Independent vote must be held says Roosevelt at Jackson Day
Washington January 9 President Roosevelts plate side chat at the Jackson Day dinner praised independent political thinking and joked about Republicans and himself. Democratic leaders saw the remarks as a possible hint about a third term or a valedictory note while Secretary Wallace supported a 1940 Roosevelt nomination. Attorney General pick Robert H Jackson urged a continuation of Roosevelt influence. He urged deeds over party ties in the general welfare. The event featured humor and serious moments as Roosevelt spoke of motives guiding leaders.
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Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
Wallace
Des Moines
Cleveland
Robert H. Jackson
Water Scarcity Forces River Draw on Hagerstown
Hagerstown faces severe drought with Edgemont reservoir nearly empty, forcing nearly all 5,000,000 gallons daily to be drawn from the Potomac river system. The 13,000,000 gallons remaining are being conserved as the 100,000,000 gallon reservoir normally filled is frozen and snow covers the watershed. Pumping costs in 1939 rose by $7,000 over 1938 amid the rainfall shortage. Albert Heard, water department superintendent, says a thaw would help.
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Hagerstown
Edgemont
Albert Heard
Water Department
Divorces Filed By Yowell and Myers Couples
Mary E Yowell via attorney sues for divorce from Walter Yowell. Mary E Myers through attorney sues for divorce from Norman W Myers.
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Mary E. Yowell
J. O. Snyder
Herman Walter Yowell
Mary E. Myers
M. L. Ingram
Norman W. Myers
Maryland Weather Outlook for Tonight and Wednesday
Maryland remains fair with a touch of cold air tonight as temperatures rise slowly. Chesapeake Bay sees clear but colder conditions tonight, with Wednesday turning cloudy and temperatures gradually increasing, winds diminishing from the north.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Winter Deep Freeze Hits Eastern Seaboard Low at Four Below
Chewsville government station reports a new winter low of four degrees below zero. No relief expected until tomorrow as snow measurements around 2.5 inches were recorded yesterday. Temp rose to 19 above at 10 45 this morning. roads cleared with plows and sand salt used to curb accidents.
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Chewsville
Seaboard
Oswald
Mercury
Hagerstown
Dionne Quintuplets Possible at New York World’s Fair
Reports say the Dionne quintuplets may visit the 1939 World's Fair in New York this year but fair officials deny any signed contract or firm offer.
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New York
Jan
Young Offender Guilty of Unauthorized Car Use
John Hill 16 colored was found guilty of unauthorized use of J. F. Crosss car and fined 25 dollars plus costs when arraigned before Magistrate Harry E. Snyder in city court. In lieu of fine the youth was given a jail term.
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John Hill
J. F. Cross
Harry E. Snyder
Milk on Smith Island Amid Ice Blockade
Ice locked Smith Island residents appealed by radio for fresh milk for babies as the State and Coast Guard work to free oyster boats and clear channels. A mail boat carried provisions from Crisfield, while an engineer said the upper bay would freeze by noon. The Governor ordered the Governor McLane toward Cambridge as a smaller boat would open lanes. many oyster vessels remain trapped.
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Smith Island
State
Coast Guard
Island Belle
Crisfield
Frederick Kipp
Baltimore
Annapolis and
Latrobe
O’conor
Governor McLane
Amos Creighton
Cambridge
McLane
Senator Radcliffe
Rusty airdale survives 24 days without food or water
In Lynbrook New York a dog named Rusty survived 24 days locked inside a bachelor’s home during a will search. A passerby spotted the weak animal, police fed it lager milk mashed food and beef, and the dog began recovering, with hope it would soon chase cats.
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Lynbrook
N. Y
Rusty
Airdale
Arthur Erickson
Leslie Ott
New Projects Considered for Boonsboro and Sharpsburg
Talk of installing modern sanitary systems in Boonsboro and Sharpsburg is revived. Boonsboro hopes for federal aid to fund a sanitary sewer system while planning upgrades after purchasing its water system. The town seeks relief labor absorption as the new park nears completion.
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Boonsboro
Sharpsburg
Savings Stolen From Columbia Church Safe
B F Smith a longtime janitor at the Baptist church in Columbia reports thieves stole 900 of the 1000 saved in the church safe. The incident occurred after years of careful saving by the janitor.
