Plot To Kidnap Belgian King’s Children Foiled Ex Convict Caught
A former convict Nicholas Elsen was arrested in Liege Eastern Belgium after confessing to writing letters threatening to abduct King Leopold III’s children Queen Astrid mother of the children died in a car wreck King Leopold left Brussels incognito for Switzerland. The king planned a trip to Italy to visit his sister Crown Princess Marie Jose. He demanded 2 000 000 francs in ransom and signed letters gangster. Police said the children were closely guarded and left for a seaside holiday after the arrest.
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Brussels
Leopold
Liege
Belgium
Nicholas Elsen
Astrid
Elsen
Switzerland
Italy
Marie Jose
Red Cross
East Africa
Lucerne
Josephine Charlotte
Baudoin
Albert
Student Robert Moore Dies After Store Attempt
Ravenna Ohio April 16 Robert Moore 19 year old Hiram College sophomore fatally wounded himself after being trapped in a hardware store he had entered through a rear window. Police seized him and the father W G Moore Lisbon attorney said the boy was never in trouble. President Kenneth J Brown identified Moore as his son.
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Ravenna
Robert Moore
Hiram College
Kenneth J. Brown
Hiram
Moore
W. G. Moore
Lisbon, O
Nice Suggests Temporary Toll Bridge at Harper's Ferry
Gov Harry W Nice proposed a temporary toll bridge at Harper's Ferry to ease a flood damaged region. He told the State Roads Commission to survey crossings at Harper's Ferry Point of Rocks Shepherdstown Hancock Keyser and McCoole and to seek federal approval for joint plans with Virginia and West Virginia.
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Baltimore
Harry W. Nice
Harper's Ferry
State Roads Commission
Potomac River
Nice
Harper’s Ferry
Maryland
West Virginia
Roads Commission
Point of Rocks
Shepherdstown
Hancock
Keyser
McCoole
Virginia
Musician Slain Woman Is Held in Corsicana Shooting
In Corsicana Texas April 15 a Navarro county grand jury questioned witnesses in the fatal shooting of Noble Curley Hataway 25 a musician and former radio entertainer at his apartment. Mrs Alla Mae Kent wife of G C Kent former millionaire oil man of Corsicana was free on bond 7500 and waived examining trial on a murder charge in connection with the early Wednesday shooting.
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Corsicana
Tex
Navarro County
Noble (Curley) Hataway
Hataways
Alla Mae Kent
G. C. Kent
Liberty
Egyptian archaeologist Finds Third Intact Tomb
Cairo April 16 Prof Selim Bey Hassan announced the discovery of his third intact ancient Egyptian tomb in three weeks. The finds include the tomb of the high priest to King Menkaura and a princess believed to be Cheops daughter, each previously unearthed in recent weeks.
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Cairo
Egypt
Selim Bey Hassan
Menkaura
Cheops
Traffic moves over Potomac bridge as weight limit stays
Brunswick April 16 traffic moved over the Potomac river bridge for the first time since last month’s floods. The four ton weight limit remained in effect.
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Brunswick
Potomac River
Weather Forecast For Chesapeake Bay And Nearby Areas
A weather summary notes fair conditions across central and eastern portions with cooler temperatures tonight and Friday. Strong west to northwest winds are expected from Sandy Hook to Cape Hatteras, with diminishing northwest winds by Friday and mostly clear skies over the Chesapeake Bay both tonight and Friday.
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Maryland
Sandy Hook
Cape Hatteras
North
South
Chesapeake Bay
Eight Horses Die on Findlay Farm near Williamsport
Eight valuable farm horses, each worth 1500 to 2000 dollars, died within two days from an undetermined cause at the Findlay farm near Williamsport tenanted by James W. Whipp. Two Belgians among the herd were highly valued. Federal and state experts are inspecting the feed and conditions to determine the cause, with mouldy hay suspected.
