Cold Waves Snow And Floods Toll US Death Toll Soars
Storms and heavy precipitation sweep the US with fatalities in both Northwest and Deep South states. North Florida records its snowiest night, with two inches in Panama City, while Canadian storm warnings and northeast winds threaten more severe weather. The piece also notes national weather advisories and a humorous aside about a 1934 appreciation list.
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The
Associated Press
Jacksonville
Fla
North
Florida
Panama City
Gulf Coast
Mail truck holdup nets $129000. $10000 reward offered
Four bandits held driver Herbert Reid of Fall River and hijacked a United States mail truck, fleeing with approximately $129,000 in bank notes and silver. The truck crossed the Taunton River to Swansea as bandits sorted the mail and dispersed, leaving Reid bound and unharmed. A $10,000 reward was announced for capture of the five assailants with $2,000 per conviction.
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Fall River
Mass
United States
Boston
M Immediate
Federal Reserve Bank
French Hill
Herbert B. Reid
Odd Street
Taunton
Swansea
Providence Fall River
Reid
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Russell Ainsworth
Pawtucket
R I
John J. Breslin
New England Postal Inspection Division
Breslin
Choir Practice Postponed To Sunday at 2 30 PM
The A. B. Young People's Choir practice for tonight is postponed due to bad weather. The group will reconvene Sunday afternoon at 2 30 o'clock at the church and all members are urged to attend.
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A. B. Young People’s Choir
Auction notices for clothing and securities in Winchester
Two notices advertise sales by Dunn and Duvall. First, cotton suede sport clothes $6.00 up by Miss Gertrude Lutz and Miss A. F. Conrad on Monday January 28 from 10:30 to 3 at Hotel Jack. Second, Potomac Edison and Winchester Cold Storage 6 percent preferred stock auction January 26 at 11 A.M. in front of the courthouse.
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Gertrude Lutz
A. F. Conrad
Mon
Winchester Cold Storage
Potomac Edison
Court House
B. P. Harrison
Dunn & Duvall
Hotel Corp Holds Annual Meeting Here
At the George Washington Hotel Corporation annual meeting stockholders reelected Lewis F. Cooper as president and directors including Shirley Carter H D Fuller George H Heist and R Gray Williams. Williams outlined a hotel audit noting income before depreciation enough to cover current debts taxes and insurance while servicing outstanding obligations.
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George Washington Hotel Corporation
Lewis F. Cooper
Shirley Carter
H. D. Fuller
George H. Heist
R. Gray Williams
Stewart Bell
Fred L. Glaize
J. S. Haldeman
J. W. Rosenberger
Williams
Leach
Rindfleisch
Scott
Willers
Hauptmann Expected To Take Stand Tomorrow
In Flemington New Jersey an authoritative source estimated Hauptmann would testify in his own defense tomorrow. The state's kidnapping murder case was to end early today with defense motions possible and opening statements to follow, with the defense planning to complete its case by next Thursday.
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Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
City Workers Explain Ashes Pickup Rules
City Manager Arthur M. Field clarifies that large ash containers will not be picked up when filled to capacity. If filled only to a bushel equivalent, they will be collected as before. The rule aims to prevent injuries to workers from unloading heavy receptacles, noting past accidents.
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Arthur M. Field
Field
Board of Equalization to Hear Real Estate Assessments
The Board of Equalization will meet at City Hall on February 4 5 6 7 and 8 from 1 30 to 4 30 PM to hear taxpayers requests for equalization of their real estate assessments.
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Board of Equalization
Snow Removal Rules Tighten to One Hour After Snowfall
City crews will clear streets by 5 am with priority for business districts hotels inns and post offices. Sunday snow removal covers church frontages while all night parking limits hinder early work though officers will aid plow access. Procrastinators may face a judge if snow freezes into ice and endangers neighbors.
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Field
Oyster Supper at South End Hose Co Hall
South End Hose Co hall hosts an oyster supper on Thursday and Friday January 24 and 25. Tickets cost 50 cents. Proceeds support the firehouse activities and community events.
