No Progress Is Made On Wide Front In China War
James A Mills reports from Shanghai that Japanese advances on all China fronts have been halted by strong Chinese resistance. In Shanghai the 5 mile line near North Station held, while northern Hopeh and Sian tung provinces saw claims of a stop to Japanese pushes. In Tsinanfu Japanese forces reportedly captured Techow, but AP correspondents say Chinese counterattacks forced a Japanese retreat. Continued fight along the North China front.
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Shanghai
All China
Hopeh
Siantung
North China War Zone
Unin
Shantung
Techow
Tsinanfu
Associated Press
Palmer Faces Bigamy Charge in Frederick Hearing
Hagerstown man Cecil E Palmer faces a bigamy case to be heard Friday in Frederick Circuit Court. His first wife died last week as he was indicted by a Frederick grand jury. Records show a 1935 license to Palmer and Liva A Stone, with claims of absolute divorces in Arkansas and California. Palmer is jailed in Frederick.
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Hagerstown
Cecil E. Palmer
Frederick
Palmer
Liva A. Stone
Brinklevy
Arkansas
Huntington Park
Calif
Frederick County
Henrietta Campbell
Washington County
Wolf bounty chase ends in Shelbyville sting
In Shelbyville Illinois hunters waited with a shotgun inside the door after John Dilley pocketed a $50 bounty for eight wolf cubs at $5 each and $10 for an adult wolf under an old law.
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Shelbyville
Ill
Shelby County
John Dilley
Partly cloudy forecast for Maryland and bay region
Weather forecast shows partly cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday. Slightly colder Thursday especially in the north portion. Chesapeake Bay winds become moderate to fresh southwest and west, with similar cloud cover tonight and Thursday.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Plans for central city equipment building site
City plans for a new central equipment building on the former municipal electric light plant site behind South Potomac Street have been completed by the city engineer. A special meeting of the mayor, city council and board of street commissioners may be held next week to review them. Local officials say centralized facilities could save thousands yearly and improve inventory control of scattered street department gear. The structure will be brick and steel, one story with a basement.
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Potomac Street
City Council
Board of Street Commissioners
Ordinance For Meters Ready For City Approval
The city attorney finished an ordinance to install parking meters on four business blocks. It sets nine dollar meters but leaves the type to be chosen by the City Council at tomorrow’s meeting. One protest reached City Hall, but merchants largely favor a trial run. The council is expected to pass the ordinance and authorize at least two meters for trial.
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Richard Sweeney
Thompson walks miles to doctor after hit and run
St Louis report recalls John Thompson, aged 38, who walked over a mile to a doctor's office for treatment of cuts and bruises after a car struck him and threw him into another car. The second driver fled the scene.
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ST. Louis
John
Thompson
F D R To Push Wage Hour Crop Bills On Return Trip
President Roosevelt on a cross country tour pledged a foreign policy of isolating aggressors to curb the spread of war while signaling intent to press wage hour and surplus crop legislation. He spoke 32 times in the northwest and north central states and may call a special session in November. He plans two days rest at Hyde Park with his mother after the Chicago campaign stop.
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Hyde Parks N.Y
Northwest
North Central
Chicago
Hyde Park
Europe
Seattle
Demand Ransom For Return Of Priest
Bandits who kidnapped Rev. Father Gerard A. Donovan from the Sacristy of the Roman Catholic church at north Fushan last night demanded 30000 ran som today. Japanese authorities were taking action. Father Donovan identified as a former resident of Pittsburgh and a member of the Marrkoll mission.
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Mukden
Manchoukuo
Gerard A. Donovan
North Fushan
Father Donovan
Pittsburgh
Marrkoll Mission
Stolen Silver Found In Farm Field
Six pieces of tarnished silver plate including a salad set and a sterling salad fork were found in a rotted burlap sack on a farm off Maugansville road by Barl Hart during groundhog hunting. Sheriff Malott and Deputy Isanogle took custody for owner identification. Initials M G G appear on several pieces and M W on the salad handles, suggesting ownership links. The silver likely had been hidden there for years.
