Shanghai Protest Over New Incident At International Settlement
Cornell S. Franklin, American chairman of the Shanghai municipal council, protested to Japanese Consul General Okumoti against Japanese man handling of international settlement police. Japanese soldiers trained rifles and a machine gun on French troops in the French concession, rough handling a French police member. Two British soldiers were beaten. Major General Telter-Smollett protected the British incident as French officials considered a protest. A Chinese woman crossing into the French zone seeking water triggered the tense actions.
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Sanghai
Cornell S. Franklin
Shanghai
A.D. Telter-Smollett
Nantao
City considers bicycle licenses and meeting with owners
City Hall receives sample bicycle licenses as Hagerstown weighs a 50 cent annual fee. Mayor Migin plans an open meeting with bicycle owners before an ordinance faces City Council. Police cite thefts and traffic safety as motives, noting licenses may deter theft and improve rider respect.
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Hagerstown
W. Lee Migin
Indianapolis
Ind
Neillsville
Wisconsin
Maryland Weather Preview Cold with Snow Flurry Potential
Maryland forecast calls for fair, colder night with light snow flurries in extreme west. Sunday remains fair and chilly. Chesapeake Bay expects mostly clear skies tonight, colder Sunday, and northwest winds increasing to fresh levels.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Weekly Weather Outlook for January 10 to 16
Period covers January 10 through 16 with fair conditions in the Middle Atlantic and rain in the North Atlantic early in the week. Temperatures start cool, rise briefly Tuesday, fall again by Wednesday night, then warm toward the end of the week.
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Middle Atlantic
North Atlantic
Sober Driver Receives Mild Sentencing After Pole Collision
Dyson Emory Humphreys of Hebron told Magistrate Conway he was sober when his car struck a pole in Salisbury on January 8. He later admitted drinking whiskey after the crash. The magistrate suspended a six month sentence in the House of Correction for drunken driving.
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Salisbury
Dyson Emory Humphreys
Hebron
W. R. Conway
Quantico
Conway
House of Correction
Walkway Backed by Chamber of Commerce Board
The Chamber of Commerce board unanimously endorses a five foot pedestrian walkway along the east side of the Post Office lot. A letter is sent to Representative David J. Lewis. An inspector visited last week to survey public support before the Post Office Department may deed land for the project. The city will erect a privacy fence. The path from West Washington Street through the market area is two thirds complete.
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Chamber of Commerce
David J. Lewis
Chamber
Post Office
Washington
PostoMce Department
Washington Street
Municipal Market House
Nixon Academy
Washington County Building and Loan Association
Foreclosures Fall 17 Percent in 1937 Nine Months
The Federal Home Loan Bank board reported today non farm real estate foreclosures for the first 11 months of 1937 were 17 percent lower than the same period in 1936.
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Washington, Jan
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Hope Waning For Bomber Near San Clemente Island
Coast guard found four floating patches of oil and a broken life preserver near San Clemente Island, fueling fear the navy missing bomber with seven aboard crashed in the Pacific. Naval authorities examined the items as the search entered a third day with growing doubt. cadet Scott P. Hawkins, 29, of Jefferson City Missouri, is listed among those presumed dead after a Thursday parachute incident during the hunt.
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Pacific
San Diego
VP-7
Lieut
T. B. Carpenter
Passumpsic
Philip O. Browning
Lees Summit
San Pedro
Galit
Coast Guard
San Clemente Island
Navy
Calif
San Luis Obise
Ensenada
California
Scott P. Hawkins
Jefferson City
New Auto Tags Ready March 15
Maryland's 1938 automobile license tags, green with white numerals, will be available March 15, according to Walter R. Rudy commissioner of motor vehicles. The deadline for obtaining new plates is March, and last year 432,000 sets were distributed.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Walter R. Rudy
Motor Vehicles
Southern lawmakers draft own labor standards bill
Rep McReynolds said southern representatives, influential in stalling the wage hour bill, were drafting a labor standards bill that would let a majority of operators in an industry decide if federal regulation was needed. The plan could limit federal rules to a few major industries, as in the old control bill, while wage hour advocates viewed it as promising.
