Quantico Prepares as 1200 Marines Stand by for Cuba
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt orders 1200 U S Marines at Quantico Virginia for expeditionary duty toward Cuba. Troops rushed from New York Philadelphia Washington Portsmouth Norfork and Parris Island to finish concentration by tomorrow noon. The Henderson transport may be used if orders come, and a Cuba operation could involve a Marine landing. In Havana a five member professional junta assumes power as Cuba’s second revolution unfolds.
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Washington
Sept
Roosevelt
United States
Quantico
Cuba
Virginia
New York
Philadelphia
Portsmouth
Norfolk
Parris Island
D. C
Henderson
Vermont 25th state to repeal eighteenth amendment
Vermont voted to repeal the eighteenth amendment becoming the 25th state to do so. Official returns show 41 220 in favor and 20 631 against from 248 towns. A 14 delegate slate will meet in Montpelier to ratify the 21st amendment and repeal the 18th.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Green Mountain
Montpellier
Lamothe
Reckless Driving Charge Hits Bystander Case
Andrew Chiarello faced reckless driving charges after using a fictitious state plate and driving in a covered area near a policeman. A judge fined him for each charge, following an accidental incident the other day.
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Andrew Chiarello
Jundge
Deer, Leaves Ledge in Safety Then Stages Escape to Woods
At Watkins Glen State Park a deer that spent ten days on a rocky ledge was guided by two park staff to safety. The buck moved along the ledge, crossed to a stream, hopped to a lower ledge, then reached the ravine bank and headed into the woods where it vanished. The doe died earlier when frightened during the effort to dislodge the pair.
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Watkins Glen
Watking Glen
Frank Haight
Watkins Glen State Park
Animal Park
Officials Plan Changes at City Hall Across Departments
Mayor Werts calls a council conference to discuss moving the magistrates Duffey and Sweeney to the second floor with the city court. The plan combines tax, water, and light offices in one large room, converting the current courtroom into an accounting department. The aim is to centralize bill payments and costs, with improvements costing several thousand dollars offset by yearly savings.
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Werts
Council
Board of Street
Commissioners
Duffey and
Sweeney
Water
M Municipal
Man Sues Potomac Edison for 50000 Damages
Dorry R. Zepp of near Taney town sues Potomac Edison for 50000, alleging negligence caused injuries from contact with a live wire on December 31, 1932, leading to amputation of his right arm, part of a foot and several toes while walking a lane from a road near Taney town.
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Dorry R. Zepp
Taneytown
Potomac Edison Company
Zepp
City Seeks Share for Frederick Street Improvements
The Frederick mayor and council urged Frederick County Commissioners to seek state road fund support for street projects to be funded from federal aid and allocated to the State Roads Commission. Frederick County’s portion is $75,000. Police aviators in seven private planes patrolled the Austro German border near Innsbruck.
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Frederick
Board of County Commissioners
Frederick County
State Roads Commission
Vienna
Innebruck
New Club To Back Ritchie
Anne Arundel Democratic Club, Inc. adopted a resolution by rising vote pledging support to Gov. Albert C. Ritchie in all his undertakings including any future bid for public office. The endorsement was reported from Annapolis.
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Annapolis
Albert C. Ritchie
Anne Arundel Democratic Club, Inc
Played with neck broken in accident
Kenneth Deavers of Williamsport, son of Mr and Mrs John Deavers, rode on a car rear ten days ago. He then suffered neck pains as a vertebra fractured and began to knit. An extension is in place and recovery is expected.
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Kenneth Deavers
John Deavers
William Sport
Man Enroute Here Killed In Fog Collision Near Martinsburg
A two car head on crash on the Williamsport pike near Martinsburg in heavy fog killed Robert Dotson of Washington DC, en route to Hagerstown. Four others were injured: Daniel Fitzgerald of Washington with facial injuries and severe lacerations to the scalp, Charles Kennedy with skull and chest injuries and a fractured arm, Mrs Irma Turner of Washington with facial injuries, and Robert Wellinger of Martinsburg with a fractured arm. The Washington car was bound for the city, while Wellinger drove in the opposite direction.
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Martinsburg
Hagerstown
Robert Dotson
Washington
D. C
Williamsport Pike
Daniel Fitzgerald
Charles Kennedy
Irma Turner
Robert Wellinger
Wellinger
Maine Next in Line to Follow Vermont Victory
Postmaster General Farley predicts Maine will replicate Vermont's victory pattern next Monday after citing the recent win in Vermont as a basis for his forecast.
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Maine
Washington
Farley
Vermont
Dry Leaders Fight To Keep County Dry In Upcoming Vote
Washington County religious and temperance groups press a campaign to retain local option liquor laws and oppose repealing the 19th amendment. Ministers, lay members, and the Women's Christian Temperance Union engage in letter campaigns and pulpit appeals to voters ahead of the election.
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United Dry Forces
Washington County
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Washington County Christian Endeavor Union
Women's, Christian Temperance Union
Endeavor and Temperance Unions
Wife Again Held for Murder in Spokane Case
Mrs Lily Banka Gaines 27 is jailed on a first degree murder warrant in the August 15 shooting of her husband Dr James I Gaines 41 a wealthy sportsman and drugless physician Investigators say Willis B Garrett 40 found unconscious in a gas filled room confessed she offered him 5909 to kill her husband The accused woman denied knowledge of the crime and had previously been questioned while Gaines lay dead beside his car
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Spokane
Wash
Lily Banka Gaines
James I. Gaines
Gaines
Willis B. Garrett
Stouffer Campaigns For Ann Arbor Board of Education
Dr Clyde B Stouffer once a school principal in Hagerstown and now a leading UMich physician may return to teaching as supporters in Ann Arbor launch a bid for the Board of Education in the September 11 election He is the brother of Ellis Stouffer and Mrs Eva D Koontz of this city.
