Pacific Northwest rocked by major Northwest earthquake
A powerful quake described as the heaviest on record struck the Pacific Northwest near midnight. The 11:48 p.m. seismic event toppled walls and ruptured water mains across Portland Seattle Tacoma Vancouver and Olympia with no injuries reported. Residents crowded streets as banks and offices reported plaster and structural damage.
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Seattle
University of Washington
Pacific Northwest
Portland
Tacoma
Vancouver
B.C
National Bank of Washington
Olympia
NS OM. Beck
Exptio! Waterman
Forest fires burn across Washington and Frederick counties
The first fall forest fire in Washington County scorched about an acre of white oak timber near Antietam on Saturday, on land owned by Dr. J Thabert Wade Boonshoro. A second blaze stretched over one acre along the eastern Catoctin Mountain in Frederick County before CCC crews halted it yesterday afternoon. The Salaman der tower spotted the fires Sunday morning as wardens note several people seen in the mountains amid continued dry conditions despite recent rains.
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Washington County
Antietam
J. Thabert Wade
Boonshoro
Catoctin Mountain
Frederick County
C.C.C
Youth Knocked From Bicycle in Waynesboro Mishap
Wilbur Bingham aged 23 from Mason and Dixon was knocked from his bicycle by Max W. Creager of Waynesboro on the Ellersburg Waynesboro pike near Leitersburg. Bingham suffered cuts and bruises to the head and was taken to Wayneshore hospital for examination. Deputy Sheriff Leister Isanogle investigated the mishap.
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Wilbur Bingham
Mason and Dixon
Max W. Creager
Waynesboro
Ellersburg
Waynesbore Pike
Leitersburg
Bingham
Hagerstown
Creager
Wayneshore
Wayneshore Hospital
Leister Isanogle
Maryland Weather Outlook and Chesapeake Bay Forecast
Pair and slightly colder tonight. Tuesday fair and warmer. Chesapeake Bay mostly clear tonight and Tuesday with a temperature near freezing over the north, a bit warmer south. Fresh northerly winds diminish tonight and become northward Tuesday.
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Weather Bureau
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Innes
North
Ronicht
Illegal hunters spotted from air over Maryland fields
Salisbury, Md November 13 Deputy Game Warden Joe Marper flew an airplane to observe a group hunting despite Maryland's Sunday hunting ban. He signaled District Deputy Warden M. E. Watson, who sent deputies to the landowner who planned to hunt. The farmer was to appear in court on charges of hunting on Sunday.
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Salisbury
Joe Marper
Maryland
M. E. Watson
Watson
One Way But Wrong Way To Stop Them Novel Fire
New York Nov 18 26 year old Thomas Henehan was held on arson after a house explosion wrecked his father’s home. Police say Henehan admitted sewing up the house when he learned his brother and sister in law planned to move in with them.
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New York
Thomas
Henehan
Tip Prizes Divided in Daily Mail News Tips
A weekly Daily Mail contest splits first prize for tips on fatal shooting and a death at school. A Mitchell Avenue man, a Hopewell housewife, a West Washington Street girl and a young tipster share second prize. Tips are accepted weekdays from 7:50 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. and winners announced Mondays. Names of tipsters are not disclosed.
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Hopewell
Mitchell Avenue
West Washingon Street
Daily Mail
Wheeler to Bespeaker at Maryland Democratic Dinner
United States Senator Burton K Wheeler will be the principal speaker at the annual donation of the United Women's Democratic Clubs of Maryland at the Hotel Emerson in Baltimore. The dinner begins Thursday night at six fifty, with Governor Herbert R. O'Conor and U.S. Senators Millard E. Tydings and George J. Radcliffe among the other speakers. The event is open to Democrats of the city and county. many club members and men’s club members will attend.
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United States
Burton K. Wheeler
Senate
United Women’s Democratic Clubs of
Maryland
Hotel Emson
Baltimore
Senator Wheeley
Herbert WR. O'Coney
U.S
Millard BE. Tydinges
George J. Radcliffe
FIRE MENACES PRINCESS ANNE BUILDINGS DESTROYED
Firemen from Salisbury Pocomoke Marion and Princess Anne battled a blaze on Main street in Princess Anne Md destroying a restaurant occupied by Ralph Wilson a shoe repair shop run by Tugstia Graves and damaging two buildings owned by GC W Phil and Miss Minnie Jones The blaze with $6000 loss was checked by a strong pump from Pocomoke and halted by calm winds The Morris automobile was also burned
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Princess Anne
Salisbury
Pocomoke
Marion
Ralph Wilson
Tugstia Graves
GC. W. Phil
Minnie Jones
Henry Morris
Larcenous Task Fails Thief in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on November 12 a thief broke into Mrs. Melen Hughes’ car and stole a ten cent measuring tape. He left behind a good topcoat. The incident highlights a minor but telling crime in the city.
