Britain Opposed To Paying Debts In Kind
President Roosevelt signaled openness to partial payments in goods by European debtors, but Britain rejects paying in kind. London officials and Downing Street study the note’s language while British circles say the reference to in kind payments was misrepresented. The note warned that resumed payments could trigger a new world crisis, with Parliament to debate the issue.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Great Britain
London
Cordell Hull
Downing Street
England
Slayer Confession Ties Man to Murders in Susanville
Susanville, Calif. June 13 Alesi 45 year old lumber mill worker Peter Alesi confessed motive to authorities claiming he broke up a family and was motivated to kill. Julian prepared to charge Alosi with stabbing to death three women and two men. Sheriff Leavitt said the confession was made yesterday amid rumors of lynching.
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Susanville
Calif
Peter Alesi
Grovers
Julian
Alosi
James Leavitt
Negro jailed in old case
Joseph Marks, a negro, indicted for assault with intent to disfigure, was arrested at Hancock Tuesday by deputy sheriffs and jailed for arraignment at the next term of Circuit court. He was identified by officers as the man wanted for about five years and is said to have admitted his identity.
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Joseph Marks
Harper Ballentine
Hancock
Marks
Birth Rate In Hagerstown Drops Over Three Years
A Health Department survey shows Hagerstown’s birth rate fell from 18 per thousand to 15 per thousand over two years, leaving the city 1.6 below the national rate. Central areas rise modestly while western, southern and northern sections show sharp declines. In 1933 the northern area had 18 births, a 30 percent drop from two years earlier. The West End led in 1931 with 207 births but declined to 174 in 1922 and 149 in 19438. South End recorded 18 births.
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Hagerstown
Health Department
Rnside
West End
Aged Prisoner Defies Efforts To Be Freed
Dover Foxcroft Maine June 13 A voluntary prisoner Llwellyn 3B Trafton of Piscataquis county refuses legal help to challenge a $300 lumber bill claim. He says he settled with a receipt but won’t show it, insisting life in jail benefits taxpayers. Trafton will stay jailed indefinitely, maintaining the county profits from his confinement.
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Dover Foxcroft
Llewellyn
Trafton
Piscataquis County
Jar
Guilford Carpenter
Traiton
Just Wrong Dillinger Just Wrong Dillinger
ST LOUIS June 13 four Well they arrested Dillinger last night pulled him off a freight train He'd been down in Tennessee When they nabbed him not a shot was fired nor even a gun drawn He made no effort to conceal his identity When detectives asked his name he said Dillinger Dillinger They repeated Dillinger My name's Joe he answered John's my cousin He was to be turned loose today.
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ST. Louis
Dillinger
Tennessee
John Dillinger
Joe
John
Workers Vote On Question Of Walkout In Steel Mills
Pittsburgh June 13 Workers in mills with Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers cards vote by secret ballot today on a proposed nationwide steel strike. Tomorrow in Pittsburgh 200 delegates representing about 100000 members will decide if a showdown with the industry will occur to obtain formal recognition.
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Pittsburgh
Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers
Amahamated
Frmal
Couldn't Stay Out
Cincinnati report notes a man, Arthur Levins, who after twenty three years in the service left the army and then promptly reenlisted for three more years, first in uniform then after visiting a veterans post. He repeated the pattern, ending back in service.
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Cincinnati
Arthur Levins
Miufti
Veterans
Pilgrimage Planned in Honor of Thomas Kennedy
Plans were laid for a Jewish pilgrimage to this city on Sunday June 24 with hundreds from Maryland and nearby states expected to attend. Attorney General William P. Lane Jr chairs a local committee to greet the visitors as a parade forms downtown and proceeds to Rose Hill cemetery for brief Kennedy graveyard addresses.
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Maryland
Thomas Kennedy
William P. Lane, Jr
Rose Hill Cemetery
Dillinger sighting report in Minnesota prompts federal check
Donald Murray, a former Chicago taxi driver, said he saw John Dillinger in Northfield Minnesota, near a parked car with four men at 3 a.m. Tuesday. He described recognizing Dillinger and witnessing a machine gun in the car, then fled. authorities investigated the tip.
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Dillinger
Graves Back as Governor
Alabama Democrats reelect former Governor Rich Graves to a second term, the first since 1901. With 1,838 of 2,185 boxes reported, Graves led Dixon of Birmingham 191,212 to 109,754 in yesterday's runoff primary.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Rich Graves
Raves
Frank M. Dixon
One Never Knows Sermon Ends With Death Warning
In Toronto on a June WR, Charles Shaw stood on a small chapel platform to preach a warning about death. He urged the audience to be prepared for the end of life. He spoke of life’s fragility and the imminence of judgment. The preacher then sighed and died.
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Toronto
Ont
Charles Shaw
Wren
Tom
Woman Kills Self After Slaying Husband in Chicago
Dolly Elwell of Chicago shot her husband James Ewell and killed herself after months of brooding over the murder. An unsigned note found in a Kansas City hotel referenced losing everything and wanting her children, James and John, who were with relatives in Chicago but not with her at registration. The husband, 35, was general manager of a Chicago printing firm. a grand jury had previously declined to indict her.
