Sewerage system runs 1.5 percent over estimate
The Frederick sewerage project nears completion with a PWA extension to May 28 for final accounts. Final cost shown as about 1,020,000, 1.5 percent over the 1,005,100 estimate after delays and contract variances. 375 properties hooked, hundreds more pending, with officials noting close calculation and satisfactory progress.
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Frederick
PWA
City and Public Works Administration
News- Post
Dee Ee Eet Ee
Elmer
A. J. Grove Lime Company
T. Edgie Russell
Grove
City Register
Louis E. Eichelberger
Edward S. Mobley
Mobley
W. H. Thompson
Public Works Administration
Hampser
Masked Bandits Kill Messenger for $25,000 Loot
On the Kentucky Tennessee border three masked bandits fatally machine gun a post office messenger, shoot Police Chief C M Sherrod, and flee with a rail bag containing $25,000. Arthur Minns dies, Rudy Evans is killed nearby. Sherrod injured, in hospital in Clarksville Tennessee.
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Guthrie
Jan
Nashville
Tenn
Rudy Evans
Here
Kentucky
Protestant Churches Unite for Montgomery Sermon
Dr James Shera Montgomery United States House chaplain will preach at 730 PM Sunday at Evangelical and Reformed church Frederick as seven Protestant churches unite for the 117th anniversary of the county Young Men's Bible Society. Henri L G Kieffer East Church pastor will read the service with others assisting. Mrs Maud Waiters Dittmar organist will direct the choir and Robert L Smith led music. Society members will attend a brief business session then march to the church auditorium. Arrangements by R Ames Hendrickson society president.
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Frederick
James Shera Montgomery
United States House of Representatives
Montgomery
Young Men's Bible Society
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church
Washington
Congress Lower House
Toledo
Minneapolis
Robert L. Smith
R. Ames Hendrickson
Policeman Killed As He RoutS Three Bandits
New York patrolman Frank Zatcor aged 39 was killed in a restaurant holdup gunfight. He mortally wounded one bandit who identified as Thomas Eberwin, 26, a laborer. Police said other bandits escaped and were wounded.
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New York
Frank Zatcor
Thomas Eberwin
Director praises project record despite fatality report
The speaker notes a fatality had been reported but up to 653 workers were employed at one time, calling the overall project record better than similar extended projects in other cities. Mr. Thompson comments on progress and compares outcomes with peers.
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Thompson
China mobilizes manpower for war on Japan
Hankow January 6 AP reports China with 400 million people is conducting a national mobilization for a relentless war against Japan. Cities outside occupied areas swarm with troops and recruits outnumber civilians in some places. By spring China expects about 80 divisions in the field under General Chiang Kai-Shek who holds full power over military and civil life under wartime government.
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Hankow
Japan
China
Generalisssmo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Cina
Three Brethren missionaries reported missing in China
An anxious report from Shouvvang in east Shansi states Rev Alva Harsh and his wife and Miss Minneva J Neher disappeared December 2 after leaving Shourang on the Shansi Railway. Officials and consuls pursue facts while relatives await word. Wires were sent to families. the Harsh couple had recently served in China and studied at Bethany Seminary.
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Alva Harsh
Church of the Brethren
China
Shansi
Charles D. Bonsack
Elgin
General Mission Board
The
Peiping
Ping Ting
Taiyuan Shihkiachuang
Cordell Hull
Harsh
Japan Watching U S Naval Building Plans
Tokyo readers focus on Roosevelt budget message and U S defense plans. Editors see no cause for alarm but stress vigilance as future developments unfold, with emphasis on Western coastal defense measures and naval implications.
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Japan
U. S. Naval
Tokyo
Roosevelt
Suit Over 300 Dollar Board Bill Up
Testimony from fourteen witnesses taken in the Middletown suit John Victor Alexander versus Howard R Tracey over an alleged 900 dollar board bill. Judge Willard withheld decision. Other cases noted include a new trial motion in a $450 award against Paul M Merr Gaver and a Bangs disease cattle case from Frederick County with hearings set for January 17.
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John Victor Alexander
Howard R. Tracey
Middletown
Arthur D. Willard
John L. Roytzahn
Tracer
Lee J. Gaver
Lewis O. Johnson
George E. Wise
John Davis
John Alexander
Paul MM. Gaver
That
Frederick County
Gaver
Alfred W. Gaver
Slot Machine King Booms in Shanghai War Zone
John Riley, an American known as the slot machine king of the French concession, runs over 50 machines in Shanghai bars and cabarets. He says soldiers and sailors from the Allied forces spend more than 12000 dollars monthly, aided by the Sino-Japanese hostilities since August.
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Shanghai
China
John Riley
Denver
Colo
Riley
French Concession
Drunken Drivers Take Expensive Chance
Maryland motorists who drink and drive face stiff penalties. State Police report 90 percent conviction rates with fines starting at 100 dollars or jail terms from 30 days to a year. In October, 28 drivers were arrested for DUI and 75 were pled guilty or found guilty.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Marlin D. Brubaker
Romania to recognize Italian empire by accrediting envoy
Rome says Romania will recognize the Italian empire by accrediting a minister to Vittorio Emanuele III as king and emperor of Ethiopia. The move would bring the number of nations recognizing the Italian regime to seven.
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Rome
Ministry of Popular Culture
Rumania
Vittorio Emanuelel
Ethiopia
Terror on yacht described by witnesses before grand jury
Los Angeles witnesses described the last days of pirate Black Jack Morgan aboard the luxury yacht Aaffe. Their testimony before a federal grand jury outlined his fury and the terror he inspired aboard the vessel.
