Southern filibuster halts anti-lynching bill debate
Washington, Nov. 17. A southern filibuster against an anti-lynching bill upsets Senate plans during the special session. Senator Wagner sought to call the measure up, with Connally leading off. He spoke briefly and a clerk read a 1935 address by Justice Hugo Black opposing a federal anti-lynching law. Several southern Democrats joined, signaling a multi day effort likely to delay the four point program.
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Washington
Senate
House
Wagner
D-Ny
Connally
D-Tex
Jengih
Hugo Black
Alabama
Senate Agriculture Committee
Barkley
van Nuys
Supervisors Seek Move to Basement Offices
The Board of Election Supervisors voted to ask the Board of County Commissioners to renovate the basement office vacated by the County Agent for new quarters. The current offices at the building’s rear basement are inaccessible, poorly ventilated, and overcrowded. Access from the alley to the men’s comfort station is objectionable to women visiting for transfers during election years.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Board of County Commissioners
Court House
Nirance
Young Maple Will Replace Old Tree
Age bowed to youth in front of the court house as the old broken tree in front of the Register of Wills office was removed by roots. A Norway maple will replace it to match the maples on the courthouse pavement. The Board of County Commissioners ordered the removal, and Jack Phillips with Superintendent Fred Long of Bellevue sawed down the tree and dug out the roots.
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Court House
Register of Wills’ Office
Board of County Commissioners
Jack Phillips
Fred Long
Bellevue
Divorce suit filed by Norman R Shearer for Phoebe C Shearer
Norman R Shearer acting through attorney Martin Lingram filed a divorce action in court today against Phoebe C Shearer. The petition seeks legal dissolution of the marriage and assigns no other actions or claims at this time.
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Norman R. Shearer
Martin Lingram
Phoebe C. Shearer
Maryland Weather Forecast: Fair and Colder With Snow Flurries
U S Weather Bureau predicts fair and colder conditions across Maryland tonight with snow flurries in extreme west portions. Thursday remains fair and cold as Chesapeake Bay also stays fair and cold with fresh to strong northwest winds diminishing tonight.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Conscience Cited as Motive in Exercise of Guilt
Chicago nov 17 police Capt Patrick Collins says conscience is powerful but Harry Burns 49, father of eight, surrendered for a 1904 theft after serving six months. Burns fled Northumberland county prison and turned himself in explaining his motive lay with his mother in law who repeatedly threatened exposure.
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Chicago
Patrick Collins
Harry Burns
Burns
Noorthumberland County
Collins
Senate panel backs modifying surplus tax and easing gains
In Washington on November 17 a Senate finance committee survey showed near unanimous support to revise the corporate surplus tax. Twenty members, two dissenters, favored changes long criticized by industry. The panel also endorsed easing the capital gains tax with Democratic Leader Barkley among advocates.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Barkley
Dead Fish Mystery at Pangborn Lake
City officials traced sudden fish deaths to 100 larger sunfish released by the State Conservatory Department. About 15,000 bluegill sunfish placed in Pangborn Lake months earlier thrived, while the larger newcomers died after being placed in the water fed by Marsh Run.
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Pangborn Lake
State Conservatory Department
Fire razes Grundy high school in Buchanan county
Grundy Virginia residents surveyed two fire scarred walls today as the town faced resuming classes in the courthouse after flames destroyed the 20 room, 1926 high school building. Principal T. P. Stuart said $70,000 coverage was insured on the $80,000 structure housing 600 pupils, 340 in the high school. It was Buchanan county's largest school.
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Grundy
Court House
Pp. T. Stuart
Buchanan County
Firemen Open School Here
About 25 volunteer firemen from county sections attended the first session of the Firemen's Training Course of the University of Maryland at Antietam Fire Hall last night. Simon Clopper, regional instructor, led the session. The 20 lesson course covers fire prevention and fighting, conducted by the Maryland Extension Service College of Engineering. The first lesson was given and will be repeated next week. Classes will be held each Tuesday night at Antietam Hall.
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University of Maryland
Antietam
Simon Clopper
University of Maryland Extension Service
College of Engineering
Antietam Hall
Williamsport High School Build Push Gathers Support
Several hundred Williamsport citizens met at the high school auditorium and endorsed a modern fireproof high school. They urged immediate board action and planned a special meeting to present petitions. The plan includes a W P A grant of 105 785 plus a 119 000 bond issue for a new school.
