American consul Marriner shot by Armenian gunman
James Theodore Marriner a leading American foreign service officer was killed in Beirut by an Armenian assassin angered by a visa denial. The suspect Tejar Did Karayan confessed saying the denial prompted the attack. Marriner aged 45 died at once after being shot six times as he left his office. The incident occurred at 8 30 am as he began the day’s work.
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Beirut
Syria
James Theodore Marriner
United States
Marriner
Warayan
Karayan’srontry
Broummana
Beinout
Mayor Names Census Group For Unemployed Survey
Mayor W. Lee Elgin will soon announce the Mayor s Committee to aid the national census of the unemployed, cooperating with Postmaster Jacob Harle. The group will include labor and business representatives, editors, school superintendent, religious and welfare leaders, language, visiting nurses, Red Cross, veterans groups, and other local interests.
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W. Lee Elgin
Hagerstown
Jacob Harle
Red Cross
Avalon High football player dies after practice injury
Pittsburgh report says 16-year-old Tack Brice of Avalon High School died early today from a fractured skull after being injured in practice yesterday. School officials announced cancellation of the remaining football schedule. Brice collapsed after making a tackle and briefly lined up for the next play.
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Pittsburgh
Tack Brice
Avalon High School
Brice
Weather forecast for Maryland and Chesapeake Bay
Weather forecast from the U S Weather Bureau calls for cloudy conditions with occasional rain tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures will drop Wednesday afternoon and night. Chesapeake Bay will be overcast with possible rain, turning colder by Wednesday afternoon and night, with fresh to strong southwest winds shifting to west or northwest late Wednesday.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Roosevelt to Discuss Half Dozen Problems In Fireside Chat
President Roosevelt plans a national radio fireside chat at 9 30 p m to cover about six topics but officials withheld specifics The talk likely centers on crop surpluses production controls and the prospect of a special congressional session to address economic needs The speech would come from the Executive Mansion before Roosevelt travels to Hyde Park New York for an overnight train return
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Roosevelt
Washington
White House
Stephen T. Early
Congress
S. T
Executive Mansion
Hyde Park
West Coast
Europe
Hawaii
Pilots May Be Required to Wear Suspenders in Flight
Wright Field Ohio October 12 The Army air corps may soon order all pilots to wear suspenders while flying to protect their looks and lives The new design aims to hold a pilot back in his seat during a crash added to the safety belt Captain Harry G Armstrong medical officer said about 90 percent of personnel injuries result from being thrown forward and hitting the instrument panel
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Wright Field
Dayton
Army Air Corps
Harry G. Armstrong
Four Countains Share $4000 in Mrs Lambert Will
Frederick probate filed after Florence A Lambert died leaving $4000 to four Washington County cousins Joseph Grove Emma Bovey Lottie Rohrer and William Grove each receiving $1000 Forty bequests were made to churches and church institutions Bond set at $80000 with other distributions among churches noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Williams colored driver jailed for liquor DUI near Frederick
Howard F. Williams colored was sentenced to six months in the House of Correction for operating his car while under the influence after a Sunday collision with Ellsworth F. Lohr near Frederick in Hagers town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard F. Williams
Ellsworth F. Lohr
Hagerstown
Frederick
House of Correction
Landscaping at Municipal Pool Grounds Revitalized
Landscaping of the park area surrounding and behind the municipal pool began today and aims to create a premier small picnic ground in the region. The National Youth Administration previously employed a crew on the stream and park, building walls, stocking the stream with trout, grading, and adding rustic bridges. The rear park has hosted numerous picnics from nearby states and will receive shrubbery, evergreens, and further plantings around the pool and facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Youth Administration
Home Loan Bank System assets rise by 643 million
Washington officials reported that financial depositories affiliated with the Federal Home Loan Bank System increased their assets by 643,695,000 in the last year. Total assets stood at 3,893,605,000 as of October 10, up from 3,250,000,000 on October 15, 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Home Loan Bank System
Home Loan Bank Board
British embassy cars fired on by Japanese planes near Shanghai
Three British embassy staff cars were machine-gunned by two squadrons of Japanese warplanes near Minhong, 14 miles south of Shanghai. No one was injured, though occupants fled for cover. S. S. Murray, assistant air attaché, rode among the staff. British consul general Herbert Phillips ordered an immediate investigation as attentions remain high after a prior attack on the British ambassador’s car.
