Ethiopian forces report raids and base destruction in Eritrea
Ethiopian government announces invasion of Italian Eritrea on February 19 destroying a base at Amaga on the Setit river near the border meeting area with Anglo Egyptian Sudan. Communique tallies 668 Italians killed in two northern front clashes and notes Ras Imru forces near Aksum with 412 Italian deaths. Damot Guellila action leaves 256 Italians dead. Ethiopian losses two killed.
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Addis Ababa
Eritrea
Amaga
Setit
Ethiopia
Ras Imru
Aksum
Damot Guellila
Aduwa
Haile Selassie
Gojjam
Anglo German American naval pact proposed at grim four power talks
London reports Britain seeks an Anglo German American naval agreement as a major step amid doubt over the four power conference. US delegates refuse to comment while high naval officials describe the plan as crucial since World War I, involving ship and gun limits and annual information exchange. Italy’s Italo Ethiopian crisis adds to tensions as the conference proceeds.
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London
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Italy
Fire in Foreman basement quickly extinguished
Mrs. Foreman woke to a smoke odor on East Antietam street and alerted her husband. An investigation found a fire in woodwork around the fireplace. Harry M. Foreman extinguished it before the fire department arrived. Cause remains unknown.
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Harry M. Foreman
Antietam — Street
Ousted pair threaten legal fight in Georgia
Georgia fiscal affairs are shadowed by legal threats from ousted Comptroller General William B. Harrison and State Treasurer George B. Hamilton. Removed by National Guardsmen under suspension orders from Gov. Eugene Talmadge, they plan immediate court action to bar successors from filling their posts. Hamilton further locks the treasury vault at maximum time lock, delaying access to state valuables.
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Atlanta
Georgia
William B. Harrison
George B. Hamilton
National
Eugene Talmadge
Hamilton
Treasury
Baltimore Love Point ferry resumes after month delay
The Baltimore Love Point ferry, normally a four hour round trip, took nearly 13 hours for its first run in a month due to ice. It was convoyed by the ice-breaker Latrobe to clear the way and restore service.
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Love Point
Baltimore
Latrobe
Weather Forecast For Maryland to Cape Hatteras
Cloudy conditions with likely occasional rain tonight into Wednesday. Central and eastern Maryland warmer tonight and Wednesday, with colder air in the far west. Sandy Hook to Cape Hatteras expect strong southwest to west winds, overcast skies, and light rain at times. Chesapeake Bay shows overcast with possible rain tonight and Wednesday, warmer tonight, mild Wednesday, then cooler Wednesday night.
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Maryland
Sandy Hook
Cape Hatteras
South Portion
North Portion
Chesapeake Bay
Famous Camp Bird Mine Hit by Avalanche at Ouray
Historic Camp Bird gold mine near Ouray Colorado was wrecked by a massive avalanche three miles wide from the Colorado Rockies second death bearing slide in eight days. The slide buried the bunkhouse and killed three people while injuring at least four. Another avalanche on February 16 at Hesperus mine 50 miles south killed six.
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Ouray
Colo
Camp Bird
Thomas Walsh
Colorado Rockies
Chicago
Hesperus
Here
Winter Takes a Heavy Toll of Wildlife in Washington County
Washington County sportsmen report a severe wildlife tragedy from the record winter. About ninety percent of the quail population is estimated dead due to freezing. Despite shelters and food, impassable roads hindered access across districts, with coveys found frozen together. Deer losses included a herd of twelve in Franklin County and reports from Mont Alto.
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Washington County
Mont Alto
Franklin County
Lightning fall mirrors crash patterns in Peotone
In Peotone Illinois on February 25 Philip McMann’s car slid on ice and ended in a ditch. While he investigated another car arrived at the same spot and spun into the ditch, striking McMann and fracturing six ribs.
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Peotone
Ill
Philip McMann
McMann
Pappas testifies he planned murder for robbery motive
John Pappas alias Mills confessed killing David L. Buchanan in Leitersburg but claimed self defense. In circuit court he described a prior plan to murder another Leitersburg resident for robbery as witness Cecil Conley testified. Prosecutors seek first degree murder verdict while Pappas recounts his life of crime and urges no mercy.
