Fire toll at Sacred Heart College reaches forty five
A devastating fire at Sacred Heart College in St Hyacinthe Quebec killed or reported missing 45 teachers and pupils. Seventeen dead and 28 unaccounted for with 21 injured as flames destroyed the four story building housing 50 boarding students and 21 teaching brothers. Only the walls remained after firefighters waited for rain to subside before search efforts.
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Hyacinthe
Que
Sacred Heart College
Atelier
Jean Baptiste
Sherbrooke
Qué
Joseph Vincent
St. Hyacinthe
United States
Mavier
Vincent Letourneau
Pawtucket
Paul Armand
Woonsocket
R. I
William O'Connell
Westport
Conn
Normand
Roger Poulin
Central Falls
R. L
Japanese Land Reinforcements Advance Near Nanking
Reported fighting persists as Japanese columns move north from Nanking toward Pengpu while Chinese forces resist near Suchow and Waku. Sporadic clashes echo around Hangchow and Chekiang as Japanese claim to protect foreigners and restrict press access.
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Nanking
Waku
United States
Pengpu
Suchow
Hangchow
Chekiang Prince
Shanghai
Savings Bank elects new directors in Williamsport annual meet
Stockholders elected C. D. Bell D. K. Cushwa Sr Edward Doub Lester Nalley Rader Smaltz D. G Cushwa Jr Richard G Hoffman G Hoffman and Lester Swain as directors. The board named A G Hoffman president D K CushwaSr vice president secretary Charles R Karper cashier and Charles N Harsh assistant cashier. Annual turkey dinner supper by Wash M E Church set for Thursday and Friday with 40 cent price and service hours.
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Savings Bank
The
Savings Bank of Williamsport
C. D- Bell
D. K. Cushwa
Edward ©. Doub
Lester Nalley
Rader Smaltz
D. G, Cushwa
Richard G. Hoffman
G. Hoffman
Lester Swain
Charles &. Ka
Local Obituaries and Funeral Notices Summary
Death notices from Hagerstown area list Mrs. Sarah Jane Guessford of 1 West Franklin Street and Mrs. Ella M. Kitzmiller among others. Surviving relatives include children Naomi Warner, Mary White, Ida Renner, Cincinnati Boyd P., Carl W., Robert L., Charles. grandchildren and great grandchildren. siblings in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Services planned in Hagerstown and Beaver Creek area with church affiliations noted. Burial at local Beaver Creek cemetery. other obituaries include Mrs. Ella M. Kitzmiller and Mrs. Sarah Alice Lynch with service details and church affiliations. Funeral arrangements and hours are provided for each, with multiple homes and pastors named.
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Sarah Jane Guessford
Robert L. Guessford
West Franklin Street
Pinesburg
First Baptist Church
Naomi Warner
Mary White
Ida Renner
Cinsinnati Boyd P
Carl W
Robert L
Charles
Hagerstown
Carrie French
Emma Shrader
Ida Everhart
Pittsburgh
Daniel
Joan Everhart
Polo
A. K. Goffman
Pani B
Watlington
Huse Hil
Ella M. Kitzmiller
George M. Nitzmiller
Earl
Baker
Frederick Road
Beaver Creek
J. Riley
Margaret (Newcomer) Adams
Charles H. Funk
Beaver Creek Cemetery
Sarah Alice Lynch
G. W. Lynch
Samual C. Lynch
Cadar Lawn
St. James
St Mark's Lutheran Church
Dorcan Society of
J. Elmer
Bethesda
G. Frank Lynch
Virginia Avenue
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Rev Sloop
Funks'town
Pageant Cast Ties With Washington County History Society
Every member of the National Antitam pageant cast has been elected to full membership in the Washington County Historical Society for 1938 with dues paid. Proposed constitutional changes would raise the board of directors to 15, elect officers from the board, and create standing committees. The annual meeting is January 27 at 3 p.m. in the court room. a financial report and CPA review will be presented.
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Washington County Historical Society, Inc
Sianee
Certified Public Accountant
George D. Hicks
Cunre
Safety Group Plans Educational Drive In Hagerstown
A safety campaign by local groups and radio aims to curb careless driving in Hagerstown. Speakers cited frequent violations at intersections and on boulevards, urged pedestrians to use sidewalks, and endorsed higher fines for violators to reduce crashes and fatalities.
