Whited to be questioned in Hauptmann case at Trenton
A Hunterdon detective sought Sourland jogger Millard Whited to voluntarily answer questions about his Flemington trial testimony linking Bruno Hauptmann to the Lindbergh kidnapping. Prosecutor Hauck and Gov. Hoffman planned to question Whited and another witness to recheck their stories, with possible secrecy and locations to be decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Anthony M. Hauck, Jr
Hunterdon County
Millard Whited
Sourlands
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Flemington
Whited
Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Hopewell
Bruno Richard Klauptmann
Anthony M. Mauck, Jr
Sourland
Blauck
Harold G. Hoffman
C. Lloyd Fisher
Hauck
Fisher
Jassie
John F. Condou
Panama
State Capitol
Measles Sweeping Ontario District
A mild form of measles is sweeping the northern Ontario district home to the Dionne quintuplets. Dr A R Dafoe, physician to the quints, said the illness has reached the near epidemic stage, though the quints remain untouched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callander
Ont
Ontario
A. R. Dafoe
Ice gorge raises flood concern near Evansville
An Ohio River ice gorge about 100 miles long above and below Evansville prompted officials to evaluate flood possibilities as of today in Vansville Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vansville
Ind
Ohio River
Evansville
Williamsport Registers 26 Voters Ahead of March Election
In two days of registration 26 new voters were added in Williamsport for the annual election on March 2. The weather report notes a mercury reading of 4 above at start and 22 at noon, per D Paul Oswald, Chewsville weather observer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Mercury
D. Paul Oswald
Chewsville
Thieves Loot Academy Hill Concrete Block Plant Office
Thieves broke into H. E. Bester concrete block plant at Academy Hill last night and stole several tools and other items of little value. Police investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Bester
Academy Hill
Weather forecast for Mid-Atlantic and coastal regions
Forecast calls for fair to sunny conditions with cool nights across the area. Strong north winds diminish tonight through Sunday along Sandy Hook to Cape Hatteras. Chesapeake Bay remains clear to partly cloudy with colder nights and continuing cold conditions Sunday. winds ease but stay northerly.
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U. 8
Werther Rarcan
Maryland
Sandy Hook
Cape Hatteras
Chesapeake Bay
Heavy road damage hits Hagerstown and state roads
Frost boils and surface expansion have lifted concrete and icy streets in Hagerstown and county roads. Repairs are planned as weather breaks. earlier winters caused similar damage to highways, garages, and door frames, with water department excavations adding street repair needs.
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State Roads Commission
Hagerstown
Water Department
Washington County Ranks Third in Receipts Taxes
Washington County reported receipts and titling taxes of 120 686 55 for the nine months ending December 31, 1935, ranking third in Maryland behind Allegany and Baltimore counties. Allegany led with 156 416 54 and Baltimore with 137 530 22, while Baltimore City paid the most at 2 029 23 63. Most revenue stemmed from the one percent receipts tax.
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Washington County
Maryland
Allegany
Baltimore
Allegany County
Baltimore County
Baltimore City
SWORD PRESENTED TO KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS LEADER
The sword used when President Franklin D. Roosevelt was knighted to membership in the Knights of Pythias was presented to Reno S. Harp, Supreme Chancellor of the order. High officials of the order traveled to Frederick, where Mr. Harp has been ill at his home.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Knights of Pythias
Reno S. Harp
Order
Frederick
Harp
Washington Birthday Observances Led by Roosevelt
Washington's birthday events shift focus to history as President Roosevelt travels to Philadelphia for a 10:43 a.m. address and honorary degree at Temple University. The Senate and House read Washington's farewell address in memorial ceremonies while Virginia's Fredericksburg crowd watches Walter Johnson attempt to throw a silver dollar across the Rappahannock River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Senate
House
Washington Memorial
Peery
Virginia
Fredericksburg
Walter Johnson
George Washington
Rappahannock River
Sol Bloom
New
Farley Praises Roosevelt as He Rallies Midwest
Postmaster General Farley urged unity for Roosevelt in a midwestern swing, crediting the New Deal with reviving business. He spoke to young Democrats in Jefferson City and addressed a Missouri platform in St Louis, contrasting Hoover era red entries with black gains since 1933. He said the youth led the fight four years ago and forecast Kansas backing for F D R against Landon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Farley
Middle West
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Missouri
Roosevelt
Jefferson City
Hoover
St. Louis
Prairies
Topeka
Democratic Organiza
Twins have twelve fingers each in Malone blizzard birth
The Roadway twins, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Royal Roadway in Malone New York, were born January 24 during the worst blizzard of the year and have twelve fingers each one extra perfect digit on both hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malone
N. Y
Roadway
Royal Roadway
Navy Officials Ailing In Washington Hospital
