Johnson says NRA will not tolerate unreasonable price increases
Washington reports Hugh Johnson tells retail dealers at an NRA hearing on codes of competition that price rises must be resisted and that the act does not need criticism to work. He praises the retail trade as key to ending intolerable depression conditions and warns cheaters will lose the Blue Eagle.
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Washington
National Recovery Administration
Hugh Johnson
Johnson
Ballyhoo and Hooey
Negroes Held as Suspects Again in Local Robberies
Flord Sales and Clarence Johnson, colored, arrested weeks ago as suspects in the Moller and Rouletta robberies, were denied habeas corpus release by Judge Frank G. Wagner. The court ruled it had no power to review magistrate proceedings. the pair were held to await grand jury action. Police say they found a flashlight and burglar tools on arrest and still hope to recover stolen loot.
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Flord Sales
Clarence Johnson
Richard Duffey
Aisfault
Bond
Firemen Train at University of Maryland Course
At a Williamsport Volunteer Fire company meeting last night William Shipley William Palmer and Albert Murray were appointed to attend the firemen training course at the University of Maryland in early September Shipley and Palmer have completed two years of the course while Murray has one year five applications for membership were received
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Fire Company
Williamsport
William Shipley
William Palmer
Albert Murray
University of Maryland
Shipley
Palmer
Murray
Dairy Farmers Here Not Likely To Join Proposed Milk Strike
Washington County dairy farmers who ship to Philadelphia are not expected to heed the strike call by farmers groups protesting the Philadelphia milk shed marketing agreement signed yesterday by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace. The plan becomes effective Friday and covers all farmers shipping to Philadelphia, with concerns over a one cent per quart rise and potential impact on milk consumption and producer profits.
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Washington County
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Wallace
Hagerstown
Interstate Milk Producers’ Association
Roads Proposed as Boulevards Across Sharpsburg Area
The Hargeratown and Williamsport Chambers of Commerce along with the local AAA branch pressed the State Roads Commission to designate two county roads as boulevards and mark them for motorists. Intersections at Lappans and near St James School on Sharpsburg Boonsboro and Downsville Boonsboro roads have caused many serious accidents, including the death of Mrs Mary Garrett of Sharpsburg. Engineers will inspect and report on actions to reduce fatalities.
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Sharpsburg
Lappans
State Roads Commission
Blast Fatal To 2 Persons At Ferry Street Plant
A man and a girl were killed and three men seriously injured in an early morning explosion at the Celluloid Corporation plant on Ferry Street in Newark New Jersey. Fire followed the blast but was controlled quickly. Injured were taken to hospital as officials began identifications. Gandhi weaker after seventh day without food in Poona.
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N. J
Celluloid Corporation
Ferry Street
Gandhi
Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Legislative Council
Hen Triggers New Crisis for Farm Program
Washington reports that chickens and eggs push the farm administration into a new crisis. Oversupply and rising cold storage stocks push prices down while poultry and eggs are not basic agricultural products under the farm adjustment act. Officials consider nationwide marketing agreements as a potential fix as they seek a workable plan.
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Washington
Farm Adjustment Administration
Crash Reveals Man's Murder in Hastings Storefront Incident
In Hastings, a speeding car crashed into a storefront. Officers found Dr. Henry G. Noben, 31, osteopath, dead from stab wounds. Police theorize a robbery led to the wound and an attempted hospital dash. Noben left home with two men last night. $15 was found on him, none on the body.
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Hastings Street
Henry G. Noben
Noben
Lindberghs Take to Air from Reykjavik
In Reykjavik Iceland on August 22 the Lindberghs left without disclosing their destination amid a leisurely aerial mapping expedition along the northern route. In New York the Dodgers announced the purchase of Emil Leonard a right handed pitcher from York of the New York Pennsylvania League to report immediately. Leonard has defended a 12 and 3 record this season with the last place Dodgers.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Brooklyn Dodgers Today
Emil Leonard
York
Leonards
Trucker hits Seaboard passenger train. eight farmers killed
Eight Lenoir county tobacco farmers from Deep Run died when their loaded truck collided with a Seaboard Airline passenger train near Lumberton North Carolina. Names include Jesse Davenport Louis Davenport Richard Smith Dick Harper Walter Smith and Clyde Taylor. Three others were seriously injured including Seth Brown Millard Devonport and Haywood Smith.
