New French Revolution Looms in Paris Reported
Paris April 3. Authorities say rightist and leftist factions prepare armed revolt. Secret service and judicial police search for hidden arsenals under Judge Saussier. Editor Desire Ferry of Jan Liberte claims the hunt is too late. 14 000 rifles said to have entered France before Marshal Petain ordered frontier watch. Pistols arrive in Paris daily, destined for Communists, Socialists, per Humanite rebuttal.
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Saussier
Desire Ferry
Jan Liberte
Andre Tardieu
France
Marshal Petain
Paris
Escaped Fahey Is Given Bond
A committee of the Alberta legislature drafted a resolution seeking freedom for James Fahey, believed to be Frank Griswary, who escaped Jeavynworth penitentiary 24 years ago while serving a life term for mail robbery. He was released on 10,000 bond last night after Jasper townspeople provided security. He remains in Edmonton pending an April 18 extradition hearing to the United States.
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Bdmonton
Alta
April
Alberta
James Fahey
Fahey
Frank Grisware
Jeavyenworth Penitentiary
Jasper
Edmonton
United States
Democrats To Meet Friday Evening
The regular monthly meeting of the Democratic Organization Club will be held Friday evening at the clubrooms in the Grice building. A big turnout is anticipated as plans for summer activities of the club will likely be discussed.
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Democratic Organization Club
Grice Building
Appeal Right Denied Insull by Turkey Government
In Istanbul on April 3 the Turkish government denied Samuel Insull the right to appeal the extradition decision. The third penal tribunal’s ruling that he could be extradited was deemed a statement of fact, not a verdict, leaving Insull in custody awaiting U.S. agents. Greek lawyers rushed to Istanbul to aid the Chicagoan in a final bid against arrest and transfer.
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Istanbul
Samuel Insull
United States
M. Kena
Insull
Athens
House of Detention
Turkey
Insill
Blast injures dry cleaner at Waynesboro shop
Delbert Boeck, proprietor of a Waynesboro cleaning and pressing plant, was injured when an explosion yesterday afternoon caused a fire that badly damaged the rear of the first floor and spoiled much clothing. Smoke also damaged the apartments above as rock blasted onto the floor and burned the operator’s arms and face.
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Delbert. Boeck
Waynesborpe
Potomac Edison Sued For $10000 Damages
Herbert O Windsor filed a $10000 damage suit against Potomac Edison Company after a West Washington street accident. Windsor, a Federal Japanese hee fth inspector, remains in serious condition at the hospital following neck gashed injuries from a Potomac Edison truck. The suit cites the crash as the basis for his claim and names attorney C Bruce Lightner as Windsor’s counsel.
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Potomac Edison Company
Herbert O. Windsor
C. Bruce Lightner
Windsor
Potomac Edison
West Washington Street
Raiders burn village Guadalupe Vista Hermosa in Oaxaca raid
Dispatches from Oaxaca report 20 killed including women and children and several kidnapped. The raiders sacked and burned the village of Guadalupe Vista Hermosa, with extensive destruction noted.
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Mexico
D. F
Oaxaca
Guadalupe Vista Hermosa
Threats to fire drivers cited in Baltimore note
A postcard threat to kill the owner of the Blue Cab Company unless he fires necro drivers was received by the Public Service Commission. The writer signed H. A. F with crude handwriting. In Hudson Wisconsin a derailment due to a washout killed three railroad trainmen from Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha.
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Blue Cab Company
Public Service Commission
Hudson, Wis
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis and
Pre school clinics set to begin in Hagers town and county
Health Department announces start of pre school clinics for children entering schools in Hagers town and Washington County this fall. Physicians in each district will assist. Last spring 500 to 600 children were examined. many defects corrected before school. Health officials note improved classroom performance after correcting minor physical issues. Clinics run 1:30 pm with A to M initials examined first. continued on page 10.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
The
Health Department
Roosevelt Extends Rest Trip On Southern Fishing Cruise
President Roosevelt sails into new southern waters for an extended vacation. After consulting congressional leaders, he plans to continue the fishing cruise into next week aboard the Nourmahal near Cay Sal Banks. His sons James and Elliott travel by naval plane, while destroyers Ellis and Tattnall proceed to keep pace.
