Struggle Within AFL Over Steel Union Drive
Washington July 8 Leaders of the American Federation of Labor met to decide whether to wage war on John L. Lewis and insurgents in a bid to organize 500,000 steel workers into one industrial union. Craft and industrial unionists battled, warning of a split with profound labor implications as Green condemned Lewis policy and Lewis fired back amid ongoing conflict.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
A. F. of L
Organized Labor
William Green
Lewis
Italy plans reprisal after ambuscade over Ethiopian killings
Italian airmen were sent to enact mass reprisals in Wallega after Ethiopian tribesmen killed at least four occupants in a July 26 ambush. Victims included Maj Antonio Locatelli, a noted pilot from the Balbo flight, and General Magliocco, with news reaching Addis Ababa via Rev Father Barello.
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Rome
Antonio Locatelli
United States
Wallega
Father Barello
Addis
Locust Damage Hits Apple Orchards Across Region
Apple growers report 15 to 25 percent tree damage from 17 year locusts with young trees hardest hit. Orchards on former farming land show less damage while mountain land plantings appear more susceptible. Recovery may take several years as affected branches die back and are pruned.
Weather forecast for Maryland and coastal regions
United States Weather Bureau reports fair and warmer conditions in Maryland tonight and Thursday. Sandy Hook to Cape Hatteras expect moderate to fresh westerly winds in the north and moderate southwest or west winds in the south with fair weather. Chesapeake Bay remains mostly clear tonight and Thursday with warmer temperatures and light to moderate southwest and west winds.
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Maryland
Sandy Hook
Cape Hatteras
Chesapeake Bay
King Inspects Royal Air Force by Air Tour
King Edward and the Duke of York flew in a blue and red Royal aircraft to inspect several air dromes across London. The king piloted his own plane as part of a royal tour of the force.
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King
London
Edward
Royal Air Force
Duke of York
Funkstown Man Hurt In Crash Near Frederick and Hager
Lester Tillman, head of the Lincoln Zepher department at Nolan Motors Inc, suffered a wrenched back and shock after a collision at Frederick and Hager streets. His car struck by David Goetz of Hagerstown. Tillman was taken to hospital then home to Funkstown as police investigate the crash circumstances.
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Lester Tillman
Lincoln Zepher
Nolan Motors, Inc
Baltimore Street
Frederick
Hager Streets
David Goetz
Hagerstown
Tillman
Funkstown
Goetz
Judge studies testimony in Dill divorce
Spokane July 8 A Superior court judge used thousands of words of testimony to decide if former U S Senator C C Dill of Washington should obtain a divorce from Rosalie Fardner Jones Dill a once wealthy New York suffragist and author The judge must also decide whether Dill should repay about 40000 dollars he admits Mrs Dill gave him during the marriage
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Spokane
Wash
Superior Court
U.S
C. C. Dill
Washington
Rosalie Fardner Jones Dill
New York
W. E. Huneke
Dill
Former champ Brown dies in Scots poorhouse
David Brown, who won the British Open at Musselburgh 50 years ago, died today at 75 in a nearby poorhouse two miles from his historic victory site.
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Iverse
Scotland
David Brown
Musselburgh
Trio Sought in Murder of Fire Captain
Indiana state police hunted three men named by Heber L. Hicks, a 38 year old Cincinnati chauffeur, as the slavers of Harry L. Miller a retired Cincinnati fire captain. Hicks confessed he hired the trio to kill Miller at his New Trenton cottage. Miller's dismembered body was found recently with the torso near Eminence Kentucky.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Matt Leach
Heber L. Hicks
Cincinnati
Harry L. Miller
Leach
Seymour
Ind
Hicks
Miller
New Trenton
Kentucky
Eminence
Bus Lines To Reduce Rates In 3 Eastern Routes
Under Interstate Commerce Commission authority, Safeway Trails Short Line Buses and Quaker City lines will cut fares effective Saturday to counter lower railroad coach rates. Washington to New York drops 3.75 to 3.50, Washington to New York round trip 6.75 to 6.30, Philadelphia to New York round trip 2.70 to 2.25, and Baltimore to New York round trip 5.60 to 5.15.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Safeway Trails
Short Line Buses, Inc
Quaker City Bus Lines
Paris Police Stop Duel Over Honor Feud
On July 8 Paris police halted a planned sword duel between Guillain De Benonville and Romens Ibe Maguerie. The duel was to occur in a private courtyard with their seconds present before officers arrived following a tip.
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Paris
Guillain de Benonville
Romens Ibe Maguerie
John D Rockefeller 97th birthday birthday cake celebration
John D Rockefeller, aged 97, celebrated with candles on his cake and a note of health being a miracle. His son John D Rockefeller Jr was absent in France. The financier marks another anniversary in a long life of business leadership and preparation toward a century.
