Senate Leaders Push Tax Bill to Allow Quick Adjournment
Washington August 7 Senate Democratic leaders sought passage of a new tax bill within a week and adjournment by August 11. Republican leader McNary forecast adjournment by August 17, while Senator Borah warned debates could trap riders such as soldiers bonus and Frazier Lemke farm refinancing. Many believed August 17 too early due to unsettled administration bills.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
McNary
Oregon
Borah
R. Ida
Senate House Conference
FHA Planning for Booth at Annual Fair
The Hagerstown Fair next month will host booths on the National Housing Act. Maryland fairs directors handle arrangements. FHA literature covers modernization loans from 100 to 2000 dollars, five year terms at five percent, mortgage refinancing, and insured mortgages up to 80 percent of appraised value with up to twenty years repayment.
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Hagerstown
Maryland
Henry W. Webb
Federal Housing Administration
Webb
FHA
Rainfalls Reported Across County Benefit Crops
Heavy moisture spread over the county with Chewsville recording .27 of an inch. Observers note generalized rain, while Hagerstown area likely received more. Temperature dips below 80 degrees for first time this week, with 72 degrees at 1 p.m. Local farmers expect steady rain to aid growing crops.
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Chewsville
D. Paul Oswald
Hagerstown
Thirteen Regrets in Wheeling Court Case
In Wheeling West Virginia on August 7 Joseph Lavack faced a judge after a fight left the victim with thirteen stitches. Lavack, the thirteenth case on the docket, received a sentence of thirteen months in county prison.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Joseph Lavack
Lavack
Aged couple die in Baltimore fire
In Baltimore on August 17 William Montoux, 68, and his wife Anna, 73, were smothered to death when a 1:30 a.m. fire on the first floor spread through a dumb waiter shaft to the third floor where they slept. Their daughter Amelia, 33, leaped from a second floor window and survived with injuries. Witnesses report a bartender and a taxi driver helping as smoke and heat hampered firefighting efforts for about 15 minutes.
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Baltimore
William Montoux
Anna
Amelia Montoux
Montoux
John Williams
Milton Knoche
Moose Lodge Wins Prize At Maryland Parade Event
The Hagerstown Moose Lodge earned $50 for having the largest parade number at the Maryland and Border States Association convention in Hanover Pennsylvania. The Baltimore lodge topped delegates and won $50, while Baltimore also took $20 for the largest number of women registered and Washington lodge received $20 for the most women in parade.
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Hagerstown
Moose Lodge
Maryland and Border States’ Association
Hanover
Baltimore Lodge
Washington Lodge
Pariade
Insect Sting Kills Woman at Reunion
Mrs. Willie Hathaway, 47, of Cumberland, died from a yellow jacket sting during a family reunion. She collapsed after being stung on the lip and died about 15 minutes later. she had a history of heart disease but was in her usual health at the time of the incident.
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Willie Hathaway
Cumberland
Hathaway
Yellow Jacket
Jack Shank Held in Shooting Probe
Normand Jack Shank, 33, a former Hagerstown resident, is under arrest in Washington as the principal in a baffling mystery crime. He faced an assault with a dangerous weapon charge after shooting William Hafner, proprietor of a gas station at 210 K Street Southwest, Washington, and fleeing. He was found hiding under a bed in a room on Bingham Place Southwest. Local and Washington police linked the suspect to the incident and pursued him across city lines.
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Normand
Jack) Shank
Hagerstown
Washington
Shank
Bingham Pt. S. W
William H. Hafner
K Street
S. W
Hafner
George Kennedy
Col
To Broadcast Prize Fight Louis Levinsky Heavyweight Battle
The Louis Levinsky ten round heavyweight fight will be broadcast from the Daily Mail office tonight with blow by blow coverage. The main bout starts about ten p m EST and AP will provide a round by round detail. No radio broadcast will occur.
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Louis Levinsky
Daily Mail Office
Associated Press
Paw Paw Girl Hurt In Crash Near Cumberland
Miss Pearl Robinson age 21 of Paw Paw West Virginia injured as her car collided with another on the Uhl highway near Cumberland. Two teeth knocked out and lacerations reported. Driver Guy W. Sharp escaped with slight injuries. Emerson C. Winebrenner cited to appear for hearing.
