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Newspaper

The Daily Mail

Location

Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1937

Page

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Roosevelt cites parable to temper anti monopoly charge

Washington notes President Roosevelt defends against a charge that anti monopoly actions target a few. He referenced Theodore Roosevelt on male factors of wealth and dismissed claims about 60 wealthy families driving policy. Ickes rebuttals and congressional responses follow in later pages.

Washington Roosevelt Robert H. Jackson Ickes Theodore Roosevelt Jesus Judas Iscariot Henry Ford General Motors America Congress

Romania’s anti Jewish crackdown shocks Bucharest

In Bucharest Arad and Sibiu Romanian brownshirts called Lancers patrolled streets to enforce a drastic anti Jewish policy that could strip thousands of Jews of land, citizenship, and government jobs. Premier Octavian Goga was set to unveil the program on a national broadcast.

Bucharest Rumania Lancers Arad Sibiu Octavian Goga

Maryland Weather: Rain Tonight and Saturday Morning

Occasional rain to night and probably Saturday morning with slight warming in east and central areas and colder conditions in the extreme west tonight. Chesapeake Bay experiences rain tonight and Saturday morning with a mild tonight and winds from the south shifting to northwest late Saturday.

Maryland Chesapeake Bay

New Charges Against Ford Filed in NLRB Case

Buffalo N Y Dec 31 Edsel Ford and the Ford Motor Company plant face a complaint from the National Labor Relations Board alleging three Wagner act violations. The charges claim interference with union rights, spying on meetings, and union activity based dismissals or hiring refusals after layoffs. A hearing is set for January 11 with a five day answer deadline.

Buffalo N. Y Henry J. Winters National Labor Relations Board Edsel Ford Ford Motor Company Winter Ford Company Winters

Two Warehouses Being Erected in City

Building permits issued today by the city engineer authorize J. M. Wishard to build a tile and steel window warehouse on Park Lane about 65 by 85 feet, costing around 8000 for his growing building supply business. Rohrer Brothers receive a permit for a concrete block cratehouse 40 by 125 feet at the corner of First Street and Kuhn Avenue, valued at 300.

J. M. Wishard Park Lane

Britain Replies To Jap Apology

Sir Robert L. Craigie, Britain's ambassador, delivered Britain's acknowledgment of Japan's reply to the protest over attacks on the gunboats Ladybird and Bee. The note expressed satisfaction with assurances that measures would be taken against offending officers and indicated that details could be discussed in future conversations.

Tokyo Robert L. Craigie Foreign Office Britain Japan Ladybird Bee

Crazed Yacht Slayer Slain Aboard Pacific Cruise

Six survivors recount a brutal voyage aboard the schooner Aafije from San Pedro December 20 toward Catalina Island. Dwight Faulding, 19, owner of the yacht, lies dead with a bullet-riddled body dumped at sea near California coast. Jack Morgan, accused slayer, is also dead after two youths threw him overboard after five terror-filled days. Survivors include Faulding’s fiancée Mrs Gertrude Turner and her young son, Mrs Morgan, her nurse, Elsie Bernard, Robert Horne, and George Spernak. FBI agents summarize a grim tale of murder and piracy on the high seas. Three others are held in custody.

Los Angeles Dwight F. Faulding Santa Barbara California Jack Morgan Federal Bureau of Investigation F.B.I John Hanson Morgan Foy Hanson Aaffe San Pere Catalina Island Faulding Gertrude Turner Robert Elsie Bernard Robert Horne George Spernak Hanson

No Negligence In Ship Fire

A marine inspection board found no criminal negligence in the destruction by fire of the steamer City of Baltimore on July 29. The report noted the master lacked the expected initiative and judgment to handle emergencies aboard a passenger vessel.

Washington Marine Inspection Board City of Baltimore

Slight Increase In Acreage In Wheat

Maryland winter wheat acreage is estimated at 488000 acres, up about 1 percent from last year and 3 percent above the five year average. National winter wheat acreage stands at 57492000, near last year’s record. December 1 condition in Maryland is 79 percent of normal, the lowest since 1930.

College Park Maryland

No Mail Tomorrow Welcomes 1938 Prosperity

New Year’s Day edition explains there will be no Daily Mail issue tomorrow. The paper extends wishes for a happy and prosperous 1938 to all readers.

The Daily Mail

Looting Ramps in Tsingtao as Chinese Flee Japanese Advance

Shanghai dispatch reports Chinese devastation squads evacuated Tsingtao as looting surged. Foreign vigilantes tried to protect property while Americans and other foreigners fled. Japanese forces pressed toward the port with battles near Weibsien and key railway targets as Chinese troops held White Horse mountain and the Mountain of a Thousand Buddhas.

Shanghai Tsingtao North China Devas Shen Hung Lieh Weibsien Fend Yu-Hsiang White Horse Mountain

Paris unions threaten fresh strike over employer provocation

Paris labor leaders warned the people’s front government of a stronger stance against employer provocation and misconduct. They condemned Premier Chautemps for ending a 120,000 municipal worker walkout and criticized army mobilization plans and use of trucks for food deliveries.

Paris People's Front Camille Chautemps Chautemps Public Service United Defense

Ultra frozen life revived in Indianapolis

Indiana scientists at the AAAS meeting report J B J Luyet of St Louis University achieved suspended animation in plants and small animals by rapid cooling to several hundred degrees below zero, creating a vitreous glasslike state that stops life processes without freezing cells.

