WPA to Start 60 Day Street Base Work and Shovel Projects
City officials and a special committee urged urgent action as workers face layoffs from Laporte shutdown. WPA plans curb and gutter and stone base projects on Frederick Avenue Madison Street and West 14th Street employing about 60 men for up to two months, with labor covered by WPA funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Freter- Wns
Board of Aldermen
Fime
Linganore Hhirayon
Ely
Frederick Avenue
West
Fourteenth Streets
Els
Sherman Avenue
Center Street
Madison Street
Burck
Broadway
Weet Thirteenth Street
Motter Avenue
Tenth Street
City N Rineer
Elmer St. C
Maxwell
Itr
Franklin
East
Patrick
Clarke
Place
Maxwell Avenue
South College Parkway
Middlealley
Herbert
Schroeder
McCurdy
Ate
Stephen Co Crneveet
Catoctin Furne Ace
Laporte 3x Construction Company
Ram
Ligon
Laporte
J. Sheldon Turner
Frevt‘wetick Welfare Board
Welsfare Board
Agriculture Bill Out And Goes Back Again
Washington notes the new crop insurance bill emerging from the Agriculture Department then being sent back for overhaul. It proposes an autonomous Crop Insurance Corporation while the President seeks to place all independent agencies under cabinet departments, clashing with reorganization aims. The Senate earlier extended the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to June 30 1938, despite protests by economy advocacy leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Eye
Federan Crop Insurance Corporation
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Recommendations Made For State Hospitals
A Baltimore committee led by Dr Hugh W Young proposed five measures to fix the State hospitals crisis. Key steps include a 1 232 000 bond issue for new buildings and repairs and higher State appropriations. The plan targets care for 7 373 patients in 1938 and 7 900 in 1939, with per capita support rising from 210 to 237 and then 243 per patient as costs grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Hugh WW. Young
Stockton Utilities Head Shot in Domestic Tragedy
Clarence J. Trader, 43, leader of Stockton Power and Light, was found fatally wounded at his estranged wife’s Stockton home after a night out. Mrs Trader reported he shot himself following dinner and a quarrel, while officials pursue further inquiry as no charges were filed. The couple had a long marriage with three sons and recent domestic troubles including an earlier indictment for attempting to shoot his wife. The coroner's jury ruled death from pistol wounds by an unknown person.
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Jan
Worcester County
Oshers
Clarence J. Trader
Stockton
Pacamoke City
Trader
Johnson
Trader Irvine
Johns
France Votes To Halt Volunteer Force From Spain War
Paris Jan 18 The Chamber of Deputies voted to grant Premier Leon Bhim power to halt volunteers traveling to the Spanish Civil War. In adopting the measure the deputies echoed the Premier's warning that the volunteer question could threaten Europe’s peace and international agreements.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Leon Bhim
France
Europe
Elaine Barrymore Sues John Barrymore for Divorce
Elaine Barrymore filed for divorce in Superior Court citing mental cruelty after a two month marriage ended New Year’s Eve when she learned of his jealousy over her stage career. She asked for temporary support and permanent alimony, saying the split followed his departure for a current film and asserting jealousy over co actors and stage personnel.
