Kennedy cites refugee crisis and war debts on Queen Mary trip
US Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy says the refugee problem requires international loan aid and cooperation from Britain. He warns Americans are not ready to accept full war debt payment and notes no discussions with British officials due to lack of instructions. He spoke aboard the Queen Mary en route to the United States.
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Southampton
United States
Joseph P. Kennedy
Hmarepe
Thien
Kennedy
Ling
Great Britain
Britain
Hone
Qin
Glad He Helped Obtain Walkway SOW
Postmaster General praises a five foot ground donation near the market house site for a sidewalk in Hagerstown. He notes heavy sidewalk use as proof of need and expresses gladness to help residents gain the short cut. An unrelated item follows about a school program postponement due to an epidemic in a mountain town.
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Sow
Predian
Ponent
Treasury Department
Market House
City Tall
Hagerstown
Maryland Weather Summary With Clearing Sunday Clouds
Maryland forecast: fair tonight with colder conditions in central areas and parts of the east. Sunday brings increasing cloudiness and higher temperatures in the western portion. Chesapeake Bay outlook shows mostly clear skies tonight, becoming cloudier as winds shift northwest, diminishing Sunday.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Weekly Weather Outlook for North and Mid Atlantic States
Weather outlook covers December 12 extending into December. Precipitation expected near the beginning of the week and again after Thursday. Temperatures will be near or slightly above normal with light to moderate activity across the region.
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Middle Atlaantic
Daladier Gains Narrow Confidence Vote In France
In Paris and Tunisian frontier areas anti Italian protests spread as Arab groups and students in Algiers voiced opposition to the Italian campaign in Tunisia. Daladier forged a fragile majority in the Chamber of Deputies in a late session, though his Radical Socialist party remained divided.
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Tunis
Tunisia
France
Algiers
Algeria
Sicily
Sardinia
Wmuhermes
Libya
PARES
Tremier Daladier
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
Rechamber
Rainfall Tops December Average Across Multiple Localities
Weather records show December rainfall exceeding the average in Chewsville with 2.42 inches for the month so far. Keedysville totals reach 2.30 inches, still under December’s 2.78 inch average. Hagerstown pipe station reports 1.45 inches, river rising about two feet by noon at Williamsport, up six inches per hour.
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Do Panl Oswald
Chewsville
Toda
Keedyville
Miller
Keedysville
Mr. Miller
Hagerstown
Potomac
Williamsport
Sheriff Sheriff Baker's First Arrest In Drunken Driving Case
Sheriff Joseph D. Baker made his first unassisted arrest last evening as he nabbed Paul R. Metz in the Bair play section for drunken driving. Metz pleaded guilty before Justice Dink and was fined 100 dollars plus costs. Metz was taken into custody on Virginia Avenue after a period of tailing.
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Joseph D. Baker
Paul R. Metz
Merz
Join D. Dink
Baker
Metz
Virginia Avenue
Epidemic of mumps hits Dansville schoolchildren
An outbreak in Dansville New York affects sixty nine students. Public welfare officer Esther Shafer and County Health Laboratory director Dr. Guetae Selach coordinate the response and health measures at the local school.
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Dansville
N.Y
Dee
Ita
Esther Shafer
Guetae Selach
Thirty Prisoners Arraigned For Sentence In Circuit Court
Thirty prisoners mostly boys were arraigned for sentence as Judge Frank G Wagaman handed out suspended terms and sentences up to three years in the penitentiary. Notable cases included Earl Repp who received the maximum three years for assault with intent to murder, and four jail breakers including Ehner Wolf Raymond Mitchell and James Lucas who drew two years each. Additional sentences covered larceny breaking and related offenses with varied terms.