Indianapolis Luyet

Frederick County Sets 1938 Tax Rate At 21 Cents Per Dollar

Frederick County fixed the 1938 tax rate at 21 cents per dollar, a five cent reduction. The total appropriation for next year was set at 3,834,424.29 dollars, up 26,145.18 from last year.

Frederick County

Nation's police to bear down on tipsy drivers tonight

In Chicago and cities nationwide authorities vow no leniency for drunken motorists on New Year's Eve. Special patrols deploy, judges back tough action, and the National Safety Council urges a clampdown. Police target road houses and clubs, urging cab rides home to curb drunk driving.

Chicago National Safety Council Milwaukee Peoria Newark Cleveland C. C. Tallman West Virginia State Police John A. Murphy Paterson N. J George J. Matowitz

Showdown on EDR program is forecast

Washington dispatch reports the upcoming congressional session will feature clashes over President Roosevelt's major legislation. After holidays, Congress will hear Roosevelt's annual message and receive the budget. Relief efforts may be delayed to March for economic condition reviews. The administration plans anti monopoly legislation and a broader program to speed action. Both parties seek to hasten the program ahead of 1935 elections.

Washington Roosevelt Capitol Hill

WPA Starts Sewer and Quarry Work in Washington County

J Harold Seibert WPA supervisor announces the Elizabeth street Ridge avenue sewer line and the Baptist Church road project have begun with 35 men. Hancock road work starts with 35 men, totaling about six and three months respectively. A stone quarry along Antietam Creek will begin next week with 25 men increasing to 75, to clear space for Memorial Boulevard. County WPA work force totals 954 men.

J. Harold Seibert WPA Washington County Elizabeth Street Ridge Avenue Baptist Church Road Hancock Antietam Creek Funkstown Memorial Boulevard Elizabeth Street Ridge Avenue Hancock Road Seibert

Robbery Attempt Probed at Millers Home and Church theft

Police investigate an attempted robbery at Miss Mary Miller’s 500 block Maryland Avenue home where nothing valuable was taken. A Waltham watch valued at 36 dollars was reported stolen from a church school windowsill by Wm. H. Russell of Mealey Parkway.

Mary Miller Maryland Avenue Miss Miller Wm. H. Russell Mealey Parkway Waltham

Mailbox damaged in city street collision

Harry Youngblood of West Side avenue told police this morning his car struck a mailbox at Locust and Broadway and he will cover the repair costs.

Harry Youngblood West Side Avenue Locust and Broadway

Rare Disease Claims Three Chicago Infants

In Chicago on December 31 two Cook county hospital maternity wards were closed for disinfection after three infant deaths from diarrhea. Two of the babies also had bronchial pneumonia. Autopsies blamed pneumonia as the immediate cause, with doctors noting diarrhea as a common postmortem finding.

Chicago Morris Fishbein American Medical Association Cook County Hospital St. Elizabeth's Hospital Fishbein Cook County Herman Bundesen Chicago Board of Health St. Elizabeth's Bundeson Bundesen St Elizabeth’s

Leitersburg Boy Is Hit By Auto

Frank Eakle Jr. ten year old resident near Leitersburg was struck by a car driven by Alfred G Buck of Baltimore. He sustained severe head wounds possible rib fracture and internal injuries and was taken to Waynesboro Hospital. Buck said the boy darted into the path of the auto.

Frank Eakle, Jr Leitersburg Alfred G. Buck Baltimore Waynesboro Hospital Buck

Air Rifle Nuisance Reported Again

Two complaints were received at Police Headquarters yesterday about boys discharging air rifles in an apparent disregard of possible consequences. The nuisance has invaded the North Ande again, probably as a result of Santa's recent visit.

North Santa

Sinking of Panay pictured on page five of Daily Mall

The Daily Mall assigns page five to a full page of Associated Press photographs detailing the sinking of the U S gunboat Panay by Japanese aircraft and related incidents connected to the event.

Associated Press U. S Panay Daily Mall

Spanish War Nears Zenith at Teruel Front

Madrid reports more than 200000 Insurgent and government troops and 200 airplanes in the greatest battle of the Civil War outside Teruel. The fight widens as Insurgents strike to recapture Teruel while government lines endure heavy pressure. Sappers mine approaches as civilians and soldiers endure siege within the Bank of Spain and surrounding ruins.

Madrid Teruel Spain Bank of Spain Second Alcazar

Many Register For Insurance At Reemployment Office

Between 1200 and 1400 unemployed or partly unemployed men have registered at the National Reemployment Office on the second floor of the K of P Building at 18 West Franklin Street Brewer L Stouffer, the local director, announced today. They may file unemployment insurance claims after the new year. Many plan to file but have misplaced their social security numbers, which are required. They should visit the Social Security office on the Grand Building’s fifth floor to obtain numbers. James Sleasman, claim agent for the Unemployment Compensation Board, will receive claims at the Reemployment office. Eligible claimants are those employed by contributing firms with about eight weeks work in the first three-fourths of 1937, ended through no fault of the worker. Contributing firms span industries and most employment classes, though farmers and government agencies are exempt. The maximum unemployment benefit period is 16 weeks, unless a job is found sooner.

National K. of P West Franklin Street Brewer L. Stouffer Jouffer James Sleasman Unemployment Compensation Board

Frederick Fair Reports Net Profit From October Event

The Frederick Fair announced profits slightly over seven dollars from its October fair. It applied 3700 dollars to indebtedness and left a total mortgage balance of 21008 dollars.

Frederick Fair Andaa

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