Broad Run School Strike Persists as Desks Are Removed
Broad Run patrons clash with the Board of Education over the 1934 closure plan. Superintendent Eugene W. Pruitt directed removal of desks and blackboards from the Broad Run school, with some furnishings already reassigned to North Market Street School. The board defended the action as lawful under 1916 consolidation law and postponed the issue last August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene W. Pruitt
Broad Run
Patroma
Priltt
Board of Education
Prattt
Middletown
Broms Run
North Market Street
Pruitt
Broad Rut
Pruite
Minister's Letter To Roosevelt Heckler
Representative Charles A. Eaton of New Jersey derided a letter claimed to be President Roosevelt s request for clergy input on New Deal acts and policies addressed to Rev Charles A Eaton Eaton a former minister and longtime Republican congressman who heckled Democrats and proposed a joint address to explain breaches of the 1932 Democratic platform and presidential pledge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Charles A. Eaton
House of Representatives
Eaton
House
Senate
United States
State Pay Increases Will Be Made Public
Baltimore October 18 AP Governor Harry W Nice announced tabulation of pay increases granted department heads from a 600000 cushion fund will be public. The report will also show how the cushion money has been used and responds to Willis R Jones counsel for the Maryland Classified Employer Association who sought an accounting of the distributions claiming department heads got raises while subordinates lagged behind the 1933 level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Harry W. Nice
Willis R. Jones
Maryland Classified Employer Association
Jones
Four F class meeting at Walkeraville Lutheran church
The a F Class of Walkeraville Lutheran Church held its October meeting at Mrs Ralph Plannagans. Readings included Halloween pieces by Lilian Zimmerman and others. A juggling contest followed with a social hour and refreshments. attendees list features Mia Carol Harp, Mrs Peiffer, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walkeraville Lutheran Church
Ralph Plannagan
Jesus
Mia
Carol Harp
Peiffer
Hallowe'en
Lilian Zimmerman
F. R
Testimony in Slot Machine Case Costs Defenses
In Circuit Court the defense witness Dave Myers offered damaging testimony about a slot machine in Seve Kritsings’s restaurant at 76 Booth Market Street. Myers claimed ownership of the key and control over the machine, leading to his arrest for illegal operation. Reynolds from Hagerstown stands accused in the slot machine scheme. Separate license appeals from 1931 were heard, with several revocations upheld or dismissed, and a man named Henry Ropp had his forefinger amputated after an accident while chopping wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Myers
Avenia
Myers
Charles W. Smith
Brttaings
Reynolds
la” Ior
Hagerstown
Jack
Tro Stoma
Ward Sllance
Sherman P. Bowera
Alban M. Wood
Arthur D. Willard
Land
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Bar A. Kolb
William Negley
Tve
Kolb
Leo Weinberg
Wille E. Hahn, Jr
David C. Winebrenner
Willard
Irving Weil
Alexander ©. McNeill
Oscar D. Summers
Albom
Bennett
John H. Brauffer, Jr
Robert C. Fender
Bis City
Henry Ropp
Midkietown
Weather data snapshot from October 1934 issue
The daily weather column reports 24 hour precipitation at 0.00 inches, with October to date rainfall at 1.92 inches. Normal October precipitation is 2.58 inches. Yesterday high 69, low 47 with yesterday’s record from a year ago 76 and BD. Streams Potomac and nearby are clear. Sun and moon times provided for today and tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T & To
Potomac
Wdonoency
Child Killed As Laurel Hill School Bus Crashes En Route to State Fair
Meridian October 18 AP report: a Laurel Hill school bus with passengers en route to the Jackson state fair overturned and struck a tree. One child, Hammond 15, died. four seriously injured. ten others treated for cuts and bruises at Philadelphia Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian
Mim
Laurel Hill
Jackson
Aim
