Fire at Dr Baer's Home Causes $3000 Loss
Early morning blaze at Dr. R W Baer’s 306 West College Terrace home damaged the living and dining rooms, flooring, walls, and ceiling. Insurance covers loss to house and furnishings. fire originated under the fireplace woodwork with heated bricks contributing to rapid smoke. Firemen faced heavy smoke and needed ladders to vent upstairs. one Junior pumper disabled by wiring issues during firefighting.
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Will Press Charging Martin Wilson For Unlicensed Sale
Police will press a technical charge of selling without a license against Martin Wilson, 43, held since January 7. He faces possible additional charges if ownership of two allegedly stolen suits is not clarified by today. A third suit bought from Wilson was also confiscated.
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Wilson
Allen Bartgis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Wilsor
J. Freidman
New York
Frederick Camera Club awards first prize in holiday scene contest
The Frederick Camera Club held a monthly print contest at the YMCA on Wednesday night. William Brish won the blue ribbon for first prize. Mrs. R. R. Lewis Jr took second, Robert L. Yinger third, Grayson Haller fourth, and John Usher Makell fifth for the subject "A Holiday Scene."
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Frederick Camera Club
William Brish
R. R. Lewis, Jr
Robert L. Yinger
Grayson Haller
John Usher Markell
Large Truck Prey 10 Flames Near Knoxville
A large international truck carrying paper bales burned about a mile and a half south of Knoxville on the Knoxville-Harpers Ferry road. The driver from Baltimore and two young helpers escaped as fire companies Brunswick and Harpers Ferry struggled with limited water supply and nearby buildings to prevent spread. The blaze likely started near the cab from a cigarette or backfire, leaving the truck a total loss with no insurance.
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Harpers Ferry
Baltimore
International
Halltows
W. Va
Brunswick Volunteer Fire Company
van Meter
Jesse Moore
Brunswick
McDuek
Loyalist Forces Launch New Drive In Zaragoza Province
Spanish government troops pushed into southern Zaragoza province in a sudden offensive aimed at Villanueva del Nuervo. The drive mirrors the Teruel attack and targets the insurgent base around Zaragoza city, 160 miles east of Madrid, which has remained in rebel hands since the civil war began eighteen months ago.
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Zaragoza
Teruel
Villanueva del Nuervan
Madrid
Senate votes down cloture on anti lynching bill
Washington Jan 27 AP The Senate rejected a proposal to limit debate on the anti lynching bill. The cloture plan would have capped debate at one hour per senator after a petition by 17 senators. Southern bloc gains renewed hope the measure may be shelved.
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Washington
Senate
Jackson Named Reed Successor
President Roosevelt nominated Robert H. Jackson of New York to be Solicitor General. Jackson, 44, heads the anti-trust section and led prosecutions including the conviction of 16 city companies for conspiring to fix gasoline prices in ten Midwest states. Reed will join the Supreme Court, and Jackson will assume his new post.
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Roosevelt
Robert H. Jackson
New York
United States
Jackson
Stanley F. Reed
Kentucky
Supreme Court
Reed
Jamestown
N.Y
Spring Creek
Midwestern
Chilling Winds Extend Cold Wave Across U S
The cold wave spread from Michigan to Florida with sub normal temperatures and heavy snow. Nine deaths were linked to winter storms and floods as Michigan crews cleared 30 foot snow drifts and rescued motorists. An ice jam at Niagara Falls saved the 1200 foot bridge while a Baltimore shanty dweller died in the cold.
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Associated Press
Upper Michigan
Florida
Niagara Falls
Michigan
Midwest
Bemidji
Minn
Japanese Sentry Slapped US Envoy in Nanking Incident
Shanghai dispatch says a Japanese sentry struck John M. Allison third secretary at the US embassy in Nanking when he tried to enter a house opposed by the guard. Domei quotes a military report. authorities apologized and aim to settle locally. State Department seeks official word before commenting on the incident.
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John M. Allison
United States
Nanking
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Washington
State Department
Department
Hull
Tokyo
Frederick Begins Erection Of Seventh Traffic Light
The seventh of Frederick's eleven new traffic signals is going up at Market and Seventh streets, bringing the total to nine on Market intersections. City crews, led by Harmon Staley under City Engineer Elmer Maxwell, expect the Thirteenth street light next. Four signals are already at the Square with a consistent 25 15 second timing for directions and a 5 second pedestrian walk. Remaining lights are planned for Court and Church streets Dill avenue Up spear College Terrace and West All Saints Bentz streets. All signals will be mounted 15 feet 6 inches high above the bridge clearance.
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Thirteenth Street
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Elmer Llc
Maxwell
Patrick Streets
Jefferson Street
Battletown Hill
Carroll Street
Staley
Trafic
Court and
Church Streets
Dill Avenue
Upspear College Terrace
West All Saints
Bentz Streets
Maryland
Bishop Cook Reported to Be Much Improved
Rt Rev Philip Cook Protestant Episcopal bishop of Delaware was reported much improved today at Johns Hopkins Hospital after an operation yesterday for a brain tumor. His condition last night was described as grave, with Mrs. Cook at his bedside.
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Baltimore
Philip Cook
Delaware
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Miss Cecelia Malloy Dies After Emmitsburg Accident
Miss Cecelia Malloy died at 1:30 AM at Annie Warner Hospital Gettysburg after a head on crash near Emmitsburg Tuesday. She lived with Rev Dr Elwood Berry at Mt St Marys College for eleven years and was about sixty. Her injuries included fractures in both arms and legs and skull fracture and brain concussion. She is survived by three sisters in Ohio and was to be buried in Zanesville after a Requiem High Mass at St Anthony church near Mt St Marys.
