France seeks return to gold standard as world action urged
Paris April 22 France declared for maintenance of the gold standard after a cabinet meeting. Finance Minister Georges Bonnet said the government hopes all countries will return to gold soon. Former premier Edouard Herriot, en route to New York, was instructed to ask President Roosevelt if the US move was temporary or the start of deliberate devaluation. The cabinet surveyed the situation without alarm and urged the world economic conference to meet at once.
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Paris
France
Georges Bonnét
Edouard Herriot
New York
Roosevelt
United States
Britain Stands Pat on Embargo Amid Soviet Retaliation
Soviet Russia ordered a complete embargo on British goods and restricted shipping in retaliation for Britain’s 80 percent embargo on Russian goods. The move comes as London maintains the anti Soviet embargo will go ahead next Wednesday unless two British engineers, L. C. Thornton and William L. MacDonald, are released from prison. Moscow has summoned home its trade delegation head.
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Moscow
U. S
London
Russia
England
L. C. Thornton
William L. MacDonald
Soviet Union
Siamese Twins Die at St Ann's Hospital
Siamese twins delivered at St Ann's hospital in Cleveland died within minutes. Dr. Gerald P. Tyler said separation would have been impossible without death and declined to reveal the mother's name.
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Cleveland
St. Ann's Hospital
Gerald P. Tyler
Want Beer Kept Off Of Campus
Washington College officials appealed to students to keep beer off campus. President Paul E. Titsworth and Dean S. J. William Jones signed a statement placed on the college bulletin board urging cooperation with campus authorities. Disciplinary action was threatened if the request is not followed.
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Chestertown
Washington College
Paul E. Titsworth
S. J. William Jones
Virginians Flock to Hagerstown for Beer Oasis Excursion
Hundreds from Virginia and West Virginia ride the Norfolk and Western “Happy Day Excursion” from Roanoke to Hagerstown to buy beer, with 19 cars expected full. The trip costs 2.50 round trip, aims to boost local business, and may become a weekly event depending on demand and future railroad decisions.
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Scorea
EMA
West Virginia
West
Work relief planned for 900 heads of families
About 900 unemployed heads of families will earn food relief by working one day weekly through the County Welfare Federation in April and May. Funds from Governor Ritchie’s Reconstruction Finance Corporation grant support the program. city and county officials coordinate efforts to provide road and street maintenance and drain cleaning in rural and urban areas.
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County Welfare Federation
The
Welfare Federation
Albert C. Ritchie
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Washington County
Board of County Commissioners
Harry Leasure
North End
Federation
Japanese Attacks Halted After Jehol Campaign
Tokyo reports Japanese troops halted attacks and pursuit of Chinese forces south of the Great Wall. The war office says all objectives achieved including expulsion of Chinese from the Jehol district east of the Awan river and a ten mile wideness zone west of the Luan river to Miyun.
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Tokyo
War Office
Great Wall of China
Wall
Jehol
Awan River
Lwan River
Miyun
Dollar Strength Rises in Paris Forex Trade
Paris currency market reports the dollar closing at 22.25 francs, gaining centimes from the prior session as demand for U.S. currency remains firm in early trading.
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Paris
Life For Beating Child To Death
In Kalamazoo Michigan on April 22 Cody Calloway 38 and Margaret Britton 33 were sentenced to life imprisonment for administering a beating to eight year old Katherine Britton that led to her death weeks later. Psychiatrists at trial said Mrs Britton had sub normal mentality. The report also notes dates announced for Winchester apple blossom festival set for May 3 and 4 with trees in full bloom.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Katherine Britton
Cody Calloway
Margaret Britton
Winchester
Eleven Hurt In Bus Car Crash In Baltimore
Eleven persons were injured, most seriously, when a Greyhound bus bound from New York to Washington collided with a trolley at a street intersection in Baltimore. All injured were bus passengers. all but two transferred to another bus after hospital treatment for cuts and abrasions.
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Baltimore
Greyhound Lines
New York
Washington
Bis
Winnie Judd May Learn Fate Today
Florence Arizona April 22 Winnie Ruth Judd known as the trunk murderess may hear late today if she will hang next Friday for the Agnes Anne Leroie slaying or be committed to an insane asylum The verdict hinges on the jury's understanding of the proceedings and her ability to grasp the charges trial and punishment
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Florence
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Arizona
Agnes Anne Leroie
Search Astrologer's Rooms At Williamsport
Police in Williamsport received a telegram from a State officer in Waynesboro Va requesting search of rooms occupied by William Franklin alias Ernest Langner. Officers found Langner’s card noting Hollywood location, several papers and a copper mine blueprint from Verde NM. Langner, hospitalized in Winchester, reportedly swallowed bichloride mercury tablets en route and twice tried to escape.
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A. K. Barber
Williamsport
Waynesboro
William Franklin
Ernest Langner
Langner
Hollywood
Calif
Verde
New Mexico
Barber
Franklin
Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Local pair held after Harrisburg runaways
James Wine 11 and Polly Ann Wine 12 of Hagerstown Maryland were picked up by police in Harrisburg after hitchhiking to find an aunt, Mrs Claude Wine. They did not know the aunt's address and police could not locate her. The siblings were housed in a detention home overnight as authorities contacted Hagerstown. Their father James Wine lives in Hagerstown and their mother is dead.
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Harrisburg
James Wine
Polly Ann
Hagerstown
Claude Wine
Car Loadings On Increase In Revenue Freight
Washington April 22 The American Railway one announced car loadings of revenue freight for the week ended April 335 were 494 215 cars an increase of 6919 over the preceding week but 72611 under the same week in 1982 Club incorporated The State Tax Commission yesterday granted articles of incorporation to the North End Athletic Club this city J C Seville Raymond House and William Hess are the incorporators
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Washington
American Railway One
State Tax Commission
North End Athletic Club
J. C. Seville
Raymond House
William Hess
Partial Divorce Filed By Mrs Georgetta Daniels
Mrs Georgetta Daniels of Hancock files for a partial divorce from Roy M. Daniels cashier at the First National Bank Hancock. The couple married in 1905.
