Airport lights fate debated by city leaders
City officials discuss whether to keep beacon and boundary lights at the local airport after the Commerce Department planned removal tied to rerouting the Washington Cleveland line. Mayor Culler and engineers weigh cost, safety, and instrument reliance as hearings and meetings loom in Frederick and nearby towns.
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Lloyd €. Culler
Department of Commerce
Washington
Bureau of Air Commerce
Commerce Department
Tme
Culler
Elmer St. C. Maxwell
Hagerstown
Edward J. Smith
Frederick
Cleveland
Braddock Heights
Rockville
Ederick
Boy Burned While Roasting Potatoes
Baltimore report: ten year old Irving Slechter suffered serious burns when his dress caught fire as he roasted potatoes at an open fire before his mother could remove the flames. AP dispatch.
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Baltimore
Irving Slechter
Weather Record and Seasonal Precipitation Notes
Weather data reports 24 hour precipitation amounts ending at 7 am today as 0.79 inch. September to date shows 206 inches. Yesterday’s high and last year’s high, and last night’s low with last year’s low are listed. Sunset 6.32 pm, sunrise 3.45 am tomorrow, moonrise 6.09 pm, moonset 3.33 am. Streams Monocacy and Potomac at Point pe Rocks are muddy.
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Potomac
Point Pe Rocks
Poll Worker Charged With Taking Voter List
Romaine Krise of Woodsboro declares a poll list taken at a registration precinct torn up by rival poll worker William Suter of East Fourth Street. Krise alleges assault and battery after Suter, a Jackson faction poll worker, allegedly grabbed and tore the list. Suter calls the charge preposterous and claims no knowledge of the incident. Constable Werner Redmond served the warrant. Fellow Krise workers report similar interference at other precincts.
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Romaine Kriseway
Woodsboro
William Suter
East Fourth Street
Suter
Church Street
O’'Conor
Jackson
Kno
Atiss
Emmett R. Bowlus
Werner Redmond
Krise
Charlotte Zimmerman
Louise Kehne
Hines Called a “Good Guy” in Policy Racket Case
New York, Sept. 8 AP. Counsel for James J. Hines opened a three hour assault on a key Dewey testimony. The defense seeks dismissal or to challenge three weeks of witnesses who say Hines protected for pay a policy racket while noting he knew many people including underworld figures and a “good guy” who did favors.
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New York
James J. Hines
Thomas E. Dewey
Tammany
Dewey
Hines
Hayes Successor Named For Cardinal Hayes Diocese
The Most Reverend Stephen J. Donahue Hayes, aged 44, today assumed duties as successor to Patrick Cardinal Hayes, archbishop of the nation's wealthiest Catholic diocese. Police estimate over 100000 mourners filed past Cardinal Hayes' bier as he prepares for burial Friday after a solemn requiem mass.
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New York
Stephen J. Donahue
Patrick Cardinal Hayes
Cardinal Hayes
Seventeen Die After Railway Blaze Near Gerona Spain
AP reports that at least 17 people died when a train wagon derailed after a collision with a gasoline truck near Gerona Spain. The fire rapidly engulfed wooden rail cars as victims struggled to escape the flames.
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Perpignan
France
Gerona
Spain
Vandenburg Claims Roosevelt Aims Dictatorship
Senator Arthur Vandenberg, Republican, charged that President Roosevelt seeks an American style dictatorship by packing the judiciary and legislative branches with his “reset men.” He spoke as the Senate debates the president’s plan.
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Chicago
Arthur Vandenburg
Roosevelt
Social Security Report Prepared for Congress Feasibility Study
The Social Security board disclosed that it is preparing for Congress a detailed report on the feasibility of dozens of proposed changes to the security act. The President asked in April for a study of methods to liberalize and extend old age benefits.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Congress
Roosevelt son plans diet ahead of gastric operation
Rochester Minnesota Sept AP reports James Roosevelt son and personal secretary to the President began a hospital diet to prepare for a likely gastric operation early next week. Doctors said treatment results for a small gastric ulcer were rather disappointing.
