Farley says Democratic convention in good shape
Philadelphia June 17 James A Farley Democratic national chairman said the party's convention is in shipshape condition. He voiced confidence Roosevelt will be reelected and that the two thirds rule may be scrapped with southern delegates opposing change. Platform work centers in Washington with Wagner likely to chair. Nomination timing shifted to June 26 and Garner renomination possible on June 27 with formal notices at Franklin Field.
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Philadelphia
James A. Farley
National Committee
Farley
Roosevelt
Washington
Senator Wagner
New York
Wagner
Garner
Franklin Field
Senator Duncan Fletcher Dies in Florida Home
Washington June 17. The Senate recessed after convening to mourn Senator Duncan A. Fletcher of Florida who died this morning at age 77. He had served in the Senate since 1909 and died of coronary thrombosis after feeling ill before 10 o'clock.
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Washington
Senate
Duncan A. Fletcher
Florida
Fletcher
Borah
Idaho
Senator Smith
South Carolina
Floridan
Park Trammell
Trammell
Scott M. Loftin
American Bar Association
F. A. Swartwout
Florida Ship Canal
Arm Break Accident In Williamsport Youth
Lloyd Kreps 13 son of Lesher Kreps of Williamsport broke his arm after tripping over a rock while gathering cherries yesterday. He received medical attention.
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Lloyd Kreps
Lesher Kreps
Williamsport
Weather forecast for Maryland and Chesapeake Bay area
Increasing cloudiness tonight and Thursday with showers and cooler air in west and central Maryland. Moderate southerly winds shift to northerly late Thursday. Sunny to partly cloudy Sandy Hook to Cape Hatteras with showers over the north portion. Chesapeake Bay expected mainly cloudy and moderately warm, with late showers over the north and south portions and wind turning from south to north late Thursday night.
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Maryland
Sandy Hook
Cape Hatteras
Chesapeake Bay
Gov Earle Narrow Escape In Autogiro Crash
Gov George H. Earle of Pennsylvania escaped serious injury when his autogiro nosed over at the U S Army airport near Middletown. He was pinned in the cockpit and extricated after a half hour. He suffered a cut and swollen left hand but drove to a dinner engagement afterward.
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Harrisburg
George H. Earle
U. S. Army
Middletown
Earle
Army
A. M. Chandler
Mechanicsburg
Two Aviators Die In Crash At Navy Station
NORFOLK VA June 17 Lieutenant Charles E Mallory 27 of Bethesda Md and Radioman W C Gray of Wharton Texas died in a plane crash shortly after takeoff from the Naval Air Station The aircraft attached to the heavy cruiser Indianapolis stalled from about 100 feet and burst into flames The two men were engaged in starting tests and died before aid arrived
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Norfolk
Charles E. Mallory
Bethesda
Molt
W. C. Gray
Wharton
Texas
Naval Air Station
Indianapolis
Roosevelt Nomination Rally Set for June 27 at Fairgrounds
Plans for a large Roosevelt Nomination Rally and ox roast unfold at the Fairgrounds on Saturday afternoon and evening. The event, organized by the Democratic National Committee, mirrors nationwide gatherings and will broadcast President Roosevelt’s nomination address from Philadelphia, marking the start of the campaign. Tickets will enroll buyers as original Roosevelt nominators, with a 7 PM program of music and lunch followed by the Philadelphia ceremony broadcast at 9 PM.
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Friends of
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fairgrounds
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Dog bites man in Chicago as animal dies after incident
John Kozel petted a neighbor's dog in Chicago on June 17. The dog bit him twice and he sought medical help after calling the police. When officers arrived they found the dog had died.
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Chicago
John Kozel
Kozel
Yale Grants Honorary Doctorate To Sinclair Lewis
Yale awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters to Sinclair Lewis during the 235th commencement exercises. The author, a Yale alumnus class of 1997, joined eleven others receiving honorary degrees at the ceremonies in New Haven, Connecticut.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Sinclair Lewis
Traffic deaths in Maryland drop in first half of June
Baltimore June 17 Traffic deaths in Maryland for the first half of June stood at 44 today six less than the entire toll for June 1935. The total for the year was 178 compared with 213 for a corresponding period in 1935.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Former Justice Harry E. Snyder Seriously Ill
Harry E. Snyder a well known attorney and former Juvenile Court justice is reported seriously ill at Washington County Hospital from a complication of maladies. He was stricken several days ago.
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Harry E. Snyder
The
Juvenile Court
Washington County Hospital
Snyder
C-MEN INVESTIGATE FLOGGINGS IN ARKANSAS STRIKE
Governor Futtrell said Sheriff Carlin found Frank Weems, a sharecropper, believed dead from a beating after a union meeting disruption. DOJ probes flogging of a Presbyterian minister and a young woman in the Eastern Arkansas Sharecroppers' strike zone. Reverend Claude Williams urged prosecution of abductors who beat him and Miss Willie Sue Blagden near Earle.