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Indianapolis
Melen Hughes
No Grounds for Uneasiness Says Netherlands Premier
Premier Dirk Jan de Geer assures Dutch and imperial stability amid rumors. He cautions against misreading defense steps as signs of frontier threats, urges calm and a steady mind to uphold neutrality, reflecting on wartime precautions and temporary conditions.
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Netherlands
Hague
The
Dirk Jan de Geer
de Geer
Holland
Border Span Collapses at McAllen Bridge Disaster
Nine people fell into the Rio Grande when the nickel plated span between Reynosa and McAllen collapsed last night. Francisco Delgado, 30, of Edinburg, missing and feared drowned. two cars carried into the river. eight survivors aided by Toll Collector Ramiro Rodriguez and a Mexican boat crew. The wreck damaged a 50 000 bridge opened 1928. four other cars went down the river bank but stopped short of the water. Divorces follow as Glendora Freshour sues Raymond Freshour.
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Mcallen
Tex
Rio Grande
Jancisco Delgado
Edinburg
Texis
Virenien
Ramiro Rodriguez
Eusebio Lucio
Reynosa
Trains collide in Germany kill 43 and injure 60
In Opplen Germany on November 13 a collision between two crowded passenger trains between Langlieben and Rosengrund left 43 dead and 60 injured. Officials say a switchman may have caused the crash by directing both trains onto the same track.
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Oppeln
Germany
Langlieben
Rosengrund
Dr James Monroe Smith Sentenced in Louisiana Case
Baton Rouge Louisiana November 13 Dr James Monroe Smith former Louisiana State University president pled guilty to four of twenty seven state embezzlement and forgery charges in district court Judge Charles A Holcombe imposed a five to 15 year sentence in the state penitentiary The educator had earlier pled guilty to Federal mail fraud and income tax evasion and received a 30 month sentence
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Baton Rouge
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Charles A. Holcombe
Retired railroad man held after Mulberry street collision
C Titus Mentzer a well known retired railroad worker was struck by a truck on North Mulberry street Saturday morning and was reported resting comfortably at the hospital with head injuries.
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C. Titus Mentzer
North Mulberry Street
Mentzer
Special board meeting on new construction plans tomorrow
The Board of Education holds a special meeting tomorrow afternoon to decide on matters related to recent new construction. In Washington, the Justice Department refused to disclose information about its plans for releasing Al Capone.
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Board of Education
Owark
Washington
Justice Department
al Capone
World fastest plane nearing production at Langley
Langley Field Virginia reports the World’s fastest airplane, powered by efficient air cooled engines, is nearing production. Engineers describe a knife like wing to reduce shock waves and engines with triple power potential, needing new large diameter propellers.
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Langley
Langley Field
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Hunt for miracle donor to save ill eight year old daughter
A Philadelphia mother appeals for a rare donor after four months of futile transfusions for her eight year old daughter with acute lymphatic leukemia. The physician says recovery is possible only if a survivor of the disease donates blood, a chance estimated at about one in five thousand. The plea was broadcast nationwide to find a matching donor.
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Philadelphia
Catherine
Charles Felt
Jury Foreman Roger Q Cook Named In Grand Jury
Roger Q. Cook was selected as foreman of the grand jury at the opening of the November term of Circuit Court. Judge Wagaman outlined duties and secrecy of proceedings, noted juror selection from 200 names, and listed the grand and petit jurors chosen for the term.
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Roger Q. Cook
Circuit Court
Frank G. Wagaman
Lot
Roger Q. Gook
C. Narry Keller
J. Luther Eckstine
A. PD. Herbert
Elmer Leathers
John A. McCann
P. Park Geiger
Hugh C. Crafton
Charles Hykes
Keller B. Bell
James W. Jones
D Wilbur Newcomer
Tom Cross
R Glenn Williams
W. Gratton
Roulette
John E. Middlekauff
Roger F. Polenberger
Lewis S. Hamilton
Charles E. R Brezler
Frank EK. Danzer
George W. Rohrer
Hubert Stine
Amos Keener
GC. R. Taulstrove
George R. Brey
Park W. T. Loy
Lindsie Fuller
I. H. Cosens
Thurman C. Lindsay
Hays B. Exline
Amins Shockey
O. W. Burtner
Movie Director Dies In Auto Crash At Mountain Lookout
Hollywood reports prominent director George Nichols Jr., 35, died when his car slipped from a mountain overlook and plunged 400 feet into a canyon. Sister-in-law Ada Barnett, 28, was thrown clear and later found unconscious with a suspected skull fracture after crawling to summon help. Nichols directed many RWQ Studio pictures including ones starring Ann Shirley.
