Pensions Plan Criticized In California Campaign
President Roosevelt denounced a proposed $30 weekly pension plan for Californians over 50 as a shortcut to utopia and a heavy tax on the poor. The plan, backed by Sheridan Downey, aims to issue weekly warrants with a two-cent stamp system, creating a $1.04 value after a year and circulating about $20 million weekly for roughly 700,000 recipients.
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Ban Francisco
Roosevelt
California
Wiliam Gibbs McAdoo
Hyde Park
N. C
Comptroller
McAdoo
White House
Sheridan Downey
Berbert Smith
Downer
Downey
New Deal
County In Red On Lateral Roads Deficit Deepens
Washington county stood deepest in the red with a 45 947 deficit in the lateral roads fund as of July 31 with four months left in the fiscal year. Allegany followed at 38 199 overdraft while 15 of 23 counties totaled 210 363 in red. No extra gasoline tax or bond funds can be spent on road construction until deficits are cleared.
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Washington County
State Roads Commission
Washington
Allegany
Durbin Inheritance Keeps Deanna Durbin Earnings Family
Hollywood reports Deanna Durbin’s movie radio and related earnings, estimated at over 200000 dollars annually, will stay with the family after her father James Durbin buys her managerial rights amid a circuit of arrangements and plans involving Tawnele Mhoreh and others. The move secures control over her early career and future earnings within the Durbin household.
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Hollywood
Deanna Durbin
James Durbin
Wald
Tawdnele
Mhoreh
Fey Pretetinn
Bad
Clearspring Tourney Revives 1910 Tradition at Fire Carnival
The Clearspring Volunteer Fire carnival hosts a riding tournament in Snyder's field this afternoon, first since 1910. Over 30 riders from Clearspring Tilgh Mallon Dry Run and Upton compete in amateur and professional classes. Charles F Wagaman delivers the charge and E Russell Hicks the coronation address. Committee members are J C Pound Alvin Kelly J M Bain Charles Corbett and Russell Troupe. A closing dance and band concert cap the event as large crowds attend nightly.
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Clearspring
Snyder
Tilghmallon
Dry Run
Upton
Charles F. Wagaman
Knights
E. Russell Hicks
J. C. Pound
Alvin Kelly
J. M. Bain
Charles Corbett
Russell
Girl Charged In Father Slaying At Breakfast
WASHINGTON Pa Aug 27 UP a year old school girl Irene Giricz was charged with slaying her father Steve Giricz 33 alleging abuse of her mother and herself The information filed by county detectives says she sneaked up on him and struck him in the back of the head as he ate breakfast The girl also accused him of illicit relations with her when she was nine years old and said she had planned the act for four months awaiting a chance.
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Washingston
James C. Bane
Bane
Irene Giricz
Steve Giricz
Hartle for Beaver Creek District Treasurer Candidate Card
Charles G. Hartle seeks Beaver Creek District Treasurer on the Democratic ticket. He notes defeating Washington County majorities in 1934 and four years in Maryland Legislature, pledging courteous, business like administration and flexible tax payment terms for all taxpayers.
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Harte
Washington County
Maryland
Oon
Two Hitchhikers Held Over Illinois Murder Case
Fairfield Illinois August 27 two married women from Tennessee Jean Brooks 23 and Beulah Honeycutt 25 are accused by sheriff Earnest Burkett of shooting Felix Shannon 56 at his farm home after he gave them a ride from a tavern in Oakland City Indiana The women who had been hitchhiking claimed the other fired the fatal shot Shannon's eight year old son Carlyle identified the pair Shannon was killed in bed with a gunshot in the pillow region The motive remains unclear though investigators say the pair sought money and a man linked to their tale is held for Illinois authorities The couple allegedly argued which fired the shot and the other claimed to have handed the gun to prevent exposure
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Fairfield
Felix Shannon
Mount
Earnest Burkett
Jean Brooks
Shannon
Tennessee
Brooks
Elizabethton
Tenn
Honeycutt
Johnson City
Carlyle
Oakland City
Ind
Somerville
Shannons
Burkett
Mrs. Brooks
Beulah
Pringstons Ind
Ilinois
Cornerstone Laid For Shrine Club In Cumberland
The cornerstone of the All Ghan Shrine Temple Country Club on the Baltimore pike was laid Friday afternoon before a large gathering of fraternity members and friends. Ohr Lodge No. 181 oversaw the ceremony with Dr. G. Frank Nairn as worshipful master. Grand Inspector G. C. Shoemaker assisted. Harry B. Wright, Most Worshipful Grand Master of Maryland Masons, and Grand Secretary Barry Mueller attended.
