Hoover urges national economy program with joint delegates
President Hoover proposes appointing delegates from both chambers to craft a complete national economy program and calls for further cuts in next year’s federal expenditures. He blames Congress agencies for lack of unity and says executive authority has reached its limit without law amendments and bureaucratic consolidation. Senator Robinson criticizes Hoover's approach and questions responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Conress
Hoover
Senate
House
Congress
Robinson
Justice Department official speaks to Hagerstown police
J S Egan chief of the Bureau of Investigation at the Department of Justice addressed the Hagerstown Police Training School about federal local cooperation. He praised the department and urged training, while State's Attorney Harshman and Dean McCown spoke on arrest law and burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Egan
Harshman
Dean McCown
Car Stolen While Owner At Church
A 1926 Chevrolet sedan owned by W W A Mclaughlin of 126 Alexander Street was stolen from in front of Washington Square M E Church last night between 7 30 and 8 30 while Mrs McLaughlin attended service. License 272 645. Police investigate.
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W.W. A. McLaughlin
Alexander Street
Washington Square
M. E
John Campbell Arrested in Bloom’s Alley for Chicken Theft
John Campbell, a Black man wanted by Chambersburg police for several months over chicken thefts in Franklin County, was captured by local police in Bloom’s Alley this morning and will be held for Pennsylvania authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Campbell
Chambersburg
Franklin County
Bloom's Alley
Pennsylvania
Henson Takes Over Airport From Potorfe
Richard A. Henson has bought the local airport from A C Potorff of the Hagerstown and Waynesboro air ports. The Fairchild Corp. owns the airport and the lease has been transferred to Henson who has managed the airport and trained pilots while operating commercial and passenger service.
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Richard A. Henson
A. C. Potorff
Hagerstown
Waynesboro
Potorff
Fairchild Corp
Henson. Henson
Henson
Stickell Sales Corporation Granted Articles of Incorporation
The Stickell Sales Corporation was granted articles of incorporation by the State Tax Commission on Saturday. Authorized to deal in grain and issue 10,000 shares of common stock at 31 par value. Incorporators are Clarence M. Stickell, G. Walter Smith and Francis H. Cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stickell Sales Corporation
State Tax Commission
Clarence M. Stickell
G. Walter Smith
Francis H. Cost
Annapolis Eyes Municipal Electric and Gas Plant Move
Annapolis considers municipal ownership of electric and gas services as the Chesapeake Bay Power Company's system enters receivership and may be sold at public auction. Mayor Quenstedt will ask city council to authorize buying the distribution system if offered, noting Hagerstown's cheaper rates and lower taxes from public ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Annapolis
Annapolis and Chesapeake Bay Power Company
Walter E. Quenstedt
Justice Has A Blind Date In Evanston News
Justice of the Peace Samuel Harrison, 79, plans a date with a 22 year old red headed woman after 1,600 marriages performed. He says the voice sounded good and she agreed on wifely behavior. He will meet her tomorrow night to discuss marriage.
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Evanston
Justice of the Peace
Samuel Harrison
Damage suit filed for 25000 against Western Maryland Railway
Martin D. Myers 16 through his father filed a 25000 damage suit in court today against the Western Maryland Railway Company. The case alleges the youth was permanently injured in early January 1952 when struck by cars near the Antietam street crossing, leading to amputation of a leg above the knee and subsequent operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin D. Myers
Daniel H. Myers
C. Bruce Lightner
Western Maryland Railway Company
Antietam
Bov
Synod Head Narrowly Escapes Injury in Collision
Rev D W A Wade president of the Maryland Synod of the Lutheran Church and Phillip Moats escaped injury when their cars collided at Baltimore and Locust streets around 7 30 this morning Moats car was badly damaged but Wade’s machine was unharmed Wade had preached at St Mark’s Lutheran church celebrating Rev J W Ott’s 25th pastorate anniversary and left to return to Baltimore after spending the night with Dr Ott
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D. W. A. Wade
Maryland
Wade
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
J. W. Ott
Dr. Ott
Baltimore
Coal miners strike hits St Clatksville workforce
About 5000 men failed to report for work in St Clatksville as the state bituminous coal mine strike called by the United Mine Workers of America took effect.
