Krakatoa Erupts Again Near Batavia in 2 Minute Intervals
The Krakatoa volcano near Batavia Java began eruptions in two minute intervals today. Lava spouted to about 2500 feet as coast guard warnings were broadcast inland by tom toms. Reports say Anak Krakatoa island disappeared and Krakatoa remains a small island in the Sunda Strait amid geologic theories of a former large volcano.
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Batavia
Java
Krakatoa
Netherlands
Sunda Strait
Sunday Strait
FRED BIKLE DIES SUDDENLY IN HAGERSTOWN SHOE TRADER
C Frederick Bikle a prominent Hagerstown shoe industry figure died suddenly at 939 The Terrace at age 55 after an indigestion attack. He built Bikle's Shoe Shop and led Mid Atlantic Shoe Retailers Association as an officer. Survived by Grace A. Bikle widow a daughter Jane M stepson Allan Sutter sister Mrs A O Mullen and brother Paul F. Funeral at 4 pm Friday at home with Rev J Edward Harms. burial Rose Hill.
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C. Frederick Bikle
Hagerstown
Bikle
Potomac Street
Mr. Bikle
Christian F
Alice
Fiery) Bikle
Smithsburg
Mid-Atlantic Shoe Retailers Association
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Chamber of Commerce
Fountain Head Club
Armstrong Studies System To Curb Crime
In Los Angeles on July 10, a special committee of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws discussed a nationwide system of enforced criminal identification. Led by Alexander Armstrong, former Maryland attorney general, the body weighs allowing instant cross state access to criminal records from all 48 states.
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Los Angeles
National Conference of Commissioners On
Alexander Armstrong
Maryland
Monsignor Leech Named Auxiliary Bishop in Maryland
Vatican City reports Monsignor George L. Leech of Pottsville Pennsylvania was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Mariburg Maryland today. The announcement details a new leadership role for the local church as a key clerical appointment is made.
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Vatican City
George L. Leech
Pottsville
Marrieburg
Hold up gang captured after Newark gun battle
Twenty police fought an alleged holdup gang of five men and a woman at the Hudson tube station. One man was shot and six were captured. Radio tubes and motors stolen from a garage were recovered. The men face robbery and weapons charges while the woman is held on a statutory charge.
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Newark
N. J
Hudson Tube Station
Robbers After Murder Hunt In Ozark Hills
Echoes of a gun battle reach Ava as sheriff and civilian posses chase two robbers who tried to rob Mrs. Anna Ellison and killed her son Rindo Ellison, 22, who died after aiding his mother. One robber lay dead in the home. a chauffeur’s license for W H Morefield, 28, Oklahoma City, was found.
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Springfield
Ava
Ozark Hills
Anna Ellison
Rindo
Ellison
W. H. Morefield
Oklahoma City
Secretary to the standards and research division head
In Washington on July 10 a girl described her job as secretary to the administrative assistant to the associate director of the standards and research division of the United States employment service, Labor Department. The long title drew laughs as she explained her duties.
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Washington
Standards and Research Division
United States Employment Service
Labor Department
Baer Denies Split With Wife Amid Rumors Of Fallout
Max Baer, former heavyweight champion, denied reports of separation from wife Mary Ellen Sullivan. He said there was a minor argument but they would reunite in Long Branch, after boarding a Newark to Baltimore flight. A second account claimed they were headed for divorce amid gossip, but Mrs Baer insisted they are very happy.
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Newark
Max Baer
Mary Ellen Sullivan
Washington
Baltimore
Baer
Long Branch
New York
N. J
Max
Church Members Barred from Rum Making in Spartanburg
Members of the First Baptist church of Spartanburg may not manufacture or sell liquor and keep church membership. A congregation resolution provides that members involved in such activities will be dropped from the rolls.
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Spartanburg
S. C
First Baptist Church of
Governor and Mrs Nice to Travel to Los Angeles
Baltimore dispatch reports Governor Nice and his wife will depart Friday for Los Angeles for a trip through July 22. The Governor will attend the American Bar Association convention and partake in social events, while Mrs Nice visits relatives in Los Angeles.
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Baltimore
Good Samaritan in Chicago Killed Aboard Aid
Ronald Albrecht a 34 year old good Samaritan died after stopping to help Otto Thompson whose car had a flat tire. Albrecht lent a jack and stepped into the road to assist, when a passing vehicle struck him and he died of his injuries.
