Wright Makes Another Bid for Freedom
Paul A. Wright, convicted of manslaughter for the deaths of his wife and John Kimmel in Glendale, faces a second trial on insanity. A four women and eight men jury will decide if he was sane when he shot them, with potential temporary insanity freeing him or a verdict of ongoing mental derangement sending him to an asylum. Wright's prior conviction carried one to ten years for each count.
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Los Angeles
Paul A. Wright
John Kimmel
Freedom
Wright
S. Ernest Roll
Jerry Giesler
Death at Colfax Branded as Self-Inflicted
Colfax Louisiana February 14 coroner S W Sanford reported William P Willett 50 year old former tax assessor of Grant parish ended his life with a pistol bullet to the head. He reportedly told his wife and son William Willett Jr Verda High School teacher to go to the barn to view the livestock before shooting himself.
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Colfax
S. W. Sanford
William P. Willett
Grant Parish
William Willett, Jr
Verda
Farm Measure Still Fought in Congress
Senate debate on the compromise farm bill continued with few chances of stopping its enactment. Supporters argued the bill would preserve soil conservation and set marketing quotas for major crops, to be approved by farmers, with a final 3 30 p m eastern standard time vote looming.
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Washington
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Johnson
California
Burke
Nebraska
Joint Committee For Revision
Roosevelt
Former Senator Ransdell Knighted by St Gregory in Louisiana
Former United States Senator Joseph E. Ransdell received the insignia of the Order of St Gregory the Great from Most Rev. Daniel F. Desmond in a two hour rural ceremony at St Patrick’s Church Lake Providence. The event marked a rare honor for a Catholic layman in the delta region drawing large crowds from north Louisiana and beyond.
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Lake Providence
Mississippi Delta
St. Gregory the Great
United States
Joseph BE. Ransdell
Daniel F. Desmond
Diocese of
Alexandria
Louisiana
Lagman
St. Patrick's Church
New Michigan Floods Drive Hundreds Out
Detroit February 14 floods forced hundreds from homes across Michigan. Mt Clemens suffered more than 100000 in property losses as the Clinton River surged. Cities including Grand Rapids Lansing Flint Pontiac Utica Rochester and Ionia also faced rising waters and refugee stations were opened.
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Michigan
Detroit
Mt. Clemens
Donald R. Westendorf
Clinton
Grand Rapids
Lansing
Flint
Pontiac
Utica
Rochester
Ionia
Death of Oscar Odd McIntyre Ends Famous New York Columnist Career
Oscar Odd McIntyre longtime New York columnist known for New York Day By Day dies at his Park Avenue apartment at 2 am aged 53 on the eve of his 54th birthday and 30th wedding anniversary. He rose from Gallipolis Ohio to national fame, wrote for 500 papers, and was aided by wife May belle Hope Small of Gallipolis. He began in 1902 at the Gallipolis Journal and rose to prominence as a syndicated Broadway observer.
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New York
Oscar Odd McIntyre
New York City
Park Avenue
Ohio
McIntyre
Broadway
Maybelle Hope Small
Gallipolis
Gallipolis Journal
Hampton's Magazine
The
Brisk
Fleet 10 Open Big War Games In Pacific Drills
The United States fleet of 173 ships and 547 aircraft readies six weeks of war games. Admiral Claude Charles Bloch now commands the force moving from the Aleutians through Hawaii toward equatorial waters to observe 12 battleships four carriers 16 heavy cruisers and more than 200 escorts in Problem XIX exercises.
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Los Angeles
United States
America
Pacific
Claude Charles Bloch
Aleutian Islands
Hawaii
Telephone Wire Thieves Hunted in Slidell Area
Police seek a squad of men who stole 18 miles of telephone wire between Slidell and Mandeville. Each pole was climbed, wire unfastened, rolled up, and moved. An emergency crew restored service between the two towns.
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Slidell
Mandeville
Judge Defends Otter Killing Out Of Season
Inferior Court Judge Tisdale J. Touart refused to grant an arrest order for two men involved in killing an otter dubbed the Frankenstein of Fisher's Alley and for exhibiting the animal. The otter had terrorized a Mobile, Alabama neighborhood. Gene Sullivan shot it and Charles Ordoyne owned the yard where it was killed. Oberhaus argued the kill was out of season and exhibition illegal, while townsfolk paid 16 cents to see the “monster.”
