Guards Prepare for Camp Ritchie Maneuvers in Maryland
About 76 percent of the First Infantry Maryland National Guard will train at Camp Ritchie starting Sunday. Company B's participation hinges on local employer cooperation as only about 30 percent may gain permission to join the winter maneuvers. Final plans were set for a State Armory meeting tonight with early departure from Hagerstown by truck. Generals urged local employers to support attendance to keep the unit at full peacetime strength of seven men and three officers.
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First Infantry
Maryland National Guard
Camp Ritchie
Carl H. McCleary
Company
State Armory
Hagerstown
McCleary
D. John Markey
Still collaborate in Cumberland divorce case
Mrs. Ina Staley told Judge William A. Huster that she and her estranged husband still cooperate in handicapping race horses and betting. The judge dismissed her divorce suit and urged them to try to patch things up by betting on a long shot.
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Cumberland
Ina Staley
Willam A. Huster
Pig Must Go Edict Shocks West Franklin Family
A West Franklin Street family was told to remove their pig after police cited a law banning pigs near homes. Officers found a pig and a chicken inside the residence, describing the situation as akin to a French peasant setup.
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Pig
Police Department
West Franklin Street
Auto Inspection Tag Reminder From Maryland DMV
Maryland motorists must display a valid motor vehicle inspection certificate on the windshield before taking driving tests or renewing licenses. Commissioner W Lee Elgin said many vehicles were rejected as unsafe and noted 109 applicants were denied operator permits while 3523 licenses were issued in October. The inspection campaign ends December 15 with no extension. noncompliance risks difficulty in obtaining license plates next year.
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W. Lee Elgin
Elgin
Maryland
Scientist Not Excited By Nobel Prize Award
Berkeley California November 10 Prof Ernest Orlando Lawrence 38 year old UC scientist refused to get excited about winning the 1939 Nobel prize for physics Thursday saying he hoped the honor would advance the cyclotron research in atom smashing He would pass up a trip to Stockholm to receive the prize his powerful cyclotron uses repeated low voltage pulses to accelerate bullets that split atoms
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Berkeley
Calif
Ernest Orlando Lawrence
University of California
Stockholm
Lawrence
Bund Leader Before Jury In Unamerican Trial
Judge Wallace warned jurors that un American activities were the issue in Fritz Kuhn’s trial. Dewey called the case routine as Sabbatino challenged venue and possible testimony by witnesses including Rep Martin Dies. Kuhn faces 10 counts of grand larceny and forgery with two counts severed for later trial.
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Wallace
Venireman
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Thomas E. Dewey
Kuhn
Bund
Dewey
Fritz Kuhn
New York
Defens
Roosevelt
Germany
Herman J. McCarthy
Rep
Martin Dies
D-Tex
House
Guggenheim Heir Dies In Apparent Self Inflicted Gunshot
George Denver Guggenheim son of Simon Guggenheim was found dead in his Hotel Paramount room with a bullet wound to the head and a rifle beneath him. Police say death appears self inflicted. He registered under a false name Hu bert Hilderbrand. Officers found $225 and business cards on him. The elder Guggenheim heads the American Smelting and Refining Co. A separate notice reports a Panama field artillery recruiting appeal for tall men in New York New Jersey and Delaware.
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New York
George Denver Guggenheim
Simon Guggenheim
U. S
Colorado
Hotel
Paramount
Guggenheim
Hubert Hilderbrand
San Francisco
Park Overs
American Smelting and Refining Company
Army
Panama
New Jersey
Delaware
Miss Flora Boggs Died After Sleeping Sickness Illness
Flora Boggs aged 28 died in Allegany Hospital after a two week illness of sleeping sickness encephalitis lethargica. Relatives said she never regained consciousness from onset of the disease in Cumberland Maryland.
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Cumberland
Flora S. Boggs
Allegany Hospital
Baby Born with Two Heads Recovering After Surgery
In Kingsport Tennessee a baby boy born October 17 with a second abnormal head at the base of the neck had the neck removed days after birth. Dr J C Statzer of Bristol said the child weighs nine pounds and is progressing well though another operation may be needed. Parents are tenant farmers from Indian Springs eight miles away.
