Government farmer loans top 750 million in 1930s drive
Washington reports the government's agricultural loan program has surpassed 750 million dollars, with cotton loans at 560 million and 11.2 million bales pledged. Critics say high loan rates may keep U.S. prices above world levels, impacting foreign trade and farm relief plans.
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Washington
Farm Credit Administration
Farm Board
Hoover Administration
Con
Congress
Vereby
Cleaner uncovers Russia spy ring trial details
LA February report shows a cleaning plant worker exposing a peace time espionage plot involving Mikhail Gorin Natasha Gorin and Hafis Salich. Prosecutor Harrison says Gorin paid 1700 dollars for Naval secret data aiding Russia. Witness McCloud recounts amateur sleuthing at the Russian consulate.
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Los Angeles
Mikhail Gorin
Natasha
Hafis Salich
Berkeley
Calif
United States
Benjamin Harrison
Gorin
Salich
Naval Intelligence Service
Harrison
Russia
L. V. McCloud
McCloud
Davis May Face Capital Charge In Kidnapping Case
Police weighed federal charges under the Lindbergh law against Townsend Davis, 40, church organist and gardener, after eight year old Anne Louise Sweitzer was found mistreated and in custody. Davis, already jailed on child stealing and morals counts, admitted attempting to attack the child as her father Ralph Sweitzer confronted him in jail.
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Pasadena
Calif
Townsend Davis
Anne Louise Sweitzer
Davis
Desert
W. J. Cropsey
Ralph Sweitzer
Anne Louise
Nazis Offer Latest Aircraft To Any Nation Wording From Senate Hearing
The Senate Military Committee heard that German officials reportedly offered to sell the latest Nazi aircraft to any country including France. Testimony from January 24 to 30, obtained from confidential sources, was discussed though not released. General H H Arnold noted Germany could threaten the U S only if air bases and supplies were built in South America.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
France
Grant Mason, Jr
Civil Aeronautics Authority
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
Germany
United States
South America
Arnold
Mason
Bridges
Republican
New Hampshire
Messersmith
Crossett Man Dies After Chemical Burns
Cecil Swan 26, a Crossett chemical plant operator, died after a scalding solution of oil acetic acid and alcohol exploded when a valve was not shut. He was injured while filling an open tank and later died at a local hospital. Funeral arrangements planned for Thursday at Milo. He is survived by his wife infant daughter Janis Carrold mother and stepfather and four step-brothers.
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Crossett
Ark
Cecil Swan
Crossett Chemical Company
Swan
Milo
Here
Janis Carrold
Ivey Harris
Edward
Lester
Chester
Clifton Harris
Martin Says Expulsion Or Prison For Nazi Sympathizers
Rep. Martin condemns a Madison Square Garden German American Bund gathering as traitorous to U S democracy. He denounces uniformed members as minions of alien dictators and warns such sympathy would threaten American liberty and could lead to concentration camps.
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Washington
House
Naval Air Base
New York
United States
Martin Democrat
Colorado
Madison Square Garden
George Washington
America
Colooradoan
Martin
Hitler
Democracy
Berlin
President near ship maneuvers during fleet exercise
The cruiser Houston, Roosevelt's review ship, operated four days from Key West in the South Atlantic near defending battleships and aircraft awaiting a theoretical attack. Fleet Problem 20 was active as officials clarified the maneuvers aim to protect the canal and deter foreign fleets from approaching the American coast from the Caribbean to northern South America. Captain Daniel J. Callaghan relayed the Houston's position and role in the exercise.
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Miami
Fla
Houston
Roosevelt
Key West
South Atlantic
United States
Caribbean
White House
Panama Canal
Canal
Middle
South Atlantic Seaboard
South America
Virgin Islands
Florida
Bahamas
U. S. S. Houston
Daniel J. Callaghan
President
Elt
Roosev
D. A. R. Official Dies in Huntsville
Mrs. W. S. Gibbs regent of the D. A. R. and a leader in the National Society of Colonial Dames died in Huntsville Texas. A native of Greenville Mississippi she is survived by son Wilburn S. Gibbs of Huntsville. Funeral services will be held tomorrow.
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Huntsville
Tex
W. S. Gibbs
National Society of Colonial Dames
Bailey signs new Arkansas pension law
Governor Carl E Bailey signed a reform bill restructuring welfare duties and extending pension payments. The measure directs 75 percent of welfare funds to pensions after costs, with $100000 yearly for indigent hospital care. Expected monthly grants may fall to $1 to $2.50, but supporters prefer broad distribution to eligibles. About 30000 pen sioners average nine dollars monthly.
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Little Rock
Ark
Carl E. Bailey
State Welfare Department
Bailey
W. H. Abington
Beebe
Gean P. Houston
Heber Springs
Gene Higginbotham
Hardy
Joint Budget Committee
Welfare Department
County Welfare Board Authority
Continued Cold Weather Forecast for Louisiana and Mississippi
The United States Weather Bureau predicts continued cold weather tonight across Louisiana and Mississippi with freezing temps and heavy frost along coasts. Interior Louisiana faces freezing and New Orleans expects 30 degrees tonight, with temperatures rising tomorrow. Mississippi also has below freezing levels and frost on the coast with a warming trend expected next day.
