Two Injured When School Bus Struck
Two school girls suffered minor injuries when an automobile collided with the Woodland Way school bus at the Park Lane junction this morning around 8:30. Violet Long and Mary Colvin, passengers in the car driven by Clifford D. Long, were hurt slightly. Clarence Sparrow, bus driver, had only a minor head cut. the bus and car were badly damaged.
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Woodland Way
Park Lane
Violet Long
Forrest’ Street
Mary Colvin
Washington Avenue
Clifford D. Long
Violet
Spectators Collapse Courtroom Floor in Attempted Murder Hearing
In Urbana on March 20 a crowd of over a hundred spectators caused the floor to give way during an attempted murder case before Justice J. J. Reynolds. No injuries occurred and the judge postponed the proceeding to another day.
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Urbana
Ill
Sealez of Justice
Justice of the Peace
J. J. Reynold
Tip Prize Funds Split In Local News Tip Contest
Prizes in a local news tip contest are split between informants who reported a body find and a drowning case. A Franklin Street man and a young lady provided tips for the bodies found, while a West Washington Street man and a Frederick Street youngster reported a railroad slide and a grasshopper find respectively. New prizes await tips between 7 30 a m and 3 p m on weekdays.
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Conococheague
Franklin Street
Kemp’s Mill
West Washington Street
Western Maryland
Frederick Street
Evon
Ohio Valley Floods Bring Death and Destruction Across Region
Flood waters from the Ohio River and its tributaries overwhelmed farms and towns from Huntington West Virginia to Louisville Kentucky, washing away acres near Elizabethtown and submerging New Richmond Ohio. Victims include Mrs. John Harrison and daughter in Gallipolis, Gale Thing in California Kentucky, and others in Covington and Lawrenceburg. Forecasters warned the river could remain well above flood stage, with ongoing rain and a cold snap worsening misery.
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Cincinnati
Tri-State
Huntington
W. Va
Louisville Ky
Ohio River
Elizabethtown
Indiana
Here
New Richmond
Manchester
Riverside
Louisville
Portsmouth
Gallipolis
John Harrison
Rilee
California
Gale Thing
George Heldman
Henry Linneman
John Bain
Covington
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Charles Stephen
Ohio
Weather Bureau
West Virginia
Kentucky
Great Lakes
Blue Grass
Hamilton, O
Page
Smithsburg Holds Annual Town Election Today
Smithsburg voterscast ballots as polls open from 3 AM to 5 PM. Burgess Bry Brenner and the other officers run unopposed for re election. Assistant Burgess Rev Clarence Wolfe and commissioners Robert Towson Daniel Kline and John Garver also seek re election. A very tight vote is anticipated.
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Smithsburg
Jacob Brenner
Bry Brenner
Clarence Wolfe
Robert Towson
Daniel Kline
John Garver
Tearful mother helps son confess hitchhiker robbery
In Fairmont West Virginia a tearful mother accompanied her 17 year old son to police after he confessed that he and two others held up a hitchhiker. He said his father was killed in the line of duty and the family wanted to do the right thing.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Policearracks
Beer bill expected to become law by nightfall
Washington March 20 Congress convened conferees on the Cullen beer bill to reconcile Senate and House versions legalizing beer on April 4 with alcohol content up to 2.05 percent. Officials expect Roosevelt’s signature tonight and revenue from a $5 per barrel tax to total about 125 to 150 million dollars annually. PARIS March 20 United States consul general H. P. Starrett at Algiers died after appendicitis. LONDON March 20 Harry Hays Morgan, longtime American diplomat, died at 73. his niece is Lady Furness, twin sister of Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Roosevelt
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
Paris
H. P. Starrett
United States
Algiers
Algeria
Starrett
London
Harry Hays Morgan
Lady Furness
Thelma Morgan
Reginald Vanderbilt
Second Ward Rally Tonight In Hagerstown Fire Hall
The first in a series of Democratic ward rallies is set for Ward 2 at the South End Hagerstown fire hall with space for five hundred. Candidate for mayor W. Harry Reisner attends with Councilman W. Lee Elgin and other speakers to discuss campaign issues.
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South End
Hagerstown
W. Harry Reisner
W. Lee Elgin
Why Unemployed Should Support Hagerstown Election
A message urging jobless voters in Hagerstown to back Democrat Reisner Meyer and five Democratic council members in the forthcoming municipal election. It argues that Democratic administration has provided part time city jobs to hundreds during hard winters, boosting workers regardless of party, and stresses police and safety benefits for families.
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Hagerstown
W. Harry Reisner J Meyer
Spring Arrives Tonight Marking Vernal Equinox
Washington dispatch notes the vernal equinox arrives at 8 43 P M Eastern Standard Time and that an unusually warm winter ends as spring is expected to be warmer than normal across the coming month according to weather observers.
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Washington
Frater Cleared After Forgery Suspicion In Kansas
In Fredonia Kansas an insurance company returned I K Frater's policy application saying two signatures could not be written by the same person and suggested forgery. Frater said he uses both hands and signed once with each hand, then received his policy.
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Fredonia
Kas
I. K. Frater
Frater
Sleeping Beauty Girl Awakening Serum Trial
In Oak Park a 27 year old woman Miss Patricia Masuke has been in a coma for over a year. Doctors injected a serum made from the blood of two recovered patients in an experimental effort to revive her. Morning reactions were awaited as physicians monitored for signs of consciousness.
