Testimony in Nixon suit concludes in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on February 17 testimony closes in Mrs. Charlotte Nash Nixon’s bid to defeat her husband Frederick G. Nixon-Nirdlinger’s will after his death. The court must rule on creditors’ claims before awarding what she seeks as widow’s one-third of the residuary estate. The estate, once about $1,000,000, has shrunk to around $600,000 not including realty. Creditors await a special court day.
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Charlotte Nash Nixon
Jas. B. Nash
Philadelphia
Frederick G. Nixon-Nirdlinger
Associated Press
Marrying Parson Meckie dies at Gretna Green
Hugh Meckie the famous Gretna Green blacksmith who conducted the "marriage over the anvil" rite died at 85 in Dumfries shire Scotland. For fifty years he carried on the tradition, having married thousands of runaway couples in the old smithy.
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Gretna Green
Dumfriesshire
Scotland
Hugh Meckie
Revolver Found Near Man's Body in Tyrone Farm Scene
The body of Cecil Glass, 35, a Tyrone farmer, was found in a ditch near his home in Westminster. A pistol with five exploded bullets was found nearby. state and local officials, including State's Attorney A Theodore Brown and Sheriff Ray Yohn, led the investigation. Glass had visited H B Eckenrode's farm last night with four men and left earlier today with them.
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Westminster
Cecil Glass
Tyrone
Glass
A. Theodore Brown
Carroll County
Ray Yohn
Leo Warner
George Benson
Brown
H. B. Eckenrode
Stamps Lost After Pouch Thrown From Moving Train
A pouch containing stamps worth 102 dollars was lost and damaged when hurled from a fast moving train near Brunswick station. The pouch struck a structure, rebounded onto the tracks, making the stamps unusable.
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Brunswick
Cold morning as thermometers reach two above zero
The Chewsville government station recorded a thermometer reading of two above zero between 6 and 7 am. By 9:30 am the temperature had risen to 16 above, climbing gradually through late morning as a warmer weekend outlook emerged with fair weather.
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Government Station
Chewsville
West Virginia to receive no new relief funds
Washington report states that the Federal Emergency Relief Administration will not provide further funds to West Virginia beyond the $450,000 allotment issued today until the state organizes and funds care for its own destitute population.
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Washington
West Virginia
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Firemen extinguish chimney blaze at Osborne home
Firefighters were summoned at 11 o'clock this morning to tackle a chimney fire at the residence of Mrs. Walton L. H. Osborne, in the 400 block of North Potomac Street. The incident caused no damage.
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Walton L. H. Osborne
North Potomac Street
Harness All That Saves One Of Byrd's Dog Teams In Antarctica
At Bay of Wales in Antarctica seven dogs pulled a supply sled from the west barrier cache toward Little America and were saved from a 60 foot crevasse by their harnesses. Joe Healey and Pete Demas helped pull the stricken dogs free as the crew warned the team to stop before another fall occurred.
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Byrd
Antarctica
Bay OF Wales
Mackey Radio
West Barrier Cache
Little America
Joe
Pete Demas
Rickenbacker to Direct Transcontinental Air Mail Flight
War ace and aviation executive Eddie Rickenbacker may head the Airmail Service. He declines to confirm but will pilot a Trans-Continental and Western Air Douglas liner on a 15 hour New York flight with six passengers and a heavy mail load. The goal is a record cross country time surpassing the 1914 hour mark.
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Los Angeles
Washington
Eddie Rickenbacker
Commercial Air Corporation
Army
Air Mail
Rickenbacker
Trans-continental
Western Air
New York
United Airlines
Philadelphia workers stage general strike protest
Philadelphia labor leaders plan a one day general strike to protest the Austrian government's suppression of the Socialist uprising. A dozen trade unions will participate with a parade and meeting featuring Norman Thomas of New York as a speaker. The strike is slated for Wednesday afternoon with time to be announced.
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Philadelphia
David H. H. Felix
Felix
Norman Thomas
New York
Weekly Weather Outlook for Atlantic States
Weather outlook for the week begins Monday. North and Middle Atlantic States expect snow in the north and rain or snow in the south early week and again Friday. Colder Monday night or Tuesday, temperatures rise midweek, then colder at week’s end.