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Kingsport
Tenn
J. C. Statzer
Bristol, Tenn
Statzer
Indian Springs
National committee meeting date pending for 1940 campaign
Executive committee members plan to meet next month to set a date for the National committee session. Chairman John Hamilton is confined with an infected hand and may announce the schedule. A January meeting date is considered due to Christmas timing concerns fromWomen’s Division officials.
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National Committee
Executive Committee
John Hamilton
Roosevelt
Congress
National
Charlton Social Notes Share Visits and Illness
Charlton notes list visits by Melvin Stotler and family from Greencastle and others from Baltimore and Mongers Town. Miss Jane Ankeney is seriously ill at home. Local teacher Lemaster hosted a student party. Improvements were made at Stickell elevator.
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Charlton
Melvin Stotler
Greencastle
Leslie Burkett
Victor Ankeney
Baltimore
Howard Ankeney
Omer Myers
Calvin Myers
Jane Ankeney
Charlton Road
Ray Buchanan
Destroyers Damaged in Collision at Carquinez Straits
Navy officials disclosed that destroyers Gamble and Montgomery sustained damage in a collision in Carquinez Straits near Mare Island California. The Gamble listed sharply after the crash and officers feared beaching to prevent sinking though damage was not severe. Also notes most U S garlic production comes from Texas California and Louisiana.
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Mare Island
Calif
Gamble
Montgomery
Navy
The
United States
Texas
California
Louisiana
Evidence of Expert Plot Revealed in Nazi Beer Hall Blast
Criminologists identify a timing device and careful preparation as the likely cause of the blast at the beer hall. The explosion wrecked the interior and roof, with eight hours needed to clear debris and recover the dead. Authorities caution against premature blame while Jews mourn a renewed wave of anti Semitic violence following the Paris embassy shooting.
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Hitler
Great Britain
Germany
Ernst Vom Rath
Paris
Negro Teenager Held For Grand Jury Action
George Washington, 24, of London Court, admitted to Detective William Peters that his operations at the Princess on South Potomac Street yielded several hundred dollars in cash and silver to start a new restaurant. He is held for the November Grand Jury on charges of breaking entering and larceny. Washington, a former employee at the Princesa, said he had keys to the establishment and took cash, silver and other utensils.
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George Washington
London Court
William Peters
The
Princess On
South Potomac Street
Washington
Princesa
Peters
German Attempts To Pierce French Border Repulsed
Paris report says German efforts to crack the French defense on the extreme northern flank near Luxembourg failed Thursday under French counter fire. Night infantry raids were repulsed with no gain between the Moselle and Saar rivers, while commentators call the activity focal but indicating renewed offensive tactics.
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Paris
Luxembourg
Moselle
Saar
Bathtub Slipper Is New Invention
Washington reports this week patent successes from inventors. A bathtub slipper by Charles J. Jesnig of Newton Square Pennsylvania claims to prevent slipping when worn like a shoe. Bernard Doran of Malta Montana conceived an electric toothbrush. A file guard for fingernails keeps nails from being filed at odd angles.
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Washington
Charles J. Jesnig
Newton Square
Bernard Doran
Malta
Mont
Jaycees Yet To Act On Conference Sponsorship
Junior Chamber of Commerce officials said no action has been taken toward sponsoring a Western Maryland Conference of the National Aeronautical Association of Washington. A field representative will submit the proposal at Monday’s meeting for consideration.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Maryland
National Aeronautical Association
Washington
Former Showgirl With Crater Clue Sought In 9 Year Disappearance
In New York on November 10 authorities probed a former Broadway showgirl June Brice for clues to the disappearance of State Supreme Court Justice Joseph Force Crater. Sitting in Brentwood State Hospital under psychiatric guard, Brice showed her mind was described as completely gone by counsel for Crater’s widow, though the search for information continued.
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New York
State Supreme Court
Joseph Force Crater
Crater
Manhattan
June Brice
Brentwood State Hospital
Early armed resistance at Old Brunswick On 20 November 1765
The article notes the first armed resistance to British rule in America occurred at Old Brunswick North Carolina on November 20 1765. It identifies the date and location as a landmark event in colonial unrest.
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America
Old Brunswick
N. C
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