Frontiers Report Russian Army Movements In Manchuria
Japanese troops push west and north in Manchuria and Mongolia amid rumors of Sino Russian talks and Chinese alignment. The US sends consul general to Harbin to study mobilization reports as Japan weighs possible Moscow aid. Military chatter cites Russian massing near Pogranichnaya and Manchuk in Russian territory.
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Tokyo
Manchuria
Mongolia
China
Moscow
George Hanson
Harbin
Japan
Ninami
Russia
Pogranichnaya
Manchuk
Radio interference troubles in city noted
Reports from the Virginia avenue section indicate nearly continuous radio interference over recent months. The city radio inspector has been busy eliminating noise and may enforce the new radio interference ordinance more strictly.
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Virginia Avenue
Court to hear A. and P. appeal on Virginia tax license
The Supreme Court on November 2 entertained the appeal of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. to challenge the Virginia distribution house license tax and said a merit decision would follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Great Atlantis
Pacific Tea Company
Virginia
Supreme Court
Capone Loses Court Battle in Tax Conviction Review
Washington November 2 Ralph Capone brother of Al Capone was refused a Supreme Court review of his conviction for making false statements to compromise his income taxes. The ruling ends his bid to escape a three year sentence and an $18,000 fine as other gangsters monitor the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ralph Capone
al Capone
Supreme Court
Republican picks city for 1952 convention
Chairman Fess called the Republican National Committee to meet on December 15 in Washington to select the site for the 1952 party convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fess
Republican National Committee
Am brose’s car damaged in collision with potato chip truck
This morning Officer Am brose drove a patrol car that was sideswiped at the Baltimore and Potomac streets corner by a McDaniel potato chip truck. The incident caused slight damage to the police vehicle and no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambrose
McDaniel
Baltimore and
Potomac Streets
Cannon's Counsel to Challenge Federal Corrupt Practices Act
Justice James Proctor set November 20 for argument in the District of Columbia Supreme Court on Bishop James Cannon Sr.'s demurrer to a 10 count indictment for willful violation of the corrupt practices act. The defense argues the federal law is unconstitutional as it attempts to regulate presidential electors who are state officers. The case centers on Cannon Jr. and his anti Smith Democratic committee with Ada Burroughs and Obert McNeill guiding the bench ruling strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James Proctor
District of Columbia Supreme Court
James Cannon
James Cannon, Jr
Maryland
Obert H. McNeill
Ada L. Burroughs
Richmond
anti-Smith Democratic Committee
Trunk Slayer Being Watched Closely in Phoenix
Phoenix on November 2 report says Winnie Ruth Judd faces murder trial within 60 days. Sheriff J R McFadden states close watch to prevent self harm and restricts private talks with her through attorney Herman Lewkowitz. A jail matron witnessed her interview as plans discussed potential move to scene of alleged killings.
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Winnie Ruth Judd
Phoenix
Ariz
Los Angeles
Paul Schenck
J. R. McFadden
Herman Lewkowitz
Paul Lchenck
Boonsboro Man Jailed for Drunken Assault on Officials
Charles Easterday, 30, was sentenced to thirty days in jail in Boonsboro city court for drunkenness and assaulting Mayor Harvey Bomberger and Policeman Ditto. The incident occurred Saturday night on the town streets. Easterday resisted arrest and was taken to jail by deputy sheriffs after the Mayor and officer were assaulted.
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Charles Easterday
Boonsboro
Richard Duffey
Harvey Bomberger
Easterday
Sherif
Two youths held on auto charges in two states
Rob ert Murphy 22 of Rohrersville Wheeling is wanted for stealing Dale R Grams car Sept 12 Tarboro N C holds 16 year old William S Mumma connected with petty theft in Williamsport Md Mumma escaped from St Marys Industrial School July 21 with another youth Police trace Murphy from Gaithersburg to Rohrersville then New York and Wheeling Deputy Sheriff to fetch him The Williamsport Essex car stolen earlier found abandoned in Gettysburg
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Wheeling
W. Va
Tarboro
N. C
W. B. Downin
Robert Murphy
Dale R. Grams
Rohrersville
Jollife
Madison Avenue
Willam
Mumma
U. S
Georgia
Murphy
Gaithersburg
New York
Renner
St. Mary's Industrial School
Justice Tennant
J. Morris Bowser
Williamsport
Gettysbure
Fair Ground Mentioned For Site Of School
The Rockville Fairgrounds may be sold to Montgomery County Board of Education for a new high school and athletic field. The fair has lost money for years and plans to discontinue operating.
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Rockville
Board of Education of
Montgomery County
Tip Prize Winners Split Four Ways in Local News Tipping
Last week featured a contest where two top tips were chosen and split. A Williamsport Up story about a town electrician who fell when a pole broke led the first prize alongside a find of a strange meteor like stone on a Hancock farm. The second prize covered a Marsland Avenue injury report and a tale of eggs lifted by boys at City Market.
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Selec
Hancock
Uip
Marsland Avenue
Orchardists urged as demand comes for apples
J Andrew Cahill Hancock grower reports bids at 2 50 a barrel and a renewed wholesale market for prime apples after weeks of low demand. Wheat price at 55 cents a bushel from D A Stickell and Sons marks a nine cent gain in two weeks and fifteen since last June. Cahill and Stickell foresee steady demand and higher prices but caution against expectations of big changes. Cahill also warns poor consumers to stock up now as produce prices remain low and abundance exists, noting stored crops reduce hunger risk this winter.
