Panay sinking sparks second American note from Grew
Tokyo reports Grew delivered a second American note over the Panay disaster and related gunboat Yangtze patrol incidents. The note reportedly protested boarding by Japanese officers before Panay sank near Nanking after aerial bombing. State Department details were based on China-derived sources.
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Tokyo
United States
Joseph C. Grew
Panay
Yangtze River
Nanking
State Department
Washington
Grew
China
Koki Hirota
Naval Court Of Inquiry Probes Gunboat Sinking
A U S naval court of inquiry rushed to determine details of the Panay attack on April 28 as Augusta sails for Manila. Japanese commander Haegawa reported forces advancing north, west and southwest of Nanking. Shanghai appeals for doctors and supplies grew as Sun Fo reportedly traveled to Moscow.
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Naval Court of Inquiry
Shanghal
United States Naval Court of Inquiry
S River
Ipping
Yangtze
United States
Augusta
Harry E. Yarnel
Manila
Nanking
Repub
Shanghai
Sun Fo
Legislative Yuan
China
Moscow
Sun
Senate Bill Differs From House in Farm Aid Plans
Senate passage of the ever normal granary bill shifts the farm aid problem to a joint Senate-House committee to reconcile major differences. House and Senate measures share broad goals but diverge on details, delaying final enactment until Congress reconvenes in January. The vote was 5 to 29 in the Senate with several Republicans backing the bill. proponents faced a near substitute from the McAdoo price fixing plan and another defeated substitute.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
House
Roosevelt
Capper
Kansas
Frazier
Nye
North Dakota
la Follette
Norris
Ing. Neb
Lee
D. Okla
Wallace
Demonstration Wins Acquittal in Claw Machine Case
In Baltimore on December 18, Eugene O'Dunne acquitted Benjamin Van Sant of operating a gambling device. Van Sant had claimed his claw machine was a test of skill and not chance, taking prizes totaling $21.50 in exchange for 3.40 in nickels. The judge noted the verdict reflects uncertainty about claw machines as gambling devices.
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Baltimore
Wudge Eugene O’dunne
Enjamin van Sant
Vanant
Car and Truck Collision Injures Driver on Virginia Ave
Geraldine Snook of Virginia Ave NE sustained a thumb injury when her car collided with a W. F. Kior Co. truck on Virginia Ave this morning. Snook’s car was badly damaged and the truck was only slightly damaged.
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Geraldine Snook
Virginia Avene
Snook
Mary Snook
W. F. Kior Co
Virginia Avenue
Weather forecast for Maryland and Chesapeake Bay
Weather Bureau reports partly cloudy and colder tonight with possible snow in extreme west portions. Sunday generally fair and colder, especially in central and eastern areas. Chesapeake Bay also partly cloudy and colder tonight with Sunday colder and mostly clear. Fresh southwest winds shift to the west and northwest in some areas.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Weekly Weather Outlook for Atlantic States
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday in the North and Middle Atlantic states. Occasional light precipitation is expected early in the week, followed by generally fair conditions. Temperatures should run near normal, with variable northern section precipitation.
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North
Middle Atlantic States
Man Receives Donor Eye after Surgical Operation
Frank Chabina Jr shouted I can see to physicians as the bandages came off. The cornea came from John Amos aged 58 of St Joseph Louisiana. Amos said he was glad the eye that guided him through life would aid a young man. Amos is seen leaving hospital.
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Frank Chabina, Jr
New Orleans
Frank
John Amos
St. Joseph
Amos
Admiral Leahy Says U S Has Ships Needed In Far East
Washington dispatch reports Admiral William D. Leahy, chief of naval operations, after meeting with President Roosevelt, stating the United States has all ships in the Far East needed at present as the Japanese situation remains very tense.
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Washington
United States
William D. Leahy
Far East
Leahy
Naval Operations
White House
Roosevelt
Death by Own Action in Williamsport Man
Beecher J. Myers, 51, former Williamsport shoemaker, died at Washington County Hospital from drinking carbolic acid. Despondency suspected. He drank the poison at friends’ home on South Locust street and was found early this morning. Survived by widow, sons William, Allen, Joseph, and daughters Jean, Maxine, Nancy. Body to Seal Funeral Home. Funeral announcements later.
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Beecher J. Myers
Williamsport
Washington County Hospital
Harry L. Harsh
Myers
Nancy
Rockford
Seal Funeral Home
Jurors Discharged After Twenty Day Service
The petit jurors of the November term of circuit court were discharged last evening after serving twenty days.
