Roosevelt allocates 200 million for CCC expansion plan
President Roosevelt today allotted 200 million dollars for work relief to expand the Civilian Conservation Corps to a peak of 600,000, with current enrollment at 425,000. Funds will also finance forest and park improvements in Alaska Hawaii and Puerto Rico and place about 12,500 Indians on reservations. Since April 1 total CCC allocations reach 521.734 million.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Appeal Filed in Bank Case Stockholders Liability
An appeal was filed this morning by William D. Bovey and Elias B. Hartle challenging a decision by Judges Sloan and Wagaman in the Peoples Banking Company stockholders liability case. The ruling had reversed an order from June 19, 1933 that required stockholders to pay par value for their shares to the bank receiver. The case heads to the October term of the Maryland Court of Appeals.
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D. Lindley Sloan
Frank G. Wagaman
Peoples Banking Company
Smithsburg
William D. Bovey
Elias B. Hartle
State Court of Appeals
Virginia reports 296 polio cases since July 1
Richmond Va Aug 6 Eleven new cases of infantile paralysis were reported yesterday bringing the Virginia total since July 1 to 296. Albemarle county contributed seven of the new cases with more than a fifth of the total in that period coming from that county.
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Richmond
Virginia
Albemarle County
Butts Granted Absolute Divorce in Unfaithfulness Case
Paul M. Butts has been granted an absolute divorce from Carlotta V. Butts by Judge Frank G. Wags man on grounds of unfaithfulness. Attorneys Oswald and Oswald represented the plaintiff.
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Paul M. Butts
Democrats Back LaFollette in Senate Tax Fight
Washington Aug 6 Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin wins some Democratic support as he seeks to broaden the base of the new income tax. The Senate faces amendments to the House passed bill 282 to 96. No White House reaction yet. House measures claim revenue from 250 to 260 million dollars. Senate action expected in about two weeks with hearings ahead.
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Washington
LaFollette
Wis
Senate
House
White House
Roosevelt
Doughton
N.C
Ways and Means Committee
Finance Committee
Robinson
Long
Boy Falls From Monument Seriously Injured in Boonsboro
Wallace Liggett of 600 block George Street was atop the restored Washington monument near Boonsboro Sunday with companions when he toppled over and fell to the ground. He remains in serious condition at Washington County Hospital with believed internal injuries.
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Wallace Liggett
George Street
Washington Monument
Boonsboro
Washington County Hospital
Lightning Kills Eight Sheep on Fairview Farm
A bolt of lightning struck early Saturday, killing eight sheep huddled beneath a tree on S. Luther Fiery’s Fairview farm. The tree was split where the sheep sheltered, and their bodies were discovered the following morning.
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S. Luther Fiery
Fairview
Former Hancock official recovering after operation
Thomas P. Gilleece Sr former mayor and fire chief underwent an operation at Washington County Hospital Saturday evening and is reported on the road to recovery. He is advanced in years and father of Thomas Gilleece Jr a member of the Democratic Central Committee.
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Thomas P. Gilleece, Sr
Hancock
Washington County Hospital
Gilleece
Thomas Gilleece
Democratic Central Committee
Youths Arrive at Hancock for CCC Camp Move
Twenty two Allegany county youths arrived at Hancock by train yesterday. They were met by trucks and taken to CCC Camp 65 at Green Ridge for assignment and training.
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Allegany County
Hancock
CCC
Green Ridge
Child Bitten by Dog in Williamsport Incident
Nancy Kreps of Williamsport was bitten twice on the lip by a dog owned by H. R. Betts. The dog stood tethered to a porch railing when the child approached, and her wounds required stitching and care.
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Nancy Kreps
Williamsport
H. R. Betts
Ae Diag
Milkman Shot While Lunch Is Interrupted
Kansas City August 6 A milkman Richard T Beedle 28 parked near J C Coghill 43 home to eat a late lunch Coghill streetcar motorman ran out and shot Beedle twice shouting you cant break up my home Mrs Coghill called him insane and blamed the sun Coghill said we never saw the man we do not take milk from him
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Kansas City
Richard T. Beedle
J. C. Coghill
Coghill
Beedle
Jim
Will Rogers to ride with Wiley Post in Alaska flight
Wiley Post and Will Rogers near departure in Post's red monoplane for Alaska as weather and pontoon tests threaten a start the next day. Rogers arrived from San Francisco and the trio may attempt a secret launch from Renton airport despite final mechanical tweaks.