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Findlay Farm
Williamsport
James W. Whipp
Whipp
Alleged Forger Arrested Near Smoketown Maryland
Fred Shepley 28 of Ellerton Md was taken into custody by Frederick County officers in the Smoketown mountains on a charge of forgery. Police say he passed a bad check for 329 at a Frederick clothing store, receiving 20.37 in cash. He had recently returned from the House of Correction where he served time for an automobile violation.
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Fred Shepley
Ellerton
Smoketown
Frederick County
Shepley
Frederick
House of Correction
No law against rooster crowing in Cumberland case
Cumberland Md April 16 D Henderson faced a nuisance charge for keeping roosters that woke neighbors. A magistrate dismissed the case, ruling there was no law against crowing.
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Cumberland
D. Henderson
Quintuplets Born to Gypsy Not Expected to Live
In Bucharest on April 15 government and medical authorities report the birth of quintuplets to a Gypsy mother in a field. Five infants face severe malformation and lack of vital organs. only one was born separately, the rest in pairs. The mother Maria Linguraru, 25, and her husband Alexander Linguraru are in Oradea hospital. Doctors call the births premature and unlikely to survive.
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Bucharest
Romania
Maria Linguraru
Hodos
Bihor
Transylvania
Oradea
George Jankuliska
Johan Piku
Bankila
Jankuliska
Dike discussion for water plant near Potomac river
Potomac river pumping station of the Hagerstown Water Department restored to full efficiency after flood damage. City officials discuss building a higher dike with possible concrete core, aiming to prevent future flood impacts. Repairs completed. plant debris cleared. minor equipment needed. damage near 15000 dollars. estimates to be finalized.
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Potomac River
Hagerstown Water Department
Albert Heard
Students Picket Hazelton School Riot at Hazelton strike
Hazle township schools faced a disruption as about 200 striking students led a march protesting the dismissal of a dozen instructors. A band accompanied them, with adult sympathizers, as two schools closed and a third with 162 pupils saw classes end. Thirteen more schools were listed for marching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazleton
Hazle Township
Sulphur Jags Linked to Arthritis Findings Reported
A reported link between peculiar sulphur jags and arthritis was presented at the American Chemical Society meeting in Kansas City. Drs. M. X. Sullivan and W. C. Hess of Georgetown University described six years of research showing the sulphur complex in fingernails and hair and noted the antidote is more sulphur. Continued on page 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
American Chemical Society
M. X. Sullivan
W. C. Hess
Georgetown University
Chemo
Warm Weather Sparks Apple Buds Near Hancock
Apple buds in Hancock orchards have begun swelling and should blossom within a week or ten days if warm weather continues, say orchardists. Hancock peach growers report about a 50 percent crop due to prior sub-zero damage, though several orchards expect normal yields despite the winter freeze.
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Hancock
Fifty More CCC Jobs Available in Washington County
Washington county Welfare Board reports 50 additional Civilian Conservation Corps positions open after quota exceedance. Eligibility covers single men ages 16 to 28, including those from WPA relief households, with enrollment beginning tomorrow and ending April 24. Former CCC members with honorable discharges may rejoin following previously approved applications.
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Washington County
Civilian Conservation Corps
Welfare Board
CCC
Washington County Historical Society Names Speakers Bureau
The Washington County Historical Society sponsors the Triple Anniversaries observance in September 1937 and has named a speakers bureau. Members include Henry Holzapfel Jr chairman Dr F Berry Plummer Dr William S Hess Roy A Leiter Leo H Miller Grover C Criller Miriam Everts Roy Danzer Omer T Kaylor John B Ferguson and Park W T Loy. Clubs lodges farm groups PTAs and other organizations may request speakers by letter or phone to 5 East Washington Street detailing date time and expected attendance. the bureau chairman will assign a speaker.
