War Referendum Amendment Defeated In House Vote
Washington January 10 The House shelved the proposed war referendum amendment to the constitution voting 209 to 188 against floor consideration Speaker Bankhead announced the tally President Roosevelt warned the measure would cripple a President in foreign affairs and invite violations of American rights by others Administration leaders pursued Republican support amid hints of an even split among GOP members
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Washington
House
Bankhead
Congress
Roosevelt
Snell
Jobless claims rise in Washington county total 1805
Washington county reports 1805 jobless insurance claims filed last week with the Maryland Unemployment Service. About 25 percent may be ineligible after eligibility checks. Office staff will notify those affected, and many claimants remain required to report weekly to keep benefits active. First checks expected about January 26.
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Washington County
Maryland Unemployment Service
Bishop Rescued From His Flaming Chancery
Bishop Joseph H. Albers was rescued by firemen from the burning Lansing diocese chancery after smoke inhalation left him weak. He was taken to St. Lawrence hospital where doctors said he was not burned but treated for smoke inhalation and would stay briefly. Fire chief said flames trapped his escape as he woke at 6 50 a m and called for help from a window.
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Lansing
Mich
Joseph H. Albers
St. Lawrence Hospital
Weather alert for Maryland and Chesapeake Bay
Maryland faces cloudy skies with rain late tonight or Tuesday and possible snow in the north, followed by gradually rising temperatures. Chesapeake Bay reports overcast conditions with rain and likely early snow in the north, winds shifting to moderate southeast or south as temperatures rise.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
North
Secrecy Marked Lindbergh Kidnapping Reward Distribution
Governor Harold G Hoffman planned to distribute the 325000 New Jersey reward for help in solving the Lindbergh kidnapping murder. Officials expect multiple recipients, with claims from two auto service station workers bank tellers who identified the ransom note the body finder and Flemington Hauptmann witnesses.
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Trenton
N. C
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Hoffman
Bruso Richard Hauptmann
Moore
Hauptmann
Flemington
Mayor Council To Meet Fire Groups
A special meeting of the Mayor and City Council will be held Thursday night with the standing committees of Hagerstown's volunteer fire companies to improve understanding between the companies and city officials.
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Mayorland City Council
Hagerstown
Tipsters Off to Good Start in 1988 Week
News tipsters began the year with several tips of equal value. First prize is split between a Hamilton resident who reported a car accident to a water department worker and an East Antietam street resident who reported the same incident to a store manager. A second prize is shared by a West Washington street housewife and a North Jonathan resident who reported a filling station robbery.
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Menty
News Vale
Hamilton
Water Department
North Jonathan
New Jersey Opens Compulsory Vehicle Inspections
An army of state inspectors began enforcing compulsory tests to remove unsafe cars from New Jersey highways as 28 inspection stations opened. The law imposes thirty day jail terms and fines up to 200 dollars for violators, while early testers report thousands of cars examined and mixed reactions from the public. Jason Licitra leads opposition through the New Jersey Anti Automobile Examination League, gathering signatures to repeal the law as concerns over penalties for the poor persist.
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Trenton
Iee
New Jersey
Motor Vehicle Department
Arthur W. Magee
Jason Licitra
Lyndhurst
New Jersey Anti-Automobile Examination League
Fire Menaces Hanover Block
A morning fire engulfed the Montgomery Ward warehouse and store in Hanover Pennsylvania threatening an entire business block. Fire crews from Pleasant Hill Littlestown Pennville New Oxford Centennial McSherrystown and West York fought the blaze for about two hours. Damage was estimated at 100000 dollars.
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Hanover
Montgomery Ward
Pleasant Hill
Littlestown
Pennville
New Oxford
Centennial
McSherrystown
West York
Maryland
Harry W. Reed
Will Apply For Drain Project
City Engineer Joseph J. Lyon announced today that he is filing an application with the Works Progress Administration for the Hamilton boulevard storm water drain. Plans were completed last week with an estimated cost of 16900 dollars. The drain will run along Hamilton boulevard from McComas street to Hillcrest Road, cross the alleyways, and replace trolley cross-lies to create a firm street base. Work could begin in two to three weeks, with committee action expected within about 20 days.
