Bel Air assault case links CCC worker and sergeants
A Civilian Conservation Corps worker is held in Bel Air jail and two Army sergeants are under military guard at Fort Hoyle amid the abduction and attack of 15 year old Mildred Lofthouse of Perryville. Sheriff Boyle says the girl identified the three suspects and police were told she had been attacked three times before.
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Bel Air
Civilian Conservation Corps
Fort Hoyle
Perryville
Granville C. Boyle
Harford County
Mildred Lofthouse
Boyle
Susquehanna River
Havre de Grace
Joseph Lofthouse
J. B. l Ray
Aberdeen
Mildred
CCC
Aberdeen Proving Round
Howver
Third Army
Damage suit before jury over 1934 car crash
The $15,000 damage suit of Sarah Ellen Miner against Norman R. Klepper is tried in Circuit court today. The case stems from an automobile collision near Cearfoss on June 11, 1934, with Miner alleging serious permanent injuries. Walter W. Miner sues for $5,000 against Klepper. Attorneys D. A. Wolfinger and Charles Wagaman represent Mrs. Miner. Leo H. Miller represents the defendant.
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Sarah Ellen Miner
Norman R. Klepper
Uit
Cearfoss
Miner
Walter W. Miner
Klepper Vending
D. A. Wolfinger
Charles Wagaman
Five 6 percent Station Furniture bonds sell at 20.50
At the courthouse steps this morning J. C. Snyder acted as auctioneer for a sale of five hundred dollar bonds and a share of Gerald-Mail and Farmers Co Operative stock. Bond price: 20.50 on the 100 in front of the courthouse. Farmers Co operative share withdrawn. Gerald-Mail stock brought 107.50 per share.
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Tierald-Mail Company
Tock
Farmers’ Co-Operative
J. C. Snyder
Auconeer
King George Urges Britain to Fund Defenses in Parliament
London reports that King George VI urged urgent replenishment of Britain’s defense forces as the ninth parliament opened. The treasury disclosed two giant loans totaling 300 million pounds, sparking speculation over defense funding amid Italo-Ethiopian tensions.
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London
George
British Empire
Victoria
Viscount Hailsham
Europe
Italy Moves To Defeat Embargo
Premier Mussolini's cabinet met the League of Nations oil embargo threat with plans to boost oil supplies and cut usage. Italy will increase production and push Albanian output and native wells. An official communique says refinery provisions will be maintained and coke gas and tar distilleries must keep refining capacity to handle output.
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Rome
Mussolini
League of Nations
Man Rescued From 25-Foot Well Recovers Slowly
North Wilkesboro, N C Dec 3 Robert Dyson aged 42 who was rescued Sunday from a 25 foot dry well after ten days without food or water began to slowly gain strength and weight in a local hospital.
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North Wilkesboro
N. C
Robert Dyson
Elvira Quinn Dies at 110. Civil War Husband Killed
Mrs Elvira Quinn who celebrated her 110th birthday anniversary recently died late yesterday at her daughter’s home near Spartansburg South Carolina Her husband Josephus Quinn was killed in the Civil War.
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Spartansburg
S. C
Elvira Quinn
Josephus Quinn
Three Local WPA Projects Start Soon
Three local WPA projects are set to begin within ten days or two weeks. Planned works include drainage on Virginia avenue from the Norfolk and Western Railroad to Snyder avenue, grading and building tennis courts at the West End playground, beautification with shrubbery, a sewer project on Avon road, and street paving already underway in Williamsport Funkstown and Sharpsburg. At Camp Ritchie, rifle range improvements and a storage garage building have started.
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Hagerstown
Virginia Avenue
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Snyder Avenue
West End
Avon Road
Williamsport
Funkstown
Sharpsburg
Camp Ritchie
Death of Mrs Arthur MacArthur in Manila
Mrs Arthur MacArthur Sr mother of Maj Gen MacArthur died today after a long illness in her Manila hotel suite. Special medicine brought from the United States by the China Clipper arrived too late to help the 12 year old woman.
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Manila
P. I
Arthur Macarthur, Sr
MacArthur
United States
Deputy Burroughs Sleepily Loses $10 and Watch
Hugo Oklahoma on December 3 report: B B Burroughs a deputy sheriff for 28 years slept through a theft from his trousers under the pillow as burglars took ten dollars and a watch. The incident highlights the boldness of the crime in the local area.
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Hugo
Okla
B. B. Burroughs
Burstars
Brain Trust Ordered to Change Italian Diet
Rome reports a Fascist commission of professors doctors and hygienists will teach Italians to eat healthily on home grown foods behind League of Nations sanctions linked to Ethiopia. It aims for 3000 calories daily from national production. Business leaders warn tougher boycott will raise unemployment and hit credit.
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Rome
Achille Starace
Fascist Party
Slarace
League of Nations
Italy
Ethiopia
Italy braces for Ethiopian onslaught on St George Day
Report from Maka le Ethiopia dated December 3 describes Addis Ababa advising an Ethiopian army of about 400000 preparing to strike Italian northern strongholds. Fascist scouts say enemy bands near Italian outposts as native columns clash on the right flank and Ras Seyoum’s defenders ambush the Askata column.
