Frederick County's brutal freeze eases but trails snow
A week of record cold and deep snow grips Frederick County as ice thickens and roads open slowly. Temperatures swing from 18 degrees below zero to 18 above, with 18 inches of snow on the ground and frozen streams. City crews break ice at intersections and progress on clearing lanes while forecasts hint at continued cold with light precipitation ahead.
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Fishing Creek
North Market Street
East Patrick Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fire crew endures subzero run to Monrovia in cold
Three Inde pendent Hose Co members braved 15 degree below zero to reach a warehouse fire at McComas canning factory. Brust sustained a blistered throat, Fagan lost a frozen ear, and Zimmerman felt general discomfort. The Mt Airy engine, without a windshield, faced harsh conditions but no serious injuries reported. Firemen’s auto transports joined the scene as help arrived.
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Independent Hose Company
Monrovia
James FE
Brust
Tobe” Fagan
William D. N. Zimmerman
Mt. Airy
McComas Canning Factory
Weather Today Report for January Precipitation
Weather data shows no precipitation in the last 24 hours. January total is 3.91 inches, below normal 3.20. January 1934 records 1.93 inches. Yesterday high was 18, prior year 51. Low last night 15, prior year ca. Sun set 5.26 pm, sunrise 7.21 am, moon rises 3.43 am, moon set 12.55 pm.
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Ta. m
$16,000 Damage Suit Before Jury
Damages totaling $16,000 are sought from Mrs. Charlotte F. Stephens and her son Wesley P. Stephens of Woodstock Virginia in Circuit Court before Judge Arthur D. Willard and a jury. Edward C. Gallagher of Washington seeks $1,000 for car repairs and Mrs Irwin K. Rich seeks $15,000 for injuries from a June 11 1933 accident just south of Thurmont. Stephens admitted fault and a reckless driving charge followed. the jury list is included.
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Charlotte F. Stephens
Wesley P. Stephens
Woodstock
Arthur D. Willard
Circuit Court Today
Edward C. Gallagher
Washington, D. C
Irwin K. Rich
Thurmont
Gallagher
Young Stephens
Stephens
A. F. Anderson
William J. Stoner
Daniel Partridge
Manuel M. Weinberg
Benjamin
Rosenstock
Walter E. Slow
Herbert V. Quail
Omer R. Brubaker
Tpoole Jones
Charles E. Wisner
Clyde L. Harshman
Russell C. Fisher
Albert E. Hays
Guy E. Baker
Charles K Shaff
Leonard
Lowman
Benton Stull
John H. Sigler
Lester G. Mainhart
Birthday fete draws 200 plus at Junior Auxiliary
More than 200 attendees joined the second annual birthday party of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Junior Fire Company in Waynesboro. Miss Margaret Hartman presided. Augustus Bayne spoke for the drum corps. a silver loving cup from Armistice Day was presented by Capt. F. Lester Smith. Entertainment included a blackface skit, a vocal solo, piano accompaniment, and a dance. Refreshments and dancing followed, with red decor and blue white colors.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
Drum Corps
Waynesboro
Margaret Hartman
Augustus Bayne
F. Lester Smith
Hartman
Russell Esterly
Roger Eyler
Bertha Jones Elxin
Mary Louise Lochutz
Evelyn White
Night Owls
County's Club Women Prepare For Big Meeting
Frederick County Federation of Rural Women's Clubs directors met at the M G A to plan the March federation meeting. Miss Helen Pearson announced three annual goals, noted 83 percent member reporting this year, and urged dues and club report completion. Several officers and delegates from 14 clubs attended amid poor road conditions.
