Japs target Rich Farming area in Shantung drive
Shanghai January reports say Gen Han Pu Chu former Shantung governor was court martialed by Chiang Kai-Shek for dereliction of duty after Chinese resistance collapsed in Rich Shandong. An army of 150,000 reportedly retired largely intact as Japanese advances continued. Japanese forces moved on Tsining and tainted rail junctions central to China’s breadbasket, with civilians fleeing and Tsining under siege as fighting escalated along the Grand Canal rail spur near Pukow.
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Shanghat
Chinnse
Han Pu Chu
Shanting Province
Shanghai
China
Stratetic Taining
Shantung Province
Tsining
Ring
Grand Canal
Tisatsin-Pukow
Florce
Market Hearing On Two Day Market Proposal
A special hearing for municipal market attendants proposing a two day per week market through May 1st will be held by the Mayor and City Council next Thursday at 7 pm in Council chambers. Officials seek public input from supporters and opponents before deciding, with a side note that an all day Saturday market from 6 am to 10 pm is favored by many stall renters.
Gurneys Die as Tree Falls on Cabin near Eurana Calif
Mr and Mrs George HL Gurney both age 45 were killed when a large tree toppled and crushed their cabin near Eurana California yesterday. Local authorities investigated the accident and ruled it accidental with no other injuries reported.
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Eurana
Calif
George HL Gurney
Maryland Weather Outlook Tonight Through Sunday
Maryland presents fair and slightly colder conditions tonight and Sunday with warmer daytime highs. Chesapeake Bay guidance shows mostly clear skies tonight and Sunday with diminishing northwest winds and a shift to southerly on Sunday.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Weekly Weather Outlook for North and Middle Atlantic States
Weather outlook notes rain in the Middle Atlantic and snow or rain in the North Atlantic on Tuesday or Wednesday, ending around Thursday. Temperatures above normal in the Middle Atlantic except for colder trend Thursday and Friday. North Atlantic colder Monday or Monday night, warmer midweek, then colder again around Thursday.
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Middle Atlantic
North Atlantic
George Bakers Hen House Sees Egg Boom From Golf Balls
George Baker discovered his chickens laid more eggs after he placed six golf balls in nests at the Main Avenue hen house. Six weeks earlier the hens stopped laying except for one egg per nest. The next day three eggs appeared and production has risen daily, with hens ignoring nests without golf balls.
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George Baker
Baker
Main Avenue
Jews Plan to Quit Germany Emigration urged by German Jewish council
Berlin January 15 The German Jewish council urged emigration as the solution to Jews' plight in Germany. Dr Leo Baeck noted worsening world position and recommended sending young German Jews to Palestine to help build the national home. Appeals were made for easier immigration in thinly populated countries.
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Berlin
German Jewish Council
Palestine
Leo Baeck
Counil
Tok
Divorce Trial Goes On Despite Injuries In Courtroom
In Los Angeles on January 15 a judge fractured her left elbow and a lawyer broke his left shoulder. Superior Judge Georgia Bullock shattered her elbow after tripping over a mat, yet the divorce trial proceeded. She asked attorney Joseph Jones about his sling and he quipped it fell down in a bathtub.
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Los Angeles
Georgia Bullock
Joseph Jones
Jones
Robideau executes after Montana family murder case
Robideau, 47, who killed Mr and Mrs Kuntz in West Basin Montana and brutally beat their 6 year old son, died on the gallows after a final statement urging no sympathy for his wife and family.
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Mont
Dan
Frank Robideau
Mike Kuntz
Robidean
Russia Halts Payments to Italy Over Oil Dispute
Moscow reports Russia suspended commercial payments to Italy citing Italian navy refusals to pay for Soviet oil and detentions of Soviet ships at Italian ports. Soviet arms payments to Italy also halted with trade delegations instructed to suspend dealings. Funds will be deposited in a State Bank of Russia special account.