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The
Washington County Historical Society
Henry Holzapfel, Jr
F. Berry Plummer
William S. Hess
Roy A. Leiter
Leo H. Miller
Grover C. Criller
Miriam Everts
Roy
Mother of five hanged in England over poison slaying
Mrs. Dorothy Waddingham, 34, mother of five, was hanged at Winson Green prison for poisoning Ada Louise Baguley, a 55-year-old patient in her Nottingham nursing home. Home Secretary Sir John Simon denied clemency amid protests. the jury had convicted her February 27. She was the first British woman executed since 1934.
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Birmingham
Eng
Dorothy Waddingham
Winson Green
Nottingham
King Edward
John Simon
Britain
Ada Louise Baguley
Waddingham
Miss Baguley
Mrs. Waddingham
Maryland Labor Federation Convention Moves to City
The thirty second annual convention of the Maryland State and District of Columbia Federation of Labor will be held in this city beginning May 18. Cumberland had been selected originally. the executive board decided to transfer the convention to this city without giving a reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Employment on Increase in Maryland in March
Maryland industrial employment rose 2.4 percent in March from February, with payrolls up 1.3 percent and average earnings up 0.7 percent. Year over year, employment is 1.2 percent higher and payrolls 4.2 percent higher. The gains come from 557 plants across 43 industries, totaling 731,202 workers, according to Commissioner Charles S. Warner.
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Baltimore
Charles S. Warner
Commissioner of Labor and Statistics
Maryland
Warner
Six Cent Leg Causes Worry at Sacramento Office
Auditors at the disbursing office faced six cent balance trouble for a week as a fly’s broken leg disrupted the tally. An accidental flick shifted part of a fly’s leg from a numeral one, mistaken for a seven, resolving the error.
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Sacramento
Calif
Sera
Hula Hula Will Reduce Weight Advise by King
Samuel W. King Hawaiian delegate to Congress urged Americans to use hula to lose weight. He praised the dance as a graceful exercise to trim the waist line and rejected the idea that hula is suggestive, saying it is not a Koochy Koochy dance.
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Washington
Samuel W. King
Congress
Italy Balks At Negotiating For Peace Through League Of Nations
Geneva April 16 Italian government demands direct peace talks with Ethiopia without League of Nations interference. Negotiations for an armistice to be between victor and vanquished possibly followed by a neutral peace conference at Lausanne. Mussolini seeks security guarantees and cites Ethiopian bands as harassment beyond Haile Selassie control. Eden and Boncour push to speed up peace parley.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Italy
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Legatie
Victor
Lausanne
Mussolini
Haile Selassie
Anthony Eden
Joseph Paul Boncour
Probe Death Of Student During An Initiation
STARKVILLE Miss April 16 Authorities investigated the drowning of Willie Barkley 22 a Cottonport Miss star basketball player during an initiation at Mississippi State College He sank in the horticultural pond after about 20 others were ordered to swim across as part of a Future Farmers of America initiation by a faculty member Ben Hilbun.
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Starkville
Miss
Oktibbeha County
Willie B. Barkley
Cottonport
Mississippi State College
Ben Hilbun
Bargley
Future Farmers of America
Wertz withdraws from Sixth Maryland congressional race
Annapolis Md April 16 Dr Irvin M Wertz mayor of Hagerstown withdrew as a Republican nominee candidate for Congress from the Sixth Maryland District. The move leaves seven Republicans in the race: A Charles Stewart Perry A Nicklin Albert A Doub Thomas L Popp Cumberland State Senator Harry W Legore Leo Weinberg Frederick and State Senator Ernest W Miller Hagerstown It is understood Wertz will make a statement tomorrow explaining his withdrawal.
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Annapolis
Irvin M. Wertz
Hagerstown
Congress
Maryland
A. Charles Stewart
Perry A. Nicklin
Albert A. Doub
Thomas L. Popp
Cumberland
Harry W.legore
Leo Weinberg
Frederick
Ernest W. Miller
Fire Reveals Body Removed From Coffin in Cemetery Vault
Delanson N Y April 16 Fire swept a receiving vault in Grove Cemetery early today. Firemen found the body of a woman on the floor after the flames. Sheriff Walsh said the body had been removed from a coffin and other caskets were burned. The fire was fought for about a half hour and casket violations were found.