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Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
Capitol
Elbow Key Light
Cay Sal Banks
James
Elliott
U.S
Capitol Hill
Car And Wagon In A Collision Near Boonsboro
Three persons narrowly escaped injury when an automobile driven by William Rowe Myersville collided with a wagon carrying Mr and Mrs Brooke Sampsell near Doubs on Beaver Creek bridge last night. Rowe swerved off the bridge to avoid the wagon and struck it a glancing blow, knocking off a wheel.
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William Rowe
Myersville
Brooke Sampsell
Boonsboro
Doubs
Beaver Creek
Rowe
Rules Bridge Company Must File Rates
The Harper's Ferry and Potomac Bridge Company must file a schedule of rates with the West Virginia Public Service Commission. The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled the requirement applies to business originating in West Virginia. The bridge crosses the Potomac River from Harper's Ferry to Washington County, Maryland, and the court sustained the commission over the company's interstate business argument.
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Harper's Ferry and Potomac Bridge Company
West Virginia Public Service Commission
West Virginia Supreme Court
Potomar River
Harper's Ferry
Washington County
Public Service Commission
Bridge Company
West
Execution Of Peter Rabbit Is Staged
A staged execution of Peter the rabbit prompted a stay after intervention by the Des Moines chapter of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Belgian Hares. John Grimes, chapter president, said the rabbit will be offered a home, with a chance to starve anew where the west begins. In other notes, a ten percent wage increase was announced for 2,200 workers at Lickens Steel Company in Coatesville, effective April 8, retroactive to April 7, and similar raises were declared by the Massillon River and Manufacturing Co for their emplo.
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Cincago
Peter
Des Moines
National Society For the Prevention of
John Grimes
Chicago
Lickens Steel Company
Robert W. Wolcott
Massillon
oPi
Gas Tax Receipts Jump in March Treasury Reports Rise
Annapolis reports March gross gasoline tax receipts rose sharply from the previous year. The State Comptroller’s office says March collections totaled over 804 million, compared with about 481 million a year ago.
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Annapolis
State Comptroller
Weather Mélange Brings Heat Snow Floods Across U S
Mid-summer heat grips the East while a blizzard tears through parts of the West and floods threaten New England rivers. New York nears an April high as states report heavy snow in Utah and Idaho. One death occurs in Wyoming from a storm as traffic halts in Montana.
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West
East
Salt Lake City
New England
Impressario
New York
Montana
Wyoming
J. Kent Kinniburgh
Casper Chamber of Commerce
Army
Cheyenne
United Air Lines
Laramie
Utah
Idaho
Logan
Great Falls
Mont
Denver druggist convicted of murdering fourth wife
Carl Wickman a Denver druggist was found guilty of beating his wife Donalda Chacoine Wickman to death with a tire iron on November 25 1933 near Albuquerque New Mexico. The jury deliberated 40 minutes and recommended execution for June 8. The state urged insurance motive. Wickman denied guilt after verdict. Mrs Wickman had been a nurse at Waverly Mass.
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Albuquerque
N .M
Carl Wickman
Denver
Donalda Chacoine Wickman
Wickman
Here
June
M. A. Otero, Jr
Waverly Mass
Death by Own Action Takes Pet Dog Along
In Jacksonville Illinois J W Schad 63 and his dog were found dead from gunshot wounds. He reportedly killed the dog before taking his own life with a shotgun last night. A coroner's jury ruled a suicide. Schad's wife uncovered the bodies. two children and a brother survive.
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Schad
Skunk Eruption Triggers Daily City Hunts in Chestertown
Chestertown residents report a surge of skunks prompting organized daily hunts to control the nuisance and protect citizens. Local authorities note escalating wildlife concerns as the population disrupts streets and property.
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Chestertown
Crowd Menace At Campbell Soup Plant Camden
A crowd of about 2,500 surrounded the Campbell Soup Company plant in Camden during a strike. Police reported only six employees besides foremen and the power-house crew entered the grounds. Two workers trying to breach the crowd were assaulted by about fifteen women who pulled hair, clawed faces, tore clothing, and confiscated hats before police intervened.
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Camden
Paties
Campbell Soup Company
Patice
Heiress Doris Duke Questioned by Mexican Officials
The American heiress to the Duke tobacco fortune arrived in Mexico City on April 3 and was informally but gravely questioned by immigration authorities about having enough money to avoid becoming a public charge. Her visit sparked chuckles among locals as the case drew attention.