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Moscow
Russia
Italy
Soviet Union
Reach Agreement On Groh Building
The city engineering department and D Webster Groh Jy reached an agreement over repairs to a wall on North Potomac Street. Warrants issued against Groh for building code violations will be held in abeyance pending fulfillment of the agreement. A hearing had been planned, stemming from an order months earlier for necessary repairs to the wall.
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Ity Engineering Department
D. Webster Groh
North Potomac Street
Joseph Lyon
Lyon
Groh
Gas station holdup ends with coin change call
In New York a gas station attendant Edward McDonald reported a robber kept bills while leaving coins in the register to make change for customers. The bandit gave the message Okay and took only the bills, allowing the station to continue business.
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Buffata
XN. Y
Jam
Edward McDonald
Early toy drive announced for spring and year-end
Frederick January 5 The American Legion will conduct a spring drive for Christmas toys in April in addition to its usual year end drive. Dr James G Conroy past commander of the Francis Scott Key post was named permanent chairman of the toy committee.
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Frederick, Jan
American Legion
James G. Conroy
Francis Scott Key
Norris Would Kill Holding Companies by Tax Method
Senator Norris backs using tax powers to back President Roosevelt and abolish holding companies. He says a heavy tax could force elimination, allowing some types to remain but ending those that control others. Some lawmakers oppose and call for further analysis as Wall Street reacts with surprise. Continued on Page 16.
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Norris
Washington
Ind-Neb
Roosevelt
Nebraskan
Posal
Copeland
D-Ny
New York
Wall Street
Wall
French Socialists Foil Bonnet Plan To Reform Government
Paris January 15 French Socialist opposition blocked George Bonnet radical Socialist premier designate from forming a cabinet to guide France through labor and economic crises. Leon Blum and the Socialist leadership refused support for a conservative solution, signaling broad opposition from the People's Front coalition and sparking continued talks with President Lebrun and other officials.
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Paris
George Bonnet
France
Leon Blum
Peopleg Fromt
Bonnet
Camille Chantemps
Albert Lebrun
Smoke Fatal to Baby Girl in Hancock Fire
Jub Elizabeth Munson, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Lynn Munson near Hancock, suffocated by smoke in an accidental fire that damaged the Munson home Friday morning. The child, about two to three years old, died at the scene. Survived by parents. Funeral at grandparents’ home in Hancock tomorrow afternoon, Rev S McFarland officiating. Burial in Watfordsburg Cemetery.
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Lawrence E. Sanders
Irish Valley
Shamokin State Hospital
Elizabeth Munson
Lynn Munson
Hancock
Munson
Edward Munson
S. McFarland
Randallstown
Watfordsburg
Stolen Check Cashed In Baltimore Hotel Fraud
Police report a stolen check cashed at a Baltimore hotel days after theft from the George 3 Funkhouser home on Oak Till Avenue. The check for $25 was payable to Mr Funkhouser, drawn by the Standard Brains Company, with his name forged and the surname Davidson added.
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Funkhouser
Oak Till Avenue
Baltimore
Standard Brains Company
Davidson
Rare Manuscripts Found in Church
Pittsburg report says 24 unpublished manuscripts, nearly 200 years old, were found in a Moravian church in Lititz Lancaster County by Theodore J. Finney. The works, by about 50 congregants, echo the Mozart Haydn tradition and were mostly unpublished in the Moravian era.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Theodore J. Finney
University of Pittsburgh
Norle
Lititz
Lancaster Conn
Mozart
Haydn
Finney
New England
Father Quinn Assigned to Hancock Church
The Rev J Ambrose Quinn of Balhianere has been assigned to Hancock as pastor of St Peter Catholic Church in Hatcork. He was assistant pastor at St Bernard's Baltimore and will assume duties next Friday. Also Father Ayarowe transferred from Brunswick to St Francis of Assisi Church, replacing Rev Fr William A Kelley moved to Westminster.
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J. Ambrose Quinn
Bal- Hianere
Ste Ceed
Sino Japanese War to Continue to Objective
Tokyo reports the cabinet and top military leaders agreed to press the Sino Japanese War toward its ultimate objective. A draft policy cites punitive actions against China while offering a chance for self reflection, with emergency Diet legislation under preparation. The Asahi notes possible Chinese envoy expulsion and forecasts maneuvers tied to Britain's Singapore base amid Western reactions.