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Little Rock
Ark
Futtrell
Howard Carlin
Crittenden County
Frank Weems
Tenant Farmer Union
Memphis
Tenn
United States Department of Justice
Arkansas
Claude Williams
Willie Sue Blagden
Earle
Blagden
Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union
Barie
New York
Norman Thomas
Flood Control At Cumberland Being Sought
Representative David J. Lewis and Cumberland Mayor Thomas W. Koon urged Army engineers to add Willis Creek flood barrier work to the national program. They asked for funds from WPA if approved, noting Cumberland has a $500,000 bond plan for land damages and estimating the Willis Creek wall at $200,000 to $300,000.
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Washington
Army Engineers
Willis Creek
Cumberland
David J. Lewis
Thomas W. Koon
War Department
Koon
Works Progress Administration
Boost in Freight Shipments Near Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh report from the Allegheny Regional Advisory Board projects a 14.1 percent rise in freight shipments within 200 miles over the three months starting July 1 from the previous year. Members number 2,000 shippers. gains anticipated include sanitary ware 280 percent, electrical goods 42.1 percent, common brick 50 percent, iron and steel 25 percent, and coal and coke 11.5 percent.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny Regional Advisory Board
Oldest Papa To Be Judge In Rhododendron Parade
ASHEVILLE North Carolina June 17 George Hughes a New Bern Confederate veteran who became a father at 96 will act as a judge tomorrow in the baby parade a feature of the annual Rhododendron festival here Hughes is the father of a two weeks old daughter Mary Gertrude born to his 28 year old wife The Hughes first child Franklin Roosevelt Hughes 17 months old will accompany his nonagenarian father here.
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George Hughes
New Bern
Hughes
Mary Gertrude
Franklin Roosevelt Hughes
Guarantors Compromise Approved by Local Circuit Court
A compromise between guarantors and the Eagerstown Bank and Trust Company regarding 8 cents per 100 on unpaid subscriptions has been approved by the local circuit court. The bank receiver recommended the settlement to liquidate assets for depositors and proposed settling claims against other parties on the same basis. The order becomes final July 14, 1936 unless opposed.
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Eagerstown Bank and Trust Company
12 Burned In Refinery Fire
Bakersfield California June 17 A refinery blast and fire injured 12 workers seriously while a 10 900 000 barrel tank farm was saved. The explosion at Producers Oil Refinery sent white hot debris across the area as 250 men fought the blaze. Ten stills burst and loss to the refinery exceeded 100 000 with no damage to the Standard Oil farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Calif
Standard Oil Company
Standard
Death of Hanover man in car wreck near Littlestown
Harvey A. Bankard of Westminster Maryland was killed and his son Henry injured when their car lost control near Littlestown. Bankard, a funeral director, was returning from an undertakers association meeting in Harrisburg. The car crashed into a pole.
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Hanover
Harvey A. Bankard
Westminster
Henry
Littlestown
Bankard
Undertakers’ Association
Harrisburg
Death by own action resembles man who called on father
Beatrice Moore viewed the body of Jean Philip Gebhardt in a Red Bank morgue and said the death by own action victim resembled the tall, thin man who phoned her inventor father nine hours before he was slain. Prosecutor Wachenfeld said she recognized the Panama hat band and spectacles, aiding the hunt for the visitor. Gebhardt shot himself as police neared him near New Monmouth, while Moore’s motive remains under study.
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Eaat
Gebhardt
New Monmouth
Miss Moore
Wellesley College
Moore
East Orange
Loretta Young Heroine Saves Baby in Onset Fire
Hollywood star Loretta Young was hailed as a quick thinking heroine after a lamp caused a fire during a Ramon Lugo scene in Romona. The flames caught dry foliage and reached an infant’s cradle but Young grabbed the baby and fled to safety before her dress was burned.
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Hollywood
Calif
Loretta Young
Miss Young
Ramon Lugo
Noted screen actor Henry Walthall dies at 55
Hollywood reports the silent film star Henry B. Walthall, famed as the Confederate colonel in Birth of a Nation, died at a Monrovia sanitarium at age 55 after three weeks of treatment. He appeared in China Clipper and films with Wallace Beery Will Rogers and Ronald Colman. He is survived by widow Mary Charleson Walthall and daughter Mary Patricia.
