Attic of Court House 15 Cleaned by NYA Workers
Ten National Youth Administration workers began cleaning Frederick County Court House attic dated back to 1861 and earlier records. They removed a skylight, unearthed dusty ledgers and bottles, and found space that could become a law library or additional offices, described by janitor William Roberts as a junk harbor.
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Court House 15
Nya
Frederick's Court House
National Youth Administration
NYA Corps
Court House
Frederick County
George C. Slagle
WPA
Slagle
Paul Jones
WYA
FAA
Charles A. Opel, Jr
Ewig Ve
Law Library
Montesquieu
Blackstone
William Roberts
Roberts
Marines Halt Jap Armed Detachment At Shanghai Boundary
United States Marines halted a 75 man Japanese armed detachment patrolling near the American defense sector in Shanghai's International Settlement. The units paused for about thirty minutes at Buadbling Well road before permission to move on was granted. Officials reported ongoing friction after a curtailment agreement amid Japanese encroachment.
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Shanghai
Maren
IAP
United States
International Settlement
Open Weather May Aid Needy In Frederick County
The February Welfare Board report shows stable relief levels as favorable weather and spring farm work begin. Applications totaled 207 for general public aid, with 133 families receiving $2,305.36 and 209 families with 620 children getting $6,213.14 under aid to dependent children. Old age assistance covered 539 people at $57,872.46, and aid to the needy blind affected 11 at $117.80. A new funding rule shifts state shares to 15 percent, county remains at 35, federal at 50.
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J. Sheldon Turmer
Frederick County Welfare Board
Welfare Board
WPA
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Turner
Lounty
Thhe
Theological Student Found Dead In Dorm Crisis
A 24 year old theology student Rev Daniel Luther Barkley of Saip Pensourg Pa died from injuries believed self inflicted in a dormitory crisis. His body was found last night on the ground below his fourth floor room at the Lutheran Theological Seminary.
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Daniel Luther Barkley
Saippensourg
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Settle This Question Over Phoebus Letters at Hearing
Baltimore March 4 AP A sharp clash over the whereabouts of Labor Commissioner Harry T Phoebus personal letter files capped a brief adjournment in his malfeasance trial Governor Nice ordered a recess as defense witnesses failed to appear Phoebus requested the files be returned his secretary testified she had placed them on a shelf in the Governor’s office for safekeeping Nice denied knowledge of their location and ordered the files moved out of the Governor’s custody warning against further insinuations about his office.
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Baltimore
Harry T. Phoebus
Nice
William Purnall Hall
Robert B. Kimble
Phoebus
Hall
Niemoeller Placed in Concentration Camp in Germany
Berlin March 4 AP Rev. Martin Niemoeller a leading Protestant opponent of the Nazi regime has been sent to a concentration camp by the state police. His wife collapsed when she was informed Niemoeller had been imprisoned despite his prior release.
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Berlin
Martin Niemoeler
Niemoeller
Tax on Stored Liquor Declared Unconstitutional
Harrisburg, Pa March 4 The Dauphin county court ruled the 1933 Pennsylvania legislature tax of 2.00 on all liquor in distillery warehouses unconstitutional. Judge William H. Hargest found the act ignored liquor values and taxed stored liquor at repeal of prohibition.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Dauphin County
William H. Hargest
Search For Lost Plane Is Resumed
A CCC detachment aided by a ground party of 400 resumed the search for a lost trans continental and Western Air Transport plane with nine occupants. Earlier clues from a mountainside gash examination yielded no significant findings.
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Fresno
Canif
CCC
Steels Lead Market in Slow Comeback
New York stocks show a creeping recovery led by steel shares with gains around a point to several points. Market activity remains uneven as some issues advance, others hold steady, and the pound sterling trades near 5.01 dollars.
