Chamber to host noted speaker Dr J Russell Smith in March
Ha Rerstown Chamber of Commerce invites Dr J Russell Smith professor at Columbia University to present at the upcoming March annual meeting. The chamber has hosted leaders from Yale and Nation's Business, drawing business men from Cumberland Valley. date to be announced. Smith, a Virginia native, writes widely and runs a large orchard in Loudon County.
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J. Russell Smith
Columbia
Columbia University
Ha Rerstown Chamber of Commerce
Lochal Chamber
Cumberland Valley
Thomas S. Adams
Yale University
William Z. Ripley
Merle Thorpe
Nation's Business
Mr. Smith
Loudon County
Rail Employees Vote On Strike After Grievance Failure
Chicago February 6 1946 Opposition by Chicago and Northwestern Railroad officials to a list of 507 grievances has led to 26000 employees planning to vote on a strike A committee representing 13 railway labor unions said the railroad arbitrarily ended adjustment boards and refuses to arbitrate many cases causing great financial loss to union members.
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Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Auto Sales Show a Big Increase
Detroit reporting the 1933 U S motor vehicle registrations total 1,739,633 units, rising from 1,276,812 in 1932. Passenger car sales reached 1,493,794 up from 1,096,599, while motor trucks numbered 245,869 versus 180,413 the prior year.
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Detroit
United States
R. L. Polk & Co
District of Columbia
Japan probes US China secret aviation pact claim
Tokyo February 6 Ikoki Hirota foreign minister told the House of Peers Japan is seeking to learn if a secret US China treaty obligates Americans to aid China’s aviation program. He said the government and army are checking whether American financial involvement in the new Fukien routes violates China's promises not to alienate Fukien coastal areas.
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Tokyo
Ikoki Hirota
House of Peers
Japan
United States
China
Foreign Office
Shanghai
Fukien Seacoast
Pan-American Airways
Hirota
Atsushi Akaike
Amoy
Fukian Province
Sneak Thief Busy in Jail
Bill Fish, jailed on liquor charges, claims a thief robbed him of five dollars while bathing in Castle Downin jail. He seeks reimbursement from Sheriff Downin, insisting the jail’s custody makes the sheriff responsible for his loss. The incident surfaced as Fish filed his complaint today.
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Bill Fish
Bill
Castle Downin
Sheriff Downin
Madman Kills Announcer At Radio Station
Clarence Walter, a 41 year old former wheat worker from Huntley Montana, attacked at KHJ Los Angeles with a jackknife killing Edwin Wolverton 21, a vacationing announcer from KFNJ Grand Junction Colorado and injuring Grace Kane, a studio secretary. He was held in a straight jacket for observation. The incident interrupted a cooking school program as over a hundred women watched in another room. Frank Walter, the suspect's brother, said Clarence had been acting strangely recently and was "quite crazy" five years ago.
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Los Angeles
Clarence Walter
Huntley, Mont
KHJ
Grace Kane
Walter
Miss Kane
Edwin Wolverton
KFNJ
Grand Junction
Colo
Frank Walter
Santa Ana
Calif
Clarence
Abduction Case Stalls After 11 Arrests in Minnesota
In the Bremer kidnapping case authorities arrest eleven men and seize an automatic pistol in Owatonna Minnesota. Police say the group has no proven link to banker Edward Bremer or to recent denatured alcohol thefts. Walter Magee, friend of the missing man, says ransom money was not paid. Family awaits any message to confirm Bremer is alive.
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ST. Paul
Edward Bremer
Owatonna
Minn
Thomas Cahill
Bremer
Cahill
Minnesota
Melvin Passolt
State Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Walter Magee
Woman sustains head injury in highway crash
Mrs. C. G. Carr of 425 Claredon Avenue sustained a deep gash requiring six stitches after her car skidded and struck a concrete culvert on the Baltimore Hanover highway about one mile east of the Pennsylvania line. Her husband escaped injury. she was driven home.
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C. G. Carr
Claredon Avenue
Baltimore-Hanover Highway
Pennsylvania Line
Road to Recovery Hartle Improves at Home
Marked improvement was reported today in the condition of Robert L. Hartle a well known insurance agent who has been confined to his Smithsburg home for several weeks with a complication of illnesses.
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Robert L. Hartle
Smithsburg
Still at large in city after Gempp flees officers
Police report William P. Gempp, 35, remains at large after fleeing two Federal officers Friday at noon. Authorities urge any sightings.