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Cumberland
Baltimore Pike
Ohr Lodge No. 181
G. Frank Nairn
G. C. Shoemaker
Harry B. Wright
The
Masons of Maryland
Barry ©. Mueller
Sundays Motoring Tour From Hagerstown To Gettysburg Route Plan
Motorists are advised by E H Howars branch manager Automobile Club of Maryland Washington County Office Hamilton Hotel Hagerstown for a Sunday touring trip covering 120 miles round trip. It lists stops from Hagerstown to Waynesboro Gettysburg Carlisle and Chambersburg via Route Nos 16 116 34 and 11 with mileage markers and notable towns including Leitersburg Waynesboro Fairfield Biglerville and Shippensburg. Stop at the AAA office lobby Hamilton Hotel for further information on future tours.
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E. H. Howars
Automobile Club of Maryland
Washington County
Hamilton Hotel
Hagerstown
Gettysburg
Carlisle
Waynesboro
Potomac Street
Bear
Leitersburg
Routerville
Buena, Vista
Charmain
Fountain Dale
Fairfield
Turneff At Square
Biglerville
Flora Dare
Gardners
Idaville
Hunters Run
Mt. Holly Springs
Chambersburg
Willow Street
College Street
Mooredale
Dickenson
Hockersville
Walnut Bottom
Lee's X Roads
Shippensburg
Green Village
Guilford Springs
Marion
Greencastle
Cearfoss
AAA
Two Men One Dead One Fighting For Freedom Case
New York dispatch details two major figures in the James J. Hines policy racket case Dutch Schultz the feared gang boss and Hines the Tammany district leader. Witnesses describe protection payments and political campaigns tied to Harlem policy operations while defense disputes their testimony. Dudley Brothwell is brought from Connecticut to identify Hines with Schultz.
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Hines Case
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Connecticut
James J. Hines
Tammany
Bridgeport
Conn
Hines
Dutch Schultz
Tammany District
Arthur Flegenheimer
Jimmy
Viciouslyuick
Bronx
Harlem
George Weinberg
Lean
Leutenant
Weinberg
Thomas H. Dewey
Fairfield
Dudley Brothwell
Schultz
Connecticut Yankees
Stryker
Dentists Propose Using Dead for War Gold
Tokyo A P correspondents report Japanese dental alumni urge assigning a dentist to cremation to remove gold from corpses. They estimate about 10,000,000 yen in gold leaves graves yearly, aiding the war effort in China.
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Tokyo
Associated Press
Japan
China
Japan College of Dentistry
Seventeenth Annual Labor Day Picnic Planned
Logan Tribe Improved Order of Red Men schedules the seventeenth annual Labor Day picnic for September 5 in Hutzell's Woods near Boonsboro. Committees coordinate the program with Robersville Band providing music and prominent speakers delivering addresses.
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Logan Tribe
Hutzell
Senator Byrd To Host Picnic For Fruit Growers
Berryville Va August 26 Senator Harry F Byrd will host about 2000 fruit growers buyers and industry representatives at the Rosemont orchard for the fourteenth annual picnic He will address technical talks on fruit growing and marketing and visitors will tour orchards and nearby plants during the morning.
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Berryville
Harry F. Byrd
Rosemont
Swedish Motorship Permia Stranded Near Nemuro, Japan
Globe wireless reported the Swedish motorship Permia, 4066 tons with about 35 crew, was stranded near Nemuro in northern Japan after being intercepted as of August 27. The ship was reported by Globe to be in distress while en route to an unidentified destination.