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Columbia
B. F. Smith
The
Baptist Church
Franklin’s Bank Woes Alter Thrift Legend in History
Philadelphia January 9 The Bank of North America records show Benjamin Franklin and other colonial figures frequently overdrawn. President Kurtz of the Pennsylvania Company notes Poor Richard may derive from his bank balances more than his wisdom. Records span 1781 to 1929, now with the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Richard
William Fulton Kurtz
Pennsylvania Company
Kurtz
Bank of North America
United States
The
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Second Continental Congress
Nazi Planes Attack Ships Off English Coast
The Air Ministry said German bombers renewed attacks on British shipping, hitting five merchant ships off England. Two ships were targeted off Scotland, two further south, with one man lightly injured and a fifth ship damaged. Poor visibility prevented British pilots from engaging the enemy.
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London
Air Ministry
England
Scotland
Heinkels
Beckham Former Governor and Senator Dies in Kentucky
J. C. Beckham, former Democratic governor of Kentucky and United States Senator, dies at age T1 in Louisville. He became governor in 1900 after the assassination of William Goebel, a crisis that left Frankfort an armed camp for months as Taylor contested the election and the legislature settled the ouster.
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Louisville
J. C. Beckham
Kentucky
United States
Beckham
William Goebel
Goebel
W. S. Taylor
Taylor
Frankfort
U. S. Supreme Court
Five Montgomery banks held not liable for forged 101 Relief checks
In Rockville Maryland on January 9 Montgomery County banks won a circuit court ruling stating they were not responsible for honoring forged 101 Relief checks from over two years prior. The court found the County Board of Commissioners negligent for not alerting banks to the forgeries. Former County Aid supervisor P Ray Souder, removed by the commissioners then convicted of forging three checks, received a four year sentence.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Circuit Court
County Boar of Commissioners
P. Ray Souder
County Aid
British officer captured on Western Front by Germans
The German news agency DNB reports the capture of a first British officer on the Western Front. The wounded artilleryman was taken by German advance guards on Sunday and later died in a hospital.
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Berlin
DNB
Information Lids Clamp on Aircraft Photos
New York January 9. The armed forces impose severe restrictions on information about American warplane production tied to export, the air rearmament drive, and expanding the navy air force. Photos must be submitted for army or navy approval and manufacturers face espionage act penalties.
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New York
Army
Navy
Riot opens 1940 French Parliament with clashes in chamber
Paris January 9 rioting marks the start of the 1940 session as rightist deputies clash with former Communist deputies on the floor of the chamber. The Communist party had been outlawed after the war began. Georges Levy Alphandery, dean of the chamber, faced interference as he prepared to speak once the session opened.
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Paris
Communist Party
France
Georges Levy-Alphandery
German Attacks Repulsed by French Troops
Paris dispatch says French forces repulsed German patrols west of the Vosges and Saar with machine guns and grenades during the night. British forces reportedly sank a German submarine yesterday, location not disclosed.
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Paris
Vosges Mountains
Saar River
Philadelphia woman pays two cent tax bill with money order
A Philadelphia resident sent a $22 money order to a North Carolina county tax office after a twenty two cent tax bill for a vacant lot. She replied with a quarter and explanation that she thought taxes had risen. The office sent back the money order and three cents change.
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Charlotte
N. C
Philadelphia
Thieves take 800-pound steer in griswold heist
In Griswold Iowa on January 9 thieves stole an 800-pound steer from Lowell Hall farm. They butchered the animal about a half mile from the farm, taking the meat and leaving the head and feet as authorities were notified.
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Griswold
Iowa
Lowell Hall
Hall
Connors State College Closes Amid Water Freeze
In Warner Oklahoma on January 9, 450 Connors State Agricultural College students take a week off as a cold snap freezes all drinking and boiler water. The campus shuts down until thaw restores supplies.
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Warner, Okla
Connors State Agricultural College
Harvey Accused Of Manslaughter In Wifes Death
Charles Edward Harvey, 53, charged with manslaughter after his wife Fannie died following injuries from a fall. A preliminary hearing before Magistrate Rostetter this morning bound him over to the February term with bond set at 1000. Witnesses testified Harvey pushed his wife during an argument at their home after heavy drinking.
