Black Won’t Comment On Klan Issue
Justice Hugo L Slack returned from Europe and said he would issue any statement on the Ku Klux Klan controversy regarding his Supreme Court appointment in a way that cannot be misquoted. He spoke to reporters aboard the City of Norfolk and praised the reception, adding that any definitive remark would be public and unmisquoted. The justice refused to discuss the life membership rumor or other ritual charges while hinting a possible radio address.
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Norfolk
Hugo L. Slack
Europe
Supreme Court
Klan
Black
Damage suit docketed over vehicle crash into home
Russell S Breitweiser and Jean R Breitweiser sue Raymond J Shank and Greyhound Lines Inc for 3000 alleging a vehicle driven by Shank struck their Conococheague home on August 21 1987 causing a large hole and property damage. Attorney J C Grice represents the plaintiffs. A related suit from a Sharpsburg home crash was docketed yesterday.
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Russell S
Jean R. Breitweiser
Raymond J. Shank
Greyhound Lines, Inc
J. C. Grice
Warr
Shank
Conococheague
Thrill as couple escapes dynamite blast on Wolf Creek Pass
At Wolf Creek Pass Colorado a car narrowly avoided disaster when engineers ignited 1243 tons of dynamite to widen the pass. A house-sized boulder tumbled nearby but the couple, unnamed, fled with only shock and fear as debris settled within feet of their vehicle.
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Pagola Springs
Colo
Wolf Creek Pass
Weather Forecast for Maryland and Chesapeake Bay
Generally fair tonight and Thursday with slightly warmer temperatures. Chesapeake Bay will be partly cloudy to clear, cool tonight and warmer Thursday. Winds turn moderate to fresh from the north easterly direction.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Justice Black Suit Missing After Dry Cleaning
Rudolph Black, secretary to Rep. Lyle Boren, sought word from Justice Hugo L. Black about his missing checked suit. He had left it at a dry-cleaning establishment before Black sailed for Europe, and clerks say it was delivered with other garments later pressed.
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Washington
Hugo L. Black
Rudolph Black
Lyle Boren
D-Okla
Black
Justice Black
Europe
New Span 10 Be Erected Across Licking Creek
Washington County to start a Federal project this fall to replace a narrow bridge with a three span continuous steel girder crossing Licking Creek. The 300 foot bridge includes a 120 foot center span and two 90 foot end spans, with a 26 foot roadway and sidewalks. Bids due Oct 13 in Baltimore. The project aims to remove flood blockage and improve the route from Hagerstown to Hancock.
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Washington County
State Roads Commission
Baltimore
Licking Creek
Washington
Sew
Roads Commission
Park Head
Hagerstown
Hancock
Potomac River
Earth tremors blamed on quarry blasts in Security area
North End residents, including older locals, mistook blasts at Security cement plant for earthquakes. The same rock layer carrying quarry blasts is said to cross under the north end of Hagerstown, linking tremors to local mining activity.
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North End
Hagerstown
Maryland Tax Rate Increase for 1938 Public Notice
William S. Gordy Jr State Comptroller informs the Board of County Commissioners that the Maryland State Tax on real and personal property for 1938 will be 23 001 cents per dollar of assessed value. The 1988 rate will rise by 0.76 cents above the current 22.25 cent rate.
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William S. Gordy, Jr
Board of County Commissioners
Etter Tday
Maryland
Overparked Cars Impounded in Pasadena Action
Pasadena officials will impound overparked cars beginning immediately. Owners must pay a $2 pound fee plus the regular fine as part of the new enforcement policy announced today in Pasadena California.
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Pasadena
Calif
Connery Wins Seventh Massachusetts Seat in Special Election
Lawrence J. Connery Democrat captured the Seventh Massachusetts Congressional district seat vacated by his brother Wm P Connery with 43 466 votes to Edward D Sirois 27 176 and Bushold 333 in a test of New Deal policies. Republican leaders including Lodge and Bridges campaigned against Roosevelt while Democrats touted benefits to workers.
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Lynn
Mass
Lawrence J. Connery
Massachusetts
Wm. P Connery
Connery
Edward D. Sirois
Sirois
Bushold
Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
H. Sixles Bridges
New Hampshire
Roosevelt
Baer will probated in Frederick Orphans Court
The will of David H. Baer of Smithsburg was probated yesterday in Frederick Orphans Court. The widow Bessie V. Baer holds life estate, then the remainder to the children. Ralph M. Baer Mary V. Smith and Naomi B. Kline each receive five dollars. The residue goes to Guy R. Kline if he cares for his mother during her life.