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Williamsport
Board of Education
Cc. D. Bell
Bell
William D. Byron
R. G. Hawken
General Assembly
Board of County Commissioners
Motor deaths rise in Maryland October total
Fifty four people were killed in automobile accidents in Maryland during October bringing the 1937 total to 467. Walter Rudy of the Motor Vehicle Commissioner said 12 died in Baltimore city and 42 in the counties. Speed remains the leading factor in fatal crashes. October 1937 deaths exceed October 1936 by 11.
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Baltimore
Navy
Maryland
Walter Rudy
Rudy
Baltimore City
Williamsport High School WPA Project Debated
At yesterday's Board of Education meeting the six members debated whether to seek a $106,000 Federal grant for a larger Williamsport High School. County Commissioners await a formal requisition or petition from the education board before acting. The board is reportedly divided on the proposal.
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Williamsport High School
Board of Education
Williamsport
Capture of young American eagle near Union Bridge
A seven foot wing span American eagle was captured this week by Kenneth Plank's young son near Union Bridge. The exhausted bird, believed under one year old, will be placed in the Druid Hill Park zoo in Baltimore.
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Kenneth Plank
Union Bridge
Druid Hill Park Zoo
Baltimore
Biographer Praises Courage Of F D Roosevelt
Emil Ludwig said in an interview he would be forced to restrict his biography of President Roosevelt since he's not dead yet. Ludwig laughed at the idea, noting Roosevelt's activity and courage and his fight against his own class while aiding the poor.
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NEW
IRK
N. J
Emil Ludwig
Roosevelt
Ladiz
Strike After Janitor Fired Strikes by 75 Students
In Rising Sun Indiana on November 17 deputies guarded after 75 high school pupils walked out over the dismissal of janitor Cassius Dugie. A car near Paul Rump station was fired upon while occupants fled unhurt. Eggs were later hurled at the Dump residence as tensions rose.
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Rising Sun
Ind
Cassius Dugie
Paul Rump
Education Board
William Martin
Martin
Thief Fails Robbery At Roy F. Weagley Smoke House
A thief attempted to rob the smoke house on the Roy F. Weagley farm near Beaver Creek last night. Tenanted by Mr. Deitrich, the crime is under investigation by Sheriff Max C. Malott.
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Roy
F. Weagley
Beaver Creek
Deitrich
Max C. Malott
War correspondent Elmer Roberts dies at 74 in Jacksonville
Elmer Roberts longtime AP Berlin and Paris bureau chief died at his Jacksonville home after years of ill health. He was 74.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Elmer Roberts
Associated Press
Berlin
Paris
Three Kidnapers Sought in Syracuse Case
Syracuse police and federal agents intensified a manhunt for three inmates convicted in the 1933 John J. O'Connell Jr. kidnapping after a local detective reported a car hijack. Detective Sergeant Arthur Holden said John King identified Percy Geary John Oley and Harald Crowley as the trio who held him up and forced him to drive to Manlius before returning toward Syracuse.
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John J. O’connell, Jr
Albany
N. Y
Onondaga County
Jamesville
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Percy Geary
John Oley
Harold Crowley
Federal Department of Justice
Syracuse
John J. O'Connell
Arthur Holden
John King
Harald Crowley
King
Holden
Manlius
Thanksgiving meals in Hagerstown cheaper this year
Hagerstown diners will pay less for Thanksgiving than last year despite higher turkey quotes. Poultry dealers foresee turkey prices dropping before next Thursday from around 32 cents a pound alive to about 25 cents. Wholesale lists indicate several provisions for the feast will be cheaper than a year ago.
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Hagerstown
Four Soviet campers drift from North Pole on ice floe
Moscow reports four Arctic campers riding an ice floe down from the North Pole are about 125 miles from Greenland's northeastern coast. Dr. Otto Schmidt says they will likely be reeled in January before the floe breaks up. They drifted over 400 miles, with possible pickup between Greenland and Spitzbergen.
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Moscow
North Pole
Greenland
Otto Schmidt
Pole
Spitzbergen
Schmidt
Mortified Police Set Up Own Patrol
In New York on November 17, 50 Brooklyn officers volunteered to form their own patrol after public criticism that certain areas were so unsafe that elderly residents feared going out after dark.
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New York
Brooklyn
First Snow Promises Turn Cold Tonight Across Region
Weather views favor first snow of season with temperatures near 33 this morning and snow forecast by nightfall. The Weather Bureau notes wintry conditions spreading over the Great Lakes and Missouri Valley, with heavy snow in Kansas, southwestern Missouri, and northern Oklahoma.
