Broad Safety Zone Decreed by Americas Conference
A Pan American conference in Panama approves a broad safety zone for inter American shipping and a general neutrality stance in the European war. The plan, framed as a Monroe Doctrine complement, creates 29 continental seas and sets rules for neutrals, belligerents, and conduct in American waters.
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Panama
Canal Zone
Europe
Washington
United States
Sumner Welles
Juan Demostenes Arosemena
Lima
Regin
Poland Still Recognized Despite Poland’s Occupation
The United States informed Germany and Russia it does not recognize their partition of Poland and will continue to recognize the Polish Government in exile. Secretary Hull said Poland remains a government in existence despite territory seizure and refugee leadership. Potocki to remain Polish ambassador. Biddle to stay as American envoy to the Polish government. Poland’s debt to the U S faces similar post-occupation handling as the Czech debt. In Italy, every town hall must display two portraits of the king.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Russia
Poland
Hull
Jerzy Potocki
J. Drexel Biddle
Biddle
Paris
Wladislaw Rackiewics
Sikorski
Roosevelt
Austria
Local Company To Escort Governor At Potomac Bridge Dedication
Gov. Herbert R. O'Conor selects Company JT Maryland National Guard as guard of honor for the Hancock Potomac river bridge dedication Saturday afternoon. Capt. Carl H. McCleary announced the selection at the regular drill last night. The unit needs 15 more recruits to reach 77 men.
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Herbert R. O'Conor
Maryland National Guard
Potomac River
Hancock
Carl H. McCleary
Men confess local holdup in Winchester robbery
Two men Raymond Meyers and Robert P Morrison returned to Winchester to face charges for robbing William H Bowers at a Frederick street filling station. Meyers confessed to the local holdup netting 49 dollars with Virginia Brandy acting as accomplice and hiding the guns. The trio previously planned another robbery but abandoned it after spotting an officer. Detainers planned. trial elsewhere likely.
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Winchester
William H. Bowers
Frederick Street
William H. Peters
Raymond Meyers
Blake
McFarland
O'Neill
Canton
Robert P. Morrison
Pittsburgh
Bowers
Peters
Wayne Sellman
Virginia Brandy
John
H. S. Basore
John Ridenour
Brandy
Ohio Reformatory
Velma West
Massachusetts
Ohio
Reddy Kilowatt joins Potomac Edison staff herald
Potomac Edison Company announces Reddy Kilowatt as its new ad emblem after identifying the character in the "Who Am I 12" series. F. H. Robertson, local manager, describes Reddy as a tireless electrical servant who embodies service, safety, and the speed of electric power across homes and farms. A lively, personified figure will appear in ads, displays, and promotions in all communities served. The same issue carries a casualty report noting 16 killed, seven wounded, three missing, and five captured since the war began.
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F. H. Robertson
Potomac Edison Company
Reddy
Robertson
Power Company
Benjamin Franklin
Mazda
London
Air Ministry
Soil conservation what it means in 1932 Maryland fruit growing
Charles Bryan grafts 250 acres of bearing orchards to cover crops alfalfa and sweet clover in 1932 to reduce runoff. He keeps land bare none, mows cover crops as mulch. From 1932 to 1936 yields rise and profits increase despite two dry years and a 1935 peach crop freeze.
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Charles Bryan
British Sub Sunk After Encounter With German U Boat
Stockholm reports that a German U boat dynamited the Swedish steamer Gun after a British submarine appeared on scene. The Gun's captain said the German commander claimed to have sunk the English sub, while three torpedoes were fired and 18 crew were saved by a Danish steamer Vendia was also torpedoed with 11 deaths, and German claims said it tried to ram the submarine. Indications show eight Swedish cargo ships hailed east of Deland as German activity in the central Baltic increases.
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Stockholm
Hanstholm
Denmark
Airin Vendia
North Sea
Copenhagen
V. Steen-Christensen
Vendia
Baltic
Deland
Maine
Miners Dead in Coahuila Palau Mine Blast
The Eagle Pass Guide reports a gas explosion at the Palau coal mine about 20 miles from Eagle Pass killing 66 miners and wounding seven after a telephone update from Rosita Coahuila authorities.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Rosita
Coahuila
Mexico
Palau
Shaft cave-ins near Rosita deepen at 470 feet
An explosion occurred southwest of Rosita on a late Saturday blowing an old shaft being reopened at a depth of 470 feet. Several successive cave-ins followed, halting progress and prompting safety inspections.
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Rosita
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