Vaa
Minem Hammond
Jasper Hammond
Philadelphia
Hood College Campus Day Draws Alums and Guests
Hood College hosts Campus Day with returning alumnae and guests from Frederick and beyond. Miss Racha el McKinley serves as general chair, organizing class committees for seniors juniors sophomores and freshmen. The First Regiment Band opens and leads a parade to the Administration building followed by class skits and songs. President Stahr to announce interclass winners after the performances with a final skit program tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Rachel McKinley
Evelyn Weinds
Scranton
Catherine Baldwin
East Orange
N. J
Elizabeth Austermuhl
Camden
Barbera Prick
Mary Hammers
Washington, D.C
Blanche Scott
Pikesville
Louise Stahr
Frederick
Betty Gilmore
Annapoli
Irene Davenport
Tiffin
Ohio
Marguerite Julius
York
First Regiment Band
Sergt. Heniy Keller
Meyran Hall
Coblents Hall
General College
Allmnae
Brodbask Hall
Standard Oil says it will not interfere with Italian trade
New York Oct 16 AP W C Teagle president Standard Oil New Jersey said there is no reason to interfere with regular oil business between Standard and its Italian subsidiary. He denied any knowledge of a world wide embargo discussion and noted Societa Tamh American Petrolio has marketed products in Italy for more than forty years. He stated no approach to restrain shipments and no reason to interfere with ongoing trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
W. C. Teagle
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Whay
Standard
Ths
Tne
Teagle
Perm
Italy
Standard O4l Company
Wallan
Societa Thale-American Pel Petrolio
Tengle
Hood Alumnae Council To Hold Fall Meeting
Hood Alumnae Council will hold the regular fall meeting Saturday at 4 p.m. following Campus Day activities. The first under new officers will hear reports from Melfenstein Apple Gittinger and others on the Alumnae office, loyalty funds, and educational plans. Two new directors, Lucy Bess and Virginia Carty, were elected to serve until 1941, with current directors from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. Afterward members will dine with President Henry T. Stahr in Coblentz Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muwaniye Aimee
Activisier
Edgar H. McBride
Miriam R. Apple
Clifford Yinger
Betty Gareher
Elizabethtown
Rose Daniels
Harrisburg
Mary Grace Helfenstein
Melfenstein
Greensburg
Virginia Carty
Baltimore
Prederick
Bessie Albaugh Richardson
Morristown
N. J
Edith de Chant Talem
Haddonfield
Adele Edmunds Levering
Merion Pa
Agnes Cort Dutrow
Henry T. Stahr
Stahr
Coblentz Hall
Laval Hopes Three Way Talks Clear Italian Trouble
Paris and London report Premier Laval seeks a path out of the Italo Ethiopian crisis through three way discussions with Britain and France. Officials deny Italy offered a military alliance. Britain clarifies it has not proposed sanctions or blockades at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laval
Great Britain
France
Mediterranean
Ibaly
Anghestino
Carsy
Dynamite Blast Ends Kent County Moonshine Plant
Federal and county officers blasted a 1,250 gallon distillery in Kent County, seizing 520 gallons of whiskey and arresting four men after a rough night operation. Internal Revenue agent Charles J. Hallahan led the raid described as part of a drive to banish moonshiners supplying illicit liquor to dry regions. The plant lay in a low wooded area and was the second large demolition in the county in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue
Salisbury
Peninsular
Bail Granted in Liquor Manufacture Case Near Middletown
Elmer Huteell of Mt Tabor near Middletown posted over 1000 dollars bail before U S Commissioner D Angie Wolfinger of Hagerstown on a charge of illegal liquor manufacture. Federal agents led by Robert J Ridgely reported finding a 30 gallon still and 500 gallons of mash during a raid, but Huteell was absent and his son did not permit entry without a warrant. A search followed after the warrant was obtained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Hutee]l
Mt. Tabor
Middletown
United States
D. Angie Wolfinger