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Delanson
N.Y
Grove Cemetery
Thomas J. Walsh
Jury Likely To Get Case Late Today At County Court
The Rockville fatal grade crossing bus crash damage suit neared its end in Frederick County Circuit Court. Defense and all rebuttal testimony were completed at noon with prayer arguments after lunch and jurors expected to hear final arguments and verdict later today. Four railroad employees testified on technical aspects of the case this morning.
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Rockville
Frederick County
Girl Escapes From Lockup at Cass County Jail
In Harrisonville Missouri on April 16 a 21 year old girl Madge Copeland bored a hole in her cell door and freed her brother in law and sweetheart Perry Griffin 24 a former minister. She then released the sheriff was away with his wife. five other prisoners remained.
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Harrisonville
Cass County
Perry E. Griffin
Madge Copeland
Glenn Weaver
Roosevelt Lays Cornerstone of Interior Building
President Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the new 12 million dollar Interior Department building in Washington. He pledged renewed federal efforts to conserve the nation's natural resources.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Interior Department
Farley claims foes adopt Roosevelt farm program
In Albany Farley says Republicans including Hoover and Governor Alf M. Landon have embraced the Democratic farm plan. He asserts Hoover shifted on farm prices and that the American Liberty League is attacked as he forecasts Roosevelt's reelection. The Democratic chairman opens the national and state campaigns.
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Farley
Roosevelt
Hoover
Landon
Illinois
Washington
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Albany
N. Y
Alf M. Tandon
Kansas
Serted Hoover
American Liberty League
Army closes on Addis Ababa advancing from Dessye
Italian press dispatches report a mechanized column of hundreds of trucks tanks and air cover speed from Dessye toward Addis Ababa likely reaching the Ethiopian capital in three days A second column may move toward Harar threatening Ras Nasibu's troops while victory flags rise in Dessye reflecting a swift conquest agenda.
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Associated Press
Rome
Dessye
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Ras Nasibu
Harar
Shoa Province
More Beds For Disabled Vets In Maryland
Washington April 16 Representative David J. Lewis announced the Veterans administration added 25 beds for Maryland veterans at the United States Marine hospital in Baltimore bringing the total to 100 through the public health service to aid temporary hospitalization. Lewis and William P. Cole Jr and Senators M. E. Tydings and George L. Radcliffe appealed for more facilities during a conference with Maryland veterans organizations.
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Washington
David J. Lewis
Veterans Administration
Maryland
United States Marine Hospital
Baltimore
Lewis
Frank T. Hines
Public Health Service
William P. Cole, Jr
D. Md
M. E. Tydings
George L. Radcliffe
D., Md
Ransom Money Passed in Seattle in Weyerhaeuser Case
The Examiner reports nearly 31000 of the 200000 ransom paid for George Weyerhaeuser's release was passed recently in Seattle. DOJ agents rushed to the Pacific Northwest to pursue William Dainard alias William Mahan, accused leader of the Tacoma kidnapping gang.
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G-Men
Seattle
Weyerhaeuser
San Francisco
George Weyerhaeuser
Department of Justice
Pacific Northwest
William Dainard
William Mahan
Tacoma
Wash
Scaffold Collapse Injures Workman at Montgomery Ward Site
John Smith, a colored workman engaged by a Harrisburg brick contractor for the new Montgomery Ward Ca. store, was injured when a scaffold collapsed this morning. He fell about 18 feet, brick debris struck him, lacerating his face. He was taken to Washington County Hospital and later released.
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John Smith
Harrisburg
Montgomery Ward
Smith
Washington County Hospital
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Ing
Alexander Linguraru
American Medical Association
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Ont
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Ontario
Hazelton School
League
Wertz
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