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South End Hose Co
Hall Thurs
Dozen Indicted In Bremer Kidnaping Case
Federal grand jury handed up two indictments naming about a dozen suspects in the Edward G. Bremer kidnapping. Arthur Barker Alvin Karpis and Harry Campbell are among those named. The 1934 abduction netted 20000 in ransom.
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Ohio
Alvin Karpis
Harry Campbell
Bremer
Horace R. Hunsicker
Wadsworth, C
Allentown
Wadsworth
ST. Paul, Minn
Edward G. Bremer
St. Paul
Arthur
Barker
Boy Branded on Shoulder Faces Threats After Secret
Five year old Paul Stevens of Centerville Iowa endured three days of fear after older youths branded the letter P on his shoulder. He says he knows two of the assailants and four arrests have not yet been made.
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Paul Stevens
Centerville
Valley Snowstorm Strains Shenandoah Valley Traffic
Heavy snow blankets the Shenandoah Valley and northern Virginia with a foot in places, disrupting travel as state plows battle hazardous roads. High water near Lexington forced bus transfers but bridges remained in use as crews cleared routes on primary highways.
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Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
Clarke County
Apple Pie Ridge
Stephens City
Double Tollgate
Gore
West Virginia Line
Berryville
Gainesboro
Shenandoah County
Lexington
Baltimore arrests solve string of robberies and kidnapping
Police arrest Misse Beal and Edward Makow oski at gunpoint in Baltimore, claiming breakthrough on 17 robberies larcenies and a kidnapping. In California Merriam proposes a tax plan. nationwide weather brings deaths and damage. Huey Long returns to quell revolt. Hauptmann case fingerprints examined. Shanghai reports 2,000 Japanese soldiers attack towns in Chahar Province.
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Baltimore
Misee Beal
Edward Makowoski
Sacramento
Calif
Frank F. Merriam
Washington
Baton Rouge
Huey Long
Richmond
Mais
Legenza
Flemington
N. J
Hauptmann
Shanghai
Chahar
Capital activity swirls around Roosevelt agenda in capital
Washington dispatch notes a busy day as Roosevelt advances social security work relief and world court plans. Perkins attacks Townsend pension plan as fantastical while urging Lee security program. House aims to end dole and place 3.5 million on work relief by July 1. American Legion touts backing to curb profits from war.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Capitol
Perkins
Townsend Old Age
Ngs
Farley
Harrison
D.miss
Ickes
House
American Legion
House Military Committee
Frank Belgrano, Jr
Senate Munitions Committee
NRA
Congress
Special Aviation Commission
Japanese Air and Artillery Attack Three Towns in Chahar
Chinese dispatches from Kalgan report 2000 Japanese and Manchoukuan soldiers attacked Tuhsikou Kuyun and Tungchetze in eastern Chahar province. Eight Japanese planes participated in the bombing and shelling near the Chahar Jehol border. The clashes contrast with earlier news of a settled dispute over the territory.
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Shangahi
Kalgan
Chahar Province
Tuhsikou
Chahar-Jehol
Kuyun
Tungchetze
Chahar
Finger Print Evidence Probed In Lindbergh Trial
Colonel Lindbergh reviews fingerprint study as New Jersey police specialists testify with keen interest. Reilly seeks to discredit evidence as a snowstorm fails to deter crowds from the trial.
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Lindbergh
New Jersey
Reilly
Weaver Hauptmann trial hears wood expert on ladder origin
Madison wood expert Arthur Koehler testified the ladder from Hauptmanns Bronx attic matches the ladder upright accused in the Lindbergh kidnapping. He said nail holes grain and fit align with Rail 16, while defense challenged his qualifications. Prosecution to call paper experts as trials resume in Flemington New Jersey.
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Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Arthur J. Koehler
Madison
Wis
Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Kohler
Bronx
Frederick A. Pope
Defense Counsel
Thomas W. Trenchard
Koehler
Lewis Borummann
New Jersey
New York
Lindbergh
John J. Lyons
Frank Kelly
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