Maryland lawmakers seek relief fund around five million
In Annapolis the Maryland Senate and House debated relief funding as a committee of the whole cut short its session. A tentative program targeting about 4.6 million annually drew support though most taxes remained undisclosed. Some senators favored closer to 5 million while others floated 3.3 to 6.6 million. Senate leader J Allan Coad pushed for near unanimous support to move a bill to the House. Several new revenue bills were proposed ranging from 4.5 to 10 million, including a 2 percent sales tax and a separate use tax tied to out of state purchases, plus option for local levies in Baltimore and counties.
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Maryland
Senate
J. Allan Coad
Coad
House of Delegates
Sasacer
House
Salem
Win
Davis
Donovan, Miller
Lloyd
Baltimore
Annapolis
Corns Sleep Then Shed Off With E Z Korn Remover
An advertisement touts E Z Korn Remover to ease painful corns and calluses. It claims quick relief, simple use, and widespread availability at drug stores for 35 cents, urging readers to try it themselves.
Support of Music Week Here Urged in Hagerstown
Mayor W Lee Elgin urged Hagerstown to back the fourteenth National Music Week observance from May through May. He called on all music lovers, participants, and organizations to support Foster Local Talent and cooperate to make the 1937 celebration the most successful yet.
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May
W. Lee Elgin
Multiple Tax Proposals Revealed In State Legislature
A crowd of bills seeks higher revenues with a one percent state income tax and various levies. Proposals include five cent floor tax on liquor and two cent per package on cigarettes, ten percent on tobacco, and additional horse race bet taxes. Several measures target relief funds and state building in Annapolis, with a Senate panel planning a conclave to forge a compromise.
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Wyatt
Every
Hofferbert
Emanuel Gorfine
Baltimore City
State Office
Annapolis
Broomel
House
Glenn and
Twigg
Allegany
Senate Finance Committee
J. Allen Coad
Trains Move Rapidly Between Lines Under Heavy Freight Load
The Baltimore and Ohio and Western Maryland lines coordinated a major traffic shift with 40 B&O trains moved from Monday to 9:30 am. A 60-car banana freight ran from Baltimore to Cumberland, then onto B&O tracks. Western Maryland pilots accompanied each B&O train to Cumberland, ensuring orderly transfer.
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Baltimore
Cumberland
Maryland
Baltimore & Ohio
Western Maryland
Woman testifies to killing of her boy in Kentucky hills
A thin quiet woman from the Kentucky hills told the La Follette Civil Liberties Committee how a burst of gunfire tore through the walls of the Harlan County cabin killing her son Bennett Musick as her husband Marshall A. Musick a Baptist preacher and part time miner attributed the murder to his union activity. He said deputies in two carloads paid by coal operators ambushed them on January 31 and that their home was shot up a month later. She described the boy in his chair during the February 9 attack as bullets ripped through the walls and a door knob burst. The couple said no one was indicted after the Grand Jury probe. A union organizer displayed a blood soaked shirt from a separate Harlan County shooting.
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Washington
Kentucky Hills
Sense Committee
Beanett Musick
Herlan County
Marshall A. Musick
la Follette Civil Liberties Committee
Harlan Country Hills
Harlan County
Theodore Middleton
Thomas Ferguson
New Lexington
Ohio
Chicago Grain Market Quotations From Stein Bros and Boyce
Grain prices for wheat corn oats and rye are listed with bid and ask ranges for May July and Sept contracts from Stein Bros Boyce Blue Ridge Fire Insurance Hagerstown Maryland. Prices show open high low and close figures across multiple months and commodities.
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Stein Bros. & Boyce
Blue Ridge Fire Insurance
Hagerstown, Md
County Schools to Stage Historical Treasure Hunt
Washington County students will participate during the week of May 1 in a Historical Treasure Hunt to locate and describe objects of historical value. Teachers will receive iblanks listing owners, with prizes for pupils who report notable relics, while a later pageant at the Fairgrounds will showcase progress in various civic fields.
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Washington County
J. Grimes
Grimes
Fairgrounds
Isabella Beckenbaugh
Broadway School
Frances Grimes
Williamsport
Alice M. Quick
Halfway School
Donald Kaylor
Study Aims to Check Price Rises Across Markets
A broad study on stock market speculation details how the Federal Reserve Board may raise margin requirements from 55 to 100 percent. Officials say they will act immediately if speculative credit inflates prices, while the Securities Commission monitors insider activity and inflation risks. A Roosevelt push for anti-trust reforms follows the Aluminum case, with lawmakers and business groups weighing potential bipartisan action and possible broad antitrust revisions.