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Doris Duke
Duke Tobacco
Farley a Tammany chief dies after surgery
Thomas M. Farley long a Tammany leader and former Sheriff of New York’s Yorkville area died at Fifth Avenue hospital after an appendectomy. His condition worsened with a coronary embolism following the operation, ending a career noted as a smart political figure who faced Seabury’s 1952 graft inquiry and was removed from office by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt over excess wealth.
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New York
Thomas M. Farley
Seabury
Fifth Avenue Hospital
Farley
Yorkville
New York City
Samuel Seabury J
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lunchroom Robbed on West Antietam Street
The restaurant of George Sowers on West Antietam Street was robbed early today of eight cartons of cigarette and candy and about forty cents in pennies. Thieves forced a rear window screen and unbolted a door between midnight and 3 a.m. Police advised.
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George Sowers
Antietam Street
Peters Hearing Set for Untaxed Liquor Charge
The hearing of William Peters charged with possession of nine mints of untaxed liquor is fixed for tomorrow before Justice Richard Duffey in city court.
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William Peters
Richard Duffey
New clue to Dillinger sighting near Blaney
State troopers rushed to Blaney about 20 miles from Columbia to verify an automobile report with a machine gun in the rear seat. Magistrate J D Watson said the car sped toward Columbia and he suspected the driver might be John Dillinger, though officials admitted it could be a misidentification and ordered heightened lookout.
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Columbia
8. C
Blaney
J. D. Watson
A. R. Ward
John Dillinger
Watson
Truck Fire Blocks Traffic Between Falling Waters and Martinsburg
A large truck carrying sulphur and other materials caught fire on the main highway between Falling Waters and Martinsburg last night, burning for hours and forcing a two hour detour. The driver was severely burned while trying to remove the blazing cargo. The truck and contents were destroyed, and the sulphur had been en route from a local plant to Winchester for spraying use.
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Trafic
Falling Waters
Martinsburg
Winchester
Baltimore Railroad Hikes Hours Aided By Major Loan
Baltimore April 5 The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad raised working hours for about 3000 shop employees across the system. The move was enabled by a 4 million dollar loan from the TWA and a rise in business for the railroad.
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Baltimore
TWA
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Ten suspects held in counterfeit plot case in New York
Federal authorities in Brooklyn announced the arrest of nine men and a woman linked to a plot to flood the country with two million dollars in counterfeit five dollar bills. Key figures include Toeful Franczkowski of Scranton and Robert Reidt Jr., son of a noted Prophet of Doom. The group planned fake lottery tickets and payroll vouchers, with plates hidden and part of the money buried after a failed payment scheme.
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New York
CWA
Riverhead
L. J
Brooklyn
Binghamton
N. Y
Frank Volkman
Volkman
Binghampton
William Wintermuth
Toeful Franczkowski
Scranton, Pa
Robert Reidt, Jr
Baldwin
L. I
Lois Gallo
Will Announce U S Financing Plan Tonight
Washington on April 3 treasury officials outlined a plan to finance a billion dollars in April and to retire the fourth Liberty bonds on April 15. Secretary Morgenthau reported the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee appeared cheerful about business conditions following their discussion.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Federal Reserve System
Message interrupts Spence funeral with twin tragedy
Charleroi Pa April 3 a messenger boy interrupted the funeral services for William W Spence Sr to deliver a telegram to James M Spence of Bellaire Ohio stating his wife and son were killed in an explosion and fire at the family home. Spence collapsed at the news.
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Charleroi, Pa
William W. Spence
James M. Spence
Bellaire
Spence
Submarine Cable Repair Cost Topped Fifty Thousand
Annapolis reports that repairing the Chesapeake Bay submarine cable linking the Eastern Shore to the telephone system after a February 9 break cost about $50,000. It is believed a steamer dragging its anchor severed the line.
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Annapolis
Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Sheriff deputies pursue alleged robber in Lancaster
Deputy sheriffs left this morning for Lancaster to extradite Robert Bell who is wanted for robbing the Ruby Jackson Shop of several thousand dollars worth of women's apparel. Bell demanded extradition papers and is under indictment here. he will be held for May court action.
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Lancaster
Robert Bell
Ruby Jackson
Bell
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Harpers Ferry Bridge
Virginia
West Virginia Commission
Peter Rabbit
Coatesville
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Jane Eye
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Massachusetts
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Connecticut River
Jacksonville, Iil
J. W. Schad
Mexico, D. F
Republic of Mexico
Tammany
Furnished Nation
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Seabury Probe
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City Court
R. C. Dowling
Marjorie Crawford
Yuma
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Ward
Dillinger
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