Guerilla Warfare Rages In Teruel City Battles
Guerrilla fighters and Spanish government troops clashed at rifle range within Teruel as a Madrid-Valencia front struggle continued. Insurgents reportedly held an advantage, with fighting centered around the church and nearby seminary while governments sought to consolidate positions in the Aragon hotel area. Inland, hundreds of wounded awaited aid as sleet and terrain hampered operations.
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Hendaye
Temel
Teruel
Madrid
Madrid-Barcelona
Barcelona
Hotel Aragon
Nice To Probe Kimble Charges In Maryland Politics
Gov Harry Nice announced plans to appoint an integrity board to probe Senator Kimble's accusations against Labor Commissioner Phoebus if Kimble presses the matter. Phoebus launched his Gov race after demanding his removal. Nice refused to discuss potential outcomes, noting accusations are not proof. He outlined options from pleadings to a full inquiry. Also, Raushman Chew of Brunswick was sentenced to 60 days in jail for a disorderly house conviction after a Frederick jury verdict.
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Annatolis
Harry W. Nice
Robert R. Kimble
Allegany
Harry T. Phoebus
Somerset
Kimble
Phoebus
Nice
Board of Inquiry
Raushman Chew
Brunswick
Frederick
Arthur J. Willard
Maryland Weather Forecast with Snow Furries and Cold Front
Maryland sees generally fair conditions in the east with potential snow flurries in the west tonight into Wednesday. Chesapeake Bay remains generally fair tonight and Wednesday, turning colder Wednesday with southwest to northwest winds that may strengthen at times.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Man Charged After Fire Bombs Home At Jail Alley
Harry Matthews, 40, a former shoe factory worker, allegedly saturated his five room house at 122 Jail Alley with four gallons of gasoline and ignited it on a red hot stove. Herbert Guessford, 13, suffered minor burns, while Matthews, the housekeeper Minerva Myers, and James Guessford escaped. Matthews hastily alerted deputies from the county jail as flames engulfed the interior. His car damaged after ramming the residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jail Alley
Harry Matthews
Herbert Guessford
James
Three Seek Black Seat in Alabama Senate Race
Alabama voters chose among J Thomas Heflin J Lister Hill and Charles W Williams as candidates to fill the seat of Justice Hugo L Black in the U S Senate. Heflin and Williams opposed the wages and hours bill while Hill supported it.
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Birmingham
Alaz
Alabama
Hugo L. Black
United States Senate
J. Thomas Heflin
J. Lister Hill
Congress
Charles W. Williams
Black
Supreme Court
Heflin
Williams
Hill
Road fund allocations to be discussed by engineers
In Baltimore on January 4, vision engineers of the State Roads commission will meet Friday to consider state and county road fund allocations for 1938. Chief Engineer Nathan T. Smith says division heads will be told to stay within budget limits and maintain roads as efficiently as possible. Commission members will attend the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Nathan T. Smith
Commission
Carpenter First to File Claim in City Unemployment Office
Charles Butts, 48, of 26 East Franklin Street, was the first of the unemployed to file for unemployment compensation yesterday at the local state office in the K of P Hall. Butts, a carpenter at North American Cement Corporation, Mantay Security, was laid off November 15 and spoke with office attendant Dania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles ¥. Butts
Franklin Street
Yeaterday
P. Hall
Butts
North American Cement Corporation
Mantay Security
Office Attendania
Missing Ford executive's daughter sparks wide search
In Ypsilanti Michigan on January 4 a large hunt for 15 year old Gertrude Bennett. Ford Motor executive Harry H Bennett heads the inquiry with State Police Captain Don Leonard and FBI aid. Gertrude, a Michigan Normal College student, vanished after being last seen on campus with Russell Hughes a 20 year old classmate. Authorities consider abduction or elopement but Bennett denies elopement. threats against the family have been reported and the search extends to tracing Hughes who notified his home he would not be there Monday night. His mother corroborates the case details.
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Ypsilanti
Mich
Harry H. Bennett
Ford Motor Company
Gertrude Bennett
Don Leonard
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Leonard
Mise Bennett
Michigan Normal College
Russell Hughes
Dixboro
Tte
Bennett
Ivan Boutson
Special Senate Panel Seeks Unemployment Causes
A Senate committee opens a study of unemployment aiming to avoid blame and to secure cooperation from employers, workers, and government. It seeks legislation to encourage job creation and effective relief for those not yet reemployed, with hearings set for leaders from General Motors, AFL, and Sears Roebuck.
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Senate
Washington
Byrnes
D-S.c
Congress
Byres
Murray
Mont
Detroit Car Co Plans Large Recall To Boost Jobs
Jan 4 Detroit report says Indian Motor Car Co president Pial El Barit announced a recall of 6,000 workers in the next weeks, boosting total factory staff to 12,000 and adding over 1.25 million dollars to monthly payroll. Hudson Co will start production on a new low price car this week. Barit urged optimism, noting auto industry could lead out of the recession.
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Detroit
Pial EL Barit
Indian Motor Car Co
Hudson Company
Barit
Ihar Witte
aLituMo
Bile
Missing $25,000 From Brooklyn Bank Vault
In Brooklyn officials puzzled over $25,000 vanishing from the Bensonhurst National Bank vault while staff worked. Teller William Behan reported placing the money in the vault at 4 30 p m yesterday and found it missing when he reentered three hours later with $33,000 more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bensonhurst National Bank
Brooklyn
William Behan
Budget deficit forecast for Roosevelt era budget
Officials predicted the 1939 fiscal year would show a 31 billion deficit while next year’s deficit could be about 1.25 billion. President Roosevelt told Congress the 1938-39 budget would be unbalanced but smaller, Morgenthau said the recession forced relief spending, with a possible return to balance if business improves. Naval construction figures remain tentative as relief costs loom.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Morgenthau
G Men Capture Desperadoes Payne and Turner
Federal agents nabbed Bill Payne and Wash Turner in Sanford North Carolina after an eleven month chase. The pair wanted for bank robbery murder kidnapping and highway robbery offered no resistance as three FBI cars surrounded them on a main street. Both men were armed but did not fire a shot.