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Miss Pearl Robinson
Paw Paw
W. Va
Uhl Highway
Cumberland
Guy W. Sharp
Emerson C. Winebrenner
Pasadena considers pay as you park idea named Koiners Cash
City Manager C. W. Koiner champions a pay as you park scheme in Pasadena. He envisions drivers paying for street space and suggests the scheme could earn him the nickname Koiners Cash Coiners for the city.
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Pasadena
Calif
C. W. Koiner
Many apply for pensions in Frederick County
Frederick County Commissioners report 427 people have applied for pensions. The count reflects a broad eligibility scope and suggests growing demand for county assistance programs.
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Frederick County
Mackall Leaves Maryland PWA Director Post
John N. Mackall resigns as Maryland director of the PWA blasting the new agency as less satisfactory than the CWA. He cites failure to approve his Baltimore works program and notes the plan would cost about 35 million dollars with 45 percent local funding and 55 percent federal aid. The resignation was sent June 19 and accepted by Harry L. Hopkins via telegram.
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Baltimore
Federal Works Progress Administration
CWA
John N. Mackall
Maryland
PWA
Harry L. Hopkins
Mackall
Hopkins
Measures to halt Jews influx into Berlin announced
An official Nazi statement from Berlin says further steps will be taken to stop a flood of undesirables, especially Jews, arriving in the city as refugees. The plan, drawn by Count Wolf Hendrick von Helldorf and Julius Lippert, aims to curb provincial migration greater than ever before. No details on exact measures were provided. Refugees say they have nowhere else to go if they must leave the Reich, and city officials act after persistent flows despite a prior warning.
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Berlin
Wolf Hendrick von Helldorf
Julius Lippert
Reich
Bodies of 5 in wreckage near Hillsboro
Locomotive and two freight cars plunged 110 feet into a rock canyon 25 miles northwest of Hillsboro killing five men. Searchers aimed to recover the bodies as the bridge collapse trapped victims under timbers and gravel. one injured survivor, John Strawn, recalled a sudden bridge failure.
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Hillsboro
Ore
John Strawn
Haile Selassie pledges protection for foreigners in Ethiopia
Emperor Haile Selassie announced that all foreigners in Ethiopia would be safe in case of war with Italy. He said that dangers to foreigners would not exist and that special measures would be taken to protect foreigners and their property during hostilities or troop movements.
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Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Italy
State Can't Aid Workers in Railroad Closure
Baltimore Aug 7 A 500 worker layoff looms as the Washington Baltimore and Annapolis railroad plans to end operations August 20. A worker delegation led by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen urged Governor Nice to convene a special session for a subsidy, but the governor said the state cannot assist and suggested appealing to President Roosevelt or a federal agency.
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Baltimore
Washington
Roosevelt
Frozen in a Century The Brainchild of Dr Cornish
Berkeley scientist Dr Robert Ke Cornish envisions a future where a person can be frozen and stored until a chosen thaw date. He cited Dr Ralph Willard s experiments reviving a monkey after three days of freezing and explained sodium citrate prevents blood clots during long term preservation. The slow thawing process is essential to avoid fatal damage.
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Berkeley
Calif
Robert KE. Cornish
Cornish
Ralph Willard
Hollywood Gland
Willard
They’ll Have To Pinch Uncle Sam In Routzahn Arrest
Frederick authorities said they would need a war rant against Uncle Sam to prosecute Oscar Routzahn, a Frederick post office employee, for double parking while on official duty. Attorney Guy Motter told police the case stemmed from a technical form after Justice Schnauffer declined to issue the warrant.
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Frederick
Uncle Sam
Oscar Routzban
Frederick Post Office
Guy Motter
Routzahn
Patrick N. Schnauffer
Motter
Bodies of 3 recovered in Colorado freight wreck
In Salida Colorado three men died when a narrow gauge freight train derailed on a mountainside last night. Seven were injured and may be more bodies found. Brakeman E E Boots 55 died beneath the locomotive while two other victims were identified as Joe Richardson 60 of Denver and Pueblo and J A Johnson of Farmington New Mexico. Officials blamed a broken airline and brake failure as the train descended a steep grade.