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Chicago
Ronald Albrecht
Otto Thompson
Albrecht
Thompson
Albrech
Flood Victim Drowns in Hydrant Water Flow Incident
Donald Huenger a 12 year old boy in Council Bluffs Iowa observed water spurting from a fire hydrant and tried to put his head into it. The powerful jet knocked him off his feet and he struck his head suffering a concussion of the brain.
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Council Bluffs
Donald Huenger
Temp setback for bass fishing as rivers muddied
Heavy rains in Pennsylvania and Maryland cause Conococheague Creek to muddy and the Potomac to rise about 18 inches at Cumberland. The Savage River rainfall is blamed for the flood-like surge while navigable water remains limited for anglers and boaters.
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Potomac
Cumberland
Savage River
Pennsylvania
Hippopotamus Gives Birth at Brookfield Zoo
In Chicago a two ton hippopotamus named Bebe bore a calf last night in the exclusive maternity ward of the pachyderm house swimming tank. Officials estimate the infant weighs 40 to 50 pounds and can submerge for up to six minutes, with formal nameplates and sex announcements likely delayed for up to a year as staff confirm details.
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Chicago
Ill
Bebe
Brookfield Zoological Gardens
Edward H. Bean
Zoo
Open Forum on Changing Route Forty in Hagerstown
Public meeting announced by Mayor I M Wertz to discuss proposed Route 40 changes in Hagerstown. Forum set for Wednesday July 17 at 7 30 PM in city hall with Chamber of Commerce and civic groups invited to attend and participate.
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Hagerstown
I. M. Wertz
Wertz
Aanen
Tt Erasor
Ex-Follies Star Seeks 100000 in Damage Suit
New York July 10 Miss Mary Nolan known as Imogene Wilson former Follies star has filed a half million dollar damage suit against Edward J Mannix MGM official alleging assault and beating after living with him as man and wife for years and claiming he used influence to block her work The suit mirrors her earlier allegations against Frank Tinney in her Follies days.
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New York
Mary Nolan
Imogene
Bubbles) Wilson
Edward J. Mannix
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Miss Nolan
Mannix
Maryland Revenue Collections Rise in 1934 35
Maryland district of the Bureau of Internal Revenue collected 67 502 592 for fiscal year 1934 35, up more than 16 000 000 from 1933 34. Acting collector Lewis M Milbourne announced the totals in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Lewis M. Milbourne
Internal Revenue
Paraly sis cases rise as health warns on gatherings
Richmond July 10 reports of two more infantile paralysis patients swell Virginia cases since June 1 to 11. Health authorities reiterate warning against assemblies of children to curb spread.
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Richmond
Magistrate's Wife Slain in Sleep at Home
Mrs Bertha Westwood 42 wife of McKees Rocks justice of the peace was shot through a bedroom window at dawn. Neighbors saw a man flee from the rear porch as daughter Bertha 19 heard shots. Westwood hastened to the scene with a constable and county detective. he collapsed on arrival. Three years earlier another daughter Clara 13 died after a revolver accident. Westwood had been acquitted recently on a jury tampering charge.
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Pittsburgh
Bertha Westwood
McKee’s Rocks
Bertha
Westwood
Clara
Allegheny County
Explosion and Fire Threaten Campbellport Town
An early morning explosion and fire in Campbellport Wisconsin injured one man, Jack Whealon, and destroyed a railroad station plus nine tank cars of road oil. The blaze threatened the business district for two hours before being controlled as fourteen crew members escaped injury.
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Cambellsport
Wis
Jack Whealon
Pardon for Baltimore Man Harry Wolf Restores Record
Governor Nice granted a full pardon to Harry B. Wolf, convicted thirteen years ago of conspiring to obstruct justice and disbarment by Baltimore's supreme bench. The pardon restores his fine, expunges the conviction, and letters it to the Baltimore Criminal Court clerk.
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Baltimore
Harry B. Wolf
Supreme Bench of
Baltimore City
Harry W. Nice
Nice
Baltimore Criminal Justice Commission
Supreme Bench
Wolf
William B. Norris
Criminal Court of Baltimore
Harvey transferred from Cumberland post to Baltimore office
William R. Harvey, longtime head of the Cumberland investigation department in the Alcoholic Beverage tax unit, has been ordered to report to the Baltimore office for reassignment. The Cumberland transfer is said to stem from protests by business leaders in that area.
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William R. Harvey
Cumberland Investigation Department
Alcoholic Beverage Tax Unit
Baltimore
Harvey
Cumberland
Fifty B&O track repair workers resume Brunswick duties
Fifty track repair workers of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Brunswick, furloughed ten days ago, returned to work today. The action ends a brief stoppage affecting maintenance along the line and allows resumed track repairs and service restoration.
