Italy Will Not Quit League Says Cabinet
Rome September 28 Italy's cabinet announced temporary loyalty to the League of Nations in a vital meeting on the Ethiopian situation. The ministers said Italy will not abandon the League until it takes full responsibility for measures against Italy and stated no aims would injure Great Britain's interests. They expressed willingness to negotiate accords aligning with Britain's East Africa interests and said Italian troop movements in Africa are being accelerated in defiance of Ethiopia's proposed withdrawal.
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States Wife Knew About Love Affair Case
In Worcester, Newell Paige Sherman, on trial for his life in Massachusetts first American tragedy case, testified he let his wife Alice drown in Lake Singletary after fearing they might both die. He seeks to explain the act amid a motive to marry Esther Magill, a Whitinsville co worker.
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Esther Magil
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Mooney Documents To Be Turned Over To Counsel
Nearly 1,000 Mooney papers including letters and witness statements will be released to his counsel Monday as part of a habeas corpus hearing in San Francisco. The papers relate to the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing in which ten people died. Thirteen similar papers were provided yesterday before adjournment.
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Thomas J. Mooney
William Cleary
Mooney
Troubles in Pairs
In Kansas City on September 28 a man named Homer L. Todd was approached by a Black assailant while he stopped to repair his car lights. The robber produced a pistol and stole Todd’s eleven dollars.
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Nice Hoover ally criticized as presidential timber
Maryland Republicans issue a statement calling Gov. Harry W. Nice a political ally of former President Hoover and question his fitness for the presidency. The two Young Republicans address former Senator Joseph J. France who supports Nice for President, asserting France’s views clash with 90 percent of Republicans. They pose a series of questions challenging France’s stance.
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Families Find Cozy Nests in felled Pinesburg Oak
In a large oak tree recently cut by workers from the Jelly Leisure Sawmill at Pinesburg, three families reportedly found lodging. A den of squirrels, a nest of black snakes, and a swarm of bees also inhabited the hollow, but all seemed to be getting along as well as could be expected.
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Last Day For Daylight Time
New York Sept 28 Daylight saving time ends tonight with clocks set back one hour at 2 a.m. tomorrow from daylight to standard time. The advance occurred last April 28.
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Senator J Hamilton Lewis Ill With Pneumonia in Moscow
Illinois Senator J Hamilton Lewis, badly ill with bronchial pneumonia in Moscow, suffered a slight relapse overnight but doctors reported continued hope for recovery.
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J. Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Backfired As Train Passed on Roosevelt Special
In Kansas City at Union Station forty secret service eyes watched dawn as Roosevelt’s special train was serviced. A backfire from a passing automobile occurred twice but the President slept through the incident.
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Full program planned for fair today at Hagerstown
Weather threats loom but fair officials promise a complete program of entertainment at the Great Hagerstown Fair this afternoon and tonight. President A K Coffman said gates opened with hundreds already on the grounds as the exhibition nears midnight closing after a successful week. Yesterday’s attendance topped the week’s figures with praise for the Gasoline Rodeo and the Diamond Revue, both drawing large crowds and set to return this evening along with fireworks.
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A. K. Coffman
Typhoid Outbreak Contained in Local Block
Health Department reports an outbreak of typhoid fever in the 600 block of North Locust street with eight cases in two days. Most patients moved to Washington County Hospital, showing improvement after immunization of everyone in the block. A carrier in one home caused the spread. after immunization no new cases occurred.
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Maryland Tobacco Union Backed Boycott in Great Mills
The tobacco union of St. Marys county voted unanimously to boycott all tobacco products not containing Maryland tobacco in the county. Fifty four prominent growers participated. A companion resolution urged sales promotion for tobacco goods containing Maryland leaf from local fields.
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Insanity Plea Planned for Mrs Buxton in Maryland
Thelma Buxton, 30, wife of a Washington college professor and accused slayer of her mother-in-law, will undergo a mental examination at Kent county jail. The exam is set for 9 a.m. and will be conducted by Dr. John H. Preston for the state and Dr. C. A. Gillis for the defense, with Beck and Collins present. A prior dispute over state police involvement and safety during questioning was addressed at a private hearing before Circuit Judge Thomas J. Keating.
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Thelma Buxton
Washington College
Effie Buxton
Kent County
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F. Scott
Chambers
Thomas J. Keating
John H. Preston
Maryland Commission of Mental Hygiene
C. A. Gillis
Baltimore
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Two sisters shot to death in Baltimore home
Baltimore dispatch says two young sisters Netha Wicks 21 and Mildred 15 were killed by an intruder who escaped. The mother was unharmed. Sgt Kammer hunts Carroll Phillips 24, a suspected suitor of Netha. two brothers wrestled the attacker before he fled.
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Robe Stolen by Kennedy Recovered by Police
A camel hair automobile robe found in the possession of Guy Kennedy by police last night may be claimed by the lawful owner at Police Headquarters after identification. Kennedy is held for theft of the robe and admits stealing it several weeks ago.
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Kennedy
Children Held For Ransom Phoenix Pirates Hold Kids
Frantic parents of 28 children seized by pirates appeal to Peihsiang authorities. In a chase along the coast, three of the 31 kidnapped children were freed and a fourth child was killed during fighting between pirate raiders and pursuers.
