Noted speed aviator sets new transcontinental record
Major James R. Doolittle, famed speed flier, established a new transcontinental record for transport airplanes. He landed at Floyd Bennett Field after a 11 hours 59 minutes flight from Los Angeles, beating Eddie Rickenbacker’s prior record by minutes. Doolittle, tired but elated, was greeted by Major Meyer Ellenstein, Mrs. Doolittle, and an oil official.
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Newark
N. J
James R. Doolittle
Floyd Bennett Airport
New York
Los Angeles
Doolittle
New York Field
Eddie Rickenbacker
Major Meyer
Ellenstein
Mrs. Doolittle
Oil Company
Chamber Names Seven Directors for Two-Year Terms
The Chamber of Commerce announced seven new directors for two years: R. Paul Smith, Frank Bentz, E. A. Lakin, Lewis Relanor, Dr. W. K. Campbell, Abe Martin, and Harry Boyle. Existing holdovers include L. Vinton Hershey, John B. Ferguson, Park Loy, Wallace B. Caum, Roy Leiter, Merritt Campbell, and BE. 0. Shulenberger. The board re-elected John B. Permuson as president, L. Vinton Hershey as first vice-president, FE. A. Lakin as second vice-president, Frank Bentz as secretary, and Wallace B. Caum as treasurer.
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Chamber of Commerce
R. Paul Smith
Frank Bentz
E. A. Lakin
Lewis Relanor
W. K. Campbell
Abe Martin
Harry Boyle
L. Vinton Hershey
John B. Ferguson
Park Loy
Wallace B. Caum
Roy Leiter
Merritt Campbell
Courthouse Is Cold After Crowd Leaves
Flemington New Jersey January court adjourns as crowd disperses leaving courthouse chilly. Telegraph operators wore dress gloves to handle late copy during the cool night session.
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Flemington
N. J
Hunterdon County Court House
Thieves Force Entry At Shirey Home Garage
Thieves forced an entry to the rear garage of the Shirey home in the 400 block of West Washington Street and stole a spare tire from a parked automobile.
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Shirey
Weat
Washington Street
Saar vote brings Germany reunion in Nazi era
The Saar Basin voted to reunite with Nazi Germany under League of Nations supervision. Anti Hitler actions began in Saarbrucken as refugees, many Jews, fled to France and Luxembourg. Hitler praised the decision while officials anticipated League actions determining formal handover and Franco German relations.
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Associated Press
Saar Basin
League of Nations
Europe
Ganeva
Berlin
League of Natons
League
Germany
County Board Hears Highfield Improvement Association
A delegation led by William F. Belswanger before the Board of County Commissioners sought legislative action on measures favored by the newly organized Highfield Improvement Association. They asked support for dividing Ringvold voting district to ease travel, plus resolutions for old age pensions, road return to the county, and immediate property reassessment.
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Highfield Improvement Association
William F. Belswanger
Board of County Commissioners
Ringvold
Beiswanger
Gale Causes Damage Across Section With High Winds
A brisk gale at fifty miles per hour swept through the region yesterday causing damage locally. Wire communications lines and property suffered as roofs were torn and a metal roof came off a triple dwelling in the first block of North Locust street, owned by Lyman Reamer and occupied by Stone and Ricker families. Water velocity peaked between noon and 1 p.m. The report continues on page 16.
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Mercury
Locust Street
Lyman Reamer
Stone and
Ricker
Death rate in city and county shows four year decrease
The annual Health Officer Dr W Ross Cameron report to the Board of County Commissioners notes a steady decline in mortality in Washington County over four years. Deaths rose 502 in 1932, 817 in 1933, and 753 in 1934, producing a rate drop from 12 per thousand in 1931 to 10.9 in 1934, while births fell from 1338 in 1931 to 1176 in 1934. Personal crisis reports declined, and diphtheria cases showed notable improvement.
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Washington County
W. Ross Cameron
Board of County Commissioners
Western Maryland Railways Named in Company Union Allegations
The Western Maryland Railway faces a mediation board inquiry in Baltimore over alleged formation of a company union in its clerical department. Clerks reportedly favor the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, affiliated with the AFL, while the company formed the Western Maryland Clerical Association. The board will determine if Railway Labor Act provisions were violated.
