Snowstorm Tragedy At Point of Rocks KillsWorker
Severe winter weather claims Jacob N Barnhouse 45 of Lucketts as he was using a snowburner to open a switch near Point of Rocks. Fellow worker John Oden is injured. Claude Frye unharmed. Freight train halted but resumed after aid. Inquest deemed accidental. Funeral set for Friday at Faith Chapel.
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Jacob N. Barnhouse
Point of Rocks
Baltimore and Ohio
Ihn Oden
Claude Frye
Virginia
Pomac
Barnhouse
Oden
Frye
Brunswick
Baltimore
Harvey Tler
Buckeystown
Sherman P. Bowe
Roy M. Hiltner
Charles W. Smith
John F. Keller
Buckistown
Iihouse
Justice Kier
Ath
Gertrude Ocks Barnhouse
Edgar Summhouse
Loudoun County
Faith
E. Barnhouse
Mathers
Patrick Barnhouse
Ed Barnhouse
Lucketts
Mer Barnhouse
Derwood
Forrest Crown
Erwood
Int of Rocks
Faith Chapel
M. R. Etchison
Thn
Weather Summary For Tuesday And January Totals
Precipitation for 24 hours ending Tuesday is .58 inch. January to date totals reach 2.00 inches, with normal January precipitation at 3.20 inches. January 1934 records show 1.92 inches. Yesterday’s high was 35, a year ago 54. Last night’s low 25, last year 32. Sun sets 5:19 p.m., sun rises 7:25 a.m. Moon rises 10:21 p.m., moon sets 9:31 a.m.
Snow Covers All State as New Cold Wave Forms
Maryland endured a broad snow and sleet storm that blanketed the state from corner to corner and disrupted travel and communications. Oakland reported five to ten inches with Baltimore within reach of a foot. Allegany and Garrett counties saw flakes stop, while trees and poles cut roads and telegraph lines along the Eastern Shore and central Maryland.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Allegany
Garrett
Oakland
Denton
Upper Marlboro
Opposition to Norris Two-Thirds Vote Sparks Capitol Debate
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt opposing Senator Norris's bid for a two thirds Senate vote on any measure to submit to the World Court. Secretary Perkins denounces Townsend pension plan as fantasy while urging security program adoption. House panel notes goal to end the dole and put 3.5 million to work by July 1. Senate hearing cites shipbuilders on disarmament talks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Norris
Senate
Capitol
Perkins
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Munitions Committee
Japanese Manchukuoan attack reported in Chahar province
Shanghai dispatches from Kalgan say 2,000 Japanese and Manchukuoan troops attacked three towns in eastern Chahar province. The report notes the force moved from Manchukuo toward the border area and involved repeated bombardments and street fighting, with no confirmed casualty figures released.
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Shanghai
Kalgan
Chahar
Romance Bared in Surrogate Court Over Widows Claim
Geraldine Ott of Kansas City testifies in New York Surrogate Court about her relationship with Bertrand L. Taylor Sr. and seeks a widow's share of his estate claiming common law marriage based on testimony about inmate details of their relations.
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Geraldine Ott
Kansas City
Severe cold blasts cause dozens of deaths across regions
The Associated Press reports a brutal cold wave from the North sweeping the Midwest and Rocky Mountains with fatalities rising to 70 for the week. Temperatures fell to 42 below zero in Hibbing Minnesota as the storm spreads south. Snow blankets Florida Louisiana Alabama and Pennsylvania with six deaths and multiple auto accidents. In Gettysburg Pennsylvania David Thomas died in a sled crash with a car.
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Associated Press
Mid- West
Rocky Mountains
Hibbing
Minn
Florida
Louisiana
Alabama
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
David Thomas
Eight accident cases reviewed by state commission at court
The State Industrial Accident Commission held a one hour session in the courthouse reviewing eight cases involving employer and insurer liability. Commissioners Omar D. Crothers and Daniel R. Randall led hearings with aides and stenographers, planning to depart for Hagerstown.