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William P. Gempp
Strengthen Siberian Border Moves By Soviet Government
Moscow reports unveil substantial pay boosts for red army soldiers engineers workers teachers and professionals in eastern Siberia along with grain delivery exemptions for peasants in 23 districts to bolster morale amid tense Russo Japanese relations. A second item notes Dr. Fong Foo See forecasting possible Russia Japan war and neutral China stance in Shanghai amid ongoing anti Japanese boycott activity.
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Moscow
Siberia
Red Army
Far East
San Francisco
Fong Foo-See
Shanghai
Sacramento
Calif
United States
Japan
Russia
China
Manchuria
Fong
South
Central
North
Local youth Welty earns straight A report at St. John's
Dalton Middlekanf Welty of Hagerstown completes the first semester with a perfect A record at St. John's College. A junior, he has one A grade shy of perfection during his college career and is active in college band The Collegian Rat-Tat staff and Theta Psi secretary. Joseph Grey of Annapolis records four A grades and one B and serves on the cross-country team and Collegian staff.
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Annapolis
Dalton Middlekanf Welty
Hagerstown
St. John’s College
Welty
Collegian
College Weekly
Theta Psi Fraternity
Joseph Grey
Grey
Thieves Steal Canned Goods From Williamsport Home
Thieves broke into the home of Emmett Pool in Williamsport Sunday night and stole about 36 jars of fruit vegetables potatoes and other foodstuffs while the family slept. The theft was found by Mr. Pool yesterday morning and investigated by Policeman Lloyd Lemen and Constable Clyde Chrisman.
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Emmett Pool
Williamsport
Pool
Lloyd Lemen
Clyde Chrisman
Deputy Collector to Aid Hagerstown Taxpayers in March
J Enos Ray announces a deputy will be assigned to Hagerstown from March 1 to March 15 to assist taxpayers with filing income tax returns for 1983. The collector will have an office at the post office building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Enos Ray
Internal Revenue
Hagerstown
Poet O Ofice
Laird Distilling Suspends Apple Jack Sales in New Jersey
Newark February 6 The Laird Distilling Company Scobeyville oldest maker of apple jack reports to Beverage Commissioner Burnett that bootleggers have forced suspension of marketing in New Jersey. Bootleggers buy empty Laird bottles refilling them with illegal product and selling under the Laird label without paying taxes.
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Newark
N. J
Laird Distilling Company
Scobeyville
Burnett
New Jersey
Laird
No charges pending against Elmer Halderman alias George W Vincent
Elmer Halderman 50 held for February court on breaking and entering Coca Cola Bottling Works appears not to be wanted elsewhere. FBI told Captain Emmett no pending charges against him beyond this case. A J Jones, Halderman associate, was moved to Ohio to face a minor charge and may face detainers on return.
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Elmer Halderman
George W. Vincent
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Clarence G. Emmert
Bureau
Halderman
Pennsylvania
Emmett
A. J. Jones
Ohio
Snowfall General Across Maryland With Slippery Highways
General snow covered Maryland last night with 1.5 inches in this area and heavier amounts elsewhere, from three inches in Salisbury to two and a half in Baltimore and flurries in Cumberland. Temperatures ranged from 15 above to 20 by noon, travel such as ferries and small craft facing ice conditions, while larger ships faced lighter interference.
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Mercury
Maryland
Salisbury
Baltimore
Annapolis
Cumberland
Chesapeake Bay
Tax lien filed against William Dwyer of Tropical Park
A federal income tax lien for 4,256,022 dollars was filed in federal and circuit court Miami on William V. Dwyer chief stockholder of the Gables Racing Association operators of Tropical Park The lien covers all properties of Dwyer within the district and follows a New York federal court judgment.
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Miami
Fia
William V
Bill” Dwyer
The
Gables Racing Association
Tropical Park
Dwyer
New York
Three Bank Bandits In Custody In Philadelphia
Three alleged bank robbers, including a fugitive from Sing Sing, are jailed after police linked handwriting on a scrap to 28 000 vehicle registrations. William Sutton 33 confessed to three holdups with over 44 000 dollars taken, one in New York one in Philadelphia. Officers recovered a sub machine gun tear gas gun five pistols and ammunition a New York policeman uniform and a messenger’s uniform tied to the Corn Exchange Bank robbery.