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Clyde B. Stouffer
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Mich
Board of Education
Stouffer
Antietam Street
Hagerstown
Dr. Stouffer
Ellis Stouffer
Eva D. Koontz
Probing Erie Wreck Where 14 Die Near Binghamton
Erie Railroad officials opened a probe into the fatal collision in New York state. A milk train plowed into a Chicago to New York flyer, killing 14 and injuring 25 as hospitals mobilized across Binghamton and nearby towns.
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Erie
Cleveland
R. E. Woodruff
Erie Railroad
Binghamton
N. Y
Woodruff
Erie Vics
M. H. King
Elmira
N.Y
Binghamton Station
Chisago
New York
Johnson City
Endicott
Hornell
Hoboken
Woman Jumps From Yacht Off Belmont Harbor
Miss Clara Moore, 24, of Cleveland, leaped from the 45-foot cruiser Pat O Mine two miles from shore during a harbor party returning from a World’s Fair excursion. She shouted that she was tired of life and did not survive. three other women and five men were aboard. Coast guards received reports of no apparent humor among guests and attributed the death to self-inflicted action.
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Chicago
Pat O
Belmont Yacht Harbor
Clara Moore
Cleveland
Miss Moore
North Shore
Coast Guards
Paul Ridell
Angelus Campfire Company
John Anderson
Dread Sleep Malady Spreads to Philadelphia
The deadly sleeping sickness claimed its first Philadelphia life today as seven year old John Kozak died within hours of admission. Encephalitis was listed as the cause. Health officials in Camden had earlier reported a single case, the patient now recovering on the road to recovery.
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Philadelphia
St. Louis
John Kozak
Camden
N. J
Delaware River
Former Local Couple Safe After Ocean Collision
Mr and Mrs W A Butler of Millville West Virginia formerly of this city were aboard an ocean liner when it collided with an oil tanker that went down and burned. The tanker was destroyed but the crew were rescued and the Butlers were transferred to another vessel. Mr Butler works for the Potomac Edison Company.
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W. A. Butler
Millville
W. Va
Butler
Potomac Edison Company
Two Balloons Still Missing in Bennett Race
Chicago reporters say only two entrants remain unseen four days after the take off. Ward Van Orman and Frank A. Trotter in an American civilian balloon and Capt Francizek Hynek with Lieut Zbignski Burynski in the Polish entry are unaccounted. A balloon over Manchester New Hampshire may be one of them, while Navy crews Settle and Kendall moved their craft to Lakehurst to await news on a possible 750 mile flight victory.
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Chicago
James Gordon Bennett
Ward van Orman
Frank A. Trotter
Francizek Hynek
Zbignski Burynski
Manchester
Bulgarian Military Court Hangs Four for Propaganda in Workshops
Sofia September 6 a military court at Stara Zagora condemned four persons to death and fifteen others to a total of 120 years imprisonment for disseminating Communist propaganda in military workshops.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Stara-Zagoré
Inmate Dies in Escape Attempt at Mattewan Hospital
Four inmates barricaded themselves in a small room at the state hospital for the criminally insane in Mattewan. Trooper Robert Galvin shot Ray Fisher 26 of Buffalo after Fisher leveled a revolver. two other inmates, James Ellis and Skelly Marshall, were overcome by tear gas. Reinhardt Volz, the oldest, 12 years an inmate, was found unharmed.
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Mattewan
N. Y
State Hospital
Ray Fisher
Buffalo
Robert Galvin
Fisher
Galvin
Desperado
James Ellis
Brooklyn
Skelly Marshall
New York City
Reinhardt Volz
New York
Cave Held in Bail for Court
Earl Cave and Thomas Redmond were held in connection with a burglary at Roy Stouffer’s Willow Lane home. A magistrate’s hearing this morning set Cave’s bail at 500 dollars for the November term, while Redmond was released on his own recognizance.
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Earl Cave
Thomas
Redmond
Roy Stouffer
Willow Lane
Richard Duffey
Cave
Texas Hurricane Toll Reported in Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg Texas reports a tropical hurricane caused heavy loss with about 32 dead in Brownsville and nearby, 1500 injured, and millions in damages. Relief trains and Red Cross mobilized as rescue work began from Brownsville to Matamoros across the Rio Grande. Authorities urged martial law measures and organized aid from state and federal agencies to ease thirst, hunger, and medical needs.
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Edinburg
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Mexico
Gulf
United States
Brownsville
Vicinity
Matlingen
Rio Hondo
Brownevile
Matamoros
Tamaupinas
Rio Grande
Great River
Red Cross
Albert Evans
Mid
Houston
F. A. Wine
Farmer Reunites With Lost Cow and Calf in Nebraska
Otto Fallbeck of Hemingford reported to Secretary of State Harry Swanson that his lost cow has been found and a calf accompanying it was recovered as well. The note confirms successful locating and return of the missing livestock.
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Lincoln, Neb
Otto Fallbeck
Hemingford
Harry Swanson
Roosevelt to Confer With NRA Chief Over Ford Case
President Roosevelt plans a evening talk with Hugh S. Johnson about Henry Ford and his stance on the NRA working agreement. Johnson reported no Ford news by telephone and said a renewed push for a coal code would begin, with no change to labor policy on collective bargaining. He noted administration hopes rely on public opinion and that labor policy remains unchanged.
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Roosevelt
N.R.A
Ford
Washington
Hugh
Johnson
Henry Ford
N. R A
White House
Gar
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