Deaths and Damage Estimated in Historic Sleet Storm
Utility crews and property owners estimate millions in damage from a historic sleet and rain storm along the North Atlantic coast. The system paralyzed power and communications, closed schools, halted factories, and caused widespread outages from New Jersey to Connecticut with fires and debris threatening several urban areas.
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Associated Press
North Atlantic Seaboard
New Jersey
New York City
Westchester County
Long Island
England
Connecticut
Waterbury
New Britain
Norwalk
Naugatuck
Seymour
Walcott
Bronx
Senate Debates Extension of Hatch Act Provisions
The Senate clashed over extending Hatch Act limits to state workers funded partly by federal money. Senator Miller urged repeal to allow federal workers greater political participation, while Hatch warned of Democratic losses in 1940. Minton argued such changes could harm state party organizations amid a push to refocus on census questions.
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Washington
Senate
Hatch
New Mexico
Miller
Arkansas
Democratic Party
Internal Revenue
WPA
Minton
Indiana
Commerce Committee
Tot Lost 16 Hours Found With Dogs
Four year old Nona Carpenger wandered 4 1/2 miles in rough hill country near Tahlequah Oklahoma for 16 hours. A 500 strong posse and a national guardsman located her resting with her two dogs a shepherd and a bulldog. She was exhausted and treated after exposure at her parents home.
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Tahlequah
Okla
Nona Carpenger
National
Invaders Press Viipuri as Finnish Defenders Fight On
Helsinki dispatch reports March 5 that Finnish forces hold the Viipuri defense while Russians push to encircle the city. Soviet attacks target islands in the Bay of Viipuri and northwest shore, with heavy fighting near the isthmus and outskirts.
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Helsinki
Viipuri
Bay of
Gulf of Finland
Vuoksi
Karelia
Kuhmo
Finland
Helsingin Sanomat
Elias Erkko
Orleans Prison Warden Quits After Clash with Sheriff
George Miller age 67 resigns as parish prison warden following a reported clash with Sheriff George E. Williams who accepts the resignation and names Thomas Murphy as successor Murphy had been appointed assistant warden weeks earlier Miller led the prison since 1924 and endured outbreaks including a stabbing and multiple executions conducted under his direction in the last 15 years
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New Orleans
George Miller
George E. Williams
Williams
Thomas Murphy
Miller
Murphy
Dick Merrill's 11 Month Old Son Dies in Crib Accident
The 11 month old son of aviator Dick Merrill and actress Toby Wing suffocated in his crib after tangling in his sleeping suit. The child was christened Henry Tindall Jr as the aviator’s real name is Tindall. Aunts listed include Mrs. A V Miller and Mrs. A G McHenry of Monroe.
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New York
Dick Merrill
Toby Wing
Henry Tindall, Jr
Tindall
Town Cave-In Shocks Pennsylvanias Coal Town
In Shenandoah Pa on March 5 a wide cave-in activity left homes and businesses sinking up to 20 inches. About 2000 residents evacuated then returned as officials warned subsidence could continue for weeks while governor orders inquiry into damages and gas leaks.
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Shenandoah
Warren Williams
Arthur H. James
State Capitol
Six Detroit Officials Indicted in Gambling Probe
Detroit March 5. Coroner Albert A. Hughes escorted Sheriff Thomas C. Wilcox to the Wayne county courthouse for arraignment on conspiring to protect gambling. Prosecutor Duncan C. McCrea, chief investigator Harry Colburn, Bernard E. McGrath, and 45 others named in the indictment by Circuit Judge Homer F. Ferguson acting as a one man grand jury.
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Detroit
Albert A. Hughes
Thomas C. Wilcox
Wayne County
Duncan C. McCrea
Homer F. Ferguson
Wilcox
McCrea
Harry Colburn
Bernard E. McGrath
Charles E. Searle
Carl Staebler
Sheriff's Office
Albert J. Garska
Grosse Pointe Park
Sea Adventurer's Widow Stranded With Children in Baton Rouge
Mrs. Charlies Edward Maxey of Evansville Indiana faces a bleak future with her two young children Helen nine and Edna Mae seven after her husband Edward Maxey a musician adventurer disappeared at sea. Maxey left in January aboard the 36 foot schooner Atlantis for a world trip but was washed overboard in a Gulf storm near Pensacola Florida. The family recounts a tearful tale of his long hair bow leg joke and a cornet playing life.
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Baton Rouge
Charlies Edward Maxey, Jr
Evansville
Ind
Atlantis
Gulf of Mexico
Pensacola
Fla
Helen
Edna Mae
Mia
Maxey
Odd Divorce Plea Sparks Salem Courtroom Talk
In Salem Massachusetts Judge John V. Phe lan heard Florence E. McGovern of Lynn plead for divorce from James McGovern. She testified he always came on the left side of the w. The case proceeds as details remain disputed.
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Salem
Mass
John V. Phelan
Florence E. McGovern
Lynn
James
Cnme
Thief Loots Car. Police Skeptical About Stolen Goods
In Salt Lake City a thief raided W. A. Granquist’s car taking about 60 dollars worth of items used to feed foxes. Police doubt the loot will aid the thief and believe the goods may be worthless to him.
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Salt Lake City
W. A. Granquist
Lovers' Lane to West Boulevard in Illinois
In Belleville Illinois a county road known as Lovers Lane will be renamed West Boulevard under a new state trucking law requiring vehicle owners to display addresses on their trucks. The change was requested by local farmer truckers who feared mockery. In Omaha Nebraska Paul Melingnaggi asks officials to spell his name correctly on federal records amid a string of misspellings and variants.