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Mobile
Ala
Tisdale J. Touart
A. Z. Oberhaus
Frankenstein
Fisher's Alley
Oberhaus
Gene Sullivan
Charles Ordoyne
Touart
Legionnaires Stub Nose German Bund Meeting in Buffalo
In Buffalo a German American band rally ended in a 15 minute free for all as American war veterans clashed with speakers. Police. Kunze. Mead. Syracuse. Rochester. Erie County Legion.
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Buffalo
N. Y
G. Wilhelm Kunze
New York State
Syracuse
Rochester
George A. Mead
Erie County
American Legion
Hitler to reveal new plan in weekend Reichstag speech
Berlin reports secrecy over Hitler’s forthcoming address to the Reichstag next Sunday as diplomats speculate a possible return of Germany’s lost war colonies. Talks with Austria’s Kurt Schuschnigg at Berchtesgaden fuel expectations of a colonial concession tied to clarifying relations with Austria. Mussolini urged the meeting.
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Berlin
Europe
Hitler
Fuehrer
Reich Stag
Kurt Schuschnigg
Austria
Berchtesgaden
der Fuehrer
Germany
Britain
Reich
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Perkins Outlines Labor Conference Aims In New Orleans
Secretary Frances Perkins opens an 11 state regional labor conference in New Orleans. She calls for a basic labor law to ensure safe work conditions and protections for workers. Perkins notes southern states have pushed labor reform and supports minimum standards to curb unfair competition. She comments on Governor Leche’s six month hiring pause idea and says it warrants study for possible nationwide use.
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New Orleans
Frances Perkins
Perkins
Richard W. Leche
Louisiana
South
Oth
Eddie McLane Moves to Ruston Hospital for Recovery
Alexandria Louisiana February 14 Eddie McLane director of athletics and head coach of football at Louisiana Tech has improved enough from injuries in an automobile accident to be moved from Baptist Hospital to the hospital in Ruston He will direct spring football practice from his hospital room after serious injuries during the recent season while traveling with coaching staff transferable to Ruston facilities
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Alexandria
Eddie McLane
Louisiana Tech
Baptist Hospital
Ruston
McLane
Mary O Connor Faces Trial in Death of Child
Mary K OConnor 19 faced murder and related charges over the Labor Day death of five year old Nancy Glenn in Philadelphia. The defense called the case unique as prosecutors cite two statements by OConnor and Marie Phillips alleging she struck the girl and left her in a dirt road puddle.
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Philadelphia
Mary K. O'Connor
Nancy Glenn
Labor Day
Joseph Sloan
William A. Gray
Miss O'Connor
Robert O'Connor
Tarzan
Charles C. Gordon
Murphy
Nancy
Marie Phillips
United States
O'Connor
Central China Conquest Advances in Heavy Fighting
Japanese forces push deeper into Henan province in a major campaign across central China. The invaders reach the middle Yellow River and threaten Kaifeng as Chinese resistance collapses at bridge crossings and along the Pinghan and Taming highways.
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Shanghai
Japan
Genghis Khan
China
Henan
Asia
Sunghai Railway
Yellow River
North
South
Pinghan
Taming
Kaifeng
Kalfeeng
Britain Opens Big Navy Base in Singapore
The British empire opened a vast Singapore drydock valued at 55 million dollars with Sir Shenton, the Straits Settlements governor, dedicating the facility. Rear Admiral Julius Townsend represented the United States at the ceremony, which featured a government yacht ceremony and a 130 foot ribbon break. The base allows servicing warships up to 55,000 tons east of the Suez canal.
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Singapore
Gibraltar
Far East
Sir Shenton
Straits Settlements
George VI
Julius Townsend
Trenton
Memphis
Milwaukee
United States
Great Britain
Suez Canal
Writing On Wall Seen By Hitler Democracy Stirs
The article argues Hitler faces resistance as Germany moves toward Nazification. It notes democracy ferment as a warning against suppression of personal freedoms. Roosevelt's view on representative government is cited, and internal church regimentation and army purges are highlighted as the regime tightens control.
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Hitler
DeWitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
New York
Germany
Roosevelt
Congress
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Annie Smith
Lucy Timlek
Kathleen Magle
Isabel Maclean
Toronto
Ransdell
Knight of
St. Gregory
FLEET
Judge
Otter
Legionnaires
Police At
Burlingame
Cal
Nation
Miss Perkins
Eddie M’lane
Ruston Hospital
Mintyre
Mary O'Connor
Central China
Lunghai
Reichswehr
Army
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