Hagerstown
Hutzett
Hain Tage
David Walker
Robert J. Ridgely
Harmony Ghurch
The
Brethren
Middletown Valley
Hutthey
Walker
Rideciy
Tareas
Market Struggles Amid Bearish Sentiment In New York
AP reports a restrained market with speculative froth blown off and selective demand containing bearish sorties. Trading was quiet in the early session with commodities neutral, cotton firm, grains backward, bonds flat, and Cal money at one-fourth of a percent as the pound opened at 9.492.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dismissed on Charge Against Ducky Crouse
George W. Ducky Crouse of Bred dock Heights was dismissed of a charge of possessing an illicit item. Arraigned before U S Commissioner D Angle Wolfinger in Hagerstown Thursday, Crouse’s residence was visited by federal investigators earlier in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W
Ducky" Crouse
Breddock Heights
U. S
D. Angle Wolfinger
Hagerstown
Crouse
Weel
Regional meeting of Western Maryland Library Association
Dr James B Ranck Hood College professor and Miss Katharine Dyt Tow Hood College attended the Western Maryland Library Association regional meeting in Cumberland and Frostburg Saturday. Ranck was principal speaker at the Pittsburgh meeting and spoke on An Interpretation of Current Events focusing on the Italo Ethiopian situation and the need for collective action and sanctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Ranck
Katharine FE. Dyt- Tow
Hood College
Western Maryland Library Association
Cumberland and
Frostburg
Ranck
Presbburg
Dr. Ranck
United States
Flyer Crashes in Heavy Fog. Pilot Dead
Mason Oct. 18 AP report says O. K. Bevina once an airmail pilot from Fort Thomas Kentucky crashed during flight in dense fog and died. The incident occurred as he fought to land amid poor visibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flyer
Mason
O. K. Bevina
Fort Thoms
Emperor Says Italians Are Quitting Colony
The Ethiopian government reports many Italians are leaving Eritrea for the Sudan amid fear Britain may seal off exit from Africa. Ethiopian forces along Tigre provinces are fortifying, while Haile Selassie moves from passive stance to front line defense as Ras Beyoum commands troops. Generals meet to plan decisive moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freee
Tigre
Ras Beyoum
Haile Selassie
Siaf
Italian Ship Explodes In Harbor Six Killed
Alexandria Egypt Oct 18 AP Six crew members died and 20 were injured in two boiler explosions aboard the Italian liner Aus sonia near the harbor. The incident followed plans of a local fraternal group and involved a county council drive for membership gains with a prize silk staff, as delegates discussed council contests and forthcoming visitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Egypt
Washington County
Warren P. &. Smith
M. R. Fichison
Albert L. Blumenauer
Paschate
Edward 5
Rice
A R. Snedegar
Our Flag Council
James 5
Crist
Harry McCloud
Vigilant Council
Y Pred Putman
Rocky Pidge Counes
Notht
Luther Rice
Glenn FE
Biehl
L. FB
Willard
Bryan Rice
Janene
Bangelbrecht
Brunswick
Kempownh
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Pruitt Tella
Sraldian
Frank W. Fraley
Catoctin
Bayswater
Sir Samuel Hoare
Samuel
Britain
Roosevelt Heckler
Associated Press
Washington
Samasnent
Iis Cefirn
Hood
DR. Covert
William Chalmers Covert
Exes
Indiana
Hanover, & Presbyterian College
Ohio River
McCown
Standard Oil
Saye Company
Stakr
Bual
Resslon
England
London
I Duce
Russia
Haile Selassie Speeds
Paris
Achert
Kaval
Lendem
Tirctes
Lambnomder
Vilterke
Fremier Mussolini
Associated
Proms
Paria
Mir George Clerk
Mritian
Tealorio Cerruth
Italien Ammanadeltyan
France-Italien Fram
Suez Canal
Prairee
Mediterranens
Aree
Geneva
League of Nations
Maly
Promier
Pierre Laval
Mussolini
Chestertown
Hutzell
North Market Sires School
Roy
Schroeder
William
Cambdia
George EB. Davis
David A. Perkins
Cece Howard
Lioyd C. AL
W C Humm
Misa L. Louise Freeman
John Renner
Room Mothers Porety Action Group
G. Wm. Stultz
Petnona Proventy
James B. Ranck Spraks
Male
Sélssela Sayy
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