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Georgetta Daniels
Hancock
Roy M. Daniels
First National Bank, Hancock
Washington County to establish community gardens countywide
The Washington County Welfare Federation plans to create gardens in all county towns modeled on the City farm project. John Tenney will lead, with City Council members, to employ about 150 workers in Hagerstown as heavy rains delay plowing. County meetings to set schedules begin next week.
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Washington County Welfare Federation
John Tenney
Welfare Federation
Federation
Welfare
Hagerstown
Tenney
Potomac River Falls From Flood Peak Near Williamsport
The Potomac river receded from a peak near 18 feet at Hagerstown to 11 feet by noon today and is expected to be within banks by tomorrow. Flooding affected Conococheague Creek at Williamsport and Conococheague Park, with both canal levels at Williamsport partly flooded. No major damage reported as streams and the Shenandoah fall back.
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Hagerstown
Potomac Edison
Williamsport
Conomac Park
C. & O. Canal
Potomac
Cumberland
Shenandoah
Lewis Urges Relief Bill for Workers
In Washington on April 22 Representative Lewis of Maryland urged a $500 million relief bill and argued government policy subsidizes mass production to lower costs, stressing workers' right to earn a living and calling older men over 45 the untouchables of America. He linked unemployment to factory policies and cited Maryland rail layoffs and shop votes as examples.
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Washington
House
Lewis
D. Md
Senate
Maryland
Perr
America
Pari Mutuel Bill Vetoed by Governor Ritchie
The General Assembly approved pari mutuel betting and racing at the Frederick Fair but Governor Ritchie vetoed the bill. He said a ten day race meet is too long for county fairs and cited absence of exceptions to racing commission discretion since 1920 five day meets. Fair officials remain uncertain about continuing operations due to financial losses.
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General Assembly
Frederick Fair
Ritchie
Fair
Racing Commission
Heavy Snow Paralyzes Deadwood Services in Spring Storm
Deadwood South Dakota reports one person hurt but not seriously as a spring storm dumps heavy snow, disrupting telephone power and light services. Weather notes place the event among the town's heaviest snowfalls on record, with April 22 weather conditions affecting daily life.
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Deadwood
8. D
Burt
Loose Board His Undoing
Fort Smith Arkansas April 22 Deputy Sheriff Les Willtama raided a home and found only fermenting beer. As he left a loose board gave way revealing a secret cellar with 150 gallons of liquor and equipment valued at 3000 dollars. He weighed about 200 pounds.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Les Willtama
Williame
Williams
Clerk nabbed after threat to rich man
Philadelphia, April 22. An unemployed 29 year old clerk Charles Weil threatened Sears chairman Lessing J. Rosenwald with a deadly attack unless paid 100000 dollars. Police traced a call, arrested him in a North Philadelphia cigar store, and Weil confessed.
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Philadelphia
Lessing J. Rosenwald
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Charles Weil
Rosenwald
Rothstein
Broadway
Park Central
Belzoni Levee Guards Face Renewed Flood Fear
In Belzoni Mississippi on April 22 guardsmen moved to the Yazoo river levees amid a renewed farmer flood dispute. Gunfire followed three dynamite blasts and distant motorboat activity as Maj. T D Birdsong ordered units to the levees after midnight. Earlier clashes at Chute Bridge near Glendora released flood water as farmers overtook guards. In Baltimore a bank official, J Leroy Hoffman, was sentenced to six years for larceny of funds.
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Belzoni
Miss
National
Yazoo River
Here
T. D. Birdsong
Chute Bridge
Glendora
Baltimore
J. Leroy Hoffman
Provident Savings Bank
Maryland
Weekly Weather Outlook for North and Middle Atlantic
The forecast covers the week starting Monday with showers and scattered rains mainly in the north. Expect warmer conditions early in the week, turning colder Wednesday night with a milder finish later in the week.
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North
Middle Atlantic States
Roosevelt MacDonald talks seek world money stability
In a White House meeting on April 22 President Roosevelt and Prime Minister MacDonald discussed stabilizing world money and raising commodity prices by reducing gold backing. They stressed U S domestic needs drove the move, not a desire to gain advantage, and Hull and Lindbergh joined the discussions. Debts and war debt questions were considered as part of shaping a new international financial order.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
M Donald
Great Britain
United States
Oval Room
Hull
Lindbay
Informal Tone Replaces Ceremonial Calls for Ramsay MacDonald
Washington April 2 The usual ceremonial calls on Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald were canceled by President Roosevelt to allow more time for talks on world economic recovery. Both host and guest agreed formality would not hinder productive discussions before MacDonald departs for London Wednesday.
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Washington
Ramsay MacDonald
Roosevelt
Laaves
London
Four Washington Countians Sentenced In Federal Whiskey Case
Four Washington countians pled guilty to whiskey charges in Baltimore federal court. William McSherry received four months for a sale offense, Harry Sprattke ten days for a similar charge, Francis Reynolds of Weverton two months for manufacture, and Walter Lewis three months for possession of 38 gallons.
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Washington
Baltimore
William McSherry
Harry Sprattke
Francis Reynolds
Weverton
Walter Lewis
Akron Ocean City incident hints at missing items
fragmentary from Akron and Ocean City dated April 23 describes a possible lost luggage or theft scenario. a ten foot aluminum pledge item and several red pencils were found near a dock area with unclear details. authorities unclear about items' ownership or report status.
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Akron
Ocean City
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