Daladier vows France will defend Tunisia if Italy threatens
Premier Daladier told the Bey of Tunis that all French forces are ready to defend Tunisia against any Italian threat to France’s domination. Crowds cheered his arrival in Tunis as he toured the North Africa colonies, pledging France’s loyalty to protect the protectorate despite a small nationalist protest by Neo Destours-Tunisian groups.
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Robert B. Parker
Tunis
Tunisia
Daladier
France
Bizerte
North Africa
Mediterranean
Italy
Bizerte Canal
Alort
Dawy
Naladier
Whehcon
Erik Lahonne
Projects Planned to Develop Parks and Reservoir Labor
W. P. A. plans provide work for about 500 residents through six nananonts of labor. Officials coordinate with municipal leaders on blanket projects for the year including East End Park, Mealey Park Way, and City Park improvements. New streets and storm drainage projects are in development as Pan cock officials prepare for W. P. A. backed town hall construction with site pans ordered.
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Hagerstad
Mealey Parkway
Thugerstown High School
City Turk
Harold Seibert
W. Plal
Pancock
W. P. A. Prper
Tancock
Weather update for Maryland and Chesapeake Bay region
Cloudy conditions in Maryland with a slowly rising temperature tonight and Wednesday. Intermittent light rain is possible Wednesday afternoon or night. Chesapeake Bay shows overcast skies with gradual warming, followed by intermittent light rain Wednesday afternoon or night, with moderate to fresh southerly or southwesterly winds.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Trust Busting Stays On Congress’s Agenda After 25 Years
Washington dispatch notes Congress keeps trust busting as a defining issue. It contrasts past travel by streetcar and mustaches with present limousines and Lambeth Walk bands, citing Senator James Hamilton Lewis as wearing a different waistcoat each day, while baby kissing remains a campaign tactic.
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Capitol Hill
Congress
James Hamilton Lewis
D-01
Fames Fatal To Criswell Fire Professor Dies In Hyattsville
Robert Bruce Criswell professor of the Fire Extension Service at the University of Maryland was found dead in his Hyattsville garage from carbon monoxide poisoning. Police said heart failure induced by exhaust fumes killed the 48 year old, who had given talks to Hagerstown firemen. He attended a Frederick banquet with fire officials earlier, then returned to his car and died after locking the garage doors.
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Robert Bruce Criswell
University of Maryland
Hagerstown
Antietam
Hyattsville
W. E. Mailin
Riverdale
Richard Pearson
Criswell
Pearson
Frederick
Irving W. Jolson
Maryland State Firemen's Association
Ohio State University
Mt. Rainier
Fred C. Lutz
Unlucky Case NES Moves Town Prank Case Discontinues Insurance
Prank Case ends robbery insurance on his drug store in January. Two weeks later an armed bandit raided Case his wife and three customers taking $40 in currency. The incident follows the store policy change and disrupted local business.
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NES
Case
Daily Mail Tip Prize Report From Shady Grove Incident
Tips are divided for last week’s news ip test prize. Residents from Sumuanit arena and North Potomar street provided tips about a fatal accident at Shady Grove and a child’s fall from a three story window. Separate tips mention an accident in Virginia and the discovery of copperhead snakes during last week’s cold spell. Tips are accepted between 1:00 and 1:30 p.m. on weekdays.
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Sumuanit Arena
Shady Grove
Potomar Street
Hagerstown
Rawle
Virginia
Madison Avenue
TA al m
The
Daily Mail
New Year Gift Cancel Back Rents in United Provinces
Indian peasants cheered as the United Provinces government announced a New Year gift of about 700 million rupees nearly 69.6 million dollars. Revenue Minister Rafi Nidwai said back rents would be canceled, affecting vast peasant holdings across the region.
