Kidnap plot scare shakes Canadian quints protection
In Toronto and Callander reports claim a mysterious caller warned of a planned kidnapping of two Dionne quintuplets. Police investigated the anonymous tip while guards remained tight around the three-year-olds. Premier Kepburn said the matter lies with provincial authorities.
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Toronto
Canada
Polies
Callander
Buffalo
Toymahip
Michael Kepburn
Neer
Dionne
Quintuplets
Dallas Man Held for Stamping Waitress
Dallas police arrested an 18 year old man after a 29 year old waitress Pauline Smith was stabbed and critically injured Friday night. Doctors gave her a slight chance of recovery after she described her assailant as a young man who had a “boyfriend” with an angry demeanor and the officers found him stamping the victim.
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Dallas
Auline Smith
Dviand
Body of Plane Victim Found in San Francisco
Grappling hooks recovered the body of Myron Lorge, 27, of Los Angeles, one of the United Airliner crash victims. Five bodies are still missing as authorities continue search efforts.
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San Francisco
Foo
Myron Lorge
Los Angeles
United
Weather summary for San Antonio and surrounding areas
The forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions Saturday night and Sunday with a cooler Sunday. Friday’s high near 66 and Saturday’s low around 54 with a Saturday high near 59. Winds will be tight to moderate variable, then northerly on Sunday. East and West Texas show similar trends with partly cloudy skies and cooler conditions, coastal winds shifting from southeast to north late Saturday into Sunday.
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San Antonio
East Texas
Soath
West Texas
Richest Ruler Holds to Rule of Thrift
Hyderabad February report on the Nizam celebrating his silver jubilee. The rich ruler rode in a 26 year old Rolls Royce, smoked cheap cigarettes, and kept the celebration frugal. Despite vast wealth of about 2 billion dollars, he capped refurbishing costs at 500 dollars and avoided new clothes.
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Hyderabad
India
Nigdia of
Nizam
Cupid Choriles at Expense of Soleus
WASHINGTON February 13 121 That annual eye jolier the coming valentine fluttered over Capitol Hill in incentives. Veterans hailed this as a sign of better titles and laughed at each gaudy moment. A beauty in teauve and yellow features a fab wen and a cigar. The verse mocks a statesman and political figures with playful lines about greatness and filling voices while chasing jobs and public support.
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Washlegton
Capitol Hill
Insurgent Actions Block Route 10 Sea Link Near Madrid
Reports from Madrid on February 13 say insurgent forces blocked the eastern sea route by Fascist occupation of nine miles of secondary road near Chinchon and Colmenar de Ore. With land and air attacks they pushed into Socialist territory along the Alcabete road from the Argands bridge over the Ja tama and Manzanares river junction. On February 18 residents of Almeria suffered civilian deaths and destruction from an insurgent aerial bombardment east of Fascist Malaga on the Mediterranean coast.
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Madrid
Chinchon
Colmenar de Ore
Albacete
Argands
Almeria
Malaga
Mediterranean
Building Tender at Prison Farm Slain
Huntsville report states Ed Evbers building tender at East Ham prison farm was killed Friday night by two convicts using a knife. Authorities described the incident as a fatal guard assault, with investigators closing in on suspects as the prison reviewed security protocols.
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Prison Farm
Huntsville
Ed Evbers
Eastham Prison Farm
Vice guiders get new tips in Hollywood raid
Hollywood investigators report a raid on a film city apartment leading to the arrest of two women and a man on suspicion of pandering. Capt George Contreras says a black book with names of motion picture executives actors sportsmen and six women was found.
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Hollywood
Calif
George Contreras
Contreras
Sheriff's Deputies
Flying Lindberghs Leave for Cairo in Desert Flight
In Cairo and Mersa Matrouh the flying Lindberghs Pins Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh flew from Mersa Matrouh toward Cairo on a desert air route. They spent the night at a small army post two hours by air from Cairo, Greenwich time noting the 8 4 m EB Ta.
