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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1931
Page
12
Ten bids are submitted for the city trash collection contract running three years. Bidders include local firms and waste services with varying price proposals and service plans. Officials will evaluate terms before awarding the contract.
The Aldermen delayed awarding the hog feeding contract for the county farm after concerns about using garbage as swine feed from candidate Searles. Bids from local bidders were opened. next Wednesday night will decide the contract, with Mayor Munshower to be informed of the bids.
In Montgomery and Kent counties plans for unemployment and relief programs emerged. The Lsgmans Retreat League, a Roman Catholic group in Montgomery, will buy 508 bushels of wheat to be stored and later distributed by the County Social Services League for winter aid. Leaders Abebert J. Wade of Silver Spring and W Ernest Offutt of Rockyville preside as officers. Kent County groups back a plan to divert surplus Eastern Shore crops to local needs rather than export, forming a group approach to welfare utilization and rotating canned goods for relief.
An OCR fragment describes high winds disrupting a path between Bagettosa and Cumberland. It notes a house and horse were destroyed by five busses and mentions a week night Wednesday event with damage near Gamage. Details are unclear due to garbled text.
Frederick county 4-H clubs enter swine judging at the Timonium Fair next week along with dairy judging. Ten counties compete with practice Friday at the government farm Bellsville under County Agent Henry R. Shoemaker. Prize money ranges from four to sixteen dollars in senior classes with a cup to the winning team.
Report notes Dorothy A Pressier Lemke of Northboro Massachusetts claimed as a murder victim in the Harry F Powers case near Clarksboro West Virginia. Powers confessed wholesale murder of Lemke and other figures amid a dairy and prize competition involving 4 H youths and livestock shows with multiple prize pots.
Clarksburg police sift mass of tips about missing people as they probe possible links to a man identified as Powers who faces slaying charges involving two women and three children. An examiner and attorney visited Powers in jail. officials claim a confession was obtained, while the defense seeks medical evaluation. Meanwhile a separate Agriculture Department report notes uncertainty over crop surpluses and market conditions.
Fire erupted in the Tivoli Theater cellar and spread to two smoldering boxes in a concrete cleaning room. Manager George Payette Jr and ushers woke patrons as firefighters used gas masks to enter the smoke filled basement and extinguish the blaze in about two minutes with chemicals. No injuries or major damage reported.
In Caledonia Park Pennsylvania Adam West and relatives from Franklin County and descendants of G Casper and Annie Lechner formed the West and Lochner Clan. August Monath named temporary chairman and Chas E West elected president with Joseph Lochner vice president and Lewis Lochner treasurer. Next reunion set for the third Sunday in August at Caledonia Park.
A female candidate manages her father's campaign for the state primary and delivers speeches like an experienced politician. The list of names suggests a broad political circle involved in local and state affairs. Washington notes the Navy Department will decide on passenger rides aboard the dirigible Akron during its trial flight, allowing passengers only in exceptional cases.
A fragmented notice discusses Hoover era policy impacts on national economy. Officials weigh tariffs and spending alongside consumer prices, with observers noting potential shifts in employment and market confidence. Names and places are unclear due to text corruption.
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