Attitude Of Green Union Unchanged Since Lewis Revolt
Washington reports John L. Lewis and the rebel C IO rejected the AFL counter peace proposal. The AFL urged dissolution of the CIO’s rebel Committee for Industrial Organization and proposed terms to end the labor war, including restoring CIO unions to the AFL and scheduling next conventions. Observers expected Lewis to reject dissolution.
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Green Union
Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
C.so
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
George M. Harrison
Mail service expanded at State Line post office
On and after November 16 patrons of the State Line post office will receive mail about four hours earlier each day. The extension of Rural Route No. 4 from the Hagerstown post office and the new locked pouch service have been approved and will begin November 16, Postmaster Jacob T. Hartle announced.
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State Line Post Office
Hagerstown
Jacob T. Hartle
Explosion at Evans Jones coal mine fears 14 dead
Anchorage Alaska October 27 mine officials fear the death toll will reach 14 in the Evans Jones coal mine explosion 1809 feet up the mountain. Six bodies were recovered last night eight entombed eight men fled uninjured as tunnel crumbled.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Evans Jones
Maryland Rain This Afternoon Then Clearing Tonight
U. S. Weather Bureau forecast for Maryland expects rain this afternoon, clearing early tonight, and colder temperatures. Chesapeake Bay reports rain this afternoon and tonight, then partly cloudy to clear tonight and Thursday, with strong northeast winds turning north and northwest.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Four Americans Win in Cesare Witch Stakes at New Market
A partial list shows four Americans won 150000 each as Punch led the Cesare Witch Stakes at New Market England. Fet placed second and Solar Bear third with tickets worth 250000. Americans had won over 2 million in the sweepstakes to date. Names include Ralph Harrell Ogden Utah and others in New Rochelle Jersey City St. Louis and Cumberland among the 150000 holders.
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New York
New Market
England
Fet
Ralph Harrell
Ogden
Utah
W. A. Morant
St. Louis
O. Degenfelder
Astoria
Long Island
Angela
New
New Market England
Punch
Solar Bear
Roosevelt to Confer on Budget Balancing Friday
President Roosevelt will hold a budget balancing conference with Secretary Morgenthau and budget director Daniel Bell on Friday evening at Hyde Park New York. The rest of his 10 day visit to his family home will be light on work.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Daniel Bell
Fridar
Hoffman Named As Chief Judge Of Orphans' Court
Governor Harry W. Nice named Alvey G. Hoffman of Williamsport as chief judge of the Orphans' Court for Washington County. The appointment follows the death of Chief Judge Charles C. Ford and was recommended by the Republican Central Committee. Hoffman will qualify by swearing in immediately.
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Harry W. Nice
Alvey G. Hoffman
Williamsport
Orphans’ Court
Washington County
Hoffman
Charles C. Ford
Republican Central Committee
G men to use gas stations in kidnap case
Federal agents distributed ransom bill numbers to filling stations nationwide in a bid to trap kidnappers holding Charles Ross, 72, a Chicago manufacturer, who was abducted on Sept 25 after gunmen forced him from his car. The tactic targets ransom payment at gas stations as officers pursue leads.
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Washington
Charles 8. Ross
Chicago
Ross
Washington County Welfare Board Seeks State Aid Timing
The Washington County Welfare Board was told by the Board of State Aids and Charities that county revenue estimates from state income and sales taxes are being prepared. Comptroller Gordy said no general assistance funds would reach counties until March 15, forcing boards to decide whether to cut aid or ask counties to advance money. Continued on Page 10.
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Washington County Welfare Board
Board of State Aids and Charities
William F. Gordy, Jr
Hold Negro In Theft Of Auto
A 1936 Plymouth roadster was offered for $2 on North Jonathan street when Jesse Edward Stewart, 25, colored, was approached by officers after repeatedly lowering the price. Stewart, who has a prior three year stint at Lorton, admitted the theft. the car is registered to Maxine Atwater and Sophia Tritsch of 1900 F street NW, Washington. Washington authorities planned to come here for Stewart.
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North Jonathan Street
Jesse Edward Stewart
Stewart
Max Rickard
Keiser
Lorton
Plymouth
Maxine Atwater
Sophia Tritsch
F Street
N. W
Washington
Argentine fugitive wins return home from army draft
Enrique Benito Gilbert 23 fled Argentina five years ago to dodge army service. The militia impressed by his racing pigeon Muggsy McGraw will join the army as a substitute. Gilbert, now an American citizen, has studied at the University of Washington and can return to Argentina.