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Tokyo
China
Hirohito
Senjura Hayashi
Domei
Asahi
Yamaki
Maryland Aims to Curb Bootlegging in Dry South
Maryland officials pledged to curb liquor bootlegging by aiding federal efforts. Chief Deputy State Comptroller Ian McCusker said Maryland would stop illicit whiskey flows via counterfeit orders and monitor distributor sales to out of state firms to disrupt supply.
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Annapolis
Ian
Joseph OC
McCusker
Maryland
Comptroller
Stiffer fines urged for boulevard sign violators rulers of traffic
Washington officials including Mayor W Lee Elgin and councilmen met with Howard F Wentworth traffic editor who exposed capital traffic conditions and won a national award. Wentworth told local leaders that many crashes result from ignoring boulevard signs and outlined how sirens from fatal accidents shaped public perception. He will visit Hagerstown next Tuesday and speak to the Little Heiskell Club Tuesday night with police presence urged.
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Washington
W. Lee Elgin
Vernon M. Miller
Harry T. Fridinger
Howard F. Wentworth
Wentworth
Hagerstown
Elgin
Pennsy Will Revoke Speeders Licenses
Harrisburg January 15 motorist crowd from outside Pennsylvania were ordered to appear in special speeders courts. Governor Wade’s decree aims to revoke licenses for up to ten days for excessive speeding over the 5 mile per hour limit. Convictions occurred mainly before a magistrate with appeal rights. Failure to appear triggers immediate license revocation for at least three months.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
George J. Wade
Wilkins Starts Moonlight Air Search For Missing Russ Fliers
FATARANIS Alaska Jan 15 Wilkins returns toward Aklavik NW T after no sight of Sigismund Levan and five others missing Aug 12 during a trans polar flight. He reports near Pole distance about 140th meridian with moonlight and two mile visibility. Russian funding for the search noted.
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Wilkins
Russ
Fataranis
Alaska
Pic Miter
North Pole
George Hubern Wilkins
Aklavik
NW. T
Russia
Sigismund Levanaid
Ifr
140Th
Herbert
Tolk “Kenyon J
Aklayik
WL T. Ac
B. Retiakov
AL Fairbanks
United States
Moscow
Roosevelt nominates Stanley Reed to Supreme Court
President Roosevelt names Solicitor General Stanley Reed for associate justice, replacing George Sutherland whose retirement takes effect January 18. Reed, born in Maysville Kentucky in 1884, has argued major New Deal cases before the court and is seen as a leading candidate for further vacancies arising from Cardozo’s illness.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stanley Reed
Supreme Court
Reed
George Sutherland
High Tribunal
Alabama
Hugo L. Black
Willis van Devanter
Benjamin Cardozo
Reedlong
Bosen
van Devanter
Capitol
Senate
Maurice C. Latta
White House
Kentucky
Maysville
Kentucky Wesleyan College
Vale
University of Virginia
Columbia
Sorbonne
Western Maryland exhibit at show highlights mountain region
A section of Catoctin range will be shown as the Western Maryland exhibit at the North Americans Sports Garden and Outdoor Life Show in Baltimore February 11 to 19. Washington and Frederick counties sponsor the display featuring a trout stream waterfall pool and native habitat with brook rainbow and brown trout from Lewistown hatchery. The 1369 square foot exhibit includes a 23 foot stream leading to a five foot waterfall and pool with trees shrubs and mountain leaves. The display is sponsored by the Frederick County Fish and Game Protective Association and the Frederick and Hagerstown Chambers of Commerce.
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Catoctin
Washington
Frederick
Fifth Regiment Arcmory
Baltimore
Lewistown
Western Maryland
Frederick County Fish and Game Protective Association
Frederick and Hagerstown
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Joseph Paul Bonconr
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Feft
Joan Elizabeth Munson
George S. Funkhouser
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Hancock Church
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