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Hollywood
George Nichols, Jr
Ada Barnett
Nichols
RW. QO. Studio
Ann Shirley
Mrs Mamie McAfee Death by Hanging in Woodshed
Mrs Mamie McAfee of Foxville committed suicide last night by hanging in the woodshed at her residence. She had been in ill health for some time and the act was reported from her home. The tragedy is being investigated locally.
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Mamie McAfee Progle
Thurmont
Foxville
Finland to End Moscow Negotiations and Return Home
Helsinki reports Finland's Moscow delegation will depart tonight ending talks with Russia over territorial concessions. Foreign Minister Erkko said only last minute changes could avert recall, with likely sticking points including a naval base at the Gulf of Finland entrance and a revision of patrols.
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Helsinki
Finnish Foreign Office
Moscow
Russia
Finland
Foreign Office
E.S.T
Elias Erkko
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Erkko
Gulf of Finland
Air raid sirens and anti aircraft fire over Paris
Paris woke to sirens for the seventh time since the war began as German recon planes reportedly flew over the area. Anti aircraft fire followed the warning, with intermittent firing lasting about 20 minutes, while observers heard distant airplane motors amid rumors of approaching German planes.
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Paris
Democratic Women Meeting Tonight in Hagerstown
The Wo mens Democratic Organization of Hagerstown holds its regular meeting in the Grice building rooms at 22 a h. Mrs Brewer L Stouffer, the clubs president, says final plans will be made for members to attend the annual convention of the United Democratic Womens Clubs of Maryland in Baltimore this week.
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Women’s Democratic Organization
Chub of
Hagerstown
Grice Building
Brewer L. Stouffer
Club
United Democratic Women's Clubs of Maryland
Baltimore
Rat
Barracks Of Hitler Elite Guard Burned
Barracks of Adolf Hitler's elite guard the Schutastaffe burned during the night at Wanstanz near Kreuzlingen. Fire cut telephone lines between Konstanz and Kreuzlingen and disrupted communications as observed from the Swiss side.
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Kreuzlinges
Switzerland
Adolf Hitler
Schutastaffe
Wanstanz
Germany
Kreuzlingen
Konstanz
Kreulingen
Mistaken Identity Leads DA to Charge Himself in Vagrancy Case
Dallas district attorney Frank Ivey accidentally charged himself with vagrancy while intending to file against Frank Zachs. He discovered the error immediately and corrected the complaint, noting the mistake was due to an apparent slip in writing.
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Dallas
Frank Ivey
Frank Zachs
Iver
County plans 1940 feeding stock program meeting
Washington county farmers report success of a scientific feeding and home grown feed effort with 250 participants. A planning meeting at 7:30 p.m. in County Agent Milt D Moore's office will set groundwork for a similar plan in 1946 with livestock extension specialist Joseph Vial of the University of Maryland present. The planned program aims to grow all high quality forage.
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Washington County
Milt D. Moore
Joseph Vial
University of Maryland
Oyster plant strike halts Calvert county shucking
Five oyster shucking plants in Calvert county closed as 252 seasonal workers struck for a five cent raise to 60 cents a bushel. At Broomes Island 82 shuckers refused, 3,200 ashers remained nonworking. other plants at Solomons Coster and Sollers reported dozens more striking or staying away.
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Prince Frederick
Calvert County
Warren Denton
Broomes Island
H. M. Woodburn and
Sona
Solomons
J. C. Love and Sons
Island
Coster
Daniel Barrett
Edward Sollers
Sollers
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Babe
J. C. Statzer
Jesse Lee Nerron
Kingsport
Tenn
Statzer
Emery Herron
Sen. Wheeler
Nation
Glendora J. Freshour
Martin J. Ingram
Raymond N. Freshour
DR. Smith
Roger C. Cook
David Niven
Rex
England
Sandy Hook
France
Democratic Women
Hitler Elite Guard
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