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Frederick County
Helen Pearson
Pearson
Howard T. Smith
Ballenger
Maxine
Harmony Grove
George Arnold
Lewistown
David Young
Middletown
George Chick
Merryland Tract
Luther Remsberg
Jefferson
Washington
Guy Baker
Braddock
Bueckeystown
Johnsville
Dug Bridge
Mt. Pleasant
New Market
Unionville
Walkersville
Merril T. Boyer
H. C. Kelly
Lorene Barrick
Luther Remsburz
Guy E. Baker
Richard S. Hargett
Claude Hargett
Mollie Zimmerman
Howard T Smith
J. G. Shawbaker
H.cordman
Carroll Harp
Charles Main
Ethel M Krantz
Charles Elmer E. Dixon
Charles S. Houck
William E. Zimmerman
Howard Quinn
Roy MecGaha
George Cuck
Appointment urged for Col Munshower as Motor Vehicles chief
Friends of Lieut Col Elmer F Munshower plan to press Governor Nice to appoint him commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Supporters in Frederick and beyond praise his fit for the post noting his military training would aid administration and state police command. Republicans and Democrats back the push as his name is to be strongly urged before the governor.
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Elmer F. Munshower
Nice
Frederick
E. Austin Baughman
Col .Munshower
Maryland
Movie Show Ceiling Falls Killing Eight in Medellin
Eight people died and more than forty were injured when the ceiling at a Medellin cinema collapsed during a late show. The tragedy occurred January 29 as patrons fled debris and emergency workers combed the wreckage for survivors.
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Medellin
Colombia
Poison Liquor Toll Rises in Gloversville
Gloversville New York January 29 AP. The city’s poison liquor deaths rose to thirteen with two more men dying. Three others are critically ill as federal county and city authorities push the investigation into the source. Victims suffered dazedness cramps and blurred vision before death. Across eastern and central New York thirty deaths occurred in five days including seventeen in Utica and Rome and six more in hospitals.
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Gloversville
New York
Utica
Rome
Vic ious racket quote marks drive bondholder probe
Washington January 29 AP The Sabath led investigating committee called bondholders reorganization chains a vicious racket. The panel said it has provided the IRS with data to tax unreported incomes and warned of fraud and evasion likely to draw DOJ and IRS scrutiny. It noted chain organizations control over 200 million dollars in defaulted bonds across 18 states via 402 properties.
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Washington
Sabath
Select Investigating Committee
House
Internal Revenue Bureau
Department of Justice
Department of Internal Revenue
Chicago
D A R Delegates Named for Annual DAR Meetings in Frederick
Delegates and alternates were selected at Frederick Chapter D A R for the Maryland Society annual convention in Baltimore March 15 to 17 and for the National Society Continental Congress in Washington April 15 to 20. Mrs Clary presided. Irma Biggs obituary noted. marriage of Miss Bessie Wilhide to H E Thackston announced. Ivan Poderjay story follows.
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Maryland Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
Continental Congress
National Society
Frederick
Hammond Clary
West Patrick Street
Baltimore
Francis H. Markell
Grayson E. Bowers
Jane
Clary
Ethel Brandfield
Tull
Roland W. Harbaugh
McCleery
Markell
Edward
Shriner
Myrtle Ruth Miller
Henry T. Wade
Helen Bates
Ralph E. Hartman
Chanter
Nan J. Houck
Sunday
Eleanor Houck
Emma Brown
Jesse B. Anders
Irma V. Biggs
Bessie Wilhide
H. E. Thackston
Children’s Aid Society
Michael E. Pue
Anders
State Board
Grayson &. Bowers
National D. A. RB
National Defense
World Court Vote Nears in Senate
Washington January 29 AP Senate moves toward ratifying the World Court protocol amid doubt about adherence to international dispute settlement terms. Proponents seek a two thirds majority while opponents resist. Behind closed doors Appropriations weighs the $4,880,000.60 work relief bill and the lump sum policy drawing House scrutiny. Finance panel fast tracks a Treasury boost of $9 billion in borrowing power and authorizes baby bonds.
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Washington
Senate
Capitol
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
State Sees Break in Deep Cold Across Maryland
Maryland woke to milder temperatures after subzero conditions, with Cumberland at 25 and Annapolis at 24, while Baltimore fell to 21 from 2 below. Snow and ice continued to threaten the Eastern Shore and Chesapeake Bay, freezing routes and delaying vessels amid forecasts of further cold snaps and new snow in the west.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Cumberland
Almapolis
Frank N Maynard Dead
Frank N Maynard died at 5 a.m. at his New Market residence after a period of ill health. He was among Frederick county and state’s oldest families. Survived by widow Eliza Johnson Downey, three sisters, and two brothers. Services at Grace Protestant Episcopal church, New Market Thursday at 1 p.m. Burial at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Frederick. Funeral director W E Falconer. A charter member of the New Market Grange, he served as secretary and treasurer for many years.