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Philadelphia
Sing Sing Penitentiary
William Sutton
New York State
James Malone
New York
Sutton
Jean Courtney
Corn Exchange Bank
Check Sent To Warm Springs
A check for 301.50 was sent to the Warm Springs Foundation representing Hagerstown and Washington County contributions to President Roosevelt's charity. The sum remained after Roosevelt birthday ball expenses at the Armory were paid and will fund infantile paralysis treatment at Warm Springs where the President has sought care.
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Warm Springs
Mrs Ada Cline Dies After Auto Incident Near Chambersburg
Mrs Ada Cline age 47 wife of Samuel Cline near Chambersburg died in Chambersburg Hospital from injuries after being struck by a car driven by Dean C Piper Sunday night. She stepped from the vehicle of her son in law Paul Walker and walked into the path of the Piper car.
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Ada Cline
Samuel Cline
Chambersburg
Chambersburg Hospital
Dean C. Piper
Paul Walker
Dillinger's Wounded Pal Sought By Police in Indy Case
Crown Point Indiana report says authorities press search for John Hamilton Dillinger gang associate rumored wounded in East Chicago bank job. Police fear escape attempt as Dillinger faces a murder charge. defense seeks delay with new strategy while Hamilton’s fate remains uncertain.
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Crown Point
Ind
John Dillinger
Indiana
Desperado
John Hamilton
Hamilton
Dillinger
Geraghty and Wilson to wed in spring
Hollywood reports actress Carmelita Geraghty and film writer Carey Wilson will marry in April or May. The couple have been close friends for more than five years and announced the plans today.
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Hollywood
Carmelita Geraghty
Carey Wilson
Screen
House Group To Explore Naval Air Contracts Hear Of Profits
The House Naval Affairs committee moves to probe Navy airplane and engine contracts awarded without competitive bidding. An engine contract yielded a 50 percent profit on a $10,000,000 order. Rear Admiral Ernest J King says design competition precedes production and prices are negotiated on cost estimates.
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House Group
Naval Air
Hear
Washington
Navy
House Naval Affairs Committee
Ernest J. King
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Man Delaney
D. N
King
Daladier Faces Civil Unrest as Fractured Cabinet Cries for Resignations
Paris February 6 Premier Edouard Daladier pleaded for unity after a violent scramble between Socialists and Communists interrupted parliament. He urged Republicans to back measures to defend his fragile government as the Stavisky scandal fueled public discontent and a Bayonne pawnshop collapse shook confidence in the regime.
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Paris
Sdouard Daladier
Chamber of Deputies
Edouard Deladier
Socialist
Serge Stavisky
Bayonne
Daladier
Stavinsky
Kaiser’s corn refusal reaches Fairmont mail
Wilhelm M Hohenzollern of Doorn Holland did not want Minnesota corn Lena Burton the county deeds registrar born in Coblenz who attended a private school with the Kaiser sent him an ear of Martin County corn Yesterday it came back postmarked refused with 38 cents postage due
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Fairmont
Minn
Wilhelm M Hohenzollern
Doorn
Holland
Minnesota
Lena Burton
Register of Deeds
Coblenz
Germany
Martin County
Jedson Pryor Held on Larceny Charge in Vending Machine Theft
Jedson Pryor, 26, was arrested in the city on larceny charges for stealing two vending machines from the Tice tavern near Greencastle. He posted $1,000 bond and awaits a Saturday hearing as extradition plans proceed to Franklin County. Associate William Conrad waived extradition and returned to Chambersburg with officers. Pryor allegedly kept the machines at his rooming house and later moved them to a locksmith for key fabrication.
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Jedson Pryor
Greencastle
Richard Sweeney
Pryor
Franklin County
William
Conrad
Chambersburg
Tice
Polite
Hagerstown
Sice
Fryer
West
Washington Street
American woman dies with husband and child in Italian avalanche
An American woman, her Italian husband, and their baby daughter were found smothered to death by snow after an avalanche swept over a winter sports lodge near Bolognola, Italy. The woman was Miss Helen Hawkins of Los Angeles, daughter of Rex Hawkins of New York and his former wife, Rose Payne of Hollywood.
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Rome
Bolognola
Helen Hawkins
Los Angeles
Rex Hawkins
New York
Rose Payne
Hollywood
Calif
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Ariz
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Dalton Welty
Boettcher
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Alcorn
Charles Boettcher, II
Denver
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