Franco to name eight member cabinet under Serrano Suner
Border sources in Perpignan report General Franco plans a new eight member cabinet led by Serrano Suner with his brother in law retaining the title of head of state and army commander. The reform would formalize posts already filled on paper but full changes may wait until central Spain is secured.
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Perpignan
France
Francisco Franco
Serrano Sunner
Geeralianimo
Otle
Franco
Spain
Sunmer
Minster
Falanguiy
Fourists
Francisco Gomez Jordana
Raimundo Fernandes Cuetta
Fidel Davila
Antonio Aranda
Jose Muscardo
Nevy
Barawh
Count de Rodesio
Off Cartet
Jose Maria Gil Robles
Popular Agrarians
Colon
WILD TRAIN WRECK PROBED NEAR TENNANT
Federal and state investigators probe a high speed wreck on the Great Western line near Tennant Iowa causing two deaths and injuries. Freight engine led a passenger train toward Minneapolis after a derailment and a back up to the siding. Engineer Henry Miller and fireman A D Sellers of Tarion Iowa among the injured.
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Harlan
Minneapolis
Selarday
Henry Miller
A. DP. Sellers
Tarion
Butt
Tennant
John Anderson
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Sharp
Anderson
Triplets Share Clothes Basket Aid From Red Cross
Olympia Washington February 2011 Triplets born Saturday to Mr and Mrs Joe Lavery of Friendly Grow shared a big clothes basket on their home until the Red Cross came to the family's aid today and supplied two extra baskets The babies Dr H W Sachs said all are husky and doing splendidly Roberta weighed 5 pounds at both and her two brothers Delbert and Albert 5 12 and 6 pounds respectively The Laverys each M4 have five other children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Wash
Joe Lavery
Friendly Grow
Red Cross
H. W. Sachs
Roberta
Delbert
Albert
Laverys
El Sindicalista Madrid Not Issued Over Newsprint Shortage
Madrid morning paper El Sindicalista did not publish on February 20 due to lack of newsprint. No other events are reported, and the brief notes the single newspaper in the city was unable to print.
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Madrid
el Sindicalista
O Connor urges action on 1940 presidential candidate
Former Representative John J. O Connor of New York urges sensible Democrats to assert independence in Congress and back true Democratic leaders amid calls to remove radicals from party oversight. He warns postponing action to the 1940 convention could boost Republicans and recalls 1932 defeat.
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Washington
John J. O'Connor
New York
Roosevelt
Congress
O'Connor
Democratic Party
New York City
O'Coonor
Drewry
Virginia
Democratic Congressional Committee
Secret Tulsa Bride Ends Life of Star Quarterback
Ruth Breene Thompson, 24, wife of University of Tulsa star Tommy Thompson, died after swallowing poison minutes after a secret marriage on February 4. County Investigator I W Culliser ruled it suicide. Thompson, 24, said no motive was known as he recalled her gasping in the bathroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Toomy Thompson
University of Tulsa
Ruth Breene Thompson
I. W. Culliser
Thompson
Culliscorn
Heiress Burns as Negligee Ignores Fire in Hollywood
Hollywood on February 20 reported 22 year old Geraldine Spreckels heiress to her fortune suffered burns when a cigarette ignited her negligee. A housekeeper extinguished the flames and Dr Buell H Sprague said she was responding to treatment and the shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Geraldine Spreckels
Sgar Fortune
Buell H. Sprague
Cooley urgess vote for tax to run Ouachita sanatorium
G B Cooley president of the Ouachita Tuberculosis and Public Health association urges Ouachita parish property owners to vote one mill tax on Tuesday to support a local tuberculosis sanatorium. He cites WPA funding, ground improvements, and legislative action enabling the tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
G. B. Cooley
Ouachita Tuberculosis and Public Health Association
Girl, 12, Accidental Shot Kills Mt. Zion Youth