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Allahabad
India
United Provinces
Rafi
Ahmad Nidwai
Byron Names Secretaries For Congressman Elect Byron
Congressman elect William D Byron announced two secretaries Mrs Lawrence Wolfe of Hagerstown and F Byrne Austin of Takoma Park Montgomery County will serve in Washington. Austin an attorney has served on Montgomery County election boards and is active in Democratic circles. Wolfe previously served as secretary during the campaign and election and will work from a furnished Kalorama Road residence as Byron and family go to Washington.
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Washington
William D. Byron
Lawrence Wolfe
Hagerstown
F. Byrne Austin
Takoma] Park
Montgomery County
Byron
Kalorama Road
Austin
Chicago University
Wolfe
Senator Mish Leads Washington County Delegation to Annapolis
Washington county elect Senator Joseph J. Mish heads a veteran seven member delegation to Annapolis for tonight’s caucuses and the new term. The group includes former term delegates Harvey M. Miller Fred Jevick Lewis Henry Tolzaps tel Sed and Allen J. Myers with Cahill and Mason as the other two. Mish is expected to take a leading role while Delegates Miller and Beachley are slated for prominent parts. Continued on Page 10.
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Joseph J. Mish
Washington County
Annapolis
Rotrow Wan
Mish
Delewires
Harvey M. Miller
Fred Jevick ¢. Peelley
Henry Tolzapstel
Sed
Allen J. Myers
Dies committee faults Labor Department over alien espionage
The Dies committee blamed the Labor Department for lax enforcement of deportation laws, asserting a large share of espionage and un American activities originate from alien agitators. It urged scrutiny of the NLRB and criticized officials during Lansing holiday unrest for lacking courage in handling events.
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Washington
Dies
Labor Department
United States
House
Department
Department of Labor
D-Tex
Mosier
Ohio
Dempsey
D-N.m
Starnes
D-Ala
Healey
D-Mass
Thomas
R-N. J
Mason
National Labor Relations Board
David J. Saposs
N.L.R.B
Lansing, Mich
State Capitol
State College
Few Charges Substantiated in Maryland Senate Campaign
The Senate committee found only three instances of irregular political activity in Maryland during the primary and general elections. The cases involved a Salisbury postmistress, a Baltimore internal revenue collector, and a Havre de Grace aide to Lewis, amid the bitter contest between Senator Millard Tydings and Representative David Lewis. The panel found no basis for other charges including C. I. O. funding claims or Tydings reporting gaps.
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Washington
Jan
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Maryland
Senate
Millard Tydings
David Lewis
Salisbury
Baltimore
Internal Revenue
Lewis
Havre de Grace
Tydings
Cearfoss Lime Kiln Fire Alarm Fails To Prove Real
A smoke alarm near Cearfoss at 1:30 am prompted Western Enterprise to respond, but firemen found the lime kiln mistaken for a blaze. The caller misidentified a burn as a house fire. In Philadelphia a theater manager declares admission charged only on exit by patrons who value the show.
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Cearfoss
Philadelphia
Sheriff's Son Held as Thief in Westminster
Russell Shipley age 19, son of Sheriff Walter L. Shipley, was jailed in Carroll county after being caught by City Officer Charles Seipp while burglarizing T. W. Mather and Sons in Westminster. About $40 plus $51.70 from a confectionery were taken. Shipley appeared intoxicated and no charges were filed immediately. Another son, George Shipley, 23, was jailed in Baltimore county earlier on burglary charges in Reisterstown. The incident marked multiple break ins among six locations.
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Westminster
Russell Shipley
Walter L. Shipley
Carroll County
Charles Seipy
George Shipley
Reisterstown
Baltimore County
Seipp
T. W. Mather and Sons
Young Shipley
Frank Mather
Sheriff Shipley
Mather
Luck Was With Four Skaters At Edgemont Reservoir
John Masters of Smithsburg spotted four skaters skimming thin ice on the 1 1/2 foot deep reservoir used as Tingerstown’s water source. Alice Young and a youth plus another skater used sails to glide over the ice near the Raven Rock stream. Boating and skating are prohibited. new no trespassing signs are being erected to replace missing ones.
