Big Sums Sought in Accident Damage Suits
Damage suits totaling more than 50000 were filed on the November docket after an accident near Funkstown on September 15 injuring six people. Josephine Sims seeks 15000, John Sims 10000, Jesse Sims 10000, Nannie Eley 5000, and John Eley 1500. The cases name attorney Omer T. Kaylor and deputy U. S. Attorney General Robert L. Vann. A separate $5000 slander suit by Clyde Naylor against Stanley Haover was filed. Also noted are other damage suits and the death of Ray Fetto, 20, from a skull fracture in a football practice.
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Danmiage
Funkstown
Josephine Sims
John Sims
Jesse Sims
Nannie Eley
John Eley
Omer T. Kaylor
Robert L. Vann
U. S
Vann
Sims
Vannetto
Stanley Haover
Clyde
Naylor Throughttorney
John EB. Wagaman
Captive Mine Agreement Signed Under New Deal
President Roosevelt moved to regulate the disordered coal industry by bringing captive mines under the bituminous coal code. The agreement, reached with the iron and steel industries, aims to resume work for about 75,000 miners in Western Pennsylvania and extend the code’s reach across the field. Hugh S. Johnson is named as a temporary code authority member as part of completing the coal industry machinery.
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Hyde. Park
N. J
Roosevelt
Iron and Stee
Virginia Votes Tuesday on Repeal and Liquor System
Virginia moves toward voting Tuesday on repealing the 18th Amendment becoming the thirty-second state to vote. Voters will choose between statewide prohibition or a liquor control system while campaigns intensify with Bishop James Cannon Jr. active in dry ranks.
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Richmond
Virginia
James Cannon, Jr
Virginia Anti-Saloon League
College of Bishops
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Striking Miners Halts Picketing at Clairton Mills
About 4000 coal miners lifted the Clairton picket line after agreeing to study a new coal code negotiated by H C Frick and other operators. Picketing at Carnegie Steel’s By-Products Plant ended as workers returned home or moved toward Centerville for a decision meeting. Governor Pinchot’s telegram helped end the siege with one mounted police intervention reported at Wilson. Leaders say Centerville gathering will decide Monday’s work or renewed picketing, with many miners demanding union recognition from H C Frick Coke Company.
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Clairton
H. C. Frick Company
Carnegie Steel Company
Fayette
Washington
Centerville
Pinchot
Wilson
Minera Cat
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Youths Held For Murder Morose In Jail After Hearing
Elvin J. Pair 22 and Emanuel Bingaman 19 of Gettysburg remain held for the murder of Reuben Sollenberger, an auctioneer and gas station attendant. They appeared before Justice Harry E. Snyder, faces binding to the November grand jury without bond, while sharing a cell with wounded escapee John Smith. Both youths blamed each other for the fatal shot, pledging to speak on the witness stand.
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Elvin J. Pair
Emanuel
Binggtan
Gettysburg
Reuben
N. Sollenberger
Hagerstown
Harry E. Snyder
John Smith
Daily Mail
Fatr
Bingaman
Fair
Sollenberger
Falr
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
A P Underhill Resigns as Local Chamber Manager
The local Chamber of Commerce announces the resignation of A P Underhill from his post as business manager. He has served since January and will move to Le Noir North Carolina to rejoin his wife. The directors praise his work during a period of upheaval and note he plans to accept a new job in Lenoir. The move is effective next week. An egg laid by Mrs Edna Hildebrand’s hen bears a raised initial T.
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A. P. Underhill
Chamber of Commerce
Underhill
Lenoir
N.C
L. C. Underhill
Caldwell Hospital
Daytona Beach
Fla
Chamber
Under Hill
Mr. Underhill
Edna M. Hildebrand
Garlinger Avyenue
Weekly Weather Outlook Promises Mixed Week Ahead
Weather outlook for the week begins Monday. North and Middle Atlantic states expect showers Sunday night followed by generally fair conditions. Showers possible Thursday or Friday. Cooler Monday and Tuesday, warmer Thursday, cooler by Saturday.
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North and
Middle Atlantic
Horse And Rider Go Over Embankment Near Williamsport
A merchant named Williamsport rider on the C O canal towpath five miles below the town spooked by an object on the roadside and leaped over a twenty foot embankment into the river. The rider was unhorsed and escaped with minor bruises while the horse rolled twice more before landing in a stream with slight injuries. The rider believes wet ground from recent rains worsened both injuries.
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Willian
Hurd
Williamsport
Diphtheria Tests Find 60 to 70 Percent Positive
Schick tests at Antietam and Broadway Wayside schools show from 60 to 70 percent positive results prompting immunization. Medical Society and Health Department volunteers conducted the tests with positive pupils urged to immunize through their family doctors. Upcoming tests planned at several area schools amid a few scarlet fever reports in Sandy Hook district.
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Ridge Avenue
Surrey
Washington Street
Winter Street
St. Mary's
Hagerstown
Sandy Hook
Kidnapers of Luer Handed Heavy Terms
In Edwardsville Illinois on September 30 a jury sentenced five men and a woman for kidnapping banker August Luer of Alton. Norvell and Fitzgerald received life terms, Mrs. Lillian Cheesen was given life. Musiala got 25 to 50 years, Gitcho 6 to 5 years, and Chessen five years.
