Shipboard mutiny grows over Morro Castle disaster
New York September 13 a seaman from the President Cleveland testified that lifeboats were not launched promptly as the Morro Castle burned and crew did not attempt to board the blazing liner. The first and third officers asked to be relieved of Captain Carey citing delay in saving lives.
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New York
Cleveland
Mi Castle
Morro Castle
Curtis
Robert E. Carey
Cartey
Harold Peterson
San Mateo
Calif
Carey
Peterson
James H. Henderson
Algana
George Algana
Firetraps in town prompt debate over who pays
A reader argues old sheds posing fire risk should be torn down. The fire department backs action but questions who bears the cost, owners or the city. He suggests creating a program or printing pickers tickets to fund the cleanup, urging action at once.
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Vera
THE
Evening Star
Rookeries
World News at a Glance
Washington federation awaits administration action on a suggestion to form a national production agency. In Woonsocket tensions rise with rioting and deaths after clashes between soldiers and 5,000 workers. New York officers testify in Morro Castle disaster about delayed lifeboats under President Cleveland. San Francisco reports a shipboard chase after a broken arm injury. Geneva notes Poland will ignore the minority protection treaty, starting immediately.
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Washington
Reserve Board Convenes On Margin Rules With NYSE
The Reserve Board met today with officials of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange to finalize margin regulations. Joseph P. Kennedy, Richard Whitney, Roland Redmond, and dozen reps attended. The draft rules are reported to have been drastically revised to ease broker objections over detailed provisions.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
New York Stock Exchange
Joseph P. Kennedy
Securities Commission
Richard Whitney
Roland Redmond
Cup Awarded To Miss Grandstaff At Baby Festival
Miss Mary Louise Grandstaff daughter of Mr and Mrs M Grandstaff won the Modern Woodmen Better Baby Health cup after a close vote. Edwin Smith tied with Joan Landacre for second as Betty Fletcher and Betty Riley earned spots on the honor roll with 22 others. Miss June Johnson led the Miss Winchester election while Libby Wingfield Molly Lowry Alma Rutherford Helen Patton Cecelia Pholmanus Mary K Cooper Mary Kathryn Stryker Amella Stottemeyer Maybelle Spencer gained and vie for queen. Mr Skinner assisted with event direction as over 400 babies entered last night.
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Mary Louise Grandstaff
Alma Rutherford
Helen Patton
Cecelia Pholmanus
Mary K. Cooper
Mary Kathryn Stryker
Amella Stottlemeyer
Maybelle Spencer
Skinner
Semi-Pro Players Meet Friday Evening at G W Crowser’s Office
All semi-pro players are requested to meet at G W Crowser’s office Friday at 7:30 PM. Important business will be discussed and a good attendance is requested.
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G. W. Crowser
Waterspout and floods hit Virginia area in early September
Heavy rains in nearby counties caused widespread flooding and mud in Frederick and Shenandoah counties. In Winchester Laboratory only 0.06 inches fell in 24 hours, while Washington D C saw about 3.25 inches in an hour, raising flood fears. A waterspout formed off Lynnhaven inlet in Chesapeake Bay and moved away with little damage.
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Winchester
Winchester Research Laboratory
Frederick County
Middletown
Shenandoah County
Washington
Potomac
Chespeake Bay
Shepherdstown
Associated Press
Hagerstown
W. Va
Bay
Norfolk
Virginia
Lynnhaven Inlet
Lieut
Crutchfield
Afair
U. S. S. Sartoga
Virginia Beach
Naval Air Station
Ritchie and Nice Picked to Vie in Maryland Race
Maryland Democrats nominate Governor Albert C. Ritchie for a fifth term while Republicans choose Harry W. Nice, former rival in 1919. Primary returns show Ritchie leading among Democrats and Nice prevailing in Republican first choices, with inland counts from 1,158 of 1,259 polling places.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Maryland
Albert C. Ritchie
Harry W. Nice
Ritchie
Conley
Goldsborough
Nice
Smith
U. S
Radcliffe
U.S
France
Hill
Miller
Radio chase over misread distress call ends with ship near Acapulco
A broken arm on a freighter bound from New York to Los Angeles triggered a radio misinterpretation across Atlantic Pacific and Gulf ports. Stations chased an eight hour false distress after Mackay radio confusion, then the ship steered toward Acapulco to disembark the injured man before continuing to Los Angeles.
