Frederick Counts Few Unemployed in City on National Employment Day
National Employment Day highlights Frederick's low unemployment. The American Legion and Chamber of Commerce, via a free employment bureau, can place thirty or more veterans. Local employers report unmet needs, with The Frederick Hotel Company seeking fifty laborers and fifteen carpenters, drawing about fifteen to twenty applicants.
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Frederick
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
legion post
free employment bureau
Frederick Hotel Company
Hood College
American Foundry and Manufacturing Company
The
Frederick Iron and Steel Company
Old Dobbin Bests Ford in Crash on Frederick Street
Four horse team ran into a Ford touring car at Court and Church streets as the lead horses struck the vehicle. L Edgar Betson and son were slightly cut by shattered glass though injuries were not serious. Car damaged badly and to be repaired. Team led by T J Wiles of Real Church Air, condition of horses unknown.
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Court and
Church streets
L. Edgar Betson
Frederick
L. Edgar Betson, Jr
Court street
Church street
West Church street
Retson
T. J. th. Wiles
real Church Air
Receivers Named for Fashionable Dress Makers
The Associated Press reports that receivers were appointed after an involuntary petition in bankruptcy. Lucile Timited, a New York dress maker with operations in New York and Paris, listed liabilities of 195,000 and assets of 40,000. The firm has long been prominent in creating fashionable gowns and women’s wear.
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Associated Press
New York
Lucile
drexe makere
Taris
City lays brick for new hotel here asher fire proofing to do all brickwork
Building committee reports rapid progress on Frederick Hotel project with Asher Fire Proofing Co of Washington awarded the bricklaying contract. Frederick Brick Works and Maryland Brick Co will supply bricks. Concrete foundation work proceeds and riveted steel frame set to begin this week.
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Asher Fire Proofing Co
Washington
Frederick Hotel Co
Frederick Brick Works
Maryland Brick. and Supply Co
Bennett
Thomas, Bennett and Hunter
K. of P
Patrick and
Court streets
Reynolds
Bethlehem Steel Bridge Corporation
Court
Patrick
Griffith
Modern Plumbing and Heating Co
Five of Family Killed in Interurban Collision
Detroit March 20 Edward H Ives assistant superintendent of Detroit United Lines his wife and three children plus a guest were killed when their car skidded into the path of a Detroit United Railway interurban car near Rochester Mich Edith Ives 14 survived by jumping from the vehicle The Ives were from Detroit and the guest Miss Clara Stasiniewicz also of Detroit
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Guest
Detroit
Edward H. Ives
Detroi United Lines
Detroit United Railway
Rochester
Mid
here
Mr. Ives
Gertrude Ives
Clinton
Rath
Robert
Ives
Clara Stasiniewicz
Edith Ives
Miss Stasiniewicz
Capac
Mich
School Art Exhibit Program Delights With Large Student Chorus
A Washington Street School program accompanying the annual art exhibit features vocal solos saxophone ukulele and comedy selections by a full chorus of four hundred fifty children. The event starts at 2 30 Friday afternoon March 24 with opening choruses and a string of songs recitations and comic readings led by Miss Audrey Spurrier Miss Helen Michael Master Lease Bussard Master Benjamin Grove Miss Charlotte Diem Miss Frances Staley and others.
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Washington street
Maryland
Audrey Spurrier
Willie
Helen Michaelchorus
Old Kentucky
Old Virginny
Gladys Remsberg
Benjamin Grove
Ib Gkelele
Frankie
Frances Staley
Peggy O'Neil
Harold Clem
Two Men Sentenced for Rail Crash Deaths in Bren Athyn
Walter Yeakel and Charlie T. Evans received six and nine months respectively for criminal resistance connected to the Philadelphia and Reading railroad wreck at Bren Athyn Pa last December in which 26 people died. Each man was fined 500 dollars. A motion for a new trial was denied. A separate item notes a South Dakota farm rent requiring one turkey per acre.
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Norristown
Walter Yeakel
Charlie TL. Evans
Philadelphia and
Reading
Bren Athyn
Evans
Yeakel
Fetmarr
South Dakota
White Rock
Wet Road Crash Injures No One In Twin Ford Collision
A wet road Sunday evening caused two Fords to collide near Feagaville as the Rohrersville owner skidded and struck Culler’s Ford coupe on the hill heading toward Jefferson. Both cars suffered front-wheel, axle, and radius rod damage. no injuries were reported. The Washington County car was moved to Mountain City Garage. the other towed by Walter Feaga. The touring car owner’s identity could not be learned.
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Rohrersville
Washington county
C. E. Culler
Culler
Jefferson
Feagaville
Mountain City
Walter Feaga
Jefferson street
Hagerstown
Balance American Troops on the Rhine Ordered Come Home
Secretary Weeks served the order directing the return to the United States by July 1 of about 2000 American troops on the Rhine. The move follows the earlier order that sent most of the Rhine contingent homeward, with the remaining forces to depart by the end of the fiscal year.
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Associated Press
Washington
Maren
United States
Rhine
Weeks
proerece
Stock Market Operations Resume After Break
Last week's sharp market activity returned as operations resumed on the stock exchange. In the first two hours trading showed a turnover over 1,690,000 shares for the session, but market behavior became irregular as traders observed uneven stock performance.
