Opposition grows as farm bill faces delay and revisions
Three administration supporters joined critics of the Senate farm bill urging revisions that could push a vote into January. Senator Berry said the bill cannot pass as is and may return to committee. Senator Pepper demanded broad changes while Senator Wagner favored simplifying the plan. Senate leaders aim to end debate soon, but a vote by next Wednesday seems unlikely.
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Washington
Administration
Berry
D-Tenn
Pepper
D-Flo
Wagner
D-Ny
Barkley
Senate
House
Benickering
McNary
Councilman-Elect Faces Charges in Buffalo Payroll Probe
In Buffalo on December 4 two more men were arrested in the municipal payroll investigation. Councilman-elect George R. Reilly was charged by the Erie county grand jury with four allegedly false audits of $31 each, tied to obtaining city employment under the alias James Malone. James M. Maloni was arrested on a first degree perjury charge resolving from the probe.
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Buffalo
WPA
George R. Reilly
Erie County Graud
Reilly
James Malone
James M. Maloni
Train strikes workers near Belgard killing eleven
In Stettin Germany eleven railroad workers were killed when a train struck their group near Belgard in the northeast. Seven others were injured, one seriously.
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Stettin
Germany
Belgard
Maryland Weather: Rain Beginnings Late Tonight Through Sunday
Maryland forecast calls for occasional rain starting late tonight or Sunday with warmer conditions tonight and cooler Sunday afternoon. Chesapeake Bay remains mostly cloudy with occasional rain late tonight or Sunday, winds shifting from southerly to west or northwest as temperatures drop.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Weekly Weather Outlook for North and Middle Atlantic States
Weather outlook begins Monday and calls for generally fair and cold conditions in the north and middle Atlantic States. Precipitation with higher daytime temperatures is expected midweek, followed by clearing skies and a colder end of the week.
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North
Middle Atlantic States
Roosevelt business program draws mixed Senate response
A secret meeting of ten Senators heard Lewis Douglas propose a recovery plan with early tax revision budget balancing and foreign trade expansion to restore industrial confidence. Democrats and Republicans present kept details private while Congress reviews Roosevelt proposals on housing finance and road aid amid budget balance debate.
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Washington
Lewis Douglas
Douglas
American Cyanimid Company
Roosevelt
Byrd
D-Va
Capitol Hill
Six Store Robbery by Negro Gunmen Across Washington
Four armed men robbed six liquor stores in 25 minutes in Washington. A customer, Benjamin Chivori, 30, was shot. Miss Virginia McReynolds, 20, suffered brain concussion. Police traced the car with Maryland plates. $593 was taken.
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Benjamin Chivori
Daniel F. McCarthy
Francis
Anthony J. Caseski
Massachusetts Avenue
Virginia McReynolds
Fire Under Roof at Clearspring Home Controlled Quickly
A fire broke out beneath the roof of Mrs. Leonard Snyder's Clearspring home and was brought under control last night with limited damage. The Clearspring volunteer fire department confined the flames to a small area while a large crowd gathered. Constable Whitey Starliner, returning from a hunting trip, arrived to help keep traffic flowing.
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Leonard Snyder
Clearspring
Whitey Starliner
No Parking Charge Until Meters Are In
City officials announced no parking charges yet as meters are not installed. Several motorists reportedly dropped coins into meter tops while awaiting installation next week.
Bargain Finds Ring Reward for Honest Return
Velma Johnson saw a bargain on a ring at a five and ten cent store in Sanford North Carolina. The ring had been lost by the wife of a store executive and was valuable enough to merit a reward when returned.
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Sanford
N. C
Velma Johnson
His First Deer Was Old Cripple Toes
Fred C. Fleming a 72 year old hunter in Oakland Maryland killed his first deer in 25 years. The 11 point 250 pound buck earned the nickname Old Cripple Toes after a prior injury gave it a stiff gait. The kill came from a 200 yard shot revealing the deer had a damaged left hind leg from years past.
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Oakland
Fred C. Fleming
Fleming
Fast Trip to Savannah Cuts 24 Hour Drive Time
Mrs. H. Eichhammer wife of a Fairchild Aircraft official traveled by plane from Hagerstown to Savannah and on to Glenville Georgia, arriving in two hours and fifty minutes for 600 miles. She then drove 50 miles to Glenville in three hours to attend Miss Martha Kicklighter's wedding.