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Makale
Ethiopia
St. George
Italy
Addis Ababa
Askata
Ras Seyoum
Hunt Assailant Of Four Girls In Evanston
Police hunted a blackhaired assailant after four young women were attacked in Evanston near Northwestern University. Irena Lockwood, 32, was bludgeoned and hospitalized. Dorothy Steidel reported a man dragged her into an alley. two coeds, Alice Bailey and Sally Robinson, fought off a razor-wielding attacker threatening throat cuts.
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Chicago
Evanston
Irena Lockwood
Dorothy Steidel
Northwestern University
Alice Bailey
Sally Robinson
Ohio pupils boycott over condemned school buildings
In Troy Ohio on December 3 two hundred district pupils stayed home as parents moved to send their children to alternative districts after state condemnation of their schools. The transfers followed the officials designation and action.
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Troy
Ohio
Livermore Jr May Recover From Bullet Wound
Santa Barbara Calif Dec 3 Jesse Livermore Jr 16 son of the Wall Street trader fights infection from a bullet wound as his mother Dorothy Wendt Longcope 38 pleads innocent to assault with intent to murder. Her preliminary hearing is tentatively set for next Monday. She is free on 36000 bond after a weekend in jail and seeks custody of Paul 14 who lives with the senior Livermore at a hotel since his arrival Saturday. The boy was awarded to Mrs Longcope when the couple divorced in 1982.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Jesse Livermore, Jr
Wall Street
Dorothy Wendt Longcope
Paul
Livermore
Longcope
Frederick hunter dies from chest injuries in hunting accident
Frederick December 3 Paul Stonesifer twenty two died at Frederick City hospital from chest injuries after being shot last Friday near Taneytown. Authorities say the shooting was accidental and are satisfied with the conclusion.
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Frederick
Paul Stonesifer
Frederick City
Stonesifer
Taneytown
Village Buried By Landslide In Verde Cocha
A landslide buried the village of Verde Cocha near Guayaquil Ecuador early today killing about 50 inhabitants instantly. Rescue workers scoured the area as officials reported the disaster and began relief efforts.
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Verde Cocha
Eight county farm market roads start construction
Washington County WPA engineer Harold Seibert announces eight farm to market road projects under way employing about 200 relief workers. Roads include Pectonville in Indian Springs, Samples Manor from church to Chestnut Grove, Harpers Ferry from Pleasantville to Harpers Ferry, Sandy Mile to Route 40 west of Tonoloway Ridge, Kurlin Mill toward Maryland Heights, Beaver Creek to Bagtown, Fairplay to Bakersville, and Burnside Bridge to Mt. Briar.
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Washington County
Harold Seibert
WPA
Pectonville
Indian Springs
Samples Manor
Samples Manor Church
Chestnut Grove
Harpers Ferry
Pleasantville
Sandy Mile
Pennsylvania Line
Tonoloway Ridge
Kurlin Mill
Maryland Heights
Sandy Hook
Beaver Creek
Bagtown
Fairplay
Bakersville
Burnside Bridge
Mt. Briar
1200 on Job Over County
Brewer L. Stouffer, manager of the local Re-Employment Bureau, announced at noon that this county's quota of 1200 relief workers are either actively employed or have been notified to report for work. December 1 marked the end of all direct relief in the county and state. He noted that several underway projects are overloaded and many workers will be reassigned within the next weeks.
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Brewer L. Stouffer
Re-Employment Bureau
Mr. Stouffer
Slaying of 3 year old Dennis Creeden in Homestead Hotel
Pittsburgh dispatch reports police reconstruct the shooting after two empty glasses and the dying man’s last words. Dennis Creeden, 3, was in a Homestead hotel when a robber demanded money. County Detective Mc Dermott says the assailant asked for whisky and a chaser before shooting.
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Pittsburgh
Dennis Creeden
Homestead
Creeden
Michael McDermott
McDermott
Williamsport Democratic Club Luncheon Held at R O P Building
Members of the Williamsport Democratic Organization Club attended a supper in the R O P building rooms hosted by the entertainment committee. The event followed a short business meeting led by vice president William H. Taylor with several members present and enjoying the evening.
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Democratic Organization Club
Williamsport
R. Ot P
William H. Taylor
Philly gang chief taken for a ride
Gunmen abducted and killed Petey Ford, a 31 year old former co leader of the Ford Bailey gang. Police found his body in a gutter near a Reading railroad station after a woman reported a man was dragged from a slow moving car. Detectives seek Frankie Bailey fearing a similar fate may await him as they renew an old mob case.