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Charles Edward Harvey
Fannie
Martin V. B. Rostetter
Connect Murder With Violence
ABERDEEN Washington January 9 The gruesome death of Mrs Dick Law 24 year old wife of a Grays Harbor CIO union official remained unsolved today union spokesmen assailed local authorities and asked for a Federal grand jury probe Five CIO officials attacked authorities in the statement asserting a reign of terror typified in the woman s tragic death and in the destruction by a mob of the Finnish workers hall last December 2 A mob wrecked the hall when Communists attempted to hold a victory dance in competition with a patriotic meeting of Finnish immigrants and sympathizers Mrs Law was stabbed seven times in the chest and her skull fractured five times Law an executive committee member of the International Wood workers of America said he believed his wife was tortured before being killed in an effort to make her reveal the whereabouts of certain documents.
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Aberdeen
Wash
Dick Law
Grays Harbor
CIO
Law
International Woodworkers of America
Finland Faces War Strains as Ryti Seeks Foreign Credit
Helsinki January 9. Finland’s prime minister Risto Ryti warns national income is sinking rapidly and urges large scale foreign credits to finance defense against the Soviet threat. He says exports cover only part of the expenditure and that Finland will meet new obligations as it has in the past.
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Helsinet
Finland
Risto Ryti
Russia
Finlandic Victory Over Red Army Driven Russian Rout
Dispatches from inland report thousands of terrified Russians roaming east of Suomissalma in central Finland after the Finnish destruction of the Red Army 44th division. Ski scouts were said to be rounding up or annihilating remnants of the 163rd and 44th divisions as winter fighting depleted morale and food. Field Marshal Mannerheim’s orders aimed at hitting Russians in the stomach by destroying supply lines and field kitchens amid the cold, starvation, and continuous combat.
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Copenhagen
Suomissalma
Finland
Red Army
Lelsinki
Carl Gustave Mannerheim
Deathes from firearm wounds in Cambridge family case
Sidney L. Wheatley aged 53 of Bishops Head Maryland died this morning at Cambridge Maryland Hospital from gunshot wounds inflicted by his 19 year old son Donald Wheatley. The son is held at the county jail without bond awaiting a hearing date.
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Cambridge
Sidney L. Wheatley
Bishops Head
Maryland
Cambridge Maryland Hospital
Donald Wheatley
Young Wheatley
Births Rise in 1939 in Washington County Hospital Births
Washington County’s birth rate recovered in 1939 with 1289 total births, up 95 from 1928. Hospital births reached 350 of the year’s total, while 260 were hospital births in 1938, reflecting a rural community pattern. Charles J. Cotter notes rural settings limit hospital deliveries compared to national norms.
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Washington County
Washington County Hospital
Charles J. Cotter
Massachusetts
Britain Aids Finland Not Mere Formally in War
Prime Minister Chamberlain declared Britain's aid to Finland would be more than a formality as the war with Germany continues. He called the British French alliance permanent for postwar peace and labeled the quiet months as the calm before the storm. He spoke at Mansion House during the Lord Mayor's lunch, amid applause, emphasizing Finland's battle against Soviet aggression mirroring Britain.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Finland
Germany
Mansion House
Chamberlain
Ifo
Soviet
Russia
Navy seeks 4 million for Guam dredging runways
Admiral Harold R. Stark told Congress the Navy requests 4 million dollars to fund Guam improvement work in the Hawaiian naval district. The plan, delayed last year, centers on dredging for underwater runways and breakwaters, with total projected cost about 5 million and no congressional authority needed for district projects.
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Washington
Jan
Harold R. Stark
Congress
Navy
Pacific
Guam
Stark
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Naval Operations
Idth
Hawaiian Area
Japan Premier Abe Cabinet Expected to Fall
Tokyo observers predicted the resignation of Prime Minister Gen No buyuki Abe's cabinet once a new Chinese-dominated central government forms. The main trigger cited was failure to improve U S relations, with the China conflict and a domestic rice shortage driving up prices as secondary factors.
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Tokyo
Nobuyuki Abe
China
United States
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