Veterans Parade Draws Ten Thousand Plus In Philadelphia
Thousands of veterans marched through Broad Street and the Parkway in Philadelphia for the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention. LaGuardia warned that negotiating with Hitler would make the U.S. a policeman with a bandit and urged continued aid to England. FBI official Nichols urged veterans to report matters to the FBI rather than act as amateur detectives.
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Pheiladelphia
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Hitler
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Broad Street
Parkway
113Th Infantry
Fort Dix
N.J
Louis. B. Nichols
Federal Bureau of Investigation
America
Fifteen Injured In Baltimore And Ohio Train Wreck
Fifteen persons were injured when a westbound Baltimore and Ohio passenger train hit an open switch and collided with a standing boxcar near Ellicott City. The engineer and conductor along with a passenger were hospitalized in Baltimore. Injured were Windsor Brandenburg, 51, baggageman, back injury. Joseph Lugenbeel, 65, conductor, broken arm. and J Charles Burgess, 45, Ellicott City, hand injury. A switch engine replaced the damaged locomotive for the rest of the trip to Frederick.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
Ellicott City
Here
University Hospital
Windsor Brandenberg
Joseph Lugenbeel
J. Charles Burgess
Burgess
O. Clerk
Frederick
Panuco Captain Reports Suspicion of Crew Agitation
Capt. Henry Teske, 67, master of the Cuban freighter Panuco, testified before a Federal board in New York that he believed there was un American agitation among his crew before the ship burned and was destroyed while being loaded in Brooklyn. The blaze was the worst on the New York waterfront in years.
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Federal Board of Inquiry
New York
Henry Teske
Brooklyn
N. Y
Maryland Factory Employment Rises 2.9 Percent in July
Baltimore reports that Maryland factory employment rose 2.9 percent from June to July while weekly payrolls increased 3.2 percent. State Labor Commissioner John M. Pohlhaus notes the rise follows a persistent uptrend since 1940 with 22 of 43 industries up in both metrics and 7 showing declines in both.
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Baltimore
Maryland
John M. Pohlhaus
State Commissioner of Labor and Statistics
Pohlhaus
Chloroform Fatal To Pet Monkey
A large African monkey tied at R C Reno on Frederick Street died yesterday after inhaling chloroform. Reno said the Giant Rheurus, valued at over $100, was difficult when loose but manageable when secured. The animal, once biting his hand, could perform many tricks and was purchased from Buck farms in New Jersey.
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R. C. Reno
Frederick Street
Reno
Buck Farms
New Jersey
Legion To Install Officers Thursday
Roy L. Pyle of Havre de Grace will chair the installation of Morris Frock Post officers at the Legion Home on Thursday evening August 28. J Nelson Tribby of Baltimore and J F Omps of Hancock will assist with the ceremonies. Eckard becomes post commander succeeding H Cameron Elgin. Refreshments follow. The article notes the pre war area comparison of France Germany Spain to Quebec.
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Roy L. Pyle
Havre de Grace
Department of Maryland, American Legion
Morris Frock
Legion Home
Baltimore
J. F Omps
Hancock
Maryland
Strike threat settled at Western Electric plants
The Federal Conciliation Service announced a settlement of a threatened strike by Western Electric installation workers. A blanket wage increase of 6 cents an hour was granted to about 9,000 employees, ending the dispute.
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Washington
Federal Conciliation Service
Western Electric Company
Signing of armistice ends war in Syria
Signing of the armistice ending the British French war in Syria marks the first meeting of France and Britain at a peace table since Waterloo.
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Syria
France
Britain
Lindbergh’s Oklahoma speech moved to cow pasture
Oklahoma City officials canceled the Municipal auditorium permit for Charles A. Lindbergh’s planned Friday address. America First leaders pledged the talk would occur elsewhere if needed, while local groups protested the venue denial and council members defended free speech limits.
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Oklahoma City
Charles A. Lindbergh
Oklahoma
America First Committee
Herbert K. Hyde
U.S
American Legion
Women's Ambulance and Transport Corps of Oklahoma
Harmony Chapter No. 3
The
American War Mothers
Knights of Pythias
A. P. van Meter
Sessions Open At Braddock Heights
The 47th annual national convention of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew in the United States opened last night at Braddock Heights. Speakers included Rt. Rev. Edward T. Helfenstein and national president Douglas Turnbull. Attending bishops W Appleton Lawrence Erie John C. Dodd Harrisburg are expected. Maryland assembly president J Carville H de Shields of Baltimore is noted.
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Braddock Heights
The
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
United States
Edward T. Helfenstein
Maryland
Douglas ©. Turnbull
Cockeysville
Harrison Fiddeesof
Washington
W. Appleton Lawrence
Massachusetts
John C. Dodd
Erie
Hunter Wryatt- Brown
Harrisburg
Maryland Assembly of the Brotherhood
J. Carville H de Shields
Baltimore
Ambush on the Highway: Driver Reports Collision Witness
A motorist traveling east at about 50 to 55 mph says he saw another car careen across a six foot dirt strip separating lanes. He swerved right and braked but was struck before stopping. Mrs Bismark was reportedly en route to visit her husband John Bismark in Milwaukee.
Woman and Daughter Die in Somerset Crash
In Somerset Pennsylvania a Washington D C woman Mary Bismark 35 and her five year old daughter Joan were killed when their car skidded on the new superhighway and hit an oncoming vehicle. Four others were injured none seriously The two Bismark daughters Anita 14 and Mary Jane 16 and Robert E Wilt 46 of Altoona and his wife were mentioned in the coroner's briefing.
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Somerset
Mary Bismark
Washington, D. C
Joan
F. BE. Sass
Wilt
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H. K. Troxel
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C. C. Stine
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Quebec
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