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Los Angeles
Jan Ie
Elaine Barrymore
Devorce
John Barrymore
Barrymore
Elaine Bache
Allvarce
Yorn Ariz
Tareyaniettl
Oan
Warrymore Salt
Tie
Frederick Junction man posted bond on forgery charges
Elmer T. Fitez near Frederick Junction posted $2,000 before Justice Walter Bo Sinn to secure release pending grand jury action. He faces charges of forgery and false pretense in passing numerous fraudulent checks, with about 235 or more alleged checks involved and a $15 value per item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer T. Fitez
Frederick Junction
Walter Bo Sinn
Fitez
Nominations by Firemen Set for Annual Banquet
Firemen nominate officers and directors at Independent Muse Company meeting in Kine hall. Banquet planned for February at Lutheran church hall followed by elections for president, secretary, treasurer, directors, foreman, and chief hose director with multiple nominees and an auditing committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electon
Muse Company
Parelors
Aros J Traver
Lutheran Church
Mick Chaplar
Gornpos
Peltuary
Orea Pre
Benjamin Bo Rasenstack
Coubey
Ddwags
T. A. Atlee Radhel
Clinton H. Willard
Whien Herridtions
Emory Ro Carmack
Aifteon Ney
Engiae Hall
UA Nations Wats
Howard M Albaugh
Richard & Keyser
Souseph Zimmerman
Cam- Finlter
Luther Wi
Abrecht Charmain
Desse Dinterlman
Clyde Abrecht
John Favorite Find
Mallard
Allen Kline
Jesse Dinterman
Jesse W. Kolb
Roger W. Quinn
William D Bowers
Edward M Akers
Charles T. Butcher
William D. Zimmerman
Bensamin
Rocenteek
John Baumgardney
Roy T. Brust
Emory R. Carmack
Luther W. Abrecht
Robert Rumpf
Milland M Brust
Vernon Derr
Brunswick Seeks Bond Issue for Sewer Project Costs
The Brunswick mayor and town officials push a 4700000 bond plan to fund sewer system costs as WPA funds cover most labor. The bill, referred to the Frederick county delegation, aims to speed through the General Assembly with 76000 local funding, while WPA supplies labor for the largely material-based project now about one third complete. Over 120 unemployed workers, many former railroad men, are employed as WPA labor continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
General Assembly
Brunswick
John Wo Punk
Koos
Four Month Sentence for Vagrant in State Court
Joseph Kelley a vagrant received four months in the House of Correction after Justice Emmett R. Bowlus sentenced him following a prior release from Gettysburg Jail days earlier. Deputy Smith received Kelley’s DOJ record. Kelley had six months for breaking and entering and larceny and a prior 8 to 16 month term in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Correction
Joseph Kelley
Emmett R. Bowlus
Bowlus
Charles W. Smith
Kelley
Department of Justice
Gettysburg
Hart
Washington
Pasding
B. H. Cecell
Wilbur Carson
Licksville
Listing of names and titles in historical notice
A fragmentary roster lists Morgan Mehr Engle Charles Schroyer and others with numerous professional titles including Surgeon Chaplain and Doctor. The line names multiple individuals such as Earl Morgan Charles Gil bert Austin Dare Wiley Orndorff and Harry Schulty among others.
Girl Struck by Auto In Walkersville Hospitalized
Miss Bertha Lantz about 7 is in Fredrick City Hospital after being struck by a car driven by Martin L Fox, a Woodboro garage owner, on Walkersville street shortly before 5 pm. She has fractured ribs and possible internal injuries with shock. condition unchanged. Another pedestrian, Miss Lantz’s companion Miss Taint, began crossing the street and, not noticing the auto, stepped in front of the vehicle. Fox stopped the car and aided officials. Dr Long treated the injured woman amid ongoing concerns about her punctured lung and shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin L Fox
Woodboro
Bertha Lantz
Walkersville
Fredanck City Hospital
W Long
Womath
Etchison Jand San
Long
Miss Taint
J. Wy Stimmys
Charles F. Geisinger
Fox
John Wo Steutter, Jr
Miss Lanty
Ralph Zimmerman
Report of accident leads to investigation in Walkersville area
The FS Fox officer immediately reported the accident and later went to the state station near the city to file a report with Sergi Dr. Peterson, who began an investigation. Miss Lantz, known in Walkersville and Fox with business at Woodsboro, resides near Creagerstown.
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FS Fox
Sabe
Sergi DR. Peterson
Miss Lantz
Walkersville
Fox
Woodsboro
Creagerstown
Six Burned To Death In Oil Pipeline Explosion Pryor
An oil pipeline explosion near Pryor on January 15 killed six people. Four women spectators and two repair crew members died, six others were injured, and a car was melted by the blast. The women were waiting for their husbands to finish the repair so they could return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pryor
Ohlo
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Turner
Elks Club
Lewte
Derrybaugh
Brerd
Benjamin Rosenour
Rausenour
Dorothy FL Mriiride
Welfare Board
Calvary Methodist Church
James Y H. Grove, Jr
James H. Gambrill, Jr
Tol
Aldermen
Cromwell
Rosenour
G. J. Reequardt
Calthnore
Edward Jo Smith
Hat
Thomas A. Chapline
South Court Street
Heergieciky
Utilities
Snow Hill
Joh Barrymore
Elaine
Hendrickson
Clecline & Son “Funeral Home
U. S
Westinghouse
PWA Low Rental
C.c.carty Inc
Patrick St
Percale
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