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H. Eichhammer
Fairchild Aircraft Corp
Br Auto
Glenville
Georgia
Hagerstown
J. D. Reed
Houston
Texas
Savannah
Smog Enshrouds Pittsburgh as city hunkers indoors
In Pittsburgh on December 4, residents endured a dense smog cloud caused by a slow-moving high pressure system. Forecasters noted light winds of about three miles per hour, insufficient to clear the smoke and fog. Pilots observed a smoke pillar rising a mile, and the Golden Triangle area appeared as a ball of black ink.
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Pittsburgh
Lyons Hotel Clears Debt Amid Unbroken Sunshine Pact
In Ajd Arizona Horace Lyons, halted debt payments for the first time in 11 years, paying off yesterday. The hotel had run a sign promising free rooms on sunless days, a scheme not exercised since 1926, despite sunshine present since 1934.
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AJD
Ariz
Horace Lyons
Lyons
Test Case Involving Paces-Races Pinball Gamble
A circuit court jury trial opens over a single gambling indictment tied to the Paces-Races machine. The defendant, a local chain store manager, sits as opening statements and legal definitions unfold. Spectators include owners and operators of similar devices.
Rare disease strikes babies at St Elizabeths hospital
Chicago December 4 Physicians rally to combat a mysterious illness in St Elizabeths infants ward. Ten babies died within 24 hours of onset and eight others, aged nine to 24 days, serious. seven girls among them. Autopsies show identical infection in latest deaths. one case shows brain changes suggesting a virus or germ. No defense known.
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St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Herman Bundeson
Board of Health
Lewis Sponsors New Bay Bridge
SALISBURY December 4 A new move for a Chesapeake Bay bridge to connect the Eastern Shore with Baltimore or Annapolis has been sponsored in Congress by Congressman David J. Lewis who introduced in the House a bill granting the State Roads Commission authority to build the span. The measure was referred to the House committee on interstate and foreign commerce, with three years to begin construction and five years to complete once started.
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Salisbury
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
Annapolis
Congress
David J. Lewis
Maryland
House of Representatives
State Roads Commission
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
The
Roads Commission
Fatal Crash Driver Sentenced Five Years in Maryland
Edward J. Ruff, 30, of Catonsville, convicted on two counts of manslaughter in a fatal crash near the Pennsylvania line in Frederick County. He received a five year term yesterday at the House of Correction. Victims Mrs. Evelyn V. Schroeder, 27, and James T. Gossage, 29, of Baltimore, perished when the stolen car wrecked.
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Pennsylvania Line
Frederick County
Edward J. Ruff
Catonsville
House of Correction
Frederick
Evelyn V. Schroeder
James T. Gossage
Baltimore
Oil trucks bound for South America pause in Virginia lot
Six oil drilling equipment trucks traveling from Texas to South America stopped last night on a Virginia avenue parking lot drawing significant attention. Local authorities monitored the scene as curious motorists and residents watched the convoy.
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Texas
South America
Virginia Avenue
Pangborn Accepts Post as War Memorial Chairman
Thomas W. Pangborn, a local industrialist, will lead the War Memorial Committee in choosing Hagerstown’s World War heroes memorial. City officials and civic groups praised his selection as the committee seeks public input on the memorial’s form. The group will review numerous suggestions to reflect community wishes.
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Thomas W. Pangborn
Hagerstown
Pangborn
Stores Ask Patrons To Carry Packages At Christmas
Downtown Los Angeles department stores urged customers to carry their own Christmas purchases to combat alleged union disruption. Circulars blamed Dave Beck of the AFL CIO Teamsters for attempting to disrupt delivery services.
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Los Angeles
Dave Beck
Seattle
A.F.L. Teamsters’ Union
License Fees Total Nearly 11,000 Here
Pinball machine and music box licenses issued in the county since June 1 total nearly 11,000 pounds. Court records show 469 licenses granted. The funds have been turned over to the state for relief under the act licensing these devices.
