Fatal burns of Frederick fireman at plant event
Michael Houft a night fireman at Broderick Iron and Steel Co. died from clothing ignition while removing clinkers. He was burned at the plant near Frederick and died at Frederick Memorial Hospital after being rushed there by ambulance. He leaves a wife and several children, with funeral services set for Saturday afternoon.
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Ura
Bredhumek Tron and Steel Company
Machael Dudew Houtl
Frederick City
Me Hout
Roy Stockman
Night
First Baptist Church
United Fire Company
Broderick Iron and Steel Company
Ileta Renner How
Beatrice M Margett
May Huth Houfl
Frank G. McCanner
Frederick
Franklin Joul
Lilypons Postmaster to Aid Engine Christening
Water from Lilypons will be sent to Moston for the Boston and Maine steam engine christening named Lily Pons. Postmaster ACnirence C. C. Thomas awaits the container and water from Mayors along the line for the December 11 ceremony.
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Lily Pons
Acnirence C. C. Thomas
Lilypons
Moston
Boston and Maine Ailway Company
Thomas
Boston
Three Springs
Shepherdstown Ferry Rates Face Complaint Over Use
W. Val Dee reports Shepherdstown residents protested ferry charges as Maryland Roads Commission plans a Potomac bridge. Ferry rates included twenty five cents per car and five cents per foot passenger, with a recent increase adding five cents for each additional passenger on November 15.
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Shepherdstown
Val Dee
W. TH. Knode
Shepherds
Bishop Arthur Statton Dead at 68 in Hagerstown
Bishop Arthur Th Statton, 68, former bishop of the Southwest District of the United Brethren, longtime pastor of St. Paul’s Unatadt Brethren Church in Hagerstown, and eight years superintendent of the Texas-Vaskan Conference, died after a relapse. His wife and daughter, Mrs Ward Donald, and his son Philo AL Statton, both of Hagerstown, were at his bedside at the end.
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Arthur Th
Statton Kansae Cato
Bisop
South West
Church of the United Brethren On Christ
Pasar
St. Paul's
Hagerstown
Satin Conference
Ana Laspatel
Bansa
City
Ted
Donald
Dry and Son
Philo AL Statton
Thafertown
Lay Betbade
Winter deaths mount as Pennsylvania faces frigid wave
A fresh polar outbreak raises deaths from snow and road accidents to eight in Pennsylvania. A 1 year old, Vincent Mohila, died in a sled collision in Johnstown. two adults perished from exposure and a man was crushed while helping push a truck from a snowdrift. Harrisburg ordered 2000 highway billboards to promote free pneumonia serum and urged protection against illness.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Vincent Mohila
Johnstown
Harrisburg
Edith MacBride-Dexter
NLRB Modification Opposed by Charles Fahy at Manufacturers Event
Charles Fahy general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board vigorously opposed proposed changes to the National Labor Relations Act favoring employers. In a closed session at the National Association of Manufacturers convention in New York he faced 3,000 industrial leaders, answering tough questions on future government regulation of industry labor relations.
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New York
Charles Fahy
Natural Labor Relations Board
Associaion of Manufacturers
Waldorf Astoria
Faby
Sawmill Workers Vote On Two Labor Groups
Portland sawmill workers voted on AFL and CIO representation in a test of Governor Charles Martin's push to end a four month labor turmoil. The Innman-Poulsen mill plans to reopen Monday with 250 to 300 workers regardless of the outcome, amid a tense, guarded environment.
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Portland
Ore
A. F
Charles Marfin
Innan-Poulsen Mills
Wito
Kipke Not To Get New Contract At Michigan
Michigan board of athletics informs head football coach Harry Kipke his contract will not be renewed. Kipke’s term expires June 1 1934 and no extension is planned.
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Kipke
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Mich
Dee
Michigans Board
Athletics
Harry Kipke
Temperature at Igsets Newlow for This Season
Cold spell grips area with a 10 degree low at Gambrill Park and Wichita Weather Bureau notes continued subfreezing temperatures. Strong northwest winds drop to seven miles per hour by morning, light snow cleared, and ice forms along streams as relief agencies report rising demand for fuel and provisions. Postal warnings urge early Christmas mail and shoppers push ahead as Frederick braced for a busy holiday season.