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John Pappas
Mills
David L. Buchanan
Leiersburg
Pappas
Leitersburg
Chaucer
Cecil Conley
Kentucky
Washington, D. C
Hagerstown
Conley
Courh
Buchanan
D. Angle Wolfinger
D. Lindley Sloan
Frank G Wagaman
Martin L. Ingram
Greece
America
New Housing Plan Ready for Roosevelt Approval
Washington Feb 25 The Treasury outlay housing program under 100 million in its first year was disclosed by Peter Grimm assistant to Secretary Morgenthau. The draft awaits President Roosevelt's approval and will be sent to Congress soon after. Morgenthau Grimm Wagner and housing heads participated in recent desk conferences.
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Washington
Treasury
Peter Grimm
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Grimm
Wagner
N. Y
Ritchie's Body Lies In State Before Funeral
Maryland pays homage to Albert Cabell Ritchie former governor who died suddenly of apoplexy. In state at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church with military guard of honor until private services and public rites led by Bishop Helfenstein and Rector Sparkman. Pallbearers include Janney Reckord Kent and others. interment at Greenmount Cemetery beside his parents. Tributes continue from Maryland and national leaders.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Albert Cabell Ritchie
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Edward T. Helfenstein
S Thorne Sparkman
Nation
Stuart S. Janney
Milton A. Reckord
Bernard M. Baruch
Robert A. Sindall
Frank R. Kent
Harold E. West
B. Howell “Griswold, Jr
Douglas C. Turnbull
R. Howard Bland
John E. Cullen
Hugh H. Young
Robert B. Ennis
Charles H. Knapp
Howard Bruce
Walter N. Kirkman
Richest baby guarded in germ proof London nursery
In London a baby heir to the Haugwitz Reventlow Woolworth fortune rests in a germ proof nursery guarded by a former Scotland Yard man. Only the butler and three footmen may enter to verify callers as the household keeps the staff out to protect the infant from fog and soot.
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London
Count Court Naugwitz-Reventlow
Barbara Hutton
Scotland Yard
Carénet
Woolworth
Hyde Park
Gount Haugwitz-Reventlow
Sheriff seeks thief who stored hay in barn
Independe nce Kansas February 25 Sheriff Mel Gibson hunts a man who hid 200 bales of hay in a farmer's barn during the summer while the owner was away. The farmer now needs the barn for his own use as winter ends.
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Independence, Kas
Mel Gibson
Dusty brown coating blankets snow in New England
A brownish dust layer covered fresh snowfall in northern New England. Weather officials suggested it might stem from western dust storms, but chemical analysis would be needed to confirm.
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Boston
New England
Drivers Urged to Contact Coroner in Myers Hit Run
Police request the drivers of two coal trucks seen near the scene yesterday to contact acting coroner Justice John D. Dunn. Jacob Myers, 55, of Blairs Valley, was found by David Dayhoff beside the highway after a suspected hit and run as investigators note bumper marks on his legs suggest a passenger car struck him.
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Jacob Myers
Blairs Valley
Daily Mail Today
John D. Dunn
David Dayhoff
Manbeck Baking Company
Myers
Ice dam in Niagara River shows three foot settle
Niagara Falls Feb 25 The six mile ice retin has filled the lower Niagara river since January 23 and settled about three feet today after a day and night of mild weather but no surface sign of a breakup appeared.
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Niagara Falls
Niagara River
Cost to finish Annapolis executive mansion set at 330000
Baltimore February 25. Gov Harry W Nice announced the completion cost of the Annapolis executive mansion will total about 330000. The estimate came from Clyde N Friz the mansion architect.
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Baltimore
Annapolis
Harry W. Nice
Clyde N. Friz
Britain avoids calling for oil embargo in Eden speech
London reports that Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden sidestepped the oil sanction issue in Parliament sparking belief that Britain will not push for an embargo against Italy. pundits note disappointment over unclear government stance ahead of Geneva sanctions vote as cabinet meets and defense and collective security plans move forward.
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Britain
Italy
Eden
The
Commons
League of Nations
League
Daughter of Dead Screen Star Guarded in Hollywood
In Hollywood California police closed the home of Virginia Bruce after her two year old daughter Susan Ann Gilbert faced threats of kidnapping. Film writer Gladys Hall reported an unidentified woman warned of danger and demanded Bruce's contact details before studio contact was advised. The caller claimed a plot against Susan Ann and left when asked for more information.