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San Francisco
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
New York
Los Angeles
Mackay
Santa Catalina
Tampa
Fla
Seattle
Wash
San Diego
Acapulco
Mexico
Oriental
Pacific Coast Mackay Radio Stamine Early Oder Oriental Cos Steck
Two Injured When Driver Swerves to Avoid Cat
Mrs. John P. Bennett fifty two? and her son John Jr thirteen were injured when a Nash sedan swerved to miss a cat crossing the Valley Pike near Fishers Hill south of Strasburg. Mrs Bennett suffered a fracture of the left leg and the boy bruises and contusions. They were taken to Fravel's Hospital in Woodstock. The driver was Mrs Bennett’s daughter who was uninjured.
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John P. Bennett
John, Jr
Fishers Hill
Valley Pike
Strasburg
Fravel’s
Woodstock
Bennett
Kelvinator Guest Irvan O'Connell Spends Lake Cruise
Irvan O'Connell of Miller and Anderson, Kelvinator dealers, returns from the 1934 Kelvinator Mystery Cruise. The Detroit guest joined 250 salesmen aboard the Eastern States for a week along Great Lakes routes and a Chicago World’s Fair visit.
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Great Lakes
Chicago
Kelvinator Corporation
Detroit
Irvan O'Connell
Miller and Anderson
Kelvinator
O'Connell
Mackinac Island
C C C Worker Dies After Truck Accident Near Front Royal
John L. Zollner 24 of Cumberland Maryland died at Memorial Hospital after being struck by a private truck while walking with a companion toward the C C C Camp near Front Royal. He died around 1 45 this morning from a fractured skull. The driver halted and assisted. investigation pending. The body was claimed by his mother and sent to Cumberland.
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John L. Zollner
Delia Zollner
Homer Street
Cumberland
Memorial Hospital
Front Royal
Zollner
Company 1398
C. C. C. Camp
Flint Hill
Lyle Hansbrough
DeWitt
Ian Ee
Restoration funding sought for viewing tower on Massanutten Mountain
The Massanutten Mountain viewing tower project aims to raise 305 dollars for restoration as a free tourist attraction. Contributions include 25 dollars from the Cham ber of Commerce via Andrew Bell, plus 130 raised by J B Clower Sr Woodstock, 100 from Shenandoah county supervisors, and 50 from Woodstock Rotary Club. Local clubs and hotels have donated small amounts and more gifts are expected from Rotary and American Legion.
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George Washington Hotel
Lions Club
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Jack
Mr. Bell
J. B. Clower, Sr
Woodstock
Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors
Woodstock Rotary Club
New Market
Funeral Rites Held For Late Ferdinand B R Anderson
Simple funeral services were held at 11 o'clock this morning at Kurtz funeral home for Ferdinand B R Anderson a Winchester contractor and carpenter who died suddenly of a heart attack Monday at his Woodland avenue home. Rev E J Rohart conducted the service with many lifelong friends in attendance. Flowers included an offering from the Winchester Gun Club of which Anderson was an organizer. Out of town mourners included son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs C C Holliday and their son Herbert Holliday of Fall River Massachusetts and granddaughter Miss Hazel Hamilton of Catonsville Maryland. Interment was in the family lot at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers were Winchester Gun Club members F W Pingley Carl J Renner Clarence Haymaker Earl Cuthbert Robert L Jones and Arthur Seabright.
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Kurtz
Ferdinand B. R. Anderson
Winchester
Woodland Avenue
E. J. Rohart
First Brethren Church
Winchester Gun Club
Anderson
Mr. Anderson
C. C. Holliday
Herbert Holliday
Fall River
Mass
Hazel Hamilton
Catonsvile
Mount Hebron Cemetery
F. W. Pingley
Carl J. Renner
Clarence Haymaker
Earl Cuthbert
Robert L. Jones
Arthur Seabright
Hopewell Meeting House to Mark 200th Anniversary
Hopewell Meeting House Friends plan to celebrate two centuries of activity with a bronze tablet and a planned memorial volume on their history. A committee of eighteen led by Walker McC Bond prepares data for publication edited by Dr. John W Wayland of Harrisonburg State Teachers College.