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Western Maryland Railway Company
National Mediation Board
Baltimore
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
American Federation of Labor
Mediation Board
B. of R. C
Western Maryland Clerical Association
Governor Nice Works with Advisers on Revenue Bills
Annapolis January 15 Governor Harry W Nice met with a group of advisers in the executive mansion to draft revenue measures to be presented when the Legislature reconvenes tomorrow at noon. He planned to work through the day to finish the task and said late hours last night aided the effort.
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Annapolis
Harry W. Nice
Executive
Prosecuting Cop Assessed Costs in Nashville Court
In Nashville Tennessee on January 15 a deputy sheriff acting as prosecutor faced costs after a drunken driving case. Judge Chester K Hart ruled the deputy’s belief that the defendant smelled of whisky was insufficient for prosecution and taxed the deputy with costs for bringing a frivolous case, estimated around 643 dollars.
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Nashville
Tenn
Chester KK. Hart
Criminal Court
Frlvs
Bane Urged For Pecora's Post
Washington January 15 strong White House push for Baldwin B Bane of Virginia to replace Ferdinand Pecora on the Securities and Exchange Commission. Bane, executive administrator of the Securities Act under the FTC, backed by two Virginia senators and others. Pecora, New York Supreme Court justice, now before the state senate.
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Washington
White House
Baldwin B. Bane
Virginia
Ferdinand Pecora
Securities and Exchange Commission
Bane
Federal Trade Commission
Pecora
New York Supreme Court
State Senate
Landon and Mrs Landon to Attend Inaugural Event
Gov Alf Landon announced Mrs Landon would not attend the inaugural reception due to influenza illness. She responded she would be there and was seen in the receiving line. In other news Jacob Kidweller of Sharpsburg mashed his foot at a focal plant and remains home.
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Peka
Kas
Alf. M. Landon
Atate
Foot
Jacob Kidweller
Sharpsburg
Focal Plant
Beggars Use Cabs in Chicago Scam Trial
In Chicago on January 15, Frank Wojtecki, 39, was arraigned as the lookout for a beggar ring that used taxicabs to travel around the city for “work.” Witnesses testified beggars spent up to 3.50 daily, assistants earned about 1 per hour, and Wojtecki was released on the promise to quit his role.
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Chicago
Frank Wojtecki
Pennine
Dr Otho H W Ragan Dies Of Pneumonia In Hagerstown
Dr Otho H W Ragan prominent Washington County physician died at his residence 155 West Washington St from pneumonia that developed two days earlier He was born in Hagerstown July 13 1853 and was the last of his immediate family survived by three nieces and several grand nieces The Ragan family has deep roots in Hagerstown tracing back to colonial times with noted physicians and merchants in the lineage.
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Otho H. W. Ragan
Washington County
West
Washington Street
Dr. Ragen
Hagerstown
Williams
Sarah (Williams) Ragan
Ragan
Dr. Ragan
Richard Ragan
Maryland
Hageretown
Elizabeth Regan
Wilam Ragan
William Ragan
Otho Holland
Washington
University of Maryland
Brad
Senators Miller Myers and Sheriff Malott on sick list
State Senator Ernest W. Miller remains at home on a heavy cold. Delegate Allen I. Myers suffers a complication of ailments preventing attendance at General Assembly sessions. Sheriff Max Malott has influenza but is reported to be up and recovering at home.
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Ernest W. Miller
Allen I. Myers
Miller
Oak Hill Avenue
Myers
General Assembly
Max Malott
Tiny Maryland girl born without throat opening saved by tube passage
In Baltimore a three day old girl lacking a throat opening received an emergency operation at Maryland General Hospital that inserted a rubber tube to create a passage to the lungs. Surgeons plan a second operation to restore the esophagus while the baby is fed through the tube.