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Frank G. Wagaman
Earl Repp
Big Springs
Frank Mills Las
Repp
Ehner Wolf
Raymond Mitchell
James Lucas
David Embly
Charles Watts
Young
Leon Kuhn
Kuhn
John Hardy
Aling Harding
Jarceny
Malcolm. Hoffman. Hancock
She H
Hofman
Joe Jordan
Fred Williams
House of Correction
Bud Peterson
Norman Adams
George Lee
Russell Davis
Noah Henson
Victor Springer
Earl Whitly
William Smith
Charles Cook
Carmel Hawbaker
John Moore
Hagerstown
Cook
Moore
Juloyd Stine
David Black
Embly
Orville Little
Lester Coffman
Harold Lewis
Geminid Meteors to Light Skies Over Three Evenings
New York reports the Geminid meteor shower will illuminate the western sky for three evenings starting Sunday night. Meteors are named for the Gemini constellation and observers note counts up to about 24 per hour in recent years, with Portsmouth, Maine, recording a high tally. The display peaks before midnight, with bright white color and short, glowing trails.
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New York
Portsmouth
Maine
Youth Still Unconscious After Bicycle Auto Accident
Raymond Varrison, 16, of West Howard Street, remained unconscious at Washington County Hospital 127 hours after a bicycle auto crash on South Potomac Street near Locheng Point. Doctors report possible undetected skull fracture. brain concussion causes unconscious state and spinal fluid extractions continue to relieve pressure. Slight improvement noted in Barry M. Hartle, former county treasurer, after illness began Thursday. he rests and is hoped to recover in coming days.
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Raymond Varrison
West Howard Street
Loengs Point
South Potomac Street
Washington County Hospital
Varrigon
Barry M. Hartle
Hartly
Pair Are Not Bank Robbers Statement in Keedysville Case
George Buxton cashier of Citizens Bank at Keedysville could not identify Clyde Rinker and Earl Merriman of Brunswick as the pair who held up the bank on February 2. The FBI earlier escorted two men to Frederick to compare with the suspects, whose descriptions matched only vaguely. Rinker and Merryman are also wanted in a Virginia avenue store holdup and were turned over to Frederick police by Washington authorities after a case involving a girl’s kidnapping.
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George Buxton
Citizens’ Bank
Keedysville
Clyde Rinker
Earl Merriman
Brunswick
Frederick
Sixton
Fred
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Rinker
Merryman
Virginia Avenue
Washington
Buxton
Teday
Army and Navy streamline mobilization plan revision
Washington reports the Army and Navy are simplifying the nation’s mobilization scheme for the next war. Officials say the streamlined blueprint will be less centralized and quicker to operate, updating a plan from 1920 with added emphasis on industrial readiness and munition plants, especially in the Southeast and Great Lakes regions.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Woodying
Swangon
Congress
Rep
Starnes
House Military Appropriations Committee
West
Great Lakes
Philadelphia
Couple Charged With Kidnapping In Maryland Case
Uniontown Pa Dec 2 UP Raymond Foster 26 and his wife Mary 28 were held for Maryland police on kidnapping charges. They allegedly took Albert Grove 9 the son of a farmer near Westernport Md to their Brownsville Pa home last Wednesday. The pair waived extradition and were remanded to Maryland.
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Uniontown
WPA
Maryland
Raymond Foster
Mary
Albert Grove
Westernport
Brownsville
Capone to Return Home Next Month to Find Empire Gone
Capone, returning from Alcatraz on January 19, faces a changed Chicago. He will serve a Cook County jail term for failing to file tax reports before release, as State’s Attorney Courtney notes the crackdown on bookie gambling houses and syndicate bosses. The once vast rackets have faded, with many cronies dead or jailed, leaving a diminished criminal landscape.
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Capone
Empire
Chicago
Dee TY
AL Cappone
Cappone
Feuhrer
Alcatraz
San Francisco Bay
Cook County
Het” State
Thomas J. Courtney
Courtney
Tim
Illeir
Sansford
Keys for F D R and Governor Keys for F D R and Governor
Mayor W Lee Elgin reserved two fine walnut planks from the old city hall cupola. He will convert them into two keys, sending one to the President and the other to the Maryland governor. The ornamental grill work will not be sold and will go to a museum in the new city hall.
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Old City Hall
W. Lee Elgin
United States
Maryland
Hit
New City Hall
Film Stars Summoned in Philippine Bond Fraud Case
A group of Hollywood figures including Bing Crosby Cary Grant Miriam Hopkins Ronald Coleman and others were subpoenaed by the New York district attorney to testify in the William F Buckner securities fraud case involving Philippine Railways. Buckner faces charges of fraud and deceiving investors by promising government redemption of detained securities tied to a market manipulation probe.