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Reserve Board
Securities Commission
Commission
Roosevelt
Cummings
Federal Trade Commission
Andrew W. Melson
Capitol Hil
Nye
R.N.D
Borah
R- Ida
United States Chamber of Commerce
William G. Irwin
Columbus
Ind
NRA
Four Murderers Seek Paroles in Maryland Hearings
Four convicted murderers sought parole at the bi weekly Baltimore hearings led by state parole commissioner W David Tilghman Jr Windisch former Lexington Market stall owner jailed 36 years for the slayings of his wife and her friend Mrs Bartha Schott in Essex in 1924 He pled guilty to the death of his wife and to Mrs Schott s killing Three other second degree murder defendants were William Martin Frank Washington and Rebecca Jones each sentenced in Baltimore Prince Georges or Howard counties in the 1930s
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Baltimore
W. David Tilghman, Jr
Arno IR. Windisch
Lexington
Bartha, Schott
Essex
Windisch
Tighten Wise About Bilbao
In the Basque conflict amid a naval blockade insurgents shell eastern approaches to Durango and isolate Bilbao. Franco aide Gen Emilia Mola commands troops pressing the siege while Gov council weighs supplies and civilian evacuation as the city, home to about 400000, endures slow starvation. An English freighter delivered the seventh cargo to sustain Bilbao through the blockade.
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Bao
Pittsburgh
Spain
Emilia Mola
Durango
Bilbao
Madrid
Sheargarth
Check Names In Death Of Girl
MATONGA Oklahoma April 28 Investigators questioned the couple who were arrested on murder charges connected with an alleged abortion death. Merle Williams a 21 year old brunette employed by a packing company at Clinton Oklahoma died April 11 after an illegal operation. Mrs Moore 50 denied performing such an operation identifying herself as a midwife and former registered nurse. The Moore home sits near Longdale in northwestern Oklahoma.
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Matonga
Okla
John Moore
Oklahoma
Kansas
California
Nelson Crow
Merle Williams
Clinton
Oklah
Moore
Longdale
Exotic eggs wash ashore after steamer spill
A choppy white capped sea brought exotic oriental fare to Lewes Delaware. Chinese storage eggs, potatoes and water chestnuts washed ashore from a steamer deck.
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Lewel
Del
Plowing Quest Ends In Loss Then Find In Field
L B Foreman, a Lebanon Ohio farmer, plowed his 20 acre field four times in spring plowing attempts. After losing forty dollars the first pass, he plowed again twice more as searches, finally recovering the cash with a successful final pass.
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Lebanon
Ohio
L. B. Foreman
Hancock Flood Contains 15 Foot Drop Roads Open
The Hancock area endures a major flood with the 15 foot drop bringing road access back to normal. Potomac water recedes to normal near Cumberland and the Montgomery county line, enabling resumed rail service and boat transport for workers. Hancock remains hardest hit with bridge damage, temporary spans planned pending state and federal funding, as merchants begin recovery efforts.
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Potomac Edison
Byron
W. M
Route 40
St. Paul's Church
C. and C. Canal
Hancock
Morgan County
Berkeley Springs
West Virginia
Maryland
Cumberland
Montgomery County
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Harpers Ferry
Point of Rocks
Funeral Services Widely Attended For Charles J Powles
The funeral of Charles J. Powles, a well known citizen, was held yesterday afternoon from his home at 919 Oak Hill avenue and was largely attended. The Rev. Walter Byron Stebl, D. D., rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, conducted the services. Interment followed at Rose Hill cemetery. Floral tributes were numerous and beautiful.
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Charles J. Powles
Oak Hill Avenue
Walter Byron Stebl
D. D
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Rose Hill Cemetery
F D R Would Be Granted Wide Power
Senate appropriations committee cut 25 percent from a second deficiency bill affecting the federal trade commission railway retirement board and navagation mint bureaus. Speaker Cannon rejected a flat cut while Taber and Byrnes proposed 10 percent across the board. Roosevelt said economy efforts rise or fall with lawmakers and noted flood control needs with a $20 million estimate.
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Federal Trade Commission
Railway Retirement Board
Bureaus of Navigation
Mint
House
Cannon
Taber
Byrnes
Congress
Roosevelt
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Federal Housing Administration
Byrd
Aged Bank Clerk Held In Shortage
A 62 year old Mercantile Trust Company clerk Walter Post Darvall was charged by a Baltimore grand jury with a 47000 shortage in his accounts and false entries in the books. He was held in 20000 jail by Judge Eugena O Dunne after witnesses testified.
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Mercantile Trust Company
Walter Post Darvall
Grand
J. Bernard Wells
A. H. 8. Post
JR Crumbleton
H. E. Meeks
State Bank Commissioner's Office
Duvall
Sudbrook Park
Eugena O' Dunne
Post
Dueval
Bridgeport Girl Hurt In Crash
Margaret Clopper, 16, of Bridgeport, was injured yesterday morning when struck by an automobile while crossing the highway near her home. She was taken to Washington County Hospital with leg injuries and cuts. Sheriff’s officers investigated but no charges were filed against the driver James Butts of 600 North West Locust Street.
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Margaret. Clopper
Bridgeport
James Butts
Locust Street
Washington County Hospital
Flood Strikes Washington as River Recedes
Flooding across Washington and Prince George s county forces evacuations. Sandbag dikes protect West Potomac Park while the river recedes and airport operations resume. Reports list 20 deaths with a daring rescue saving a woman and two others. many roads remain flooded and several communities evacuated.
Girl Mother of Twins in Roosevelt Utah
Fifteen year old Mrs Ruth Had Rasmussen is the mother of twin girls born Monday in Roosevelt Utah weighing six pounds each.
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Roosevelt
Utah
Ruth Hadden Rasmussen
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