Nice Street Aid Bill Signed and County Salary Increases
The measure allocates ten thousand and agencies grant to Fredericksburg county towns for street construction with funds controlled by the State Roads Commission. The bill, effective June 1, amends earlier provisions and requires towns to submit plans before disbursement. County commissioners opposed full county road funds, citing broader needs. Also, salaries for the state's attorney sheriff and county treasurer rise to three thousand dollars, while county commissioners' pay increases to eighteen hundred starting in 1938.
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Frederica County
Harry WoNace
John B
Bransack
Spensers
Frederickerty
Bransace
Funk
State Roads Commission
State Roads Commisson
Brunswick
Civ
Simms Will Case Arguments Conclude in Maryland Court
Testimony in the Simms will case was concluded in Frederick Court with Judge Arthur D. Willard presiding. William Francis Simms and seven siblings seek to set aside their mother Mary E Simms's will on grounds of alleged physical and mental incapacity.
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Simms
Charles County
yClfreult
Arthur D. Willard
Wallard
William Francis Simms
Mary E Simms
Fails To Set Contract By WM E McKenney Secretary
In a discussion of bridge technique the article notes many players struggle with opening leads on a doubleton. It explains how a partner can influence the defense and gives an example where a doubleton lead could defeat a contract. West takes his partner’s bid in the scenario.
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WM. E. McKenney
American Bridge League
North
South
West
Nortas
Ao Desmond
Judge Sides Will Contest Over Simms Farm Will
A will contest in Charles County challenges the 1935 will of Mrs. Simms. Heirs William F. Simms Bernard R. Simms and others dispute the document claiming diminished mental capacity. The defense presents witnesses asserting a sound mind while plaintiffs cite a feeble mind near the time of execution. The case names executor John N. Simms and lists the farm home place as the estate involved with six attorneys presenting for both sides.
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Lillian R. Shorter
Albert Slye
Lizzie Moore
Bernard Shorter
Lizzie Slye
John Frere
Joseph Higes
Simms
Simm
Baret Smallwood
Jane C Connor
Elizabeth Laurner
John N. Simms
Charles County
Simms Famil
Donald Bowie, Jr
Rockville
Colman Stein
Joseph D Bulman
Washington
Robert E Clapp
John F. Mudd
Mudd and Mudd
William M. Storm
Artorneys
Broadcast plans for Memorial Day auto race and night programs
The piece outlines Graham McNamee and Announcer Charlie Lyon preparing to cover the twenty first anniversary Memorial Day auto race near Indianapolis with NBC transmission slots totaling 30 minutes at start 15 minutes mid race and 45 minutes before final driver instructions. It also lists nightly radio programs on WEAF NBC WJZ WBAL and other stations with acts by Bing Crosby Rudy Vallee Isham Jones and others and notes a Lang of guests for a Lindbergh banquet the tenth anniversary of the New York Paris flight.
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New York
Graham McNamee
Indianapolis
Seckoend
Aisnespeed
MecNamee
Sdesertion
Charlie Lyon
NBC
WJZ
WBAL
Lindbergh
Paris
Thomas W. Lamont
Weaf-Nbc
Helen Trau
Rudy Vallee
Bing Crosby
Alexander Woodcott
Kate Smth
Boyes
Floyd Gibbons
Isham Jones
Oreheyira
Doan's Pills Relieve Backache by Aiding Kidneys
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Sears
Radio schedule snippets and stray notes from city page
A cluttered broadcast list with times and program names from NBC, WABC, WJZ and others. Mentions include music groups, talks, and concerts plus a stray zoological aside about tiny South American opossums as a non sequitur.
Annual Flower Show Held Today by Frederick Garden Club
Judges announced for the Frederick Garden Club annual flower show at Calvary Methodist Parish Hall from 2 to 10 p m today. Judges include Mrs W M Irvine and Mrs Murphy of Chevy Chase Garden Club and Miss Mary Routrahn of Middletown. They attended a luncheon hosted by Garden Club president Mrs Joseph H Apple on Upper College Terrace.
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Frederick
Upper College Terrace
Art Show Features Tables and Displays to Benefit Library Grounds
The exhibit includes many displays and interesting table settings. Proceeds fund beautification of the C. Burr Artzbrary grounds. The text notes Haydn’s music admired worldwide and mentions Maria Anna Haydn destroying some cherished manuscripts with curl papers.
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C. Burr
Haydn
Maria Anna
Old Tom the Fire Horse Dies at 28 in DC
Washington reports the death of Old Tom a famed fire alert horse once racing from the capitol to the White House. Retired 14 years ago to a District of Columbia farm he died at age 28 with obituaries filling Washington papers.
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Washington
Capital
Tom
Capitol
White House
District of Columbia
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