City Board declines wage claim review on Laporte contract
Acting on an opinion from City Attorney Edward J. South the Frederick board of Aldermen at a special session refused to pass on the merit of multiple wage claims filed by workers of J A Laporte Construction Company. The panel also declined to withhold city funds due to the contractor, pending bankruptcy complications and trustee objections in federal court.
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Edward J. South
Board of Aldermen
J. A Laporte Construction Company
Laporte Construction Company
Horatio B Hackett
Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
Frederick City
Laporte
Hackett
Smith
PWA
Trusfer
Frederick Ag
City considers marker for Gambrill Park at High Knob
The city attorney raised the issue of an appropriate marker for Gambrill Park at High Knob as cost investigations are planned. The Street committee will study improvements to an alley between East Second and East Third streets. Aldermen granted two city trucks to the Frederick County Fish and Game Protective Association to transport part of the Western Maryland display from Baltimore to Frederick for the National Wildlife show. Other routine business noted. Present were Aldermen Schroeder Butcher Oden Kuhn Mayor Culver City Engineer Maxwell and Attorneys Smith Parsons Newman.
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Gambrill Park
High Knob
East Second
East Third
Frederick County Fish and Game Protective Association
Maryland
Baltimore
Herbert 5. Schroeder
Charles T. Butcher
Edward P. Oden
P. Tobias Kuhn
Lloyd C. Culler
Elmer St. C. Maxwell
Smith and
Parsons Newman
Test Watersheds For Erosion Service Picked
Maryland farmers will see runoff data from four test watersheds on Ray Reeder farms near Keedysville and Mullendore Rohrer farms near Rohrersville. Soil Conservation Service installs a concrete dam gauge and eight automatic rain gauges to compare rainfall with runoff and monitor soil and temperature conditions.
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College Park
Maryland
Soil Conservation Service
O. C. Bruce
Bruce
Ray Reeder
Keedysville
Frank Mullendore
John Rohrer
Silver Anniversary Of High School Band Concert
Frederick High School Band and Orchestra celebrated its 25th annual concert with trombone soloist William Haller performing The Sweetest Story Ever Told. About 600 attendees heard encores and pieces like I ll Take You Home Again Kathleen accompanied by Dolly Shook.
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William Haller
Frederick High School
Kathleen
Dolly Shook
Barnard
Fred Meitzler
Donald Hiltner
Wilbur Whipp
Richard Bowers
DeLyon
Waters
Indiana Band Masters’ Association
Fenton Harris
Harris
North Market Street School
Prof
Nevin Biser
Mass Margaret Blank
Two Killed in Gangster Raid in Columbus
Columbus, Ohio February 4 two bank robber suspects were killed and five people injured in a police raid on a gang hideout. Detectives Robert Cline William Danner and Leo Phillips were wounded two critically and one later died. One suspect captured while another died in hospital. The Hilltop bank robbery at the Ohio National Bank occurred five hours earlier and a second robbery at the Federal Loan Association netted $2200.
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Columbus
Ohio
Otto Raffits
Geo. Mingle
Ohio Highway Patrol
Charles Bird
Bird
Ohio National Bank
Robert Cline
William Danner
Leo Phillips
Carl Boetscher
Cleveland
Mary Violet Watting
Cline
Danner
Lawrence Tucker
Glenn Hoffman
Hilltop
Hilltop Branch
Federal Loan Association
Jailed Motorist Can Be Compelled To Work
Baltimore February 3 A motorist fined for drunk driving and jailed for non payment may be forced to work on Montgomery County roads Attorney General Herbert R O Conor ruled this day He based his decision on a county law and said the worker must be paid 73 cents a day for road work by Magistrate Charles Webb Rockville
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Baltimore
Montgomery County
Herbert R. O'Conor
Charles 41 Webb
Rockville
O'Conor
Unavoidable Accident Verdict in Maryland Car Tragedy
A coroner's jury in Rising Sun Maryland ruled the deaths of four people in a crash involving a car heavy truck and trailer were an unavoidable accident. The verdict exonerated Samuel Lerner of Brooklyn New York the car's driver and sole survivor. Acting coroner Dr. C Dodson ordered Lerner held pending further action.