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John D
Lakewood
N. J
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Parker Extradition Blocked In Lindbergh Kidnap Case
In New Jersey Gov. Hoffmann refused to extradite Ellis Parker Jr rural detective chief on kidnaping charges in the Wendel case. Hauptmann confidants and New Jersey lawyer proposals spark a bid to have Parker arrested under the Lindbergh anti kidnaping law in Brooklyn and federal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
N. Y
Joseph Goldstein
Harry Weiss
Wendel
Ellis Parker
New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
Ellis Parker, Jr
Paul H. Wendel
Harold G. Hoffman
New York
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Parker
County to Renew Offer on Abandoned Postoffice Building
The U S Treasury notified the Board of County Commissioners that the old postoffice building has been assigned to the Soil Conservation Department and will not be available for sale until the assignment expires. The county had offered to buy under a special act allowing bond issues for public property purchases and was advised to renew its offer when the building is abandoned again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Treasury Department
Board of County Commissioners
Postoffice
Soil Conservation Department
Treasury Department
Gore Concedes Defeat in Oklahoma Senate Nomination
Sen. Thomas P. Gore, Oklahoma’s veteran U S senator, conceded defeat in the Democratic nominating race as returns showed him fourth. Rep. Josh Lee led for the runoff on July 28, while Gov. E. W. Marland moved ahead of Gomer Smith in the Townsend plan fold.
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Oklahoma City
Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma
U. S. Senate
Josh Lee
E. W. Marland
Gomer Smith
National Townsend Plan
Pleads Guilty To Slashing Charge In City Court
Ernest Peterson aged 30 of Spruce street pleaded guilty to an assault on Abraham Smith during an argument in a tavern on South Potomac street. Peterson paid a $25 fine and costs after arraignment before Justice John D. Dunn. Smith, an employee of the tavern, was slashed across the back in the 800 block of Chestnut street last night.
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Ernest Peterson
Spruce Street
Abraham Smith
John D. Dunn
Peterson
Chestnut Street
South Potomac Street
Smith
Count Would End Marriage to Commoner
The haemophilia afflicted Count of Covadonga former heir to the Spanish throne filed suit in Supreme Court to annul his marriage to his commoner Cuban wife. Rumors of domestic discord followed his renunciation of the throne to wed. An emissary was sent to Havana to serve papers on the Countess.
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New York
Covadonga
Supreme Court
Prince of the Asturias
Havana
Vacancies On Welfare Board
Two vacancies on the Washington County Board of Welfare will be filled by appointment at the next Tuesday meeting of the Board of County Commissioners. The terms expiring are D. K. Cushwa Sr. Williamsport and Mrs. Frank L. Bentz Boonsboro.
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Washington Country Board of Welfare
Board of County Commissioners
D. K. Cushwa
Williamsport
Frank L. Bentz. Boonsboro
Dr Cadman Holds Own in Critical Condition
PLATTSBURGH N Y July Dr S Parkes Cadman fighting peritonitis and ruptured appendix reported holding his own though still in a very critical state Frederick L Cadman son of the churchman said we feel a little more encouraged but it will be three or four days before the trend can be determined Dr Cadman has been a patient in the Champlain Valley Hospital since Sunday night Dr Lyman G Barton Jr who operated on the 71 year old Brooklyn clergyman said the chances are against recovery He explained that because of the rupture he deemed it inadvisable to remove the appendix and instead inserted two rubber drains to ease his condition
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Plattsburgh
N. Y
S. Parkes Cadman
Frederick L. Cadman
Cadman
Champlain Valley Hospital
Lyman G. Barton, Jr
Brooklyn, N. Y
Three named to Antietam commission for 1937 anniversary
President Roosevelt named Senator Harry Byrd Major General Milton A Beckord and Park W T Lor to a three person core Antietam anniversary commission to plan the September 1937 event marking the Battle of Antietam while also coordinating the 200th anniversary of Washington county settlement and the 175th anniversary of Hagerstown. The panel will include additional members from the Senate and House as selected by leadership.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Antietam
Washington County
Hagerstown
Harry Byrd
Virginia
Milton A. Beckord
Park W. T. Lor
House
Families Visit Condemned Rebel Leaders
Tokyo July 8. Families of seventeen condemned rebel leaders in the February uprising were allowed to visit inmates at Shibuya prison. Authorities kept silence on timing of executions though army officials said death sentences would be carried out by firing squad within five days after the high military court verdict.
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Tokyo
Shibuya
City wide gambling machine seizures begin raid drive
The Ha gerstown Police department dispatches a noon raid by its flying squadron to seize gambling devices city wide. By 2 pm four locations were visited and upwards of a dozen machines were taken including several cash paying devices. Two poolrooms, two drug stores, and one restaurant were among the sites. Official orders for the cleanup were not disclosed.
