WPA Employment Here Up 100 Over Year Ago
In Frederick county WPA relief rolls total 718, up from last year, with 642 men and 76 women. Most work on Frederick streets. Brunswick sewer project employs 155 men and is 60.5 percent complete. Other WPA tasks include rural sanitation, farm-to-market roads, and local sewer projects in Brunswick and Myersville, plus Montevue delays.
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WPA
Works Progress Administration
Frederick County
Frederick Streets
East Patrick Street
Brunswick Sewer
Brunswick
Frederick City
PWA
Frederick
First Brunswick
Department of Health, Municipal Engineers
Whitman
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Broad Run
Point of Rocks
Virginia
Myersville
Montevue
State Leads Nation In Accident Decline
Maryland reports a 46 percent drop in traffic fatalities in January compared with last year, the best in the nation, with 62 deaths through January and February versus 104 a year earlier per the National Safety Council.
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Baltimore
Maryland
National Safety Council
Ishbel MacDonald Weds Village Handy Man
Ishbel MacDonald daughter of the late Premier J Ramsay MacDonald married village handyman Rance Norman Ridgley in semi secrecy London after a surprise engagement announcement two weeks earlier Stories note the couple wed in London with details limited by the ceremonies secrecy
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London
David L Elkins 90 Dies In Frederick Residence
David L Elkins longtime Frederick printer and Democrat died at his sister Mrs Missouri M Kiniz 42 East Third Street at age 90 years four months and 26 days He worked as a News printer from 1891 to 1924 and remained active in memory and church life until ill health The sole survivor is his sister with several nieces and nephews Funeral arrangements to be announced by Harry E Carty Co funeral directors.
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David L. Elkins
Frederick
Missouri M. Kiniz
East Third Street
Elkins
Abraham Lincoln
Gettysburg
Court House Park
Maryland School
the News
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Joseph Edward
Eleanore Titson Elkins
Kiniz
Harry E. Carty Co
Fire at Tuscarora Farm House Quickly Contained
Fire broke out about 1 30 oclock in the tenant house on Carlos M De Garmens farm at Tuscarora. The blaze started in the wall of the log house occupied by the Mills family. Independent Hose Company members checked the fire with little damage and no furniture moved.
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Tuscarora Littlemage
Carlos M. de Garmen
Dia
Tuscarora
Cnaries Mills
Independent Hose Company
Window pane blows in at MecCroft 30 Cent Store
A pane blown in on the north side of MecCroft 30 Cent Store last night sparked a report of an attempted theft. The pane was repaired, whether broken by wind or otherwise.
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MecCroft
Help Cat on Roof Rescue by Citizens Truck
Citizens truck responded to an East Third Street residence at 10 15 PM Sunday to rescue two cats stranded on a roof. Details of the fall were incomplete but witnesses said the rescue was successful. A later note mentions automobile life estimates in hours and speed calculations in miles per hour.
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East Third Street
Frederick County Auditors Open 1938 Duties in Crowded Court House
Frederick County auditors began their 1938 duties sharing the court house quarters with a Federal agency. Four AAA staffers work in the law library while plans to gain more space and fireproof vaults for records are discussed amid county consolidation talks. Local officials doubt new agencies will enter without a new court house.
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Frederick County
Court House
AAA
Law Library
Grand Jury
Russell F Lighter
Joseph W. Smith
William ©. Wertenbaker
Marylend
Washington, Frederick
Carrell
Frederick Cits
Winchester Hall
S. H. deVault
University of Maryland, Agricultural Economies Department
Maryland
South Mountain
Frederick
County Bar Association
Senior Council Banquet Set For March 11 At Walkersville High
Frederick 4 H News Sheet reports the Senior Council banquet will be at Walkersville High School on March 11 with dinner at 6 45 pm and a dance to follow. Guest speaker is Mrs Hester Beall Provenson from the University of Maryland public speaking department.Dorothy Fouche Adams Town is toastmaster with Ruth Nicodemus Monrovia as song leader and Merle Lier Middletown presenting the year’s program. Fr an is Derr Ballenger will deliver a humorous monologue. Members of the organizing committee include Atlee Compher Bai Jengexz Ruth Nicodemus Daniel Pow Julia Schaffer Braddock Russell Keiler George Stauffer Walkersville and Howard Mainhardt New Market. Stauffer oversees dance arrangements. The Frederick 4 H News Sheet is the banquet theme and Woody Free and his orchestra provide the music.
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Hester Beall Provenson
University of Maryland
Walkersville High School
Dorothy Fouche
Adamstown
Ruth Nicodemus
Monrovia
Rand Merle Lier
Middletown
Jal
Francis Derr
Ballenger
Atlee Compher
Bai- Jengexz
Daniel Pow
Julia Schaffer
Braddock
Russell Keiler
George Stauffer
Walkersville
Howard Mainhardt
New Market
Stauffer
Frederick
Woody Free J
Imusic
Bawdy House Charge Sounds in Beulah Shelton Case
Beulah IL Shelton was charged with keeping a bawdy and disorderly house near Frederick. She was released by Justice Emmett R. Bow Jus on a $250 bond, with the event recorded Saturday for grand jury action.
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Beulah IL Shelton
Frederick
Emmett R. Bow
Daughter Cared As Staub Case Witness
Fragmentary text mentions a daughter providing care and a witness role in a Staub case. Names and specifics are unclear due to garbled OCR. No definite dates or places can be confirmed from the readable portion.
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Staub
Phoebus Invests In Idle Maryland Furniture Plant
Baltimore, Feb. 28 AP State Labor Commissioner H P Phoebus invested 1400 in a strike closed furniture factory, settlement followed next day. Phoebus goes on trial before Governor Nice on charges of mal administration in office. Witnesses link papers to Levin and Tawes. A Woodcock report urged Phoebus removal to appoint a full time expert.