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Salida
Colo
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
E. E. Boots
Joe Richardson
Denver and
Pueblo
C Olo
J. A. Johnson
Farmington
N. M
R. K. Bradford
Richardson
Dynamite Fishing Off Ocean City Faces No Law
Washington reports the U S Bureau of Fisheries told Ocean City Chamber of Commerce that Virginia fishermen are dynamiting fish at Fenwick Shoals beyond the three mile limit with no enforceable law to stop them. Elmer Higgins suggested the Coast Guard or War Department might act, though he doubted it.
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Washington
Virginia
Ocean City
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries
Bureau
Ocean City Chamber of Commerce
O. C. Carter
Chamber
Fenwick Shoals
Three Mile
Elmer Higgins
Food Fish Division
Coast Guard
War Department
County Board to Meet with PWA Officials
County Commissioners plus attorney and clerk will meet Public Works Administration officials in Baltimore tomorrow and likely submit a list of public works projects. The meeting may include school construction programs valued at about 240000 with support for new Sharpsburg and Maugansville buildings and Bellevue and county home improvements. A new sanitary system at Keedysville school costing about 2200 was approved by Federal officials and will start soon for completion by reopening of school.
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Board of County Commissioners
Public Works Administration
Baltimore
Arthur D. Hungerford
John N. Mackall
Abel Wolman
Board of Education
Sharpsburg
Maugansville
Court House
Bellevue
Keedysville
Injured Youth Recuperating After Monument Fall
Wallace Liggett, an injured youth, is resting easier at Washington County Hospital after a fall from the Washington monument in Boonsboro. Officials investigate the incident, which reports say involved a companion pushing him from the top.
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Washington Monument
Boonsboro
Wallace Liggett
Washington County Hospital
George Street
Monument
Byrd expedition plane arrives for repairs at Kreider-Reisner
A plane used by Rear Admiral Byrd on the Antarctic expedition arrived by truck today at the Kreider-Reisner plant for repairs.
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Rear Admiral
Byrd
Kreider-Reisner
High Waters Halt Trains Close Plant
Swollen by an all night rain the Tuscarawas river at Massillon and Big Sandy creek at Waynesburg forced nearly 150 families to flee. Basements flooded railroad trains halted and mill divisions of Republic Steel and Union Drawn Steel shut down wounding about 1000 workers. State highways flooded across Muskingum Coshocton and Guernsey counties while Muskingum river at Marietta rose rapidly threatening flood. Streets in Coshocton Cambridge and Upper Valley flooded. Waynesburg Mayor Bowles said residents prepared to abandon homes as river levels kept rising.
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Massillon, CO
Tuscarawas River
Massillon
Big Sandy Creek
Waynesburg
Republic Steel Company
Union Drawn Steel Company
New York
State Highway Department
Muskingum
Coshocton
Guernsey
Marietta
Ohio River
Zanesville
Cambridge
Upper Valley
R. K. Bowles
Tax tokens to continue sales tax payments despite ban
States push to keep sub cent tokens used only for sales tax, not purchases. New Mexico reports about 1 million tokens in use. Colorado plans to issue more in September, arguing tokens serve tax collection, not currency. Treasury classifies tokens as coins requiring congressional authorization.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Congress
New Mexico
Benjamin D. Luchini
Sales Tax Office
Child Hit By Train in West Virginia Killed
Nevada Paugh aged 21 of Barnum West Virginia was killed instantly Monday morning when struck by a Western Maryland passenger train bound for Elkins. Engineman H E Campbell said he saw the child walk in the track center on a sharp curve and could not stop in time.
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Nevada Paugh
Barnum
W. Va
Maryland
Elkins
H. E. Campbell
Man Seeks Divorce After 23 Years of Waiting
Richard P. Turner of Johnson City Tennessee files for divorce citing his wife left him 23 years ago to visit relatives and has not returned. The suit, filed August 7, details the long separation and seeks a legal dissolution of marriage.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Richard P. Turner
Turner
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Emperor Haile Selassie
Bellaten Gueta Herouy
Jack Shank
Koiner
Works Progress Administration
Mandeville W. Zenge
Harold J. Bauer
Chicago
Joseph Green
High Waters
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