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Seattle
Enrique Benito Gilbert
Argentina
Muggsy McGraw
Muggsy
Gilbert
University of Washington
Maryland driver re registration rush slows as deadlines loom
Baltimore October 27 Commissioner Walter R. Rudy said 49 working days remain until January 1 and about 268 009 Maryland auto drivers have not re registered. Re registration costs 1 and was ordered by the last legislature to raise relief funds. Only 182 000 have paid so far but all must by January 1.
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Baltimore
Walter R. Rudy
Maryland
Federal aid offered for Williamsport high school project
The Williamsport Board of Education discussed a $105 795 federal WPA grant for a new high school building. Offered by M W Springer of the Western Shore Maryland WPA, the grant would supplement the $110 000 legislative appropriation. Acceptance would reduce local spending to about $80 000 and allow a larger building with an auditorium and gymnasium, though some opposition was voiced.
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Board of Education
Williamsport High School
Williamsport
M. W. Springer
Frederick
Works Progress Administration
Maryland
General Assembly
Nice
Springer
Wil- Hamsport
Windsor couple in newsreels after abdication rekindled
Three newsreel organizations begin showing average length features on the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. The first covers the former king's visit to Germany, signaling a thaw. Editors say they plan to include full views of the Windsors reception in the United States as the ice breaks.
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London
Thumbs Way Back Canon City Escape Rider Returns
Gordon Getz escaped from the State insane hospital and rode with motorists back toward Canon City. The motorists were prison guards pursuing the escaped convict, bringing him back to the hospital.
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Canon City
Colo
Gordon Getz
State Insane Hospital
Public Works Plans Delayed Over Annapolis Site Survey
The Board of Public Works will not decide on a site for the proposed state office building in Annapolis until its architects finish a survey of the capital. The delay comes after the board could not reach agreement with an Annapolis delegation on the site issue.
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Baltimore
Board of Public Works
Annapolis
State roads out of date in Maryland
Governor Harry W Nice declared Maryland's highway system 10 to 30 years out of date and warned the new highway safety council against political manipulation. He urged sound legislation and said politics must be removed from road safety efforts as the council begins its work.
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Nice
New Highway Safety Council
Baltimore
Harry W. Nice
Maryland
Highway Safety Council
Health Camp Stricken Franklin Teen Paralyzed
Infantile paralysis strikes at a health camp in Omaha Nebraska with 16 year old Frank Kopecky among the sufferers. Kopecky had been named Douglas county health champion less than two months prior.
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Omaha, Neb
Frank Kopecky
Douglass County
Auto Plunge Kills Two In Bethany Pike Crash
An automobile carrying eight members of a Steubenville group on Bethany pike fell 60 feet into Bucalo Creek after missing a bridge early today. Two men died, six were injured. The deceased were Charles Dian celo and John Hvizdak of Weirton, West Virginia.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Sedge
Bethany Pike
Bucalo Creek
Charles Diancelo
John Hvizdak
Weirton
May Drop Soviets In Endeavor To Settle Spanish Imbroglio
London reports a push by Britain and other powers to bar Soviet participation in the Spanish civil war mediation. Nations back a plan granting belligerent rights to both sides as progress in withdrawing foreign fighters occurs, while Moscow’s role remains unresolved. Delegates from nine powers study a withdrawal scheme amid language clashes and wrangling.
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Imbroglio
Russia
London
Spain
Soviet Union
Moscow
Chinese retreat from Chapei hailed as strategic move
Nanking officials insisted the evacuation of Chapei and Kiangwan was a preplanned strategic retreat to strengthen a second defense line. General Chang Chun said morale remained high and reserves intact. Shanghai remained held by Chinese forces near Pootung and Nantao while reinforcements were sent. Some leaders predicted a prolonged war, others expected Japan to falter financially.
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Chang Chun
Nanking
Change Chun
Chinese Political Council
Chapei
Kiangwan
Chang
Shanghai
Pootung
Whangpoo Riv
Japan
Brakeman Dies After Directing Mine Rescue
In Copperhill Tennessee on October 27 Clarence Crawford a 42 year old brakeman with the Tennessee Copper Company directed rescue efforts eight hours in hail and rain to free a fellow worker from wreckage. He collapsed and died when torches cut through steel pinning his arm at 2 30 a m He died in a wreck he had tried to forestall while aboard a five car freight that broke loose from its engine and pinned him between tele scoped cars
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Copperhill
Tenn
Clarence Crawford
Tennessee Copper Company
Crawford
McPherson Line
Three Die in Wabash Train Wreck Near Danville
A Wabash passenger train traveling from St Louis to Detroit crashed into a stalled freight train eight miles west of Danville Illinois. Three crew members on the passenger train were killed Engineer Harry Raper Fireman Harry Poe and B F Maigert. Eight others injured. Fire destroyed five freight cars and damaged a passenger mail car. Conductor Frank Jordan said signaling may have failed in dense fog. About 70 passengers aboard. one required medical attention.
