Noted Baltimore Surgeon to Address Maryland Banquet
A large turnout is expected at the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet next Tuesday evening with Dr Cecil H Bagley a Baltimore surgeon and Regatta Committee chairperson slated to speak and invite Hyerstown to join the Maryland Tercentenary celebration at St Marys City Congressman David J Lewis plans to attend unless Congress votes delay Abel Wolman chief engineer of the State Department of Health and several other Baltimore figures expected to attend Koreans rumored to come Reserving records indicate strong public interest and the chamber has a history of inviting international authorities to its banquets.
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Congress
Abel Wolman
Baltithe State Department of Health
Chamber
Police Penmanship Mixup Delays Snakes and Smoke Nuisance
Chicago report notes a desk sergeant mistook a complaint word. an error transformed snaked into sniake while residents sought action to abate a smoke nuisance. The police squad had rushed out with equipment for snake catching, uncovering the clerical slip in the complaint log.
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Chicago
Saunders Dies at Home in Saluda Virginia
Attorney General John R Saunders died at 6 50 p m today at his Saluda home after illness. Saunders had been prominent in Virginia political social and legal circles for more than a quarter century.
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Saluda
John R. Saunders
Colonel Saunders
Virginia
Two Wounded by Outlaws Pal Succumb
Port Huron Mich March 17 A hot trail marked by two more deaths drew eyes toward Canada as authorities hunted John Dillinger after Undersheriff Charles Cavanaugh and Herbert Youngblood were killed. Youngblood named Dillinger as with him in Port Huron Thursday. Authorities pursued a possible crossing at the St Clair river into Sarnia while other reports placed Dillinger near Marysville airport seeking a plane. A clue envelope found here sparked hopes but officials withheld details. One theory posits Dillinger separated from Youngblood and brought him here earlier this week and then disappeared.
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Port Huron
Mich
Canada
John Dillinger
Charles Cavanaugh
Dillinger
Herbert Youngblood
Youngblood
Port ¥ Iur
St. Clair River
Sarnia
Ont
Crown Point
Ind
Marysville
Don Leonard
Thumb
Michigan
Desperado
Interest On Farm Loans Is Reduced
Baltimore March 17 The Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Baltimore lowers annual interest on farm loans from six to five and a half percent The bank serves Maryland Pennsylvania Delaware Virginia and West Virginia and funds these loans by selling debentures to the investing public The discount rate was cut from three to two and a half percent led by president Hugh S Mackey
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Baltimore
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Virginia
West Virginia
Hugh S. Mackey
Mackey
Intermediate Credit Bank
Renowned chemist Venable dies of pneumonia at 70
Richmond report says Dr. Francis Preston Venable, former UNC president 1900 1914, died from pneumonia after months of illness. He was seventy. Baltimore report notes Francis Stevens Smith, ex Naval Academy lacrosse player and son of Col Allen Smith, died after brain tumor surgery. He was twenty eight.
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Richmond
Francis Preston Venable
University of North Carolina
Baltimore
Francis Stevens Smith
Naval Academy
Col. Allen Smith
U. S.A
Banghart the Aviator Says He Is Grounded Now
CHICAGO March 17 Convict 8874 at Joliet state penitentiary Basil The Owl Banghart once a Touhy gangster known as Larry the Aviator spoke little of aviation on his prison motor trip yesterday He admitted being grounded now and rued his 99 year sentence His gangster nickname highlighted his aviation interest in years past
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Chicago
State Penitentiary
Joliet
Basil “the Owl
Touhy
John Factor
Banghart
Larry the Aviator
Makley Guilty in Dillinger Gang Murder Case
Charles Makley, linked to John Dillinger, was found guilty of murdering Sheriff Jess Larber. The verdict mandates the death penalty by electric chair. Pierpont also convicted last week. both remain in custody with guards strengthened after Dillinger’s jail escape.
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Tama
Charles Makley
John Dillinger
Jess Larber
Harry Pierpont
Dillinger
Allen County
Robbing Peter to Pay Paul Guilty Plea in Connecticut
Paul Joseph Brizard, 29, pleaded guilty in Stafford Springs to stealing 36.33 from a local grocery store and admitted spending part of the money there. He was bound over to the superior court for further proceedings.