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New Orleans
United States Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
200 Arrested in Shanghai Opium Raids
Shanghai February 22. Eight hundred police and troops including 100 Japanese raided opium and gambling dens in Japanese controlled area near the international settlement arresting about 200 suspects. The crackdown followed a wave of crime in greater Shanghai. A police patrol was attacked by gunmen from the occupied territory and a police sergeant was killed. The Marquis Li shooting was the previous day in the American defense sector.
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Shanghai
International Settlement
Marquis Li
Tornado Kills Three in North Carolina near Windsor
Red Cross volunteers aided about a dozen farmers after a tornado struck Green's Cross Roads near Windsor on February 21. It killed two farmers Robert Lawrence and J F Mizzelle and Police Chief John W Brown of Colerain died in a separate crash worsened by a blown tree. About 20 people were hospitalized with minor injuries as responders searched farm houses.
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Windsor
N. C
Red Cross
Green's Cross Roads
Robert Lawrence
J. F. Mizzelle
John W. Brown
Colerain
F. H. Garpis
Bertie County
State Highway Patrol
Farm House
Britain to recognize Franco regime amid Spanish civil war
Paris report says France intends to recognize Franco’s government as Spain’s legal rulers next Saturday in a move aimed at normalizing contact between Madrid and Paris. British cabinet weighs unconditional recognition within days as defense debates hint at sending more forces to Europe if war expands.
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Paris
Burgos
France
Spain
Leon Berard
St. Jean-de-Luz
London
Francisco Franco
Africa
Earl of Perth
Rome
Libya
Tunisia
Dino Grandi
Great Britain
Britain
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Tranco
Two candidates emerge as Roosevelt narrows Supreme Court picks
Three senators report Roosevelt's shortlist for Justice Brandeis's replacement centers on Dean Wiley Rutledge of Iowa and Senator Lewis Schwellenbach of Washington. Senator Minton backs Schwellenbach, praising him as able and liberal. Guffey also supports him. Gillette previously favored Rutledge. Continued on page two.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Louis D. Brandeis
Wiley Rutledge
University of Iowa Law School
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Minton
Indiana
Court Place
Schwellenbach
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Schnellenbach
Gillette
Iowa
Rutledge
Washington visit noted in 1756 Boston papers
The Boston Weekly News Letter reported that on Friday last, George Washington arrived in town from Virginia, recorded simply as the Honorable Col Washington.
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Boston
George Washington
Boston Weekly News-Letter
Virginia
Washington
Burglary at Lafayette shop ends with stolen sign
In Lafayette Indiana a sign reading This safe is unlocked was stolen after burglars broke a window and entered a plumbing shop. Victor J. Larson says burglars locked the safe and took only the sign. In Statesville North Carolina a collision between a car and bicycle caused $65 damage to the car with negligible damage to the bicycle.
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Lafayette
Ind
Victor J. Larson
AUTO
Dallas Cat Mystery Endangers Store Rats Behind Boxes
A Dallas grocer reports three of his cats vanish from the store. One carcass was later found behind packing boxes with rat activity nearby, suggesting a possible predator or escape explanation.
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Dallas
Last Mile Looms For Man In Child’s Death Case
Roy Lockard, 21, a former WPA worker, faces execution for killing three year old Sonny with a railroad spike. He has been reprieved 14 times and now must die Monday unless Governor James grants clemency. His co defendant, Margaret Karmendi, 28, is serving 10 to 20 years after two death sentences and a third trial.
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Harrisburg
WPA
Arthur H James
Roy Lockard
Margaret Karmendi
Sonny
Commonwealth
State Board of Pardons
Altoona
Lockard
Maurice Hamilton
George H. Earle
Karmendi
Frigid blasts sweep South as cold wave tightens grip
A vast cold wave from the Great Lakes to New England drives sub freezing temperatures south to Pensacola and Florida. Snow falls from New York to Asheville while cities like Boston Chicago and Pittsburgh report snow and sleet hazards. Devil's Lake and Minneapolis register extreme lows as relief is forecast briefly with continued sub freezing in southern states.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
New England
Pensacola
Fla
Atlantic
Carolinas
New York
Asheville
N. C
Mercury
Boston
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Midwest
Great Plains
Gulf of Mexico
Devil's Lake
N. D
Minneapolis
Canadian
Florida
Texas
French and Italian clash reports denied by Paris officials
Dispatches from Tunis claimed a clash on the Tunisia Libyan frontier with Italian casualties listed at 80 and French at four, but the Paris foreign office and Italian officials rejected the reports as untrue and absurd. A spokesman said an official denial would be issued.
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Paris
Tunis
Tunisia
Libya
Rome
Algiers
August
Hughes Portrays Washington as Humorist and Generous Leader
Rupert Hughes describes George Washington as wealthy yet cash short, a humorist who made soldiers laugh even in hardship. He notes Washington’s tender heart, generosity, love of society, and love of sport, horses, hunting, and luxury, while enduring many hardships.
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Los Angeles
George Washington
Rupert Hughes
Washington
Hughes
Delaware
America
London
Black Cat Superstition Scrapes Patrolman in NYC Station
In New York on February 22 Patrolman David Ring dismissed black cat luck tales. He stepped toward the basement to feed the furnace, was struck by a cat and fell, suffering multiple injuries. Lieutenant Gormley noted the irony as Ring admitted less belief in bad luck from black cats.
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New York
David Ring
Blackie
Ring
Gormley
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