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Maugansville Road
Barl Hart
Malott
Lesster Isanogle
M. W
Blame High Taxes For Bootlegging
Baltimore October 6 High liquor taxes cited by D Frederick Burnett New Jersey alcoholic beverage controller at the Chiefs of Police conference as the cause of post prohibition bootlegging. He said a 3 dollar tax on a gallon of alcohol costing 20 cents fosters bootleggers and undercutting of lawful purveyors until taxes are radically slashed.
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Baltimore
International Association of Chiefs of Police
D. Frederick Burnett
New Jersey
Alcoholic Beverage Control Commissioner
Investment Company Head Dies In Fall
Walter S. Case president of Case Pomery & Co a noted Wall Street investment firm died after a fall from the 26th floor offices at 120 Wall Street The firm said the death appeared accidental and blamed his health after an operation for the incident Johnston stated Case sought air at a window and fell to his death in what was ruled an accident
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New York
Walter S. Case
Case Pomeroy & Co
Wall Street
Johnston
Case
Miners Stay Underground in Pennsylvania Sit-Down
In Lansford Pennsylvania on October 6 a sit-down strike by 44 anthracite miners at Coaldale Coliery enters its second day underground 1350 feet deep. Union leaders may ask about 7500 miners in Panther Creek Valley to vote on a sympathy walkout. The miners demand higher yardage pay for coal and dirt removed at the mine’s eighth level instead of a daily wage.
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Lansford
Coaldale
Anthony Damian
Nuqueshoring
Robert Hartwig
Tamaqua
Panther Creek
J. B. Warriner
Lehigh Navigation Coal Company
John L. Lewis
Arson Charged man arrested at Braddock Heights
John Showers of Braddock Heights was arrested yesterday on arson charges. He allegedly burned two barns on Frank C. Hargett’s property at Frederick Dalgin Gardens. Showers posted £1000 bond in each case.
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John Showers
Braddock Heights
Frank C. Hargett
Frederick Dalgin
Opening Series Game At Yankee Stadium
Opening game of the 1927 World Series in New York faced weather hurdles as sun crept out after a drizzle. About 8,000 reserved seats remained, while 15 rain-drenched fans waited overnight for bleacher gates. The field was described as a quagmire as fans filled the stands around the House That Ruth Built.
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New York
Yankees
Giants
Sol
Ruth
Yankee
State bonds sold today for Maryland office building
The Board of Public Works sold a $100,000 issue of Maryland 23 percent State office building bonds to W. W. Lanahan and Company for $104,799. The $4,779 premium raises the effective rate to 2.16 percent. Officials cited market conditions and small issue size for the lower price.
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Annapolis
Board of Public Works
Maryland
W. W. Lanahan and Company
Baltimore
Harry W. Nice
William 8. Gordy, Jr
Hooper S. Miles, Jr
Firemen fail to locate blaze at alarm No 44
Firemen responded to alarm No 44 at 12 30 oclock noon but did not find any blaze. The alarm originated from Jonathan and Charles streets.
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Jonathan and
Charles Streets
Gold injections show curative effects for advanced tuberculosis
Dr Melvin Tess reports in the American Review of Tuberculosis that gold sodium thiosulphate injections in 26 advanced Koch Hospital patients yielded 15 with encouraging improvement versus 4 of 20 in a control group over 18 months. He notes increased resistance, weight gain, and improved blood counts, with caution on use and dosage.
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ST. Louis
Melvin Tess
American Review of Tuberculosis
Koch
Tess
Williamsport Women’s Club backs Jackson for governor
The Democratic Women's Organization Club of Williamsport endorsed Mayor Roward W. Jackson of Baltimore for the gubernatorial nomination in the upcoming primaries. The unanimous vote mirrored the Men’s Club action and unifies Williamsport’s two clubs. The endorsement follows Frederick County’s Young Women’s Democratic League, the state’s first to back Jackson.