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Baltimore
Maryland General Hospital
P. A. Insley
Sleep Restored For Cat Rescued From Cottage Grove Gap
The cat that kept residents awake for seven nights at 3532 Cottage Grove Avenue was rescued yesterday. Officials at an animal rescue home took charge after it spent seven days between the building and an adjacent structure. Factory workers nearby fed the stranded animal and covered it with cloth as temperatures neared zero.
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Cottage Grove Avenue
Cottage Grove
Settle Suits Out of Court In Frederick County
Two debt suits removed to Frederick county for trial were settled out of court. Mrs Eleanor Reynolds sued Merchants Milling Company for 3501.75 claiming due. Seventeen defense witnesses plus one plaintiff witness testified. The second suit for 2532.50 had no witnesses summoned.
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Frederick County
Eleanor S. Reynolds
James E. Reynolds and Company
Merchants Milling Company
Eastern Grain Growers’ Corporation
Bellevue Trustees Meet to Organize at 2 30 PM
The newly appointed Bellevue trustees compose a slate of Fred M. White, Harry A. Shafer, and George H. Thomas. They take office today and will elect a president secretary and treasurer and name a superintendent.
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Bellevue
Fred M. White
Harry A. Shafer
George H. Thomas
Chamber Seeks Airmail Service For Hagerstown
The Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce moved to obtain air passenger and airmail service. The board authorized the president to contact Pennsylvania Airlines operating Washington to Cleveland. The firm previously sent a representative to study a stop here, contingent on a modern airport.
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Chamber of Commerce
Hagerstown
Pennsylvania Airlines
Washington
Cleveland
San Francisco Attorney Sues Howard for 2 Million
Edmond E. Herrscher, a San Francisco attorney, sues wealth Charles S. Howard and his two sons for 2 million dollars. He alleges a plot to ruin him professionally and in his wife’s esteem after representing the former Mrs. Howard in a divorce case and securing a financial settlement revision.
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San Francisco
Edmond E. Herrecher
Charles S. Howard
Howard
Herrscher
France Holds Back on Saar Plebiscite Fallout
Paris reports Premier Pierre-Etienne Flandin says France hopes for better Franco-German ties from the Saar plebiscite but avoids committing to any future actions. He notes the French have been disappointed before and stress actions over words.
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Paris
France
Pierre- Etienne Flandin
Hauptmann handwriting tied to Lindbergh ransom notes
Flemington dispatch reports third handwriting expert, John F Tyrrell, testifying that Bruno Hauptmann’s handwriting matches the 14 Transom and ransom notes linked to the Lindbergh baby case. Tyrrell, called by the state, asserts the ransom and Transom writings are identical, bolstering the prosecution’s claim.
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Flemington
Bruno
Richard Hauptmann
Ing
Baby Charles
A. Lindbergh
Milwaukee
Hauptmann
Albert
Osborn, Sr
Eldridge
W. Stein
Lindbergh Nursery
Ab Stoen
Hauptmass
John
Jassie) Condon
Lindbergh
Tyrrell
Joseph A. Lanigan
Thim
No More Surprise Witnesses Wilentz Says Hauptmann Trial
Flemington New Jersey January 15 Attorney General David Wilentz declares there will be no more surprise witnesses in the Hauptmann murder trial after Hildegard Olga Alexander a New York actress model testified to enliven a dull handwriting session. Alexander had not been previously connected to the case.
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New York
Jane
New York Times
Flemington
Bruno Hauptmann
Accu
Mann
N.J
Hauptmann
Saya
David T. Wilentz
Hildegrade Olga Alexander
Ming Alexander
Giant Negro Alonzo Rabineon Faces February Trial
In Cleveland on January 15, reports say Alonzo Rabineon alias James H. Coyner, a 6 foot 4 inch, 210 pound suspect known as a ghoul, may have guards at the jail during his February 4 special circuit court trial for the slayings of My and Mrs. A B Turner on December 9. Portions of human flesh and other grisly evidence allegedly linked to Coyner were described in court notes.
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Cleveland, Mies
Alonzo Rabineon
James H. Coyner
A.B. Turner
Jockwen
Circart Court
Coyner
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