Hutton Company Charged With Stock Manipulation
The Securities Commission ordered W E Hutton Co and H H Michels to show cause why they should not be expelled from the New York Stock Exchange. They were accused of creating a false appearance of active trading in Atlas Tack stock, manipulating price from 950 to 330.25, and of using matched orders and other devices to raise prices. Public hearings are set for December 7 in Washington. Hood Homecoming planned at Hood College in Frederick with a weekend of events November 20. A new Ringgold school patrol forms under Auto Mobile Club of Maryland supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York Stock Exchange
Securities Commission
W. E. Hutton 2Nd Co
H. H. Michels
Oakland
California
Exchange
Hutton
Michels
William Cavalier and Company of
San Francisco
Atlas Tack Corporation
Commission
James M. Hutton
Cincinnati
Atlas
Hutton Company
Atlas Tack
Kuhn Re elected Association Head At Editors Meeting
Oliver Owen Kuhn of the Evening Star Washington D C was re elected general chairman of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association. Eighteen members were named to the executive committee as the group voted to meet in New Orleans next year with a three day convention. The 1937 meeting is set for October 7 and 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Associated Press Managing Editors’ Association
Oliver Owen Kuhn
Evening Star
Washington, D.C
New Orleans
Auto Driver Badly Hurt In Bridge Collision
Charles Pryor of Smithsburg suffered a fractured skull when his car swerved to avoid a calf and struck a bridge wall on the Cavetown Pondsville road. Pryor’s condition at Washington County Hospital was listed as critical. Two others injured in recent weeks include Marshal Divel and William Locks, with Emma Blackford among recent automobile collision victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Pryor
Smithsburg
Cavetown
Pondsville
Washington County Hospital
Pryor
Marshal Divel
Amaranth
Hancock - Watfordsburg
William Locks
Williamsport
Wilamsport
Emma Blackford
Sharpsburg
Sharpsburg Pike
Bomb attack and siege mark Madrid capital clash
Rebels bombard Madrid crowd scenes with bombs while socialist linesmen sever telephone links between Madrid suburbs and fascist sympathizers. Fire races through Puerta de Hierro district as gunfire rings along the Manzanares river amid nightlong fighting.
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Page 1
Madrid
Ita
Manzanares
Puerta de Hierro
Uwsera
Toledo
Segovia
Miss Raye Poffenberger Undergoes Major Operation
SHARPSBURG Nov. 13 Miss Raye Poffenberger underwent a major operation at Washington County Hospital on Saturday. Local social notes report Thanksgiving luncheon held at Roosevelt home, and visits by Dr. and Mrs. Albert Crampton and others. The Democratic Women's Club met with officers listed in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharpsburg
Raye Poffenberger
Washington County Hospital
Joe Cox
Hancock
W| O. Cox
Dorothy Crampton
Washington
Albert Crampton
W. M. Shealey
Roosevelt
Peart Hebb
St. James
Augustus Hebb
Ella Funkhouser
Roanoke
J. H. Himes
Democratic Women's Club
Alice Hutsell
Martha Suavely
Misa Anna Mabel Grayot
W. H. Shealey Tressurer
Mra
A. G. Blessing
Henry
Jeffersonville
A F L Dispute On Vertical Union To Be Fought By Leaders Proxies
Washington dispatch reports the A F L convention opening November 16 in Tampa will pit leading figures Gompers and Lewis through proxies. Gompers is dead. Lewis is suspended. Key allies from carpenters and metal trades lead opposing sides as the fight over a vertical union structure unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph L. Miller
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Tampa
Fla
Samuel Gompers
John L. Lewis
Gompers
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Federation
Craft Wnions
Knights of Labor
Indusor
I. Sanction
Federation For Good
William Hutcheson
The
Carpenters
John P. Frey
Metal Trades Department
Arthur ©. Wharton
Machinists
Charles P. Howard
Typographical Union
George L. Berry
Pringing Pressmen
Max Zaritsky
United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers