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Democratic Women’s Organzation Club
Williamsport
Roward W. Jackson
Baltimore
Democratic Men’s Club
Major Jackson
Young Women’s Democratic League
Frederick County
William D. Byron
Ithe
CIO backed candidate wins Detroit mayor race
Detroit October 6 The CIO campaign committee claimed a substantial victory after nominating its candidates in the non partisan primary. Mayor hopeful Patrick H. OBrien, ex state attorney general, beat John W. Smith endorsed by AFL. City Clerk Richard W Reading led the mayoral field of five and will face OBrien in November. Reading has a Typographical Union withdrawal card.
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Detroit
Committee For Industrial Organization
CIO
Patrick H. O'Brien
John W. Smith
American Federation of Labor
Richard W. Reading
Brien
Reading
Typographical Union
Lost hikers located near Martinsburg in Maryland
Miss Bertie Myers twenty one and Henry Herlin twenty two of a Baltimore hiking club were found by a searching party Monday after getting lost Sunday in the Martinsburg mountains. Myers had badly blistered feet and carried her shoes. both were footsore, hungry and soaking wet after being overtaken by nightfall.
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Bertie Myers
Henry Herlin
Baltimore
Martinsburg
Miss Myers
Roosevelt Speech Praised and Condemned Worldwide
A world wary of war watched President Roosevelt’s remarks on stepping toward peace. Germany warned against repeating Wilsonian mistakes while Japan cautioned that peace would be hard to sustain if colonial demands go unmet. Madrid and Nanking viewed the speech as a pivotal signal, with Valencia’s Socialist papers praising its stance against aggression. Chiang Kai-Shek’s government called it gratifying, noting America’s shift from isolationism.
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Roosevelt
United States
Wilson
League of Nations
Japan
Madrid
Nanking
Valencia
Geneva
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
America
Federal care of ill urged at AFL convention
Denver October 6. Brotherhood of Painters backs federal health care as part of social security. Economists find that 218 of 1,000 families with incomes 1200 to 3200 yearly pay over 100 for doctors. Proposals: health insurance funded by employers employees or government or government staffed hospitals and payroll doctors.
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Denver
Brotherhood of Painters
Peyroll
Western Union Faces Big Suit
Western Union Telegraph Company must defend in New Jersey Supreme Court a $30.61 million penalties claim from two informers under the state's gaming law. Andrew Mulligan of Camden and William Swirner of Merchantville allege 15 305 violations in June 1935 chain telegram deliveries across 325 offices. penalties are $2,000 per violation with half to the county.
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Trenton
Western Union Telegraph Company
New Jersey Supreme Court
Andrew W. Mulligan
Camden
William F. Swirner
Merchantville
New Jersey
Telegraph Company
Mulligan
Western Union
Attitude on Sino War to be Sterner
The League of Nations assembly warned Japan of possible international action unless she accepts a peaceful nine power settlement of the China conflict. Resolutions approved condemn Japan for invasion and call for nine power signatories, including the United States, to guarantee China's territorial integrity.
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Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
Japan
China
Assembly
Poland
Siam
Aga Khan
United States
Food prices rise 28.6 percent for families in five years
Washington reports Labor Department figures showing overall food costs up 28.6 percent compared with five years ago. Meat prices led the surge, rising 46.9 percent since 1932, with other staples contributing to the higher household food bill.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department
No Water Shuts Schools In Hartnett County
In Dunn North Carolina 1000 students at Coats and Oakdale schools faced a week of vacation as a water supply was missing since term start. Officials planned to dig a well to restore service and allow classes to resume.
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Dunn
N. C
Coats
Oakdale
Hartnett County
Four planes search for Lindbergh rival Sigismund Levanevsky
Moscow dispatch reports Ivan Chuknovsky leading 36 searchers and four big planes to chase Sigismund Levanevsky and Rudolph Island via Archangel. The mission aims to locate the missing aviator once hailed as Lindbergh of the U S R.
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Moscow
Ivan Chuknovsky
Sigismund, Levanevsky
Lindbergh
U. S
Rudolph Island
Archangel
Louis Redding Dies After Fire Burns in Home Cellar
Louis Redding, 54, died from burns suffered in an unexplained explosion in the cellar of his Baltimore home today. Authorities investigate cause and details remain unclear.
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Baltimore
Louis Redding
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