Stewed Pigeons and Hidden Still Unearthed in Lyndhurst
Federal agents solved a case in Lyndhurst New Jersey when five pigeons staggered near a garage roof as agents watched. A raid uncovered a 700 gallon still with a one foot smokestack camouflaged around a chimney, stopping the fumes as the pigeons are expected to stop drinking.
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Lyndhurst
N. J
Thirty six Convicted of Terrorism in Illinois Coal Strike
Federal court jur y convicts 36 defendants linked to the Progressive Miners of America of conspiracy to bomb coal field trains. The mass trial lasted five weeks and ended after 141 hours of deliberation. Several Progressive officials were among those found guilty of dynamiting trains and obstructing the mails during 1932 to 1935 misconduct.
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Springfield
Lil
Progressive Miners of America Union
Illinois
Central
Southern
Earl (Nip) Evans
United Mine Workers of America
Fr Reinhart Is Promoted to Baltimore Parish
The Very Reverend Thomas D. Reinhart, pastor of St Marys Catholic Church in this city, is promoted to the pastorate of St Peters Church in Baltimore succeeding Rev James A Smyth who moves to Shrine of the Sacred Heart in Washington. Rev J Francis Leary, with rank of captain in the Officers Reserve Corps, will succeed Reinhart at St Marys. Appointments take effect January 1.
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Thomas D. Reinhart
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
St. Peters Church
Baltimore
James A. Smyth
Shrine of the Sacred Heart
Washington
J. Francis Leary
United States Army
Father Reinhart
St. Mary’s
Hancock
Father Leary
St. Ann’s Church
Fire destroys Manistee Salvation Army headquarters
A blaze last night in Manistee Michigan leveled the Salvation Army headquarters and with it the toys and candy intended for 400 needy children at Christmas. The fire gutted the building, halting holiday distribution plans and prompting the arrival of local and volunteer firefighters.
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Manistee
Mich
Dee
Salvation Army
Gunmen Shoot Three Youths On Detroit East Side
Four gunmen, all likely 18 or 19, opened fire on three youths as they left a beer garden on Detroit's East Side. Two victims were hospitalized in serious condition after transfusions. the others remained nonresponsive. Suspects fled on foot.
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Detroit
East Side
Teruel trapped as Franco army siege tightens
In Teruel, the southern Aragon front city ringed by government forces, snow blocked movement as government troops said they had captured 15 positions around the city and within it. A fierce battle raged in the cemetery as insurgents fought to hold the town 135 miles east of Madrid.
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Madrid
Dee. Ys (P
Teruel
Francisco Franco
Aragon
Teruels
Franco
Six Guardsmen Die in California Auto Crash
Six National Guardsmen, aged about twenty, were killed when their automobile crashed into a tree twelve miles east of Stockton California after leaving a Christmas party of their artillery company. The car split in two and the rear section, where five bodies lay, was wrapped around the tree.
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Lods
Calif
Here
Stockton
Royal town hall fire leaves firemen powerless
Royal Ta December 18 The Royal town hall burned to the ground with volunteers unable to fight the blaze as their fire fighting apparatus was inside the building.
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Royal, Ta
Royal Town Hall
Auto Crash Injures Miss Dickerhoff on East Franklin
J. E. Bensell reported to police after his car struck Polly Dickerhoff at the first alley intersection on East Franklin street. He took her to a physician where examination found only bruises.
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J. E. Bensell
Polly Dickerhoff
East Franklin Street
Bensell
Office Safe Robbed Here
Cash and checks totaling 591.50 stolen last night from the National Cash Register safe on East Washington Street. The safe was found unlocked with no forced entry. Sgt. Jesse B. Brown leads the investigation, aided by fingerprints photographed by County Investigator Clarence L. Baker.
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National Cash Register Company
East Washington Street
Jesse B. Brown
Sergeant Brown
Brown
Clarence L. Baker
Paroled Man Sentenced to 18 Months for Non-Support
Sydney McCoy, who had been paroled weeks earlier on a non support condition to pay $3 weekly, was arraigned before Judge Frank Wagaman in circuit court and sentenced to 18 months in the House of Correction for failing to support a son. McCoy asked how long the support obligation lasts and was told the 18 months.
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Sydney McCoy
House of Correction
Frank G. Wagaman
MecCoy
McCoy
Wagaman
House Sidetracks Wage-Hour Bill Upsetting Roosevelt's Program
In a tense overtime session the House sent the wage-hour bill back to the labor committee by a 216 to 198 vote. The move, a major setback for the Roosevelt program, followed Senate approval of the farm bill and left wage-hour legislation in doubt as adjournment nears. Debates on a housing bill to boost home construction continued as the chamber met again.
