Rockne Tops AP Poll of Coaches and Leaders
The Associated Press panel ranked football coach Knute Rockne as the era’s greatest sports leader, with 241 points, far ahead of rivals Tex Rickard and Mack. The survey named figures from football, boxing, and other sports, noting shifts in opinion and the impact of careers on the rankings.
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Associated Press
NEW Pet
Knute Kenneth “Noskne
Rockne
Welans Cea
Notre Dame
George L
Tex) Rickard
Mack
Rickard
Miller Buses
Howard Jones
University of Southern California
John J. McGraw
Edward Kimball Hall
National Football Rules Committee
Edward QC
Yale University
Carroll (Ky) Ebright
University of California
Amos Alonzo Stagg
University of Chicago
Jack Dempsey
Goldfield
Connie Mack
Yankees
Huggins
McGraw
Move Begun to Prevent the Negro's Return
A court contest to stop the extradition of George Crawford to Virginia for two murders looms as Boston officials proceed. Governor Ely granted the request for extradition. Crawford’s counsel, J Weston Allen, considers a habeas corpus petition to seek relief in Massachusetts or federal courts.
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Massachusetts
Ely
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Virginia extradition fight over Crawford slayings case
The article details Virginia authorities pursuing extradition of Crawford for the January 1932 slayings of Mrs. Agnes Boeing Ilsley and her maid Mrs. Nina Buckner at the Ilsley estate in Middleburg. It covers legal questions on habeas corpus, fair trial concerns, and Governor Ely’s assurances of rights protection amid local tensions. It also notes Crawford’s alleged confession and accusations against a companion, Charlie Johnson, with the courtroom scene and potential 80 year sentence if convicted.
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Nina’ Buckner
Ilsley
Middleburg
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Crawford
Virginia
Loudoun County
Ely
Boston
Commonwealth
John Galleher
Isley House
Charlie Johnson
Zangara Trial Delayed for Doctors Report
Zangara was declared sane by Dr. E C Thomas after an informal exam as doctors assess his ability to stand trial for numerous charges. Arraignment postponed again while physicians treat two wounded victims and a sanity commission is considered for further evaluation.
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Seppe Zangara
E. C. Thomas
Zangara
Antor Cermak
Chicago
Joe Gill
Miami
Cermak
Stock market ends barely steady after quiet weekend session
The market moved sideways with scattered selling offset by buying and short covering. Prices showed scant change and the close was barely steady as about 3,000,000 shares traded. Sterling cables opened at 3.44 dollars.
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Associated Press
York
Sterling Cables
Wheat market closing prices in Chicago and Baltimore
Closing quotations show Chicago May 4 75 and July 4 81 4 September 4 95 with Baltimore spot wheat 59 and Winchester spot wheat 55. Market data supplied to The Star by Winchester Milling Corporation via Stickell Sales Corpora tion, Hagerstown.
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Baltimore
the Star
Winchester Milling Corporation
Stickell Sales Corporation
North
Washington Street
Hagerstown
Winchester
Hildrey Palmer Dies in Frederick County Parish Home
Hildrey Palmer died at the Frederick County Parish Home at 9 35 this morning from complications. He was 76 and a Gore native. Funeral arrangements were not complete but interment was expected Monday in the Parish Home burial plot. Presidential electors are not legally bound to vote for a candidate though there is a strong moral obligation to support the party nominee.
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Hildrey Palmer
Frederick County
Gore
Poultry thefts worry Clarke county farmers in Virginia
White Post Virginia February reports show Clarke county farmers planning tighter roost guards after hundreds of chickens vanish from hen houses in two weeks. Robberies sighted near Double Toll gates Nineveh and Powell Cobb's farm suggest car or truck haul. arrests mentioned but unverified. Farmers vow vigil with buckshot as authorities probe poultry buyers in Winchester.
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White Post
Clarke County
Henry Brown
Brown
Mr. Fleming
Nineveh
Powell Cobb
Winchester
Ernest Tharpe
Loudoun Street
Frederick County
Washington
Grant Will litigation ends heirs and curators named
The Grant estate case ends with a decree naming John M. Fishpaw and Charles R. McCann as administrators and setting their bond at 15000 dollars. They must file accounts with the county commissioner for settlement. Reporter notes a year ago Grant died at his South Stewart street home from a skull fracture with mystery over the cause.
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John M. Fishpaw
Charles R. McCann
Messrs. Fishpaw
McCann
South Stewart Street
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Frederick County
New Photography Schedules Flash With Moving Film
A novel photography method synchronizes flash with film moving at 20 miles an hour to study motion in liquids and gases and analyze heating of a fly’s wings. A stone coffin near Drem Scotland holds the skeleton of a man likely buried in the 5th century after Britons set a camp to repel invaders.
