Flood danger over Cumberland as waters recede
Receding Potomac and Wills Creek waters lessen flood danger in Cumberland Maryland with damage estimated under 100000 from flooded basements and moved merchandise. Residents in Hancock Point of Rocks Brace for possible crest as rainfall and flood warnings persist.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Williamsport
Hancock
Harpers Ferry
Point of Rocks
Potomac
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The
State Roade Cameyedon
Ocean City
National Guard
Dundalk
Weather Bureau
Johnstown
Conemaugh
Stony Creek Rivera
Flood Threat Looms as Rivers Swell in Wheeling Area
Heavy rains trigger flood warnings in Wheeling West Virginia as the Ohio River and tributaries rise. Officials mobilize more than 100 workers and evacuations are planned for flood zones while schools and shelters prepare refuges. The city counts on past flood experiences to guide immediate response and public safety.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Theetty
Abe Patsburgh
Pyttebrirgus
Comtmus Aus
Snowstorm Grips Midwest Delays Planting and Disrupts Travel
A severe April snowstorm walloped the Midwest with up to eight foot drifts in northwest Iowa. It blocked roads and crippled communication across several states, severing poles and wires, while delaying spring planting. Crookston students returned home after a snowbound day. power crews labored to restore service.
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Chicago
mid-West
Iowa
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
South Dakota
Minnesota
Crookston High School
Thief River Falls
Nebraska
Brunswick Phimber Burned By Blast
AL Danner and his brother HL Danner sustained burns in a workplace blast at a furnace in Brunswick. The explosion sprayed hot metal and Raselline, injuring AL Danner on the head and HL Danner on the hands. His brother aided in extinguishing the flames.
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Brunswick Phimber
Bishop McDowell Dies in Capital at 79
Washington April 26 Bishop William Fraser McDowell 79 longtime Methodist leader in the capital region died today after a heart attack soon after returning from Morganton NC where he lectured. He headed the Washington area bishopric from 194 to 1952 and later chaired the unification committee for the Methodist Church. He preached at Calvary church and spoke at Lenten services at Tivol theater. In later years he guided unification efforts among Methodist denominations. Minor court cases were heard in Police Court with several defendants fined for disorderly conduct and drunkenness.
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William Fraser McDowell
Methodist
Ep .Capab
Morganton NC
McDowell
Wathington
Methodist Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Protestant Church
Memwort Episcopal Church
Frederick
McDiwell
Tivol
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church
Calvary Church
Walter Eosign
Mahe
Richard Whiten
Blumenauer
Fagan
Charles Deck
Ofeers Dorsey and
Burras
Thomas Brown
Hattie Brown
Ben Phebe
Ralph Weedon
Maryland approves $1,000,000 office building bonds
The governor signed a bill authorizing $1,000,000 in bonds for a State Office Building in Annapolis. The measure ends a lengthy local drive by Annapolis citizens. Plans are with the Board of Public Works. Also signed were coal sale regulations for trucks and a state employee retirement system bill.
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Annapolis
Harry Wo Nice
Annapoli
Board of Public Works
Rescue couple saved from overturned car in flood near Gettysburg road
A Rochester couple escaped injury after their Chevrolet coupe capsized in floodwaters from Tom’s Creek near Mt. St. Mary College. Three Mt. St. Mary’s seniors Joseph Rosensteel Joe Sweeney and Huy Sachhet aided the marooned pair and their dog before they reached Emmitsburg. The flood damaged nearby property and a fence was washed away as water rose near the college. The car was submerged later that day.
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No Y
Mt. St. Mary College
Gettisburg
Toms Creek
W. H. Martin
Joseph Rosensteel
Gettysburg Pa
Joe Sweeney
York
Huy Sachhet
Bronx
College
Emmitsburg
St. Joseph's College
Wat Co
Wage Earner's Records Saved at Baltimore Office
Baltimore April 26 A method to locate a wage earner's record in a vast file of more than 26 million entries has been devised by the Local Security Board in Baltimore. The system uses a steel panel filing wall and numeric cabinet drawers to find names by phonetic and alphabetical order, with five filing systems planned to link names, account numbers, and quarterly earnings.
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Baltimore
Tiltimore
Local Security Board
Poes
Fardher
Wis
Criminal Appeal Filed Over Drunken Driving Fine in Thurmont
A criminal appeal from Judge A W Ecker’s Thurmont docket is recorded. Charles Rhodes was fined 100 dollars and costs for drunken driving and five days costs for reckless driving, with a 500 dollar bond posted. represented by D Pronecton Buckey.
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Jutice
Maryland Classis Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
The one hundred seventeenth annual Marsland Classis meeting of the Evansehe Reformed church convened at Emmanuel Church near Westminster. Delegates faced limited attendance due to illness and postponed the Monday Communion and sermon. Rev. Us Atvill Conner presided, officers elected include President Rev George AO EIN and Vice President Wallan Schiet ts. Corresponding secretary Rev Neftsah C Brown and reading clerk Chik S smith Burkatt were named. The meeting formed a quorum and heard Rev Dr. Conner, retiring president, deliver the annual sermon with expected full attendance. The Classis includes Frederick Carroll and Montromers counties.
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Marsland Classis
Evanseheeuband Reformed Church
Emmanuel
Buust
Westminister
Wouter
Berg
Atvill Conner
Walkers- Ville
Geotjte AO Ein
Wallan Schietts
Hagerstown
Neftsah Cl Brown
Wallersalle
Reading
Tey
Chik S Smith Burkatt
Oficers
Conner
Wall
Chysis
Vrederik Carroll
Montormers
Rey Mos
Ponunen
Gas Tank Buried 17 Years Blows Up in Missouri
In Hornerville Missouri on April 26 George Wells uncovered a long buried gasoline tank unused for seventeen years. Mud and pebbles bubbled from the mouth of a pipe near the tank before the underground tank exploded. Wells was not hurt.
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Hornerville
George Wells
Maryland Legislature in Chief Session Fails to Act on Relief
Annapolis April 26 The Maryland Legislature met briefly with no relief action due to a lack of quorum. The House of Delegates had only 50 members on roll and adjourned to meet informally. The Senate held a short session as eighteen members attended and then adjourned to committee rooms.
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Maryland
House of Delegates
Senate
Senate Finance
J. Alban Coad
Cond
Board of State Aid and Charities
Coad
House
Maryland Nature Trail Flooded After Paint Branch Deluge
The University of Maryland nature trail in College Park was submerged by water from Paint Branch. The trail, featuring plants and flowers, was dedicated recently during a Maryland Federation of Garden Clubs convention amid reports of damage estimates.
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Paint Branch
University of Maryland
Maryland Federation of Garden Clubs
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