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Stafford Springs
Conn
Paul Joseph Brizard
New York Editor Weir Dies at 49 in Medical Center
New York March 17 editor and editorial director of Tower magazines, Weir, 49, died late last night at the Medical Center after a long illness. He was known for his leadership in publishing and his work shaping Tower’s editorial direction. He leaves a widow and two children.
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New York
Weekly Weather Outlook Signals Rain and Cold Spells
Weekly weather outlook covers North and Middle Atlantic States. Rain is expected middle of the week with a cold start and again late in the week, while a warming trend occurs Tuesday and Wednesday.
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North and Middle Atlantic States
Massacre reported in Kashgar Chinese Turkestan
Dispatches from Tashkent say over 2,000 people including British consulate staff were killed in Kashgar as Tungans and independent government troops clashed. The combat involved a siege, a freed garrison, and shifting control with Uygur and Kirkhiz factions supporting the independents.
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Moscow
Kashgar
Sinkiang
Chotan
Jarkent
Actress And Rich Irishman Marry In London Registry
American actress Elsie Ferguson and wealthy Irishman Victor Augustus Seymour Egan wed at Caxton Hall registry office at noon. It is Ferguson’s fourth marriage and Egan’s second. Only the groom’s son Lieutenant Rupert Egan and a few friends attended. Ferguson says she has left the stage for good and disclosed plans to marry. She is 49, he is 59.
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London
Elsie Ferguson
Victor Augustus Seymour Egan
Caxton Hall
Egan
Rupert Egan
Explosion at French distillery kills two workers
In Melite France on March 17 an explosion at an alcohol distillery in Forges D Aunis collapsed part of a two story plant. Two workers were killed and about a dozen injured. The blast damaged the Niort La Rochelle railroad line.
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Melite
France
Forges D'Aunis
Niort
la Rochelle
Legion Head Says Needy Vets First
Atlanta March 17 Edward A. Hayes national commander of the American Legion told newsmen rehabilitation of veterans in need is the organization’s primary business not passage of pending bonus legislation He is in Georgia to meet Legion leaders He said the Legion has not taken a stand on the bonus bill stressing aid to members in vital need The commander challenged reports of veterans costs saying only forty five million dollars would cover three of four rehabilitation points.
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Atlanta
Edward A. Hayes
American Legion
Hares
Georgia Legion
Legion
Hayer
Wise marks sixtieth birthday amid world unease over Hitlerism
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, founder of the Free Synagogue and president of the Jewish Institute of Religion, said on his 60th birthday that the shadow of Hitlerism over world Jewry and civilization makes any birthday celebration unhappy.
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New York
Stephen 8
Wise
Dr. Wise
The
Free Synagogue
Jewish Institute of Religion
Roosevelt Anniversary Dinner Marks 29 Years
Washington reports President and Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt celebrate 29 years of marriage with a White House dinner attended by the President's mother Mrs James D Roosevelt and daughter Mrs Anna Dall. Mrs Roosevelt returns from Puerto Rico as plans unfold. A New York overview recalls the 1905 wedding on St Patrick's Day with Theodore Roosevelt present and details of the bridal attire and wedding party.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Jamesd. Roosevelt
Anna Dall
Puerto Rico
New York
Mar
Franklin Sb. Roosevelts
Theodore Roosevelt
O'Connell
Anne Eleanor Roosevelt
Frank
James Roosevelt
French Official Tried Suicide Amid Swindle Probe
Emile Blanchard a high official in the ministry of agriculture in Fontainebleau cut his throat with a knife and was found by troops at dawn on the artillery range. He clutched the blade, may live. Blanchard had been suspended after disclosures he was paid to serve on boards of companies run by the swindler Alex Stavisky. He was later informed while in hospital that he faced charges of swindling and complicity in swindling.
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Fontainebleau
France
Emile Blanchard
Ministry of Agriculture
Blanchard
Alex Stavisky
Baronne
ACE URGES REGULATORY AIR BOARD
Colonel Eddie Rickenbacker urged a presidential regulatory board to supervise airline operation and restoration of mail contracts. He testified to the Senate Post Office committee alongside Lindbergh and Chamberlin, proposing government payment of two mills per pound mile up to 250 pounds, and one mill per pound above that.
