Supreme Court Validates Municipal Bankruptcy Act
The Supreme Court ruled the revised municipal bankruptcy act valid allowing about 3,000 cities towns and districts to seek debt adjustments with court approval. Chief Justice Hughes led the majority 6 to 2 stating Congress aimed to avoid state rights objections. Federal officials say thousands defaulted and the act may encourage voluntary settlements rather than full bankruptcy.
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Muscle Rub promises quick relief for rheumatism pains
An ad touts MUSCLE RUB as a liquid treatment for rheumatism lumbago neuralgia and muscle and joint stiffness. It claims pain stops in 7 to 10 minutes with no internal medicine and offers a refund if not satisfied. Available at Cauffman's Cut Rate Store and Middletown's Pharmacy and 450 other drug stores.
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Middlerate
Pays Fine For Staging Stunt
Helen Shoemaker twenty two of George Street staged a risky railyard stunt in the local yards causing the Western Maryland Railway to brake to avoid danger. She was charged with trespass and fined five dollars by Magistrate C Edward Heard after police court testimony. John Slechter was arrested for interfering with an officer and held on one hundred dollar bond following a tense confrontation with Lieut E J Chapman and Officer Piguett.
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Piguett
John Slechter
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Nichols Enjoying Life In The Navy
Clarence Nichols son of Mr and Mrs LeRoy Nichols 314 North Cannon avenue a former carrier for the Herald Mail is enjoying life in the Navy. He serves as fireman third class aboard the Arctic now in Honolulu and was interviewed by the Honolulu Advertiser in April Carrying a picture of the local seaman Nichols said he pegs Maryland in the highest notch with Hawaii next on the ladder He has sixteen months in service and makes his first voyage to Hululand finding it double okeh.
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Maryland
Hawaii
Hululand
Youth Gets Life Term In Slaying
Fifteen year old Albert Eugene Powell killed a store keeper during an attempted holdup and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Superior Judge Thaddeus B. Taylor said the statute made the punishment mandatory after a guilty plea to first degree murder of Marinus Lindbont, 63, a confectioner, on February 11. In a separate item, Kes ther Ralston was granted a divorce from Will Morgan, citing cruelty and intemperance.
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Albert Eugene Powell
Thaddeus B. Taylor
Louis H. Grettenberger
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Einstein Man of Great Simplicity
A profile on Albert Einstein praising his simple charm and genius. It notes his relativity work and a German letter about the universe, plus an anecdote of him eating ice cream on a street corner. The piece also mentions the Perseid meteors seen since 830 A D.
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Leslie C. Beard
Einstein
Infants Adoption Interest Grows After Abandoned Girl Found
A four day old girl baby found on a parked car seat in Funkstown drew offers of adoption from Washington County Welfare Board and the hospital. Officers expect no legal opposition to adoption by responsible persons as the infant remains at the hospital while identification efforts continue. The baby was discovered Sunday night by Ed Carpenter on his car seat after visiting a tavern, with physicians unable to identify the infant, suggesting possible transport from Pennsylvania or West Virginia.
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Washington County Welfare Board
Funkstown
Ed Carpenter
Mulberry Street
Carpenter
Washington
Maryland CCC quota short as eight whites fail to enroll
Maryland fell eight men short of its Civilian Conservation Corps April quota per Board of State Aid and Charities figures. The April allotment listed 568 white enrollees and 294 Negroes. The Negro quota was filled but eight white applicants did not appear on the last enrollment day.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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All Saved On Flying Boat In Jamaica Incident
A twin motored Pan American air plane forced down 30 miles off Kingston Jamaica on April 26. It carried 12 passengers and four crew who were transferred to the steamer Cavina and later to Kingston. The aircraft reportedly sank after tow attempts while Pan American officials said no injuries occurred.
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Jamaica
Here
Santiago
Cuba
Elder and Fyffe
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Bween
Killerig
Radio Marine Corporation
New York
Pan American Airways
Miami
Treasury Bills Sale Sets Record High Average Price
The Treasury sold 59 million dollars of 91 day bills at a near par average price of 99.991 per 100 face value, bearing no interest and yielding about 9 mills per 100 dollars lent. Banks and individuals lent 40.9 million dollars for three months. The Niagara Falls edge is falling at 2 percent per year.
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Treasury
Washington
Professor Clark Resigns His Post
Reports of faculty tension at the University of Maryland grow after Kenneth A. Clark, former Maryland Stockmen's Association president, resigns from the animal husbandry department. He cites no reason beyond a definite voluntary departure and plans to withhold a formal statement while the situation is reviewed. The move follows another resignation since Kenneth Skeler became department head last August.
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University of Maryland
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