Rattlers and Copperheads Decrease in Catoctin Area
The Catoctin Recreational Project in Washington and Frederick counties has reduced poisonous snakes in the mountains as workers cleared underbrush. Over a score of timber rattlers were captured or killed last summer near Thurmont and Eu ger mont with alive specimens sent to the Washington Zoo. Copperheads were also killed in Hagerstown and the surrounding mountains, with berry pickers among the detectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catoctin
Washington
Frederick
Maryland
Thurmont
Eugermont
Washington Zoo
Hagerstown
Record shows judge dismisses drunkenness case in Detroit court
In Detroit on November 13 Recorder's Judge Christopher Stein questioned Fred Schoenrock 64 who admitted prior drunkenness offense from 42 years ago linked to a laundry wagon incident. The judge dismissed the case after the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Recorder's
Christopher Stein
Fred Schoenrock
Stein
Washington visitors and local residents gather for a week
A group from Washington including Mrs Fred Remsburg Mr and Mrs Leonard Coster and their son Leonard Mrs Fannie Liebman and son Lawson Mr and Mrs John Callaharn visited for a few days with local residents Miss Fannie Pulse Mrs H M Johnson and Mr and Mrs Ensor Otto. Mary Paget Shealey has been bedridden for a week. Glen Carnahan of Baltimore visited with his parents H E Carnahan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
H. E. Carnahan
Leister Will Probed In Orphans Court In Hagerstown
The will of coal businessman John O. Leister was filed for probate in Orphans Court. Bequests include 2000 to St John’s Lutheran Church and Washington County Home, 1000 to Hagerstown Day Nursery, 500 to Asbury chapel. Executors named E Leister Mobley Sr and Benj F Leister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John O. Leister
Orphans Court
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Washington County
Hagerstown
Bruce Leister
Fred Beasore
E. Leister Mobley, Jr
Henrietta Hesore
Nellie L. Foltz
Lillian Mobley Boyd
E. Leister Mobley
Edith Leister Clagett
Kathryn Leister Wahl
E. Leister Mobley, Sr
Benj. F. Leister
Two Men Slain Near Villacampo Durango
Mexico City reports British sources say two men, believed Canadian, were killed by bandits near Villacampo Durango last week. The mayor of Villacampo identified the victims as John C. Hartley and E. M. Geake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Villacampo
Durango
John C. Hartley
E. M. Geake
Presidential Vote Totals Show Roosevelt Lead In AP Figures
The Associated Press compiled presidential results up to Friday with 8407 districts pending. Roosevelt leads with 26,390,606 votes versus London 36,168,619 for a 10,221,987 plurality. Lemke, Thomas, Browder, Colvin, Aiken also listed. Complete returns expected to push total beyond 45 million after canvass. In other items, Mrs. Sarah Rocks dies from a crash in Baltimore and eight hundred turkeys bound for Thanksgiving roast at a Worthington farm perish in a barn fire.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
London
Lemke
Union Party
Thomas
Browder
Colvin
Aiken
Worthington
Mint
S. J. McLeod
Quiet on New York Waterfront Ends Thirteenth Day of Strike
New York November 12. Sea men strike in the port reached day thirteen with reports of quiet along the waterfront. Strikers claim 19,239 out, including 70 in San Juan Puerto Rico, while ship owners say the strike’s backbone is broken and the outlaw action has failed or collapsed in most ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atlantic
Gulf Ports
San Juan
P.R
Continental
United States
American Association of Ship Owners
R. J. Baker
Owners’ Association
Roll Call Progresses for Red Cross Campaign in Maryland
The American Red Cross in Washington County opens Armistice Day and will run until Thanksgiving. Dr Victor D Miller chairs the general roll call with a publicity committee including Harry E Fiery John D Dunn and Roy A Leiter. County captains span Sharpsburg Williamsport Hancock and more with many local leaders guiding school and railway drives.