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Philadelphia
Petey” Ford
Frankie” Bailey
Delaware County
Ford
Reading
Four Deer Hunters Die First Day
Four deaths marked the opening of Pennsylvania's big game season as hunters went into the woods for day two. Victims included three year-old Eva Mae Madison, killed by a discharged firearm at Derrick City. 16-year-old Leo Reimert of Bernville who dropped his shotgun. 16-year-old Kenneth Warlow of Tower City struck by a stray bullet. and NT Yingling, 70, found dead near Tamarack with a bullet near the heart.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Eva Mae Madison
Derrick City
Bradford
Leo Reimert
Bernville
Berks County
Kenneth War
Jackie Coogan and Betty Grable betrothal announced in Hollywood
Hollywood December report says Jackie Coogan 21 and Betty Grable 19 disclosed their engagement after Coogan pledged a diamond ring. They plan to marry within a year, possibly in June, as Grable pursues a screen comeback and the couple tours for a personal appearance.
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Hollywood
Calif
Jackie Coogan
Betty Grable
Miss Grable
Conn Grable
St. Louis
Jackie
Coogan
Educator Luella Miner Dies at 74 in Shantung Province
Luella Miner, American educator who dedicated her life to China, died of pneumonia at 74. She founded China's first college for women, the Women's College of Peiping University, in 1905.
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Tsinan
Shantung Province
China
Luella Miner
Women’s College of
Peiping University
Clipper Back at Wake Isle on famed Pacific hop
The China Clipper landed at Wake Island at 8:58 p.m. completing the second leg of its Manila to California return. The 25-ton flying boat carried about 1,000 pounds of airmail and faced heavy head winds and a near typhoon as Capt. Edwin C. Musick steered the flight, adjusting altitude to dodge squalls.
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Wake Island
Pan American Airways
Manila
California
Pacific
Philippines
Guam
Edwin C. Musick
Couple and Son Burned in Bonita Fire Near Monroe
In Monroe Louisiana on December 3 a family tragedy occurred when Mr. and Mrs. Pat McCleary and their son were killed by a fire that consumed their home near Bonita. A second son Add, 16, escaped and was taken to relatives. he could not provide details. Mrs McCleary was ill in bed at the time.
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Monroe
Pat McCleary
Bonita
Add McCleary
Dole Budget Clash Faces Scions On Relief Costs
Washington December 3 Informed quarters discuss possible request to Congress for more dole money despite New Deal aims to end it The House appropriations committee opened work on the next fiscal year budget with relief and budget balancing as intertwined concerns Chairman Buchanan hopes to cut the deficit from 3.28 billion to 500 million this year but rivals see limited savings outside relief funds If large relief spending aligns with balancing pressures the committee faces a severe dilemma Continued on Page 2
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Washington
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Buchanan Id. Tex
Appropriations Committee
Dole
Break From Mass State Prison By Convicts Ends In Fatality
A gang of convicts staged a break from the Massachusetts State Prison. One driver is dead and several others are injured during the incident.
Bank Robbers Escape Jail in Muskogee Shootout
Four bank robbers who had been convicted for looting two Okemah national banks escaped from Muskogee city jail in a dawn gunfight that critically wounded Chief of Detectives Ben Bolton. The escape marks a dramatic breakout from the federal facility.
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Muskogee
Okla
Okemah
Ben Bolton
Convicts Break From Massachusetts Prison Amid Fatalities
In Charlestown Boston a gang of seven to eight prisoners attacked guards and a truck driver during a prison yard breakout. One inmate, John Oliver of Somerville, was killed and several guards and prisoners were injured. The truck driver, Louis Richards, was struck with a pipe and hurled to the ground as convicts attempted to flee toward a tunnel and rail yard exits.
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Boston
Massachusetts State
Charlestown
Boston and
Maine
John Oliver
Somerville
Mass
Louis Richards
Frank Shaughnessey
Richards
Notes Bonds Sell Quickly in Treasury Financing
The treasury closed its books on a 960 million financing, with full subscription in one banking day. Secretary Morgen thau hailed the response as delight while bankers rushed to take up 450 million in 4 1 2 percent notes and 450 million in 2 1 2 percent bonds for 2945 47. The public debt rose to a new top of 350.5 billion as holders of 41 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 in 21 percent treasury bills could exchange for more notes or bonds. The Working balance is projected near 2.9 billion barring heavy outlays.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Spring blooms defy December chill on the Eastern Shore
Denton Maryland reports January warmth in December as japonica violets and red roses flower in sheltered spots. Tamarack shows spring foliage and several tipe strawberries were picked in the past week, signaling an early bloom season despite the cold.
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Denton
Bethesda Chamber Opposes 1 Percent Sales Tax Return
College Park Maryland December 3 The Bethesda Chamber of Commerce has come out in opposition to the re enactment by the General Assembly of the one percent gross sales tax.
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College Park
Bethesda Chamber of Commerce
General Assembly
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Gloria Debevoise
Associated Press
Army
Louise Luckey
University of Missouri
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Columbia
Morpheus
Associated Prena
Hunt
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Holdup Man
Democratic Club
Philly
Abram Falin
Wildcat Valley
Comely
Edith Maxwell
Wise
Clipper
Wake Isle
U. S
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Shaughnessey
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