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Chicago
Oak Park
Patricia Masuke
California Has Another Tremor
A mild earth tremor shook Los Angeles at 6 01 am. The quake appeared stronger than yesterday afternoon but caused no damage.
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California
Los Angeles
Calif
List Of Heavy Withdrawals To Be Made Known
ANNAPOLIS Md March 20 The list of depositors who withdrew 10000 or more from Baltimore banks in the ten days before the Maryland bank holiday or during the holiday period will be presented to the House of Delegates. Bank commissioner John J Ghingher will submit the names in executive session tonight as lawmakers face budget cuts tax plans and liquor legislation.
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Annapolis
Baltimore
Maryland
House of Delegates
General Assembly
Ritchie
Tle
House
Senate
Ritchis
Congress
John J. Ghingher
Streams Reach Flood Stage Hinted by Potomac Rise
Potomac River at noon stood a little above normal and rising, raising flood concerns if rain continues. Forecasters noted the second rise in a week with past crest near ten feet, as Conococheague and Antietam and smaller streams ran high amid widespread weather extremes and flood warnings across Pennsylvania, Ohio Valley, and parts of Indiana and Minnesota.
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Potomac River
Cumberland
Potomac Valley
Potomac
Conococheague
Antietam
Ohio Valley
Ohio
Kentucky
Middle West
West
Victoria
Tex
Hall
Indiana
Wabash
White Rivers
Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Monongahela
Oklahoma
Minnesota
March and August semesters proposed to save heat
Milwaukee on March 20 4 Edward A Little urged the school board to shift semesters to March and August from September and February to save heat while children would be in class during good fishing and swimming weather. In Orange New Jersey comedian Jefferson De Angelis died at 73 after a 50 year stage career.
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Milwaukee
Edward A. Little
Orange
Jefferson
de Angelis
Orange Memorial Hospital
Daladier Expected To Declare For Payment Of US Debt
In Paris the premier Edouard Daladier is believed ready to declare for the payment of 19 million dollars owed to the United States. He discussed the issue with foreign minister Paul Boncour after Deputy Rene Richard's resolution. Herriot plans to push the matter through the foreign affairs committee within a week.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Paul Boncour
Rene Richard
Chamber
Edouard Herriot
Foreign Affairs Committee
M. Daladier
Four Held in Bold Hold-Up at Hancock
Four men arrested after a home invasion near Hancock early Saturday netted $86 from Mrs. Lynch at gunpoint. James Preston Bishop and his brother Lester, Harry Stotler, and Willard Canfield held on $6000 bonds each for Tuesday hearings. Stotler confessed, naming the others. the Lynch family lives along the Watfordsburg road, about a half mile north of Hancock.
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Lester Bishop
Hancock
Roy Lynch
Mra. Lynch
Piatol Point
Pennsylvania
James Preaton Bishop
Leater
Harry Stotler
Halfway
Willard
Red
Canfield
Stotler
Lynch Home
Pisto
No Flood Fear At Cumberland
Cumberland Maryland reports rising Potomac River and Wills Creek after two days of rain but none reached flood stage. Gauges measure eleven and a half feet while flood stage runs 19 to 26 feet. Lake Gordon water level sits 13 inches over the spillway as the city maintains supplies.
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Cumberland
Potomac River
Wills Creek
Lake Gordon
Pretzel Maker Seeks New Designs For Growth
C J Eichman, manager of a Chicago pretzel firm, says the business could grow by 500 percent with legal beer but needs new designs. He urges ornate motifs such as flowers, stars, geometric modernist patterns and similar styles to boost appeal.
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Chicago
C. J. Eichman
Zangara Defiant as Life Ended in Raiford Prison
Giuseppe Zangara the man who killed Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak and wounded four others in Miami February 15 was executed at Raiford State Prison. He faced the electric chair at 9:15 AM and was pronounced dead at 9:27 AM. Guards, machine guns, and guards atop buildings surrounded the prison as the current passed. Zangara, dressed in striped trousers and a white shirt, refused fear of the chair and handed Superintendent Chapman papers about a life-book he had begun. He walked to the chair unaided, calmed, and spoke to witnesses before his death.
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Raiford
Fla
Giuseppe Zangara
Anton J. Cermak
Chicago
Roosevelt
Miami
Raiford State Prison
Ralph N. Greene
Jacksonville
State Hospital For the Insane
R.R. Killinger
Duval County
C. D. Whitaker
Zangara
Zain’are
Chatber
Chatr
Agaezin
Zangare
L.’' F. Chapman
Zangata
Chapian
Japs Enter China Proper Near Peiping Ambush
Tokyo reports a Japanese infantry brigade has occupied Sadochiao in North China proper about 90 miles northeast of Peiping on a highway to Peiping. Officials say limited thrusts south of the Great Wall may occur as long as Chinese harass Japanese positions. Haifenkow would be used as a return base if pressure eases.
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Tokyo
Sadochiao
China
Peiping
Great Wall
Haifenkow
Tokyo War Office
Sadochino
Firemen Show Science the Way in DuBuque Hospital Fire
In DuBuque Iowa on March 30 firefighters raced through dark streets to the hospital rear. Sirens screamed as they focused lights on the operating room where 13 year old Ray Shacht lay injured. A surgeon removed the boy's appendages by emergency light.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Fim
Ray
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Mordecai Ezekiel
Farm Board
Wallace
Morgan
Second Ward
Fire Company Hall
Aisha
France
George Frisbie
Versailles
Little
North
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