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Danville
St. Louis
Detroit
Here
Harry [Raper
Decatur
Harry Poe
B. F. Maiggert
Butler
Ind
Frank Jordan
Fred C. Brent
Confessed to Murder of Wife in South Gate Grave
Nelson D. Boyer, 21, was jailed on suspicion of murdering his wife Dorothy D. Boyer, 42, in South Gate. Police say he confessed to killing her with an iron dumbbell on August 1 because she refused divorce, then hid the body five days before burying it in a two foot grave in a vacant lot.
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Los Angeles
Nelson D. Boyer
Willard Bretz
South Gate
Exmarine
Dorothy D. Boyer
Train Kills 21 in Yokohama Crowd Disaster
In Yokohama on October 27 an electric train said to be a troop train plowed into a cheering crowd along the tracks, killing twenty one people and wounding many. Police and rescue services worked at the scene as officials investigated the cause.
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Yokohama
Japan
Roosevelt vows to avoid war while bolstering sea defences
President Roosevelt stated in a Navy Day message that the United States would avoid war by all honorable means. He also asserted determination to maintain adequate sea defenses amid global rearmament, sending a letter to Secretary Swanson to commend the Navy’s efficiency and leadership on its anniversary observance.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Navy
Swanson
Theodore Roosevelt
Schools Close Friday for Teachers Meeting in Baltimore
Pupils in Hagerstown and the county will have a day off Friday so teachers may attend the Maryland State Teachers Association meeting in Baltimore Friday and Saturday. County teachers will observe pupil work in Baltimore Friday morning, with afternoon sessions divided by teacher training lines. Dr. Harry E. Barnes of New York will discuss The Crime Problem and Education. Friday night and Dr. Kathrine J. Gallagher of Goucher College will talk on The Present World Situation Saturday morning.
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Hagerstown
Maryland State Teachers’ Association
Baltimore
Harry E. Barnes
New York
Kathrine J. Gallagher
Goucher College
Clarkson Alley to Be Paved in Business Section
The Street Department began concreting Clarkson alley between West Washington and West Franklin streets, formerly a private drive owned by the John Clarkson estate. The estate granted right of way and the city took over. A short alley to North Jonathan street will also be concreted. Clarkson is busy and allows only northbound traffic with a taxicab stand nearby.
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Clarkson Alley
West Washington
West Franklin Streets
John Clarkson
Jonathan Street
Marines Ordered to Fire Back in Shanghai Clash
In northern Shanghai flames spread as Chinese and Japanese forces clashed. Admiral Yarnell authorized marines to open fire in self defense if attacked by airplanes. Refugees and refugees fled as barbed wire gates closed and British and American officials urged evacuation and caution. A Japanese airstrike killed about ten refugees near Soo Chow Creek.
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Harry Yarnell
United States Asiatic Fleet
International Settlement
Tibet Road
Soochow Creek
Chapei
International Area
Shanghai
St. John’s University
Jessfield Park
United States
Japan Declines Nine Power Conference Invitation
Tokyo today formally declined participation in the Nine Power Pact conference on the China war. A note to Belgian Ambassador Baron de Bassompierre said the meeting was League driven and would hinder a just solution of the conflict.
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Tokyo
Japan
Brussels
Baron Albert de Bassompierre
League of Nations
Sioux Falls Man Sentenced to 30 Sundays Behind Bars
In Sioux Falls Judge Ransom L. Gibbs imposes a 30 Sunday sentence for intoxication on Al Hagberg. Hagberg must serve the Sundays to complete his month sentence, extending into next spring.
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Sioux Falls
al Hagberg
Hagberg
Ransom L. Gibbs
O Hara released on bond in civil suit clash with governor
Walter O Hara managing director of Narrangan sett race track was freed on 7500 bond in a 560000 civil suit brought by Governor Robert E Quinn. He was arrested last night after a radio address in which he labeled Quinn a dictator.
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Providence
R. L
Walter O’hara
Narrangansett
Robert E. Quinn
O'Hara
John Baird
Quinn
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Weather Forecast
U. S. Weather Bureau
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Australia
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State Board
Jesse E. Stewart
Valencia
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City
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