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Rickenbacker
Board
Washington
Presidential Regulatory Board
Eddie Rickenbacker
America
Senate Post Office Committee
Charles A. Lindbergh
Clarence Chamberlin
North American Aviation Company
Farley
Federal Regulatory Board
Woman shields child from charging cow in Meridian
Mrs. C. W. Tucker pushed herself between a rampaging cow and her ten year old daughter in Meridian Mississippi. She was knocked down and fractured an arm but the child escaped unharmed.
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Meridian
Miss
C. W. Tucker
Automobile crash kills two men near Petersburg
F Peters burg Va March 17 Notary Tyler and Thomas W White of New York were killed early today when their car crashed into a culvert on the Richmond Petersburg pike about five miles from this city.
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Petersburg
FL Tyler
Notary
Thomas W. White
New York
Richmond-Petersburg Pike
Workers strike in Shamokin and Mt Carmel
About 1000 CWA workers stage a strike in Shamokin and Mt Carmel over wage cuts from 57 percent to a lower rate for cleaning Shamokin Creek.
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Shamokin
CWA
Mt. Carmel
Local driver cleared in Myers death
Coroner Guy Motter of Frederick exonerated Walter Wiles in the death of Grayson Myers, a Myersville area resident. Myers was riding an unlighted wagon when Wiles’ car struck it. Myers may have died before impact or from being kicked by a horse, with a rib puncturing his lung and heart. Myers was noted as intoxicated.
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Guy T. Motter
Frederick
Walter T. Wiles
Grayson Myers
Myersville
Wiles
Myers
Motter
Gotham Taxi Strike Voted Unanimously in New York
About 5,000 taxi drivers in New York voted for a general strike effective immediately. The union met at St Nicholas rink and declared the strike unanimous, citing union recognition as the main issue and disputing the 5 cent ride tax distribution under prior regimes.
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New York
New York City
Taxi Drivers
St. Nicholas Rink
Fiorello H. Jeguardia
Broadway
Get Shell Shocked At Exciting Games
Philadelphia report notes Dr. Jay R. Nash of New York University describing spectators at exciting games as shock victims like shell shock soldiers. He spoke during schoolmen's week claiming state athletic championships pyramid contests are "yietans" and that homework for small children edges toward totalized criminality.
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Philadelphia
Jay R. Nash
New York University
Hunger strike repor ted by Insull on returning ship
Athens March 11 74 year old Samuel Insull in transit back to Greece shows extreme weakness after a hunger strike and attempts to delay extradition. Attendants give hypodermic injections aboard the Maliotis as US officials press for delivery alive. The ship's captain bears responsibility for Insull's safety and return.
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Athens
Greece
Samuel Insull
Czar
United States
Globe
Fox
Insull
Minister of Marine
Insull Awaiting Extradition to United States
Martin J. Insull, brother and associate of Samuel J. Insull, lost a Supreme Court appeal. Chief Justice Mannloch ordered extradition to the United States to face embezzlement and larceny charges in Chicago. He was held in a common cell awaiting American police.
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Toronto
Ont
Martin J. Insull
Samuel J. Insull
Supreme Court
William Mnnloch
United States
Five trapped in home burn five in Memphis tragedy
A Memphis family perished in a upstairs apartment fire early today. Earl R. Hammond, 27, his wife Auba Kay Hammond, 28, their three year old Earl Hammond Jr and 11 day old baby girl died from burns or suffocation. Mrs Hammond perished trying to rescue her infant, and Kate Kay, 20, of Anacoco Louisiana, sister of Mrs Hammond, also died. The bodies found amid the charred ruins show the parents’ heroic efforts to save their children.
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Tenn
Sire
Wupstairs
Earl R. Hammond
Auba Kay Hammond
Earl Hammond
Baby Hammond
Kate Kay
Anacoco
Hammond
Man in Jail After Fight Over Cousin Claim in Campbellton
Convicted at a Campbellton court hearing on March 17, John Erron of Val dAmour challenged his cousin James Perron of the same district. Erron struck Perron in the nose and used fists, injuring him. Erron is jailed awaiting trial on the charges.
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New Brunswick
John Erron
Val d'Amour
James Perron
James
John
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