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Hagerstown
Wentworth
D. Lee Staley
Little Heiskell Club
Ari Wilson
Sid
South Fower
Wace Breez
Lagerstown
WL Rosa Cameron
Waentworth
C. Edward Heard
Hamilton Boulevard
Robin Hood style thief targets Santa Fe delivery trucks
State police chase a blond youth suspected of stopping delivery trucks near Santa Fe New Mexico. Officers say the man asks drivers how much money should belong to him and then returns the remaining funds.
Card of Thanks for Father’s Death tributes
We express severe thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness shown after our father’s death. Grateful for moral tributes and use of cars. Katherine and Helen Adams. Adv.
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Caro
Mia
Emma K. Stull
Katherine
Helen Adams
18 BIG PLANES SPAN PACIFIC TO HONOLULU
A fleet of 18 naval bombers completed a historic nonstop crossing to Honolulu, despite 35 mph headwinds and rain. Two squadrons of nine stayed in sight throughout the flight, landing smoothly at a mid-Pacific base where crews quickly offloaded them. Ground crews and families welcomed the crews after a tense journey marked by ice on wings and fatigue among commanders.
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U.S.8
Reid
Warner
mid-Pacific Naval Base
San Diego
Navy
Naval
Senators Split Over Repeal Of Profits Tax
Senate committee members debated House plans to repeal the profits tax with some seeking full repeal. Senator Clark D Mo urged complete repeal of the undistributed profits tax and proposed a new law to penalize corporations that avoid taxes by not distributing profits. The House bill would change the tax for small corporations earning under $25,000. A coupon offer appears in the text, promoting Norwood Coffee and a towel prize, with deadlines in 1939.
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R. L. Wood
Sears, Roebuck Company
Harrison
Senate
Clark D.-Mo
Clark
House
Unemployment Claims Top One Million in First Jan Week
The labor department reported 1,162,000 people filed unemployment insurance claims in the first week of January under new laws in 21 states and D C. About one fourth of claims may be invalid due to unfamiliar requirements. December saw 452,085 new federal job applications, the highest since 1925. Secretary Perkins cited work-first rules as a factor.
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Washington
Tan
Labor Department
States
District of Columbia
Wisconsin
Federal Employment Service
Perkins
Federal Service
Employment Service
Social Security Board
Senate
Mrs. France Mental Illness Cited in Divorce Suit
In Elkton on January 19 a psychiatrist testified in Dr Joseph Irwin France suit for divorce that Mrs France was mentally ill and unable to return from Paris where she went in 1921. The Maryland University expert supported the charge that the Russian born wife deserted him on grounds of separation.
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Elkton
Joseph Irwin France
France
Paris
Irvin J. Spear
University of Maryland
U. S
Rebels Press Advance Near Teruel in Civil War
Insurgent forces under Generalissimo Franco bombarded government positions along the Cela dag range north of Teruel. A government counterattack north of Teruel was repulsed as insurgents captured Altos De Celadas and Kilmonten, making the Teruel front position untenable.
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Teruel
Spain
Franco
Celadag
Altos de Celadas
Ki Mnteton
Three Nagro brothers caught chopping wood in vacant Chicago building
Jan 19 Chicago police found Walter Michael and Frank Nagro in a vacant building tearing up the floor boards for firewood. The brothers, who live on Wood Street, were confronted while gathering wood for heat in their flat.
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Chicago
Walter
Michael
Frank Nagro
Butthey
Not Ladylike hens attack man in Montana tale
In Whitefish Montana on a January day a farmer reports a flock of hens attacked him as he went to feed them, showing a black eye and scratches as proof. An oyster and ham supper is listed at Howard Street Mission Church later that week. An eye safety reminder cites Dr. C W Brown in public square.
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Mont
Kidnap Suspect Anders Questioned in Tacoma Slayings
FBI Chief Hoover tied Anders to other kidnappings while denying he was a suspect in 10-year-old Charles Maltigan’s death in Tacoma Washington. Anders, once a logging camp worker in the Pacific Northwest, reportedly admitted shooting Rosa and Gray and hiding bodies somewhere beyond Rockford Illinois. Authorities ponder a northern Minnesota tip as agents concentrate in Duluth and Minneapolis areas. Ralph Brown, a Denver FBI agent tied to Barker-Karpis cases, left St. Paul after Hoover's arrival.