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J. Andrew Cahill
Hancock
D. A. Stickell and Sons
Cahill
Stickeil
Immediate compulsory auto inspections enter Baltimore city
Baltimore Motor Vehicle Commissioner E Austin Baughman ordered immediate compulsory mechanical inspections for all cars entering via main highways after a record toll of 12 Sunday fatalities. Drivers failing to repair within 24 hours face prosecution as state police set up two inspection lanes to route untested vehicles into the checks.
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Baltimore
E. Austin Baughman
Apache youth confesses to killing Columbia researcher
The Justice Department reported Golney Seymour an Apache youth confessed July murder of Miss Henrietta Sehmerler, a Columbia University research worker, on the White Indian reservation in Arizona. He is held on the reservation and will face federal trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Golney Seymour
Henrietta Sehmerler
Arizona
Bureau of Investigation
Seymour
Columbia University
Child Hit by Tourist Auto Near Keedysville
The small daughter of John W. Long of Keedysville was struck while crossing near home on her way to Sunday school. A New Jersey automobile hit her, causing facial lacerations and a bruised leg. The slow speed of the car prevented more serious injuries.
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John W. Long
Keedysville
New Jersey
Local Car Strikes Marion Woman Injuring Ankle
Mrs. John Picking, 23, of Marion, sustained injuries to the right ankle when struck by Harry Stone’s automobile while crossing the road in front of her home. She was taken to Chambersburg Hospital for treatment.
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John Picking
Marion
Harry Stone
Picking
Chambersburg Hospital
Boasting Under Moon Gets O K
Los Angeles judge rules a man may boast to a girl under the moon. Superior Judge Thomas C Gould denied Lotus Phillips’s plea to annul her marriage to Stanley Phillips after she said he promised prosperity and expensive gifts but failed to provide them. The judge noted such wooing is common and not grounds for annulment.
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Los Angeles
Thomas C. Gould
Lotus Phillips
Stanley Phillips
October drought marks driest month of 1931 in Keedysville
Weather observer J A Miller notes October 1931 in Keedysville had only 1.13 inches of rain, about one third of the 25 year average 3.16 inches, with warmer than usual temperatures and a rapid wheat growth impact. Farmers report corn husking under way as cribs fill, with corn maturity 3 to 4 weeks ahead of normal.
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J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Local Barber Family Slightly Injured In Mishap
John Shank a local barber and his wife and child were slightly hurt when their car left the Sharpsburg Pike south of the city and rolled over. Mrs Shank had a lacerated hand and the Shank boy sustained a cut above the eye.
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John Shank
Sharpsburg Pike
Tasteful judge wins at Atlantic City dairy expo
Orvald Ruse from Creston Iowa wins the students contest judging butter milk ice cream and cheese at the Atlantic City dairy industries exposition and earns a scholarship for top tasting.
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Orvald, Ruse
Creston
Iowa
Atlantic City
Active buying lifts oil shares on New York open
New York investors push oil stocks higher as crude prices firm. Shares such as Standard of California Texas Corp Tidewater American Can U S Steel Santa Fe Union Pacific and others rise 1 to 2 points in early trading while New York Central slips fractionally. Weekend trade reports cheer sentiment with steel and oil gains seen boosting operations and bank confidence improves.
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New York
Standard of California
Texas Corp
Tidewater Preferred
Houston Oil
U. S. Steel
American Can
American Telephone
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Case
National Biscuit
Southern Pacific
Dupont
Columbian Carbon
New York Central
Wall Street
New York City
Garage Robbed at Slick's Meat Market on North Mulberry
A garage behind Slick's meat market on North Mulberry Street was entered last night and oil theft amounting to about five gallons occurred. Police are investigating the incident.
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Slick
Mulberry Street
Murders Attributed to Walter Maddux In Woods
Clara Fish, a 19 year old domestic, signs a fourth confession accusing Walter Maddux of murdering his wife in a Kirkwood woods after luring her there and rendering her unconscious with ether. Maddux denies the accusation and has been jailed as the body was found Friday.
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ST. Louis
Clara Fish
Walter Maddux
Maddux
Woods
Miss Fish
Bread Truck Sideswipes Wagon Near Frederick
A bread truck from Garber bakery driven by Kraus of Frederick collided with a mail wagon from Hagerstown Dairy driven by Carl Rudisill. The trucks sideswiped, then fell onto an embankment. the bread truck sustained the most damage. The incident occurred around 30 o'clock this morning as the truck traveled from Frederick toward the city with the milk wagon heading toward Funkstown.
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Garber Bakery
Frederick
Kraus
Hagerstown
Get 25-Lb Carp in Potomac River
Raymond Cearfoss of Hagerstown wrestled with a 25 pound carp for half an hour in the Potomac River near Charlton. He finally landed the fish with a landing net and brought the prize home. The carp is among the largest taken from local streams in some time.
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Raymond Cearfoss
Hagerstown
Potomac River
Cearfoss
Charlton
Mummers Parade Set In Alsatia Tonight If No Rain
Plans for the 14th Alsatia Mummers parade are complete with a rain date set for tomorrow. The event, starting promptly at 8 o clock, is expected to be among the largest and most spectacular. Merchants have donated to raise prizes and support the entry field, with window placards noting their contributions.
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Alsatia Club
Foum
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North End
Mrs. Judd
Associated Press
Capone
Convention City
Cannon
Harry W. Nice
Ritchie
McNeill
Trunk Slayer
North Carolina
Baltimore City
Baughman
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