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ST. Clatksville, O
United Mine Workers of America
Tips on fires take 18t prize
A Clearspring resident won the first prize in last week’s news tip contest with two fire related tips. One described a house fire and another a neighbor bucket brigade. The second prize is split between two lesser tips, with many stronger entries failing to win.
Four Die in Plane Crash Near Duluth During Storm
Four men en route to Detroit for the National Aircraft show perished 25 miles north of Duluth as snowstorm blotted visibility. Victims were Herb Fuller, S. E. Kervinen, T. J. Somero, and Somero, all Ely residents. The craft struck a snow fence. none survived.
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Duluth
Minn
Detroit
Herb
Tjerem
Fuller
Kurvinen
Ely
Child Dies After Tooth Extraction Meningitis Fatal in Brunswick
Rebecca Cecil, 12, daughter of Mr and Mrs Hamabatha Cecil of Brunswick, died Saturday from meningitis. Doctors said the infection may have followed an infected tooth extraction performed about a week earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca
Hamabatha Cecil
Brunswick
Board to Plan for Primaries in Local Election
The Board of Election Supervisors will meet Wednesday afternoon to plan for the coming registration and primary election. Registration day is Tuesday April 26 and the primary Monday May 2. Filing limit for delegates to the state conventions and for the vacant legislative post due to Aaron K. McGraw’s death is Monday April 11. No primary contest for Congress in this district for the Democratic U S Senator nomination. Three Republicans have filed for the Republican Senatorial nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Election Supervisors
Aaron K. McGraw
Congress
U. S
Speed Flier Leaps Safely From Crumpled Wing
Patterson Louisiana April 4 Jimmy Wedell speed flier credited with life saving feat after the wing of his plane at 100 feet altitude collapsed in a test. He pulled up to 500 feet and parachuted clear, floating down beside the wreckage with a broad grin. Officials call it a remarkable escape from death. Berlin April 4 Hitler addressing 50,000 campaign crowd pledges support for law and order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hitler
Two candidates vie for keynote at Democratic convention
The Democratic national convention arrangements committee met at the Congress Hotel Chicago to choose a keynote speaker for the June 27 nominating session. Senator Barkley and Jouett Shouse led the open slate, with Shouse presiding. Raskob was absent. Farley watched from the periphery as national committee members weighed the two candidates.
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Chicago
Democratic Committee
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Jouett Shouse
Kansas
Shouse
Congress Hotel
National
National Committee
John J. Raskob
James A. Farley
New York State
Democratic Central Committee
Roosevelt
Railroad Applies To Issue $20 Million Bonds
The Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to issue $20,000,000 of 6 percent gold bonds to secure a $7,608,582 loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The bonds would be issued on April 1, 1932 and mature April 1, 1982. The loan will cover interest and principal due on existing obligations this year.
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Washington
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Coast Guard Boats Collide Chasing Rum Runner
Two patrol boats from New London collision during pursuit of a rum runner in Long Island Sound. One boat badly damaged, the fleeing vessel escaped. No injuries reported.
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New London
Conn
Coast Guard
Long Island Sound
Fugi
Explosion Wrecks Mine Equipment in Kentucky
An early morning dynamite blast at the Williams Coal Company near Mannington, Hopkinsville area, destroyed two sets of machinery and equipment in a building housing mine generators. Estimated loss is $15,000 and 200 miners will be laid off due to the shutdown. no injuries were reported as the building was empty.
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Hopkinsville
Williams Coal Company
Mannington
Woman Kills Two Children Then Herself in Montclair
In Montclair New Jersey April 4 Mrs Raymond D Fosdick sister in law of Rev Harry Emerson Fosdick shot and killed her two children Sneanna 15 and Blaine 9 then herself at her home Neighbors heard shots around 930 am Police say Fosdick had been nervous and was under a physician care Her husband a lawyer and brother of the noted New York pastor was away in New York at the time of the tragedy.
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Montclair
N.T
Raymond D. Fesdick
Harry Emerson Fesdick
Felice
Fosdick
New York
Sneanna
Blaine
Dog bites runner and child in Potomac area
James Stickell of Avalon avenue, worker for Potomac Edison Company, was badly bitten in the arm Saturday while rushing to catch a bus. The dog, described as a vicious mongrel, sprang at him and also reportedly struck a small girl that morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Stickell
Avalon Avenue
Potomac Edison Company
Stickell
Thousands bask on New York beaches in April sun
More than 490 000 people visited beaches in the New York area Sunday as warm April sunshine drew crowds. The scene reflected a rare spring turnout with beachgoers enjoying the holiday weekend.