In Sabine parish a 12 year old girl accidentally shot and killed Carl Lites 15 at a Mt. Zion service station. Eye witnesses said Lites handed the pistol to the girl who aimed and fired after a brief conversation. The gun belonged to Lites and he died instantly. Survivors are his parents Mr and Mrs T F Lites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JK Phares
Sabine Parish
Carl Lites
Mt. Zion
Young Lites
New Orleans Becomes Nation's Carnival Seat
New Orleans hosted the peak carnival events as Twelfth Night began January 6 with balls and processions. The city saw parades by Knights of Momus Hermes Krewe and Krewe of Proteus, a 38 float children’s parade, a fencing tournament won by Lt. Fred Weber, a Crescent City Open golf event, and river parades on the Mississippi ahead of Mardi Gras festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
America
Lem
Knights of Momus
Hermes
Mid-City
Fred Weber
Fort Sil
Oklo
Southern Yacht Club
Lake Pontchartrain
City Park
King Alla VII
Mississippi
Proteus
God of the Sea
Police Guard Pro Nazi Rally at Madison Square Garden
New York police deployed 1,377 officers at Madison Square Garden to guard a pro Nazi German American band rally amid fears of violence. A search found no bombs after a letter claimed three devices would be hidden. Band leader Frite Kuhn touted 3,000 uniformed troopers to assist in keeping order as anti Nazi groups planned counter protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Madison Square Garden
Lewis J Valentine
Anny
Madison Square
Garden
Lewis J. Valentine
Frite Kuhn
American Legion
Huge request echoed in British parliament
In Florida Franklin Pierce McCall received a stay of execution until next Friday to allow an appeal to the U S Supreme Court over the kidnap death of James Bailey Cash Jr The stay follows a death warrant and a manhunt led by FBI Chief J Edgar Hoover McCall had confessed to the kidnapping and ransom demand to finance luxuries for his wife In London Italy announced sending 30000 more troops to Libya as parliament debated defense spending amid warnings of a costly peacetime rearmament program and a rise in borrowing for defense calculations
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raiford
Fla
Franklin Pierce McCall
United States Supreme Court
James Bailey Cash, Jr
McCall
L. F. Chapman
Fred P. Cone
Princeton
C. A. Arriett
Jasper
Washington
Paul Fried Bunge
Clyde Hysler
Jacksonville
Hysler
Cashes
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Ed x Hoover
London
Libya
North Africa
House of Commons
R. A. Butler
Italy
Lord Perth
Rome
North African
Spain
Mediterranean
Britain
Trial on Spy Charges in Federal Court in Los Angeles
A Russian couple Mikhail Gorin and Natasha Gorin and Hafis Salich face a nonjury federal trial in Los Angeles on espionage accusations. Prosecutors say Gorin hired Salich to obtain secret naval intelligence data for the Soviet government. The defendants deny any wrongdoing and expect acquittal with their counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
United States
Naval Intelligence
Mikhail Nicholas Gorin
Pacific Coast
Natasha
Hafis Salich
Berkeley
Calif
Ralph B. Jenney
Gorin
Salich
Chorin
Washington
Clipper to Visit New Orleans in Transatlantic Service Opening
The Boeing clipper on display at the Golden Gate International Exposition will fly to San Diego today and head eastward Tuesday with a stop planned at New Orleans or Gulfport. It then proceeds to Baltimore to inaugurate Pan American's transatlantic service.
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San. Francisco
Golden Gate International Exposition
San Diego
New Orleans
Gulfport
Miss
Baltimore
Pan- American
Death of J. D. Butler Leaves Plumbing Leader In Community
J D Butler 63 a longtime local plumber and church figure died Monday after a six month illness. Services set at 10 am Tuesday at his home 702 South Second then at First Presbyterian Church with interment in Hasley cemetery. Pallbearers elders from the church include J A Smith M W Stroud and others. Rev Ernest Duncan Holloway and Rev L T Hastings to officiate. Butler born 1873 Carthage Missouri orphaned young, married 1900 Lenora McCurry, moved to El Dorado Arkansas in 1908 to work for Louis Lock.
