Hope Fades for Bremer Return in Kidnapping Case
Despair grows as the Bremer family withholds ransom payment pending proof Edward G. Bremer, 37, is alive. A threatening note and bloodstain, signed by Bremer, spurred fear after he vanished January 17 while dropping his daughter at Summit School for Girls. Police say Bremer is OK and urge calm until events after Sunday or Monday.
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Adolph Bremer
St. Paul
Edward G. Bremer
Young Bremer
Bremer
Commercial State Bank
Betty
Summit School
Thomas Cahill
O. K
City finances in good health report
City Tax Collector Charles E. Fry told the Mayor and Council that bank deposits and the treasury are sufficient to finance all CWA projects without borrowing. He noted exceptionally good tax receipts over the last two months, that current obligations are paid to date, and interest on bonds has been met, signaling relief from future debt for taxpayers.
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Charles E. Fry
Fry
Halfway Street Repairs Prompt County Officials Debate
County commissioners inspect streets at Halfway to plan needed repairs. Residents urge county takeover of side streets, arguing tax payments warrant a share of maintenance while officials worry about future upkeep responsibilities.
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Board of County Commissioners
Tip Prizes Are Split Among Several News Tips
Tip prizes last week are split between four tips of modest news value. A Bryan place resident reported the sudden death of a local merchant, while a Downsville pike housewife reported multiple hog deaths and a family scare caused by canned beans fed to the hogs. A Pennsylvania avenue resident phoned in an accident to a Shippensburg man as he returned.
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Bryan Place
Downsville Pike
Pennsylvania Avenue
Shippensburg
Gardner Knode Fined for Reckless Driving in DC
Gardner H. Knode of Washington paid a $1 fine and costs on a reckless driving charge after his car sideswiped a funeral car near Washington and Prospect streets on Saturday afternoon. He claimed he did not know a funeral was passing and believed he had the right of way. Justice Richard H. Sweeney suggested a street intersection notice to warn the public when a funeral is passing.
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Gardner H. Knode
Washington, D. C
Richard H. Sweeney
Knode
Washington and
Prospect Streets
Sweeney
Roosevelt as organizer of a truly liberal party
Harrisburg officials say Franklin Roosevelt could unite the public as a liberal leader. Secretary Richard J. Beamish spoke for Governor Pinchot citing nationwide programs to honor Roosevelt's birthday and support the Warm Springs foundation in Georgia. He urged breaking party ties to form a movement that would sweep both major parties.
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Harrisburg
Richard J. Beamish
Commonwealth
Roosevelt
Pinchot
Beamish
Warm Springs Foundation
Georgia
Franklin Roosevelt xxx
Lane declines to attend Somerset grand jury lynching probe
Maryland January 22 Attorney General William Preston Lane Jr declines State's Attorney John B Robins invitation to attend the Somerset grand jury hearing starting tomorrow He states there is nothing he can accomplish by being present and that indictments are warranted in nine cases The investigation follows a jail mob that lynched George Armwood and includes two other alleged murders in the county with arrangements completed for the probe
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Princess Anne
William Preston Lane, Jr
John B. Robins
Somerset Grand Jury
Lane
Robins
George Armwood
Medico Strike Alarms Cuba in Havana
Havana January 22 reports show the Cuban Medical Federation strike growing more alarming as many patients wait for care. Doctors refuse to retreat from demands that the government enforce a decree mandating federation membership and punish violators.
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Havana
Cuba
Cuban Medical Federation
Interesting Antietam Data Found By Party Making Survey
National Park Service reports progress on a Civil Works Administration project at Antietam Battlefield in Sharpsburg. Workers gather memories, stories, and locations to preserve history before it is forgotten, aiming to create an authentic educational battlefield tour for all ages and inviting public contribution.
