Business leaders urge closer government cooperation with Roosevelt
Washington January 12 five prominent industrialists including Alfred P Sloan Jr of General Motors and Ernest T Weir of National Steel met with President Roosevelt in the White House to discuss the recession. Sloan read a brief statement signaling a constructive talk and greater understanding among leaders and the administration. Also present were M W Clement of Pennsylvania Railroad Golby Chester of General Foods and Lewis Brown of Johns Manville.
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Washington
White House
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors Corporation
Roosevelt
Sloan
Ernest T. Weir
National Steel Corporation
M. W. Clement
Pennsylvania Railroad
Golby Chester
General Foods Corporation
National Association of Manufacturers
Lewis Brown
Johns-Manville Corporation
Liberty
Chester, Wirr and
The
Snow Ordinance Is Resurrected by City Leader
Captain of Police Carl H. MeCleary revived the city's snow cleaning ordinance this morning and ordered patrolmen to enforce it. The rule requires immediate sidewalk cleaning after snow stops, with fines for noncompliance as a survey noted many residents ignored the inch fall and let snow melt.
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Carl H. Mecleary
France Proposes Labor Peace Pact Banning Strikes Pickets
Paris reports Premier Camille Chautemps to unveil a three point labor code aimed at social peace. It would allow firing only with union approval, keep arbitration, require majority authorisation to strike, and ban factory occupations and picketing. Government offices would supervise worker placement in public and allied industries.
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Paris
Indust
Camille Chautemps
General Confederation of Labor
Union of
France
Maryland Weather Update with Snow Flurries West
Maryland sees intermittent tight rain and a modest rise in temperatures tonight. Thursday may be generally fair with snow flurries in extreme west, followed by colder Thursday afternoon and night. Chesapeake Bay winds shift from moderate to fresh northerly Thursday morning as skies clear northward and flurries diminish in the west.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
O Conor calls advisers to meet on bid for governor
Baltimore January 12 Herbert R. O Conor attorney general urged his campaign committee to convene Friday and begin selecting a strong candidate to challenge Senator Millard E. Tydings in the Democratic gubernatorial race. Tydings is aligned with Baltimore Mayor Howard W. Jackson who opposes O Conor.
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Baltimore
Npr
Herbert R. O'Conor
Millard E. Tydings
Tydings
Howard W. Jackson
O'Conor
Roosevelt shakes up diplomatic corps in major postings
Washington January 12 President Roosevelt announced a broad reshuffle of the diplomatic corps with eight of 58 embassies and legations affected. Ambassador Joseph E. Davis moves from Russia to Belgium and Norman Armour becomes ambassador to Chile leaving Moscow and Ottawa posts open along with Vienna Bogota Tehran vacancies. Hugh Wilson to be succeeded as assistant secretary of State by a new appointee as William F. Dodare resigns Berlin post.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Joseph
FE. Davis
Russia
Belgium
Norman Armour
Canada
Chile
Moscow
Ottawa
Vienna
Bogota
Columbia
Teheran
Tran
Hugh Wilson
Berlin
William FE. Doda
United States
State Department
Benched Zion Player Contracts Chickenpox Diagnosis
Ernest Dolan, 22, a basketball player for Wi, was diagnosed with smallpox after growing ill following games. Teammates rushed to doctors for vaccinations as the news spread through the squad.
Safety drive planned here to curb reckless driving
Mayor W Lee Elgin led a private weeklong probe with City Council members into dangerous traffic in Hagerstown. The investigation found a 15 foot red curb at East Avenue and Mulberry Street unpainted, allowing motos to pull near the intersection and threaten crossing pedestrians. The Board of Street Commissioners acted to address the hazards and other road dangers identified.
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W. Lee Elgin
Board of Street Commissioners
Hagerstown
East Avenue
Mulberry Street
Ms Crossing 6
Black Is Late For Reception At White House
Justice Hagan known as Black made his first White House appearance since coming to the Supreme Court. He arrived several minutes late at the President's animal reception for the Judiciary. Other justices attended, while Cardozo Bran deia and McReynolds were absent due to illness or weather.
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Washington
Hagan
White House
Ince
Supreme Court
Cardozo
Brandeia
McReynolds
Chinese fliers claim sinking two gunboats and more
Chinese commanders announced three combats against Japan with announced success. They said bombers sank two Japanese gunboats at Wuhu destroyed two munitions trains near Hofei and shot down two Japanese bombers at Vine Chow.
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Hankow
Wuhu
Hofei
Vinechow
Collins Dies of Concussion in Washington County
Eugene J. Collins died at Washington County Hospital at 4 AM after suffering a brain concussion in a Sunday morning automobile crash. Witnesses report that Waller Cousens, 24, a former city patrolman, was driving and bonds were set at 1500 for charges including failing to stop and render aid and reckless driving. Passenger D. Herman Barner is held as a material witness. justice ordered a jury to view the remains with a hearing set for tomorrow at 5 PM.
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Eugene J. Collins
Washington County
Waller
Cousens
Collins
Hii
D. Herman Barner
East Washington Street
Barner
Hae
Couseng
Colling
Mutual Friends
John Dunn
South Potomac Street
Urge To Buy Signals Possible Economic Revival In 1938
New York January 12 managers report rising orders for raw materials and goods that could push mills and mines to higher output and recall laid off workers. Cotton cloths lead gains with about 20 million yards sold in two days as gray goods trade increases in Worth Street.
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New York
Fac
Worth Street
Wall Street
Delinquents Face Arrest Over Sewer Connection
One hundred fifty property owners failed after repeated notices to connect to the sewer system and face warrants for noncompliance. Two were fined $25 each by a local magistrate. the city plans to issue names for warrants while defending the public health need to eliminate cesspools.