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Peihsiang
Officer to face manslaughter charge in Crempa killing
In Elizabeth New Jersey prosecutor Abe J. David announced plans to arrest Deputy Sheriff Charles Remley on a manslaughter charge related to the shooting of Mrs Sophie Crempa during a raid on her Scotch Plains home. Remley claimed he fired at a tree while the other deputies have admitted firing.
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Sophie Crempa
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Leonard J. Pontus
Crempa
Hagen and Sarazen lead Perry and Busson at halfway in Ryder Cup
Ridgewood New Jersey September 28 Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen built a five hole lead over Alf Perry and Jack Busson at the halfway point of their 36 hole Scotch foursome match in the international professional Ryder cup series.
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Walter Hagen
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Jack Busson
Bel Air Man Pleads Not Guilty in Taxi Driver Murder
Kendall Hill, indicted for the murder of Albert Atwell a Baltimore taxi driver, pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Judge Walter W. Preston in Bel Air circuit court on September 28.
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Kendall Hill
Albert Atwell
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Walter W. Preston
Roosevelt Sets Navy as Strongest Aim in Policy Shift
President Roosevelt bluntly warned that failing to renew or renounce naval limitation treaties could change American policy toward building only to treaty strength. He travels toward the Pacific Coast for a fleet demonstration off San Diego and stops at Fremont, Nebraska for a farmers’ meeting. He notes adherence to Washington and London pacts unless others exceed limits, and discusses projects with Ickes and Stopkins while meeting middle western officials and visiting St. Louis and Missouri figures.
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Six New WPA Projects Approved in Hagerstown and Boonsboro
Six additional city WPA projects join a $72,152 storm drain grant as part of fifty statewide authorizations by WPA officials. In Hagerstown projects include sewer pipe and street improvements with federal funds ranging from $762 to $9,870 and city shares from $862 to $4,943. Boonsboro gains sewer pipe work with federal funds $4,851 and town payment $2,906.
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Boonsboro
State Senator Found Guilty in Bribery Case
Harrisburg Sept 28 state senator William H Clark Chester county Republican was convicted on four counts of extortion and malfeasance by a sealed verdict opened in Dauphin county court after about ten hours deliberation He offered to push administration bills in exchange for state insurance business Clark chair of the senate appropriations committee told investigators he was fishing for information not making a deal
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William H. Clark
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Dauphin County
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Charles J
Young Whalen Safe At Home
Grover A. Whalen Jr., son of the former official greeter and once New York police commissioner, was found safe after a scare of kidnap reports. The 14 year old disappeared on the way to school, was located by bloodhounds in the woods unconscious after a fall.
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Grover A. Whalen
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Rochester
N.Y
Suez Canal Company to Keep Canal Open Amid Sanctions
Paris dispatch reports the Suez Canal Company stating plans to keep the canal open regardless of sanctions in response to the Italo Ethiopian conflict. The note emphasizes uninterrupted transit despite looming international measures.
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Suez Canal Company
Weekly Weather Outlook for Atlantic States
Weather outlook shows generally fair conditions across North and Middle Atlantic states with possible showers Wednesday or Thursday and light showers near the Canadian border Monday or Monday night. Temperatures near normal early week, warmer middle week, cooler by Friday. South Atlantic states expect fair weather with a chance of showers later in the week and temperatures evolving from below normal Monday to warmer midweek then cooler at week’s end.
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Farm census shows county wheat drop and hog leadership
The 1935 Farm Census prelimin ary report by Director William L. Austin notes Washington county wheat acreage fell 13 percent in five years from 49 243 acres in 1929 to 42 921 last year. Barley acreage and production more than quadrupled. the county remains the state’s top hog producer with 18 783 hogs on January 1 1935. Cow numbers rose by 850, cattle production up, farms increased 2 percent while production land fell 5 percent in 1935.
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William L. Austin
Capper calls AAA a godsend to farmers in Kansas
Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas declares the Democratic agricultural program a godsend for farmers. He says the Republican platform should oppose the AAA but Kansas is for the AAA. Capper warns there is little chance of winning the farm belt back to Republicans and cites spending and debt as chief issues in the 1936 campaign.
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Gentzler Expense Note Draws Gum Charge
York Pennsylvania Sept 28 Robert D Gentzlers expense account for his successful race for the Democratic nomination for clerk of courts lists four dollars and twenty cents for chewing gum as part of campaign spending.
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Robert D. Gentzler
Hurricanes Drive Evacuations Along Cuba Coast
Hurricane fury swept Cuban towns with coastal evacuations and news blackout as refugees flooded Havana. observatories tracked the cyclone entering near Tuna De Zazas and moving toward the Atlantic, while cities east of Coloon and near Matanzas reported isolation and danger ahead.
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Red Cross Will Aid Evacuation In Florida Storm
American Red Cross announced it would evacuate all who wished to leave the storm threatened Florida area. The plan is directed by W. Turner Wallis of West Palm Beach and George Myer who oversee disaster work with Miami officers.
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Miami
Warnings Up In Florida
Hurricane warnings spread along Florida's southeast coast as residents brace for a second storm of September. Rescue and relief teams move key workers from the Keys to safer locations, while a new Dade county disaster committee coordinates shelter, food and medical aid. Federal aid centers anticipate completion of initial evacuation efforts by noon.
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