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Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Seattle
Post
Alaska
Siberia
Moscow
Renton
Here
Rogers
San Francisco
Annapolis Seeks 1936 Elks Convention
Havre de Grace Md Aug 6 delegates to the Tri-state association of Elks begin business with Annapolis as a main contender for next year’s convention city. Guy H Miller of Annapolis lodge leads for association president while retiring head is State Senator Harold E Cobourn of Perryville.
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Havre DE Grace
Annapolis
Association of Elks
Elis
Guy H. Miller
Association
Harold E. Cobourn
Perryville
Lawmaker Is First Victim in Parking Crackdown
Rockville Maryland article notes Deputy Sheriff Leslie B. Thompson was appointed town bailiff and began enforcing the parking ordinance. Among his first targets were councilman G. Lamar Kelly Frank H. Karn president of the county board of commissioners and Judge Harold C. Smith of the county police court.
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Rockville
Leslie B. Thompson
G. Lamar Kelly
Frank H. Karn
County Board of Commissioners
Harold C. Smith
County Police Court
Chamber weighs creating a junior chamber group
The Chamber of Commerce considers forming a junior chamber here. The board has authorized a committee to study desirability. President names Leo Miller, Harry Boyle, and Dr. W D Campbell to investigate and report back.
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Chamber of Commerce
Board of
Chamber
Leo Miller
Harry Boyle
W. D. Campbell
Zenge Pleads Innocent At Kirksville Murder Arraignment
Mandeville W. Zenge a Missouri carpenter pleaded innocent to murder by mutilation in Chicago at arraignment for the death of Dr. Walter J. Bauer of Kirksville Missouri. Judge Justin S McCarthy postponed the hearing to August 20 as prosecutors seek more time to probe the case.
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Chicago
Bauer
McCarthy
Charles S. Dougherty
Moore
Kirksville
Dr. Bauer
Zenge
Joseph
Roach
Green
Public urged to aid pawnbroker law enforcement
Captain Clarence G. Emmert urged public cooperation with a new state law requiring pawnbrokers to file daily lists of pawned items with police. Officers scan these lists each morning, comparing watch and jewelry details with local theft records to aid identification and recovery.
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Clarence G. Emmert
Emmett
Wife Held After Husband Slain in Virginia
In Belle Haven, Alexandria, George A. Yakel, 58, was shot dead at his home early today. His wife Nancy Lee Yakel, 24, an expectant mother, was placed in custody of her attorney. An inquest is set to determine the shooting. The attorney said Yakel tried to drive his wife from the house she shared with her daughter, her mother, and Yakel, who had been living apart from her.
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Alexandria
George A. Yakel
Belle Haven
Nancy Lee
Hortense Elliott
Mercy murder and death by own action in Kansas farm case
In Goddard Kansas an elderly farmer William Whitby killed his 40 year old imbecile son Rollo then shot himself. Coroner Dr G C Davis ruled murder and death by own action. Whitby recent health decline spurred fear his wife and other son would care for Rollo.
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Goddard
Kas
William Whitby
Rollo
G. C. Davis
Sedgewick
Whitby
Slayer Makes His Escape From Henrico Jail
Harry Sprouse, 33, serving 20 years for the killing of Otho Hicks at a roadhouse near Richmond, escaped from Henrico county jail after 1 am. An alarm was sent to officers to watch for him following an apparent prisoner inspection. Hicks died from a stabbing in a roadhouse brawl, and Sprouse was convicted by a Goochland county jury.
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Richmond
Harry Sprouse
Otho Hicks
Henrico County
Sprouse
Picture of Congressman Lewis adorns Williamsport club walls
A framed portrait of Congressman David J. Lewis has been hung in the Democratic Club rooms in the R. of P. building Williamsport. Roosevelt and former Governor Ritchie pictures also adorn the club walls with Lewis inscribing the piece.
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David J. Lewis
R. of P
Williamsport
Roosevelt
Ritchie
Lewis
Civil War memento found at St. Mary's river mouth
A gold hand ring with inscription To John from Mary 1863, washed up by a storm at the mouth of the St. Marys river near Point Lookout Maryland. The item appears to be a gift from a northern woman to her soldier sweetheart.
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Point Lookout
St. Mary's River
iJohn
Mary
Thought He Was Seeing Double
In San Jose California a police identification expert created a special card after discovering Gabriel Santana a 40 year old arrested for intoxication had an extra perfectly formed thumb on each hand.
