Malaga falls to Fascists amid sack and arson
Spanish Civil War dispatch from Malaga reports swift Fascist capture of the port, sacking the central area, burning dwellings, and establishing a naval base to threaten Socialist Spain. Officers claim 5000 Rightists killed, yet streets show no bodies as insurgent columns enter. Anarchist bands fled into crowds and vanished into the welcoming throngs.
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Malaga
Spain
Mediterranean
Gonzalo Queipo de Lanos
Pair Given Six Months In Six Month Larceny Case
Russell Jenkins and William Petty, Roanoke residents, both colored, were sentenced to six months each in the Maryland House of Correction by Justice C Edward Heard in city court this morning on larceny charges. Arrested by Patrolmen Bible and Broom after they were said to have preyed on about a dozen businesses with a short change racket, presenting nickels as payment while claiming it was a quarter.
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Russell Jenkins
Jonathan Street
William Petty
Roanoke
Maryland House of Correction
C. Edward Heard
Bible and
Broom
Fear Snow Slides Engulfed Two Skiers Near Denver
Denver February 9 two Denver businessmen skiers Joseph Oppenheimer 36 and John Oberdorfer 22 were missing since Sunday after treacherous snow slides roared from the Continental Divide. They hunted through zero weather over two miles of high country in Berthoud Pass region 60 miles west of Denver. Oppenheimer is secretary treasurer and Oberdorfer is bookkeeper of an automobile appliance firm.
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Joseph Oppenheimer
John
Oberdorfer
Berthoud Pass
Denver
Openheimer
Weather Update Maryland and Chesapeake Bay Forecast
Maryland faces cloudy skies and a sharp drop in temperatures tonight with Wednesday turning fair and colder. Chesapeake Bay area: overcast and colder tonight with Wednesday mostly clear and temperatures 25 to 30 degrees Wednesday morning. Winds shift from fresh to strong north and northwest. Sandy Trook to Cane Hatteras: winds from south shifting to west and northwest with overcast, occasional rain tonight and Wednesday.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Sandy
Cane Hatteras
Elaine's Brief Stage Career Ends in San Francisco
Elaine Jacobs Barrie Barry, returning to Hollywood, ends a brief stage run after six days in The Return of Hannibal. Her marriage to John Barrymore lasted under two months as jealously and production issues halted the show. Managers cited cast changes and script polishing before a New York opening.
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San Francisco
Elaine Jacobs
Barrie Barrymore
Hollywood
John Barrymore
Hannibal
John
Miss Barrie
New York
Farm Leaders Back Ever Normal Granary Plan
Farm leaders meeting in Washington, February 9 approve Secretary Wallace’s proposed ever normal granary. The program aims to store surplus crops in good years to buffer poor seasons, with strict reductions when supplies widen. Leaders from wheat, cotton, and other major commodities largely endorse the plan as a national farm policy.
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Washington
Wallace
Wendel Kidnappers Face Trial Today
Three men Murray Bleefeld Harvey Weiss and Martin Schlossman stand indicted for the torture kidnaping of Paul Wendel former New Jersey lawyer abducted in Manhattan and held in a Brooklyn cellar for 10 days to force a confession later repudiated also named were Ellis H Parker Sr and Jr who were not brought to trial Governor Hoffman refused extradition for the Parkers.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Paul Wendel
Murray Bleefeld
Harvey Weiss
Martin Schlossman
Wendel
New Jersey
Ellis H. Parker
Burlington County
N. J
Lynn pupil accuses principal of needle punishment
Lynn Massachusetts February 9 a 12 year old student accuses Principal Walter J Piper of jabbing him six times with a needle as punishment another boy said Piper did the same Gallo claims. The school committee heard that about 15 pupils supported by parents allege teachers used fists and bumped heads against walls to enforce discipline.
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Lynn
Mass
Walter J. Piper
Piper
Amanda Gallo
Gallo
Fireman killed in Calfornian train crash near Logan New Mexico
Chicago railroad reports the Californian passenger train crashed into a freight train near Logan New Mexico at about 12:30 a.m. One fireman was killed and three other crew members injured. No injuries among 85 passengers.
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Chicago
The
Rock Island Railroad
Logan
N. M
Duke of Windsor seeks Hungarian estate near Vienna
Vienna reports the Duke of Windsor indicated he may buy an estate in Hungary to move in May. A local real estate agent said he seeks a permanent home near the Austrian border with hunting and golfing facilities.