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State
Industrial Accident Commission
Court House
Omar D. Crothers
Daniel R. Randall
A. E. Brown
W. Nellie Williams
Leah A. Cleman
Hagerstown
Franklin Buchanan Carpenter
East Second Street
J. B
Joseph FR. Burke
Crystal Laundry
Great American Indemnity Co
Richard F. Harrison
Washington Insurance Clinic
Engle
Independent Indemnity Co
Old-Age Pension Bill Appears in Maryland Senate
An old age pension bill drafted by Governor Nice’s appointed committee surfaces in the Maryland State Senate as an administration measure. It requires Baltimore and counties to pay one third of pensions and administration. the state would reimburse two thirds. The act creates a five-member board to oversee pensions and relief with an administrator appointed by the board. Senator J. David Bailey of Carroll County introduced the bill.
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Annapolis
Nice
State Senate
Baltimore
Maryland
J. David Baile
Carroll County
Senate
Mrs. Raymond Ford Struck by Fall Causes Arm Injury
Mrs. Raymond I. Ford of Rosémont slipped and toppled at home on Tuesday, tearing several ligaments in her right arm. She received initial care at the scene and was later evaluated for treatment.
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Raymond I. Ford
Rosémont
Ladder Board From Hauptmann Attic Ties To Kidnapping Case
In Flemington New Jersey on January 23 AP reports government wood expert Arthur Koehler identified the Lindbergh kidnap ladder board as coming from Bruno Hauptmann’s home and fitting a missing attic beam. Nails and writing paper from Hauptmann’s property were also presented as evidence as preparations to call Hauptmann to testify tomorrow.
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Flemington, N
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Arthur J. Koehler
Madison
Wis
Hauptmann
Flemington
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Lewis Bornmann
New Jersey
Bornmann
Arthur Koehler
John Lyons
New York
Frank Kelly
Charles A. Lindbergh
County Club Women Set March 28 Meeting
Frederick County Federation of Rural Women’s Clubs plans its annual meeting for March 28. An executive board session at the YMCA postponed the directors meeting, now rescheduled for next Tuesday at 10. Lander club joins the federation, bringing total to twenty five. Helen Pearson outlines training schools beginning late February. Mrs. Thomas P. Culler and Mrs. William E. Kindley met with Miss Pearson.
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Frederick County Federation of Rural Women's Clubs
Frederick County Federation
Lander
Helen Pearson
Thomas P. Culler
Ballenger
Federation
William E. Kindley
Pear
Banquet Honors Independent Hose Auxiliary Anniversary
About 150 persons attended a Tuesday night banquet at the engine house hosted by the Ladies Auxiliary of Independent Hose Company No 1 celebrating the auxiliarys second anniversary. The program included piano solos by Corinne Sunday and Ruth Quinn, readings by Mary Alice Woerner Dorothy Wise and Evelyn Plunkett, a violin solo by Kenneth Woerner, and vocal solo by Mary Jane Haines. President Margaret Woerner spoke on member cooperation past and future.
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Independent Hose Company
No. 1
Corinne Sunday
Mary Alice Woerner
Ruth Quinn
Kenneth Woerner
Miss Sunday
Dorothy Wise
Mary Jane Haines
Reading
Evelyn Plunkett
Margaret Woerner
New Deal Dominates Washington Talk in 1935
In Washington, President Roosevelts economic program dominates discussion as lawmakers gauge costs and scope. Debates pit Townsend plan advocates against supporters of a broader security system, with figures like McGroarty and Epstein pushing for pension and health measures. California headlines include prison reform notes and Sen Hiram Johnson’s waning influence as the nation debates relief strategies.
