Battlefield program discussed by Gettysburg and Antietam leaders
James R. McConaghie superintendent of Gettysburg National Military Park will lead a meeting of the Smagers town Chamber of Commerce to discuss the Antietam Battlefield work program. He is joined by Dr. Robert Jones and Captain John Kyd Beckenbaugh. Major Joseph W. Byron also attends.
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James R. McConaghie
Gettysburg National Military Park
Antietam Battlefield
Smagerstown
David J. Lewis
Battlefeld
Hagerstown
Joseph W. Byron
Antietam
Joseph G. Byron
Byron
Heavy Buying Sets Four Year Wholesale Record
New York reports an influx of buyers to local wholesale markets for the week ended yesterday, totaling 1,346 the highest since 1930 and well above 1933 by 35 percent. The Times notes a possible new record next week. In Omaha, Miss Verone Gruenther announces engagement to Army head football coach Gar Davidson, with a June wedding planned.
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Ee New York
The
New York Times
the Times
Omaha
Neb
Verone Gruenther
Garrison HH. (Gar) Davidson
Army
J. M. Gruenther
Six Naval Seaplanes Poised For Pacific Flight
Six large Navy seaplanes prepare to fly nonstop from the mainland to Honolulu covering about 2150 nautical miles. Squadron leader Lieut. Com. Kneffler McGinnis set the noon PST takeoff to capitalize on favorable weather, with a Pearl Harbor landing expected by Thursday noon if winds cooperate.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Honolulu
Com
Kneffler McGinnis
Hawaii
McGinnis
Pearl Harbor
Shot doctor to help him in Reading case
Accused killer Frances Sepasi 28 signed a statement saying she wished to help the physician by shooting him as he left his office. Police reported she hid behind a pole then followed Dr Paul R Hess to the door after two of five bullets struck him.
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Reading
Paul R. Hess
Frances Sepasi
John S. Giles
Sepasi
Giles
Miss Sepasi
Maryland Delaware farmer loan program expands reach
The Farm Credit Administration announces that most Maryland and Delaware sectional groups are organized to accept short and intermediate term loan applications. Production Credit Association offices in four of five Maryland groups are ready to receive farmers' loan applications for farm production needs.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Delaware
Farm Credit Administration
Production Credit Association
Post Office searched anew for missing air mail files
Washington January 10 The Post Office department is being searched from basement to tower for Walter E B Browns missing air mail correspondence despite sworn testimony that his files were burned Postal inspectors and Senate investigators combed the weathered building to verify claims by former Hoover administration postal chief that he did not supervise the burning and that another witness is ready to testify about the disappearance of the records.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Walter EB. Brown
Senate
Hoover Administration
Brown
Strikers warned over mail obstruction near Chicago
Washington reports that postal authorities warned last night that obstructing or delaying the mails by milk strikers would not be tolerated. Officials said delaying the mails is a criminal offense and that postal inspection in Chicago, led by Walter Johnson, would monitor the matter.
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Washington
Chicago
Cleveland
Postal Inspection Service
Walter Johnson
Wadsworth
Post Office
Youths Take No Chances Protest Curfew Becomes Law
About 100 youths fled the Pottsville city chambers as a 9 PM curfew took effect. The restored 1890s ordinance was signaled by a warning blast at 8 50 and a curfew call ten minutes later. Boys groups protested to the mayor and council but avoided possible arrest, returning home after the second whistle. The curfew targets all under sixteen.
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Pottsville
Cop Kills Bandit During Robbery Visit in Chicago
Chicago January 10 A police officer Martin Priegnitz 30 of Naperville Illinois shot and killed a bandit who attempted to rob him and a young woman friend Beulah Burke 22 outside her West Monroe Street home. The bandit aged about 22 entered the rear seat after forcing entry before the officer fired three bullets into his chest. The body remains unidentified in a city morgue.
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Chicago
Martin Priegnitz
Naperville
West Monroe Street
Naked Madwoman Imprisoned Above Stable in New Jersey
Detectives probe the case of Mrs Sophie Cerardi a 42 year old woman declared insane and held at Bergen Pines Hospital. Her husband Joseph Cerardi and housekeeper Marg Griffin are jailed for false imprisonment with possible abuse charges. Cerardi tied to Lindbergh case inquiry and rented a four room apartment above the stable two years ago. Neighbors say she appeared healthy when she moved in. last night she weighed about 50 pounds.
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Ridgefield Park
N. J
Barnes Estate
Sophie Cerardi
Bergen Pines
Joseph Cerardi
Miss Marg Griffin
Cerardi
Hopewell
Gerardi
Kalls Robber Rested After Fatal Home Robbery
In Bethlehem on Monday night Joseph Klementovich, 50, was shot and killed during a robbery at the home of 82-year-old recluse Madi son Long who then reportedly went back to sleep. Police say Long woke a pedestrian after dawn to notify authorities.
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Bethlehem
Jar
Madison Long
Joseph Kilementovich
Long
Klementovich
Beheading of Marinus Van Der Lubbe Ignites Outcry
Marinus Van Der Lubbe, a Dutch brick mason convicted of high treason for the Reichstag fire, was beheaded at Leipzig at 7 30 this morning. Dutch indignation rose in Amsterdam as observers noted the Netherlands sought no further action despite hopes of a commute. In Hamburg, Rudolf Lindan who killed Police Inspector Perske in an August ambush was also beheaded.
