Mexican Border Towns Prep for Rebel Raid At Nogales
Nogales Sonora and Agua Prieta officials tightened border defenses against feared rebel raids after they killed at least nine in weeks past. Soldiers, deputized citizens, and police fortified approaches while residents armed themselves. Reports linked the band to raids on ranches near the city as Mexico City confirmed five Americans were released unharmed after rebel seizure of hunting firearms. The Americans include J H Durrell, James Bruce, Lee Paull, Jack Durrell, and Dr W S Fulton.
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Nogales
Sonora
Mex
Agua Prieta
Enrique Agayo
Santa Ana
Mexico City
J. H. Durrell
National City Bank
New York
James Bruce
National Dairy Products Co
Lee Paull
Wheeling
W. Va
Jack Durrell
San Francisco
Chase National Bank
W. 8. Fulton
Fines Raised for Repeaters in Slot Machine Case
Russel Harmon Roy T Staubs and Harry Everly cited as second offenders fined 35 dollars each by Justice Edward Heard in city court this morning. Harry Heleine a first offender fined 25 dollars. Weeks earlier Harman Staubs and Everly were among a dozen owners who pled guilty and were fined 25 dollars by Justice John D Dunn. Police renewed their war on gambling last night seizing five machines. officers reported delays at several places as proprietors tipped off by phone amid secret raid planning. Earlier raids had seized 17 machines.
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Russel Harmon
Roy T. Staubs
Harry Everly
C. Edward Heard
Harry Heleine
Harman
Staubs
Everly
John D. Dunn
Mulkey Pleads Guilty to Slot Machine Operating
Ralph A. Mulkey of Brunswick pleaded guilty yesterday in Frederick before Judges Willard and Woodward to operating gaming tables described as slot machines. He was fined $400 and costs and paid the amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph A. Mulkey
Brunswick
Willard and Woodward
Frederick
Mulkey
Rockville to ease deadly grade crossing dangers
Dr Homer E Tabler head of the State Roads Commission visited Rockville to review the grade crossing where 14 high school students died. He said steps will be taken to eliminate or remedy the dangerous conditions at the crossing.
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Rockville
Homer E. Table
State Roads Commission
Tabler
Squirrel disrupts bank in Webster chewing 29 bills
In Webster Massachusetts a squirrel ran into the five cent saving bank and chewed corners off 29 dollar bills. Tellers could not deter it and Policeman William C Prout captured the creature after it bit him several times. He was placed in a patrol wagon and taken two miles from town before being freed. The officer returned to duty with a bandaged arm.
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Webster
Mass
Five Cents Saving Bank
William C. Prout
Prout
Maryland oystermen eye better season after inspection
Princess Anne Maryland officials from the State Conservation Commission report after a three day inspection trip that the oyster industry should have a better season than in 1934 and 1935, signaling optimism for local fisheries.
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Princess Anne
Maryland
State Conservation Commission
Man Dies On Gallows After Buying Headstone
Miles City Mont Oct 16. George Criner 36 died on the gallows after requesting to spend his last money to buy a headstone for Mary Allsup the woman he killed during a quarrel. Police Sgt James Fraser was killed when he investigated the stabbing.
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Miles City
Mont
George Criner
Mary Allsup
Criner
James Fraser
Many Cars Not Yet Inspected in Maryland
Baltimore—Only about one third of the automobiles have been inspected with half the time elapsed. Walter R. Rudy, commissioner of motor vehicles, said 35,000 of 339,000 statewide vehicles had been inspected and 137 were rejected. The inspection period ends October 31.
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Baltimore
Walter R. Rudy
Rudy
Sam Hardy Dies After Abdominal Operation
Sam Hardy veteran stage and screen actor died in Hollywood hospital after emergency surgery for an abdominal ailment. The 52 year old collapsed on a studio set while preparing for an Eddie Cantor film. Cantor and director Norman Tourog rushed him to hospital where an intestinal obstruction operation was performed. His death may necessitate scrapping much of the Cantor picture. Hardy was a New Haven native with years in theater before moving to films.
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Hollywood
Calif
Sam Hardy
Hollywood Hospital
Eddie Cantor
Cantor
Norman Tourog
Samuel Goldwyn
Hardy
New Haven
Four Pound Seven and a Half Ounce Base Caught in Potomac
Willard Bradour of near Cumberland caught a base weighing four pounds seven and a half ounces in the South branch of the Potomac.
