France Bows to Franco Terms as Spain Tensions Rise
Paris reports Bonnet dropped conditions for recognizing Franco's regime. France pushes for ambassador talks to counter Italian and German influence while Britain seeks clarification on Japan's actions in Hong Kong and China. A Japanese air attack on Lowu station kills one policeman and injures others.
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Paris
Bonnet Wen
Franco
France
Spain
Great Britain
Burgos
Bornet
Leon Berard
Associated Press
Hongkong
Britain
Europe
Lowu
British
Tokyo
Japan
China
Abductor of Tot to Face Other Counts
Townsend Davis 40 a gardener and church organist faces child stealing charges after allegedly abducting eight year old Anne Louise Sweitzer from Pasadena. Police say he planned to flee toward Arizona with the girl and claimed she wanted to leave home. Anne Louise underwent a medical exam though not questioned. Davis had only $2.30 and a religious tract at arrest.
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Centro
Calif
Pasadena
Townsend Davis
Arizona
Anne Louise Sweitzer
Anne Louise
Davis
Anita Teft
Cade
India
Somerton
Ariz
Severe Cold Wave Tightens Across Many States
A sweeping Arctic air mass sent temperatures plunging across the eastern and central United States. Minnesota saw subzero lows while New York and Pennsylvania reported sharp drops. Illinois and Wisconsin faced snow and near freezing conditions. colder weather continued with parts of Michigan Indiana Ohio and surrounding regions under cool to cold skies.
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Associated Press
Mercury
United States
Middle West
Florida
Texas
Park Rapids
Wadena
Winon
Minneapolis
Wisconsin
New York
Niagara Talls
Erge
New York City
Pennsylvania
Mary
Nebraska
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Governor Gives Away Goat to Texas A and M
A robust billy goat from the governor mansion was sent to Texas A and M for educational purposes. Gov W Lee O Daniel said the animal became part of the family and the billy will be used by the university.
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Austin
Tex
Govmor W. Lee O'Daniel
Texas A
Goig
University of Texas
Billy
Roosevelt to See Mock War at Panama Canal Exercise
President Roosevelt aboard the Houston sails east through the West Indies for the mock war Fleet Problem 2. He visits Guantanamo Bay and observes Cuban waters with Marines at Camp McCalla as the fleet advances toward planned attack points around the canal area.
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Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
Houston
West Indies
Panama Canal
Warrington
Cuban
Guantanamo Bay
Virgin Islands
Ageda Passage
Atlantic
White House
Guantanamo Key
Naval Station
Camp McCalla
Court martial ordered after Lima uprising
The government ordered court martial for all those connected with Sundays uprising against President Benavides. Interior Minister General Antonio Rodriguez led the attempt to seize power and was killed. Several army officers and civilians were said to be under arrest.
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Lima
Peru
Oscar Benavides
Antonio Rodriguez
Discovery of Childs Bones Triggers Criminal Probe
Bones found 25 miles southeast of Perryton prompt new investigation into the 7 year old Texas killings. Claud and Elmer Tenison confess to a triple murder for $1000, saying they killed J M Cone and his two sons. Texas sheriff cautions but may confirm bone match with Cone child. Oregon officials review the tale amid fresh scrutiny.
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Salem
Ore
Texas
Claud
Elmer Tenison
Oregon
J. M. Cone
Perryton
Tex
J. M. Cone, Jr
Vernon Cone
J. S. Talley
Tenisons
Parole Board
Gerald Mason
Cecil Edwards
Elmer
Cone
Mason
Edwards
Austin
Sanity of McCall to be studied in Cairo Florida
Raiford Fla February 21 Attorneys planned to send an alienist to interview Franklin Pierce McCall as part of a sanity plea and to seek a stay from the US Supreme Court in the case of the ransom kidnapper of James Bailey Cash Jr. McCall’s execution was postponed to 11 am Friday after Governor Cone and Prison Superintendent Chapman conferred.
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Raiford
Fla
Franklin Pierce McCall
James Bailey Cash, Jr
Florida
C. A. Arriett
Jasper
McCall
United States Supreme Court
L. F. Chapman
Chapman
Fred P. Cone
Unite States Supreme Court
Weather Bureau forecasts accurate 85 to 90 percent
In Washington on February 21 F W Reichel derfer chief of the weather bureau said forecasts for 24 to 36 hours ahead are correct about 85 to 90 percent of the time. He noted rapid condition changes can make 12 hour forecasts risky yet stagnant conditions stabilize long range predictions.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
National Aviation Forum
F. W. Reichelderfer
W H Waggoner Dies in Columbia Leader in business and church
W H Waggoner 66 prominent Columbia merchant and civic figure died at his home. He owned a mercantile store for 40 years, directed Citizens Bank, chaired election supervisors, and served in Masonic and Methodist roles. Survived by wife, brother John Waggoner and two sisters Martha Russell and Sarah McCartney.
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Columbia
W. H. Waggoner
First Methodist Church
Waggoner
The
Citizens Bank
Parish Democratic Executive Committee
Board of Election Supervisors
Methodist Church
John Waggoner
Olla
Martha Russell
Jena
Sarah McCartney
Oak Grove
King George VI to launch new battleship at Newcastle
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth arrive amid the strictest guard for Britain's first new battleship in 13 years, the King George V. Police and detectives total over 1,000, with 500 special constables. Bomb-security checks accompany each royal visit to Tyneside during a three day northeast tour.