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Hollywood
Calif
Virginia Bruce
Susan Ann Gilbert
Gladys Hall
Miss Bruce
Miss Hall
Susan Ann
John Gilbert
Delegate to seek aid for widow of dead Maryland officer
Glenwood Evans of Somerset county plans to introduce a bill at the special session to provide for an appropriation or a trust fund for the widow and children of Sgt. Wilbert V. Hunter who died Feb 7 while attempting to reach Tangier Island with flood supplies.
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Crisfield, Md
Glenwood Evans
House of Delegates
Somerset County
Wilbert V. Hunter
Evans
Tangier Island
Akron Strike Seeks National Guard Aid at Goodyear Plants
Sheriff James T. Flower asked for national guard troops to enforce a court injunction amid mass picketing at Goodyear Tire and Rubber plants in Akron. Police stood ready with riot clubs while 14,000 workers were idle since February 18 as pickets blockaded entrances.
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Akron
Ohio
James T. Flower
National Guard
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Flower
Col. L. B. Brown
Adjutant Genral
Columbus
Goodyear
Missing Salvation Army Girl Sought in Tamaqua
Pennsylvania State police joined a search for 1-year-old Ethel Patterson of the Salvation Army staff who has been missing since Friday. Captain Melvin Kippax said he does not believe she was kidnapped and that several witnesses reported seeing her enter a car in Tamaqua on Friday.
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Tamaqua
Pennsylvania
Ethel Patterson
Salvation Army
Melvin Kippax
Henie Ordered to Bed After World Figure Title Win
Sonja Henie, fatigued and nervous after winning her 10th world figure skating championship last week in Paris, was ordered to bed today by her doctors who said she needed several weeks of rest in Oslo.
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Olso
Norway
Sonja Henie
Paris
Frigid weather boosts Hagerstown water use
Hagerstown residents consumed over 10 percent more water during the recent cold snap. Albert Heard, water department superintendent, said daily usage rose by as much as 700,000 gallons, with some days reaching 5,200,000 from a normal 4,500,000. Freezing pipes prompted many to run water continuously, and 37 mains were thawed or reopened. Extra demand required more pumping from the Potomac River to meet supply.
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Hagerstown
Albert Heard
Water Department
Potomac River
Girl Offers Hold-Up Tip At Boston Theater Robbery
A 19 year old woman, described as very attractive and wearing a fur coat, volunteered by telephone to aid police in the Boston theater robbery of 12,800 dollars and then vanished. She called from a pay station, dropped the line when seen by a man, and fled with a witness saying he followed her. One man is held for the Sunday night crime.
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Boston
Keith Boston
Vanderbilt seeks custody in high court fight over girl
Mrs Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt appealed to the Supreme Court to obtain sole custody of her 12 year old daughter Gloria. The appeal challenges a New York appellate division ruling that granted custody to her paternal aunt Mrs Harry Payne Whitney after a protracted legal battle.
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Washington
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
Supreme Court
Gloria
New York Supreme Court
Harry Payne Whitney
Blast Injures Boat Racer in Pittsburgh Garage Explosion
A mysterious explosion in an automobile at the starter injured 19 year old University of Pittsburgh freshman Robert Heape, a motor boat racer. The blast wrecked his one story garage, hurled debris blocks away, shattered nearby windows, and Heape was taken to a hospital with severe burns on his hands and face.
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Pittsburgh
Robert Heape
Heape
University of Pittsburgh
Jockey Held in Slaying In New Orleans
Police say jockey Jack O Day, 26, is being held for questioning in the slaying of Estelle Hughes. Hughes, about 29, mother of a nine year old, was found shot near a downtown railroad station. O Day had been staying in New Orleans for the racing season at the Fairgrounds track.
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New Orleans
Jack O’day
Estelle Hughes
O’day
Fairgrounds
Panama City
Fla
Chain store tax upheld by Florida Supreme Court
The 1935 chain store tax law was upheld in major parts by Florida's Supreme Court for a second time, securing about $2.75 million annually for public schools and strengthening revenue for education.
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Tallahasee
Fla
Supreme Court
C Glover 89 Civic Leader Former Riggs Bank President Dies
Washington on February 26 C Glover aged 89 prominent civic leader and former president of Riggs National Bank died today in the capital.
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Washington
C. Glover
The
Riggs National Bank
Minor Earthquake Shocks Kingman With No Damage
A slight earthquake was felt in Kingman Arizona shortly before midnight. No damage or injuries were reported as residents felt a tremor headline the evening.
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Kingman
Ariz
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