Reorganization Bill Sent Back in House Battle
Washington April. The House decisively defeated the administration reorganization bill by a 204 to 196 vote after a dramatic push by Speaker Bankhead and Majority Leader Rayburn. Democratic defections, GOP and Progressive support toppled the measure amid claims it signaled a lack of confidence in the President. House rules chief O Connor helped seal the loss by tabling a reconsideration.
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Washington
House
Bankheld
Ryll
Bankhead
Rayburn
Taber
New York
Ocournor
House Rules Committee
O'Connor
Speaker Bankhead
New Emmitsburg Post Office Delay Seen in Lease Record
A two year lease extending occupancy of the Emmitsburg post office building was recorded, delaying a new federal post office. The lease runs April 1 1935 to March 31 1940 for 800 dollars annually, with renewal possible but not beyond March 31 1943. A move to a government owned building remains uncertain as Washington prioritizes other offices.
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Emmitsburg
George J. Zimmerman
J. Elmer Zimmerman
Post Ofice Department
North County
Tvo
Washington
Rockville
Main
Frederick Streets
Post Office Department
Braddock Grange to Meet on Farm Bureau Discussion
Braddock Grange plans a public meeting at Braddock Grange Hall on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. to discuss the new Farm Bureau. Speakers include Fred Breckman Washington Henry R. Shoemaker county agent A. M. Etzier Austin Renn Willis Derr and others with Charles E. Klein chairing the executive committee in charge of the meeting.
Youth Week 10 Begins May 2 in Frederick
Frederick hosts Youth Week 10 starting May 2 with a hobby show municipal day soap box race and vocational council meetings planned by four service clubs at the Francis Scott Key hotel. Activities run Monday through Friday with school officials leading municipal duties and evening events at Winchester Hall.
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Frederick
Francis Scott Key
F. W. Springer
Winchester Hall
Dramatic Club of
Frederick High School
Dramatic Club
Hood College
Answers to Cranium Crackers and Hobby Show Plans
Readers get true false answers on Cranium Crackers. The article lists exhibits and prizes for a boys and girls hobby show with Indian relics stamps and butterflies, soap box derby on May 5, and a vocational council offering guidance. It names organizers and supporting clubs.
County Inquires About Relief Funds From State
Frederick County officials wrote to Comptroller William Gordy Jr requesting additional relief funds for unemployables. The county, borrowing since January, awaits a state disbursement and plans to continue funding for April while awaiting further word at month end. The unemployable program costs about $2,000 monthly.
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Frederick
William & Gordy, Jr
Gordy
New Wage Scale For Cheltenham Is Likely
Cheltenham Maryland April 8 The State plan to reorganize Cheltenham School for Boys includes a new wage scale. State Employment Commissioner Harry C Jones said the plan would raise some salaries immediately and nearly all salaries in 1940 41 The school's board of managers arranging to fight the plan in court because it contemplates dismissal of about half the institution s employees and elimination of about eight positions Under the proposal 26 present employees would be dropped as unfit for state service and other jobs re classified to reduce personnel from 60 to 52 A Connecticut judge has sanctioned license plates bearing the owner s initials as a reward for a record of safe driving over a substantial period of time.
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Cheltenham
Cheltenham School For Boys
Southern Maryland Negro Reformatory
Harry C Jones
Jones
Death toll climbs as storms lash the nation
Storms and flooding sweep across the South and plains with at least 30 dead. Tornadoes kill 13 in Aliceville Alabama while floods threaten Prattville and Wetumpka. Texas blizzards claim several lives near Pampa as rivers rise and Coast Guard mobilizes. Simultaneous winds and snow hit Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Michigan.
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Associated Press
Aliceville
Talona Creek
Whitestone
Texas Panhandle
Pampa
Alabama
Bibb Graves
Prattville
Wetumpka
Tombigbee
Coast Guard
Selma
Wabash
White
Indiana
Mississippi
Quincy
St. Francis
Red Rivers
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Michigan
Burkittsville P T A Hosts Rotary Club Banquet
The Burkittsville P T A entertained the Brunswick Rotary Club Thursday at the Burkittsville school banquet with 85 attendees. Kenneth C. Skeler spoke on Stock Culture, stressing selecting good stock and Rotary code principles for profitable stock raising, introduced by Henry R. Shoemaker.
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Burkittsville
Brunswick Rotary Club
Kenneth C. Skeler
Animal and
University of Maryland
Edwin Freed
Clark Ronutzahn
George Zecher
Clark S. Smith
Harold Wirts
Elizabeth Homne
Paul Zecher
Drexel Guyton
George Karn
Howard Jennings
Noah Burter
Garland Guyton
Ted Beachley
Lee Zecher
Amos Shafer
John Rusherman
Admiral Byrd Crown Apple Blossom Queen in Winchester
Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd will crown Miss Adelaide Moffet of New York and Washington Queen of the 1938 Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester on April 28. Moffet, a singer in a New York hotel, is daughter of James A. Moffet, former Federal Housing Administrator. Princess in Shenandoah's court include Miss Mary Anne Cahill of Hancock, Md.
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Winchester
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Adelaide Moffet
New York
Washington
James A. Moffet
David Brooks
Moffet
Pai Shenandoah
MissMary Anne Cahill
Hancock
High School Operetta Draws Large Frederick Audience
A near full City Opera House welcomed Frederick High School’s operetta Hearts and Blossoms performed Friday by the combined boy and girl glee clubs. Director Miss Martha Pettit praised the two act musical comedy with modern setting by Lida Turner and music by R M Stulis. Thomas Molesworth received special notice for the role of Matthew Crandon after Douglas Weddle fell ill with mumps, taking the part with memorized lines in under a week. Robert Ray announced the casting update during intermission.
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City Opera House
Frederick High School
Martha Pettit
Lida Larrimore
Turner
R M. Stulis
S. Fenton Harris
Thomas Molesworth
Matthew Crandon
Douglas Weddle
Greenbelt Reports First Traffic Mishap
Greenbelt Md April 8 This Federal low cost housing community logged its first traffic accident today an automobile struck a bicycle rider. A boy of 6 Charles Stedham was treated for facial and head injuries and sent to a Washington hospital. Charles Johnson of Washington was charged with reckless driving and released on bond. the victim is Charles Stedham.
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Greenbelt
Washington
Prince George's County
O Conor Tendered Dinner During Frederick Visit
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Attorney General Herbert K. O Conor was in Frederick Friday night to attend boxing bouts and was invited to a dinner at Catoctin Country Club by Francis Perrott. Attendees included doctors J A Long F D Worthington R W Baer and William E Trail among others.
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Herbert K. O Conor
Frederick
Catoctin Country Club
Francis Perrott
O'Conor
Drs
J. A. Long
F. D Worthington
R. W. Baer
William E. Trail
William B. Lebherz
Harry J. Lebherz
Robert W. Lebherz
Louis Lebherz
William B Bennett
James H. Grove
W Jarbee Grove
Clifford Doll
Geo F. Grove
Manuel M. Weinberg
Jonn S Miller
William B. Jones
Oscar Hirsch
Irving M. Landauer
Osborne L Price
William Wickless
Ernest F. Kennedy
Paul L Payne
Tyson Lee
House of Delegates
Politician Names and Polish Corridor Referenced in Aid Plan
The notes identify Harcourt A. Morgan as TVA chairman and Arthur E. Morgan, mention a president chosen name, and discuss the Polish Corridor nicknamed Pomore. It also notes a claim that a commission be formed to assist displaced people in finding homes abroad.
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Harcourt A. Morgan
TVA
Arthur E. Morgan
Pomore
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