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Cairg
Egypt
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mersa Matrouh
Ciro Ab
Henpecked Husbands May Organize Amid Union Debates
OSHKOSH WIS FEB 43-1 The first convention of a light hearted Royal Order brings tension at home as wives plot countermeasures. Mrs Larry Towers, Milwaukee traveling salesman chairman of the board, hints at a women’s auxiliary to oppose protective measures. Husbands face stern warnings from their own spouses over defying household authority.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Royal Order
Larry ‘Towers
Uprising of Catholics in Orizaba Defies Mexican Controls
In Orizaba Vera Cruz on Feb 13 1942 devout Catholics marked a 12 year struggle against police raids and prison. They prayed in sunlit candlelit churches opened last Tuesday as authorities reportedly failed to curb the devout processions. Government officials predicted settlement within 150 days while reports from Mexico City described seizures and rioting in Cordoba with deaths and injuries as churches were damaged and repurposed.
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Orizada
Vera Cruz
Mexica
Grigoto
Miguel Aleman
Orizaba
Mexico City
Cordoba
Amatian
Police hold accused officers in Chihuahua City
El Paso reports say rural police who fatally injured Father Pedro Maldonado, a Mexican priest, were jailed in Chihuahua City after being accused of striking him during a resisting arrest episode. Governor Tilamantes told the El Paso Times the priest died yesterday from head injuries caused by police action.
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EL Paso
Fev
Pedro Maldonada
Chihwahua City
Mexico
Gustavo L.tilamantes
el Paso Times
Walter Maldonado
Chihuahua
Riva Palacio
Citivetts
Ecahive Teporénd
Arkansas Pen Chief Denies Lash Charges
Penal Superintendent Tom Cogbill rejected legislators claims that lashings caused inmate deaths and crippling injuries. Senator Joe Steel Hall backed a bill to fix a 60 hour work week, urging reform as a first step toward humane treatment of Arkansas convicts.
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Arkansas
Little Bock
Ark
Tom Cogbill
Joe Steel Hall
Senate
Labor Leaders Seek Navy Steel Parley on Work Standards
Union labor leaders urged the Labor Department to convene a conference to discuss the Walsh Healey act governing government contracts. Navy officials blamed the wage and hour law for steel shortages halting construction of six destroyers and three submarines.
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Navy Steel
Washington
Labor Department
Naval
Jury Dismissed in Wendell Kidnap Case
A Kings County court jury reported it could not reach a verdict on Martin Schlossman and Harry Wels in the Paul H. Wendel kidnapping case after extensive deliberations. Judge John J. Fitzgerald set retrial for March 4.
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Wendell
New York
Kings County Court
John Uj. Fitzgerald
Martin Schlossman
Harry Wels
Paul H. Wendel
Fitzgerald
Ousted Nazi Heads Executed in Berlin Dawn
Berlin, Feb 13. The headsman executed Kurt Stanger of Dresden for high treason and Bruno Basse and Georg Grammens for non political murders during robbery. Stangl was sentenced January 1 by the people's court. five others described as Communists face beheading for invading storm troop HQ, killing the landlord, and wounding troopers in October 1916.
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Berlin
Germany
Eadsman
Kurt Stanger
Dresden
Bruno Basse
Georg Grammens
Stangl
People's Court
Bond Permits Bus Firm to Operate in San Antonio
Special Judge Delos Finch Saturday granted Wells Transfer Company a 500 supersedeas bond in Thirty-seventh District Court. The bond enjoins the Texas Railroad Commission from interfering with the company while litigation over the permit revocation proceeds. Judge Finch previously dissolved a temporary injunction after the commission revoked the total transport permit, charging regulatory violations.
Hobo Hen Travels Distances On Rods
A white leghorn hen named Mary travels by train, perched through stops from New Orleans to Los Angeles. Passengers wager how far she will ride, with figures like fifty five miles and two thousand nine hundred miles cited, illustrating the curious spectacle aboard the Pullman car.
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Los Angeles
Mary
HL Harris
New Orleans
Reward Posted for $80,000 in Jewels
A reward of 6000 was posted for recovery of jewels tied to an $80,000 theft originating near Palm Springs. Law enforcement and the victim’s identity were not disclosed. In separate news, federal judge Milton Dwight Purdy, 70, former Minnesota and Shanghai court figure, died in Honolulu.