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J. D. Butler
South Second Street
First Presbyterian Church
Hasley Cemetery
Peters Funeral Home
J. A. Smith
M. W. Stroud
D. M. Moore
D. Curtis Seamon
Sydney Stroud
W. B. Ayars
Ernest Duncan Holloway
L. T. Hastings
First Baptist Church
Mr. Butler
Carthage
Mississippi Valley
West
Lenora McCurry
Rosetta
Miss
Natchey
Butler
FE Dorado
Ark
Louis Lock
Louisiana
Overflow water five feet deep in Panola-Quitman basin
Flooding from the Coldwater and Tallahatchie rivers reaches five feet in parts of the Panola Quitman basin. Some families are marooned with dwindling food while levee boards expect quick drop if rain stops. Crews reinforce levees east of Crowder and at open bank area between Marks and Crowder.
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Crowder
Batesville
Marks
Italian Press Attacks Roosevelt Over Implied War Motive
Il Telegrafo denounces an imperialistic Anglo-Saxon minority led by President Roosevelt plotting a democratic war to bind the United States to world intervention. Giovanni Ansaldo warns Americans are influenced by propaganda and lack independent opinion on Europe while Badoglio travels to Libya amid troop reinforcements.
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Rome
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Il Telegrafo
Roosevelt
United States
Giovanni Ansaldo
Pietro Badoglio
Libya
Tunisia
Ansaldo
America
Europe
Pilot dies as plane hits lake in Florida maneuvers
Second Lieutenant Theodore Proxmire Jr of Lake Forest Illinois died when his Army plane crashed into Santa Fe Lake in Waldo Florida during maneuvers from Selfridge Field Michigan. Lieutenant Budd Marks of Minneapolis escaped injury when his plane nosed over in a nearby field. Both were stationed at Valparaiso Florida for maneuvers.
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Waldo
Fla
W.M
Santa Fe Lake
Theodore Prosmite, Jr
Lake Forest
Budd Marks
Minneapolis
Minn
Holly Ridge Woman Dies in Lamp Explosion
Mrs. C N Reeves dies after a lamp explodes in her Holly Ridge home. Her husband C N Reeves and two sons Raymond and Herbert plus neighbor A C Knight are seriously burned. Firefighters rescue others as the blaze destroys the residence. Funeral held at Pleasant Valley with Mulhearn Funeral Home in charge. Mrs Reeves left five sons and her mother Mrs G Hortman. several Hortman siblings noted.
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C. N. Reeves
Holly Ridge
Mr. Reeves
Reeves Wear
Pleasant Valley
Minden
Rev. Lyons
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Reeves
Raymond Nelson
Herbert
LeRoy
Johnnie Reeves
G. Hortman
Webster Parish
Henry
Johnny
Jesse Hortman
Gram Hortman
Woodson
Tex
Felder Hortman
Mary Lou Duke
Garbin
Okla
Much colder weather sweeping across the Midwest
A cold wave moved from the middle west toward the east after rain and snow. Detroit Lakes Minnesota registered sub zero readings while Dakotas Minnesota and western Iowa saw sub zero temps. Forecaster H A Downs warned of near zero readings across Wisconsin Michigan Illinois and Indiana as a new cold snap follows a February heat spell.
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Associated Press
Middle West
Detroit Lakes
Minn
H. A. Downs
Chicago
Dakotas
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Michigan
Nlinois
Indiana
Rocky Mountains
St. Lawrence Valley
Houghton
Mich
St. Ignanee
Park Falls
Milwaukee
Cairo
New York City
Shreveport Woman Fatally Injured in Crash Near Baton Rouge
A Shreveport couple involved in a two car crash west of Baton Rouge left one dead and four injured. Alton L. Cullins, 37, died from scalp injuries while her husband was injured. The five other victims were Jefferson Davis parish teachers returning from a trip. Names include Ray Callins, Lynn Henderson, Kate Henderson, Marie Louise Gross, and Aline Wood. The accident occurred around midnight on a highway 12 miles west of the city.
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Baton Rouge
Alton L. Cullins
Shreveport
Cullins
Ray Callins
Aston Callins
South Louisiana
Jefferson Davis Parish
Lynn Henderson
Kate Heiderson
Jackson
Marie Louise Gross
Lake Providence
Lan
Aline Wood
Centreville
Mier
Kate Henderson
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Mackinac
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Mackinaw City
Reilway
Sainte Marie
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Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr
T Abover
Iano
Blaze
Conti
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