Relief funds strained as Maryland counties borrow for aid
Frederick County officials have borrowed funds since January to pay welfare board disbursements for unemployables while awaiting a state distribution. Officials expect money after March 15 and April 1 with total state aid tied to a 1.5 million yield. WPA rolls show a slight rise, totaling 14,146 statewide with 6,012 in Baltimore City and 8,134 in the counties.
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Frederick
Baltimore
Comptroller
Frederick County Commissioners
Frederick County Welfare Board
Welfare Board For Public Assistance
Joseph O'C. McCusker
McCusker
Board of State Aid and Charities
J. Milton Patterson
Maryland
Harry D. Williar, Jr
Works Progress Administration
Baltimore City
Libel case and defamation hints in Cranium Crackers note
The piece discusses libel as malicious writing aimed to harm a person by exposing them to public hatred and contempt. It cites Smith's letter intended to hurt Sands, depriving him of public confidence. A misbelief about Sands by Voss is linked to Smith's act. Brazil's area exceeds the continental US by 250000 square miles.
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New Sands
Smith
Hurt
Sands
Té Voss
Vass
Brazil
United States
Nice Remits Fine For Minister Driving to Relative's Death
Annapolis Md March 20 Gov Harry W Nice said the 5100 speeding fine on Rev Raphael H Miller of Washington and suspended license were remitted due to extenuating circumstances. Miller pastor of National City Christian church was fined in Urbana Md for exceeding 60 mph and had license suspended 90 days but returned after 80 days. The governor cited that Miller was en route to a dying relative and had no prior violations. He noted Miller did not request remission.
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Annapolis
Harry W. Nice
Raphael H. Miller
Washington
National City Christian Church
Roger H Geisbert
Urbana
For &N
Translator Arrests Stir Moscow Ambiguity Amid Probes
Miss Valentina Frigirevskaya a translator for the Moscow New York Times was rounded up amid a probe of Soviet citizens in contact with foreigners. Secret police and plainclothes officers have patrolled the American Embassy area. the charges against her remain undisclosed and she was seized during the aftermath of a trial involving 21 former high Soviet teachers.
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Moscow
Russia
Valentina Frigirevskaya
New York Times
United States
Miss Fnigirevskaya
Carlin Plans Sheriff Candidacy In Montgomery County
Carlin, a longtime Clarksburg Democrat and former district chairman, announces he will run in the September 12 primary for Montgomery County sheriff despite the party endorsing F Byrne Austin of Takoma Park. He says he has broad support from precinct leaders and party members.
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Rockville
Mad
F. Byrne Austin
Takoma Park
H. Leslie Carlin
Sabone
Carlin
Clarksburg
Log raft disaster near Williamsport claims one life
A giant log raft broke up after colliding with a Reading Railroad bridge at Muncy on the Susquehanna River. One man was killed, six others reported missing, as dozens of passengers and crew battled the cold waters and nearby residents aided in rapid rescues.
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Williamsport
Susquehanna River
Central Pennsylvania
Reading
Muncy
Muncy Valley Hospital
W. C. van Scoye
Philadelphia
C. F. Taylor
Burgess
Montgomery
H. C. Conner
Burnside
Clearfield County
Thomas Proffitt
Chester
Universal Newsreel
Harry Berringer
Tyrone
Malcolm Mace Farland
New York
New York Central Railroad
W. W. Holley
Bradford
Barcelona Air Raid Toll Reaches 815 Dead
Barcelona reports 815 killed in Insurgent air raid as patrol planes halt further attacks. Daytime ruins yield 145 bodies with 670 previously counted. total could reach 1,300. Wounded exceed 2,600. Tarragona and Reus also bombed along the coast. Rescue workers press on with digging and search.
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Barcelona
Mar
Tarragona
Reus
London joins France protests over Insurgent air raids
London and Paris protest Spanish Insurgent authority over air raids on Barcelona. Informed sources say the British note to Insurgent authorities cites breaches of international law and condemns the attacks as unlawful.
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London
Mar
Great
Bri
France
Barcelona
Hand to Hand Battle Aims for Suchow In Shantung Drive
Shanghai report says Japanese troops advanced seven days into Shantung along the Tientsin Pukow Railway toward Suchow with heavy casualties amid a clash where Chinese forces counterattacked near Lincheng Hanchwang and along the Tsining and Chuhsien Lini sectors.
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Shanghai
Hanchwang
Tientsin-Pukow
Shantung Province
Suchow
China
Yangtze Valley
Lincheng
Tsining
Chuhsien
Lini
Shantung
Barn Fire Destroys Hay Barn at Rockville Dairy Farm
A large barn at Rockville Dairy Farm on the Darnestown pike burned Saturday afternoon. About 25 tons of hay were lost along with $100 harness and $3,500 to $5,000 in value. Jessie B. Floyd, tenant farmer, was away. Firemen from Rockville could not control the blaze before its headway. the farm is owned by H. C. Sheridan of Washington.
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Rockville
Floyd
H. C. Sheridan
Washington
Quiet Week End in Europe Follows Political Upheaval
Reports describe Germany consolidating control after Austria's annexation moves and Poland pressuring for diplomatic normalization while unrest surfaces in Warsaw and Wilno. In Paris a spy case and a high level security meeting unfold as European tensions rise. In the U.S. a farm accident ends in the suffocation death of Clemson boy, 13, on a Westminster farm, with an inquest deemed unnecessary and the body interred at Walkersville.
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Paris
France
Leon Blum
Tatiana
la Rochelle
Blum
Joseph Paul Boncour
Edoard Deladier
Matignon Place
Clemson
Beamert R. Bowlus
Hoy Hiltner
T. H. Legg
Union Bridge
Justice Bowlus
Farer and Son
Westminster
Walkersville
Methodist Merger Debate Shapes Southern Church Stance
Nashville reports that property divisions and the racial question dominate talks among Southern Methodist leaders over unification with northern branches. Merger approved by other branches and to be decided at Birmingham on April 28. Denny warns of integration and social equality in church schools, citing 1906 voting amendment requiring joint conference recommendations.
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Nashville
Tenn
Methodist Episcopal
Birmingham
William P. King
Christian Advocate
Methodist Episcopal Cchurch
South
Collins Denny
Richmond
Atlanta
Denny
Augusta
James Roosevelt to Speak at Maryland Spring Rally
Mrs. Mary H Duvall Laltimore Maryland Democratic Women’s Clubs president led a breakfast discussion in Westminster about the upcoming state campaign. She said James Roosevelt son of President Roosevelt planned to speak at the statewide spring rally on May 5 if available. Speakers included Mrs. Elizabeth Menefee Cumberland and Miss Mary E W Risteau first woman in Maryland’s House and Senate.
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Westminster
Mary H Duvall Laltimore
United Democratic Women's Clubs of
Maryland
James Roosevelt
Presiden Roosevelt
Duvall
Elizabeth Menefee
Cumberland
Democratic National Committee
Mary E. W. Risteau
Maryland House of Delegates
State Senate
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