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House
Roosevelt
Bill
Labor Committee
Rayburn
Washington
Pic
D-Tex
Senate
Roosevelt Court
Information centers to aid Maryland income tax returns
Baltimore December 18 Information centers to aid Marylanders in filling out state income tax returns will open about February 1 The one half of one percent tax is due March 15 Joseph O C McCusker deputy state controller said only a few returns would be received in the next six weeks and the comptroller s office would not open centers until returns became heavy The state income tax is estimated to raise 1 500 000 for relief and welfare purposes.
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Baltimore
Move to Spur U. S. Business
Works Progress Administration officials in Washington ordered area supervisors to requisition materials for January to March to spur business. County W P A supervisor Harold Seibert reported one notice received, with about 5704 dollars worth of materials to be requisitioned in the county. He said officials in local towns with W P A projects under way or planned would also place orders to boost activity.
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Works Progress Administration
Washington
Harold Seibert
Seibert
Missing Youth Sought in Hacerstown Area
Haverstown police seek Walter Rochrwitz a 16 year old missing from Philadelphia since November 27. A message from his father 4701 Wayne Avenue Philadelphia asks Walt to contact at once by telephone or telegraph with reverse charges. The note promises a future of happiness and Christmas joy.
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Hacerstown
Walter Rochrwitz
Philadelphia
Routh
Wayne Avenue
Walt Old Top
Dad
First Hose Company extinguishes chimney fire on Mar hern road
The First Hose company extinguished a chimney fire on Mar hern road at about 7:30 this morning. Damage was negligible.
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Marhern Road
Extradition Fight Ties Four In Pittsburgh Death Case
Pittsburgh detectives report two Brooklyn men Louis H. Green and Fred A. Odenwalk refused extradition as they face questions in the Rose Ault case. Jacob Zelkind and Morris Engargola, both detained as material witnesses, were held on $2 509 bail after being linked to a hotel room gathering with the deceased 30 year old divorcee. Coroner McGregor notes chemical tests needed to determine cause of death.
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Pittsburgh
Walter Monaghan
New York City
Louis H. Green
Brooklyn
Fred A. Odenwalk
Ozone Park
L. L
New York
Andrew T. Park
Jacob Zelkind
Morris Engargola
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
di Vorcee
Rose Ault
W. J. McGregor
Zelkind
Engargola
Monaghan
Maryland sportsmen seek unpaid five member game board
An unpaid group would replace the State Conservation Commission under a model game and fish law endorsed by the Maryland sportsmen's legislative committee. The five elected representatives would open and close seasons set bag limits and regulate inland fishing without legislative action, excluding Chesapeake Bay regions.
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Frederick
State Conservation Commission
Maryland Sportsmen’s
B. F. Stiffler
Silver Springs
Montgomery County
Izaak Walton League
Conservation Commission
Chesaneake Bay
Fog halts harbor traffic and delays imperial flying boat
Heavy fog freezes Baltimore harbor with three ocean steamers anchoring in Chesapeake Bay and grounded air planes delaying the Cavalier flying boat to Bermuda. Sun and wind disperse the fog after hours, restoring activity.
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Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Bermuda
Imperial Airways
Cavalier
Sewer Line Work Scheduled to Start December 27
City Engineer Joseph Lyon announced that the southwest sewer line, a WPA project, will begin work on December 27. The line runs south of the Elizabeth Street crossing of the Western Maryland Railroad. A separate WPA storm water drain project with an estimated cost of $65,000 is already underway with about 25 men employed.
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Joseph Lyon
Elizabeth Street
Western Maryland Railroad
Heiskel Club Meeting Tuesday at Becks Tavern
The Little Heiskel Club will hold its regular meeting Tuesday evening December 21 at Beck's Tavern with supper at 6 30. Captain Carl H McCleary announced John R Tenney will speak on Safety. Tickets for the charity boxing and wrestling show December 29 at the Armory will be distributed at the meeting.
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Little Heiskel Club
Beck’s Tavern
Carl H. McCleary
John. R. Tenney
Internal Revenue Department
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Ambassador Grew
Hirota
Japan
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Hankow
Canton
Itiankow
Weather Bureau
Orient
Beecher Myers
U.S
FR. Reinhart
Baltimore Parish
Fr. Leary
Detroit Beer Garden
Royal Entertainment
Wendell Forrest Bowers
Reformatory
Wilman. Carpenter
Harrisburg
Mary Griffin
Bowers
Gram
U. S
Philly
Heiskel Club
John R. Tenney
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