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Congregation of Hopewell Meeting House Friends
Walker McC. Bond
John W. Wayland
Virginia
Harrisonburg State Teachers
Harrisonburg State Teachers’ College
Hopewell Meeting House
Hopewell Friends
Shenandoah Alley
Wayland
Thomas McClun
Shenandoah Valley
Hopewell
Bond
Uniforms issued for Hagerstown convention event
Uniforms for Hagerstown convention will be issued at Rouss Hall on Thursday and Friday evenings September 13 and 14. The unit committee announces the schedule and location with a note on related services. Window shades and draperies showcased by Moling and Cather, along with cleaning and repair services advertised by Rite Way Cleaners as an economical complete service.
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Hagerstown
Rouss Hall
Orm Committee
Rite-Way Cleaners
Soft Water Used Winchester Steam Laundry
An item notes usage of soft water at Winchester Steam Laundry with contact phone 28.
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Winchester Steam
25 Carloads Of Hay To Be Sold From County
County Agent I. Fred Stine reports 25 carloads of timothy clover alfalfa and mixed hay totaling 250 to 300 tons will be sold to the Virginia Emergency Relief Administration for drought relief use. He notified Henry M. Taylor of VERA by telegram and asks other farmers to offer hay for sale through this channel at once.
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Virginia Emergency Relief Administration
Frederick County
Fred Stine
Henry M. Taylor
Popular Teacher Killed In Auto Crash On Pike
Miss Mary Jo Walters a Harrisonburg school teacher and welfare worker died instantly when her car left the highway near Mount Crawford. She swerved to pass another auto, struck a stump and overturned down the bank. Waterman school closed in her memory. she was born at Penn Laird and taught previously at Elkton and Waynesboro. She is survived by her parents a brother in Philadelphia and sister Ruth Sencindiver.
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Sencindiver
Ruth Sencindiver
D. H
Charles M
Turner Sencindiver
Mary Jo Walters
Harrisonburg
Mount Crawford
Waynesboro
Waynesboro Miss Walters
Miss Walters
Waterman School
Ford to Broadcast World Series Radio Rights
National baseball commissioner K M Landis announced Ford Motor Company has bought world series radio rights for 100000 dollars. The games in Detroit and New York will air on NBC and CBS with funds shared by players from the two champions and the runners up.
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Associated Press
Chicago
K. M. Landis
National
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
New York
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
Gov Green weighs request for U.S. aid in Rhode Island strike
Gorman urges no violence as federal plans form to rush troops if Rhode Island requests help. General MacArthur and War Department officials draw up rapid deployment, with about 1 800 troops in first corps area ready for duty if the governor asks. Legislature convenes for extraordinary session amid arrests in the textile strike turmoil.
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Gov. Green
U.S
Gorman
Associated Press
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Rhode
White House
Woonsocket
Saylesville
Gover Green
Rhode Island
Washington
Francis J. Gorman
War Department
Goverors
Douglas MacArthur
Dern
Boston
General MacArthur
Fort Myer
MacArthur
Ward
Hugh A. Drum
Fortams
R. I
Fort Ethan Allen
Fort Bevans
Mass
Fort Williams
Providence
Nae Francis Green
P Rosevelt
Metal weather strip installation by E W Armstrong Co
Weather strip installed in windows and doors by E W Armstrong Co protects homes from cold winds. Company has offered the same installation and service for 12 years. For an estimate call 39 E Piccadilly St or phone 639.
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E. W. Armstrong Co
E. Piccadilly St
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World News
Reserve Board
Psn
Grandstaff
Fravernet
Asiatic
Irvan O’connell
John L.zollner
Cumberland, Maryland
F. B. Anderson
ROUSS
Moling & Cather
Ford Company
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