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Rochester
Minn
James Roosevelt
Radcliffe May Speak in Tydings' Defense
Maryland's Democratic senatorial primary pits Millard E. Tydings against David J. Lewis with Roosevelt as the gauge. Lewis claims inflated campaign expenditures by Tydings may reach 200000 dollars while Tydings' camp insists the race is near. Radcliffe, a close ally, may also address voters alongside the charge and counter-charges dominate the campaign trail.
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Radcliffe
Baltimore
Maryland
Roosevelt Pot
Free State
Mason-Dixon
Millard E. Tydings
David J. Lewis
Tydings
Lewis
Mr. Roosevelt
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
George Radcliffe
Settee Fire Traced to City Home Alarm Sounded
An early morning general alarm sent city fire crews to extinguish a blaze in a settee removed from the home of Mrs Flora M Treryar at 152 B avenue City garbage collectors saw smoke through a window and called in the alarm. Fire was confined to the sofa and carried to the street for extinction with a booster pump and chemical tank. Origin of the fire could not be learned.
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Flora M. Treryar
O Conor to Speak at Baker Park Mass Meeting
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Herbert R. O Conor will address a mass meeting Friday at 7 30 p m in Baker Park Francis Petrott of the city will preside and introduce him The event will be preceded by a band concert
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Herbert R. O'Conor
Baker Park
Francis Petrott
Behind The Scenes In Washington At Yale Law School
Yale Law School on leave figures Arnold Clark and other professors work with government bodies on monopoly hearings. George Dession and Alan Hart lead tasks in criminal and antitrust law. ARC: Felix Frankfurter as potential Supreme Court candidate. ties to Harvard and New Deal influence noted.
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Yale
Imness
Pwnd
Arnold
George Dession
Alan Hart
Medianti-Trust
Medical Society
Medical Association
Yale Aso
William ©. Douglas
SEC
Monipol
Jerome Frank
Douglas
Abe Fortas
Roger Foster
Clark
Hamilton
Frank
Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Harvard Law School
Bashful Elmer and the dresses remark at press confab
Newspaperwomen report Wage Hour Administrator Elmer F Andrews blushing during his first press conference as he recounts a discussion with David Dubinsky about dresses yes cotton dresses.
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Elmer F. Andrews
David Dubinsky
Tails You Win Earl Kou Win Lovell
H Parker 12 years chief of staff for the congressional joint committee on taxation has resigned to become a private tax consultant. He wrote Senator Harrison's attack on Roosevelt's tax measures and is noted for shaping tax reputations. Parker born in Osierville Massachusetts on Cape Cod. Muskrats were pests in Mashpee and Barnstable with a 23 cent bounty for ears or tails paid by towns. Year Book demand spreads mention University of California Berkeley inching to obtain a copy. Joan H Anderson seeks absolute divorce from Evelyn Anderson in Circuit Court citing marriage in Baltimore 1922 and separation in 1933 with two minor children in Annapolis custody.
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Earl Kou
Lovell
H. Parker
Congressional Joint Committee On Taxation
Parker
Pat Harrison
Roosevelt
Osierville
Mass
Cape Cod
Mashpee
Barnstable
NEA Service, Inc
Joan H. Anderson
E. Austin James
Circuit Court
Evelyn Anderson
Baltimore
Anderson
Annapolis
Maryland unemployment improves with falling new claims
Albert N McCardell of the Maryland Unemployment Compensation Board states unemployment claims declined from 12 074 in May to 5 461 in August, signaling better conditions. A Frederick County report notes WPA job demand rising due to railroad layoffs in Brunswick, while cannery workers face eligibility delays until January 1 1939.
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Maryland
Albert N McCardell
Maryland Unemployment Compensation Board
Maryland Board
Baltimore
McCardell
Frederick County
Dar
Virginia
Nch
Pens
North Carolina
New York
Oregon
Truckmen Attacks Not Yet At An End
Baltimore September 8 AP report says a truck driver was attacked during ongoing picketing at two trucking firms not part of yesterday’s agreement ending a seven day strike. Albert Clark told police five men ordered him to return his rig to the terminal and struck him when he refused. He provided police with the inverse of the car number used by the assailants.
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Baltimore
Albert Clark
Sniff Sniff: Seasonal Cold or Hay Fever Debate
A playful column muses on widespread sniffles and sneezes amid changing weather. Readers blame hay fever, damp cold, or forgotten blankets, while some joke about weather prophets and inflated hankie sales. The piece mocks overreactions and notes the season's discomfort.
