Canal Vote Delayed Amid Senate Clash Over Florida Canal
The Senate adjourned without action on a bill to authorize finishing the Florida canal project as Sen. Vandenberg denounced it as a pipe dream and Sen. Pepper called it a symbol of opposition to the Roosevelt administration. AFL Chief William Green urged support. Vandenberg warned of potential water‑supply damage and demanded Florida cover any damages. Pepper cited War Department studies denying substantial water harm and defended experts’ views.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Vandenberg
Florida Ship Canal
Sen
Pepper
D-Fla
Roosevelt
Vandenberg
William Green
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Michigan
Florida
War Department
Security Plant To Resume Operations Near Martinsburg
With the arrival of 12 carloads of coal yesterday the North American Cement Corporation plant near Martinsburg is expected to resume operations this morning after a closure of several weeks due to coal exhaustion. More than 100 workers were laid off during the shutdown.
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North American Cement Corporation
Martinsburg
Fay Bainter Leads The Lady And The Mob At Henry's Theatre
Fay Bainter heads a rough gang led by a socialite as she takes over rackets in The Lady and the Mob showing today and Thursday at Henry's Theatre. The cast includes Tda Japino Lee Bowman Marty n Armetta and Warren Hymer.
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Harry
Lug
Blinky Mack
Brains Logan
Bert the Beetle
Tim and
the Canary
Fay Bainter
Jin
Lady and
Henry's Theatre
Hattie Leonard
Tda Japino
Lee Bowman
Martyn Armetta
Warren Hymer
Harold Huber
Tom Dugan
Joseph Sawyer
Robbery suspects held after Carlisle gun thefts
Two men, Cleveland J. Thompson of Jamestown New York and James Ellis of Florida, were arrested in Chambersburg for questioning in a larceny case involving two guns stolen from Bills American Joint shop on Jonathan Street. Guns recovered in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and suspects slated for return to Hagerstown for further questioning. A WPA project to repair the Harpers Ferry Antietam road was approved by county commissioners.
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Chambersburg
Jonathan Street
Carlisle
Cleveland J. Thompson
Jamestown
N.Y
James Ellis
Florida
C. C. Richardson
Pennsylvania Railway Police
Joseph F. Desmond
Hagerstown
Harpers Ferry
Antietam Road
Olive Tablets Promise Gentle Bowel Help and Liver Support
A vintage advert promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy for constipation and sluggish liver. It claims daily water, fruit and vegetables aid digestion, and that the tablets stimulate bile flow. Priced 15¢, 308, 60¢, available at all druggists.
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Dr. Edwards
F. M. Edwards
Troops Patrol in Holy Land Amid Palestine Plan Tensions
British troops patrolled strategic points in the Holy Land last night to avert projected disorders over the Palestine plan. Jews and extremist Arabs threatened demonstrations including a 24 hour Jewish strike, as reports say the plan envisions a Palestine state with 60 percent Arab and 40 percent Jewish populations.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Palestine
Britain
Shore Reports Crop Damage on Lower Eastern Shore
Salisbury, Md May 17 Farmers on the Lower Eastern Shore surveyed frost and cold weather damage. County Agent James P. Brown said 15 to 20 percent of early crops were destroyed, with snap beans, watermelons, and tomatoes hardest hit. Replanting snap beans likely impossible, other crops may recover but marketing will be delayed.
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Salisbury
James P. Brown
Cause Of Death Of Palmer Not Known
Sarasota, May 17 Inquest testimony Tuesday raised doubts a blow from Kenneth Nosworthy, meat cutter, fatally injuring socialite Porter D Orsay Palmer at a picnic fringe affair. Witnesses said Palmer was quarrelsome at the stag event last Thursday. An autopsy had not supported a cerebral hemorrhage from a terrific blow. Six physicians will further examine to determine the death cause in Sarasota hospital yesterday.
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Sarasota
Fla
Kenneth Nosworthy
Porter D'Orsay
Palmer
Nosworthy
Chicago
W. M. Smiley
Smiley
Virginia Senator Clash Ends as Roosevelt Names Dobie Judge
President Roosevelt appoints Dean Armistead M. Dobie of the University of Virginia Law School to a federal judgeship in Virginia after a bitter clash with Senators Glass and Byrd who approved the nomination. The Senate rejected Floyd H. Roberts. Glass and Byrd praised Dobie as highly qualified. Dobie, 58, from Norfolk, long a UVA faculty member, had backed Gov. James H. Price in Virginia politics.
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Wwashington
Roosevelt
Virginia
Armistead M. Dobie
University of Virginia Law School
Byrd
Senator Glass
Senate
Floyd H. Roberts
Glass
Dobie
James H
Price
Democratic
Roberts
Norfolk
University of Virginia
Gli
Grant Jury May term arraignments set for Thursday morning
Prisoners indicated by the Grant Jury for the May term of Court will be arraigned at 9 30 o clock Thursday morning before Judge William A Huster. Criminal Court will open following the arraignment.
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William A. Huster
Tourism brings large American presence to Mexico City
In the peak tourist season about 15,000 Americans are reported to visit and stay in Mexico City, reflecting strong cross border travel and demand for the capital's attractions.
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Mexico City
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Ee Plus
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Bob Hore
Deatl
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Rudy’s Felt Pharmacy
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Gateway
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