Assistant Navy Secretary in Washington notes illness today with Henry L. Roosevelt treated for intestinal influenza. Swanson remains in the Naval hospital recovering from pleurisy and injuries from a prior fall. Attendants report Roosevelt's condition acute but Roosevelt spent a fairly comfortable night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Swanson
Henry L. Roosevelt
Navy
Naval Hospital
Roosevelt
Sanctions Committee Meets Over Oil Embargo Plan
Geneva February 22 1936 a special session of the League of Nations sanctions committee of eighteen convened to discuss the application of an oil embargo against Italy to be held March 2 in Geneva.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
League of Nations Sanctions Committee of 18
Italy
League
Charles E Long jailed for railroad trespass
Charles E Long of this city was sentenced to thirty days in the Alleghany county jail at Cumberland after arraignment in Peoples Court for trespass on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Long
Allegany County
Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Peoples Court
Weekly Weather Outlook for Atlantic States
Weather outlook for the North and Middle Atlantic states starts Monday. Snow is expected in the north with snow or rain in the south early week. Moderate temperatures turn colder by Tuesday night, slight warm-up Thursday, then colder again Friday with continued unsettled conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Middle Atlantic States
Oil Tanker Sends SOS After Explosion Off U S Coast
The U S Albert Hill an Atlantic Refining Co oil tanker sent an SOS off the South Carolina coast after an explosion in the forward deep tank. The S S W F P Wardell 11 miles away headed to assist as ships in the area stood by. The crew of 32 fought the fire 500 miles east of the South Carolina coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S
South Carolina
Radio Marine Corp
One Dead and Twenty One Hurt in Gisla Fire
A fire on the Norwegian steamer Gisla, carrying nearly 5000 tons of highly inflammable nitrate of soda, left one man dead and 21 injured. Fireman George J. Reif drowned in water on the dock where the ship tied after an explosion. Charles Kulp was found unconscious in the pool and rescued by Battalion Chief Charles W. Smith amid heavy smoke and fumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
George J. Reif
Charles Kulp
Liquor Stocks Built Up Above Pre Prohibition Levels
The treasury reported that bonded whisky stocks in January reached 221.6 million tax gallons, above the pre prohibition average of 200 million. The pre prohibition peak was 270 million gallons in June 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Treasury
Advisory Committee Named for 1937 Triple Celebration
The Washington County Historical Society reports the advisory committee to organize the September 1937 triple celebration. A meeting next Tuesday at Hotel Alexander will finalize the program amid many prize submissions and broad civic participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Historical Society
The
Historical Society
Hotel Alexander
Roosevelt Called Real Leader By Earle At Temple
Philadelphia February 22 President Roosevelt in a Washington Birthday speech accepted an honorary Doctor of Jurisprudence from Temple University. Gov George H Earle praised him as a statesman whose equal we shall not see again and recalled crises matched by Washington and Lincoln.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Washington
Temple University
Republic
George H. Earle
Lincoln
Earle
Convicted For Kiss Slaying
Charles Brown of Phelps City Missouri was found guilty of manslaughter by a district court jury for killing W. J. Mawher a Riverton Iowa farmer on December 2 in self defense after Mawher allegedly made advances toward Brown's daughter Ruby 18. Prosecution claimed Brown tried to blackmail Mawher over the kiss remark while defense argued no value could be placed on a kiss and that the act involved an elderly man and an 18 year old girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Iowa
Charles Brown
Phelps City
W. J. Mawher
Riverton
Brown
Mawhor
Ruby
Charred Brown
Shiver Of Glass Fatal To Youth
A six year old boy, George Cummings, died after a shard of windshield glass was driven into his throat during a car crash in Wheeling West Virginia. Fire Captain John Cummings and his son were in the vehicle when it skidded and struck a tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
George Cummings
John Cummings
George
Cummings
Matrimonial Bureau Urged in Nazi Germany
Berlin February 22 official journal of the public health department proposed the establishment of official matrimonial bureaus for Nazi Germany. Dr F Pfotenhauer argued marriages are state and nation duties, suggesting bureaus to pair bachelors and spinsters unable to find partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
The
Public Health Department
F. Pfotenhauer
Thieves Rob Cumberland Store Steal $3000 Worth Goods
Police and sheriff deputies seek two suspects who robbed W. F. Coulehan and Brothers Cumberland of about 3000 in merchandise last night or early today. They fled in a 1932 Ford truck with Maryland tag 165 944 and were headed toward the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Coulehan and Brothers
Cumberland
Maryland
Escaping Gas Toll Hits 16 in One Week
Chicago reports escape gas as a winter hazard killing at least 16 people in a week from explosions fires and asphyxiation. Underground fires sent flames through streets while odorless illuminating gas seeped into homes, causing four deaths and illness in East St. Louis Belleville and Sycamore.