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Joseph J. Lyon
Works Progress Administration
Hamilton Boulevard
Lyon
McComas Street
Mulberry Street
Hillcrest Road
Mayor Elected President of Frederick Agricultural Society
Lloyd Culler was elected president of the Frederick Agricultural Society at the annual Board of Managers meeting. He succeeds Charles H. Conley, who declined to run again.
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Lloyd Culler
The
Frederick Agricultural Society
Board of Managers
Charles H. Conley
Kiwanis Mid-Winter Conference Opens Here
More than 100 delegates attend the Capitol District Kiwanis International Mid-Winter Conference at Hotel Alexander. Governor Diener is ill at his Alexandria home. G G Peery of Salem presides. The afternoon program includes remarks by past governors and lieutenant governors, and plans for the October Roanoke animal convention.
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Capitol
Kiwanis International
Hotel
Alexander
Irving Diener
Alexandria
G. G. Peery
Salem
Edgar Jones
Roanoke
W. Lee Elgin
Dieners
Lamar Heads Ward 3 Club
R. Charles Lamar elected president of the Ward No. 3 Democratic Club at a large annual meeting. New officers include Vice-President Charles R. Mask Secretary Charles R. Mask Assistant Secretary A. H. Spielman Treasurer Victor Bell Assistant Treasurer Robert Hamilton. The club plans several winter activities with announcements later.
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R. Charles Lamar
Charles R. Mask
A. H. Spielman
Victor Bell
Robert Hamilton
Japan to Chart War Course as Imperial Conference Meets
Tokyo January 10 The empire summons an imperial conference with Emperor Hirohito presiding to decide Japan policy toward China. Premier Konoe presented the plan as the cabinet debates two days with imperial headquarters. Ministers chiefs and chiefs attend as talks aim to end Chiang Kai-shek anti Japanese policy.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Japan
China
Fumimaro Konoye
Army
Navy
Home
Finance
Imperial Headquarters
Foreign Office
Chiang Kai-shek
Auto Crash Verdict Says Hancock Woman Died Accidentally
A coroner's jury ruled that Mrs. Mabel Virginia Powers of Hancock, 36, died in an auto crash near Conococheague last Wednesday. The verdict states she died accidentally while riding with her husband after Powers misjudged a road intersection and struck signs, a car, and a telephone pole.
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Mabel Virginia Powers
Hancock
Conococheague
Powers
Driver charged after crash near Funkstown bridge
A Saturday noon crash near the Funkstown bridge injured the Middletown driver and passengers. The car, owned by S. Glenn Rudy, suffered damage and the driver, believed to be Rudy, faces a reckless driving charge.
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Funkstown
S. Glenn Rudy
Middletown
Rudy
CIO Mayor Imposes Union Basis in Duquesne
Elmer J. Maloy, 41, Democratic mayor-elect, orders 40 hour five day work week for 22 000 city workers including 66 in fire police and street departments. Seventeen hires, wage raises to 73 cents an hour for laborers with annual saving via staffing and traffic-light changes. Firemen lose 15 monthly, police 11 monthly but gain extra time. Maloy says CIO program funds without raising taxes.
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Duquesne
Pyeo
Elmer J. Malox
Pittshureh
Maloy
Jesu
Malloy
Chinese Women’s Battalion Ready To Fight Japanese Invasion
In Hankow on January 10 a 150 strong Kwangsi women’s battalion arrived after a 600 mile march to join the northern front. The force, ages 16 to adult, aims to promote national defense, civic resistance, and propaganda while circulating through villages. They wear standard uniforms, carry 50 pound packs, and train to shoot and endure trench service.
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Kwangsi Women's Battalion
China
Japan
Kwangsi
Tensman
Dyno blast case links local sheriff to accessory charge
In Elizabethton Penn Yan area Sheriff J M Moreland said Sheriff W L Wallin of nearby Bledsoe county was charged as an accessory after the fact in the dynamite blast that killed three Gouge children near Friday. Eight other arraignments postponed. victims Sonia 9 Luena 7 Roma Jean 5. Gouge, restaurant operator from Johnson City, is jailed on bond in another case.