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Drem
Scotland
Japanese Delegate Matsuoka Ordered Home From Geneva
Tokyo reports a government summons for Yosuke Matsuoka to return via Siberia to assist in Japan’s withdrawal from the League of Nations. The cabinet will decide after consulting Matsuoka, as the inquiry centers on Manchuria and Jehol. China accepts the plan, while the Soviet envoy doubts the settlement. The League will present its report to the assembly next week.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Yosuke Matsuoke
Geneva
Siberia
Japan
League of Nations
Matsuoke
United States
League
Manchukuo
Jehol
Matsuoka
Manchuria
China
Far East
Principal League
League Assembly
Lytton Commission
Russia
Holyoke Amherst trolley line ends after 32 years
The Massachusetts trolley line, recently discontinued, had only one fatal accident in 32 years of operation. The copyright law note explains that failure to publish with a copyright notice or register promptly can dedicate works to the public domain.
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Holyoke
Amherst
Massachusetts
Millers Oppose Allotment Plan At Virginia Session
Members of the Piedmont Millers Association meeting at the Kavanaugh Hotel in Harrisonburg oppose the domestic allotment farm relief plan now before Congress. They doubt the plan's administration and fear flour prices could rise by as much as three dollars per barrel. The group also discussed the Virginia toll law limiting grinding tolls and urged the Virginia Corporation Commission to raise rates. Over 140 millers from Virginia and nearby states attended.
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Piedmont Millers Association
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Swope
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E. C. Wine
Rockingham
Virginia Corporation Commission
Virginia
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South Carolina
Maryland
Tennessee
Chesapeake Bay
Bell
Sign of the Cross tests DeMille’s magic at Capitol
Cecil B DeMille returns to sound cinema with The Sign of the Cross at the Capitol Theatre. Frederic March stars as the Roman prefect torn by devotion to a Christian martyr maid. Elissa Landi Claude Colbert and Charles Laughton also star in a Wilson Barrett play adaptation with 7500 extras behind them.
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Cecil B. DeMille
Capitol Theatre
Frederic March
Rome
Elissa Landi
Claudette Colbert
Charles Laughton
Wilson Barrett
Two Held For Embezzlement of City Funds
Milwaukee city treasurer John J. Drew who served 1916 to 1932 and I J Rosenberg former Liberty State Bank president were jailed on indictments charging embezzling 500000 dollars of city funds. Indictments say they padded invoices on bond purchases to inflate costs and bonds totaling 39 million dollars were involved.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Delages Liberty State Bank
John J. Drew
City
I. J. Rosenberg
Grand Jury
New Ellsworth Low Winged Plane To Be Tested
In Chicago on February 18 three famed fliers departed from a municipal airport at 9 30 a m in a new low wing monoplane to Grand Forks North Dakota for Antarctic exploration tests. Pilot Balchen who flew with Byrd previously sat at the controls of Ellsworths 600 horsepower craft with Sir Hubert Wilkins as the third crew member. The team planned ten days of testing in Winnipeg Manitoba to assess ice and snow equipment before the Antarctic flight.
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Associatedness
Chicago
Municipal
Grand Forks
N. D
Antarctic
Bernt Balchen
Richard E. Byrd
South Pole
Lincoln Elisworth
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Balchen
China Ordered To Take Troops Out of Jehol
In Mukden Manchuria Feb 18 Manchukuo delivered an ultimatum to Chang Hsiao Liang commander in chief of China's northern army demanding withdrawal of all Chinese troops from Jehol province. Failure to comply would trigger an attack by Manchukuo and Japan marking the Jehol offensive opening.
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Associated Press
Mukden
Manchuria
Manchukuo
Chang Hsiao Liang
China
Jehol
Japan
Gas Explosion Kills Crew Member Aboard Baron Carnegie
The British steamer Baron Carnegie from Glasgow arrived in Boston with one dead another critically injured and two more injured after a gas explosion in the hold yesterday afternoon. Four seamen descended to inspect the coal when the blast occurred. no fire followed and the ship sustained no visible damage. The vessel carried 3500 tons of coal.
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Associated Press
Boston
Glasgow
Long’s Outburst At Hearing Sparks Senate Feud
Harley Bozeman testified before a senate committee probing the election of John Overton as Louisiana senator. Huey P. Long shouted denials of Bozeman’s charge that Long as governor had ordered doubling tax assessments on three New Orleans papers opposing his policies. Long later apologized to the committee chair for the outburst in New Orleans.
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Senate
John
Overton
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Bozeman
Senator Long
Long
State Tax Commission
New Orleans
Kin Leave for Cermak’s Bedside in Miami
Mia Jirka and Mrs. Richey V. Graham daughters of Mayor Anton J. Cermak of Chicago depart Chicago for Miami where their father lies seriously wounded from a bullet intended for President elect Roosevelt. Granddaughter Mariella Irka accompanies them.
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Frank Jirka
Richey V. Graham
Anton J. Cermak
Chicago
Miami
Roosevelt
Mariella Irka
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