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Belleville
Ill
Lovers’ Lane
Omaha, Neb
Paul Melingagio
Federal Railroad Retirement Board
Malingnaggi
Melingnaggi
Millnee
Mignaggi
Melnich
Meligage
Mellingacis
Mellengachihi
Pavalo
Harris says he did not want to run again in Louisiana
In Lafayette on March 5, State Superintendent T M Harris, defeated in the February 20 primary, told the Louisiana School Board association he entered the race against his better judgment. The 76 year old official said he would retire but followed friends urging him to run, expressing sorrow at ending professional ties with Louisiana educators.
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Lafayette
T. MH. Harris
Harris
Louisiana
Monroe Purchases Five New Ford Buses for City Lines
The city of Monroe buys five 27 passenger Ford buses to replace aging units. Delivery from the Ford plant is expected soon and buses will be painted to match existing fleet. New models will have two doors and rear engines, to serve Riverside and De Siard routes.
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Monroe
Ford
W. B. Mangham
Riverside
DeSiard Road
FSA Supervisor Held in Slaying at Grenada Office
Formal murder charges filed against Walter Strider district FSA security supervisor after the fatal shooting of B. W. Smith 65 former county beat supervisor in the FSA office. Marshal Crenshaw said Strider claimed self defense and police noted Smith was there to discuss owed accounts.
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Grenada
Misc
Walter Strider
District ‘Arm Security Administration
B. W. Smith
Grenada County
Smith
Strider
FSA
J. D Crenshaw
Hardy's Crossing
Senator Noe Honored Guest At Shreveport Dinner
James A. Noe urged Louisiana residents to stay in politics for clean government as honor guest and principal speaker at a Sam Jones Jim mie Noe appreciation dinner in Shreveport. The crowd filled the crystal ballroom with visitors from every parish in the Fourth district and Ouachita parish.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
James A. Noe
Sam Jones
Jimmie Noe
Washington
Crystal Ballroom
Fourth Congressional District
Ouachita Perish
Ccvasion
Noe
W. K. Hinds
Jones
James £. Smitherman
Hitler and Stalin Own House in U S Brooklyn Foreclosure
Brooklyn real estate news reports Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin as joint owners of a six family house in Brooklyn. They are co defendants in a mortgage foreclosure action tied to their claimed ownership. Proceedings involve reserved mortgage service by publication, estimated nine weeks and 225 dollars. The counsel says embassies of Germany and Russia were contacted and denied knowledge of the property.
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New York
The
Real Estate News Today
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Brooklyn
Hitler
Germany
Russia
Elena Heng Ag Ae
Frank Gannett Criticizes New Deal as Failure in Speech
Frank E Gannett Rochester publisher and Republican hopeful denounced the New Deal as a complete failure. He outlined a four point program to cut costs curb politics and corruption relieve unemployment and restore normal income while seeking less federal control and a stabilizing monetary policy.
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Los Angeles
Frank E Gannett
Rochester
N.Y
Wid
Europe
Gannett
Wal
Nia
Monetary Authority of
Congress
Taier
Woman escapes Kinfolk captors from De Queen Arkansas
A De Queen woman says she was held for six months on a Texas farm by Texas relatives after being induced to move there. She returned with her 11 month old baby and reported beatings and forced labor. Prosecutor Byron Goodson asked the FBI to investigate. Local authorities say she arrived last Friday night with injuries and a forged letter claimed she left her husband.
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Dequeen
Ark
Byron Goodson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
McKinney
Tex
Texas
Littl Rock
Jones leaves to rest in Arizona after tough campaign
Bam H. Jones governor-nominate departed Lake Charles by train for Tucson with Mrs. Jones and their children and aide Steve Alford for a three week rest with wife’s relatives, following a strenuous three month campaign for the governorship.
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Lake Charles
Bam H. Jones
Tucson
Ariz
Britain expects shakeup as three cabinet members face loss
London sources say Prime Minister Chamberlain will remove three supply ministry officials amid a widening cabinet reshuffle. Kingsley Wood and Lord Mankey are named as potential reshuffled ministers, with Leslie Hore-Belisha previously replaced as war secretary. An inquiry into wartime contracting and a police report at Scotland Yard are also mentioned.
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Merbers
Burgin
Kingsley Wood
Lord Mankey
Chamberlain
Leslie Hore Beliaha
Conchet
Charles Kingsley Scott
News Chronicle
Gidt Cammater Coe
Soci
Supply Ministry
Cecil Percy Davis
Desl
Kent
Britain plans vast war loan amid Italy clashes and Finland action
The report notes Britain announcing a loan of about 1.2 billion dollars to finance the war as Italy protests Allied blockades. It also mentions Germany origin coal seized as a prize of war and Italian coalers sailing from Rotterdam. Finland reports its first Red Army blow beyond Karelia region.
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Britain
Italy
John Simeon
Toa
House of Commons
Tailam
Ronald H. Cram
Rotterdam
Finland
Karele
Conway Ordered to Include Long on Ballot for Secretary of State
Baton Rouge Louisiana March 5 Secretary of State Conway Jr was served with a temporary court order prohibiting him from omitting Earth K Long from the ballot in the April general election Governor Long seeks a court injunction to place his name on the Democratic ticket for secretary of state Conway says ballots will not be printed until the courts decide the matter Long was nominated by the old party apparatus and faces legal challenge to the ticket.
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Baton Rouge
Secretary of
BE. A. Conway, Jr
Eart K. Long
Long
Hig
Conway
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William Patrick O'Neill
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Cupid
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U. S
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