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North
Middle Atlantic States
Facists gain upper hand in Austria cabinet moves
Vienna reports a major fascist advance as Neustaedter-Stuermer, a fascist heimwehr member, becomes minister of social welfare and the government voids socialist officials. Chancellor Doll refuses to reconvene parliament as five more socialists are hanged for insurrection, with six others condemned before their sentences were commuted.
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Vienna
Dollfuss
Christian Social Party
Neustaedter-Stuermer
Heimwehr
British Fascists Arrested in Norfolk Tithe War Raid
Police swooped at noon today seizing 100 Black Shirts led by Sir Oswald Mosley as nearly 200 officers raided suspected fascists. Factions had encamped on two farms to block bailiffs from impounding pigs and cattle over unpaid tithes. Police call the action attention grabbing rather than militant.
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Wortham
Norfolk
Eng
Oswald Mosley
Bandit Gets Heavy Term In Dillinger Gang Case
Hilton Crouch of John Dillinger's bandit gang received a twenty year prison sentence after pleading guilty to participating in the 24000 holdup of the State Bank on Massachusetts Avenue in Indianapolis. Crouch, a former auto racer, was captured in Chicago on December 23 while police pursued Dillinger gang members and named Dillinger as a member of the local robbery.
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Indianapolis
Hilton Crouch
John Dillinger
State Bank of Massachusetts Avenue
Crouch
Chicago
Dillinger
Maryland Congressman Charles Coady Dies of Pneumonia
Baltimore notables mourn the death of former Democratic representative Charles P. Coady who served Maryland in Congress from 1913 to 1920. He died at his Baltimore home from pneumonia on February 17, just shy of his 52nd birthday. Coady also held six years in the State Senate before his Congressional election.
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Baltimore
Charles P. Coady
Maryland
Coady
State Senate
Greek foreign minister pledges Insull expulsion within days
Lincoln Macveagh, American minister at Athens, said the Greek foreign minister assured him Samuel Insull would be expelled from Greece within ten days or two weeks. The State Department was informed of the pledge on February 17.
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Washington
Lincoln Macveagh
Athens
State Department
Samuel Insull
Greece
Cold Wave Halts Water as Buckets Carry Snowbound Supply
In Kane Pennsylvania on February 17 the community battles a deep freeze as dozens of bucket brigades shuttle water from hydrants. Hundreds of homes lost domestic water with pipes frozen and ice in buckets en route. Dawn temperature was 20 degrees below zero, rising slowly.
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Kane
Volstead Act Changes Eye Revisions As Hearings Start
Washington officials report that while parts of the Volstead act remain in force, Democratic leaders will push revisions. The Cellar bill would fine officers for warrantless home searches, repeal bans on liquor on military reservations, allow sales to uniformed personnel, and end presidential liquor zone authority, with praise for 3.2 percent beer and changes to the Webb Kenyon act to affect interstate liquor.
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Washington
Webb-Kenyon
West States
Mishap Victims Still Serious Update On Two Victims
Mishap victims remain in serious condition after a weekend auto crash in Williamsport. Guy Slonaker, 37, Martinsburg, suffered a broken back and other injuries. Linwood Dayhoff, seven, Fiddlersburg, was badly burned in a kitchen explosion February 3. Both families report hope for recovery.
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Guy Slonaker
Martinsburg
Williamsport
Slonaker
Linwood Dayhoff
James Dayhoff
Fiddlersburg
Kick back system out in public works contracts
Washington reports a Justice Department draft bill at Secretary Ickes request to curb kick back payroll padding in projects funded by public works. Contractors would face penalties for listing higher wages or forcing wage refunds. Investigators and inspectors target several sites over multiple complaints of the practice.