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Hagerstown
Mead Wanted In Kidnapping Held by Agents
William Elmer Mead, sought for questioning in the St. Paul kidnapping of Edward G. Bremer, was arrested today in Omaha by Federal agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
William Elmer Mead
St. Paul
Minn
Edward G. Bremer
Eddie Freed Freed in Chicago legal release on writ
Eddie Freed an associate of Capone henchmen and husband of Ruth Carmella Freed was released from police custody on a writ of habeas corpus. Police expressed hope that Mrs. Freed would surrender herself following the release in Chicago.
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Chicago
Eddie Freed
Capone
Ruth Carmella Freed
Audrey Vallette
North Side
Freed
Fatal Vehicle Fatalities Drop Across 31 States
Hartford statisticians from Travelers Insurance report motor vehicle fatalities have declined this year in 31 states and the District of Columbia. Maryland shows a 14.94 percent decrease in fatalities, signaling improving road safety nationwide.
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Hartford
Conn
Travelers Insurance Company
District of Columbia
Maryland
Miner Denies Sending Bombs That Killed 3
Wilkes Barre Pa July. Michael Fugmann a 52 year old coal miner murmured my heart is clean as he faced murder charges tied to Easter gift package bombings that killed three and wounded two He was jailed after arraignment before Judge John S Fine on ten counts Three fatalities named Michael Gallagher cemetery sexton Thomas Maloney ex president of United Anthracite Miners of Pennsylvania and Thomas Maloney Jr Attorney E F McGovern entered innocence claiming the cigar boxes used as bombs were stolen from Fugmanns car
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Wilkes-Barre
Michael Fugmann
John S. Fine
Michael Gallagher
Thomas Maloney
United Ant
Two Guilty Of Assault In City Court
Jedson Pryor and Glenn Smith were found guilty of assault and sentenced to thirty days in jail each by Justice C. Edward Heard. They were accused in an attack on Charles Andrew Long along Cavetown Pike around midnight on June 25. Robbery charges were dropped for lack of evidence.
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Jedson Pryor
Glenn Smith
C. Edward Heard
Charles Andrew Long
Long
Pryor
Smith
Cavetown Pike
Cavetown
Gets pension then a wife gets pension then a wife
Oscar Crawford aged 66 collected his first state old age pension check of 13 dollars in Columbus Texas in July. He appeared at the courthouse with Lydia Havermann aged 16 and sought a marriage license but clerks required the bride's father to approve. The father consented as the county judge read the ceremony before the couple left for the groom's 18 acre farm nearby.
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Columbus
Tex
Oscar Crawtford
Lydia Havermann
Here
Torrid heat grips midwest as relief efforts expand
Washington reports no break in the six day heat siege that has killed at least 50 and threatened crops. President Roosevelt announced WPA aid to about 204,000 farm families across the Dakotas Minnesota Wyoming and Montana with 50,000 workers already on projects and 2,800 more hired for relief efforts.
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Chicago
Mid- West
Mid-Continent
Roosevelt
Washington
Works Progress Administration
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wyoming
Montana
Two Inmates Apply for Paroles in Maryland Prison
Lloyd Binning and Millard C. Carser, both of Washington county, up for parole after sentences of three and four years for larceny. Thirty two state inmates sought paroles today as parole commissioner W. David Tilghman Jr reviews cases for Governor Nice. Binning and Carrier say they have definite job promises if released after serving a third of their terms.
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Lloyd Binning
Millard C. Carsher
Washington County
Maryland
W. David Tilghman, Jr
Nice
Binning
Carrier
U.S. British film concerns in huge deal
The New York Times reports that Joseph M. Schenck, chairman of Twentieth Century-Fox, confirmed a pending 10 million dollar deal between the U S film company and Gaumont British Picture Corporation in New York.
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New York
New York Times
Joseph M. Schenck
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
Five Killed In Arsenal Blast
London officials report a Royal Arsenal Woolwich explosion killed five people. War Office announced the blast and said the cause and extent of damage were not immediately disclosed.
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Arsenal
London
Royal Arsenal
Woolwich
War Office
Crops Still Need Good Soaking Rain
Baltimore July 8 Weather bureau reports the week ending yesterday was most favorable for crop moisture in three months yet Maryland still needs a good soaking rain.
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Baltimore
Weather Bureau
Maryland
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Federation
Daviess County
Florence Thompson
Owenstoro
Rainey Fethen
Italy
Ababa
Magliocco
U.S. Weather Bureau
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TRIO
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
France
U. S
Gore
Dr. Cadman
Antietam Commission
Senator Byrd
Maj
General Reckord
P. W. T. Loy
Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Miner
Aubrey Williams
WPA
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