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Vienna
Duke of Windsor
Hungary
Edward
Factions Debating Roosevelt Court Plan Reorganization
Washington February 9 Scores of compromise proposals for Federal court reorganization surfaced in congressional talks amid telegrams from voters backing and opposing the President's plan. Democrats floated amendments to curb Supreme Court power or limit justices terms, while Republicans showed limited overt opposition. The House judiciary committee opened a closed session to study speeding up lower court procedure with 14 members abstaining from commitment.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
House Judiciary Committee
No Licenses To Dwellings In Washington County
The Board of License Commissioners refused Edward Martin's on sale beer license request for Fairview. A six month old ruling bans licenses for alcoholic establishments in private homes and will auto refuse applications where a dwelling is to be used for beer or liquor sales. Chairman Thomas M. Simpson stated the policy applies to remodels or conversions of dwellings into such establishments.
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Board of License Commissioners
Washington County
Edward Martin
Fairview
Martin
Thomas M. Simpson
Oldest Hunter Eugene Burtis Dies at 105 in Pa
Eugene Burtis of Grover Pennsylvania dies aged 105 and is buried in a Bradford County cemetery beneath a headstone he erected. Born September 17, 1831 he hunted since 1844 and continued hunting past 100. His widow, still active at 95, may add the burial date February 6, 1937.
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Grover
Eugene Burtis
Bradford County
First herring of season landed by Eastern Shore watermen
Fishermen from the lower Eastern Shore of Virginia brought in the season s first herring today in Crisfield Maryland. The fish were caught in Pocomoke Sound near the town.
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Crisfield
Virginia
Pocomoke Sound
Jury Told of Bathtub Crime
New York February 3. State outlines to a jury of twelve the circumstantial case to send Major Green a 33 year old houseman to the electric chair for the January 11 bathtub murder of Mrs. Mary Harriet Case in a Jackson Heights apartment. Assistant District Attorney James J. Conroy described the beating with a hammer and strangulation and Green dragging the body to the bathroom before sealing it in a tub. He said Green knew the victim and completed the job and then searched the apartment.
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New York
Major Green
Mary Harriet Case
Jackson Heights
James J. Conroy
Conroy
Worst Flood Threatens England and France in 25 Years
The worst floods in a quarter century spread across southern England and northern France as unceasing rains kept rivers rising. Thames floodwaters reached city streets near Windsor while factories closed in Lille and Armentieres. Paris faced potential risk if rains continued, though officials said major overflow was unlikely. Eton students fed swans from upper windows as floods rose.
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London
England
France
Thames
Runnymede
Windsor
Eton
Eton College
Normandy
Lile
Bethuen
Hazenbrouck
Seine
Lille
Armentieres
Weather Observing Aviator Is Killed
Everett O. Smith aged 35, a weather observation pilot, died when his aircraft crashed on Short Mountain during a routine 2 am flight from Sky Harbor Nashville. He had worked three years for Beckner-Forner-Forney Flying Service of Jackson Michigan as dense fog shrouded the area.
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Woodbury
Tenn
Everett O. Smith
Short Mountain
Beckner-Forner- Forney Flying Service, Inc
Jackson
Mich
Smith
Sky Harbor
Nashville
Locomotive Engineer Dies After 12 Foot Fall
Cumberland Maryland February 9 A fall of twelve feet from an engine this morning fatally injured Amos A. Monett 59 a veteran Baltimore and Ohio locomotive engineer of Maple side a suburb Monett died at once from his injuries at the scene or shortly after authorities said he had been in the employ of the B and O railroad for many years and his death leaves a vacancy in the engine crew at the local yard
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Cumberland
Amos
A. Monett
Baltimore and Ohio
Mapie Side
Cause Of Civil Liberties At Stake In Trial Of 12
SOMERSET PA Feb 9 The trial of 12 men indicted in the death of Frank C Monaghan 64 year old hotel operator was described by his son as a test of the whole cause of civil liberties Yale lecturer Frank Monaghan Jr said the case tests whether officers can beat a suspect and kill without consequence Autopsy showed 11 broken ribs a broken jaw and multiple wounds Coroner S A Baltz Fayette County disclosed the findings and autopsy followed his father's disputed heart disease conclusion
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Somerset
Frank C. Monaghan
Frank Monaghan, Jr
Yale University
Yale
Somerset County Court Room
S. A. Baltz
Fayette County
One Suspect Sought in Buffalo Slaying Case
The Buffalo Times reports police narrowed the search for Mary Ellen Babcock's killer to a single man "definitely known to have threatened her life." Detectives met at dawn to pursue a dark complexioned suspect. Friends told Miss Babcock the man warned he would kill her if she dated others.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Buffalo Times
Mary Ellen Babcock
Times
Rainfall Totals Reported Across County Areas
Weather observers at Chewsville and Keedysville logged under half inch to about a third inch of rain from midnight to noon. Residents of Hagerstown think the shower was heavier locally. Washington forecasts clearing skies and a cold wave tomorrow. Minimum today was 34 degrees.