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Gambril Park
Fishing Creek
New England
Florida
Val
Frederik County Welfare Board
WPA
Salvation Army
Orly
Frederick
Post Office Department
Monkeys To Be Used In Probe Of Deaths
Fifteen rhesus monkeys were flown from the east to Chicago to aid bacteriologists investigating the virulent intestinal disease blamed for 11 infant deaths at St. Elizabeth Hospital since November 23. The animals, imported from India, were obtained by the Chicago Board of Health from a New York dealer. Dr. Herman Bundesen, head of the board, said the monkeys are essential for experiments and he urged residents to donate their primates.
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Chicago
St. Elizabeth Hospital
India
Chicago Board of Health
New York City
Herman Bundesen
Health Board
Core of Science
Chamberlin to Speak To F ILS Aviation Clubs
Frederick High School aviation clubs invite members to hear Clarence D Chamberlin, veteran trans Atlantic flyer, speak at 2 p.m. Advisers Frankenfield Alcatt Blauger Cresuity are listed as club leaders. aviation chats are among the school’s most active organizations.
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Frederick High School
Cal
Clarence
Chamberlin
Frankenfield
Arthur M. Alcatt
Herman A. Blauger
Cres Uity
Nine Die As Fire Razes Tenement Building Today
In Knoxville a two story fire trap tenement killed nine occupants, including Mrs McKinley and three of her children, as fire trapped them on the second floor. Fire started likely from a defective flue. Gordon Tate escaped from a second story window with minor injuries, while others leaped to safety or remained trapped. Fire Chief C M Johnson branded the structure a deadly fire trap.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Deo
Gap
Phrernen
Mane
Alcuys
de Crake
C. Mo Johnson
McKinley
Conmister
Gordon Tate
Aire Tate
McKinley Connaster
R C. Connaster
Connaster
Veador
Berlin Plant Nursery Fire Burns Main Office and Warehouse
Berlin Maryland AP dispatch reports a high wind driven blaze destroyed the main office of the Harrison plant nurseries and damaged an adjacent fruit packing warehouse. Estimated losses run to about $20,000. General manager GJ Harrison said he alerted seven volunteer firefighters after discovering the fire. Firefighters found triplicated glass and vehicles damaged when they arrived.
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Berlin
Der
Ing
Harrison Purseries
GJ. Harrison
Tce
Buty
Fascist Grand Council Calls Extraordinary Session in Rome
An extraordinary session of the Fascist Grand Council was announced for Saturday night in Rome. Reports suggesting a balcony reading at Palazzo Venezia sparked widespread excitement, though officials offered no confirmation or details.
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Rome
APY
Grand Council
Palazzo Venezia
American Couple Missing In Russia
Moscow reports the disappearance of Mr and Mrs Donald L Robinson of New York. Investigators found signs of tampering and acquaintances said the couple, last heard from December 2, vanished without alarm. The embassy was informed as authorities probe the incident. The article also notes U S forces testing a fielding type aircraft with rear propellers and guard features.
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Moscow
Donald L. Robinson
New York
United States
baMing
Robinson
Notineon
Mere Robinson
Diak
Harper Sentenced After Disorderly Midnight Court
Joli Harper was tried before Justice Enunert Ro Bowls in a midnight Police Court session on three charges. He received ten months for resisting arrest and four months each for assault and battery on Barthlow and Officer Miethus, with sentences to run consecutively. Disorders attributed to Harper included resisting officers and assault near the Blue-And-A-Half arena and subsequent confrontations at a Sixth Street station.
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Vents
Otheas
Joli Harper
Mary Dant
Comervbon
Oa Steefeh
Harper
Frederick
Gay Darthtow
Ollicer Miebus
Pejaner
Cnd
Potce
Dancer Found Dead Under French Villa Mystery
In Vernalles France on December 2, the body of Brooklyn dancer Miss DeKoven was found buried under clay near St Cloudville after a German deserter confessed to killing her and four other menacing individuals. Diggers recovered a white leather pocketbook with a fountain pen and torn items. authorities identified Eugene Wodmann as the suspect, who fled to East Marse to avoid German service.
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Vernalles
France
Capy
Dean DeKaven
Brooklyn
St Cloudville
Wmipce
Miss DeKoven
Stock Market Rallies Meet More Opposition in New York
Turbulent trading in New York echoed a rallying stock market facing renewed opposition. Dealers reported quiet dealings amid volatility as sterlings edged lower and phrases of market uncertainty lingered through the fourth hour.
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New York
Christus Vespers Hood Held On Sunday
A detailed program for Christus Vespers at Hood College features Professor Henry T. Ware directing a forty-voice choir. The service includes Bach and Handel works, Christmas carols, and the Messiah selections with organ preludes and a postlude by Pietra Yon.