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John Masters
Smithsburg
Edgemont
Alice
Tingerstown
Raven Rock
Compromise Emerges From Roosevelt Centered Bargaining
Washington January 3 A broad compromise outline forms between President Roosevelt and middle of the road Congressional leaders as talks unfold. Hopkins named Secretary of Commerce Murphy to be Attorney General, signaling a shift in relief and farm policies. Congress to draft its own answers while executive departments provide information and a shared goal.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Frank Murphy
Congress
Garner
Democratic Party
Hopkins
Murphy
Senate
Wallace
Mr. Roosevelt
New sheriff to ban jail radios in Yakima County
Yakima Wash Jan 3 Sheriff elect Jasper Day announced he will ban radios from the Yakima county jail after taking office January 9. He blamed the radio for Saturday’s escape of five prisoners, all of whom were recaptured. Day said the prisoners used a saw to work on jail bars while loud music drowned their activity.
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Yakima, Wash
Jasper Day
Yakima County
Day
Changes Likely in Maryland Liquor and Election Laws
Sentiment for Sunday beer and wine sales ban grows, signaling a likely general revision of state and county alcohol laws at the next Maryland General Assembly session. Senator Mish notes statewide mood and hints at local proposals, while county election law changes include making the County Clerk appointive and exploring revenue options. Debate over a general sales tax persists, with concerns it burdens the poor. A plan to restrict primary voting for party members who skip the gubernatorial ballot also circulates.
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Maryland General Assembly
Joseph D. Mish
Annapolis
Mish
Boards of County Commissioners
Congress Opens 76th Session Amid Political Stakes
Washington January 3 The 76th Congress convened with Republicans challenging the Democratic majority as Roosevelt prepares his annual message outlining New Deal aims. House Speaker Bankhead signaled likely pushes to amend the farm law and labor relations act amid campaign considerations for 1940.
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Washington
76Th Congress
Capitol
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Congress
Bankhead
Vigorus
Speakeer
Mooney May Soon Be Free in California
Tom Mooney, imprisoned nearly 22 years for the 1916 San Francisco Preparedness Day bombing, may be freed Saturday after new Governor Culbert Olson set a Saturday hearing on his pardon petition. Olson, inaugurated yesterday as the first Democratic state chief executive in 40 years, expressed belief in Mooney’s innocence. Mooney, who claims he was framed, is serving a life term after a death sentence was commuted by Governor William D. Stephens following presidential intercession.
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Sacramento
Calif
Tom Mooney
San Francisco
California
Cuthert D. Olson
Mooney
Olson
William D. Stephens
Wilson
Nazis Approve Quakers Relief Plan In Germany
The Nazi government reportedly approved a Quaker relief plan to aid non Aryans in Germany and speed Jewish emigration. Dr. Rufus M Jones of the American Friends Service Committee said the Reich promised fullest cooperation, with relief stations to aid about 100,000 people and emigration of 158,000 Jewish heads of families to transient camps outside Germany pending permanent colonies.
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Philadelphia
Germany
Rufus M Jones
American Friends (Quakers) Service Committee
Tourbe
Jones
Haverford College
Reports Relief Funds Diverted
The Senate campaign expenditures committee alleges relief funds in several states were diverted for political purposes. It urges legislation to curb such abuses and clears candidates of personal misconduct, noting many WPA charges lacked support though Kentucky cases were largely sustained. Hopkins denied most accusations.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Congress
Kentucky
Hopkins
Sixty Days For Disorderly House Convictions Reported
John Eshelman, 34th West North Street, was sentenced to sixty days in jail after a city court trial for operating a disorderly house. Effie Eshelman and Carl Michael, convicted of participating, received ten day fines. Officers Basso re and Castle made the arrests. State's Attorney Charles Fe Wagaman prosecuted the cases.
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John Eshelman
34Th West North Street
Effie Eshelman
Carl Michael
Bassore and
Castle
Charles Fe Wagaman
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