Craig Pleads For Defense as Army Seeks Huge War Reserves
Washington as General Malin Craig chief of staff urged rapid expansion of war reserves and modern weapons. He praised a 400000 protective force and a 2 million man army, plus 168000 regulars and 21500 air corps, with more anti aircraft guns, search lights, fire control, anti tank weapons, and semi automatic rifles. He tied needs to Germany Spain and China and noted WWII veterans influence on plans.
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Malin Craig
Craig
Roosevelt
Congress
Woodring
Regular Army
Air Corps
Army of Wheels
Graig
Spain
Modern Enoch Arden Returns To Find Wife Wedded And Insurance Collected
Davis Rowland MacDonald returned from presumed death to learn his wife Clara had divorced him, remarried, and collected three life insurance policies. FBI reports say he was arrested in Pasadena under the name John Edgar Davis. MacDonald, once a WWI aviation lieutenant, disappeared Feb 14, 1924, and was declared legally dead Feb 20, 1935 after his wife’s remarriage. He later remarried, fathered two children, and expressed remorse for his past actions.
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Davis Rowland MacDonald
John F. Sears
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Enoch Arden
Pasadena
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Sears
MacDonald
Allegheny
Clara
William M. Brown
John Edgar Davis
FBI
Brown
John Hanson
Los Angeles
New Orleans
California
Two Fatally Hurt In Airplane Crash
Detroit today reports two men killed when a sign rowing airplane lost a wing and plunged into the Detroit river fifteen miles south of the city. Pilot James Burns of Detroit was recovered, Roy Lowry remains missing as search for his body continues. State police say the craft spun from about 800 feet after a wing failure. An explosion occurred on impact.
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Detroit
Detroit River
Here
James Burns
Roy Lowry
Shoes Key to Laverty Robbery Case in Denver
In Denver on November 14, John Laverty 14 hid under his bed as burglars entered his home. He told police he could identify the shoes worn by the intruders, noting every wrinkle and crack in his mind as crucial evidence in the robbery investigation.
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Denver
Laverty
John Laverty
Burelars
Jericho Seized by British Troops in Palestine
British army captured Jericho after two months of Arab rebel occupation. Tanks artillery and long lines of trucks moved in at dawn from the Dead Sea Moab range as Royal Air Force planes provided support. Troops cordoned streets and conducted house to house searches.
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Old City
Joshua
Moab
Dead Sea
Moses
Royal Air Force
Exhibits Eight-Pound Radish by George Staley
George Staley of Security displays a radish weighing eight pounds. The Falashas of Ethiopia assert descent from the ten lost tribes of Israel.
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George Staley
Falashas
Ethiopia
Israel
Kiefer Home Destroyed by Sunday Blaze at Blair's Valley
Fire destroyed the frame dwelling occupied by Mr and Mrs Walter Kiefer and family near Clearspring four miles from Blair s Valley. The cause is undetermined though neighbors reported blaze began on the second floor about 11 o clock Sunday morning. Mr Kiefer entered to save bedding but was overcome by smoke and rescued by firefighters. he recovered soon after. Neighbors saw clothing and interior furnishings burn with the home owned by Joseph Hiefer of Lane s Rock. Mrs Kiefer was away aiding a funeral at a neighbor s house.
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Walter Kiefer
Blair’s Valley
Clearspring
Local Prices for Wheat Butter Eggs and More
Local market quotations list prices paid to producers for wheat at mill and barn, new corn by the barrel, bacon onions potatoes and eggs. Prices shown include eggs per dozen and butter and chicken quotes, reflecting regional commodity values and farm product sales data.
Clarence Mackay 64 Dies Saturday
New York Nov 14 Funeral plans await widow Anna Case Mackay for Clarence H. Mackay 64 chairman of Postal Telegraph and Cable Company. He had been in poor health since spring, with recent throat and appendix operations. Surviving: son John W. Mackay and daughters Ellin Mackay Berlin and Katherine Mackay O’Brien.
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Clarence H. Mackay
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company
Anna Case Mackay
Metropolitan Opera
Mackay
Roslyn
Long Island
John W. Mackay
Ellin Mackay Berlin
King, Berlin
Katherine Mackay O’brien
Kenneth O'Brien
State Supreme Court
Body found in Northeast River in Maryland
The body of Andrew Kozlowski, 65, of 145 North Wolfe Street Baltimore, longtime Arun del Construction Company employee and night watchman, was discovered floating in the Northeast River near the pier on Sunday. He had been stationed here for 12 years and was believed to have fallen from the barge.
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Andrew Kozlowski
North Wolfe Street
Baltimore
Arundel Construction Company
Kozlowski
Mrs Lulu Truxel Admitted After Fractured Femur
Mrs Lulu Truxel of Hancock was admitted to Washington County Hospital Saturday evening with a fractured femur.
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Lulu Truxel
Hancock
Washington County Hospital
Three Men Held After Carroll County Raid Near Westminster
Three men D Worley Freeland Donald Worley and Claude Dodson were held at Westminster after Carroll County officers raided an inoperative liquor outfit on a farm near Westminster. Federal investigators Cushna and Walker from Hagerstown were requested to take over the case.
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Sherif Walter Shipley
Charles Cushna
David Walker
Hagerstown
D. Worley Freeland
Donald Worley
Claude Dodson
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