Barcelona bomb raids kill hundreds amid civil war chaos
Rebels pounded Barcelona in a night of raids, with hospital and rescue work under way as casualty counts ranged from 415 to 606 dead and 400 to 1,000 wounded. Tarragona and San Vincente also hit. U S embassy windows blown out but no injuries to staff. Rescue teams labored to reach the injured and recover victims.
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Segast
Tarragona
San Vincente
Catalan
Defense Board
Spain
War Ministry
Barcelona
Mediterranean
U. S
Stephen O. Fuqua
Cheltenham Board Convenes Over Jones Personnel Rethink
Cheltenham Maryland March 17 The Cheltenham Board of Managers balked at paying half of the staff at the Cheltenham School for Boys a state institution calling for dismissal deemed incompetent. The board plans a committee to discuss legal technicalities with Employment Commissioner Harry C. Jones before further action while president Joseph H. Blandford says re adjustment will begin immediately and will be pursued as conditions permit with efforts to follow the commissioner's recommendations in spirit and to the letter as legally possible.
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Cheltenham
Harry C. Jones
Cheltenham’s School For Boys
Jones
Joseph H. Blandford
Blandford
Joint Action To Avoid War Is Urged By Russia
Moscow March 17 Soviet Russia urged world powers to consider joint action against aggressor nations to prevent a new world massacre. Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinov said Germany Italy and Japan would be ignored when the proposal is offered to capitals including Washington. He did not set a conference date but indicated one could be held if powers show readiness. The warning said all nations not just Europe faced threats to peace from aggressors.
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Moscow
Russia
Maxim Litvino
Germany
Italy
Japan
Washington
Litvinoff
Calf Theft Trial Sees Jury Convict Potts of Larceny
A Troutville man, Charles Franklin Potts, was found guilty of stealing a calf owned by Harvey Ogle near Creagerstown after his claim that hunting dogs caused hairs in a rumble seat failed to sway the jury. Co-defendant Melvin Gilbert was acquitted. sentencing will follow as two more indictments loom.
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Troutville
Clieuit
Charles Franklin Potts
Hme Company
Harvey B. Ogte
Creagerstown
Melvin G. Gilbert
Woodsboro
Arthur D. Willard
Potts
Gilbert
Roy Mr. Hiltner
Denver J. Shook
Ogle
Shook
Bernie Winkle
Winkle
Wilbur Biddinger
Biddinger
Willard
Caif
Calf Hair in Back of Car Links to Potts Case
Roy Gardner Libertytown stock dealer testified he could distinguish calves hair from kitten hair and examined Potts ear noting reddish hair in back it looked like calves hair. Statement supported by brother-in-law William Speaks. Defense counsel E Austin James noted the state rested as Gilbert’s case closed. Alton Y Bennett represented Potts.
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William Speaks
Roy Gardner
Libertytown
E. Austin James
Potts
Mr. James
Gilbert
Alton Y. Bennett
Pennsylvania Court Rules on Faulty Tire Responsibility
In Delair versus McAdoo the 1936 Pennsylvania court held that a blowout caused by age or condition defects makes the owner liable if a reasonable inspection would have revealed the defect. The ruling appears in 188 Atlantic 181.
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Pennsylvania
Delair
McAdoo
Atlantic
Obenderfer Estate Left to Family in 1928 Will
The will of Frederick W. Obenderfer probated in Orphans Court leaves an estate valued around 100000 to relatives. A $3000 trust for grandson John William Jr. is set with trustees his father and Joseph McDivit. The will, dated May 11 1928, names executors and includes provisions for education and a life interest for Miss Nelle Obenderfer with future lineage bequests.
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Frederick W. Obenderfer
Frederick
Orphans Court
Obenderfer
John William Obenderfer
Joseph McDivit
McDivit
Nelle Obenderfer
Frederick City Hospital
St John’s Literary Institute
Mr. McDigit
Samuel G. Duvall
Lewis M. Sponseller
Chamberlain to Make Statement on Foreign Policy
London March 17 Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain plans a clearcut statement to Commons next week on Britain’s foreign policy amid cabinet revolt over cautious stance. Government sources say no crisis exists, but internal dissent presses for pledges to defend Czechoslovakia and a firmer stance against Italy and Germany in Spain.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Chamberlain
Chamber
Commons
Czechoslovakia
Spain
Behaive
Cromet
Gominant
Lozden
Young Bloods
Vigoross
Leslie Hoce-Belish
Backi
Italy
Germany
Blum cabinet gains confidence in swift rearmament plan
Paris March 17 Premier Leon Blum's four day old cabinet won a 369 to 196 confidence vote in the Chamber of Deputies. Before the vote the cabinet acted to hasten France's arms building with two swift steps in the bullion dollar program for rapid rearmament.
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Paris
Leon Blum
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
France
Authorized extraordinary expenditure fuels arms credits
The report notes a proposed extraordinary expenditure of 4,565,000 francs about SAL OO 900 to fund moving planes and seek additional exceptional armaments credits. The item highlights high level financial authorizations and potential military procurement.
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Imargent
Pride Maran Farlo
Carty
C. C. Carty, Inc
Patrick St
Fhone
Frederick, Md
Hendrickson's
SALE
Wil
Hendrickson
Det
Phey
West Patrick St
Blum
Berger’s
North Market St
North Market Street
Shetlands
Sile
Redingotes
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