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South Branch
Potomac
Willard Bradour
Cumberland
Interest in Soil Erosion Plan Shown by Farmers
In the past week the Soil Conservation Service mailed invitation cards to all land owners and operators in the Little Antietam and Israel Creeks watershed. Over fifty cards have been returned inviting SCS to call and draft erosion control plans for approval. Farmers show strong interest and plans will proceed in order of card receipt.
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Soil Conservation Service
Hagerstown
Little Antietam
Israel Creeks
Soldier‑engineer William Sibert dies at 75
General William L. Sibert, 75, famed for his Panama Canal work and long national service, died at his country home after a long illness. He was the last Panama Canal commission member, became brigadier general in 1915, led the First Division in World War I and earned the Distinguished Service Cross.
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Bowling Green
William L. Sibert
Panama Canal
Here
Sibert
Congress
Catoctin Recreational Area Purchases Planned
The Rural Resettlement Administration in Washington announced the purchase of about 10 000 acres of land in Washington and Frederick Counties for a new recreational area. The plan reduces the original 22 000 acre scope, with most land now under option, including the Catoctin Manor Estate near Catoc tin Furnace and areas near Edgemont and Camp Ritchie. The project, planned with the National Park Service, allocates 155 000 dollars for acquisition and features the old Catot tin Furnace, the river of rocks, and historic iron mines. The area is linked to local history and Revolutionary War assets, with the river of rocks highlighted as a notable natural feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rural Resettlement Administration
Washington
Frederick Counties
Catoctin Manor
Catoctin Furnace
Lancelot Jacques
Resettlement Administration
Washington County
Edgemont
Camp Ritchie
Catoc
Merrimac
Hampton Bays
W.W. Alexander
Catoctin
Division of Land Utilization
National Park Service
Jawbone X-rays Told as Fingerprint in Identification
Dr C O Simpson of Washington University predicts future detectives will use jawbone and teeth X rays for identification. After studying 250000 X ray photographs he asserts no two people share identical jawbone structures. X rays will aid crime detection and victim identification though not replace fingerprints.
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Pittsburgh
C. O. Simpson
St. Louis
Simpson
Washington University
School of Dentistry
Western Pennsylvania Odontological Society
Five named in slaying of newspaper carrier in Maryland
Washington Oct 16 five men were named by police as suspects in the mistaken identity murder of Allen B Wilson a newspaper route man shot near Takoma Park Md last October 23 Police say Wilson was mistaken for Edward Mickey McDonald a local gambler and the five will be presented to the Montgomery county grand jury in November The shooting followed a feud among gamblers after McDonald allegedly failed to pay off bets Police noted McDonald was intoxicated and could not identify the gunmen
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Washington
Allen B. Wilson
Takoma Park
Wilson
Edward
Mickey) McDonald
Montgomery County Grand Jury
McDonald
Bank of Netherlands cuts discount rate to five percent
Amstredam October 16 The Bank of the Netherlands reduced its discount rate from six to five percent today in a move likely to ease borrowing costs and stimulate credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsteerdam
Bank of the Netherlands
WPA project starts in Funkstown streets work begins
The WPA road and street improvement program in Funkstown began yesterday with thirty relief workers grading and paving most streets. A stone quarry will operate to employ the men for about a year. total project cost is $23,224 with Funkstown share $2,210. A Williamsfort project began two weeks earlier with 55 workers, and about 150 more are employed on soil erosion efforts in the county.
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WPA
Funkstown
Williamsfort
New Potomac Acceptance Corporation Formed in Frederick
The Potomac Acceptance Corporation, a $100,000 new company to handle commercial obligations, received articles of incorporation yesterday from the State Tax Commission. Linwood S. Kight D. E. Stultz of this city and R. E. Town of Frederick are incorporators. Offices will be in Frederick with 1000 shares of $100 par value.
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Potomac Acceptance Corporation
State Tax Commission
Linwood S. Kight
D. E. Stultz
R. E. Town
Frederick
Potomac Edison Revenues Rise 9.9 Percent
R Paul Smith president told the Potomac Edison board in Frederick yesterday that total revenues rose about 400 009 dollars or 9.9 percent in the first nine months of the year. He attributed the gain to operation of properties acquired last year from Virginia Public Service and affiliated interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac Edison Company
R. Paul Smith
Frederick
Italy Sees Peace Now Impossible Says Rome Guide
A government spokesman in Rome stated Italy recognizes Laval's efforts for a peace settlement in the Italo Ethiopian conflict but doubts success. Italy remains determined to conquer Ethiopia and will not compromise. Italy will not join peace talks and demands expansion, colonial safety, and complete Ethiopian disarmament.