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Chicago
Utica
N. Y
East St. Louis
Belleville
Weather renews Sinclair Lewis nostalgia in Sauk Center
In Sauk Center Minnesota on February 22 heavy snow storms spark a nostalgic recall of author Sinclair Lewis. The town reopens its last livery stable for horse parking at 20 cents a team as weather halts automobile travel on blocked highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sauk Center
Minn
Sinclair Lewis
Sledding injury leaves 10 year old in hospital
Bertha Britner, 10, daughter of Councilman Oliver Britner and Mrs Britner of Williamsport, is hospitalized after a sledding accident. She sustained severe facial lacerations after her sled struck a barbed wire fence behind her home. doctors fear a possible nasal fracture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Britner
Oliver Britner
Williamsport
Smallpox Toll Rises Amid Epidemic in Calcutta
Calcutta reports four hundred deaths in the last fortnight from a smallpox outbreak. An undetermined number of deaths also occurred in Dacca where schools were closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
India
Dacca
Harford Birds Get Food Drop After Snow Cleared Field
Food grain supplied by the state game department was air dropped to snowbound birds in Harford County after a landing field was cleared. The operation aimed to aid inaccessible birds stranded by severe winter conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bel Air
Harford County
State Game Department
State Roads Commission
peace plan offered to league amid ethiopia crisis
Fresh Italian reports say Emperor Haile Selassie was seeking peace and proposing a League of Nations protectorate over Ethiopia. Italian sources claim he might cede territory, though details are unclear. Mussolini signals firm stance as Italian advance nears Amba Alaji, with fighting continuing in the north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Haile Selassie
Amba Alaji
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Geneva
Mussolini
Italy
Brother Injured In Auto Mishap In Pittsburgh
Mrs. R C Reno of 929 Spruce street reports her brother Curtis Williams was seriously injured when his car slid on ice and crashed through a plate glass window in Pittsburgh. He suffers a fractured wrist and other injuries and is in a Pittsburgh hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Reno
Spruce Street
Curtis Williams
Pittsburgh
Williams
County Woman's Niece and Husband Die in Gas Blast
Mrs Jerome Poaffenberger of near Boonsboro reports the deaths of her niece Mrs Etna Longnecker Corns and her husband Fred Corns both 32 in a Detroit area gas explosion at River Rouge Michigan. The blast also killed two others and wrecked their homes. Corns was a Detroit department store buyer and daughter of Mr and Mrs Harvey Longanecker formerly of Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Poaffenberger
Boonsboro
Etna Longnecker Corns
Fred Corns
Detroit
Corns
River Rouge
Mich
Harvey Longanecker
Middletown
School Teacher Dies In Crash
In Baltimore on February 22 a young school teacher was killed and four others injured when their car struck an iron electric pole. The deceased, 23 year old Harry Jaffe, was a school instructor. Injured: Marvin Spellman 25, Charles Reiter 24, Ward Maxwell 36, Arthur Fitschen 27 with various cuts and head injuries. Police say they were returning from a dance. the car veered near an intersection and crashed through the windshield. None could explain the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Harry Jaffe
Marvin Spellman
Charles Reiter
Ward Maxwell
Arthur Fitschen
Earl Stables
Jaffe
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Vivian Denton
Angelus Temple
Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
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Antietam
John B. Ferguson
Hag. Chamber of Commerce
J. W. Jamison
Junior Chamber of Commerce
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Jerome Poffenberger
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