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San Jose
Calif
Police Department
Gabriel Santana
Santana
Jamboree Of Scouts Not Called Off
Washington reports the Public Health Service will not cancel the jamboree for 25,000 scouts planned Aug 21 to 30 unless infantile paralysis outbreaks worsen. Surgeon General Hugh S Cumming said the decision is under daily review as cases trend in nearby areas. He praised the camp’s sanitary precautions while noting DC cases reported earlier.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Hugh S. Cumming
Rankin
D. Miss
Cumming
North Carolina
Virginia
District of Columbia
German visa denial for Rabbi Isserman from St. Louis
The German embassy announced that the German consul in St. Louis acted to refuse a visa for Rabbi Ferdinand M. Isserman of Temple Israel to travel to Germany. The embassy said the decision was final and the embassy had no authority to entertain an appeal of the consul's ruling.
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Washington
St. Louis
Ferdinand M. Isserman
Temple Israel
Germany
Isserman
Decison
Missed Lake Used Cistern In Batavia Fatal Child Rescue
In Batavia Illinois on August 6 a three year old boy Theodore Enquist Jr. disappeared from his new home while with his mother near a lake. The mother found the emptied tire tube and, looking into a cistern, saw Theodore floating in deep water. She pulled him out unharmed.
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Batavia
Theodore Enquist
Chicago
Theodore Jr
Theodore
Arms Secrets Of U S Will Be Guarded
The War Department under General MacArthur tightens rules on military secrets authorizing designation of secret research, designs, tests, or production as restricted projects. Details may not be disclosed or shared with unauthorized people under heavy penalties. Officials refuse details on long range detection tests.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Douglas MacArthur
Air Corps
Mystery Bay
Stratosphere Plane Crashes Killing Pilot in France
Paris August 6 France's pioneer stratosphere craft exploded after a test flight wrecking three years of secret work. Pilot Marcel Cogno 28 likely lost consciousness in a sealed compressed air chamber after hours aloft at five miles. Cogno's body burned as the ship exploded and crashed near Bonnieres, in view of nearby farmers.
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Paris
France
Marcel Cogno
Cogno
Bonnieres
Mussolini Orders 75,000 More Italian Troops to East Africa
Premier Mussolini announced mobilization of two regular army divisions and a blackshirt division plus replacements, raising Italy's forces in Eritrea and Italian Somaliland to about 195,000. The move follows Ethiopian mobilizations and brings total divisions to seven regular and six blackshirt units. About 100,000 have already shipped from southern embarkation points. Two native divisions were raised.
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Rome
Mussolini
Italy
East Africa
Eritrea
Italian Somaliland
Six Held In Ship Looting Off Long Beach
Six men were booked on suspicion of robbery after the Monte Carlo gambling ship robbery on July 8. Hooded assailants boarded the anchored vessel four miles off Long Beach and fled by speed boat with cash and jewelry totaling $32,000. Detectives To land and Simon said arrests followed a raid last Saturday night, with a house search uncovering more than twenty firearms and jewelry hidden in a hollow bedpost.
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Los Angeles
Monte Carlo
Long Beach
Harry Toland
Richard Simon
Local Girl Struck by Van Near Cumberland
Miss Louise Garmony suffered cuts and bruises after walking into a moving van on Martin's Mountain west of Cumberland. Driver Lawrence Stake took her to Allegany Hospital in Cumberland.
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Louise Garmony
Martin’s Mountain
Cumberland
Lawrence Stake
Allegany Hospital
Maryland Governor Invites Senate to Chesapeake Cruise
Gov. Harry W. Nice invited all Maryland State Senators to a two day cruise on the Chesapeake Bay August 18 and 19. The trip will depart Annapolis at 10:30 a.m. August 18 aboard the Du Pont, the State Conservation Department yacht, and return to Annapolis the following afternoon.
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Baltimore
State Senate
Harry W. Nice
Chesapeake Bay
Annapolis
du Pont
State Conservation Department
County's Oldest Woman Looks Forward To Hundredth Birthday
Mrs. Lewis Ovington Downs of Clearspring, Washington County's oldest resident, celebrated her 99th birthday and expects to reach 100 on August 3, 1936. Born August 3, 1836 near Williamsport, she recalls early migrations and family woes during westward moves and settlement in Ogle County.
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Lewis Ovington Downs
Washington County
Downs
Clearspring
Dr. Rentch
Williamsport
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U.S
STRAT
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