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Rising Sun
Samuel Lerner
Brooklyn
C. Dodson
Lerner
Bank Robbery Hunt Continues Near Keedysville Maryland
Two armed men robbed Citizens Bank of Keedysville near Hagerstown Wednesday escaping in a dark sedan with about 1070. Police traced the vehicle through license plates as they chased toward Red Hill and Harpers Ferry, but the suspects vanished before capture. Time locks on the vault limited the loot to roughly five thousand dollars, of which about 19 87 was on the counter. Insurance covered the loss and adjusters arrived soon after.
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Maryland
Citizens’ Bank of
Keedysville
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Washington
Red Hill
Harpers Ferry
Paul AL. Wyand
Wyand
Italy Backs Plan to Stamp Out Mediterranean Piracy
London reports Italy agreed to the Franco British plan to stamp out pirate attacks in the Western Mediterranean. Count Dino Grandi told Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden Italy consents to measures in the British naval zone and similar Italian naval patrol actions. The Nyon accord aims to protect shipping amid pressures from the Spanish Civil War and insurgent efforts. Two British ships have been sunk in the past five days.
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London
Italy
Great Britain
France
Mediterranean
Dino Grandi
Anthony Eden
Britain
Barcelona
Endymion
Alcira
Cartagena
Conservation Assn Committee Meeting in Frederick County
A Frederick County Agriculture Conservation Association meeting gathered all districts at the Y M C A to plan a farm survey of about 700 to 606 non enrolled farms in the 1937 government program. County Agent Henry K Sacemacer presided as committees listed representatives from across the county, aiming to complete the survey by February 15.
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Frederick County Agriculture Conservation Association
Y. M Co
Henry K. Sacemacer
William A. Shook
Blar S. Titus
Harry L. Thomas
Buckeystown
Jones O. Baker
Harry Valentine
J. Frank Wivell
Emmitsburg
Daniel J. Thomas
James VY. Shaft
Howard B. Smith
Frederick
Ja 5. Remsburg
James EL. Ferrell
Henry D. Lakin
Jefferson
A. M. Pitzer
Walter Martz
H. Ernest Warner
Lewistown
Sturray D. Nicodemus
John F. Smith
Calivia H. Hamilton
Liberty
George DD. Derr
Joan W. Menner
Ira Wert
Middletown
Claude A. Stottlemyer
Harvey R. Grossnickle
C. Elbert Grossnickle
Myers
Chinese Engage Japs In Rear Guard Action
Chinese forces fight a desperate rear guard action along the frozen Hwai river to cover the retreat of the main army northward from Pengpu. They withdraw to near Kuchen to defend the Lunghai corridor, while Japanese encirclement claims a Chinese division of about 10 000 men. A separate report from Hongkong says 700 Japanese undercover agents were arrested in Canton in a plot to overthrow the Nationalist government and establish a pro Japanese administration.
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Shanghai
Hwai River
Pengpu
Kuchen
China
Hongkong
Kwangtung
Canton
South
Bellhop Arrested Over Murdoch Cigar Case
Police allege the bellhop is the slayer after Murdoch’s personal effects show no cigarettes, though the bellhop claims delivering a package of them to Murdoch.
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Murdoch
Hitler assumes army command and cabinet reshuffle
Berlin Feb 4 Adolf Hitler directly took command of Germanys armed forces and reorganized the cabinet naming Joachim von Ribbentrop foreign minister Wilhelm Keitel becomes chief of high command and deputy to the war minister Werner von Fritsch is removed von Neurath heads a new secret cabinet council as international ambassadors are recalled for consultation
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Berlin
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hitler
Wermer von Blomberg
Reichstag
Konstantin von Neurath
Wilhelm Keitel
War Ministry
Keitel
Werner von Fritsch
von Neurath
U S To Withdraw More Of Forces From China
Washington reports the United States will reduce forces in North China next month. The 15th Infantry at Tientsin, 603 men, will depart, while 1,400 marines who went to China last summer are withdrawn. Two marine companies will replace the infantry in Tientsin, leaving 527 marines in Peiping and Tientsin, marking no U S Army presence on Chinese soil for the first time in 36 years.
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Washington
North China
Fen
Japan
State Department
Tientsin
15Th Infantry
Navy
China
Morehan
Hal
United States Army
Hull
Fat Tientsin
Peiping
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Lumbus, Ohio
Oligemen
Hoffman
Yellow House
Tucker
Phillips
Robert Cooke
Rome
England
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Delphey
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Joachim von Ribbenstrop
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