Early today blaze devastates town of 20 near Chestertown
A defective flue sparked a fire in the general store of A F Gelt at dawn destroying three stores and two homes in the small town of 20 near Chestertown. The fire, worsened by a snowstorm and high winds, caused about 50000 in damage before being checked by mutual aid from Chestertown and nearby towns by 10 a.m.
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Church Plt
Chestertown
Joccek
A. F. Gelt
Millington
Centreville
Easton
A. F P. Golt
Essie Walls
Henrys Walls
Tatman
James E. Thomson
J.T. Tatman
Radio pickup system to broadcast Faust Garden scene
New York January 15 AP report describes the National Broadcasting Company using an elaborate pickup network for the Chicago Civic Opera production of Faust. Fifteen microphones via a mixing panel in the Chicago Auditorium will feed the broadcast to NBC in New York for distribution.
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New York
National Broadcasting Company
Chicago Civic Depra Company
Chicago
National Breadesstineg Company
New York City
Edith Mazon
Magguerite
Maria Chiusson
Martha
Charles Hackett
Faust
Vanni-Marou
Mephistopheiny
Rece
Avloska
Setel
Campaigns and rules target Westernized youth in Chobi Province
In Tientoin a campaign opposes Westernization with new education rules. General Chu Yu-Pu bans forbidden literature for girls and mandates supervision by family servants. Girls must avoid unchaperoned contact with men, attend school with witnesses, and dress modestly to restrain leg exposure.
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Tientoin
Chobi
Chu Yu-Pu
Ren
Harvard president faults flashy college football and calls for balanced athletics
Cushridge Miss Jan 16 AP Harvard President A Lawrence Dwells criticizes spectacle in intercollegiate sports. He urges athletics as physical education for all, praises Yale as a continued Harvard opponent, and warns big Saturday games disrupt study and mislead alumni and the public.
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Cushridge
Miss
Colages
A. Lawrence Dwell
Harvard Kel Wes
Lic
Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Coliseum
Rome
Constantinople
Publi
Leometl
Wrong Man to Avenge Raids Shot in West Side Apartment
Wealthy fountain pen maker Salz was shot in his West Side apartment by two men who left after a brief exchange. Police consider possible motives including revenge or mistaken identity linked to nightclub activity and nearby unsolved murders. A woman reportedly had a dinner engagement with Salz and left unharmed.
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New York
Spnatz Salz
Ain
West Side
Palvns
Salz
Night Clube
Sale
Mie Pita
Weet Seth St
Lourie Lawson
Walnut Springs
Texas
Joseph B. Elwell
Dorothy King
Ralph H. Oyler
Federal Narcotic Bureau
Oyler
Cold Wave Grips New York as Temperatures Plunge
A January cold front lowers temperatures across New York. By 10 a.m. the thermometer fell from 31 to 2 degrees with flurries of fine snow. Rochester reported six degrees above zero with strong wind. The day was expected to grow colder toward night.
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New York
Rochester
Flagerstown
Baltimore
Roscoe Nunn
the & Am
Reading
Washimeton
New England
Florida
Weather Bureau
Multiple 1930s News Bulletins Intermixed Across Cities
A string of late January dispatches reports arrests in Lin thon for 1938 political reasons, a US injunction against Mexican oil ventures, a Commercial Cable Co. communications cut, a Supreme Court case on an anti evasion law to be appealed, Dexter E. Chipp’s death in Texas, a French cemetery sign about the dead, a Delaware chancellor scheduling a receiver hearing, and arrests of communists in Volandas amid plot rumors.
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New York
Supreme Court
United Sates Supreme Court
Dudley Field Malone
Defencé Counsel Aid
Supreme Court Affirms Evolution Law in Scopes Case
Tennessee Supreme Court reverses lower court on Scopes trial verdict due to improper fine of 100 dollars, citing jury must fix fines over 50. The majority upholds the anti evolution statute as constitutional while McKinney dissents questioning due process and vagueness of the law in the historic case.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee Supreme Court
John T. Scopes
Justice Green
Scopes
Daston
Nolle
Urtice McKinney
Green
Cook
J Chambliss
Chambliss
Tennessee
Redrees
General Construction Company
Oil Firms Refused Permits For New Wells In Tampico
Mexican petroleum lead laws forced firms to seek confirmatory concesions by Jan 1. Noncompliers have been denied permission to drill new wells in Tampico. News from Mexico City confirms referrals from Rua tera Company and others. Resulting delays threaten thousands of workers and hit finances.
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Tampico
Mexico
Mexico City
Rua~ Tera
Helena High School principal linked to murder case
A Tennessee paper reports Professor J. A. Woodard, Helena High School principal, accused in a murder tied to a secret ten week scheme. The warrant cites Charles Rate as the white brother and notes a drownings in backwaters near Lawrenceburg and Florence, Alabama.
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Nahiltie
Jane
J. A. Woodard
Helena
Ala
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Isfeld
Florence
Charles Rate
Wirlte Brotheri.e
Road engineer blamed for wreck in Rockmart GA deaths
A Southern Railway crash near Rockmart Georgia on December 24 killed several people and injured many as a train hit a car and a control device installation failed to prevent the accident. The Interstate Commerce Commission blamed Road Foreman Pearce for the disaster and reported the system was not fully in service at the time.
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Washington
Rockmart
Interstate Concree Commission Bureau of Safety
Pearer
Pearce
Battle reports list twelve killed and three wounded
A chaotic battlefield scene details twelve fatalities and three injuries among forces. The conflicting reports mention various locations and groups with unclear attributions as authorities tally casualties.
Snowstorm hits Salisbury and coastal towns with blizzard like conditions
A major winter storm sweeps the Atlantic coast with three inch snowfall in Wicomico Somerset and Worcester counties. High winds and drifting snow hinder travel from Salisbury to Ocean City and Crisfield while temperatures plunge across Maryland Delaware and Washington area.
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Dtate
Salisbury
Wicomico
Somerset
Worcester
Wilmington
Del
Delaware
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