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New York
Cumberland Payroll Drops Amid Job Decline in January
The Cumberland Chamber of Commerce reports 6,467 fewer employed in January, with payroll down to 1,121,573.82 from 1,622,914.42 the year prior. Employment fell from 16,197 to 9,720 year over year and the average February market basket costs 30 cents to a dollar less than in 1937.
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Cumberland
Chamber of Commerce
Washington Detcher on McNutt and Wheeler Outlook
Rodney Detcher surveys 1940 political landscape with Indiana governor James McNutt as a rising candidate and Senator Burton Wheeler forecasting a progressive alternative. The piece weighs handicaps from Farley, Roosevelt, labor, and critics, and notes grim 1940- era economic figures from a nationwide family living study.
Pershing Shows Steady Recovery Amid Heart Concern
In Tucson on March 4 General John J Pershing's illness continues to improve with doctors reporting satisfactory progress though heart condition remains the remaining grave factor. Dr Roland Davison noted uremic poisoning is subsiding and the general condition is meeting demands despite ongoing concerns about the heart.
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Tucson
Ariz
John J
Pershing
Roland Davison
Ice Melts Slowly and Traffic Returns to Normal
Ice and snow eased but lingering slippery spots kept motorists cautious. Eight accidents were logged, four from Thursday afternoon, as State Roads crews spread cinders and snow fences remained to shield roads. A head-on collision near Frederick Junction injured no one seriously, and four vehicles ditched on Route 15 near Fishing Creek. Snowfall was light, winds weak, and plows idle while caution ruled on Frederick streets.
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Fredericks
Leaun
Silver Spring
Michigan
New York
Pennsylvania
Fishing Creek Bridge
Atterback
Frederick
Weather Bureau
Frederick Countians
State Roads Commission
Tait
Pleading Guilty On Speeding Charges In Baltimore Court
Miss Muric? Mober ly of Baltimore and S. C. Gordon faced speeding charges of exceeding 45 miles per hour. A. G. Berry of Baltimore paid a $10 fine before Justice Bowlus. Five defendants posted $10 collateral for hearings in Police Court tonight. Campaign for State Roads Commission seats continues with 24 candidates recommended to Governor Nice. Republican leaders from Allegany and Kent counties outline efforts to influence appointment decisions.
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A. G. Berry
Baltimore
Emmett R. Bowlus
Peoples Court
Tod Tate
James A. West
S. C. Gordon
Niles Falkenstein
Muric
Moberly
Oficer J. J. Thompson
State Roads Commission
Geoff. Nice Wiltinson
Cumberland
Harry W. Nice
Kent County
T. H. M. Bramble
Annapol's
Arlegany County
Used Car Exchange Week Opens Saturday
National Used Car Exchange Week runs March 5 to 22 after a Roosevelt conference with auto makers. It aims to move overstocked used cars to revive sales, improve highway safety, and help pull the economy from the recession. Frederick dealers report 250+ used cars valued around $90,000, with junking of very old cars increasing. The Frederick Chamber of Commerce backs the drive and local dealers cooperate with autos and accessories firms.
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Roosevelt
Frederick
Frederick Deal
Ers
Used Car Exchange Week
Plot To Seize Kremlin And Kill Stalin Told
An AP report from Moscow on March 4 describes a May 1937 plot to seize the Kremlin and kill Josef Stalin and Soviet leaders led by Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevsky. The claim comes from one of 21 defendants in a major blood purge trial, with Tukhachevsky among eight Red Army leaders who were court-martialed and executed shortly after the alleged plan.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Josef Stalin
Marshall Mikhailo N Tukhachevsky
Barshall Tukhachevsky
Red Army
Tralors
Chandra Bose arrives in royal chariot at Haripura
Subha Haripura March 4 AP Chandra Bose, president elect of the Indian National Congress, rejects modern travel methods arriving in an 80 year old royal chariot drawn by 31 bullocks. A crowd of about 100000 peasants welcomed him.