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Baltimore & Ohio Rrailroad
Brunswick
Democratic Leaders In House To Expedite Roosevelt Program
Democratic leaders in the House sought to speed the Roosevelt program as Congress aims to adjourn in late August. They met with President Roosevelt about expediting must pass bills including the new tax plan, laws against recovery lawsuits, coal stabilization, and federal alcohol control, while noting House dissatisfaction over past Senate concessions.
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House
Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
White House
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means
Senate House
Dill
Tennessee Valley Authority
May Jury Not to Reconvene Next Monday
Judge Wagaman canceled the July 15 jury session due to a lack of sufficient important cases. May grand and petit jurors need not report. The recall of juries every nine weeks remains optional. another session could be set for September 16 if notable cases arise, otherwise no session until the November term.
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Frank G. Wagaman
Martin L. Ingram
Wagaman
Sevierville Man Faces 32 Year Murder Charge
James Derrick, 66, testified before a farmer jury that he killed Rhoten in self defense with a rock to keep him from a knife. He fled the state after the slaying and returned eight months ago to be arrested on the old charge. The state’s only eye witness was Fred Ballenger, with others dead.
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Sevierville
Tenn
James Derrick
Derrick
Rhoten
Fred Ballenger
200 Road Workers Furloughed After Dip Removal
The M J Grove Lime Company of Frederick announced 200 roads workers will be furloughed as the dip at Boonsboro was removed and the state road contract was completed. Some men have served up to twenty years with the firm, marking its first shutdown in 30 years. The halt is blamed on lack of state funds for Western Maryland road building while awaiting a $4 billion federal allotment.
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Boensboro
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Frederick
Maryland
Wanted Car Not Wife Sparks FBI Parody
FBI agents laugh at a Kansas City case where a missing car was found but the owner’s wife was not. The owner reportedly said not to bother searching for his wife, as his sole interest was the car.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kansas City
Police Convoy Escorts Baltimore Trucks After Night Attack
Ten Baltimore express firm trucks were convoyed by state police after York Pa strikers targeted them, smashing windshields and headlights along the York road. The raid lasted about an hour before attackers fled to Pennsylvania. no local drivers were hurt. Police said Pennsylvania drivers walked out Saturday seeking higher wages and shorter hours. Additional troopers will escort convoys as feasible.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Express
York
Maryland
York Road
Pennsylvania
Andrew Connors
Lieutenant Connors
York Motor Express Company
Hapsburgs See Property Restored By Austrian Diet
Vienna July 10 the federal diet unanimously passed a bill revoking punishments on the former ruling family and restoring confiscated property to the Hapsburgs. The measure awaits President Miklas signature to become law.
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Vienna
Federal Diet
Flooded New York reels with typhoid risk warnings
In floodstruck areas Governor Lehman urged boiling water to curb possible typhoid outbreaks as rivers receded. The disaster effort reported 40 deaths in upstate New York, about 2,000 homeless, and $25 million in property damage. Elmira hosted disaster relief HQ after an aircraft emergency.
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Lehman
New York State
New York
Sir Robert E. Bondy
Disaster Relief For the Cross
Headquart
Flood costs driver life in Baltimore county incident
A cloudburst in Baltimore county caused the death of 32 year old street driver McClelland Johnson. His vehicle left the waterlogged road when six feet of flood water overtopped the Philadelphia Road ten miles from here, overturned into bushes near the White Marsh creek. Johnson’s body was recovered four hours later.
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Baltimore
McClelland Johnson
Johnson
White Marsh
Scouts Held in Camp by Flood Waters at New Hope
Four hundred boys were confined to the Philadelphia Boy Scout camp on Treasure Island as the Delaware River rose rapidly. Officials showed little concern about danger. Nearby bungalow dwellers prepared to evacuate while the canal below Easton flooded.
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New Hope
Philadelphia
Treasure Island
Delaware
Easton
Cities States Must Meet 55 Percent Costs
Washington July 10 PWA delays for projects may hit cities and states not sharing 55 percent of costs. President Roosevelt urged state PWA directors to push locals to cover the required share and said those meeting 65 percent could receive priority. The funding term was recently raised from 30 to 45 percent by federal donation.
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Washington
PWA
Roosevelt
Waynesboro firm awards contract for two story addition
The Waynesboro ice Ould 84 age Co. has awarded a contract for a two story addition to their gin at an estimated cost of 90000 dollars. The expanded storage facility will increase capacity and serve the town's needs.
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Waynesboro
Ould 84 Age Co
Wiha
Mnell
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