Woman Held In Infant Kidnapping Case
New York police hold Mrs. Margaret Stackhouse on charges of kidnapping 24 day old Patricia Luciano after she posed as a nurse from the Home Relief Bureau. Patricia was taken from her home last Tuesday and a blood test confirmed the infant’s parentage is disputed. The case mirrors another kidnapping claim tied to the baby’s mother and a man identifying as the child’s father.
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Mary Lano
Theresa
Luciano
New York
Margaret Stackhouse
Patricia Luciano
Patricia
Home Relief Bureau
Stackhouse
Navy seaplanes complete 2400 mile Honolulu hop
Lieut. Comdr Knefier McGinnis and 20 crewed a 24 hour mass flight from San Francisco to Honolulu. Six seaplanes crossed the Pacific through fog and darkness, landing at Pearl Harbor at 3:97 p.m. PST. Officials call it routine, but Honolulu residents see a new air link to the mainland.
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Nolulu
Uncle Sam
Knefier McGinnis
San Francisco
Honolulu
Pearl Warbor
McGinnis
Lincoln
Farm Loan Body Granted Charter
Attorney E Stuart Bushong reports that the Washington County National Farm Loan association has been chartered. Arthur L Towson serves as president and Bushong as secretary treasurer. About 150000 will be available for first mortgage and second mortgage loans in the county, plus 25000 already placed by the Land Bank commissioner. Additional applications are awaiting approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Stuart Bushong
Federal Land Bank Commissioner
Washington County National Farm Loan Association
Arthur L. Towson
Bushoug
Washington County
Mortleas
Land Bank
Bushong
Stray bullet hits roof. child escapes injury
Annette Miller, 12, of Conococheague, narrowly escaped injury when a stray bullet struck the heavy metal roof above her while she played upstairs. The bullet did not enter the room due to the roof’s thickness, and the shooter is unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annette
Earl S. Miller
Conococheague
Titling Filed In $10,000 Suit In Williamsport
Orville Clark through attorney J K McLaughlin files a $10,000 damage suit against Edward E Lehman over a November crash on the Williamsport Hoonshara Pike claiming permanent injuries. Nelson Conley of Williamsport, a State Roads employee, was slightly burned by a torch explosion at Rowland Avenue headquarters and returned to work after treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Clark
J. K. McLaughlin
Edward E. Lehman
Clark
Nelson Conley
Williamsport
State Roads Commission
Rowland Avenue
Torch Slayer Being Sought
Dover Ohio police and state patrolmen hunt a mystery man after a burning car yielded a charred torso. The victim’s head limbs are missing and gender is undetermined. A six foot man in a light overcoat was seen acting suspiciously near the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Ohio
PSC Chief Receives Bomb Threat After Taxi Ban
Harold FE. West, chair of the Maryland Public Service Commission, received an unstamped bomb threat letter about his Anne Arundel County home after the commission barred numerous Baltimore taxis. He dismissed it as unserious and handed it to police. the note claimed his actions cost 600 jobs and warned of damage to his house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold West
Baltimore
Harold FE. West
Maryland Public Service Commission
Commission
Anne Arundel County
Gar Wood Unhurt In Plane Crash At Marysville Airport
Gar Wood, renowned speedboat builder and pilot, escaped injury when his airplane nosed over on the ground at Marysville Michigan airport. He was solo and inspecting speedboats when the plane sank through ice and tipped, breaking a propeller piece but causing no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Gar Wood
Marysville
Mich
Wood
Grayhaven
New Bank at Smithsburg Approved
State Bank Commissioner John J. Ghingher approved the creation of the First State Bank of Smithsburg to replace the defunct People's Banking Company. The bank will have 50000 dollars in capital and 10000 dollars in surplus, with the Washington County Liquidating Corporation owning almost all shares. Depositors of the old bank will receive a about five percent dividend, paid as a checkable deposit in the new bank. Directors will be chosen by the liquidating corporation. Alfred Smith and other listed officials will be involved, with the president to be named later. The merger and divorce of the People's Banking Company and Central Trust Company continues.
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State Bank
John J.ghingher
First State Bank of
Smithsburg
People’s Banking Company
Washington County
Ghingher
Old People’s Banking Company
Alfred Smith
G. William Gardenhorn
Charles C. Wolfe
Irving A. Kelbaugh
Preston E. Vogle
W. Clinton McSherry
People's Banking Company
Central Trust Copany of
Maryland
Lindbergh Ready to Testify on Air Mail Contracts
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh says he is willing to testify before the senate committee investigating air mail contracts and related aviation financial dealings. In a telegram to Chairman Hugo L. Black he offers to clarify any questions, noting the committee has a complete record of his financial transactions. A witness testified Lindbergh received stock worth 250000 dollars in Transcontinental Air Transport during his technical role with the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Senate
Hugo L. Black
Lindbergh
Transcontinental Air Transport
Japan Sends Warships to Fukun Province Coast
Tokyo reports two Japanese destroyers ordered to sail toward the coast of Fukien province where Chinese rebels clash with National government forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Tokyo
Fukien
Deputy Renner Improves After Prisoner Crash
Deputy Sheriff Richard Renner remains in hospital with a fractured skull broken nose and multiple broken ribs after a crash that killed two prisoners. Doctors report a restful night and optimism for recovery. An inquest and crash investigation are pending his condition improves. Clyde Mellotte 23 and Ocval Oliver 23 bodies claimed and sent for burial with C M Suter and Sons assisting.