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David H. Baer
Smithsburg
Orphans’ Court
Frederick
Bessie V. Baer
Ralph M. Baer
Mary V. Smith
Naomi B. Kline
Guy R. Kline
Susie the orangutan to wed wrestler from Sumatra
Washington note reports Zoo Director W M Mann announcing the engagement of Susie an orangutan to Wrestler a Sumatra born simian. The plan used a phonograph love call recorded by Susie to summon her mate amid zoo life and media coverage.
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Washington
Capital Society
Zoo
W. M. Mann
Susie
Sumatra
Dr. Mann
Smithsonian National Geographic Society
Copper snakes offered as pets in Mt Briar
Clarence Cochran of Mt Briar reports finding a mother copper snake with seven young. He killed the old one and captured the youngsters, keeping them in a glass jar at home. First come first served for interested buyers.
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Clarence Cochran
Mt. Briar
Cochran
Needle Surfaces After Sixty Years in Woman's Leg
In Anderson Indiana on September 29 a 77 year old woman Mrs William Gift felt a needle which she had swallowed over fifty years earlier emerge while she rubbed her leg.
School Set Up in a Barroom in Garden City
Detroit date September 29 Garden City becomes temporary school site as the district outgrows facilities. H Franklin Donner, school board president, says pupils will study in a barroom due to an emergency, accepting a club's offer for free use of its quarters as a study hall. He notes the choice is children going to school or not.
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Detroit
Garden City
Ency. H. Frankin Donner
Garden City School Board
Donner
Health Dept Immunizes Children to Halt Diphtheria Spread
The Health Department launched a campaign to stop diphtheria along the Frederick county border. An official and an assistant immunized scores of Boonsboro area school children and plan tests and immunizations in Smithsburg and Ringgold. About 1500 kindergarten entrants will receive the Schick test next week. immunizations already reach thousands, maintaining low cases in Hagerstown and the county.
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Frederick County
Boonsboro
Smithsburg
Ringgold
Schick
Hagerstown
Washington County
Washington County Medical Society
Health Department
Parole Pleas Heard For Lifers and Kidnaper
Baltimore September 29 The parole docket includes Hamilton Green a 1921 life prisoner for the murder of night watchman John Reed aged 60 in a 1921 holdup and Roger Sussi a 1933 robbery convict whose 15 year term was reduced later. Sussi aided in a 1933 Dundalk Provident Savings Bank holdup and a long gun battle with police. Commissioner's next week parole actions include Green and Sussi with further delays noted for Sussi’s case.
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Baltimore
Hamilton Green
J. Cookman Boyd
Green
John C. Reed
Roger Sussi
Sussi
Harford Counties
Dundalk
Provident Savings Bank
Costly practice hits Bisons with jury award
In Buffalo on September 29 a jury ordered the Buffalo Bisons to pay Fred Phillips 1600 dollars after he was struck on the head by a practice foul ball cleared over the fence. The ruling adds to the team’s baseball expenses for the season.
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Buffalo, N
Buffalo
International League Bisons
Bisons
Fred Phillips
Kidnapping Probe Follows Demands Letter In Ross Case
Chicago September 29 Investigators pursued ransom demand leads after a pencil letter postmarked Washington reached Chas S. Ross wife. Federal agents joined the probe amid hopes for contact and action, while a bellboy linked a stranger to Ross before the kidnapping.
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Chicago
Chas. S. Ross
Washington, D. C
Ross
Daniel Gilbert
Cecil Vandiver
Fargo
Sycamore
Ill
Trailer with Contents Burned on Middleburg Pike
A trailer truck carrying roofing paper valued at about $1,000 was destroyed by fire this morning about a mile north of the city. Owner Eli Wagner Jr. of York Pennsylvania reported stopping after a tire blew out. while fetching a jack the tire caught fire and spread to the cargo. The driver moved the trailer about 100 feet and detached the tractor, saving the vehicle. Dense black smoke hung for four hours after the 4:30 a.m. blaze near John Petre’s residence.