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New York
Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Jay Schneck
William F. Buckner
Dapper Young
Ronald Coleman
Miriam Hopkins
Cary Grant
Frank Morgan
Phiiis Brooks
Tinnie Barnes
Lerbert Marshall
Leon Errol
Nola Hahn
Wollywood Clover Club
Nick Carter
Jean Mogileski
Buckner
Freud
Philippine Railways Company
Securities and
Securities and “Hechange Commission
Treasurer Orders Big Smile From All Collectors
John Toman, newly elected Cook County treasurer, aims to ease taxpayers by requiring all collectors to wear a big smile and provide friendly, courteous treatment. The policy seeks to improve public interaction and reduce friction in tax collection.
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Clucago
John Toman
Cook County Treas Ier
Taele Jake Saties Hospitalized After Quiet Night
Police veteran Taele Jake Saties, noted for long service, was hospitalized this morning after a period of rest. He spent a very comfortable night, with his condition described as fair today.
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Taele
Jake
Divorce Suit Filed for Mary Alma Rider
Mary Alma Rider through attorney John J. Alien filed for divorce from Richard Rider in court today.
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Mary Alma Rider
Attornex
John J. Alien
Richard Rider
Train Wreck Wounds Three Women Near Defiance
Three women injured when the Baltimore and Ohio Fort Pitt limited derailed ten miles from Defiance Ohio. Mrs. James Nowell of St Paul Minnesota, 49, plus two others, were taken by ambulance to Defiance hospital with cuts and non serious injuries. Eight of ten coaches derailed and some sank into mud at the embankment.
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J. A. Nowell
St. Paul
Minn
Hagerstown
Fort Pitt
B. and C
Defiance
Baltimore and Ohio
Holgate
Here
RM. Shaw
James Nowell
Michael Shaughnessy
Williard
Ohio
Helen
O Connors Budget Talks Under Way With Panelists
Governor O Conor plans night meetings with his budget committee to begin the 1940 41 state budget process in Baltimore with other panels to study state problems. Three members joined the revenue commission: George R Maris Francis J Car and H H Walker Lewis.
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Baltimore
Herbert R. O’conor
O'Connor
George R. Maris
Thief Steals Baby Items From Suitcase Laughed At
In San Francisco a thief took one of three suitcases from Eric Moeller's parked car. Two bags held clothing worth several hundred dollars while the third held baby items for Moeller's child. The loss sparked light humor despite the theft.
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San Francisco
Eric Moetler
Moeller
Retail sales for week are largest yet
America’s Christmas shopper wave boosted weekly retail volume to the biggest of the year with apparel house furnishings and electric appliances leading demand while staples and toy sales remained strong. Freight volumes rose, steel mill use hovered near 60 percent, and auto production surpassed 100,000 cars as the industry remained brisk.
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New York
America
Traffic Death Toll Slashed Across 35 U S Cities
A nationwide survey of 35 large cities shows marked drops in traffic fatalities in early December. Ten cities cut deaths by 40 percent or more from 1937 levels, with Providence reporting a 69 percent decline after a 111 day no fatality stretch and speeds reduced to 25 mph. Columbus, Ohio shows 58.2 percent fewer deaths as enforcement tightens.
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Associated Press
Jaywalker
Providence
R. I
Columbus
Millennium claim after boy pays 15 cents for broken insulator
Western Union receives a so called conscience letter from a boy who attached 15 cents in stamps as payment for an insulator he damaged on a Telegraph Company line. The note marks the first compensation offered for millions of destroyed insulators in 30 years amid rock pegging and gunfire.
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Chicago
Western Union Telegraph Company
Morningstar Charged in Somerset County Shooting Return
A yearling buck weighing ninety pounds was shot by Donovan C Morningstar, formerly of this city, in Somerset County Pennsylvania. Morningstar now resides in Boswell Pennsylvania.
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Donovan C. Morningstar
This City
Somerset County
Mr. Morningstar
Boswell, Pa
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Hubby
Beverly Coburn
Anna T. Coburn
William “Scotty” Coburn
Coburn
Beverly
Elkton
Anna
Scotty
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