Japs Raise New Challenge To Rights Of U.S.
Shanghai reports growing concern over foreign firms as Japanese vessels land cargoes without customs exams or duty payments. China’s debt totals about 800 million with 180 million from foreign loans and 336 million from Boxer indemnities. Major holders including the United States, England, France, and Japan have received payments, but February 1 installments face questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghalt
Shanghai
China
United States
England
France
Japan
Yangtzenpo
Hongkow
Pootung
Japs Version Unacceptable in Yangtze Incident
The British embassy told Japan’s foreign office it would not accept the Japanese military account of attacks on the gunboats Ladybird and Bee. Japan’s Imperial headquarters called the strikes a mistake and regretted them, with no public reply to Britain’s protest. One British sailor died in the incident on the Yangtze same day the U S gunboat Panar was bombed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Imperial Headquarters
Britain
Yangtze River
United States
Three Japanese Soldiers Die in Reunion Suicide Pact
Stockton dispatch reports three former Japanese soldiers Tamakishi Shino 50 Ida Tomoto and Ito Murata 53 died in a carbon monoxide suicide pact after a reunion at Shino’s house. Police found the tightly closed room where they ended their lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton
Calif
Tamakishi Shino
Ida Tomoto
Ito Murata
Deer Killing Suspect Sought Near Berkeley Springs
Clyde Miller of near Berkeley Springs is sought in the Hancock area for allegedly killing a deer out of season. Witnesses say Miller thought the animal was a fox. The deer was wounded, chased by dogs, and later found dead. Miller reportedly crossed the Potomac after learning a game warden sought him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Miller
Berkeley Springs
Hancock
Miller
Potomac
Weather Outlook Maryland and Chesapeake Bay District
Weather Bureau reports increasing cloudiness tonight with slightly colder air in the northeast. Thursday remains cloudy with a chance of snow in the west portion and rain in the east. Chesapeake Bay sees increasing cloudiness and cooler conditions tonight, with Thursday turning cloudy and possible rain. moderate north winds shift to easterly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
East Porton
Chesapeake Bay
Japan Claims Right To Extend Its Law To International Area
Shanghai dispatch reports that Japan claims the right to apply its military law to Shanghai's international settlement and French concession. The army spokesman said troops could arrest and try foreigners suspected of crimes against Nippon's armed forces, with caution in cases involving treaty rights. The claim rests on de facto occupation and would apply in occupied territory, with no direct answer on full occupation of international zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Shanghai
Japan
International
Nippon
Club Party Big Affair Embraces 1200 Democrats at Masonic Temple
Upwards of 1200 Democrats filled the Masonic Temple auditorium for the annual Christmas Party of the Democratic Organization Club. Presiding as master of ceremonies, Wm. P. Lane Jr. opened the three hour event at 6:30 after an outstanding floor show from Airport Inn and Al Gruber’s Club Royal Orchestra. Congressman David J. Lewis received a loud ovation and announced plans to seek re election next fall. Former Chief Judge William C. Walsh praised party spirit and signaled potential candidacy for Attorney General.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Democratic Organization Club
Wm. P. Lane, Jr
Airport Inn
al Gruber
Club Royal Orchestra
David J. Lewis
Don Marquis Dies at 58 in New York Suburb
Don Marquis playwright poet and former newspaperman died at his Forest Hills home after years of illness. He was 58 and had recently suffered a stroke. Marquis created Old Soak Archy the Cockroach and Mehitabel the Alley Cat and helped pioneer newspaper columnists. Born Robert Perry Marquis on July 29 1878 he held varied early jobs including railroad section hand and chicken plucker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Don Marquis
Forest Hills
Marquis
Walnut
Bureau County
C I O Organizer Beaten in Kansas City Attack
C I O organizer C W Penney aged 49, a founder of a local automobile union, was beaten by four men in Kansas City early today. His wife was slapped during the incident. Four suspects were arrested after a police chase in which a baseball bat, two loaded pistols, a police club, knives, an ice pick, a blackjack, and shotgun shells were seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
C. W. Penney
Penney
Ford Assembly
C. I. O. Auutomobile
Tragic Plane Plunge Near Put-In-Bay Drowns Three
Three people drowned when a plane plunged into Lake Erie near Put-In-Bay Ohio. Victims are Nancy Howard 42 Delbert Watkins 30 and Albert Anderson 45 all North Bass Island residents. Pilot saved and passenger William Somoby 30 survived after clinging to the tail until rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Lake Erie
Put-In-Bay
Nancy Howard
Delbert Watkins
Albert Anderson
North Bass Island
William Somoby
Somoby
Emil Weisler
Arnold Burggraf
Put- In-Bay
Somogy
Washington County Historical Society to Meet Tomorrow
The December meeting of the Washington County Historical Society will be held at the Washington County Free Library at 2 30 p m tomorrow afternoon. Amendments to the society constitution and by laws will be submitted and left for final action at the annual meeting Thursday January 27. All members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Historical Society
Washington County Free Library
Four Rabbit Fever Cases Reported in Washington County
Health Department laboratory tests confirm two more cases of diare mia in Washington County bringing total cases since hunting season start to four. Three cases involve a single Big Pool family where the father contracted the disease after eye injury skinning a rabbit and his wife and child became ill after eating rabbit meat. A fourth case is in Boonsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department
Washington County
Boonsboro
Hughes Sentenced for Christmas Day Nose Bite
Mrs. George Hughes of Slabtown testified her husband George Hughes bit her on Christmas Day. The judge examined the marks and sentenced him to six months in the House of Correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
George Hughes
Slabtown
Hughes