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Stemn
Heart Department
Auto air cooling eyed for near future in Detroit
Detroit January 12 air conditioned autos may soon arrive to ease summer drives. L W Child air conditioning engineer outlined a system using a non toxic gas and engine driven compressor similar to home refrigerators to keep cabins cool in 100 degree heat. A fragment mentions attempting repairs at a former Orphans Home on South Potomac street and a 1887 issue of the Herald and Torchlight found cased between walls.
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Detroit
L. W. Child
Society of Automotive Engineers
South Potomac Street
Tetal
Herald
Torchlight
Blizzard of 1888 anniversary recalled in Midwest
Chicago reports mark the 50th anniversary of the great 1888 blizzard as cold winds and snow spread over Nebraska Iowa Minnesota and the Dakotas. Ice jams disrupted Sheboygan fishing tugs while former Combs school students in Geneva Nebraska recall the night of the storm with Henry Vauck noting how 55 pupils endured the cold by reading aloud.
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Chicago
Middlewest
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Sheboygan
Wis
Harrior
Combs
Geneva
Neb
Henry Vauck
Pin Found in Woman's Appendix After 20 Years
Miss Reba Foster of Pecos Texas recalls swallowing a pin at age seven. Surgeons who removed her appendix found the ordinary pin and recounted her 20 year illness and recovery.
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Pecos
Tex
Reba Foster
Japanese donate 2000 for Panay victims
Japanese citizens present a 2000 dollar consolation fund to the U S embassy in Tokyo for Panay victims. Ambassador Grew will hold the money in trust pending decision on its use while editors deliver the funds to the foreign office. The gift follows Panay sinking by planes on December 12.
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Tokyo
United States
Joseph C. Grew
Nichi Nichi
Mainichi
Foreign Office
Police probe two local thefts including purse and brass spigots
Thefts are under investigation by police. A pocketbook containing 24 dollars was taken from a cloak room at a local card venue, and two brass spigots valued at 25 dollars were stolen from an apartment on Summit Avenue. Reports list Faryl Alkire of North Potomac Street and Russell B. Young as complainants.
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Faryl Alkire
North
Potomac Street
Russell B. Young
Summit Avenue
Dubinsky urges renewed peace talks in CIO split
David Dubinsky president of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union the third largest CIO affiliate called for renewed peace negotiations with the American Labor Operations and blamed other CIO leaders for the breakdown of recent truce efforts in New York on January 12.
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New York
David Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Workers
CIO
Operation of Labor
Railroads Could Hire 150,000 If Income Gains
Senate unemployment committee heard J J Pelley of the Association of American Railroads say the nation’s railroads could employ about 150000 more workers if traffic and revenues return toward normal. He noted gains would boost railway shops and track work, with additional indirect employment totaling at least 130000.
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Association of Railroads
Washington
Senate
J. J. Pelley
The
Association of American Railroads
Pelley
Tacoma
Thas
Wins Battle to Visit Son
Frank Fay actor and master of ceremonies won a court battle over custody of his adopted son Dion with Barbara Stanwyck. Judge Goodwin Knight ordered Fay to take the boy to his home every other Saturday and allow visits on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Stanwyck’s residence, with liquor restrictions and other stipulations. Fay declared he had won everything he asked for and only wanted to see Dion.
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Los Angeles
Frank Fay
Barbara Stanwyck
Dion
Fay
Goodwin Knight
Miss Stanwyck
Rev Ryan to Leave Hancock for Brunswick Parish
Rev. Francis P. Ryan, pastor of St. Peter's Church Hancock, will be transferred to Brunswick as pastor of the Catholic Church. His departure, announced at a Catholic Daughters dinner, drew much regret from the congregation and community. He arrived in Hancock in July 1933, succeeding Rev. William E. Kelly. No successor for Hancock has been named.
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Francis P. Ryan
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Hancock
Brunswick
Father Ryan
William E. Kelly
Westminster
Pedestrians figure in Maryland highway deaths
More than half of the 46 people killed on Maryland highways in December were pedestrians, the State Police Accident Prevention bureau reported. Sergt Marlin D Brubaker urged pedestrians to walk along highways sensibly to cut deaths. Of 195 reported crashes last month, 45 involved pedestrians causing 25 deaths, seven were auto to auto, four auto crashes into fixed objects.
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Baltimore
Maryland
State Police Accident Prevention Bureau
Sergt. Marlin D. Brubaker
Brubaker
Auton
Fear for Samoan Clipper Crew After Vanished Flight
Jan 12 reports from Pago Pago say Pan American Clipper, 21 tons, carrying seven crewmen led by Capt Edwin Musick, vanished near Tutuila while dumping fuel for landing. A possible oil slick 12 miles off Tutuila and smoke nearby sparked fears the aircraft exploded after mystery disappearance. Naval and air searches continued as crews hoped for a sighting or clue.
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Tutuila
American Samoa
Tustuila
Pacific Ocean
Fis
Edwin C. Musick
Dunedin
New Zealand
Apia
Pago Pago
Pago Paro
Tutulia Io Land
Musick
Trans-Oceanic Avisator
The
Clipper
Pan American Air Wars
Honolulu
Avocet
Lieut
T. B. Williamson
Hypnotic drug use by Pittsburgh students shocks court
Federal narcotics inspector David L. Roush testified in Mage Brandon's court that Pittsburgh High School students used a narcotic described as worse than marihuana or morphine. He said the drug caused no immediate effects but could lead to heart and kidney collapse and that 30 capsules were found on a youth who was unconscious.
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Pittsburgh
Magestrate A. D. Brandon
David L. Roush
U. S. Bureau of Narcotics
Roush
Brandon
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