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Lenoir County
Seaboard
Hamilt
Wilmington
Fairmont
Deep Run
Winston
Jesse Davenport
Louis Davenport
Ruchard Smith
Dick Harper
Walter Smith
Clyde Taylor
Seth Brown
State Legion opens annual Maryland convention Wednesday
The 15th annual Maryland Department of the American Legion convention begins tomorrow night and runs through Saturday noon. Convention chairman John R. Tenney announced the headquarters have moved from Baltimore to the Alexander Hotel. A Friday military demonstration at the Fairgrounds will include three tanks, Maryland National Guard units, a machine gun group, and a howitzer unit to recreate wartime conditions with twelve thousand rounds of blank ammunition.
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Mrs Mary Ogden Abbott Fatally Injured in Auto Crash
Mrs Mary Ogden Abbott, 60, of Concord and a member of the Adams family, died in Boston today from injuries suffered last night when she was struck by an automobile.
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Boston
Mary Ogden Abbott
Concord
Adams Familly
Massachusetts
110th Field Artillery Arrives by Rail to Camp Ritchie
The 110th Field Artillery equipment arrived by Western Maryland Railroad not trucks. A special 21 car train from Arlington carried guns caiszona and horses to the camp. Divorce suit filed by Annie F. Rudy through Attorney Martin Bostetter seeking divorce from Earl F. Rudy in court today.
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110Th Field Artillery
Camp Ritchie
Maryland
Arlington
Annie FE. Rudy
Martin Bostetter
Earl F. Rudy
Franklin Parlor Frame Plant Opens in Hagerstown
The Franklin Parlor Frame Company opens a new plant on North Locust Street in Hagerstown, leasing the Hull Garage second floor. Twenty five workers start, aiming for 75 employees within a month, with sewing machine operators as the women. Albert Eichborn says the move hinges on little labor trouble and available skilled labor, with a payroll of 1500 to 2060 dollars weekly planned under NRA rules paying 43 cents an hour for experienced help. The 12000 square foot site will employ 100 or more, producing living room furniture with framing and upholstering done locally.
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Franklin Parlor Frame Company
Hagerstown
Hull Garage
Hunt Kidnapper In Sport Car Fleeing Toward Canada
A sport coupe believed to carry George Kelly, named in the Urschel kidnapping, and two women was hunted across the East from New York police headquarters. The Federal government has named Kelly among the kidnapers of Rachel, the Oklahoma City oilman released after a $200000 ransom.
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New York
George Kelly
Charles F. Urschel
Canada
Kelly
Rachel
Oklahoma City
Auto tags spark arrest in chicken theft case
Lloyd Stevens of Williamsport was arrested on a Franklin county theft warrant after his car, seen at a Mercer County farm, was linked to a chicken raid. Deputies pursued him toward the Maryland line and obtained the license number, identifying the car's owner as Stevens. Stevens and a brother resisted officials before jail.
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Lloyd Stevens
Williamsport
Franklin County
Bricker
Maryland
Stevens
Minister's Wife Injured By Fall After Vacation Return
Rev. Lloyd G. Davis, pastor of Washington Square M. E. Church, and his family returned from a three week trip to South Carolina. On arrival Mrs. Davis fell from a back porch steps, injuring an arm, suffering cuts and bruises and a severe shock. She was treated by a physician and is recovering.
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Lloyd G. Davis
Washington Square M. E
Davie
South Carolina
Local man badly injured in Gettysburg crash
John Heggan, 61, from Hagerstown Maryland, suffered possible neck fracture when the automobile toppled after striking a fence rail near Gettysburg Pennsylvania. The rail broke the rear window and struck Heggan as he sat in the back. Three other occupants were cut and bruised. the car was driven by Frances Finkenbinder of Ancora New Jersey.