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Shanghai
S. S. Murray
Minhong
Herbert Phillips
Nanking
China
Local Driver Daniel Ridenour Seriously Injured
Daniel Ridenour a local truck driver was seriously injured today when his vehicle struck a bridge abutment on the Washington Baltimore boulevard He was pinned in the cab and rushed to St Agnes Hospital Baltimore with possible skull fracture and multiple cuts and bruises Police said the truck was going downhill and failed to negotiate a curve
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Daniel Ridenour
Washington- Baltimore
Ridenour
St. Agnes Hospital
Baltimore
Gasoline Theft Reported From Garlinger Ave Truck
Tony Penness reports to police the theft last night of twenty gallons of gasoline from his truck parked behind his Garlinger Avenue home and repeats a gas theft on Friday night.
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Tony Penness
Garlinger Avenue
Beecher Guilty Of Fast Motorcycle Violation in Frederick
Kenneth Beecher of Hagerstown was found guilty in Frederick magistrate court of operating a motorcycle at more than 45 miles per hour. He was fined $10 plus costs.
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Kenneth Beecher
Hagerstown
Frederick
Nanking Bombed by Japanese Air Fleet Strike
Nanking suffered a raid by 24 Japanese warplanes with two fighters down. A Japanese plane crashed into central Nanking during a fierce dogfight with a Chinese pursuit craft. A Chinese plane hit an enemy craft, U.S. ambassador Nelson Johnson witnessed the aerial duel from the American embassy amid distant blasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Makes Field
United States
Nelson Johnson
Ring Found After 31 Years In Garden Roots
In Chicago Mrs. Joseph Burnett found a wedding ring in tomato plant roots. Inscribed to Mrs. Matt Van Parys the ring had been lost 31 years ago while she was washing clothes at the Burnett home.
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Chicago
Joseph Burnett
Matt van Parys
Burnett
NYA projects planned for municipal market area and Marsh Run
An official says he will apply to the National Youth Administration for two projects. One funds cleaning and painting steel supports under the municipal market house, the other clears Marsh Run from South Potomac Street Junior High to Antietam Creek. The NYA is already cleaning and repairing Marsh Run banks.
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W. Lee Elgin
National Youth Administration
Marsh Run
South Potomac Street
Antietam Creek
Market House
New Sheriff Popular With His Prisoners
LITCHFIELD Conn Oct 12 Sutherland A Beckwith became county sheriff last week and has won early approval from inmates at the county jail. He shifted rising time from 5 to 6 30 a m saying there was no reason for the earlier hour and reports no complaints so far.
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Litchfield
Conn
Sutherland A. Beckwith
Hagerstown Directory Expands as City Grows
A commemorative edition of the Hagerstown City Directory shows rapid growth from 337 to 415 pages and an estimated population around 34 000. The 1937 38 edition features a gold on black cover marking Maryland’s 175th anniversary and adds new sections listing home ownership telephone lines and resident counts per household. The publisher R L Polk & Co plans delivery later this week to aid autumn and winter business operations.
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Hagerstown
Chamber of Commerce
Airplane Express
Widow Reacts To Brady Gang Takeover In Baltimore
Mary Raimondo, whose husband Herbert Schwartz was really gangster James Dalhover, comments on the Brady gang being wiped out. Calheter and Clarence Shaffer Jr. had married Mary and her sister Minnie under assumed names while the trio hid in Baltimore. She says she is partly sorry but notes it had to happen. The Brady group escaped after a gun battle with two patrolmen on August 7, initiating months of police pursuit.