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Frank N. Maynard
Nathan
Jemima Eleanor
Chriswell) Maynard
New Market
Maynard
Frederick Counties
Eliza Johnson Downey
Barney T. Noland
Rachel A. Maynard
Highland Park
Arlington
Eleanor Maynard
Washington, D. C
J. Newton Maynard
Benjamin T. Maynard
Grace Protestant Episcopal
Stock market stalls as prices drift in quiet session
New York stock prices and staples groped feebly while foreign exchange provided some steadiness. The overall market showed little change with call money at one percent, the pound at 4.87 dollars, and a minor fire damage report at Dr. Charles F Sanders Gettysburg College.
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New York
Charles F Sanders
Getttysburg College
West Broadway
Gettysburg
Sanders
Sandees
Frederick County School Census Totals 20318 Children
Frederick County records show 20318 children from birth to 18 in the November school census. White children numbered 18194, colored 1091, with 151 at the Maryland School for the Deaf and 42 at Buckingham. Separate figures detail nonpublic attendance, no-school totals, and disability status.
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Frederick County
State Department of Education
Maryland State School For the Deaf
Buckingham
Maryland School For the Deaf
Lsted
New Deal In Washington Spurs Board Plan And Political Jokes
Washington reports outline a proposed $1.07 trillion work relief board with Roosevelt as chairman. FERA Hopkins Ickes and Peoples named as likely members, Perkins a possible inclusion, aiming for a coordinated administration across agencies. The piece notes political humor, Soviet relations chatter, and a bungled Interior Department incident as context.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
FERA
Harry Wopkins
Ickes
PWA Fame
Christian Joy Peoples
Frances Perkins
Pwaa
CCC
PWA
Hopkins
New Deal
Kinwell
Hauptmann Drops Ransom Phrase In Court Testimony
In Flemington New Jersey on January 29 AP reports Bruno Richard Hauptmann on the witness stand echoed phrases used in two Lindbergh ransom notes. Prosecutor Wilentz cited lines about planning for a year and the kidnapping being prepared for, as Hauptmann faced cross examination and questions on money hidden at home and his wife. Hauptmann denied knowledge of certain associates and money in a Victorola, while Wilentz pressed about a bedroom and a trip to Germany.
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Flemington
N. J
Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Questins
Germany
David T. Wilentz
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Fritz Hahn
Wilentz
Lahn
Vickt Sharpe
Mays. Morrow
Anne Lindbergh
Maryland Legislature Resumes Sessions in PWA Plan
Annapolis Jan 29 Maryland legislators resumed work and were told federal help would draft laws for state participation in the new PWA program. Governor Nice said he accepted the PWA legal staff in Washington to prepare mills allowing Maryland to share in the 4.88 billion work relief plan.
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Annapolis
Maryland
PWA
Nice
Washington
Five Die in Clashes Between Rebels and Troops
Montevideo reports five dead and an undetermined number wounded after clashes between government troops and rebel forces. The government announced the casualties amid ongoing unrest in Uruguay.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
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Margaret Hawkesworth
Miami
Waynesboro Organization
Col. Munshower
Glovervilles
Scores Bondholders Reorganization Committees
Poderjay
Ivan Poderjay
United States
Agnes Tulverson
London
Druno Hauptmann
David T. Wilents
Laushing Fulsrlowsly
Egbert Rosecrans
Flemington, N. J
Maryland School
Unell
Miss Smith
Church Tireet
Eugene W. Pruith
Trachers
By Rooney Dutcher
Johnson
General Johnson
Donald Richberg
Al-Arm
NRA
Pet Hate
Jook
Saturday Evening Post
Richberg
Jon
Richbere
Nera
Juliuson
Therchet
America
Interior Department
Ickis Down
Raymond Gram Stings
Natio
T Webber Wilson
Pat Harrison
Wilson
Ickes Publcly
Meurral
Scanitar
Thay
Jekes
NEA Service
Wentz
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