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Gettysbourg
John Heggan
Hagerstown
Heggan
Frances Finkenbinder
Ancora
N. J
Attempt to blow up coast guard chaser at Cape May
CAPE MAY Aug 22 An unsuccessful attempt to blow up the Hiawatha coast guard chaser at the Cape May station occurred early today. Coast guard officials reported two sticks of dynamite were thrown at the vessel which was on a Marine railway for repairs since a crash. The explosion tore a large hole in the ground and damaged part of the fence surrounding the railway.
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Cape May
N.J
Hiawatha, Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Hiawatha
Executed for Causing Wreck in Kiukiang-Nanchang Crash
Three trainmen were executed by provincial authorities for alleged carelessness in a wreck between Kiukiang and Nanchang that killed or injured between 30 and 50 people. The Aug 22 report from Shanghai notes the men faced capital punishment for the disaster.
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Shanghai
Kiukiang
Nanchang
France Affirms Control of Islands in China Sea
Paris reports French officials insist sovereignty over a small island group in the China Sea. France replies to Japan’s inquiries by promising to respect Japanese commercial interests while planning lighthouses and buoys to aid navigation and denying any military intent.
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Paris
China Sea
France
Japan
Agreejing
Alleged Auto Thief Nabbed in Sunday Arrest
John Spitzner a 20 year old Baltimore man was arrested on a theft charge after taking Harry Greenbergs car from 2805 Rock Rose Avenue while driving on Western Pike causing fear of damage. Deputy Renner made the arrest and Greenberg was notified to retrieve the vehicle. Spitzner will face theft charges in Baltimore.
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John Spitzner
Baltimore
Harry Greenberg
Rock Rose Avenue
Spitzner
Otheers
Renner
Greenberg
Spurner
Norfolk and Western Income Doubled in July Report
Norfolk and Western Railway reports July net operating income of $2,900,284, up from $1,320,596 a year earlier. Gross earnings rose to $6,803,267 from $4,555,231, signaling strong performance in the month.
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New York
Norfolk & Western Railway Today
Roosevelt to Board Astor Yacht for Washington Cruise
President Roosevelt plans to leave Hyde Park August 31 and sail on Vincent Astor’s yacht up the Hudson to Washington. He is expected to arrive Labor Day night or Tuesday morning. No fixed route has been chosen. A northeast breeze cooled the area with a 63 degree morning rising to 72 by noon and light showers.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Vincent Astor
Hudson River
Washington
Aid to Austria by easing export restrictions debated
Paris dispatch reports France and England negotiating immediate aid to Austria by relaxing export restraints. Italy possibly joins in the arrangement, as high authority confirms today.
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Austria
Paris
France
England
Italy
Heavy rains tie up rails and highways
Salisbury Maryland August 22 heavy rains crippled rail and highway traffic. Three or four washouts halted Baltimore and Eastern trains between Salisbury and Ocean City as crews repaired damage. Route 1a near Dekmar washed away with concrete segments lost into a pond. Ocean City Salisbury highway nearly impassable with 24 hours of rain. Local weather warned a powerful storm. many vacationers headed home early. A coast guard patrol searched for missing yaw Malolo near St Marys West Rivers.
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Salisbury
Maryland
Baltimore and Eastern Railroad
Ocean City
State Highway Department
Dekmar
Balisbury
Gover
Baltimore
Comet Guard
Chesapeake Bay
St Mary's
West Rivers
Canat Guard
Hurricane now moves westward toward Bermuda
The hurricane southwest of Bermuda began moving west at a faster pace during the night. It stood about 200 miles from the island and moved slowly yesterday. Local weather improved with winds down to 38 miles per hour and the rough sea subsiding, allowing ships delayed yesterday to reach port this morning.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Hotel vault cracked by masked robbers in Chicago
Fire robbers terrorized North Park Hotel employees on North Clark Street in Chicago. They hammered the lock from the hotel vault, stole $1,000 from the safe and tampered with safety boxes containing an undetermined amount of money and valuables. Three masked men, armed, held workers for over an hour during the robbery.
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North Park
North Clark St
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