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Rome
Italy
Laval
Mussolini
Ethiopia
East Africa
Addis Ababa
Great Britain
Paris
France
Bester Long Low Bidder on Multiple State Road Jobs
The Bester Long Company of this city was named low bidder for a mile long surfacing project on the Natual Highway in Hancock at 312,535. It also laid the lowest bid of 3,759 for similar work on the National Highway near Licking Creek. Additional low bids were announced for 125 men and other sites, including L. R. Colbert Company at Fredericksburg for 2.26 miles of gravel between Waldorf and Berry at 14,619. Christhis and Ensey of Baltimore for 1.4 miles of macadam between Templeville and Barclay at 39,252. George N. Lynch Company of Dover for 21,929 on a project between Templeville and Barclay. All contracts are financed jointly by State and Federal funds under the Hayden-Cartwright act of 1934 requiring dollar-for-dollar state matching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bester Long Company
State Roads Commission
Hancock
Licking Creek
L. R. Colbert Company
Fredericksburg
Waldorf and
Berry
Chickamaxen
Riverside
Christhis and Ensey
Baltimore
Templeville
Barclay
George N. Lynch Company
Dover
Del
Too Many Honks Brought to Traffic Court in Chicago
Raymond Mack, a Cicero truck driver, clogged by a milk wagon, signaled with his horn. Police, part of a city effort to curb unnecessary noise, counted his honks and cited him in traffic court for making an unnecessary noise, fining him four dollars.
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Chicago
Raymond Mack
Cicero
Raymond
U S Attitude on Imports 10 Italy Sought
Paris dispatch reports France and Britain seek Washington’s stance on restricting imports from Italy if the League of Nations acts against Mussolini Italy. Similar inquiries are being made to other powers including Germany Japan and Brazil via their ambassadors. Non member attitudes are being explored.
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Paris
France
Great Britain
Washington
United States
Italy
Mussolini
League of Nations
Germany
Japan
Brazil
League
Lupescu Returns to Romania for King Carol Birthday
Mme Magdal Lupescu, close friend of King Carol, arrived in Sinaia Romania from France in time for the king’s 42nd birthday observance but kept to seclusion and did not join public celebrations at the summer palace.
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Sinaia
Rumania
Mme
Magdal Lupescu
Carol
France
Boer Veteran Leads Army Seizes Town in Italian Somaliland
Four thousand Ethiopian tribesmen led by Boer veteran Colonel Siwiank invaded Italian Somaliland and captured Dolo near the Kenya frontier, with a second force moving toward Oddur. Tribes reportedly join the assault while Ras Desta’s army advances down the Webbe Shibeli valley to pressure Graziani.
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Djibouti
French Somaliland
Siwiank
Italian Somaliland
Dolo
Kenya
Lugh
Teolo
Webbe Shibeli River
Oddur
Ethiopia
Graziani
Ras Desta
Bohodeh
Udi
Bees swarm on limb at Kelly-Leasure sawmill
A large honeybee swarm settled on a limb of a small tree at the Kelly-Leasure sawmill and remained until yesterday evening. A strong wind swayed the sapling limb causing the swarm to move. Woodcutters plan to rout another swarm in a nearby tree soon to be cut.
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Kelly-Leasure
Train kills man near Baltimore identified as John Kress
A Pennsylvania railroad freight train fatally struck a man on Baltimore's outskirts. Engineer John Kress of Baltimore was not related to the victim, who was also named John Kress and identified at the morgue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
John Kress
Ethiopians Claim Defeat of Italian Northern Push
Emperor Haile Selassie, Addis Ababa, Oct 16, declares Ethiopia undefeated and notes Italian gains at Aduwa and Aksum were strategically minor. Ethiopians deny Ras Nesibu offensive plans, say any attack must be initiative by Italy, and expect Italian forces to be trapped in Ethiopia’s interior ravines and mountains.
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Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Aduwa
Aksum
Ras Nesibu
Ogaden Desert Front
Italy
Emilion de Bono
Aleem
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Sir Peter Norton Griffiths
Newton
Associated Press
New Company Is Incorporated
Smith
Bester
Joe Fernandez
Philadelphia
Charlotte Tindle
Charles Wood Tindle
U.S
Britain
Lupescu
Copsright
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