Scouts plan bike safety in Wagers town
Washington County Boy Scout Council announces a three day bicycle safety inspection program in mid February. Scout executive A S Bendell Jr meets Mayor W luce Ilgin who backs a bicycle ordinance and police cooperation. All local bicycle owners will report for inspection at the municipal market house during the second Thursday to Saturday in February.
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Washington County Boy Scout Council
A. S. Bendell, Jr
W. Luce Ilgin
Scouts of
Scouts of the County Council
Bendell
Tornado Kills Two in Alabama Town
In Montgomery Alabama on January 4 a tornado killed Ross Metcalfe thirty five a millwright and his wife while their three and a half year old son Willie was injured. The twister damaged several businesses and private homes in a town of about 225 people with estimated damage around seventy eight thousand dollars. The Metcalfe home was demolished.
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Montgomery
Ala
Ross Metcalfe
Millwright
Willie
Sheri We. Bowen
Matcalfe
Draining Cistern To Place Transformers
Firemen pumped a water-filled old cistern under Franklin Street in front of City Hall to dry it for installing street transformers underground. The cistern once supplied water from Public Square and nearby sources to fight fires in the business district, but is no longer needed due to the modern water system.
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Franklin Street
Fron
City Hall
Daladier Praises Tunisia Defenses On Tour
Premier Daladier inspected Tunisia's Mareth defense works and called the Maginot line of the desert strong enough to resist any attack. He announced the frontier with Libya remains secure after a rapid tour of the area.
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Tunisia
Gabes
Daladier
Taesia
Weather outlook for Maryland and Chesapeake Bay region
Weather forecast notes rain tonight and Thursday with rising temperatures on Thursday. Chesapeake Bay expected to be cloudy with rain tonight and Thursday and warmer Thursday as northeast winds shift to southeast and strengthen.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Artesa Textile Town Battles For Key Highway Center
Spanish insurgents and government forces clash near Artesa, a 2,700-population textile town 65 miles from Barcelona. Control of Artesa affects three highways linking Tremp, Lerida, Tarragona, and the French border as Urgel Maestrazgo corps push from northwest and west.
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Hendaya
France
Artesa
Catalonia
Barcelona
T Own
Urgel and
Maestrazgo
Tremp
Tarragona
Lerida
Balaguer
Arlesa
Museum gifted with albino frogs in bid for fame
G G Moler, an electrical engineer from Hagerstown, who bred albino frogs, plans to present a pair to Dr G Kingsley Noble of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. He will appear on the lobby Toby program at 230 o'clock via NBC, after touring with the frogs in a five gallon aquarium. Moler began raising albino frogs five years ago, a rarity among amphibians.
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G. G. Moler
Hagerstown
G. Kingsley Noble
American Museum of Natural History
New York City
Ite
Tobby
Dave Khan
National Broadcasting Company
Mr. Moser
Moser
Albing
Dread Horse Disease Vaccine Cure Found
Philadelphia reports a vaccine for encephalomyelitis in humans, developed from chick embryo. Dr. Carl Tenbrooch of the Rockefeller Institute announced at a veterinarians conference that humans became susceptible last year, the disease is mosquito and bird carried, and fatal in about 50 percent of cases.
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Philadelphia
Carl Tenbroch
Rockefeller Institute
Tenbrooch
Woman nearly kicks fox found with seven fur coats
In Ncranton, Pa, Patrolman and Mrs. John Vanston saw a fox in a gutter. Mrs. Vanston tried to kick it but her husband objected. The kick uncovered that the fox had fallen from a truck and contained seven fur coats.
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Ncranton
John Vanston
Vanston
Tna
Draft Bills To Restrict Politics In Relief Funds
Senators draft measures to curb political activity by federal and state relief workers funded by relief programs. The campaign committee report criticizes relief funds used for political ends and proposes two bills to bar political activities by federal employees except in elective or policy roles and to restrict both federal and state employees paid partly with federal funds. Leaders expect quick action and refer the report to the Elections and Commerce committees for study.
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Washington
Campaign Investigating Committee
W.P.A
Hatch
D-N.m
Hateh
Coogan Rejects Mother's Offer Amid Split
Tackie Coogan refused his mother Betty Grable’s plea to return home amid reports of ongoing financial strains. Coogan and Grable have lived apart since last Sunday, with Jackie's $4,000,000 accounting suit against Bernstein referenced. Coogan says reconciliation under current conditions is impossible.