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National Park Commission
Antietam
Sharpsburg
Bate
Wynekoop to decide trial participation itself
Chicago January 22 Judge Joseph B David ruled that Dr Alice Wynekoop should decide for herself if she may continue on trial for murder in the slaying of her daughter in law Rheta Burdine Gardner waits while physicians and lawyers confer Gardner says he would like a mistrial avoided but urges justice and notes the difficult situation
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Criminal Courts
Chicago
Joseph B. David
Alice Lindsay Wynekoop
Rheta
Burdine H. Gardner
Wynekoop
CWA Workers Learn First Aid at YMCA
Sixty CWA workers from city and county gathered at the YMCA to begin a week long first aid course. Dr Victor D Miller and Mrs Frank L Bentz led lectures with daily demonstrations to qualify each project group for on site aid. Washington Red Cross will send an instructor tomorrow to continue training and passing tests will earn certificates.
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CWA
Red Cross
Frank L. Bentz
Victor D. Miller
Bentz
Washington
Insull Ordered Out Of Greece By Premier
Athens report says Premier Paganyoui Tsaldaris demands Samuel Insull Sr. depart Greece regardless of any council of state decision on his stay permit. The former Chicago utilities operator faces expulsion as of now.
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Athens
Paganyoui Tsaldaris
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Greece
Council of State
Mrs Roosevelt Leaves Warm Springs for Washington
Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt, spending the week-end at Warm Springs, departed by plane for Washington early today.
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Atlanta
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Washington
Reverend O'Keefe Dies At 83 In Philadelphia Parish
The Rev Joseph F. O'Keefe 83 longtime rector of St Francis Navier Catholic Church in Philadelphia died last night after 18 years in the post. He served the parish and community for decades and was a familiar city religious figure.
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Philadelphia
Joseph F. O'Keefe
St. Francis Navier Catholic Church
Woman to face trial in poison death in Greenwood
Dr. Sarah Dean a Greenwood child specialist stands trial on a murder charge in the alleged poison whiskey highball death of her medical associate Dr. John Preston Kennedy. Kennedy died after claiming a metallic taste in his drink at a midnight meeting at Dean's residence. District court convened to set a trial date as Kennedy's body had been exhumed for examination.
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Greenwood
Miss
Sarah Dean
John Preston Kennedy
Kennedy
Dean
Richest Girl Doris Duke Guarded After Threat
Doris Duke tobacco heiress is under protection by an extra detail of private detectives after receiving a threatening letter. The Daily News says investigators seek the letter writer who supposedly demanded money and threatened her life. Duke, valued at over 50 million, is reported secluded at her Somerville New Jersey home.
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New York
The
Daily News
Doris Duke
Miss Duke
Somerville
N. J
Joshua Gosnell Pleads Guilty To Drunken Driving
Joshua Gosnell pleaded guilty to a drunken driving charge before Justice Richard H. Sweeney in city court this morning and was fined $100 and costs. His arrest followed a slight collision.
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Joshua Gosnell
Richard H. Sweeney
Official Is Held As Stamp Thief
ST. JOHN'S Newfoundland January 22 W J Walsh Minister of Agriculture and Mines in the Newfoundland cabinet was arrested today charged with larceny in connection with the disappearance of part of the governments collection of foreign stamps He was freed on 4000 bail The charge contended Walsh had appropriated from the closed Newfoundland museum three bound volumes of unused stamps valued at between 5000 and 6000 They formed part of the governments 120000 collection about half of which has disappeared
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ST. John’s
Newfoundland
W. J. Walsh
Walsh
Newfoundland Museum
Premonition Saves a Life in Omaha
Dorothy Jane Grosz aged 17 survived after her mother’s premonition prompted a church departure. Cornelius Grosz rushed home, found the door locked, and Dorothy had been overcome by gas from a coffee pot that boiled over. A halator squad revived her. Dorothy’s illness had left her weak.
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Omaha
Neb
Dorothy Jane Grosz
Cornelius Grosz
Dorothy Jane
Worried Frederick farmer commits suicide at son’s home
Zachary E. Zimm erman, 85, a retired farmer of Frederick, hanged himself at his son's Frederick home yesterday. He believed the government was probing his finances to learn why he had not paid income taxes. He used a towel knotted to the bedpost.