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Leipzig
Marinus van der Lubbe
Amsterdam
Reichstag
von Hindenburg
Hamburg
Germany
Rudolf Lindan
Perske
First Aid Training for CWA Workers Initiated
The Red Cross begins emergency first aid courses for civil works administration workers. Chapters nationwide to provide classrooms instructors and textbooks if needed. Each CWA camp to have a first aid kit and trained personnel.
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Washington
Red Cross
Civil Works Administration
CWA
Wage Assignment Decision Given
ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 10. The Court of Appeals decided that the 1918 petty loan law did not repeal the 1906 law voiding any wage assignment to be earned more than six months from the assignment.
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Annapolis
Court of Appeals
Foxskin Brings Him New Pants in Scottsboro Tale
In Scottsboro Alabama Jan 10 Okie Hancock a 9 year old boy pulled a fox from a crevasse by its tail. The fox scratched and bit him before his father killed the animal. Proceeds from selling the fox skin paid for new overalls and the boy wore them home.
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Scottsboro
Alas
Okie Hancock
Okie
F D R Urges Farm Bonds Guarantee
President Roosevelt calls for government guarantee of 2 billion dollars in farm mortgage bonds in his first special message to Congress. He says backing by government credit and property ensures security while acknowledging a moral obligation. Democratic leaders expect swift action and plan related canal treaty consideration.
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Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Treasury
Canada
St. Lawrence
Administration Farm Credit
Farm Credit
Appeals Court To Decide On His Sobriety
The Fourth Circuit heard arguments over whether a man who entered periodic sprees and required hospital sobering could be described as a person of correct and temperate habits. The case, from West Virginia, involved Gail T. Nudgeon and the Mutual Benefit Health policy. An insurance suit claimed misrepresentation on application led to fraud. A separate wire noted a Philadelphia union delegation seeking Roosevelt intervention in a Budd Manufacturing strike.
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Baltimore
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Fourth Circuit
United States District Court of the
Southern District of
Gail T. Nudgeon
Welch
W. Va
Zeb H. Herndon
Ira J. Partlow
Dudgeon
Hazel D Kotard
Washington
United Automobile Workers Federal Labor Union of Philadelphia
Roosevelt
B. C
Budd Manufacturing Company
Sinking funds by railroads favoured by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt backs railroad sinking funds to pay off mortgage debt and urges regulatory bodies to allow sufficient earnings. He cites a large railroad facing receivership last March and warns six more months could have pushed major carriers into receivership due to interest payments on mortgage debt constituting up to 60 percent of capital.
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Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
White House
New Haven Car Loadings Rise in First Week of January
New Haven Railroad reports a 23 percent increase in carloadings for the first week of January versus the previous year. President Jd. J. Pelley also notes that passenger revenues are ahead of the 1933 period.
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New York
New Haven Railroad Co
Jd. J. Pelley
Secretary Hevia Announces Lands to Be Distributed
Havana January 10. Secretary of Agriculture Carlos Hevia says President Gran San Martin signed a decree to distribute government and Machadista lands to farmers at 315 dollars per capita. The plan aims to allot land per person to boost farming capacity and settlement.
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Havana
Carlos Hevia
Gran San Martin
Divorce Bid for Deserted 70s Couple Revealed in Court
Hyman Arnove aged over seventy appeared in court seeking a divorce from his wife Anna aged over seventy nine. He claimed she deserted him because he refused to take her to parties and dances. The hearing proceeded amid tense exchanges and related testimony.
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Kankakee
Hyman Arnove
Anna
Measure Proposes Annuity Plan To Supplement Pensions
Washington story reports Congressman David J. Lewis introducing a House bill to set up a Treasury run annuity system. Under the plan the postal service would administer the program allowing a 40 year old to deposit about eight dollars monthly until age 65, then receive about thirty dollars a month for life. The proposal aims as a supplement, not a substitute, for moderate old age pensions and suggests White House support.
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Washington
United States
David J. Lewis
Maryland
House
Treasury
Mr. Lewis
Lewis
White House
Youth Makes Early Visit Shocks Chewsville Family
Seven year old David Snowberger, son of Edgar Snowberger of Chewsville, slipped into his aunt Mrs Walter Palmers home before dawn. Residents mistook the noise for a break in as Ermjest Palmer investigated from a window ready to fire. He found the boy safely inside and the incident prompted daytime visit restrictions.
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David Snowberger
Edgar Snowberger
Chewsville
Walter Palmer
Palmer
Two Sentenced To Cut Terms For Vagrancy
George Cline and Roy Bennett received four month terms in the House of Correction after arraignment before Justice Richard H. Sweeney in city court. Both were charged as vagrants captured during a police drive on vagrants and handlers begun last week. Bennett aided in an inquiry into a larceny at the courthouse. the drive has produced seven cuts to date.
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George Cline
Roy Bennett
House of ‘Correction
Richard H. Sweeney
Bennett
Tarma Attace
Fone
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Tom Mooney
Folsom Prison
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Kalls
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F.D.R
Insurance Company
Reno
Thalia Massie
Thomas Massie
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