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Elizabethton
Penn “Yan
J. M. Moreland
W. L. Wallin
Bledsoe County
Here
Moreland
Wallin
Liberty
Arnold Tollett
Chave and
White Tollett
Man shoots at rat. bullet hammers water pipe flooding home
John Wilson fired at a rat in his Los Angeles home on January 10. The bullet struck a water pipe, causing a minor facial wound and a burst pipe flood. The rat trap anecdote ends with the vat escaping.
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Los Angeles
John Wilson
Bnullet
Wilson
Naval Officer's Wife Is Killed In Crash Fire
WATERFORD Conn Jan 10. Mrs John H Cross of Baltimore Md wife of a lieutenant at the submarine base in New London was burned to death and her husband critically injured when a tire blew, sending the sedan into fences and catching fire. Coroner Edward G McKar said Cross staggered from the burning car and tried to douse flames while nearby residents aided. He was taken to a hospital in New London. The lieutenant previously coached at the Naval Academy Annapolis Md and once played on the football team.
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Waterford. Conn
John H. Cross
Baltimore
New London
Boston Post Road
Edward G. McKar
Reene
Cross
United States Naval Academy
Annapola
Thunderbird returned to Indian elders in exchange deal
Washington reports two Gros Ventres elders Foolish Bear and Drags Wolf travel east to reclaim Thunderbird the sacred bundle of skulls linked to rainmaking. After negotiations with Indian Affairs and a planned New York swapping ceremony the clan will trade a sacred buffalo horn to get Thunderbird back.
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Washington
Water Busters
Thunderbird
Gros Ventres
North Dakota
Foolish Bear
Wolf
Heye Foundation
Museum of the American Indian
Office of Indian Affairs
New York
Ickes
John Collier
Local youth captured after two month escape
Mason Trimpower a 17 year old from near lingerstown was found near Link's Bridge in Frederick County by a deputy sheriff ending a two month liberty from Lock Raven School Balti more. He escaped November 15 with a companion and had stayed at William Burdette's home doing chores before fleeing as officers approached.
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Mason Trimpower
Lingerstown
Lock Raven School
Baltimore
Link's Bridge
Frederick County
Trumpower
William ¥. Burdette
Gary Cooper Highest Paid Of Movie Stars
Gary Cooper was the top paid movie star in 1936, earning $370,314, according to a House Committee report. Alfred P. Sloan Jr. of General Motors topped all executives with $561,311, and twelve other GM executives earned over $300,000 that year. Mae West was displaced as Hollywood’s best paid actor.
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Washington
Gary Cooper
House
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors
Hollywood
Sloan
Cooper
Mae West
Britain Won't Endorse Permanent Shanghai Settlement Changes
London said the government opposes permanent administrative changes in the International Settlement at Shanghai though it may concede some Japanese demands for greater influence. Britain signaled readiness to discuss limits on Japanese representation in the settlement police, in notes to the United States France and Shanghai authorities. Prime Minister Chamberlain reviewed Britain’s China interests with Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, who is returning to London after injuries from a Japanese attack.
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London
Shanghai
Britain
United States
France
Neville Chamberlain
China
Sir Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugewen
Hughe
Japanese Take Over Tsingtao
Japanese navy occupies the Chinese port of Tsingtao after landing parties meet little resistance. Bombing planes dropped leaflets urging submission and attacked villages near the golf course five miles from the city center. Domei reports a landing party entered and began mopping up. Foreign officials hold emergency talks to safeguard property while Americans and other foreigners establish a temporary government to guard utilities and provide protection.
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Tsingtao
North China
Domei
Tientsin
Former U. Md. Prof. Dies By Own Action
Sidney W. Wentworth former associate professor at the University of Maryland died from shotgun wounds believed self inflicted. The 44 year old World War veteran was found face down on a bridge near his home with a pistol nearby and two notes reportedly left behind. Police said his firing was not ruled out yet and no contents of the notes were disclosed.
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Earl J. Huber
R. C. Sines
Wentworth
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