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Zachary E. Zimmerman
Frederick
Marty
Suspects die by own action as cops close in
Basel Switzerland January 22 Two Germans suspected in a Basel bank robbery shot themselves rather than submit to capture. Each had two bullet wounds in the head and were found dead in a garden after a manhunt that involved 500 policemen airplanes and searchlights. In the January 5 robbery and the pursuit, two civilians and three policemen were killed.
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Basel
Switzerland
Blame Fliers For Quake
New Delhi dispatch reports Nepalese superstition blaming the quake on gods offended by British aviators who flew over Everest last April. Officials estimate unofficial death toll around 15,000 with the worst damage along the flight path of the Marquis of Clydesdale and companions who first conquered Everest.
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New Delhi
India
Himalayas
Mt. Everest
Marquis of
Clydesdale
Bagby Opposes Government Ownership of Railroads
Baltimore January 22 George P Bagby president of the Western Maryland Railway Company denounces government ownership as proposed by Federal transportation coordinator Joseph B Eastman He favors regulation and fair taxation of competitors and criticizes the Prince plan of consolidation for harming large cities He argues railroads have suffered four years of downturn due to traffic loss and subsidized competition Daniel Willard head of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad declined to comment saying he had not read Eastmans report
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Baltimore
Joseph B. Eastman
George P. Bagby
Western Maryland Railway Company
Bagby
Eastman
Maryland
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Deputy Renner Much Improved After Crash Injuries
Deputy Sheriff Richard Renner shows marked recovery from injuries in the automobile crash that killed two prisoners. He sat up for the first time yesterday since the crash, enjoyed a good dinner, and had the bandages removed from his head with stitches healing. He sustained a fractured skull three fractured ribs and a broken nose.
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Richard Renner
Renner
Mr. Renner
Picture And All Saved From Theft in Benton Couple
Nicholas Hook, a former Benton miner, and his wife Evelyn found their portrait of the Saviour stolen after returning from Chicago’s loop. A package containing 2800 dollars in large bills was pasted to the back, representing their life savings.
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Chicago
Nicholas Hook
Benton
Evelyn
Navy Supply Bill Pursues New Cruisers and Enlarged Fleet
The House Appropriations Committee reported a 284.747 million naval supply bill aiming to meet London treaty limits after completing the current program. It authorizes 1.2 million to start three new 6 inch cruisers next year, increases enlisted personnel by 2,800 and Marines by 1,000, and includes 33.619 million for an “increase of the Navy” within the larger amount. Admiral Standley urged higher enlistment toward 85 thousand, while Roosevelt’s request was 82,500.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Lewis W. Douglas
House
United States Navy
London
William H. Standley
Naval Operations
Admiral Standley
Roosevelt
United States
Standley
Airship Los Angeles deemed unsafe for further flights
In hearings before the House Appropriations Committee Admiral Standley said the airship Los Angeles, a Navy veteran, is unsafe for more flights after a special investigation. She is tied up at Lakehurst, New Jersey, and may be scrapped pending final decision by Secretary Swanson.
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Washington
Los Angeles
House Appropriations Committee
William H. Standley
Naval Operations
Lakehurst
New Jersey
Standley
Swanson
Golf Course and Club Sold in Annapolis Auction
The Annapolis Roads Company's real estate, spanning 341 acres at the Severn River mouth including a nine hole golf course, was sold for 110000 to the Equitable Company of Washington at public foreclosure auction. The sale also covered the Annapolis Roads Beach and Tennis Club building and the golf club house.
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Annapolis
Annapolis Roads Company
Equitable Company
Washington
Court House
Washington Corporation
Severn River
Annapolis Roads
Chimney Fires Put Out Without Damage in McComas and Cypress
Firemen extinguished two chimney fires this morning with no damage. The blazes occurred in the first block of McComas street and the first block of Cypress street.
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McComas Street
Cypress Street
Garage Fire Destroys Eyler Property in New Windsor
Fire of unknown origin yesterday afternoon destroyed Charles Eyler’s garage in New Windsor Maryland. Two automobiles inside the structure burned.
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Charles Eyler
New Windsor
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Western Maryland
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