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Kansas City
Dolly Elwell
Chicago
James
John
F. Vogel
Body of Girl Found After Newark Drive
Vernon B Shelters, an Orange automobile salesman, drove to Newark with the body of 23 year old Eleanor Coleman on the seat beside him. He said she died after an auto accident and police found a broken neck skull fracture and several broken ribs. Coleman was a stenographer in his office. they had dined at a roadhouse near Denville and she vanished on the return trip.
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Newark
N. J
Vernon B. Shelters
Orange
Morris County
Essex County
Carmine Bernardinelli
Eleanor Coleman
Denville
Rostetter Files for Democratic State's Attorney Nomination
Martin V. B. Rostetter filed for the Democratic nomination for State's Attorney this morning becoming the first candidate from either party to certify. The event falls on Rostetter's birthday and recalls his prior bid four years ago when he performed strongly in the primary.
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Martin V. B. Rostetter
Rostetter
Quadruplets Show Pep Despite Small Losses
SAC CITY Iowa June 13 Four Wycoff quadruplets with bright spirits restlessly feed and sleep under care of Dr G H Swearingen and two nurses They have lost weight since birth Lorraine Delaine at 2144 pounds and others down up to eight ounces The team will ease handling and bathe them frequently while giving corn syrup and milk every two hours Father Larry Wycoff returns to work amid congratulations and well wishes
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Sac City
G. H. Swearingen
Lorraine Delaine
Lester Dean
Laverne Danene
Laverne Darene
Rescue of Knut Hamsun crew after ship fire sinks off Honduras
United Fruit lines reports wireless from the steamer Zacapa detailing the rescue of the Knut Hamsun captain and 16 crew members after the Norwegian freighter burned and sank Sunday night about 120 miles off Honduras. Seventeen crewmen remain missing.
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New York
United Fruit Lines
Zacapa
Knut Hamsun
Honduras
Hancock Man Held for Axe Assault
Richard Johnson aged 24 of Hancock was arraigned before Justice Richard Duffey and held for assault hearings after being questioned over an axe assault on James Shoemaker aged 42 near Hancock. Shoemaker was hospitalized with a fractured skull and serious injuries. the attack occurred early last Saturday.
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Richard Johnson
Hancock
James Shoemaker
Richard Duffey
Justice Fire
Shoemaker
Tax official Cushwa to visit Hagerstown post office
Richard F E Cushwa deputy collector of the internal revenue department will be in Hagerstown at the post office Thursday June 14 1954 from 8 20 to 3 30 and the remainder of the week for the collection of the hog processing tax.
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Richard FE. Cushwa
Internal Revenue Department
Hagerstown
Lightning ends life of boy watching aunt milk cow
On June 1 in Oakland Walter Beekman Jr twelve of Swanton was killed by a lightning bolt while his aunt milked a cow in her barn during an electrical storm.
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Oakland
Walter Beekman, Jr
Swanton
Tragedy Aboard Bronx Express Ends in Deaths
On a New York Bronx Park Express train from Houston Street to Ninth Street a tragic scene unfolded as Joseph Colucci and his wife Mary clashed with Colucci’s violence turning deadly. A man named Samuel Lonria intervened as panic spread, a gun was drawn, and passengers grappled with the sudden violence before the car lurched to a standstill.
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New York
Bronx Park
Ninth Street
Houston
Joseph Colucci
Mary
Ruin and mud sweep Central America after hurricane
The hurricane that struck six days earlier has caused wholesale destruction in Honduras and El Salvador with entire villages wiped out. Estimated dead reach 3,000, with observers fearing higher tolls. Reports say Vara Paz town near Chinchot volcano was swept away by floodwaters.
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Tegucigalph
Honduras
Central America
el Salvador
Mexico
Texas
Gulf
Associated Press
San Salvador
Vara‘paz
Chinchot
Grade Crossing Brief Praised By Local Chamber
The Hagerstown and Alexandria Chambers of Commerce urged grade crossing elimination as a Public Works project. Harold Ickes received the brief. it was referred to the Bureau of Public Roads. Dan S. Hollenga, who drew the brief, said several senators and congressmen indicated support for the program.
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Hagerstown
Alexandria, Va
Chambers of Commerce
Harold Ickes
Bureau of Public of Roads
Dan S. Hollenga
Alexandria
Hollenga
Sewage Disposal Plant at Hagerstown
The Engineering News Record features a full description of Hagerstown's sewage disposal plant written by FE W Whitlcock of Fuller & McClintock New York. The article notes a new addition allows the plant to handle all city sewage, after a 1925 halt due to lack of funds.
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The
Engineering News Record
Hagerstown
FE. W. Whitlcock
Fuller & McClintock
New York
Sewate
Venice Set for Mussolini and Hitler Meeting
Venice prepares for a summit between Mussolini and Hitler with gondolas lit by emerald lamps near San Marco. Mussolini flies in today to stay at Villa Pisani Stra. Hitler arrives tomorrow morning and both leaders will meet at the Lido before lunch to discuss Italy Germany ties and a possible return to the League of Nations.
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Hitler
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Wl Duce
Stra
Germany
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League of Nations
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Donald Murray
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