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Coley
Samdaw
Faro
Mead Conteyn
Predniek
Vteros
Henry T. Ware
Hood Colege
Dive
Boss
Brederteh
Davie Tiagan
Frederick
Hom Foulkes
Bach
Charles
Gounod
Handel
Dave Wilks
Cup of Majesty Presented to King George VI Ceremony Text
London reports King George VI accepted a garden cup titled Cup of Majesty. The cup features royal symbols, a Devon marble plinth, and nine stepped reliefs showing Britain’s monarch dynasties since Saxon Egbert. Sculptor Frank Dobson designed the work for a royal amenity trust.
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London
Dee
George VI
Dicky
Brita
Egbert
Winsor
Frank Dobson
Navy Flight Plan Puzzles Readers With Blurred Text
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Navy planes and a 80 mile distance with unclear place names. It hints at a flight plan timeline from San Deer and tea time references, but many words are garbled, leaving the main actions and entities only partially identifiable.
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San Deer
HUD GIRLS DEC 1 CHRISTMAS CAROLING EVENT
Readable fragments describe a December 1 caroling event led by student groups with leaders from Ravenna Syracuse and Scranton. Plans include a Christmas service Thursday morning at 10 o clock in Brodbeck Unit, with organ music by Henry Wade and accompaniment by Elsie Gashel.
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Phe
Scott
Micoswills
Gene Co
Katherine Stevens
Ravenna
C. Max
Ethy Davenport
Duttito
N.Y
Marjorie Duckworth Scranton
Pay
Brodbeek
Henry
Stat
Hood Cottoge
Joseph G. Apple
Henry Ty Wade
Lote
Ae Worth
Mass Elsie Gashel
Hoyere Town
Trafes Toor Wade
Wlcal Chapel
Mary Louise Metloe
Pits
Keppel Persuades Tome Pupils To Return At Tote School
Port Deposit Md Dec CAP Chissrooma reported that Tote school pupils ended a two day strike urged by Dr C J Keppel. The board had asked Keppel to resign as headmaster after this school year but he appealed to students and persuaded them to return to classes.
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Port Deposit
Chissrooma
Tote
C. J. Keppel
Keppel
Tially
Watermelon Treatment Helps Ill Philadelphia Girl
Dorothy Hidenoar U1 shows improvement after following a watermelon prescription ordered by a doctor. The kidney ailment patient ate the prescribed fruit that night after a patch near Marketwood, Nod. The three states end at the close of the day.
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Millidelphia
Dorothy Hidenoar
Marke Wood
Weather Record Precipitation and Temperature Note
Weather data for Tuam today shows no precipitation in the last 24 hours. December to date totals 35 and normal December is 91. December 1996 hot in headexcoen with 1137 precipitation time. High Saturday temperature near 60, today around 44 at noon. Sunny conditions with strong sun exposure expected.
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Tuam
Hea Excoen
Nanking Holds Against Japanese Assault Amid Warnings
Reports from Shanghai say Chinese forces resist as Japanese artillery pounds Nanking. A Japanese spokesman vows further action if surrender is not forthcoming, while the city endures bombardment from multiple approaches. Americans and others remain in the capital as dawn battles unfold around Purple Mountain and the eastern city walls.
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Dapat Hanks
Nalin
Purple Mountain
Nanking
Man Appeals After Drunken Driving Sentence
A Mt Philip man, Hoy L. Hougher, Braddock district, faces a three month House of Correction term with a $1,000 appeal bond after a drunken driving conviction. He also pays $100 fines for drunken driving, $10 for reckless driving, and $10 for drunkenness and disorder. State Officer W. K. May responded to a Ballenger Creek Pike disturbance, finding whiskey at Hougher’s home two days later. A prior drunken driving acquittal is noted and a separate incident involved an accusation of threatening a woman and fleeing with a baby.
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Hoy L. Hougher
Mt Philip
Braddock District
Hougher
House of Correction
W. K. May
Hou
Ballenger Creek Pike
Haugher
Ofeer May
Mousher
Grant Creek
Lana
Baugher
Raugher
Samuel K. Summers
Fae Strube
Wrbana
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A.B. Statton
Igsets Newlow
Gambrill Park
Knoxville, Tenn
Russia
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Viaen
China
Dhan
Tina
John Harper
Dancer
French Villa
Jean DeKaven
Tieis and
Daley
Navy
Coco Selo
HUD
Capital
Shanghai
Chines
Northam
Hye Tee
Taine
Che
Tang Senge
Nan Wu
Roy L. Baugher
Waunerre
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