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Associated Press
New York
stock exchange
nanan
Ray Gardner Marries Elizabeth Webb in Quiet Benedicting
Ray Gardner, Blue Ridge League ball player, wed Elizabeth Lee Webb Saturday at St John’s rectory. The Frederick and Birmingham clubs figure in his past. he will play this season for Frederick. The couple will reside with the bride’s parents.
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Ray Gardner
benedict
Elizabeth Lee Webb
St. John’s
William T. Kane
Gardner
Frederick
Carlton Molesworth
Birmingham
Alabama
Hagerstown
Borah Triggers Fireworks Over Four Power Pact Debate
In Washington March 20 Senate debate surged as Senator Borah charging an unwritten U S Britain agreement for future cooperation in the four power Pacific treaty. He cited a Cravath claim that delegation members said such an understanding was reached at the arms conference. Loge and Underwood denied the assertion.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Paul D. Cravath
New York
Pacific
Loge
Massachusetts
Underwood
Alabama
New Flood Warning Issued In Tennessee
The Associated reports a new flood warning for Tennessee predicting a Mississippi River stage of 41 feet at Memphis later this week with higher levels upstream, due to heavy rains in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys. Also noted is a UK note on a marble like artificial stone with a glazed surface colored in hues for the maker.
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Associated Fresh
Memphis, Tenn
Missisippi river
Memphis
Mississippi and
Ohio
England
Missippi
Mississippi
Helena
Ark
Waller States weather bureau
Bankers Back Big Liquor Ring With Contracts
A bootlegging ring in Miami backed by local bankers acting as trustees for a large liquor fund organized shipments to northern states. Col. L. G. Nutt reported plans to supply Scotch Irish and champagne within 24 hours to any destination, with shipments touching hotels courthouses post offices and railway stations. Imminent arrests of several figures, including prominent Florida businessmen, were foreshadowed as undercover probes continued for four weeks under Prohibition Commissioner Haynes.
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Associated Frens
Miami
Florida
Col. L. G. Nutt
Internal Revenue Bureau
Prohibition
Haynes
Col Nutt
Nutt
court house
Nassau
Bimini
Dunkey
Washington
L. G. Nutt
Caught With Cash Decoy in Bronx Blackmail Plot
A $10,000 marked bundle planted in a rock crevice at Van Cortlandt Park led to two men being arrested for attempted blackmail after they retrieved the decoy package from police directed setup. The suspects were Louis Pecararoff, 22, and Lawrence Gentile, 28, both local. Robert Silverman, a Bronx Grand Jury Association member and contractor, identified Gentile as a former employee.
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New York
Van Courtlandt Park
Robert Silverman
Louis Pecararoff
Lawrence Gentile
Silverman
Grand Jury Association
Bronx county
Gentile
Mississippi Floods Rise at Memphis and Helena
Mississippi river levels climbed as Memphis gauges hit over 35 feet with forecasts of 40 at Memphis and 49 at Helena Arkansas. Separately in Lewistown a four year old girl died after her clothing caught fire from rubbish. Fire injuries were reported as her caretaker Merle Cunning struggled to save her.
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Lewistown
Amelia
haudter
Albert Spyder
Hawdone
Merle Cunning
Fae
Man Backed From Hazard to Save Self at Mill
Joseph Kadinsky, a motor driver, was injured when a motor backed into a mine car at Dine HU collery. Despite a bone protruding through his left leg, he calmly sat down and ate a meal after the accident. Nearby relics described include necklaces of dogs and wolves teeth from early stone age findings in Westphalia Germany by scientific investigators.
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Potteriic
Joseph Kadinsky
Kudinsky
Westphalia
Heaglamn
Germany
Gillett delays action on soldiers' bonus plan
Speaker Gillett said he would not entertain suspending House rules to push through the soldiers bonus with restricted debate and no amendments. President Harding told Republican leaders he saw no need to offer recommendations at this time, while Mondell said the plan to proceed with the compromise bill remained.
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Associated Press
Washington
Gillett
Harding
Republican House
Rep
Mondell
Wyoming
Waya and Means
White House
House
Congress
Tex Rickard Trial Opens Amid Crowded Courtroom
New York March 20 The Tex Rickard boxing promoter trial on a criminal assault charge involving 5 year old Sarah Schoenfeld opened in a court crowded so densely that hallways required benches. Jurors were questioned on ties to John Ringling and Madison Square Garden ventures. Rickard urged a quick proceeding. Ocean City N J March 20 Robert Chew trustee of the Ocean City Electric Railway received ten two cent stamps from a Philadelphian with a note to pay two fares unpaid last summer by a trolley conductor.
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Associated Press
New York
Tex Rickard
Sarah Schoenfeld
John Ringling
Madison Square Garden enterprises
Richard
Teichard
Ocean City
N. J
Robert Chew
Ocean City Electric railway
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FORD
FREDERICK STREET
Charlies Herman
Wiss Maud Usizier
Joan Tracey and son
Austin
Gaitysburg Samiay
WRENN
ASHER FIRE PROOFING COMPANY
Olga
Greece
Christian Frederick of
Deol tanrk
U. S
Newspaper Enterprise Association
MRS. WEBB
ST. JOHN'S
Lodge
TENNESSEE
Col
NORTH
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