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Hollywood
Calif
Henry B. Walthall
Shelby City
Ala
Pasteur Sanitarium
Monrovia
Wallace Beery
Twenty Club To Meet Tomorrow
The Twenty Club the executive committee of the Retail Division of the Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly meeting tomorrow afternoon at 5:30 o clock in the Hotel Alexander. Reports of a special committee will be the feature of the meeting. This is the third meeting of this new group and it is expected that every member of the executive committee will be present. Roy A. Leiter is chairman and will preside.
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Twenty Club
Chamber of Commerce
Alexander
Roy A. Leiter
False alarm at Hagers Town Lumber fire call
Fire alarm at the Hagers Town Lumber Company plant on Frederick Road at noon proved hoax or false upon investigation. No fire or injuries reported and all clear given by responders.
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Hagerstown Lumber Company
Frederick Road
Hospitality Plan to be Investigated in Hagerstown
John B. Ferguson president of the Chamber of Commerce announced today that he would appoint immediately a committee to investigate and plan for a hospitality committee in Hagerstown. The plan, urged by Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Andrews, aims to welcome visitors and promote the city to outsiders, with twenty residents at a prior meeting expressing support for a community wide effort based on New England examples.
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John B. Ferguson
Chamber of Commerce
Hagerstown
A. H. Andrews
Chamber
Blizzard fined for off season catch joins sportsman club
In Westernport Maryland Magistrate James Jones fined Enoch Blizzard 25 dollars for catching bluegill and perch out of season. He was paroled on the condition he join the Western Maryland Square Circle Sportsman Association as part of the punishment.
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Westernport
James Jones
Enoch Blizzard
Sportsmans’ Club
Jones
Blizzard
Western Maryland Square Circle Sportsman Association
Father fires daughter after capitol appointment
Ellen Parker secured a job in the comptroller general’s office at the state capitol on Monday. An hour after Homer C. Parker, her father, was named comptroller he called her in and discharged her.
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Atlanta
Ellen Parker
Comptroller General
State Capitol
Homer C. Parker
Movie Star Attractiveness Tied to Psychogenic Magnetism
Beverly Hills physician Dr. W. A. Nicholl explains a movie star's appeal as psychogenic perception or psychometric magnetism. He notes this is the trait Elinor Glyn dubbed "it" in Hollywood.
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Hollywood
W. A. Nicholl
Beverly Hills
Elinor Glyn
Nickel tax payment clears delinquent item in Nebraska
In Fall City Nebraska on June 17 Pat Yatmore forgot a nickel personal property tax. Because of non payment the item was placed on the delinquent list. To clear the debt he must pay 41 cents including the nickel one cent interest and a five cent penalty.
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Falls City
Neb
Pat Yatmore
Pat
Nice Overrides Board and Keeps Garey as State Police Chief
Governor Harry W Nice disregarded board recommendations and retained Major Enoch B Garey as head of the Maryland State Police. The inquiry had urged dismissal after the Tangier island relief mission in which Sergeant Wilbert V Hunter died. The governor cited five special circumstances including Gareys meritorious record, diligence, bravery, alignment with Hunters widow, and public petitions seeking his retention. Col Harry C Jones served on the board.
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Baltimore
Harry W. Nice
Enoch B. Garey
Board of Inquiry
Garey
Tangier Island
Wilbert V. Hunter
Hunter
Nice
Sergeant Hunter
Major Garey
Col
Harry C. Jones
Caum Named a Director at Hagerstown Chamber
Wallace B. Caum managing director of the Alexander Hotel was elected a director of the Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce, succeeding Frank L. Bentz who resigned due to inability to attend meetings. The board now includes George M. Bohman Harry S. Boyle Jr W D Campbell C Merritt Campbell and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce Board
Wallace B. Caum
Alexander Hotel
Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce
Frank L. Bentz
Bentz
Maryland Conservation Commission
Baltimore
Board of
Caum
George M. Bohman
Harry S. Boyle, Jr
W. D. Campbell
C. Merritt Campbell
J. B Ferguson
L. Vinton Hershey
Charles W. Hoffman
E. A. Lakin
Roya A. Leiter
Abe Martin
Leo H. Miller
Lewis E. Reisner
W. C. Schafer
Hubert H. Schindel
R. Paul Smith
Lucky 7 Baseball Team Seeks Shirts in Cleveland
In Cleveland on June 17 13 year old Jack Fuschmann and other Lucky 7 players ordered shirts from a sport goods store. The team’s shirts were to feature their name and a dice motif. The shirts arrived but were too small and the dice design caused concerns.
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Cleveland
Jack Fuschmann
Lucky 7
Sport Gooda
Jack
Elx
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Pennsy
F.D.R
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Balk
Lewis
Mayor Koons
Asheville, N. C
Blaze
Self
Thomas A. Edison
Walthall
Griffith
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