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Los Angeles
Palm Springs
Telight
Hirm
Fime
Wold
Honolulu
Milton Dwight Purdy
Huge
United States Court
Shanghai
China
Minnesota
Weatherman Predicts Mild Weekend in San Antonio
A Weatherman told his San Antonio constituency that light north winds from a front would bring only small temperature drops. Partly cloudy skies were expected with little impact on highs. He forecast a lively weekend with a competitive political scene and temperatures around 54 degrees Saturday night.
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Noo
San Antonio
Uting
Size of Gran Loan Problem in State Storage Plan
Washington report discusses a proposed granary loan system to store excess cotton in good years for use in bad years. Secretary Wallace warns that setting loan values too high could push excess production and hamper exports by distorting world price levels.
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Washington
Wallace
North Wind Whips Duster Into Vernon
A strong north wind swept a dust fog into Vernon reducing visibility to a quarter mile and affecting daily life as residents faced gritty conditions today.
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Vernon Vernon
Pinkerton Faces Contempt Charge Over Secret Operatives
Washington February 13 Pinkerton detective agency lead faces a possible contempt charge for refusing to name secret operatives who mingled with workers in General Motors plants. Senator LaFollette said Pinkerton officials had been reluctant and stalled before the investigating committee.
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Washington
Robert
Pinkerton
Pinkerley
General Motors
Senator LaFollette
Progressive
Wisconsin
Italians hail heir to Roman Empire in Naples
In Naples on February 13 the nine pound dark-eyed heir apparent to the Italian throne attended his first ceremonial function. Neapolitans celebrated his birth as the namesake of King Victor Emmanuel while the young prince was taken to the royal castle chapel for a preliminary baptism in a private ceremony.
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Naples
Emmanus
Victor Emmanuel
Missing Office Boy Seeks $47,000 In Cash
San Francisco report says Ray Edmund Caverly, 25, an office boy, disappeared with a money bag containing 47000 in checks and cash. Henry B Sewley of United States Rubber Company reported the case to officers.
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San Francisco
Ray Edmund Caverly
United States Rubber Company
Henryb. Sewley
Telephone Operator Aids Death Call In Kerrville
Mrs. Frank Brett heard a feeble cry on the telephone early Friday and notified a doctor who rushed to City Hall. The physician found Brett had died from a pulmonary hemorrhage after being stricken suddenly. Brett served as city fire marshal for years and was a World War veteran. The body was sent to Springfield for burial.
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Kerrville
Frank Brett
Deer Husband
Brett
Springfield
Pirial
Kings Dent Count Former M P Says Kings Dent Count
Providence report on a speech by Jens Wie Lee, a former labor MP, asserting that Kings dent count no longer matters. She criticizes the propaganda machine that helped King Edward VII gain 40 seats and says many English see the former king as a foolish figure.
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Providence
Jens Wie Lee
Laborita
Ward Veel
Hingon
Tess Tan
Violence erupts as guards rush to Anderson clash
A violent clash between union and non union automotive workers in Anderson Indiana left at least 10 injured and prompted 1000 national guard troops to be mobilized. Police arrested 23 men including 12 on the scene with six from Flint Michigan. The disturbance began at a South Side tavern as cars from Flint were alleged to be bringing in reinforcements. Home guards were placed around the mayor and police chief as Emory Shipley the tavern owner described influx of men demanding a non union worker be sent outside.
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Anderson
Ind
National Guard
South Side
Automobiie Workers of America
Flint
Mich
Baldwin
Joseph Carey
Wren
South Side Tavern
Emory Shipley
Ivon Robertson
General Broters
Delco-Remy
Shipley
Poller
Roberton
Roy Post
Pollet
Sieo
Reichs Evangelical Church Council Quits in Berlin
The Reichs evangelical church council set up by Nazi authorities to coordinate Germany's Protestant church resigned en masse. Evangelical circles attributed the move to the council's inability to enforce its authoritarian measures against the oppositional section of the church.
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Reich
Evangelical Church Council
Berlin
Nasi
Germany
Nice Predicts G O P Will Save Nation
Governor Harry W Nice of Maryland told a Lincoln Day dinner in Hagerstown that the Republican party will redeem and save the nation in 1940 not dead but vibrant with life. He forecast a GOP revival and urged party unity to meet the challenges ahead.
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Hagerstown
Hany W. Nice
Marland
Nice
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