Fire probe widens as Mt Airy blaze patterns seen
Authorities report a private inquiry by state and county officers finds that three Mt. Airy fires, all likely started by an incendiary, may stem from a single firebug. Investigators cite Nice family ties and a large Mt. Airy high school blaze as key incidents.
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Frederick
Carroll County
Joseph Daugherty
State Insurance Commissioner's Office
Sherman P. Bowers
Roy M.wiltner
Frederick County
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Wilbur C. Coakley
J. Albert Nice
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Nice Home
Nice
deAnile
Mrs. Nice
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Mt Airy High School
Harry R. Zepp
Carroll County Board of Education
First National Bank
North Main Street
Mt. Alry
Zepp
Riddlemoser H
Truck Breaks Sewer Cover In Baltimore Delivery
A Horton Motor Lines truck backed to deliver at a local store and broke an iron sewer cover at Market and Second streets around 9 oclock this morning. Driver R A Eccard notified city authorities.
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Horton Motor Lines
Baltimore
Market
Second Streets
R. A. Eccard
Milk Producers Meet For Year In Frederick County
The Freder ick County Milk Producers Association held its annual meeting at Henry R. Shoemaker’s office with good attendance. Albert M. Mercer was elected president and led a slate of officers and directors, while discussion covered milk price and potential milk control legislation with no actions taken.
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Frederick
Association
General Assembly
Milk Control Board
Ethel How shot and fled after family tragedy
In Leray Illinois on February 17 Miss Ethel How reportedly shot dead her brother and sister after six months of illness worry. She wounded two other relatives and fled the countryside as police used tear gas on the house where the dead and wounded lay.
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Leray
Ethel Howant
No Damage Reported From Frederick County Flooding
Rain and rising temperatures thawed ground and reduced snow, bringing Frederick county waters near flood stage but causing no damage to roads or bridges. Monocacy River peaked near ten feet above normal at Geresville, then receded. Potomac rose four to five feet near Brunswick and a high of eleven and a half feet at the Harpers Ferry bridge, then fell.
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Frederick County
Geresville
Monocacy
Pews
Potomac
Brunswick
Harpers Furry Bridge
Mellon Case Up for Mellon Tax Hearing Tomorrow
Pittsburgh reports former Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon will face a sub committee of the Bureau of Tax Appeals tomorrow to answer charges he wilfully knowingly fraudulently evaded his 1931 income tax. Mellon expects the hearing will end a long campaign of vilification led by Democrats and Attorney General Homer S. Cummings.
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Pittsburgh
Homer S. Cummings
Weather Report Notes Slow Thaw After Heavy Snow
Residents feared floods from last fall as a gradual thaw avoided havoc. A warm spell and rapid cold nights kept snow from vanishing quickly, while Northwest winds cooled the county. Saturday reached 57 degrees the warmest February day since 1933, with 0.25 inch rain pushing the monthly total to 1.04. Snow in the mountains near the airport was not expected to reach the area. Temperature slid to 83 at 11 PM as an 18 mph wind faded.
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River Section
Maryland Senate to consider administration measures in 5 bills
Five bills would place the state police director under the governor, create a three member Conservation Commission and abolish the conservation commissioner post, form a three member Advisory Board of Parole, allow tax payments in installments, and change the residence affidavit rule for Maryland citizens leaving the state. The governor would appoint all three panels and set salaries.
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Annapolis
Senate
Conservation Commission
Office of Conservation Commissioner
Office of Commissioner of Paroles
Maryland
J. David Baile
Carroll
Threeman Advisory Board of Paroles
Callan to Command Third Corps Area in Baltimore
Major-General Robert E. Callan, a Baltimore native, will assume command of the Third Corps Area covering Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia and the District of Columbia. he relieves Major-General Paul B. Malone who sails from New York for his new post with the Sth Corps Area and the 4th U. S. Field Army in San Francisco. News advertising pays big dividends. Invest in it.
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Robert E. Callan
Third Corps
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Columobile
Paul B. Malone
New York
Sth
4Th U. S. Field Army
San Francisco
Corn-Hog Meetings In Montgomery County
In Rockville Maryland on February 17 Agricultural Agent Otto W. Anderson announced a series of meetings to explain the 1935 corn hog reduction program. Sessions are planned across Barnesville Poolesville Laytonsville Rockville Clarksburg Brookeville Damascus Colesville and Darnestown with times from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Contracts are available to all producers regardless of prior signup.
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Montgomery County
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Otto W. Anderson
Barnesville
Poolesville
Laytonsville
Clarksburg
Brookeville
Damascus
Colesville
Thursey
Darnestown
Anderson
Berlin Man and Four Women Sentenced for Espionage
Berlin official announces that the Peoples Court will publish sentences for five Germans, four women and one man, on espionage charges. The official could not confirm if the death penalty will be used, noting final authority rests with Reichsfuehrer Hitler after cabinet delegations.
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Berlin
Germany
Peoples Court
Propaganda Ministry
Flyers rescue flight ends in safe Porto Praia landing
Paul Codos and Maurice Rossi turned back from a transatlantic attempt toward a new world distance record. After sending an SOS at 8 a.m. GMT the pair landed the Joseph Lebrix at Porto Praia Cape Verde, dumping gasoline to reduce weight. They escaped a doomed sea landing, suffered engine trouble, and planned to investigate the failure of their Istres to Buenos Aires hop.
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Cape Verde Islands
Paul Codos
Maurice Rossi
Porto Praia
Joseph Lebrix
Istres
France
Buenos Aires
New York
Rayak
Syria
South America
Codos
Rossi
Gifts For Club Support Library In Gaithersburg
Gaithersburg Homemaker's Club received an encyclopedia from a graduate and a $10 donation from the Alumni Association of Gaithersburg High School for the public library project. Miss Edythe Turner supervised weaving splint bottoms and tush seats in chairs and stools, completing ten pieces at the February meeting at Mrs. Harvey Selby's home.
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Gaithersburg
Gaithersburg High School
Gaithersburg Homemaker's Club
Clay Plummer
Granville Kinsey
Harvey Selby
Edythe Turner
County Home
Conference on emergency finances in Annapolis probes further
Gov Nice convenes Democratic and Republican leaders for a second emergency finance conference as the legislature reconvenes to address a potential state deficit. The debate centers on bond issues of 8 million versus 4 million and potential loan use. Baltimore Mayor Jackson warns the current budget threatens taxpayers with hardship and accuses tax diversions.
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Annapolis
Nice
General Assembly
Baltimore
Howard W. Jackson
H. W. Nice
Baltimore City
Deat Servic
General Treasury
Bull Wrecks Train in Alabama Derails Freight
At Cecil Alabama on February 17 a giant bull stepped in front of a Seaboard Airline freight train causing derailment of the engine and box cars. Engineer T H Cox of Montgomery and Fireman R C Vorus of Americas Georgia were killed as the engine plunged into a muddy ditch. Five others were injured.
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BULL
Cecil
Ala
Seaboard Airline Freight Tra
T. H. Cox
Montgomery
R. C. Vorus
Americas Ga
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