Senate
House
Hull
Welles
State Department
Rayburn
Texas
South
Oswaldo Aranha
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Chamberlain
U. S
Hainan
Kansas City, Mo
Logan Clendening
Pope Pius XI
Weather Bureau
Black Butterfly
ST. Louis
Wanderer
Lawyer's Guild
Barcelona
Uncle Sam
Orleans
Fidler’s
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