Susquehanna Flood Threatens Pa Cities With Rescue Aid
The Susquehanna River rose toward flood crests threatening Wilkes Barre and nearby cities as Coast Guardsmen from New Jersey aided police evacuations. National Guardsmen moved cot and blanket relief to Sunbury while six deaths were reported statewide and western rivers began to recede.
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Wilkes Barre
Susquehanna
Pennsylvania
United
New Jersey
Sunbury
Wilkes-Barre
Williamsport
Allegheny
Monongahela
Pittsburgh
Johnstown
Here
Realty Sales Over One Hundred Thousand in Week
Three county farms and several city properties changed ownership with total weekly value exceeding $100000. Isaac W. Martin and wife sold 102 acres along Paradise Church road to Isaac E. Martin and wife for 14500. John H. Petre and wife sold 73 acres along Middleburg Pike to J. Mark Petre and wife for 7500. Johns Mopkiss Hospital farm east of Leitersburg sold to John P. Howard for 8000. Additional transfers include Fogle to Hutson for 5800, Long and Angie to Dudley for 2600, James to Moser for 3000, Corderman to Harshman for 3800, and Brandenburg to Rudisill for 11500.
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Isaac W. Martin
Paradise Church Road
Isaac E. Martin
John H. Petre
Middleburg Pike
J. Mark Petre
Leitersburg
Johns Mopkiss Hospital
Bakkimore
John P. Howard
Roy I. Fogle
John S. Hutson
Hager Street
J. Alvey Long
W. Harry
Angie
Artillery duel subsides on western front near So taile
French forces report a several days long heavy artillery duel on the So taile front has ended. German nomad batteries caused shifting fire but the bombardment subsided as of today.
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Paris
So Taile
Weather Outlook for Sureau Maryland
Partly cloudy tonight with slightly colder air across central and east sections. Tuesday brings increasing clouds and rain in the extreme west. Chesapeake Day sees partly cloudy conditions with a drop in temperatures tonight and Tuesday rain with moderate northerly winds shifting to easterly Tuesday.
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Sureau
Maryland
Chesapeake
Three Die in Capital Fire
Flames swept through a three story converted stable apartment building in Washington injuring at least five. Three occupants died including Michael Jones 50 who leaped to an alley. Fire crews evacuated tenants using improvised ropes and ladders amid rapid spread. Estimated property loss about 100000.
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Washington
Michael Jones
Mary Jones
Antique Furniture Damaged In Blaze
A garage behind the coal company of Clarence Burgess at the 200 block of Sonu Potomac Street burned Sunday morning. Much furniture including antiques and clothing stored there were badly damaged with an estimated loss of 150 dollars.
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Clarence Burgess
Sonu Potomac Street
Three Americans Draw Favorites in Irish Hospitals Sweepstake
Dublin reports three Americans among ten tickets drawn for the Hospitals Sweepstake at Aintree. Prize money is reduced by war to one eighth of last year. The top prize on winning horse is £30,000, with £25,000 for the second and £10,000 for the third.
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Dublin
Aintree
England
Receipts Mount at Hagerstown Post Office in March
The Hagerstown post office reports March receipts rose to $19,024.59 from $17,822.33 a year earlier, an increase of $1,151.06, marking a sixth straight month of higher receipts. Savings bond sales in March also climbed by nearly £6,000 compared to 1939.
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Hagerstown Post
Marcel
Te S. Savings
Board to Organize and Elect Officers Today
The board of directors including seven new directors elected last week by the Chamber of Commerce will meet this afternoon to organize and elect officers for the coming year.
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Chamber of Commercce
Oming
Elizabethtown 1800s City Costs and Public Works Ordinances
The article details late 18th and early 19th century measures by Elizabethtown moderators and commissioners to fund paving frontages, regulate springs to prevent overflow, and monetize marketplace stalls. It notes a 1805 ordinance granting ten days to lay pavement, then execution at the town's expense with charges placed on property, plus later stall regulation and buyback for stall renters.
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Whith
Police Court Delivers Busy Morning With Drunken Drivers
Four drunken drivers faced city court and received jail sentences from 10 to 60 days or fines. Pride Henson Ralph W Shipley and Isaac Henson faced various outcomes after pleas of guilty. A collision near Fankstown left Isaac with a facial cut. Additional speeders and a church session disruption also resulted in short jail terms or fines.
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Hen
Esis
Pride Henson
Dam No
Ralph W. Shipley
Williamsport
M. VY
Bossetter
Isaac Henson
Fred Foltz
Fankstown
Shipley
Gary S. Gross
Mock
East Washington Street
Iartis N. Gilbert
Houtzdale
Harry EB
Snyder
Postetter
Chester Dorsey
Joseph Watson
Tiatry E. Snyder
Apple Blossom Fete At Winchester Draws 24 Bands
Announcement confirms the annual Apple Blossom Fete at Winchester with 24 bands invited to perform. More than a score of bugle and drum corps from surrounding states are also slated to participate, shaping a lively festival program.
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Winchester
Surroudiine Stiles
Fire Damages Home At Williamsport
A fire of undetermined origin damaged the residence of Fastar Hawers on West Potente Street Williamsport yesterday afternoon. The bed room on the second floor burned and flames were checked soon after by the Groren. Contents and adjoining rooms suffered some fire and water damage. The two story frame building housed Mr Bowers and family and his son in law. Insurance covers about $240.
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Fastar Hawers
West Potente Street
Williamsport
Allies Plan A Bolder Policy To Plug Gaps
Paris dispatch reports Premier Paul Reynaud announced in a two hour cabinet meeting a bolder Allied border policy toward Scandinavian and Balkan nations to seal gaps in the anti German bloc. He outlined measures to curb communism and Hitlerian intrigue, and to reinforce domestic security with food and fuel rationing cards and efforts to boost the birth rate.