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Mercury
Weather Bureau
Canada
Great Lakes Region
Missouri Valley
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Little Rock
Ark
Memphis
Tenn
D. Paul Oswald
Chewsville
Gambrit State Park
Frederick
Farley to Address Maryland Democrats in Baltimore Banquet
President Wm. P. Lane Jr. leads about 70 Washington County Democrats among 1390 expected at the Young Democratic Clubs of Maryland banquet tonight in Baltimore. Postmaster General James A. Farley will speak, with Rep. David J. Lewis and three announced gubernatorial candidates invited to offer brief remarks. Also invited were Dr. Charles H Conley of Frederick and Comptroller Wm. S. Gordy Jr., possible contenders.
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Wm. P. Lane, Jr
Organization Club
Washington County
James A. Farley
Baltimore
Young Democratic Clubs of
Maryland
David J. Lewis
Charles H Conley
Frederick
Wm. S. Gordy, Jr
Bow and arrow hunter brings home three rabbits
In Warsaw Indiana on November 17 Martin Johnson went into the woods armed with a bow and arrow after leaving his shotgun behind. He returned with three rabbits.
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Warsaw
Ind
Martin Johnson
Jap air ace dies a hero on Shanghai front
Tokyo reports Captain Sadao Shekaso, famed on the Shanghai front, sacrificed his life by deliberately diving his bomb-laden plane into a Chinese position at Soo chow. He was credited with 32 Chinese planes shot down and 22 major bombing operations. A Shanghai dispatch notes fire from anti-aircraft shells started the fatal blaze.
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Tokyo
Japan
Shanghai
Sadao Shekaso
Soochow
Shekaso
Grand Duke Ludwig von Hesse marries amid air crash tragedy
Grand Duke Ludwig von Hesse zu Rhein wed Miss Margaret Campbell Geddes in a private ceremony at St. Peter's Church Eton Square. The wedding followed an airliner crash near Ostend that killed 11, including the duke’s mother and brother. The couple began their honeymoon en route to Ostend to claim bodies and return to Darmstadt. The guest list included the Duke and Duchess of Kent and German Ambassador von Ribbentrop. The ceremony was moved up due to the tragedy.
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London
Ludwig von Hesse Bei
Darmstadt
Germany
Ostend
Duke and Duchess of Kent
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Tooth Keeps F D R in Bed Ahead of Mount Vernon Speech
President Roosevelt remains in bed with a slight fever from an infected tooth. All engagements, including a press conference, are cancelled for the second day. A farm speech for the 75th anniversary of the Department of Agriculture and land grant colleges is read by Secretary Wallace. Navy dentist Dr. Yando treated the tooth and a naval physician orders rest to save the tooth if possible.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mount Vernon
Department of Agriculture and Land Grant Colleges
Wallace
White House
Arthur H. Yando
Ross Jr. McIntire
Cornered Rabbit Fights Off Cat at Berlin Maryland
In Berlin Maryland on November 17 a Worcester county rabbit challenged a black tom cat. Captain Ned Jones, retired waiterman, reported the rabbit feinted and retreated briefly in the first round. The second round lasted several minutes before the cat moved on, leaving the rabbit victorious.
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Berlin
Worcester County
Ned Jones
Jones
Chinese Reinforce Nanking Defenses in Counter Attack
News dispatch from Shanghai reports heavily reinforced Chinese forces launching a counter attack along the Hindenburg line defending Nanking some 125 miles away. Thousands of interior troops move eastward, civilians flee westward, and government offices evacuate as Chiang Kai-shek vows to fight to the last ditch.
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Shanghai
Hindeneburg
Nanking
Japan
Chiang Kai-shek
Szechwan Province
Yangtze
China
Sth
Yellow River
Tak
War Department Gets Span Plans Across Potomac at Hancock
The State Roads Commission applied to the War Department for approval of plans to build a deck truss highway bridge over the Potomac between West Virginia and Maryland at Hancock. Plans show 665 feet vertical clearance and 188 feet horizontal clearance with higher clearance than the existing Hancock bridge. Objections or modifications may be filed by November 23.
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State Roads Commission
United States Engineer Office
War Department
Potomac River
West Virginia
Maryland
Hancock
The
Roads Commission
U. S. Bureau of Roads
Maryland Roads Commission
Bank Debits in Hagerstown Rise Five Percent
October bank debits in Hagerstown increased by 5 percent from September, with the Standard Statistics Company index at 90. Year-to-date comparisons show generally favorable trends, with increases from 6 percent to 11 percent over the year.
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Hagerstown
Standard Statistics Company
Hagers Town
Rabbit hunter’s shot hits rock and breaks rabbit neck
Jim Burger of State Line recalls a rabbit hunt on his farm where a rabbit dashed ahead and, after a poor aim, collided headon with a large rock and broke its neck.
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Jim Burger
Headon
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O’connell
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Farley
Archer
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