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New York Beaches
New York
Didn’t Want To Spill Liquor
George Hess and James Miller of Martinsburg were fined 500 dollars and jailed six months for tampering with airbrakes on Baltimore and Ohio trains. Three others were dismissed. Officers said several trains were stopped in yards in the past year and that culprits staged the tampering to jump off with liquor from Frog Hollow in Washington county.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Martinsburg
Frog Hollow
Washington County
George Hess
James Miller
Lindbergh Identified By Cuttyhunk Fishermen
In Cuttyhunk Mass a large amphibian plane landed seeking a 28 foot yacht named Sallie. Two fishermen identified the pilot as Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh after recognizing photos. Four men aboard, two couples, stayed several hours, questioned residents, and then departed.
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Guttyhunk
Mass
Cuttyhunk
Charles A. Lindbergh
Charles Tilton
Lindbergh
Sallie
Widow Mentioned For House Post in Indiana District
Republican leaders in Indiana's old eighth district move to nominate Albert H. Vestal's widow to fill the vacancy from his death. D. Philip Schindel buys the Hamilton Boulevard property of D. Ross Stickel.
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Anderson
Ind
Eighth Indiana
Albert H. Vestal
Congress
D. Philip Schindel
Hamilton Boulevard
D. Ross Stickeli
Lindbergh Case Stir In Glasgow Visit
Major Charles H Schoeffel of the New Jersey State Police arrives from London and meets with Scotland Yard officials amid hopes of a breakthrough in the Lindbergh kidnapping inquiry. Rumors surge over a possible lead as police search efforts intensify in Glasgow and London.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Charles H. Schoeffel
New Jersey
London
Taylor
Betty Gow
Schoeffel
Lord Trenchard
F Ves
Five Die As Brookfield House Burns
Five members of one family perished in a fire in suburban Brookfield while a sixth, Lytton Hepburn, survived after falling through an open window in thick smoke. Walter W. Sneather, 70, owner, and his daughter Louise Sneathen 23 died with Hepburn’s wife and three children. Firemen attributed the blaze to an overheated furnace.
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Chicago
Brookfield
Walter W. Sneather
Sneather
Louise Sneathen
Lytton Hepburn
Hepburn
Lytton, Jr
Gordon
Newspaperman Harold Gordon Dies at 28
Harold L. Gordon AP correspondent in Washington for Pennsylvania papers died of pneumonia at 28. Survived by widow Dorothy McLaughlin Gordon formerly of Greencastle Pa. and his parents Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Gordon of Pittsburgh plus two sisters.
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Washington
Harold L. Gordon
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Dorothy McLaughlin Gordon
Greencastle
Lawrence Gordon
Pittsburgh
Democrats Claim Certainty in 15 States for 1932 Victory
In a Democratic national committee drive for funds, leaflets claim victory in 15 states and deny any definite defeats. The map lists 18 excellent prospects, 11 for possible gains, and four least probable but possible states California Michigan Pennsylvania Vermont. The solid South plus Maryland Oklahoma New Mexico Arizona account for 15 states. eight of them voted Republican in 1928. Together these groups total 358 electoral votes, needing 26 more to win.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
California
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Maryland
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Georgia
Connecticut
Kentucky
Montana
Nebraska
New York
Ohio
West Virginia
Delaware
Indiana
Massachusetts
Missouri
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Nevada
Rhode Island
Wyoming
Hoover
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Claire Windsor
Marian Y. Read
Oakland
Cal
Justice Dept Ctne
J. S. Egan
Potorfe
NEW Company Incorporated
Justice
Western
Synod
Rev
W. A. Wade
Jimmy Wedell
LAW and Order
Frances Bosworth
Evanston, Ill
Trevor Charles Stamp
Josiah Stamp
Bosworths
Charles Gates Dawes
Barkley
Shouse Out
Raskob
Railroad
Rum Runner
Lindy
Major Schoeffel
Scotland Yard
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