House of Correction
Stores To Close New Year Day Observed By Retailers
Retail stores plan to close Saturday New Year s Day as is customary Roy A Leiter chairman of the retail section of the Chamber of Commerce said today. Merchants also favor closing at 5 p m Friday, giving clerks a two day holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy A. Leiter
Chamber of Commerce
Polish police arrest man linked to gang and crimes
Polish authorities report the arrest of Symca Mayer Fichenbaum, wanted by American, Belgian and French authorities on kidnapping and murder charges. He allegedly confessed ties to a Chicago gang, participated in a bank holdup in which a teller was killed, admired murder of a wealthy British woman in Nice, and organized wholesale burglaries in Poland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Symca Mayer Fichenbaum
Eichenbaum
Chicago
Fichenbaum
Poland
Roosevelt may ask Congress for larger navy
President Roosevelt announced plans to build two new battleships and 16 other ships, signaling potential requests for additional naval armament if international tensions persist. He told House Appropriations Chair Taylor that the United States must recognize facts amid the global armament race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Taylor
D.-Colo
House Appropriations Committee
Maryland 1937 crops yield value drops despite more land
Maryland's 1937 crop value was 349.97 million dollars, down from 358.25 million in 1936 due to lower prices though production rose. Corn led value among field crops at 12.446 million, wheat at 9.587 million. apples surged to 2.847 million bushels, peaches up 60 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
Maryland
State Crop Reporting Service
Abandoned Car Abduction Clue Emerges in Pa Case
State motor police report a car tied to the abduction of Mrs. Roland Blattenberger a 35 year old Windber church organist. She said a man forced her at gunpoint to drive to a remote road where she was pushed from the moving car. The vehicle was found hidden near Central City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset. Pa
Bee
Roland Blattenberger
Windber
J. A. Blair
Central City
G. O. P. Chairman's Wife Wins Divorce
Laura Hall Hamilton, wife of Republican National Chairman John D. M. Hamilton, won a divorce in Topeka district court after a brief trial. The judge granted custody of two children, Daniel 29 and Laura 12, and a pretrial property settlement with no alimony. Ralph T. O’Neil, Hamilton’s law partner, represented the defendant but did not contest the suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kas
Laura Hall Hamilton
John D. M. Hamilton
Otis Hungate
Ralph T O'Neil
Hamilton
John S Dean, Jr
Clearspring pair rescued after Baltimore blast
Two Clearspring residents Mrs Virginia Seibert and Mrs T C Bishop were among four rescued in Baltimore after a store on Light Street exploded from a coal oil stove. Patrolman Arthur Smallwood carried them from smoke filled rooms as firemen later pulled two more people from the third floor. Raleigh Feidt, their brother and a former Southern district officer of Baltimore, died Monday.
Couple Held On Liquor Charges in Federal Case
Mr and Mrs Earl Harp of Daysville Frederick county were held on 590 bond each after arraignment before U S Commissioner D A Wolfinger on federal liquor charges. The Harp home yielded a still liquor and mash during a search several days earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Harp
Daysville
Frederick County
U. S
D. A. Wolfinger
Harp
Remarkable Cures Reported Here Through Use Of Pneumonia Serum
Health officials in Hagerstown report several pneumonia recoveries using a newly developed anti pneumonia serum. The Wealth Department lab partners with local physicians to type pneumonia quickly and tailor serum treatment. Dr W Ross Cameron notes serum acts as fast as diphtheria antitoxin, with widespread access for doctors. The Johns Hopkins antitoxin and Army Navy use are mentioned as corroborating options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Wealth Department
W. Ross Cameron
Health Department
John’s Hopkins
Baltimore
Washington County Medical Society
Army
Navy
Grave Crisis Facing Government In France
Paris December 29 An estimated 120000 strikers paralyzed the capital shutting subways and buses and threatening water gas and electricity cuts. Premier Camille Chautemps ordered an emergency cabinet session joined by Edouard Deladier Leon Blum and Marx Dormoy as sources said measures would be rigorous and decisive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
People’s Front
Camille Chautemps
People's Front
Chautemps
Edouard Deladier
Leon Blum
Marx Dormoy
1937 Traffic Toll Highest in Decade
Chicago Dec 28 The National Safety Council projects 1937 traffic deaths will reach about 40,000 the highest on record. Through November 1937 there were 35,610 deaths a six percent rise from 1936. Gasoline use rose six percent paralleling the toll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Safety Council
Chicago
Five Die in House Fire Near Belmont
A farm home fire near Belmont, N Y, claimed four children and their father Theodore Oestrich 43. The father died at Wellsville Memorial Hospital after his son Theodore Jr 10 died from burns. The bodies of Lucille 3 Jack 3 and Ruth Eva 2 were recovered from the ruins early this morning two miles east of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmont
Bee
Theodore Oestrich
Wellsville Memorial Hospital
Theodore, Jr
Lucille
Jack
Ruth Eva
Here
Williamsport business man seeks sheriff nomination
Charles W. Buchanan, a well known Williamsport businessman with 25 years in business and Army service with the S5td Division, announces he will be a candidate for sheriff subject to the Republican primaries next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Buchanan
Williamsport
Buchanan
Game laws warn on possession after hunting season ends
Baltimore dispatch reports State Game Warden E Lee Le Compte warns sportsmen that federal and state laws ban possession of dead game ten days after season close. He says inspectors will check storage houses clubs hotels and restaurants for illegal wild game storage around January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
E. Lee le Compte
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S
Hunter
Weather Bureau
Panay
Sandro Sandri
Norman Soong
Central Press
A. E. Anders
Wide World
Clearspring
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!