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Paris
Paul Reynaud
Reynaud
France
Miniature Frog Mystery Baffles Maryland Readers
Local hugologists remain puzzled by a tiny frog or toad that sprang from a head of cabbage at Owen Williamson’s Lanvale Street home in Western Maryland. Williamson, a railroad worker, found the creature bright green and brought it to the Merald Mail office, where editors could not identify the species beyond noting it resembled a baby frog.
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Owen Wiliamson
Lanvale Street
Williamson
Grean
Merald-Mail
Asasnas
Four die in Virginia murder suicide amid marriage row
In Kent's Store Fluvanna county four people die after a man Harry Walker Morris 30 a Richmond beverage truck driver shoots his wife and her parents at their home around 10 pm then shoots himself. Coroner J H M Yealman calls it murder and self inflicted death. Commonwealth's Attorney Harold R Stephenson cites divorce suit and failed reconciliation efforts.
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Kent's
Thichmond
Fluvanna
J. HM. Yealman
Commonwealth
Harold R. Stephenson
Harry Walker Morris
Richmond
J. R. Nirkpatrick
J. R. Nirkpatrick, At the Latters’ Home At Ahout
Stephenson
Morris
Johnson Corp Formed Here in City
The Tomson Saleg Corporation received articles of incorporation from the State Tax Common with authority to deal in drugs and chemicals. Capital fixed at $25.00, stock at $1 par, with J. Stanley Johnson Albert T. Fiery and Florence M Keyser listed as directors in this city.
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Tomson Saleg Corporation
J. Stanley Johnson
Albert T. Fiery
Florence M Keyser
de Porpalastes
London Children Return to School as War Continues
London reports 6000 plus primary school children aged eight to eleven resumed classes today after wartime disruption. Compulsory attendance began for ages 13 to 14 last month and will extend to younger ages as more air raid shelters are added. In London John Atkinson Hobson, 81, noted economist, died today.
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London
Goulitictom
John Atchinson Hobson
United States
Crew Of German Liner Describes Benzine Fireplan Doomed Crew
San Francisco reports from Angel Island detail Columbus crew accounts of flooding the ship with benzine to avert a spark during scuttling. Torchmen perished, others fled to lifeboats as the 612 crew faced loss of possessions and impending sale. Almost 350 men were repatriated via Japan.
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Spark
Columbus
Ban Francisco
San Francisco Chronicle
Angel Island
Lfebouts
Tlani
le Ufebonts
Germany
Japan
Thousands Attend Dedication Of New City Hall Here Sunday
Thousands filled the city for the dedication of Hagerstown's new City Hall, a $460000 project. Governor Herbert O Conor, U S Senator George S Radcliffe, Howard Bruce and other dignitaries attended. The ceremony featured remarks by Governor O Conor and Mayor Richard H Sweeney followed by tours of the building.
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New City Hall
Hagerstown
Ciy
Herbert R. O.conor
U. S
George S. Radcliffe
Howard Bruce
William J. Byron
O'Conor
M. Gilmore
Region No. 1
W.P.A
Tagerstown Progress to Open Bids for Industrial Building
The board of directors will meet this afternoon to open bids for a new industrial building to be occupied by Hudson Woven Lake Company, relocating from East New York New Jersey. Construction to start soon, officials say.
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Tagerstown Progress Corporation
Hudson Woven Lake Company
East New York
N. J
Muddy Streams Yield Few Fish After Night Rain
After over an inch of rain Saturday night the streams remain muddy and trout fishing is poor. Only one report of a large catch came in from Joral sporting goods. George Adams of Tocal said he landed an 11 inch trout in Beaver Creek as many local anglers fished today despite bad prospects.
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Joral Sporting Goods
George Adams
Toca
Beaver Creek
Farley Joins 100 Year Old Mule Day Street Auction
In Columbia Tennessee on Mule Day 194? Postmaster General James A. Farley attended the parade and event marking the world’s largest street mule market. He noted mules as durable work animals while sharing the spotlight with the local mule culture. Motors were barred for the day and Farley rode in a barouche drawn by two long-eared animals.
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Farley
Columbia
Syre
Tife
James A. Farley
Midle
Tennessee
WPA relief reports show fewer jobless by 613000
Washington reports on the eve of a congressional review that WPA rolls fell by 613000 from a year earlier as President Roosevelt contemplates a 1 billion dollar relief fund. Harrington says discharges will be gradual with April curtailment around 200000, amid February unemployment estimated at 10.57 million by the AFL.
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Washington
Congressional
Harrington
WPA
Plans Set to Plant 47500 Trees Along Hagerstown Watershed
The Smithsburg area begins a week long project to plant 47 500 trees on 41 acres of the watershed supplying Edgemont reservoir the main source for Hagerstown mountain water. Supervising agencies are the State Department of Forestry and the Soil Conservation Service. Planting will occur over about one month on land owned by Hagerstown and taken out of farm production.
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Hays
Smithsburg
Edgemont
Hagerstown Mountain
State Department of Forestry
Soil Conservation Service
Henry E. Yost
Maryland
Warner Gap Hollow
Hagerstown
Calcium Will Also Harden Lead
New York April 1 The Bell Telephone laboratories announce a calcium based alloy that hardens lead to form a new material with potential emergency uses for table sheathing Calcium replaces antimony sourced from China in lead sheathing experiments and the results when calcium is added to lead were described as amazing
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New York
Bell Telephone’ Laboratories
China
Seismic tremor detected by Fordham University seismograph
A strong tremor was recorded by Fordham University's seismograph at 6 21 52 a m New York Time. The movement was estimated to originate about 3050 miles from New York toward the general area of the Philippines.
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New York
Fordham University
Philippines
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