Selective buying steadies quiet stock market
New York on January 23 saw selective buying of industrial shares provide a firm tone after a rail drop threatened market stability. U S government bonds rose, commodities moved narrowly with grain futures edging higher. Major gainers included General Electric Westinghouse Electric and American Can. Call money renewed at one percent. The pound sterling opened at 4 88 dollars.
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New York
U. S
General Electric
Westinghouse Electric
American
Mail truck holdup in Fall River nets 129000 loss
Four machine gun bandits hijacked a U S mail truck in Fall River Massachusetts and fled with registered mail valued at more than 129000 dollars. The driver Herbert Reid was forced to drive and was later found along the roadside. Postal Inspectors opened an investigation to determine the exact amount. It was believed a shipment from the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston was included. The robbers escaped in a bandit car after crossing a river bridge into Swanse and into the countryside.
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Fall River
Mass
United States
Boston
Federal Reserve Bank
Herbert EB. Reid
Swanse
Reid
Roosevelt Birthday Ball Issues 1000 Tickets Locally
Over 1000 tickets issued for the President Roosevelt Birthday Ball at the State Armory to aid infantile paralysis. Roger R. Rice, treasurer, reports funds received. event planned for Wednesday night, January 30. National and local groups back the drive with a radio broadcast and local appeals. Seventy cents of every dollar funds handicapped rehabilitation locally, with the remainder directed to a national commission per President Roosevelt.
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President Roosevelt
State Armory
Roger R Rice
Roosevelt
Frederick Dance
Frederick
Postal Telegraph Service
L. Seivard
Total Manager
Mihday
Georgia Warm Springs Foundation
American Medical Association
Senator Kimble proposes Marylandyer job preference on public works
Annapolis Jan 23 AP Senator Robert Kimble representative of Allegany county advocates labor law changes to limit state and local public works employment to Maryland citizens when available. He introduced a bill setting that no person shall be employed if Maryland citizens are available.
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Annapoli
Robert Kimble
Allegany County
Maryland
Kimble
Snowfall at Noon Delivers Heaviest Day in Six Years
A North Atlantic winter storm dumps 15 inches of snow from 9.15 a.m. to noon. Drifts reach up to three feet as wind shifts to the northwest. roads blocked and schools partially closed. Five states record plows and crews clearing routes while one trackhand is killed thawing a switch near Point of Rocks.
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State Roads Commission
Point of Rocks
Brunswick
Frederick
Jacob N. Barnhouse
Barnhouse
Thomas M. Lindicum
Trmic
New Market
Eugene W. Pruitt
Frederick High School
Buckeystown
Lewistown
Baltimore
Mt. Carmel Church
Suits for damages after highway collision heard in court
Two truck collision suits filed by Sun Oil Company and driver Mitchell L Lum against M J Grove Lime Co progressed in Circuit Court before Judge Arthur D Willard. Sun Oil seeks 2000 damages for its truck and Lum seeks 5000 for injuries. Parsons Newman Eben J Cross represent plaintiffs while William McStorm Paul B Ballardy defend for M J Grove Lime Co.
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Ridgenville
Arthur D. Willard
Sun On Company
Mitchell L. Lum
Baltimore
M. J. Grove Lime Co
Sun Oil Company
Lum
Parsons Newman
Eben J. D. Cross Haltimore
William Mc Storm
Mtv
Paul B Ballardy
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Conferce
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Carrie Chapman Catt
Rabbi ‘Ann
Gerald P. Nye
Western Maryland
End Dole
Ap-Manchukuan
Chapar
State Industrial Commission
Governor’s Committee
County Club
Tors’ Meeting
California
Hiram Johnson
By Rodney Dutcher
Townsend
Congress
John Stevens McGroarty
McGroarty
Abraham Epstein
Association For Social Security
Epstein
Jesson i
San Quentin
F. L. Bixley
Federal
Great Fortress
Bixby
NRA
Unman Committee
Pwa
Hiram
World Court
League of Nations
Contineny
Johnson
Ward National Fund
Market Street
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