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Newcastle
George VI
Elizabeth
Britain
United Kingdom
Tyneside
Mardi Gras In Full Swing In New Orleans
New Orleans on February 21 reports Mardi Gras celebrations in full force with half a million revelers. King Zulu and Rex lead parades as maskers fill Canal Street with music, beads, and spectacle. Rex is Henry Grady Meador, queen Charlotte Hardie. the carnival runs from dawn to dusk with legal masking hours and festive, orderly revelry.
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New Orleans
America
Zulu
City Hall
Rex
Henry Grady Meador
Charlotte Hardie
Eben Hardie
Man In-The-Street
Canal Street
Fights Erupt at Nazi Band Meeting in Madison Square Garden
In a Madison Square Garden Nazi demonstration 20,000 gathered as Fritz Kuhn denounced Jews and any U S alliance with European democracies. Isadore Greenbaum charged the stage and was beaten by storm troopers. Police held 100 bail for the arrested man. Outside, 13 more were taken into custody amid street clashes. Dorothy Thompson also faced heckling during G W Kunze’s speech.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Fritz Kuhn
Isadore Greenbaum
Dorothy Thompson
G. W. Kunze
Flashes In The News From Santa Monica to New Jersey
A series of brief items recount regional incidents. In Santa Monica police blame memory for looting a 1929 Chamber of Commerce building box. in New York John Thompson, 12, wedged by a football hidden under his sweater while crawling through a subway turnstile and freed after a police emergency response. in Gloucester a voice claiming to Henry B. Wallace calls police saying he escaped from jail and returns.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Chamber of Commerce
New York
John Thompson
John
Gloucester
N. J
William Fowler
Henry B. Wallace
Fowler
Wallace
Congress enters eighth week as fights delay New Deal bills
Congress begins its eighth week with one bill sent to the White House an emergency WPA funding measure. Two others await reconciliation between houses, including funding for federal departments before June 30 and extending RFC powers. Dozens more appropriations and New Deal reforms loom, tied to political battles and the 1940 election.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Senate
House
RFC
National Defense
Democratic Party
Two Die Three Hurt In Auto Collision Near Lake Charles
In Lake Charles Louisiana Mrs F N Rayborn and Miss Elsie Hartley were killed in a two car crash near the city. Three others including Sergeant and Mrs Thomas F Toohey and Mrs Charles Buss were injured. The Tooheys and Hartley were traveling to New Orleans Mardi Gras.
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Lake Charles
F. N. Rayborn
Elsie Hartley
Plainview
Tex
Thomas F. Toohey
Kellyfield
Charles Buss
Rayburn
Tooheys
Hartley
New Orleans
House Reaches Guam Seaplane Base Decision in Defense Debate
The House moved toward a key defense issue endorsing a seaplane base on Guam as part of a $53.8 million naval air bases bill. Critics warned fortifications could draw the U.S. into broader Pacific tensions while administration leaders expected quick approval. The bill also authorizes construction at Kaneoha Bay, Midway Island.
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Washington
House
Pacific
Guam
Orient
Europe
Pittman
Nevada
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Export-Import Bank
Naval Board
Hawaiian Islands
Panama Canal
North America
Japan
Roosevelt
Vinson
Georgia
House Naval Committee
Kaneoha Bay
Midway Island
HELP CALL SENT BY DUKE'S YACHT
The Duke of Sutherland's yacht Sanspear reported taking on water after striking a submerged rock in the Gulf of California. The vessel lay about 480 miles south of San Diego off Santa Island, prompting a salvage request. British officials were unsure of passengers aboard.
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San Diego
Calif
Duke of Sutherland
Sanspear
Gulf of California
Santa Island
Los Angeles
Sonora
Mexico
Duke
Navy planes wreck in fog. two pilots killed near Pensacola
Eight navy planes on a routine training flight vanished in dense fog. Six student fliers bailed out. four pilots landed safely in Alabama. Lieutenant G. F. Presser Sr. died in a crash at Corry Field. Lieutenant N. M. Ostergren’s wreckage was found near McDavid, Florida. A board of inquiry is to convene.
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Pensacola
Fla
Navy
South Alabama
G. F. Presser
Corry Field
N. M. Ostergren
Sardis
Miss
McDavid
J. P. Monroe
Presser
A. C. P. Horta
Congress
United States
Gulf of Mexico
J. E. W. Whitener
W. G. Jackson
J. H. Brett, Jr
Atmore
Ala
A. C. McDonough
Greenville
Horta
E. G. Osborn
R. F. Chalmers
T. D
Abduction of Texarkana Pair Alarms Little Rock Police
Little Rock police hunted two armed men who abducted a Texarkana couple on a highway near Texarkana last night. They robbed the pair of about 15 dollars and forced them into the back seat of their car, driving across the state to Little Rock before releasing them and fleeing with the vehicle. The abductors paused for gas in Home Arkadelphia and bought cigarettes in Benton, according to B J Williams of Texarkana who reported the incident. The couple, Miss Alberta Bain, 22, and her companion, 25, summoned help at a tourist camp and then headed home to Texarkana.
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Little Rock
Ark
Texarkana
B. J. Williams
Tex
N. Williams
Sixth Court of Civil Appeals of Texas
Williams
Alberta Bain
Arkadelphia
Benton
Prisoner Vanishes From Hall Of Justice In Houdini Like Escape
Amazed authorities report that Paul H. Jones a 23 year old prisoner disappeared from the Sith floor of the hall of justice between 8 and 11 last night. They say the only apparent escape route was a dangerous descent in an air shaft requiring Houdini like cleverness.
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Los Angeles
Hall of Justice
Paul H. Jones
Jones
Houdini
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