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Court House Records
Legisature
Mail Robbery Revealed In New York Route Theft
New York police report a mail truck theft of 11 bags on Thursday night. Five pouches with rifled mail were recovered from the East River, valued between 40 thousand and 350 thousand with about 10 thousand negotiable. Inspector J J Doran suspects a padlock vulnerability and unknown accomplices.
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New York
United States
Post Office
East River
J. J. Doran
Doran
General Post Office
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Ho Poken
N. J
Manhattan
Peter Schieb
Fishbridge
Poultry color scheme gives pullets first break
In Beltsville Maryland December 4 government poultry researchers report a new color-based mating scheme. Red roosters with white hens yield white sons and red daughters helping separate sexes early. The aim is bigger fatter pullets by keeping roosters from hogging food.
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Beltsville
Warning to Americans in Nanking Evacuation Considered
The U S embassy warned nationals they may need to quit Nanking on short notice and seek refuge aboard the gunboat Panay as Japanese columns push toward the capital. Chinese officers report rivers of refugees and government evacuation, with women and children moved from villages within 20 miles east and south.
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Nanking
United States
Panay
Tanyang
Sun Yatsen
China protests Italy recognizing Manchukuo at League of Nations
Geneva reports that China protested to the League of Nations over Italy's formal recognition of Manchukuo, the Japanese puppet state in Manchuria. The protest, including a Rome note from the Chinese ambassador, cites Italy's move as evidence of growing Italy Japan ties and anti-Communist alignment.
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Geneva
China
League of Nations
Italy
Manchukuo
Japan
Manchuria
Rome
Germany
Asiatic Empire
Kang Teh
Redouble Hunt For Firebug Intensified in Baltimore Blazes
Baltimore police and fire officials redoubled efforts to capture a firebug blamed for four major blazes in the district in just over a month. The latest fire hit the temporary warehouse of Baltimore Gas Light Company at 116 East Lombard Street, drawing 24 pieces of apparatus after four alarms.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Gas Light Company
East Lombard Street
New Experimental Plane Heads For First Test At Hagerstown
A new type experimental aircraft with a 450 horsepower motor will be tested today at Hagerstown Airport. The ultra streamlined plane, designed to carry five passengers with a heavy load, is built by Duromold Aircraft Company a subsidiary of Fairchild Aircraft Corp and manufactured at the Fairchild plant in the city.
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Hagerstown
Duromold Aircraft Company
Fairchild Aircraft Corp
Fairchild
Man leaps from burning furniture truck to firehouse
In Ontario California on December 4 a driver abandoned a flaming furniture truck. William Slape jumped aboard the trailer and drove three blocks to a fire station where firefighters extinguished the blaze.
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Ontario
Calif
William Slape
Slape
Rescue mission under fire near Shanghai island
British steamer Siushan on mercy mission to Tsungming Island, Japanese occupied near Shanghai, fired on by unknown source. Chief Chinese officer killed, a sailor and several passengers wounded. Captain McMillan reached the wheel to steer clear. Nine French Canadian nuns still marooned aboard. Japanese had been informed of voyage in advance. Tsungming Island lies at Yangtze estuary mouth between Shanghai and the Ching sea. Japanese demand freedom to enter Shanghai International Settlement as tensions rise.
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Shanghai
Tsungming Island
N. McMillan
Adrien Sansoucy
E. B. Boothby
Boothby
Restlessness on Samoa prompts officials to curb influence
The governor Captain Milne reports to Secretary Swanson that outside influences erode native morals on American Samoa. Young men resist chieftains, seek stronger beer, imitate movie stars, wear bright shirts, while women adopt silk and rayon gowns. American catalogs and bicycles grow popular. Meanwhile in Annapolis Governor Nice, turning 60, plans a quiet day with family after years of celebrating on Dec 6 by mistake.
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Washington
American Samoa
Naval Administration
MacGillivray Milne
South Pacific
Swanson
Annapolis
Harry W. Nice
Petty thefts being probed by local police
Vernon Dellinger a local contractor reported to police the theft of 25 dollars worth of tools from a house at 458 Summit avenue being remodeled. George W. Bittle of Myeraville reported the theft of 10 dollars worth of merchandise from his car behind R. D. McKee's hardware store on North Potomac street.
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Vernon Dellinger
Summit Avenue
George W. Bittle
Myeraville
R. D. McKee
Potomac Street
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