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FBI
Andrews
Charles Maltigan
Tacoma
Wash
Hoover
Sti
Anders
Pacific Northwest
Rosa Snd Gray
Wisconsin
Rockford
Ill
Chicago
Duluth
Minun
Minnesota
Ralph Brown
Denver
Barker Warpis
Brown
Bee
St. Paul
School Costs Lowest Here Report Totals Disbursements
The county's disbursements for the fiscal year reached 778 927.27 with capital outlay 127 398.01 for new buildings and alterations. Teacher salaries 485 999.47. janitors 21 655. transportation 40 514.06. Maintenance 416 428.71. operating costs 47 338.91. Enrollment 14 723 with 316 colored children. 2 459 in high schools. 3d sk graded schools and 2 024 in one and tearoom schools. The county owns 86 buildings and rents five.
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Thew County
Roosevelt Holds Talks With Business Leaders at White House
President Roosevelt reported progress in a series of meetings with business figures including utility managers and auto industry leaders. The discussions touched on government power policy, expanded utility construction, and stabilizing auto production with invited executives from General Foods, Standard Oil NJ, United Steel, IBM, Goodyear, RJR Tobacco, and others.
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Geta
Roosevelt
Ubility
Confey
Clarence Francis
General Foods
Walter C. Teagte
Standard Oil of
Railroad bankruptcy petition filed with ICC in Washington
The Evie railroad filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington a copy of its bankruptcy petition. The petition was originally filed in the United States District Court at Cleveland yesterday.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States District Court
Cleveland
Potomac Edison reports 8 percent revenue rise in 1937
Potomac Edison Company reports in its annual meeting that operating revenues increased eight percent in 1937 while operating expenses also rose. Income for preferred dividends up about five percent. Major new lines doubled from 1936 and a 10 000 KW unit at Cum berland began operating. The Williamsport unit was restored Oct 22 1937.
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Potomac Edison Company
Board of
Frederick
R. Paul Smith
Williamsport
Cumberland
New Strikes Shake France Amid Cabinet Shakeup
Paris reports labor disturbances hitting the rebuilt government of radical Socialist Camille Chautemps as he convenes a ministerial conference. The unrest accompanies the fall of Chautemps’ prior People’s Front cabinet, which had socialist and communist backing, with 18 of 20 ministers in the new cabinet radical socialist. Continued support appears unlikely to be needed to sustain the arrangement.
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Paris
Janu
Camille Chantemps
France
Chautemps
People's Front
Spport
Chicago Grain Market Quotation from Stein Bros
Chicago grain market report from Stein Bros and partners at McComas Armstrong Building Houserstown Maryland details bids and prices. The notice lists quotations and contact information for grain buyers and brokers.
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Stein Bros. & Boyce, McComas-Armstrong Bldg
Hagerstown, Md
Stein Bros. & Boyce, McComas-Armstrong Bidg
Houserstown, Md
Federal plan to take over Pennsylvania coal mines proposed
Governor George H. Earle and a conference of operators union leaders and an anthracite commission urged federal ownership of Eastern Pennsylvania’s anthracite fields to regulate marketing while the government would not run mines. They aim to purchase at a reasonable price or condemn if needed, with leases to operators. The proposal seeks lower fuel prices for about a third of the nation, amid widespread unemployment in the industry.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
George H. Karle
Karle
Earle
Roosevelt
Esrle
Police aid requested in Grove missing daughter search
Mrs. Grove in the 400 block pleaded for police aid last night to locate her daughter Vale who disappeared since Sunday morning. The missing teen wore a green sweater over a plaid skirt with a big coat and black shoes. an 18 year old girl was said to have accompanied her.
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WO Oal Grove
Vale
Body arrives of War Correspondent Edward J. in New York
The body of Edward J. an Associated Press war correspondent fatally wounded on the Teruel battlefront in Spain arrived today aboard the liner Berengaria in New York.
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New York
Edward J
Sociated Press
Spain
Berengaria
Chiropractic Adjustment Helps Many
Dr Shipley offers NEURITIS relief at 21 W Wash street, phone 2672. May indicate patients benefited from adjustments at the Sr. Ph office.
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Shipley
W. Wash
Ady
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