Ten die in Jalisco election clashes in Mexico City
Ten men were killed and several wounded in clashes over municipal elections in Jalisco state, Mexico. Dispatches from Guadalajara say peasants and labor groups blamed municipal officials as imposed by politicians in the violent disputes.
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Menico City
Guadalajara
Jalisco
Man says wife declared him dead then robs, gets prison
Harley G. Weston of Glendive Montana said he turned robber after being named officially dead by his wife and losing work. He left five years earlier over a dispute, lived near Rapid City where a man died as Weston, later returned to Manhattan Montana, faced a widow’s pension claim, and was jailed in Monroe Washington after pleading guilty to second degree robbery. The case was sent to the FBI.
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Ray Ryan
Fred Plymate
Bertha Weston
Manhattan
Mont
Weston
Rapid City
Monroe
Wash
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Aged Sisters Found with $10,000 in Flat Furnishings
In a squalid New York flat, two sisters over 90 were rescued from near starvation. Olivia Hale and Roberta Hale lay hospitalized with injuries while officials recovered more than $10,000 in cash hidden in furniture, vases, and cushions. The funds, traced to Civil War era donors, included sketched checks and long-forgotten notes from Scottish Rite Masons and others. Four people labored 12 hours without completing counting.
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Washington, Jan
Southern Relief Society
Olivia Hale
Roberta
Two Die in Erie Auto Train Crash
A New York Central passenger train collided with an automobile at a crossing near Erie, killing two Erie Dispatch-Herald employees. The victims were Irene Outwall Dry, 41, a billing clerk, and John McDonald, an advertising salesman.
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Erie
New York Central
Erie Dispatch-Herald
Irene Outwall Dry
John McDonald
Removal of Christmas decorations in Public Square
City employees removed most decorations from the Public Square yesterday and Christmas displays at private residences were taken down today as part of seasonal cleanup.
Open Winter Lifts Washington County Farmers
A Washington County tip notes a warm open winter boosting farm work. Plowing is farther along than a decade, corn has been husked, fodder stored, and crop prospects are strong except for a rain‑scarce strip in Tae Keedyaville. Rice is 40 to 50 percent. winter wheat looks fair despite minimal snow.
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Washington County
Tae Keedyaville
Mass Claims Filed For Unemployment Benefits In Maryland
About 560 claims for unemployment compensation were filed at Knights of Pythias Hall with the Maryland State Employment Service. The crowd filled the building and street, delaying processing, as officials noted many filings may not qualify for benefits and payments begin only in late January.
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Maryland State Employment Service
Knights of Pythias Hall
L. Stouffer
Stouffer
Estate awaits any relative in dead man's claim
Miss Helen Downs of Tindall Brownsville Maryland informs Postmaster Jacob Hartie that Samuel Colebaker or Cole Baker, born in Hagerstown, recently died leaving an estate and no relatives have come forward. She suspects he may have local relatives since he was born here and asks that anyone with knowledge contact her immediately. She notes his claimed father was John Baker or Cole baker and his mother Maggie, both said to be German.
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Helen Downs Tindall
Brownsville
Jacob T. Hartie
Samuel Colebaker
Cole Baker
Hagerstown
Colebaker
Baker
John Baker
Maggie
Downsville Pike Home Damaged by Fire
The stone residence of Panl Anthony on the Kate Doub farm along the Downsville pike was damaged by fire last week. Anthony found smoke and flames issuing from the chimney area when he returned home, with a log smouldering in the fireplace. Clothing, a clock and other kitchen items were damaged before the fire was extinguished.
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Panl Anthony
Kate Doub
Downsville Pike
Anthony
New Road Bridge Opens War Supply Route to China
Shanghai dispatch reports a new link on the Hongkong Canton road after a bridge completion allowing long convoys of bombing planes from Hongkong toward Canton. American and Italian aircraft parts and German weapons move inland, while Italy’s Conte Verde delivered 1,400 tons of aerial bombs to Canton amid Japanese advances in Central Shantung toward Tsinan and Chufu near Confucius tomb protection.
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Shanghai
China
Hongkong-Canton Motor Road
Hongkong
Canton
Italy
Europe
Holy Land of China
Shantung Province
Tsinan
Domei
Tokyo
Chufu
Confucius
Great Sage
Kung
Shantung
Notangle in Triple Crash Faces Multiple Suits
Franklin L Notangle a Frederick farm machine salesman was involved in a November 29 triple auto crash near Benerola. He was sued December 30 for damages by Herbert Cohn and December 1 in an equity suit by his wife for separate maintenance. He paid a £250 fine for drunken driving.
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Franklin L. Notangle
Frederick
Benerola
Notangle
Herbert, Cohn
Baltimore
Elizabeth Wright Powell
Helen M. Notangle
War Victims Bodies Brought Over Border
At Hendaye on January 4 three war correspondents killed near Teruel were brought across the border into France. Edward K. Neil of the Associated Press and Brandish Johnson of Spur and Newsweek were en route to the United States, while B. R. Shanks of Reuters was taken to Ming Tang. They were in the same car struck by 8 millimeter shell during the Franco Spanish frontier fighting.
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Hendaye
Teruel
France
Edward K. Neil
Associated Press
Brandish Johnson
Spur
Newsweek
United States
Seepshanks
Revers
Ming ‘Tang
Taquye Gent
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John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
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