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Washington
Congress
Rep
McReynolds
D-Tenn
Eight Held in Fatal Blast Case in Elizabethton Tenn
Eight jailed in Elizabethton after a dynamite blast that wrecked two homes and killed three children. Two men face murder charges White Tollett and Lee Walker, with Clare Tollett sought by warrant. Five others and a woman are detained for questioning. Sheriff J M Moreland led the arrest from Pikeville.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Pikeville
J. M. Moreland
White Tollett
Lee Walker
Clare Tollett
White
Army Flier Dies In Mid-Air Blast
Honolulu reports a mid-air explosion during bombing practice killed Army flier Paul D. Bunker Jr., 28, near Schoffield barracks. Witnesses differ on cause with claims of a bomb detonation versus a wing collapse before the craft burst into flames.
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Honolulu
Jan
Teruel Insurgents Surrender After Suffering Hunger and Thirst
In Madrid on January 8 a government report stated more than 2,000 insurgents and accompanying women and children surrendered after 17 days of urban combat in Teruel. A relief force failed to reach them and 230 insurgents were captured near Muela de Teruel outside the city. The capitulation followed a Madrid army offensive begun December 21 trapping the city.
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Madrid
Teruel
Muela de Teruel
Toledo Alcazar
Rey D’harcourt
Pennsy Considers Penal Farm System
Harrisburg January 8. A penal system to replace county jails with industrial farms and place prisons under a high commissioner was considered in Pennsylvania. The proposal came from John D. Pennington, former welfare secretary and head of the Huntingdon industrial school, in a report to Governor Earle’s parole commission.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
John JD. Pennington
Pennsylvania Industrial School
Huntingdon
Welfare
George H. Earle
Man to face arson charge in Chesapeake and Ohio property blaze
Shannon Imes, 50, of Cumberland, was jailed after deputy Leister Isanogle arrested him at 2 AM for allegedly setting multiple fires at a Chesapeake and Ohio Canal company property near Peatre County. Reed Booth reported Imes in the vacant house as fires began on the parlor floor amid early investigators.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
Peatre
Shannon Imes
Cumberland
Leister Isanogle
Reed Booth
Imes
Isanogle
Whistle Vote Due Monday in West End Fire Hall Plan
West End residents prepare for a final vote at a special meeting next Monday on allowing the Western Enterprise Fire Company to install a fire alarm whistle at the hall. An injunction threatens action if a strong opposition prevails, while some officials reportedly share the doubt about the device.
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West End
Western Enterprise Fire Company
West
Old well found by CCC men on Dahgrén Ridge
CCC workers near Avonshoro uncovered a 105 foot old stone well on Dahgrén Ridge while clearing brush. The century old shaft, built by Hoffman and Lone sawmill operators, could have swallowed a hiker. A warning sign is posted and a new top with guard rails will be installed next week.
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CCC
Boonsboro
Dahgrén Ridge
Avonshoro
Hoffman
Lone
Icebound Rome Faces Freezing Temperatures
Rome endures a sudden cold snap as streets glaze with ice and temperatures drop to 24 degrees Fahrenheit. Early bus service halted and many residents suffer injuries from slips on the slick surfaces.
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Rome
Trafic
Auto Industry Recalls Thousands After Holiday Layoffs
Detroit reports a rebound in auto work as recalls begin across major firms. Chrysler will bring back NCO workers next Tuesday, Hudson plans 12,000 new hires with 1.25 million added payroll, Ford aims to resume full staff at Dearborn Range by January 17, GM has not set recall date after December 28 layoffs affecting about 30,000 workers, with 205,000 on 11 hour weeks.
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Chrysler
Ford
Detroit
Jan. &Pym
Chrysler Corp
NCO
Hudson Motor Car Company
Ford Motor Company
Mammoth Range
Dearborn
General Motors Corporation
Michigan
Roving Courts to Punish Speeders Begin in Pa
In Pennsylvania a system of roving courts to punish speeders opens in 11 districts Monday. About thirty offenders may lose licenses for at least 90 days under Governor Barletts order authorizing the speeders court for drivers exceeding fifty miles an hour.