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Cecelia Malloy
Annie Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
Dr. Berry
Miss Malloy
Bir
Gustave F. Meyers
North Tonawanda
N. Y
Frederick City
Zanesville
Father Berry
Mt. St. Mary's College
L Allison
Army personnel at CCC camps reduced in northern district move
A drastic cut in regular army personnel assigned to CCC duty follows Third Corps Area orders. The northern district headquarters moves from Indiana Pa to Towson Md, reducing officers from twenty five to twelve effective February 20. Towson becomes northern district HQ for 78 camps north of the Potomac, while Richmond Va remains southern district HQ for 55 camps south of the river. No word yet on Camp S-57 Fishing Creek near Frederick.
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Baltimore
Indiana
Towson
J. P. Barney
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Potomac River
Richmond
Potomac
Fishing Creek
Frederick
Jury Sees Photos Of Back Of Beaten Boy
Baltimore January 27 AP witnesses against John Brown a 49 year old steel worker charged with assault on his three year old son with a cat of nine tails went before the grand jury as Brown was held on 2500 bond Police and Eugene de Builet of the Society to Protect Children from Cruelty presented lash mark photographs from the back and the razor strop lash Brown pleaded guilty at arraignment insisting he beat the boy for his own good and did not intend to cause such harm.
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John Brown
Brown
Eugene deBuilet
The
Society To Protect
Stock Market Regains Some Of Its Balance
New York January 27 AP reports the stock market partially regained balance as offerings dried in most departments. The recovery was slow but gains around two points appeared near the fourth hour. After a slightly lower open gold issues rose and sterling stood at 5.00 dollars.
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New York
Speaking Softly on Business Expansions After 1930
Washington reports suggest a cautious mood toward private expansion despite a 1929 30 era bloom. Public utilities AT&T U S Steel and other firms proposed large programs, but today's advisers warn that the economy remains fragile and policy moves may be restrained.
Silver bricks aboard ship from Havana voyage stuns Ro land Harbaugh
Ro land W Harbaugh recalls aboard a ship returning from Havana a seizure of 7,863 silver bricks valued at 500 each plus one million dollars in gold and twelve quicksilver tubes. The cargo, destined for the Federal Reserve Bank in New York, was part of an 85 million dollar U S Mexico silver contract noted by Harbaugh along with visits to Tasco silver mines and primitive refining methods. The Harbaughs traveled from Frederick via St Louis to Laredo and Mexico City before returning January 4 through January 9.
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Cuba
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Federal Reserve Bank
New York
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Mexico
Tasco
Mrs. Harbaugh
Frederick
St. Louis
Laredo
Mexico City
Anegroes Held Following Fire at Beverly Mansion
In Princess Anne Maryland three men and a woman confessed that John Dennis 35 fired the Beverly mansion after being demoted from foreman to laborer on the estate He allegedly poured gasoline in a front room and started a fire following theft of 20 baskets of potatoes from the cellar Waters 40 Mary Waters 35 Maggie Jones 20 and Waters accomplice said Dennis spoke of incendarism All four were jailed and Dennis denied the charges saying it’s a frameup.
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Beverly
F. Kirk Maddrix
John Dennis
Maddrix
Somerset County
Joseph Daugherty
State Fire Marshal's Office
John Wesley Waters
Dennis
Mary Waters
Maggie Jones
Reorganization of Wall Street Planned
A committee for the study of New York exchanges proposes a complete reorganization of the New York stock exchange. It calls for a sal jaried president in administrative control and an end to the self perpetuating board of governors. The plan aligns with recommendations by Chairman William Douglas of the SEC and was delivered to Chas. R. Gay and Douglas in New York and Washington.
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New York Stock Exchange
Board of Governors
Committee For
Chas. R. Gay
Exchange
William ©. Douglas
Securities Exchange Commission
Gay
Douglns
Washington
New Jersey Congressman Ed ward A. Kenney Dead in Washington Hotel
Washington Jan 27 AP Edward A Kenney 52 year old New Jersey representative and advocate of a national lottery died after falling or plunging from the sixth floor of a Carlton Hotel room near the White House He had attended a New Jersey Chamber of Commerce dinner and spoke in tribute to Frank Hague and John Milton Police said no one saw the fall and identified him by clothing found on a chair in a guest room Emergency medical staff pronounced him dead He left his apartment on Sixteenth Street to stay at the hotel after the banquet and Mrs Kenney remained in Cliffside Park New Jersey
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Edward A. Kenney
New Jersey
Emile Semet
Kenney
John M. Stewart
New Jersey Chamber of Commerce
Carlton
White House
Chamber of Commerce
Semet
Frank Hague
Jersey City
John Milton
Labor
Non- Partisian League
Milton
Senate
Hague
Sixteenth Street
Cliffside Park
N. J
Outlook Better as Production and Trade Show Gains
Washington reports cheer across industrial production and foreign trade. The Federal Reserve notes a halt in the prior month’s decline with January showing little change. December exports of machinery and autos rise, signaling strength in a nine year peak. overall trade improves as 1937 export totals near a billion more than 1936.
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Federal Reserve Board
Commerce Department
Jonagaga Trede
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