Four Fire Engines Mistaken Beer Order Hoax
Charles Dill of Buffalo Restaurant on West Patrick Street asked for four half-barrels of beer by phone. A miss dialing confused number 1-2-0 with the city fire alarm 2-0, sending four fire engines to the scene and triggering a chaotic street response before officials learned there was no fire.
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Frederick City Hospital
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Showdown on Utility Bill Moves in Congress
Representative Rayburn of Texas said the House will seek to concur with the Senate provisions backing President Roosevelt’s plan to abolish unnecessary utility holding companies. He will urge House instructers to meet Section 11 of the Senate bill, while the House favors regulation by the Securities Commission.
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Swing To Work Relief Accelerates In August
Washington reports the Works Progress Administration will speed up work relief in August. Funding reaches thirteen states for the first half of the month, with aids anticipating a faster transition from doles to jobs by August 16. Maryland receives 853 685 dollars for relief programs, as officials await broader program decisions.
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Weather Summary for Today and Nearby Dates
Weather data shows 24 hour precipitation ending 7 am today at 63 inches for August to date none. August 1934 rainfall 4.49 inches with a deficit in 1935 to August 1 of 3.9 inches. Yesterday’s high 92, low last night 73. Sun sets 7.24 pm, rises 5.10 am. Monocacy and Potomac streams muddy and cloudy on the Maryland side, clear on the Virginia side.
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Virginia
Wagner Act fuels AFL ferment and labor drive in Washington
Washington reports the Wagner Labor Relations Act sparks renewed AFL vigor led by President Green. United Mine Workers and other unions plan expansive organizing drives while debates on constitutionality and employer resistance loom. Also notes on wartime drink policy for service members, Congress session length, and memorials to wartime losses.
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Percy Sunday Began Campaign Darling Cuts Held in Jail
Percy Sunday, about 30 near Thurmont, is jailed on gasoline theft and bad check charges. Sheriff Roy M. Hiltner also holds a woman claimed as his wife, Rosaline Zimmerman, on a bigamy charge with $300 bond as a state's witness. The couple faces multiple charges after a Westminster marriage certificate surfaced.
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BIGANY
Percy Sunday
Thurmont
Sherif Roy M. Hiltner
Sunday
Rosalene Zimmerman
Hagerstown
Carroll county
Westminster
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Frederick county
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Sheri Hutner
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Jimtown
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Garrell county
York, Pa
Maryland
Roosevelt whispering campaign alleged in Senate hearing
The Senate lobby committee heard E P Cramer claim he suggested months earlier that utilities firms start a whispering campaign to portray President Roosevelt as insane. Other testimony described payments to a Washington lawyer and how to navigate the Congressional Record as part of lobbying against a utilities bill.
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E. P. Cramer
New Jersey
Senate lobby committee
utiities
Roosevelt
House Rules committee
Bernard B. Robinson
Chicago
utities
Robert Smith
Black
Senate committee
Cramer
Co operation Needed To Eliminate Toll Bridges
Shepherdstown editor urges a unified Eastern Panhandle effort with Western Maryland to remove tolls. He cites high bridge values and past dividends to argue for state or federal funding to buy three bridges at fair prices and condemn them if needed, estimating near two million dollars for the three structures.
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W. Va
Panhandle
C S. Musser
Williamsport
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Harpers Ferry
B. & O. Railroad
State Public Service ‘Commission
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Shepherdstown Badge Co
Virginia
Maryland
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Hancock
Note may reveal slayer killed self in botched case
Chicago August 1 AP A note found among a taxi passenger’s effects suggests Mandeville Zenze, sought for questioning in the mutilation slaying of Dr. Walter Joan Bauer of Kirksville Missouri, may have died by his own hand. A taxi driver identified by police says he found the note at Navy Pier. Police investigate if the note is his.
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Chicago
Mandeville Zenze
Walter Joan Bauer
Kirksville
John Giovanni
navy pier
Lake Michigan
Mandeville
Democrats Pin 1936 Hopes On Real Business Recovery
Washington dispatch notes Democrats pin hopes on a real business recovery in 1936. Officials cite rising steel and auto sales, rising home construction, easier credit, and more new securities as signs. They expect a broad boom later in the year as Congress adjourns and large wage disbursements begin.
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Heat waves and deadly rail wrecks across states
Severe midwestern heat tops records with dozens dead across Nebraska Oklahoma Minnesota Texas Kansas Missouri Arkansas Wisconsin Iowa and more as a Pennsylvania Railroad express derails near Wilmington killing six workers and a Missouri Kansas Texas train wreck near Bruce injuring eight.
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Train severed leg as rail crew frees worker
Baltimore August 1 AP report says John Tracy a 44 year old railroad worker was pinned to the tracks near Melvale station when a train passed and cut off his left leg. Workers attempted to free him but fled to safety as the locomotive approached the jack slipped.
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Brunswick Transient Bureau to Close August 15
The Brunswick Transient Bureau will cease operations on August 15 under the Emergency Relief Administration plan. The report notes concerns about state road funds and bridge purchases in the region, urging local pressure to apply funds efficiently.
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Steady Undertone In New York Stock Market
The New York stock market opened August with a steady undertone amid profit taking on some issues. Trading slowed after an active first hour as some favorites paused for rest. grains and cotton showed weakness while bonds and foreign currencies moved with minor shifts.
Funds for Surveys and Reviews Authorized
The plan funds one year of employment for about one hundred workers. Seventy thousand plus dollars allotted for a delinquency survey and tax checks in the state, with an additional amount for liquor dealer audits and a retail trade survey. Announcement issued through Senator Tydings office.
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Senator Tydings
Maryland
Peace hopes rise as Italy and Ethiopia seek settlement
President Roosevelt expressed hope for a peaceful solution as the League of Nations considers the Italo Ethiopian dispute. Mussolini appeared conciliatory after talks with Laval. In Addis Ababa mass Ethiopian military recruiting began after a war council warned the emperor it might be too late to avert war.
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Gasoline Price War Draws Frederick County Attention
Motorists watch a price war as gasoline drops from 18 1 2 to 12 cents a gallon in Frederick county. Current quotes show major firms retailing straight gas at 14 1 2 cents, high test at 16 1 2 cents, and an independent dealer undercutting by half a cent. The shift follows a price cut sparked by an independent dealer under a major company with a nearby station.
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Gaithersburg Man’s Body Recovered After Drowning
Forrest E. Briggs twenty one from Gaithersburg was found in the Potomac near Seneca Montgomery County by a fireman aiding a search. He drowned after jumping from a boat with companions Walter and Robert Bohrer. Briggs was a member of the Garth baseball team and known for swimming the river’s width.
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