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Edwardsville
August Luer
Alton
Eugene Norvell
Percy Michael Fitzgerald
Lillian Cheesen
Mike Musiala
Clinlat Nicola Gitcho
Charles Chessen
Schools Board Defended in New Salary Suit Series
Julia A. Hine Grace A Cear toss and Valeria Jones filed new suits against the Board of Education through John E Wagaman seeking salaries claimed due under contracts The three suits aggregate 3100 in verdicts previously paid by the board and now plaintiffs seek additional salaries Hine asks about fourteen months Jones two years Cearfoss nearly two years resigned April 4 but claims salary for last term and prior year The plaintiffs are married teachers prior to an order dismissing married teachers was issued
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Julia A. Hine
Grace A. Ceartoss
Valeria Jones
Board of Education
Orchid Ridge
John E. Wagaman
Hine
Jones
Cearfoss
Rail Head Receives a Promotion in Railroad Service
W G Miller chief clerk to the general agent of the Pennsylvania land Norfolk and Western Railroads at Hagerstown is promoted to chief clerk to the freight agent at Harrisburg and will assume duties at once. N D Payne of Chambersburg relief agent is appointed to succeed Miller here. Miller has served ten years in Hagerstown and is active in civic work, including presidency of the Williamsport Chamber of Commerce. He will move to Harrisburg with his family next week. Payne arrives with a strong record.
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W. G. Miller
Pennsylvanialand Norfolk and Western
Hagerstown
Harrisburg
N. D. Payne
Chambersburg
Miller
Williamsport
Soviet Trio Sets Altitude Mark Today
Three Russian balloonists launched at 8 41 am from Moscow and reported reaching 19000 meters in the stratosphere, a new record if confirmed, with the big balloon seen as a silvery speck northwest of Moscow. They planned to descend about 31 miles from the capital and had previously climbed to 17900 meters while pursuing cosmic ray and atmospheric research.
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Moscow
Piccard
Pittsburgh Fatal Crash Ends Unemployed Man's Run
George Fayak of Charleroi, unemployed for three years, found work as a truck driver this week. On his first day on the road he swerved to avoid a collision and was killed. The crash occurred near Pittsburgh on September 30.
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Pittsburgh
George Fayak
Charleroi
Amputation of Leg at Chambersburg Hospital Detected
Glenn Zitzman of Mercersburg and formerly of Hagerstown underwent a leg amputation a few inches below the hip at Chambersburg hospital yesterday. His condition is reported good after a prior ailment.
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Glenn Zitzman
Mercersburg
Hagerstown
Chambersburg Hospital
Child Who Fell May Recover After Window Fall
Bobby Wolfe, 15 month old son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Wolfe, is improving in hospital after pushing a screen from a second story window and tumbling to concrete. Doctors plan skull removal surgery within days to relieve brain pressure.
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Bobby
Lawrence Wolfe
Pear tree yields crop for spirit makers in neighborhood
In Seattle on September 30 a Reverend notes a pear tree that has long supplied the neighborhood. He reports another excellent crop this year and mentions some residents make pear brandy from their share, praising the pears as always good.
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Seattle
Honor L. Wilhelm
Woman Discovers Divorce Suit After Eloping Under False Name
Mrs. Michael Richnovsky sought divorce after eloping with a man she knew as Mike Stewart. In Elkton she learned the marriage certificate listed her husband as Richnoysky, a name she did not recognize, prompting a master’s recommendation for divorce.
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Camden
N. J
Michael Richnovsky
Mike Stewart
Elkton
Richnoysky
Oklahoma City 30 Convicted in Kidnapping Trial
In a federal kidnapping trial in Oklahoma City, Harvey was convicted by the jury. Isadore Blumenfeld Sam Nick and Sam Kozberg of Minneapolis and Brants were acquitted. Barney Berman and Cite Ly were convicted. Judge Edgar convened court at 10. The verdict was read immediately after Judge Vaught sealed it until today. Jurors deliberated under two and a half hours. Judge Vaught granted three motions for retrials for the convicted. The trial marked the first test of the new federal kidnapping law. Key Justice Department figures attended. (Continued on Page 8)
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Oklahoma
CIT
Harvey
Feder
Charles “F. “Urs
Ing
Isadore Blumenfeid
Samnick
Sam Kozberg
Minneapolis
Brants
Twin
Barney
Berman
Edgar
Rei
Vaught
Arora
Joseph B. Keenan
United States Attorney General
Harold Nathany
Bureau of ‘Investigation
Convicts Were His Kidnapers
Victor Wiley was abducted from his Indianapolis home last night by a man believed to be one of ten prisoners who escaped the Indiana State Prison. Wiley was released in Nashville, Indiana this morning and brought to state police headquarters where he identified photographs of the fugitives, selecting Joseph Jenkins as the suspect.
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Indianapolis
Victor Wiley
Nashville
Ind
Indiana State Prison
Joseph Jenkins
Cuban Capital Gripped by Clash Between Reds and Soldiers
Havana faced renewed tension after street battles between communists and troops left six dead and fourteen wounded, including an American. Demonstrations marking a Cuban leader slain in Mexico sparked the violence, with shots heard overnight and troops guarding key spots as the clash escalated near Fraternity Park and the cemetery ceremony.
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Havana
Mexico
Fraternity Park
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United States
A. P
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Ray Fetto
Johnson
Chicago
Lenoir, N.C
Schick
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Philadelphia
Rosedale
Lilian Bennett
William
Anna Bennett
Telestro Malocco
Greensburg, Pa
Vaughn Fern Rubright
Luer
School Board
Rail Head
Air’ Service
Georgi Prokofiev
Earnest Birnbaum
Konstantin Gudenoff
Ne Diers
Julio Antonis Mola
Gopdiers
Duryamy Colon Cemetery
Tediay
Te Lerament
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