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Hollywood
Tackie Coogan
Betty Grable
Arthur L. Bernstein
Jackie
Bernstein
Coogan
George Coogan
Betty
Westwood
County Woman Files Caveat In Illegitimate Will Case
Sarah Helen McBride of Boonsboro and two relatives of William T. White filed a caveat in Frederick Orphans Court against a purported will that would distribute about 15900. The court set a hearing for January 3 to allow named legatees to oppose. The McBrides claim White lacked testamentary capacity and that the document was not signed or witnessed properly and may have been the result of undue influence.
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Sarah Helen McBride
Boonsporo
Sarah
F. White
William TH. White
Middletown
Orphans' S Court
Frederick
Orphans' Court
Brethren of
Boonsbero
McBrides
White
Carter Glass 81 Today Ignoring Birthday
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia marks his 81st birthday in Washington by refusing any celebration. He jokes he feels like the devil and frets over the attention, while Telegrams pour in and Senate praise fills his day as flowers crowd his apartment.
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Washington
Carter Glass
Virginia
Senate
Surety Head Slain In A Fist Battle
James Peters 57 president of Surety Mortgage of Portland Oregon was killed in a downtown Los Angeles parking lot in a fist fight with an unidentified assailant. Peters came to his aid when attacked by the slugger, and died from his injuries. The attack was witnessed by his wife Daisy Peters, their daughter Betty 15, and George Phillips 58 secretary of the company and Peters’ stepson.
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Los Angeles
James Peters
Surety Mortgage Company
Portland
Ore
Peters
George Phillips
Daisy Peters
Betty
Phillips
Helen
Fighting resumes in Chinese sector after holiday truces
Severe fighting on multiple fronts was reported as Chinese forces claim a breakthrough along the Suni river 40 miles south of Kiukians. They say they crossed the river and recaptured two towns on the north bank. Further west along the Hupeh Hunan border they recaptured Tawantsan near Yochow, 122 miles upstream from Hankow.
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Suanghal
Suni River
Yangtze River
Kiukians
Hupeh-Hunan
Tawantsan
Yochow
Hankow
King and Queen to spend five days in the United States
Ottawa Canadian Press reports that King George VI and Queen Elizabeth will tour Canada and the United States starting May 15 with about 50 stops in Canada. The plan shows roughly five days in the United States but without US visit details.
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Ottawa
King George
Queen Elizabeth
England
Canada
United States
Robbers' Roost Sheep Rustling Ring Busted in Utah
Sheriff Alma White reports locating a hidden roost in Lookout mountain region of southern Tooele county where a big time sheep rustling ring diverted at least 1220 sheep from local flocks. Three men were arrested as deputies recovered livestock and brands marked over with red paint. The case suggests a thriving illegal operation impacting area sheepmen.
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Tooele
Utah
Tooele County
Nike
Alma White
Lookout Mountain
Interstate hearing on Potomac Motor Lines permit
Examiner Cunningham of the Interstate Commerce Commission presided at a morning hearing at the local post office on Potomac Motor Lines Inc for authority to operate interstate bus routes between Frederick Maryland and Winchester Virginia. The case traced ownership from Oscar T Gilad hill Woodsboro to I Brenner and then Potomac Motor Lines. The bureau will submit testimony to the ICC for rating while another permit for Lester Browing to transport petroleum within 30 miles of Cumberland is also reviewed with testimony taken.
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Examiner Cunningham
Interstate Commerce Commission
Potomac Motor Lines, Inc
Frederick
Winchester
Oscar T. Giladhill
Woodsboro
Cunningham
ICC
Lester Browning
Long
Cumberland
Maryland
West Virginia
Driver Fined After Elm Street Collision with Councillor's Daughter
Charles Kubert 41 of Elm Street was fined 100 total after his car hit a machine driven by a daughter of Councilman Bruce Martin at North and Potomac. He was found not guilty of drunk driving but guilty of failing to keep to the right and lacking an operator's card. A $50 fine on each charge, or 100 days in jail, was imposed. No injuries reported. HELD FOR COURT. Kenneth Byrd 21 of Antietam Furnace area held on $500 bond for Federal Grand Jury action after agents found a still, mash and untaxed whiskey during a visit by federal agents. He appeared before U S Commissioner D A Wolfinger.
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Charles Kubert
Elm Street
Bruce Martin
North
Potomac Streets
John B. Dunn
Kubert
Failty
Jie
Kenneth Byrd
Antietam
U. S
1D. A. Wolfinger
Alderson Reappointed District Director for Farm Credit Board
The Farm Credit Administration announced the reappointment of George P. Alderson from Lewisburg West Virginia as district director for the Farm Credit Board of Baltimore. The district covers Maryland West Virginia Pennsylvania Virginia and Delaware. A large Washington countians delegation led by the State Central Committee will attend the O Conor victory dinner tomorrow night at the Y C A in Cumberland with many reservations already made.