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Ilarrisburg
Lans
Pennsylvania
George H. Barle
Castaways of President Hoover complain of Waldorf service
San Francisco January 8 passengers of the wrecked liner President Hoover were rescued from Hoishoto Island in rocky seas. Sam Cohen steward's delegate denied reports of intoxication and misconduct among the crew while defending the swift evacuation and lack of casualties.
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San Francisco
President Hoover
City Water Dept Worker Struck, Injured in Virginia Ave Crash
Antonio Verna, a longtime City Water Department employee, was seriously injured when struck by a car while installing a water meter in the 1400 block of Virginia Avenue. Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania salesman John L. Davies said Verna appeared to jump in front of the vehicle, leaving little chance to avoid the collision. Verna, a Madison Avenue resident, was taken to a hospital in critical condition with physicians reporting slim chances of recovery. Davies said he was en route to Virginia for his employer after leaving home earlier that day.
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Antonio Verna
City Water Department
Virginia Avenue
John L. Davies
Mt. Carmel
Heitzman Safety Blasting Plug Corp
Shamokin
J. A. White
Verna
Madison Avenue
Davies
Virginia
Risked Life So She Could See And Dies
Dora Reisner of Galveston Texas, once an honor pupil at nine, chose surgery over blindness after doctors diagnosed a brain tumor. The operation lasted six hours, promising risk to her life. She died yesterday, denying herself a chance to return to school and play with friends.
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Galveseon
Tex
Dora Reisner
Dora
Mercy flight carries five month old to Johns Hopkins
An airplane piloted by Albert Panella of Utica carried a five months old baby girl a nurse and a physician from Marcy airport Rome to Newark en route to Johns Hopkins hospital Baltimore for a life saving operation. The baby’s name was withheld and the trip marked the first leg of the mercy flight.
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Rome
N.Y
Albert Panella
Utica
Newark
N. J
Marcy Airport
Newark Airport
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins
Democrats Attend Jackson Day Dinner in Baltimore
About 12 million Democrats are set to attend the Jackson Day dinner at the Concord Club in Baltimore to hear gubernatorial hopefuls and speakers including John H. Fahey of the Home Owners Loan Corporation Mayor Howard W. Jackson Attorney General Herbert R. OConor State Senator Lansdale G Lasacer and State Comptroller William Gordy Jr a likely candidate for governor
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Baltimore
Concord Club
John H. Fahey
The
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Howard W. Jackson
Herbert R. O'Conor
Lansdale G. Lasacer
William 8. Gordy, Jr
Roosevelt dinner speech may clarify policy on business
Washington January 8 President Roosevelts Jack son Day address tonight could shape future government relations with business. While no subject is announced speculation centers on further enunciations of his views on monopoly and policy. Business leaders remain uncertain despite conciliatory tones in recent messages and press briefings. Robert E Wood Sears Roebuck testified that business does not know what to expect amid contrasting remarks by Ickes and Jackson.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Andrew Jackson
Woodrow Wilson
Robert E. Wood
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Senate
Wood
Ickes
Robert H. Jackson
Jackson
Byrnes
DSC
Thousands to Honor Jackson Dinner Across Nation
Thousands of Democrats will pay 25 to 100 for Jackson anniversary dinners to help wipe out a 211295 deficit of the Democratic National Committee. President Roosevelt will speak in Washington with other leaders across the country attending in New York Chicago Des Moines Nashville Columbus Denver San Francisco Boston and more. Dinner prices vary by city from 35 to 100, and Roosevelt's address will be broadcast at 9 30 p m Eastern.
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Washington
Andrew Jackson
Democratic National Committee
Jackson
New Orleans
Roosevelt
Cummings
Chicago
Woodring
Denver
Wallace
Des Moines
Ickes
Nashville
New York City
Mission of Mercy Lands in Hongkong to Combat Disease
The League of Nations staffed medical waste teams landed at Hongkong today to fight smallpox and typhus devastations in war ravaged China. They arrive to prevent epidemics and support relief operations in this urgent humanitarian effort.
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Mission OF Mercy
Hongkong
Ching, Jan
League of Nations
China
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