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Haripura
Bombay
Chandra Bose
Indian National Congress
Three Cars Damaged In Skids On Bridge
Three autos skidded on the Frederieck Junction bridge today as ice caused separate incidents. Rev Chalmers W Walck of Sunbury Pennsylvania, former Grace Reformed pastor, was among the injured, his car with two badly damaged fenders after hitting the bridge side. He noted two other cars skidded elsewhere on the bridge but suffered less damage, while he was alone as Mrs Walck remained in Washington with their daughter and son in law.
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Frederieck Junction
Chalmers W. Walck
Sunbury
Grace Reformed Church
Frederick
Washington
Mr. Walck
Roosevelt Reaffirms Administration's Dim Aim
President Roosevelt told reporters at a press conference that the administration remains focused on increasing purchasing power. He marked five years in office, quoted the line The old ship of state is still on its same course, and said wage and hour legislation may be possible this session but may not pass before adjournment.
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McNutt
Himeelt
Indiana
Farley
Roosevelt
Washington
Officers Likely To Be Put On Kidnapping Case
A theory from police suggests kidnapping officers may be assigned to the Peter Levine case if the abductors do not contact within a day or two. Murray Levine, father of the kidnapped boy, appealed through broadcast and newspapers for a contact.
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New “Rochelle
Peter Levine
Murray Levine
Levine
Weather Record Precipitation and Temps Summary
Precip for 24 hours to 7 am today 1 inch. March to date 8 inches. March normal 3.32 inches. March 1927 actual 1.38 inches. High yesterday 46. High a year ago 66. Low last night 16. Low a year ago 31. Sun sets today 6.05 pm. Sun rises tomorrow 6.39 am. Moon rises tomorrow 8.08 am. Moon sets tomorrow 10.07 pm.
Flood toll in Los Angeles may reach 200 mark
In the Los Angeles flood crisis, 74 bodies were recovered and 53 identified by 12:30 p.m. with 31 missing. Some estimates push dead to 209 and damage up to 25 million dollars. The hardest hit areas remained isolated as crews searched silt for victims amid fear of disease and polluted sewers.
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Los Angeles
California
Orange County
Santa Ana
Pomona Grange Set For Jefferson Meeting Saturday
Pomona Grange will hold its quarterly session Saturday at the Jr. O U A M Hall in Jefferson with two sessions morning and afternoon. Reports come from eight subordinate granges and committees on fair work and banquet. Fred Brenckman of Washington will address the afternoon session along with a program of musical numbers. Frederick county grangers join vocational agriculture teachers in a two day meeting in Baltimore.
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Pomona Grange
Jefferson
Jefferson Grange
David H.fry
Fair
Ira Remsberg
Henry R. Shoemaker
Edward F. Holter
Pomona
Ballenger
Austin P. Renn
David H. Fry
Mr Pleasant
Reno Smith
Creagerstown
Vernon Fisher
Lewistown
Roy Angleberger
Braddock
George Stone
Middletown
Cyrus McBride
New Market
E. C. Royston
Elizabeth Geisbert
Woodsboro
Fred Brenckman
National Grange
Washington
Brenckman
Frederick County
Vocational Agriculture Teachers of
Baltimore
Emerson Hotel
Howard A. Quinn
State Primaries Set For September 22 In Maryland
Baltimore March 2 AP Maryland's primary elections will be held Monday September 22. The date was set by Republican state chairman W David Tilghman Jr and Democratic state chairman Joshua N Warfield, who noted the law allows party chairmen to pick any date between September 8 and September 13.
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Baltimore
Maryland
W. David Tilghman, Jr
Igman
Joshua N. Warfield
Mrs. Earle To Undergo New Mexico Treatment
Gov. George H. Earle flew to Albuquerque New Mexico to arrange medical treatment for Mrs Earle who will travel on a later plane. Doctors ordered her to go west for treatment of a mild anemic condition. The governor said it was not serious.
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Harrisburg
George H. Earle
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Earle
Sovernor
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