State Projects Given Approval At Board Meet
The Maryland counties and towns had Federal-aid public works projects approved by the state advisory board of the Federal Emergency Administration on Public Works. The chair, William C. Stettinius, said details on the projects and funding were withheld pending final Washington action. Several applications were processed and forwarded for final consideration.
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Baltimore
State Advisory Board
Federal Emergency Administration On Public Works Today
Maryland
Washington
William C. Stettinius
Federal Administration
Stettinius
State advisory board completes pitch project review
Stettinius announced that the board's action and the Washington submission make it the first state advisory board to finish investigating one or more pitch projects and send them to Washington for final action. He said the board is the first sufficiently organized to take such action.
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Washington
Stettinius
Martinsburg Man Fatally Struck by Freight Train Engine
David Michael Hook aged 82 of Martinsburg was fatally injured Saturday night when struck by the engine of a fast freight train while seated on cross ties on an eastbound track in the Martinsburg yards of the B and O railroad. Relatives said Hook had fainting attacks and believed he sat on the ties during an attack. He was a native of Paw Paw, Morgan County, West Virginia.
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David Michael Hook
Martinsburg
B. and ©. Raiilroad
Hook
Paw
Morgan County
W. Va
Grosh Reunion Set for City Park on August 27
The second annual Grosh reunion will be held at City Park on Sunday August 27. Relatives and friends are invited and asked to bring a basket lunch.
Shoe factory adopts code under national boot and shoe plan
The Hagerstown Shoe & Legging Company now operates under the National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers Association code approved by the NRA administration. Wages meet NRA minimums 11 14 cents for women and 86 4 cents for men with weekly floor of 12.50 and 14.50 respectively on 40 hours. Piece work and hourly rates up 20 percent since August 17 amid seasonal production curtailment and layoffs. about 600 employees currently at work.
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Hagerstown Shoe & Legging ‘Company
National Boot and Shoe, Manufacturers’ Association
NRA
Hagerstown Shoes& Legging Company
First of Tariff Talks Under Way
Washington opens the first special trade negotiations under President Roosevelt's program with Colombia. Diplomats from other nations watch for signs as Colombia's Minister Fabio Lozano meets Under Secretary Phillips to begin formal talks. Assistant Secretary Caffrer leads U S Latin American affairs thereafter.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Colombia
Fabio Lozano
Phillips
Caffrer
Road grate claims Austrian pean perfected in Austria
An Ao rig-70R steel grating road is advertised at about 16 cents per square foot with no maintenance for 20 years and is said to carry a pean perfected in Austria.
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Austria
Kiss sparks court case and union dispute in Chicago
In Chicago a kiss at a country club party leads to a court case as Albert Cleveland King is charged with attempting to shoot his wife after discovering an embrace between Mrs Emily King and Eric Scudder, president of the company where King is vice president. Scudder calls the kiss silly and the event fuels social buzz. Meanwhile a long-running labor dispute widens between electrical and carpentry unions over film industry work and union membership.
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Chicago
Eric Scudder
Emily King
Albert Cleveland King
Scudder
King
Mary
Board Plans To Settle Strike
Washington August 22 The National Labor Board moved to settle Hollywoods motion picture strike before it spreads. It convened with the National Alliance of Theatre Stage Employes and Moving Picture Operators and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and others. Tomorrow it will hear producers and the International Brotherhood of Carpenters. The strike involves nearly all motion picture machine operators and could broaden if terms fail.
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National Labor Board
Wwollywood
National Alliance of Theatre
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Producers and
International Brotherhood of Carpenters
NRA
Farley to Address Young Democratic League Luncheon
James A. Farley Postmaster General will address the Young Democratic League of Maryland luncheon on September 11, the day before the state repeal election. Governor Albert C. Ritchie and Mayor Howard W. Jackson also are to speak, per Lawrence B. Finneman.
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League Baltimore
James A. Farley
Youngs Democratic League of Maryland
Lawrence B. Finneman
Albert C. Ritchie
Howard W. Jackson
Roosevelt invited to visit Civilian Conservation Camp
Frederick on August 21 reports city engineer Ehner St. Maxwell invited President Roosevelt to Fishing Creek to inspect the welfare of the youths in the Federal work camps and visit the Civilian Conservation Camp.
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Roosevelt
Frederick
Ehner St. C. Maxwell
Fishing Creek
Maryland State Legion Opens Wednesday Meeting Parade
The American Legion Department of Maryland holds its convention in Hagerstown with Col D John Markey directing events and Gen Paul B Malone addressing the banquet. Delegates and drummer corps from multiple Maryland cities attend as registration starts Wednesday at the Hotel Alexander.
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Reckord
115Th Infantry
France
D. John Markey
Carl H. McGleary
Robert E. L. Putman
Guy Z. E Havey
Hal T. Kearns
John Carmichael
John 8. Sumpter
E. Aldine Lakin
Jesse E. Clem
Joseph W. Byron
Louis A. Johnson
Albert C. Ritchie
John R. Tenney
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Department of Maryland
Hagerstown
Jonatan KE. Wheatley
Cambridge
American Legion Auxiliary
Hamilton
Arthur Sewell
Wheatley
Legion
Masonic Temple
Paul B. Malone
Third Corps
Baltimore
Municipal Electric
Legion Auxilary
Payrolls Rise in Illinois Industry
The Illinois Department of Labor reports employment in 1,672 plants increased 4.7 percent and payrolls rose 5.2 percent from June 15 to July 15, marking the fourth consecutive monthly boost in the state.
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Chicago
Ilinois Department of Labor
NRA Signers Added in District Records Across Virginia Area
NRA statistics released by the District Administration show 54,959 signers in Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland and DC affecting 406,149 employees. Today 1,214 signers were added to files, including 424 from Maryland affecting 2,68 employees.
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Norfolk
NRA
District Administration
Virginia
Aete
Carolina
Maryland
District of Columbia
Four Girls Die in Cottage Fire Near Bradford
Four girls aged 12 to 18 from Buffalo perished in a summer cottage fire twelve miles northwest of Bradford near the New York state line. Coroner Bourne and Ranger Lindberg said the blaze began when the mother of the Sexton girls tried to light a fire and gasoline exploded after being poured into the stove. The fire rapidly engulfed the cottage trapping the girls as the stove stood opposite the door.
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New York State Line
Katherine Franklin
Margaret Sexton
Gertrude Sexton
Eileen Dienhardt
Buffalo
P. H. Bourne
Allegany
Sexton
Sextons
Miss Frank
Bourne
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