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Washington
Farm Credit Administration
George P. Alderson
Lewisburg
W. Va
Farm Credit Board of Baltimore
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Delaware
Japan Moves to Form New Fascist Cabinet Under Hirohito
Emperor Hirohito orders Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma, a fascist-leaning privy council president, to form a new cabinet after Prince Konoye resigns. The move follows liberal shifts and rising militarist demands, with Gen Itagaki as war minister and Genro Saionji consulted on the change.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Kiichiro Hiranuma
Privy Council
Fumimaro Konoye
Hiranuma
Konoye
China
Japan
East Asia
Seishiro Itagaki
Hirayama
Kurahei Yuasa
Kinmochi Saionji
Saionji
Maryland Gov Nice warns of growing government reach
Annapolis Md Jan 4 Governor Harry W Nice delivered a 3200 word address to both houses of the legislature warning against a trend toward too much government. He urged limits on agencies and laws before his term ends Jan 11 and suggested ideas for the incoming administration of Governor-elect Herbert R O Conor.
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Annapolis
Harry W. Nice
Assembly
House of Delegates
Maryland
Nice
Herbert R. O’conor
120 Year Old Deed Exhibited By Milton Kohler
Milton Kohler displays a parchment deed recorded in York on April 12 1810 linking Baltzer Kohler and Sarah Kohler to Samuel Tikes for land in Manchester Township Pa. The great great grandfather Baltzer Kohler is noted. The deed lists a nominal 00 pounds about 4000 dollars as consideration. The document is well preserved and loaned by Harry Hykes from Faramount, traced to Miss Alice Hykes of Greencastle with a noted spelling discrepancy in Hykes.
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Milton Kohler
Baltzer Kohler
Sarah Kohler
Samuel Tikes
Manchester Township
York
Faramount
Alice Hykes
Greencastle
Hykes
Roosevelt warns peace not assured despite war averted
President Roosevelt urged arm economic, social, and military mobilization before Congress to meet dictatorial aggression. He said a world war had been averted but peace remains insecure, framing a broad national effort to prepare the nation.
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Washington
A.P
Roosevelt
Congress
F D R lays out program for world crisis response
President Roosevelt set a twofold program for meeting world troubles. Domestically he urged continued federal spending to bolster income, reform labor relations, farm support, tax readjustments, and rework New Deal laws, plus government reorganization and rail aid. Internationally he called for rearmament and internal industrial organization, with possible non military actions against aggressors and revision of neutrality laws. He warned against actions that would aid aggression and emphasized neutrality law implications.
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Roosevelt
Bailey vows to strike at dairy amendment in farm policy
Senator Bailey of North Carolina promised a broad attack on the dairy amendment within the administration price support program. He said he would battle to eliminate the provision that bars farmers who switch land from cotton from using it for corn or livestock, risking loss of federal payments.
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Washington
Bailey
D-Nc
Telegraph Operator Retires After 50 Years in Harper's Ferry
Charles E. Mariatt, a 70 year old telegraph operator for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, retires after fifty years at the tower in Harper's Ferry. He began in 1888 when the station had a single track and simple signals at the bridge approaches.
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Harper's Ferry
Charles E. Mariatt
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Mariatt
More Placed In Private Employment In 1938
Baltimore reports a 25 percent rise in private placements, with 21,140 people placed in the year and 2B Fringer noting a jump from 16,298 in 1937. In December, 5 were placed, according to David J Fringer, director of the Maryland Employment Service.
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Baltimore
David J
Fringer
Maryland Employment Service
Theaters Close in Protest in Paris
Paris theaters shut at noon in protest against a new municipal tax and a looming national shutdown. About 300 cinemas affected as talks stalled with authorities and industry negotiators.
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Paris
Pmcpire
Byron Aiming At Committees Seeks DC and Military Panels
Washington dispatch reports Representative William D Byron who joined the 76th Congress and Representative D Alesandro both seek seats on the District of Columbia Committee. Kennedy of Maryland is already on it. Byron also aims for Military Affairs and notes his father Col Joseph C Byron was a Military Academy graduate. He served as World War I Aviation Corps instructor. After adjournment he hosted friends and reporters in his office.
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Washington
William D. Byron
D’alesandro
District of Columbia
Kennedy
Maryland
Rep
Byron
Col
Joseph C. Byron
Military Academy
Aviation Corps
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R.W
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D.wash
Barkley
D-Ky
Senate Elections Committee
McNary
R-Ore
Commerce Committee
Harry Hopkins
Secretary of Commerce
Hopkins
Aubrey Williams
Hopkin
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Potomac Motor Lines
Asia
GOV. Nice
General Assembly
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Joseph Measel
White House
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