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Red Cross
Washington County
Victor D. Miller
Harry E. Fiery
John D. Dunn
Roy A Leiter
Edgar Bloom
Walter McCune
George Gehr
H. C. Barnhart
Samuel Loose
Cora Rohrer
Florence Draper
W. L. Ensminger
Paul Bovey
Mitchell Fockler
H. M. Hartman
Maryland
Martha Gross
Sharpsburg
Charles Lizer
Williamsport
Francis Cooper
Hancock
Charles Taylor
Keedysville
Elmer B. Carl
Lappans
Wm. Hebb
Leitersburg
Charles Wolfinger
Smithsburg
Cavetown
Wade Hufftman
Clearspring
M. J. Henesy
Big Pool
Roy Rohrer
Rohrersville
Guy Hebb
Funkstown
Mary Kaylor
Mapleville
Beaver Creek
Mias
Mary Shafer
Boonsboro
Grace Bingham
Weverton
A. L. Bloom
Downsville
Thomas Brown
Brownaville
Harvey P. Rowland
S. J. Gower
Halfway
Alvey Long
Benevola
John Cable
Chewsville
Japs blamed for death of missionary in China crisis
Missionaries report Japanese actions on the Suiyuan Chahar border forced Olsen and his family from their home and confiscated a chapel. Olsen died after hardship and lack of medical care amid scattered Americans in the northwest. Embassies probe Widely dispersed missionaries and two Dinuba Calif. workers reported captured by bandits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olsen
Kalgan
Suiyuan-Chahar
Dinuba
Calif
Abraham Weins
Mennonite Brethren
Chicago
Weins
Man Seriously Hurt After Fall From Trestle
Harry Knode, 65, of 1000 block South Potomac Street, sustained a head injury in a fall from a trestle while working at the former Orphans Home building on South Potomac Street yesterday afternoon. He was rushed to Washington County Hospital several hours after the 3 PM accident. He is employed by George D. Reynolds as a carpenter. Wire Stolen Potomac Edison reports theft of about 1000 pounds of copper wire from Maple Avenue station late Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Knode
South Potomac Street
Orphan's Home
Knode
Washington County Hospital
Mr. Knode
George D. Reynolds
Potomac Edison Company
Maple Avenue
Leonid Meteor Shower Lights Up November Skies
The Leonid meteor shower is due tonight and Sunday, radiant from Leo with Regulus at the handle. Viewers should catch early morning shows before midnight due to late Leo rising and a new moon reducing ambient light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo
Regulus
Wage hikes sweep across northern factories in 1936
The Northwestern Leather Company at Sault Ste. Marie Michigan boosts wages five percent for 900 workers. The Lorraine Manufacturing Company in Pawtucket raises pay 10 percent for 2,700 cotton rayon and woolen division employees. Massachusetts Vermont Rhode Island and Maine plants lift pay for about 15 000 New England textile workers. Footwear maker T U S Rubber Products Inc expands wages for about 5 009. Simonds Saw and Steel raises 4 000 workers five to ten percent. Cleveland Cliffs mining department adds 5 4 4 cents per hour at Ishpeming. Ritter Dental Manufacturing raises 650 employees five percent. Eastman Kodak declares a 2 220 000 wage dividend. Cutler Hammer distributes 225 000 to 2 750. Yellow Truck and Coach grants five cent hourly rise with 250 000 appreciation fund. Johns Manville informs 1 500 workers of five percent increase. Simmons Company offers 300 000 Christmas bonus for 12 000 Kenosha workers and 17 plants. Caleco Chemical applies five percent raise to 2 000 workers earning under 2 500 a year.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Northwestern Leather Company
Lorraine Manufacturing Company
Pawtucket
Massachusetts
Vermont
Rhode Island
Maine
New England
T U. S. Rubber Products, Inc
Naugatuck
Chicago
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company
Ishpeming
Ritter Dental Manufacturing Company
Rochester
Eastman Kodak Company
Cutler Hammer, Inc
New York
Milwaukee
Yellow Truck and Coach Manufacturing Company
Pontiac
Johns-Manville
Manville
N. J
Simmons Company
Kenosha
Wis
Caleco Chemical Company
Bound Brook
N. 1
Accidental Death Reported in Johns Hopkins Case
Coroner W Didenhover ruled the death of Robert McK Cuthbert Jr at Johns Hopkins University a accidental death. Investigation found no evidence of self harm and attributed the poison intake to accident in the chemical laboratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Ou. W. Didenhover
Robert McK. Cuthbert, Jr
Johns Hopkins University
Didenhover
Settlement ends coast grocery strike in San Francisco
San Francisco announces a settlement ending a labor strike that had tied up 25 million dollars worth of groceries in San Francisco and East Bay cities. The accord ends the dispute between warehousemen and the wholesale grocery industry in San Francisco and Oakland, marking a first break in the coast maritime situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
East Bay
Oakland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ringgold
W. L. Marpel
Automobile Club of Maryland
Eale
Triangle Food
BUY. Arma Stores
Kinney
Potomac St
Kuhn
Gonzalo Queipa de Liano
Seville
Charles Pp. Howard
Carpenters’ Union
Metal Trades Union
Arthur
Wharton
Machinists’ Union
Leister
Sarah Rocks
Washington Boulevard
Waterloo
Paul Ward
Painter
R.C
Hagerstown Bookbinding & Printing Co
Manbeck
Uranus
Tempel
Conkey
E. Balto
John D. Myers
Frigidaire
Potomac Edison CO
Shelton Household Appliances
Grunow Teladial Shockey Furniture Co
E. Franklin St
Young Men’s
Conaista
Aizes
Leiter Brothers
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