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Baltimore
Mary Raimondo
Herbert Schwartz
James Dalhover
Brady Gang
Calheter
Clarence Shaffer Jr
Minnie
Brady
Shaffer
Dalhover
Blaze damages Poultry Store at corner of Jonathan and Church
Fire started from a coal oil stove used to heat water at 8 30 this morning in Harvey O Spickler poultry store rear storeroom. An employee lit the stove and left. ten minutes later flames erupted, believed to be a stove explosion. Boxes crates and other material burned. forty chickens suffocated.
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Harvey O. Spickler
Jonathan
Church Streets
Insurance Men Name Officers at Maryland Convention
The Maryland Association of Insurance Agents wrapped its annual convention with Avery Hall of Salisbury elected president. Howard W. Gates and Carlyle H. Hill led discussions, and C. Stanley Stultz and Louis Owry spoke. New officers include vice presidents J. Glenn Beall, Joseph D. Lazenby, H. M. Walters, and Hubert P. Bittle.
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Maryland Association of Insurance Agents
Avery Hall
Salisbury
Howard W. Gates
National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters
Carlyle H. Hill
Middle Department Rating Association
C. Stanley Stultz
New Jersey Association
Louis Owry
Fire Companies Adjustment Bureau
J. Glenn Beall
Frostburg
Joseph D. Lazenby
Annapolis
H. M. Walters
Pocomoke City
Hubert P. Bittle
Baltimore
Chamber Okays Parking Meters In Hagerstown
The Chamber of Commerce board approves a 90 day trial of parking meters in four blocks of Hagerstown. W. Lee Elgin cites a city ordinance authorizing the meters and says he will sign if no strong opposition arises. The group notes meters ease parking, draw outside shoppers, and benefit local retailers.
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Chamber of Commerce
Hagerstown
Iator W. Lee Elgin
Chamber
Bread truck crash in fog traps driver in Covington
In Covington Virginia a bread truck crashed into an electric pole in heavy fog. The impact snapped a wire and triggered a first aid alarm. Driver Roy Beazley freed himself and was helped by a responding fire department ambulance.
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Covington
Roy Beazley
Fire Department
Bangor gunmen Brady gang slain in downtown shootout
G men killed Al Brady and Clarence Shaffer Jr in a five minute Bangor street battle after the trio exited a sporting goods store to confront authorities. A wounded mobman, James Dalthover, died, another was wounded and surrendered. Brady’s death ends a nationwide crime spree tied to multiple robberies and slayings.
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al Brady
Band of Outlaws
Clarence Shaffer, Jr
G-men
Bangor
Maine
James Dalhover
Indiana
Brady
James Dalthover
Found Guilty Of Starting Fire
Paul J. Biddle, 23, of near Middletown, found guilty of starting a barn fire for a $3,000 loss near Sturkittsville Frederick. He testified it was inadvertent while authorities noted a fire mania. Police said he confessed starting a fire near Boonsboro as a Co. C. C. camper directing traffic and aiding with hoses.
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Paul J. Biddle
Middletown
Russell C. Guyton
Sturkittsville
Frederick
Biddle
Biddie
Boonsboro
Co. C. C
First Lady F D Roosevelt Turns 53 At White House
Washington Oct 12 Twenty one candles adorned Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt birthday cake at the White House marking her 53rd birthday anniversary. The celebration notes a Roosevelt custom of a 211 candle limit. The President gave a waterproof wrist watch as a birthday gift.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
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James T. Marriner
U. S
Tejar Did Karayan
U. S. Weather Bureau
Anna Halm
Cincinnati
Ohio
Dudley Miller
G. J. Heitzler
Palisslain
NYA
Hidoutin
H. O. Spickler Store
Sporting Goods
Midwest
Gmen
Mid-West
Department of Justice
Dathover
John Dillinger
Indianapolis
Richard Rivers
Paul Minneman
Edward Linsey
Piqua
Dillinger
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