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Richard Renner
Renner
Richard Melfotte
Needmore
Fulton County
Clyde
O. Mellotte
Ocval M. Oliver
Fred Oliver
Glouster
Athens County
Oho
C. M. Suter and Sons
Sees Cosmic Rays Doing All Work
Dr. Imber Gable of Chicago tells Carnegie Institute Academy of Science that cosmic rays may become the servants of a future leisure society. He says experiments point to a long lived generation of people who will push buttons to control cosmic ray robots and perform tasks. More stratosphere flights are needed to uncover basic laws as humanity eyes hitching its wagon to a star.
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Pittsburgh
Imber Gable
Chicago
Academy of Science
Carnegie Ball
Gable
Williamsport Sewerage Survey Underway by Baltimore Firm
A three engineer team from Whitman Reynardt and Smith of Baltimore is conducting a permanent survey of Williamsport for a new sewerage system. They began yesterday and aim to finish by tomorrow or early next week. The firm, which installed the water system, is hired by the Sewerage Commission to prepare plans for submission to Federal and State PWA officials. Other work proceeds with town cooperation. No construction start date has been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitman, Reynardt and Smith
Baltimore
Williamsport
Sewerage Commission
PWA
Aged hunter Charles E Boyer enters hospital for observation
Charles E Boyer of Fairplay aged 78 has entered Washington County hospital for observation before a possible operation. A well known hunter in the county, he rarely misses a season and last week even hunted at night to see what his son might find.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Boyer
Fairplay
Washington County Hospital
Mr. Boyer
Local man held on two rum charges in Chambersburg
Earl J. Stout of this city was arrested in Chambersburg on two Pennsylvania liquor law charges after 1613 quarts of moonshine liquor were found in his possession. One warrant alleges illicit liquor not lawfully acquired before 1934 or from a PA liquor store. The other cites lack of official seals and improper containers. Police traced the suspect after he carried a heavy satchel into a home then returned to a Ford coupe with Maryland plates. eight two quart jars and a pint bottle were found in the satchel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl J. Stout
Chambersburg
Pennsylvania
Stout
Liquor Control Board
Maryland
Japanese tuna shipment seized at San Pedro docks
Customs guards monitored 4000 cases of Japanese tuna at San Pedro as officials await Washington orders on the disposal of a shipment bearing NRA insignia. The discovery was disclosed by Archi E. Ekdaie attorney for the California Fish Canners Association in a telegram to Walter White in Washington.
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San Pedro
Calif
Washington
NEA
NRA
Archi E. Ekdaie
California Fish Canners Association
Walter White
Washington Xray
Champagne On Infant Diet Sparks Paris Princess Claim
Princesa De Polignac of Paris says champagne belongs in an infant’s diet. In Miami Beach she cites her two year old daughter Diane’s baptismal use of the beverage and two to three teaspoons per meal as fostering the child’s “perfect health.”
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Miami Beach
Fla
Princesa de Polignac
Paris
Diane
Fire At Tristate Electric Office Sparks Basement Blaze
A basement fire at Tristate Electric Company at 38 South Potomac Street was discovered by Patrolman H B Keyser about 4 am. Firemen fought for two hours, confining the blaze to the storeroom floor and limiting losses with four water streams and salvaging equipment. Officials provided coffee from a nearby restaurant during the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tristate Electric Company
South Potomac
H. B. Keyser
Tristate Company
Mayor Wertz to Speak on Cumberland Light Plant
Mayor T M Wertz and Cumberland officials plan a mass meeting in Cumberland tonight to discuss a proposed municipal electric light plant. Hagerstown officials will present plant operations and note Cumberland rates would be lower. A Cumberland referendum bill to survey advisability was killed in a General Assembly committee. H J Rosson of a consulting firm will describe city-owned plant methods. Public Ownership League of Cumberland sponsors the meeting.
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T. M. Wertz
Cit
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Citixers
General A Assembly
H. J. Rosson
Public Ownership League of Cumberland
Grayson Improves After Kidney Operation in Rochester
Hope for the early recovery of Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson from a kidney operation was seen today in Rochester as Washington officials reported continued improvement in his condition.
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Grayson
Rochester
Minn
Cary T. Grayson
Washington, D. C
May Revalue Gold Dollar Silent FDR News Conference
White House hints at possible monetary moves may include gold nationalization. Roosevelt to meet press at a late afternoon conference but offered no firm signal. Following talks with Morgenthau, Black, and Cummings, officials say he has considered gold nationalization though no immediate dollar revaluation is indicated. Treasury and Fed data underscore gold reserve importance in any policy shift.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Eugene Black
Federal Reserve Board
Cummings
Federal Reserve System
Treasury and
Never to Tell Real Reason Slayings Linked to Ness Case
Fran ces Sepse on murder charge in Reading Pa says she would never state the real reason for Dr Paul R Ness slaying. Police Commissioner Giles notes this was the last remark she made before transfer from Reading jail to county prison. Hull Homeward Bound sails from Santa Barbara to continue Pan American tour. In Havana Cuban revolution talk resurfaces after the peace plan collapse.
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Reading
Berks County
Frances Sepse
Paul R. Ness
J. 5
Giles
Hull
Santa Barbara
Tan
Cordell Hull
Lima
Montevideo
Restore Order At Trial Of Dr Wynekoop
Chicago January 12 The second day of the Wynekoop murder trial opened with strict order On the fifth floor only credentialed people admitted The courtroom appeared deserted As sixty or seventy ceniremen and a score of witnesses attended Dr Alice Lindsay Wynekoop was escorted to court wearing a black ensemble and a white scarf
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Criminal Courts
Chicago
Wynekoop
Alice Lindsay Wynekoop
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Poland
Navy
Pacific
Farm Loan Body
Torch Slayer
People’s Banking Co
Lindy
Ridgefield Park
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Cerardi
Joseph Cerardi
Pennsy State
Tristate CO
Wertz
Plant
Havana
Benjamin Fernandez de Medina
Cuba
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