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Baltimore
H. P. Phoebus
Gornor
Harry W. Nice
Phoebus
Robert B. Kimble
William J. Biehl
Harry O. Levin
State Tax Commission
John Tawes
Biehl
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Eldersburg chicken fire destroys flock and outbuildings
A blaze on the Dr Phillips property near Eldersburg destroyed about 500 to 600 chickens and a large chicken house, with estimated losses around 1400 to 1500 dollars. Fire from a nearby brooder house, fanned by high wind, prevented saving most of the flock. only a few hens were saved. Insurance status unclear. the property once belonged to Herbert Devries.
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Ickens
Dr. Phillips
Eldersburg
Mt. Airy Fire Company
Herbert Devries
United States Left Holding the Bag Over British Appeasement
Washington dispatch argues Roosevelt and Hull are discouraged by British efforts to appease Hitler and Mussolini, weakening democratic unity, strengthening Monroe Doctrine focus, and risking further Axis aggression while England faces pressures in Europe and amid Latin American concerns. The piece cites high officials' views on appeasement costs, the risks of concessions, and the shifting balance with France and England.
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United States
Hitler
Duce
Washington
Europe
Roosevelt
Hull
North
South America
Mussolini
Hoover
Stimson
England
Manchuria
Sir Anthony Eden
Seville Chamberlain
Eden
Hill
Land
France
Germany
Dodd
Latin America
Middle Europe
Mediterranean
Near East
Far East
World
Rhineland
Czechoslovakia
Spain
Russia
Wood Oly
NEA Service, Inc
Red Tape Cut To Speed Unemployment Payments
Maryland Unemployment Compensation Board ends weekly check limit to speed benefits. Many locals still wait weeks due to Social Security number mix ups and misfiled forms. Four week payments may be issued in one check up to $60, with 9,000 checks mailed and totals reaching $541,000 as overtime work continues to clear backlogs.
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Maryland | Unemployment Compensation Board
Albert N. McCardell
Baltimore
McCardell
Frederick
Carroll
Brunswick
Supreme Court Sustains NLRB Orders Against Greyhound Lines
The Supreme Court sustained NLRB orders directing two bus companies to withdraw recognition for collective bargaining from Labor organizations they allegedly formed and dominated. Justice Stone delivered the opinion reversing lower court rulings that NLRB orders exceeded the National Labor Relations Act. The actions targeted Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines and Pacific Greyhound Lines.
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Washington
Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
Justice Stone
National Labor Relations Act
Pennsylvania Greyhound Lifes
fInc
Pacific Greyhound Lines, Inc
Pershing Improves as Pershing Feeds By Mouth
Tucson February 28 AP bulletin reports General John J. Pershing shows signs of recovery after four days unable to swallow. He took fluids by mouth for first time today and remained conscious longer with improved body temperature. Kidneys working slightly helped counter uremic poisoning. earlier bulletin warned of possible decline.
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Tucson
Ariz
John J. Pershing
Pershing
Roland Davison
Government Policy Unemployment Cause
Bernard Baruch told a Senate unemployment committee that government policy is more responsible for unemployment than business. He urged wage hour legislation as essential and criticized undistributed profits and capital gains taxes while noting his ties to Roosevelt and advisory role.
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Washington
Bernard Baruch
New York
Senate
Baruch
Roosevelt
Father seeks return of missing son in New Rochelle case
New Rochelle, N Y Feb AP Murray Levine father of 12 year old Peter Levine says federal and county authorities told him he could negotiate with those holding his son. He would not confirm kidnap or a $50000 ransom report. Levine, a wealthy New York attorney, demands a free hand to save his boy. He noted no definite information on the boy's fate. Automotive exports to the United States rose about 73 percent in July compared with July 1936.
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New York
Murray Levine
Peter Levine
Ni Rochelle
N. Y
Ned
Gon
Levine
United States
Republicans Form New Committee to Survey Public Opinion
Chicago February 28 AP John M Hamilton chairman of the Republican National Committee said the new program committee will survey states to learn what people think. Dr Glenn Frank described the group as laymen not brain trust, aiming for factual research and a referendum without issuing any tentative platform.
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Chicago
John DR. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Committee On
Roosevelt
Evansnie
Glenn Frank
Polity Committee
National Committee
Jackson Nominated By Senate Judiciary Committee
Washington February 28 The Senate Judiciary committee approved the nomination of Robert H Jackson to be Solicitor General The move comes as Roosevelt had nominated Jackson an Assistant Attorney General to replace Stanley Reed who was named to the Supreme Court The committee voted 10 to 2 with two opposing senators likely sending the nomination to the Senate for final action tomorrow
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Robert H. Jackson
Roosevelt
Jackson
Stanley Reed
Supreme Court
Austin
Rep
King
Utah
Senate
Market declines as leaders fall on thin trading
The stock market leafed into a decline with leaders dropping fractions to multiple points. Intermittent support periods lacked vigor as ticker tape barely moved. Near the fourth hour extreme losses appeared. Sterling opened foreign exchange trading at 3-16 and $5.02 1-16.
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New York
Future Annual Defense Bill Will Reach Over One Trillion
Washington reports project a defense bill in the next decade that could exceed 1.2 trillion dollars, nearly double the 617 million allocated in 1923 and far above the wartime 1.744 billion. The projection reflects rising costs and expanding programs for the defense establishment.
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Agton
Washington
High Winds Sweep Through Maryland
High winds swept through Maryland early today blowing down electric poles at College Park delaying bay shipping and forcing cancellation of flying schedules. There were no reports of injuries.
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Baltimore
Maryland
College Park
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