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Goldenrod
Corn Cutting Begins Across Maryland and Delaware
The Weather Bureau notes a warm week with mean temps 2 degrees above normal and mostly cloudy skies. Crops show good to excellent growth. corn maturity is widespread with cutting general, and potato digging starts in Western Maryland. Harvesting of tomatoes, sugar corn, tobacco, tree fruits, and other crops continues across the region.
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SM Maryland
Dela Ware
United States Weather Bureau
Maryland
Chewsville
Garrett County
Finnistone
Lincoln
Treasury forecast ample funds for new money loan
The Treasury asked investors to lend 700 million dollars in new money to support the administration’s spending program and to build a large temporary cash reserve. Officials expected little difficulty in borrowing as banks hold about 3 billion dollars of idle funds available for investments and loans.
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Washington
Sept
Treasury
Postmistress Act Condemned in Maryland Politics
Washington Sept 8 The committee stated Mrs Maude Toulson postmistress of Salisbury Maryland violated federal law by aiding Rep Lewis in his bid for the Democratic senatorial nomination The panel will forward findings to the Justice Department and to the Postmaster General It found no evidence that the CIO financed Lewis campaign and Morris Shapiro’s alleged 5000 donation to Tydings fund was not confirmed
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Baltimore
Millard E. Tydings
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
David J. Lewis
Roosevelt
Tydings
Arthur E. Hungerford
New Dealer
White House
Lewis
Hungerford
Maude R. Touison
Salisbury
Washington
Maude Toulson
Dem
Justice Department
The
C. SO
Morris Shapiro
Boston Iron and Metal Company
Globe Brewing Company
Senator Tydings
Stocks Edge Lower As Market Moves Slow
New York September 8 APStocks crawled along a muted route with early selling pushing averages down. Limited offerings and small support left declines halved near the close with occasional advances. About 690000 shares traded as German Czech tensions added to uncertain sentiment. Bonds and commodities mixed as gold nudged up at London. A second item reports a labor complaint against the Association of Motion Picture Producers alleging $100000 payments gave control over 12000 union workers.
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New York
Los Angeles
National Labor Relations Board
The
Association of Motion Picture Producers, Inc
Sudeten Leaders Press Hitlers Peace Bid Amid Crisis
Adolf Hitler ordered renewed Sudeten German talks with Czechoslovakia amid mounting European tension after a Sudeten legislator was struck in a crowd. Britain faced cabinet summons as Berlin signaled a possible shift toward pressing Britain in negotiations. Konrad Henlein told to reject Prague concessions, deepening the crisis.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Hitler
London
Paris
Fuehrer
Britain
Konrad Henlein
Prague
Asked For Names Of Crime Leaders
Harrisburg dispatch reports Dauphin County District Attorney Carl B. Shelley was summoned before a special legislative committee to name the leaders he claims run a system of crime within Pennsylvania New Deal leadership. During a four hour hearing he named 58 witnesses, including several state employees.
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Harrisburg
Carl B. Shelley
Dauphin County
Pennsylvania
Shelley
Ship's Waiter Robbed Passenger Amid Chesapeake Bay Trip
Baltimore police investigated a Norfolk graduate report of being assaulted and robbed of 50 dollars by a Negro waiter during an overnight trip from Norfolk to Baltimore aboard a Chesapeake Bay steamer. The accused waiter, 22, was turned over to police by the boat captain.
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Baltimore
Norfolk Vamatron
Virginia
Chesapeake Bay
Coach McCormick Ready For Varsity Debut at Mt St Mary's
Emmitsburg Sept 8 AP Coach Joe McCormick mentor of Mt St Mary's college football team is busy with his freshman charges now but looks forward to the arrival of his old varsity hopes. Thirty Freshmen reported for preliminary practice and the strenuous work will begin by Saturday.
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Emmitsburg
Joe McCormick
Mt St Mary's
Police find man near drowning after hotel murder link
Chicago police recovered William Frank Raab in a park lagoon, unconscious and half submerged, a day after Marie Lamont was found strangled in his hotel room. Raab, a former convict and night club bouncer, appeared to be in a stupor amid the investigation.
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Chicago
Wiliam Frank Raab
Marie Lamont
Raab
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