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Middleburg Pike
Eli Wagner, Jr
York
John Petre
Private Industry Absorbs Maryland WPA Workers
Baltimore report shows private industry and federal agencies have removed about 1,000 relief workers from Maryland WPA rolls each month since January 1, 1937. Harry D. Williar Jr. notes 16,000 project workers remain, down 1,300 since year’s start and 60 percent below the 25,009 two years earlier. He expects a moderate winter use, not like prior years.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Harry D. Williar
Williar
Many Cases On Appeals Docket In Maryland Court
In Annapolis on September 29, the fall term of the Maryland court of appeals opens Monday with eighty four cases listed for argument. Records for argument must be filed by noon Saturday. Included is the appeal of Harry Cohen, taxicab union organizer, who was sentenced to three months in jail and fined five thousand dollars after conviction in Baltimore criminal court for inciting strikers to riot.
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Annapolis
Court of Appeals
Harry Cohen
Baltimore Criminal Court
Dawn Betrays Them as They Near Goal
Shanghai police warned that wartime conditions do not excuse traffic violations. Officials noted cars and rickshas often drive on the wrong side to use tall buildings for cover against shrapnel and machine gun fire from the Pootung War area, promising strict enforcement.
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Shanghai
Air Attacks Kill Many in Canton Area
Japanese aerial assaults on Canton area cause widespread destruction with about 40 killed and 160 wounded. Planes downed. Chinese forces report hits on Sun Yat Sen university cluster near Shekpa airfield and Canton military academy kitchen. Canton railroad station shed damaged. Bocca Tigris forts bombed. Chaosho gunboat sailors wounded.
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Hongeronk
Canton
Chiulin
Kongmoon
Sun Yat- Sen University
Shekpai
Canton Military Academy
Bocca Tigris
Chaosho
MacFadden Seeks Solo 1,200 Mile Nonstop Flight
Bernarr MacFadden, 69, publisher and physical culturist, departed from Flord Bennett airport at 7 22 a m EST aiming to fly solo 1 200 miles non stop to Miami Florida. He hopes to set a new distance record for his age and test his physical endurance. A prior attempt to Miami ended with a forced landing near Charleston South Carolina on June 25.
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New York
Bernarr MacFadden
Flord Bennett Airport
Miami
Fla
Charleston
S. C
Mussolini Leaves Italy After Five Day Visit
Premier Benito Mussolini departs Berlin after a five day visit as guest of Reichsfuehrer Hitler. Mussolini rode to the special train at 3:50 p.m. and spoke with Hitler for four minutes as he leaned from the window.
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Berlin
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Hitler
I Duce
Mussolini
Bain couple sells 308 19 North Cannon Ave property
Robert N and Nora M Bain sold the double property at 308 19 North Cannon Avenue on private terms to Walter Young.
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Robert N
Nora M. Bain
North
Cannon Avenue
Walter Young
Baltimore Parrot Polly Lays 26 Eggs Since 1922
M Agnes Murphy of Baltimore, a former Washington county resident, owns Polly the African gray parrot. Captive 135 years, Polly laid her first eggs this summer. Since then she has produced 26 eggs, 15 in the past year, and is described as a good talker and proud of her eggs.
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M. Agnes Murphy
Baltimore
Washington County
Polly
Chinese suicide squad attacks Japanese flagship at Shanghai
A Chinese suicide squad of about 20 soldiers planted a mine to disable the Japanese cruiser Idzumo in the Whangpoo river at dawn. The blast damaged the ship and sparked heavy fighting 25 miles northwest of Shanghai, as defenders repelled waves of Japanese assault. American officers were briefly shaken by the explosion as the attack unfolded.
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Shanghai
Whangpoo
Augusta
United States
Asiatic Fleet
Pootung
Shanghai New Engineering
Idzumo
Oil and chipping work pushed on 27% miles of roads
The State Roads Commission reports 27 percent of Washington County roads have been oiled and chipped this summer despite weather setbacks. About 18.3 miles remain to be treated before winter. Completed sections include Burnside Bridge, Chestnut Grove, Harpers Ferry, and others with varying mileages. Fall plans list Hancock to Sideling Hill, Hagerstown Leitersburg, and several local routes for oiling and chipping.
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Washington
State Roads Commission
Burnside Bridge
Chestnut Grove
Harpers Ferry
Bakersville-Fairplay
Reid
Wilt Hamsport-Lappans
Miller
Henry J Dusing kills two copperhead snakes in woodpile
Henry J. Dusing, Mr. Lena, killed two large copperhead snakes this morning while loading wood. One snake struck at him narrowly missing his hand. He killed both with a single blow and noted that snakes seek refuge in woodpiles during this season.
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Henry J. Dusing
Lena
Mr. Dusing
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