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Washington
Public Works
Justice Department
Ickes
Division of Investigation of the Public Works
Three Army Fliers Die In Crashes In Utah And Idaho
In a blinding snow storm and dense fog three army pilots en route to new air mail posts perished in crashes. Second Lieut. Jean D. Grenier of Fort Crockett Texas Second Lieut. Edwin D. White of March Field California were lost near Weber canyon. Miner Orson Maxwell found the wreckage and bodies. Later Second Lieut. James Y. Eastman of March Field died when his bomber crashed near Jerome Idaho. Continued on Page 4.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Idaho
Jean D. Grenier
Fort Crockett
Tex
Edwin D. White
March Field
Riverside
Calif
Weber Canyon
Orson Maxwell
Nine Die In Gotham Fires
Nine people perished in two separate Manhattan blazes on February 17. A five story brick tenement on Seventh Street wiped out an entire family of five and another family lost mother and two children. A youth, 17, Frank Oddo, died in a garage fire on East 108th Street. his body was found among six destroyed cars. Identification of tenement victims was by elimination due to charred remains.
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Seventh Street
Frank Oddo
East 108Th Street
Samuel Spellman
Irene
Irving
Lillian
Stanley
Giovannia Terrenella
Vincent
Anna
Solons Victimized by Ticket Racket Tied to Veterans Dances
Washington February 17 Congress members report being harmed by a ticket sale racket for veteran benefit dances. Sergeant-at-Arms Kenneth Romey says chiselers push a post sponsored sale at $1 then resell a higher priced block at $3 to $5 to lawmakers, threatening political support based on purchase. The Federal District Attorney has been asked to consider if this violates law prohibiting solicitations on Capitol Hill.
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Washington
Kenneth Romey
House
Congress
Federal
Capitol Hill
Veterans Post
Alleged Gold Hoarder Held in Federal Case
Henry Slutzker of Chambersburg faces charges under the gold hoarding act after a federal grand jury indictment in Lewisburg. He was taken into custody in Chambersburg and posted 1600 bond for the March court session.
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Henry Slutzker
Chambersburg
Slutzker
Lewisburg
Alleged Slayers Are Arraigned in Allen County Jail
Harry Pierpont Charles Makley and Russell Clark appeared before Common Pleas Judge E E Everett in Lima Ohio to plead not guilty to an indictment charging them with murdering Sheriff Jess L Larber in the line of duty Their cases were scheduled for March 6 12 and 19 respectively Pierpont stood mute and received a not guilty plea for the other murder charge.
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Lima
Harry Pierpont
Charles Makley
Russell Clark
Allen County
Common Pleas
E. E. Everett
Sherif Jess L. Larber
Pierpont
Everett
Makley
Clark
Three Powers Draft Pearis Austria Warning Declaration
Paris reports say England France and Italy drafted a three power manifesto warning Germany to keep hands off Austria. The aim is to preserve Austria’s independence and halt Nazi influence with Mussolini backing the move. A formal release within 48 hours was anticipated as Paris Rome and London discuss publication details.
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Paris
Europe
England
France
Italy
Germany
Austria
Mussolini
Doumergue
Chamber of Deputies Foreign Affairs Committee
Rome
London
Hitler Sees Nazi Gaining Upper Hand In Austria
In a Daily Mail interview from Berlin, Chancellor Adolf Hitler predicts Austrian Nazis will grow stronger after recent civil unrest, saying violence cannot achieve lasting power and that Austrian socialists and Dollfuss oppose each other. He notes releases from political camps and upcoming decisions on the Reichstag fire trial.
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London
Hitler
Germany
Daily Mail
Reichstag
Berlin
William Martin Convicted for Drunken Driving in City Court
William Martin of this city was convicted of drunken driving and sentenced to thirty days in jail in default of fine after arraignment before Justice Richard H. Sweeney in city court. Martin was arrested in the Western Pike district last night by Deputies Brant and Daley.
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Wiliam Martin
Richard H. Sweeney
Martin
Brant and
Daley
O'Neil Offers Testimony In War Dept Contract Probe
Ralph T. O'Neil former National Commander of the American Legion sent word through counsel to a Washington grand jury that he wished to testify in the jury s investigation of war department contract award.
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Washington
Ralph T. O'Neil
American Legion
War Department
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Joe Healey
Erst
Jay N. Darling
Des Moines
Iowa
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U.S
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Philly
Solon
Insull
Senate
L. H. Brittin
Northwest Airways
Chesley Jurney
Associated. Press
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Manhattan
Engelbert Dolifas
League of Nations
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Dollfusa
Dolkfuss
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