Japan Tightens Grip as Diet Passes War Measures
Tokyo reports sweeping Diet victories by militarist forces giving the government emergency powers. The mobilization bill, power controls over the electric industry, and a large wartime budget enable centralized state authority, with penalties including expropriation and press suppression. German tech aids defect detection in critical machinery.
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Japan
China
Fumimaro Konoye
Diet
Torch Killer Ralph Hawk Dies In Electric Chair In Marion
Ralph Hawk, 21, of Marion Pennsylvania, was executed in the Bellefonte electric chair for the torch murder of Mrs Hazel Gelwix and her daughter Helen. He died at 12 30 after the switch was turned on and asked to be buried beside his mother in Greencastle. Also executed were Fred Reibaldi and Albert Gregg of Philadelphia, each described as underworld chal lengers.
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Marion
Bellefonte
Hazel Gelwix
Helen
Kathryn Gelwix
Hawk
iFred Reibaldi
Albert Gregg
Philadelphia
Underworld
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Gregg
Greencastle
C. W. Meadows
J. C. Sanders
Marion Reformed Church
Franklin County
Chambersburg
Marion New Year's Day
Kathryn
Gelwix trial witness and jail breakfast note
Gelwix testified she was pregnant and, after leaving Franklin County Jail, Hawk had breakfast with the warden and named six pallbearers. Reibaldi, the Stop-light bandit, convicted for fatally wounding Maurice Handloff, a Philadelphia policeman, during a motorist robbery last September 10. Gregg, formerly of Milwaukee, did not defend at the trial for the killing of C Morgan Knight, a Philadelphia bond broker, slain during a department store holdup.
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Philadelphia
Knight
Six Are Charged With Loitering In Potomac Street Incident
City police last night cited six youths for loitering outside stores after a cruiser intercepted them in front of a delicatessen on South Potomac street. Unable to post $5 collateral each, the six were detained overnight.
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South Potomac Street
Rider killed in Route 1 motorcycle collision near Rising Sun
Warren Bensinger, 24, of Wilmington, was fatally thrown from his motorcycle after a collision with a car on Route 1 south of Rising Sun Maryland. His companion William Brocceli, also from Wilmington, suffered only cuts and bruises. L H McComas of Owings Mills, driver of the car, was released for an inquest. State Police Sergeant D R Petersen said the bike struck the car on a curve. Boundary note mentions 5000 miles with 3100 land and 2400 water segments.
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Wilmington
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Caia
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Owings Mills
D. R. Petersen
Millionaire Milgrim Robbery by Four Bandits in Long Island
Four men invaded Charles Milgrim's Long Island home on Sunday torturing him with cigarettes to reveal hidden jewelry. They bound Milgrims and servants, stole a Marquis 18 carat diamond ring worth $50,000, two platinum bracelets, a platinum brooch, a watch and $1,700 in cash, then fled. The raid follows two similar crimes nearby in recent months.
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Woodsburgh
Charles Milgrim
Manhattan Courturier
Long Island
Milgrim
John Waller
Sally Milgrim
Waller
Mrs. Milgrim
Milgrims
Franklin
Paul
Alwyne Gorgus
Russian style on highway is urged
Leonardtown Maryland March 28 hints for country dwellers if you adopt the Russian style and walk with your shirttail hanging out your chances of being killed by an automobile at night are much less Dr Eugene Peck Saint Marys county health officer made the suggestion saying there ought to be a law that every pedestrian must carry a light colored object at night a handkerchief or a roll of newspapers is visible much farther than the body dressed in dark clothes if you have a friend who is starting to walk home and he wont wear a handkerchief around his neck or arm perhaps youd better pull his shirttail out and let him walk home in Russian style
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Leonardtown
Eugene Peck
St. Mary's County
I Have Failed in a Thousand Cases Yet Still I Try
A passionate self portrait by Mabelle Brown Carlisle, asserting resilience despite repeated disappointments. The speaker vows endurance and belief in the ultimate good, detailing betrayals and flattery while maintaining faith in effort and fairness. A fashion note follows describing a white heavy lace bodice with a narrow black crepe skirt.
Seven Keys to Highway Safety Move Nationwide Drive
Traffic experts launch a national assault on highway carnage after 1927’s toll, citing 39,700 deaths and 1.36 million injuries. The plan hinges on seven keys: education, enforcement, engineering, uniform laws, reporting, driver licensing, and research, backed by twelve national groups. January shows 30 percent fewer fatalities nationwide, with 20 states cutting deaths, while Chicago stays static.
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United States
Maryland
Iowa
Kansas
Chicago
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Congress
Youth Aid Reaches 865 Maryland Students
Washington dispatch reports National Youth Administration executive director Aubrey Williams announced 865 students in 27 Maryland institutions received aid this year under the administrations student aid program.
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Washington
Aubrey” Williams
National Youth Administration
Maryland
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