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Los Angeles
Black Jack” Morgan
Navy head says basic expansion of fleet likely
Admiral William D. Leahy indicated President Roosevelt's anticipated naval policy message would urge major fleet expansion, adding to the ongoing shipbuilding program. He noted the Vinson Trammell act guides a full strength fleet within treaty limits, while Britain and Japan moved beyond them after the London pact expired.
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Navy Head
Washington
William D. Leahy
Roosevelt
Leahy
Great Britain
Japan
America
Record of Unemployment Claims Filed in Frederick Carroll
Four hundred eighty seven people filed claims in Frederick Carroll during the first three days of the week with a steady stream continuing. Capt Charles N Staley reports most people will have filed by week end and next week transcripts will show credits and amounts due in the state fund. Claimants must return to the unemployment office one week after filing on the same weekday.
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Frederick-Carroll County
Charles N. Staley
Frederick
Carroll County
Capt. Staley
Chester Davis
Dorothy Bussard
Westminster
Staley
Baltimore
Earle Discharges Pa Relief Administrator Harrisburg
Gov. Geo H Earle today dismissed the Deputy Secretary of Public Assistance Howard L Russell leaving Pennsylvania relief with no top leaders. Secretary Kerl DeSchweinitz had resigned already and Russell said politics had entered the relief administration during the crisis setup.
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Harrisburg
Geo. H. Earle
PublicAssistance
Howard L. Russell
Kerl DeSchweinitz
Russell
DeSchweinitz
Buying Side Proves The Most Attractive In Market
New York stock market opened with the buying side dominant as rails and industrials advanced several points. Profit taking interrupted gains later in the day, with top prices slipping near the fourth hour. Sterling was off life at 5.
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New York
Sterling
Step-Brother And Step-Sister Married In Clarksburg
A daughter and son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Green of Mt Airy were wed at the Southern Methodist parsonage in Clarksburg on New Year’s Day. The couple, Herman Layman and the Green daughter, are not related by blood. The marriage, performed by Rev S J L DuLaney, followed an engagement between Miss Annie Green and Herman Layman who were once step siblings. A small reception at the Layman home followed.
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Lawrence Green
Mt Airy
Southern Methodist
Clarksburg
Herman Layman
Green
Mt. Airy
Mr. Green
Gaithersburg
S.J. L. DuLaney
Delmas Layman
Pleasant Grove
Delmas
Patricia Ann
Lawrence i Green
George Layman
Lee Layman
Dorothy Windsor
Alice Harding
Arthur Layman
Carl Layman
Rodand Layman
Russell Alexandria
Clarkie Winetsor
Attitude of US in Far East Topic at Hood talk
Dr. Elia Lonn of Goucher College addressed Hood College directors and faculty in Meyran hall on the Far East situation. She divided U S sentiment into idealists semi realists and realists and traced Japan’s imperialism from 1914 and its war aims while criticizing its propaganda and the Nine Power Treaty concessions.
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U. S
Far East
DR. Lonn
Hood
Elia Lonn
Goucher College
Baltimore
Hood College
Meyran Hall
Dr. Lona
United States
China
Japan
Loan
Beligerent
Black Dragon Society
Cama
Lonn
Orient
Washington
Pacific
Hawaii
America
Summers Backed For Court Post By House Group
Washington Jan 5 The House Judiciary Committee urged President Roosevelt to name Representative Sam Rayburn Summers of Texas as chair of the committee to succeed Justice Sutherland. Senate discussion Jan 6 noted tight scrutiny of any nomination and the likelihood of a liberal majority on the court.
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Summers
House Group
Washingon
Howe Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
Representative Sumners
Texas
Sutherland
Washington
Supreme Court of
George Sutherland
Bridges
N. H
Senate
Copeland
Hugo L. Black
Brandies
Stone
Cardoza
Black
Stanley Reed
Justice Black
jJat Summer
Minton
Indiana
Schwellenbach
Sam G. Bratton
New Mexico
Philip F. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Frank Murphy
Michigan
U S Navy to Fly 42 Planes to Hawaii This Year
San Diego announces a plan to fly 42 patrol and bombing planes from San Diego to Hawaii as the Navy aims to strengthen Pacific air power. Transfer begins January 19 with 18 aircraft carrying over 100 officers and men under Lieut-Com. S B Warner, bound for Pearl Harbor, a distance of over 2,500 miles.
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San Diego
Calif
United States Navy
Hawaii
Pacific
Navy
S. B. Warner
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Rebels Lose Heavily In Battle At Teruel
The government reported the battle of Teruel cost the insurgents over 10,000 casualties in three weeks of fighting. About 3,000 insurgents were killed, around 6,000 wounded, and several thousand captured, with government forces seizing 4,800 rifles, 211 machine guns, 97 mortars, 30 field guns, 300 trucks and large amounts of ammunition.
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Madrid
Teruel
Economy drive starts in House Appropriations
Washington Jan 6 The House Appropriations committee began an economy drive by recommending $1 414 313 515 in appropriations to finance over 30 independent agencies for the coming fiscal year, a saving of $118 538 800 over the current year. The measure, first of the regular annual supply bills, shaved $3 732 000 off the budget bureau estimate, most of the cut borne by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Budget Bureau
Tennasuse Vallad Authoritec
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Judiciary Committee
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