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Chewsville
D. Paul Oswald
Co-Operative Observer
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Hagerstown
Washington
Grand Jury Adjourning Tomorrow Delays Indications
Indications at noon suggested the February Grand Jury would not adjourn before tomorrow. Jurors spent the morning inspecting public buildings records and related items. The petit jury was excused yesterday until Friday this week.
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Petit Jury
Shrove Tuesday and Fasnacht Day Observed
The article notes Shrove Tuesday or Fasnacht Day today and states that tomorrow marks Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent, highlighting the transition into the Lenten season.
Understanding Judge Speeds Her Marriage
In Philadelphia on February 9, Judge George G. Parry placed Joseph Kanetsky, 23, on two years probation after a two and a half year wait for marriage to a woman in the case. He sentenced two other prisoners and two women convicted with Kanetsky for smuggling narcotics into the jail. The girl pleaded, Ive waited a long time, your honor.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Kanetsky
George G. Parry
Kanetsky
General Motors Sees Little Hope of Strike Settlement
Detroit Feb 9 General Motors said it would continue talks to end the nationwide automobile strike but saw little chance of settlement. After six days of quiet discussions, the company issued a formal statement outlining its position and signaling limited willingness for further conferences.
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General Motors
Detroit
General Motors Corporation
Automobile Company
Flint Mayor Becomes City Dictator Amid Strike Crisis
Flint Michigan faced a state of emergency as Mayor Harold E. Bradshaw, a General Motors veteran and former Buick News editor, assumed full authority to maintain order during the 42nd day of the GM strike. National Guard units boosted vigilance as Detroit talks continued, with Gov. Murphy aiming to reconvene the mediators tonight.
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Flint
Mich
Harold E. Bradshaw
City Commission
Bradshaw
General Motors
Detroit
National Guard
Commission
Buick News
Buick Motor Car Company
Striking Detroit Workers Block Factory and Doors
Sit down strikers at the Kelginator Corporation plant in Detroit eject 35 men and seal the administration building to bar executives and office staff from entry. Fighting broke out as the Mechanics Educational Society of America claim the union seized badges from retired police and deputy sheriffs and found four pistols near the factory. Police took the pistols. organizers say inspectors were private detectives amid a wage increase dispute.
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Detroit
Kelginator Corporation
William Cooper
Mechanics Educational Society of America
Striking taxi drivers paralyze Bogotá traffic
About 2,000 taxi drivers struck in Bogotá to protest a mayoral decree requiring them to wear special uniforms. Tacks scattered on streets as the strike disrupted city traffic. The action aimed to pressure officials over the uniform mandate.
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Bogota
Colombia
Conferees Know F. D. R. Position in GM Strike
White House officials said Roosevelt has made his position clear to both sides and to Governor Murphy. He spoke by telephone Sunday night with Murphy, John L. Lewis, and William S. Knudsen. Officials expressed cautious optimism that negotiations would resume in Detroit tonight after a period of doubt.
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Frank Murphy
Roosevelt
General Motors
John L. Lewis
Murphy
Washington
Whitehouse
Committee For Industrial Organization
United Automobile Workers
William S. Knudsen
Detroit
New Carrier Route Formed In Local Post Office
Postmaster Jacob T. Hartle announced a new carrier route in the Virginia avenue and Halfway Sections. The addition brings the total daily mail carrier routes to 22, aiming to relieve carriers on bordering routes.
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Jacob T. Hartle
Virginia Avenue
Halfway
Hartle
Nurses Serve Patients But Not Doctors At Hospital
Representatives of nearly 100 maintenance and service employees held a semi-sit down strike at Israel Zion hospital in Brooklyn. They conferred with the board of trustees to reach a wage scale agreement. The striking workers continued to serve and feed 296 patients and 90 babies while refusing service to 32 doctors and 28 nurses on staff.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Israel Zion Hospital
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