Farouk Seizes Power as Nahas Pasha Ousted
Egypt’s 18 year old King Farouk ousts Nationalist Premier Nahas Pasha and forms a government with pro fascist members. Riots erupt in Cairo with police dispersing crowds, 25,000 Blueshirt members ordered disbanded, Mahmoud sworn in as new premier amid tense Anglo Egyptian political friction.
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Cairo
Egypt
Farouk Hero
Mustapha Nahas Pasha
Prohalan
Nabis
Wafd
Royal
Farouk
Mohamed Mahmoud
Militzecy
Britain
Mahmoud
Oxford
Women Electrocuted In Arkansas Rescue Attempt
In Wynne Arkansas on Thursday two women died trying to rescue 15 year old Guy Perry from a 2300 volt line. Victims were Mrs Jesse Perry 48 and her sister Mrs Mary Capshaw 41. Guy Perry was hospitalized near death with severe hand burns.
Leech Surname and Notable Ancestors in English and American History
The Leech surname derives from laece meaning physician and may be a local name from near Chester. Notable Leeches include a Derbyshire ancestor of Chatsworth, surgeons to King Edward III, and Tobias Leech a 17th century immigrant who helped found Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church in Oxford, Pennsylvania. The column lists modern bearers such as Edward Towner and George L. Leech, and notes arms attributed to John Cyril Leech with motto Virtus est venerabilis. Tomorrow McLean or McLean.
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Leech
Laece
Chester
England
Derbyshire
Chatsworth
Edward the Third
Leche
Leeche
Leach
Hugh de Leche
America
Tobias Leech
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Assembly
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church
Oxford
Hester Ashmead
Edward Towner
Pittsburgh Press
George L
Harrisburg
Lewis Harper
J. Russell
Board of Tax Appeals
Washington, D. C
Margaret Kernochan
Ralph Pulitzer
Paul Nicholas
John Cyril Leech
John Henry Leech
Hardcott
Barford
Moses
Pictures Of Youths Wanted By Magazine
Two boys who placed a penny in a park meter and parked a small wagon in the space may have their pictures and an interview in a national youth magazine. They should report to Miss Helen Lambillotte on the second floor of city hall with their names for follow up. The incident was reported in the Morning Herald and picked up by another outlet.
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Toreport
Helen Lambillotte
City Hall
Morning Herald
Wages Seen High and Rising in 1930s Debate
Dr. Leo Wolman, Columbia economist, told the American Economic Association in Atlantic City that wages are already too high and may rise further if unions bid against each other. He noted factory wages rose from 42 to 60 cents an hour since 1933, boosting 3 million workers’ weekly pay by about 57 to 60 percent, while hours shortened from 47–48 to about 40.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Leo Wolman
Columbia University
Roosevelt
Automobile Labor Board
American Economic Association
CIO
AFL
Stage Door at Maryland Theatre Stages Stars Hepburn Rogers
RKO presents Katharine Hepburn Ginger Rogers and Adolphe Menjou in Stage Door a drama of aspiring actresses living in a theatrical boarding house. The film follows their hopes rivalries and the climb to fame as they chase stage careers at midnight showings.
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RKO Radio
Katharine Hepburn
Ginger Rogers
Adolphe Menjou
Maryland Theatre
Miss Hepburn
Footlight
Girl With Ideas Opens at Henrys Theatre in Comedy Romance
Wendy Barrie stars in A Girl With Ideas a lavish comedy romance at Henrys Theatre. A sharp society girl turned reporter leads a bright ensemble including Kent Taylor Walter Pidgeon Dorothea Kent and George Barbier with lively farce and inside stories about city big shots. Chapter thirteen of Jungle Menace with Frank Buck screens as part of the program.
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Wendy Barrie
Henry’s Theatre
Miss Barrie
Kent Taylor
Walter Pidgeon
Dorothea Kent
George Barbier
Columbia Pictures
Frank Buck
Honeymoon Ends for Child Bride in Tennessee
In Huntingdon Tennessee a 13 year old girl Ida Bell Thomas sparked legal action when a new state child bride law was used to jail her groom for a day. Garfield Taylor 22 was held for the grand jury on fraudulently obtaining a marriage license and George Campbell 30 was held for falsely testifying the bride was over 18. The girl’s mother Mrs Lena Thomas seeks annulment.
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Huntingdon
Tenn
Ida Bell Thomas
Tennessee
Manuel McCormick
Garfield Taylor
George Campbell
Ida Bell
McCormick
Middle Tennessee
Lena Thomas
Carlisle Judge Denies Release In Vaccination Case
Judge Fred S. Reese in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, refused to release farm hand John March from Cumberland County jail. March has been imprisoned since November 15 for refusing to permit his young son to be vaccinated. March’s attorneys argued habeas corpus, contending he only objected to vaccination, not to schooling, but the court ruled he remains properly convicted and not unduly restrained.
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Carlisle
Fred S. Reese
John March
Cumberland County
March
Marche
H. Eugine Gardner
Glenside
Harold R. Prowell
Harrisburg
American Medical Liberty League, Inc
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Publisher Held In New York Court Charged With Assault
Sidney H. Putnam a retired book publisher is pictured in court on a felonious assault charge police say he was intoxicated when he threw acid at two jewelry store customers. The incident occurred in New York and Putnam faces legal action as details emerge.
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Sidney H. Putnam
L Ove
New York
Putnam
C.P
Man Arrested in Baltimore After Traffic Offer
In Baltimore on December 31 Roger Doss reported a man attempted to sell him a new car for 35 dollars. The suspect named Roy L. Burnett, 32, of Philadelphia, was arrested and held for investigation.
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Baltimore
Roger Doss
Roy L. Burnett
Philadelphia
Appeal To Stop Drunken Driving In New Year
CHICAGO Dec 31 To the police of the nation today went an appeal to clamp down hard on reckless and drunken driving this New Year s Eve The plea was forwarded by the National Safety Council to chiefs of police in all cities of more than 19 000 population and to heads of the highway patrol of every State Unless stringent steps were taken the council added the 1937 traffic death total would reach the all time high of almost 40 000 It professed to see a drastic curtailment of New Year s Eve fatalities as the only hope for checking the 100 deaths a day race toward a new record.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Frederick County Fish and Gas Protective Banquet Set
Gov. Harry W. Nice leads state officials who accepted invitations to the annual Frederick County Fish and Gas Protective Association banquet on January 6. All 103 members are expected. E. Austin James, People's Counsel before the Public Service Commission, will be toastmaster.
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Frederick
Harry W. Nice
Frederick County Fish and Gas Protective Association
E. Austin James
People’s Counsel
Public Service Commission
Louie Campbell Named Executrix in Ohio Will
Miss Louie Campbell, freed from jail after a coroner's inquest ruled the mother’s gunshot death accidental, was named executrix and co beneficiary in Cordelia Campbell’s will filed in Warren Ohio. Sister Aretta Branch of London shares the estate. value not stated.
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Louie Campbell
Cordelia Campbell
Miss Campbell
Aretta
London
England
American Water Works Plan Wins Security Commission Approval
The Securities Commission approved American Water Works and Electric Company plan to simplify under the public utilities holding company act. It says subsidiaries form a single integrated system with incidental retention of water properties, coal and appliance businesses. The company operates in Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio Maryland and Virginia with about 385 million dollars in assets.
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Washington
Securities Commission
American Water Works and Electric Company, Inc
Public Utilities Holding Company Act
American Communities Company
American Waterworks Plan
Hoicing Company
American Waterworks
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Maryland
Virginia
Judge Accused Of Speeding In Town
Princess Anne Md Dec 31 An automobile with three Somerset County Orphans Court judges was halted by State Policeman N J W Lloyd who summoned Judge Charles W Goldsborough for exceeding 25 miles per hour in town Passengers included Judges Warren C Gunby and J Henry Bedsworth Ther said
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Princess Anne
Somerset County Orphans’ Court
N. J. W. Lloyd
Charles W. Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Warren C. Gunby
J. Henry Bedsworth
Ther
Court session set for January 4 in speeding denial
The journalist reports Judge Goldsborough denied speeding. a jurist will appear January 4 before Magistrate R. Mark White. The car was halted in front of the Court House where judges were to hold a session.
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Goldsborough
R. Mark White
Officers Made in Baltimore Exhaust Fumes Incident
Police officers Joseph Kadlec and Joseph H. Brown in a radio car were made ill by leaking exhaust fumes. Brown revived Kadlec, who was overcome, and he was driven to a hospital for treatment.
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Baltimore
Joseph Kadlec
Joseph H. Brown
Brown
Kedlec
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