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San Francisco
Globe Wireless
Permia
Nemuroin
Japan
Agnes Carter breaks wrists at Cold Spring picnic fall
Miss Agnes Carter of Buena Vista avenue sustained three broken wrists in a fall during the Church of God picnic at Cold Spring Park last Thursday.
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Agnes Carter
Buena Vista Avenue
Church of God
Cold Spring Park
British leaders warn of looming German aggression at frontier
In talks with Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax, Sir John reveals grave Britain anxiety over Hitler's drive toward land and power for Sudeten followers. He reiterates Chamberlain's March declaration on Czechoslovakia, noting that legal obligations alone may not curb war and urging all parties to seek a settlement amid mounting pressures.
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Viscount Halifax
Britain
Hitler
Germany
Sir John
Czechoslovakia
Chamberlain
John
Cholera Epidemic Hits Greencastle Area Hog Herds
Heavy losses hit local farmers as cholera sweeps through Greencastle region. Originating southeast of Greencastle the outbreak spreads west to Upton. Frank Finafrock on the David Shook farm loses 48 hogs while 26 of 28 hogs on John Henneberger’s Leitersburg road estate die.
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Greencastle
Upton
Joser
Frank Finafrock
David Shook
Leitersburg
Finafrock
Due to Speak at Washington County Club Meeting
Paul F. Due assistant solicitor of Baltimore city will deliver an address tonight at 8 o clock at the Washington County Jackson for Governor Club in the Hotel Hamilton building. He will discuss the issues of the campaign. Harold F. Bester president of the Jhsh will also speak.
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Paul F. Due
Baltimore City
Washington County Jackson For Governor Club
Hotel Hamilton
Tue
Harold F. Bester
Jhsh
Austrian Clergy Embrace Nazi Ties Under Religious Peace Plan
Vienna reports two thousand young Catholic priests form Cooperating Committee for Religious Peace to reconcile with National Socialism. Leaders foresee 3,000 to 5,000 Nazi Catholic priests. promote a German liturgy and a German primate.
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Louis P. Lochner
Vienna
Austria
Cooperating Committee For Religious Peace
Johann Pireher
Christ
God
Father
Pircher
Germany
Greater
Poland
Hungary
Holy Father
Rome
Brune Seeks Governor Spotlight As Independent Candidate
Herbert M. Brune Jr, after withdrawing from the Democratic gubernatorial race, filed late Friday as an independent for governor with about 3,600 petition names. Secretary of State will verify signatures for Attorney General OConor. Brune, a registered Democrat, said the party lacks the right kind of reform and urged cross party support for an all-Maryland movement and an administration serving every citizen.
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Annapolis
Herbert M. Brune, Jr
E. Ray Jones
Herbert R. O'Conor
3Rune
Maryland
Tydings Calls Alumni to Back Senate Campaign
Baltimore August 27 Chester Tawney president of the Baltimore chapter of the University of Maryland Alumni Association says the executive committee has urged alumni to rally behind Senator Millard E. Tydings. Tydings is opposed by Rep. David J. Lewis and faced criticism from University President H. C. Byrd over inviting President Roosevelt to Maryland before the primary. Tawney notes growing support for Tydings in his bid for re election and a letter to 100 alumni leaders urges loyalty for the senator's service to the university state and nation.
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Baltimore
Chester ‘Tawney
University of Maryland Alumni Association
Teiay
Millard BE. Tydings
Tydings
David J. Lewis
H. C. Byrd
University
Roosevelt
Maryland
Tawney
Tyding
Benchoff Barn Wrecked By Fire Near Rouzerville
Fire of undetermined origin Thursday destroyed a large log and frame barn on the Thompson Benchoff property about a mile east of Rouzerville. Loss estimated in the thousands. valuable antiques stored inside. Blue Ridge Summit and Waynesboro firemen prevented spread to nearby property. The barn sat near a site of a prior fire two years ago. No cause determined. Walter Hammond reports a record corn yield after completing his harvest down near Downsville.
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Thompson Benchoff
Rouzerville
Blue Ridge Summit
Waynes Born
Youth Injured In Leap From Auto On Cavetown Pike
A 14 year old boy, Joy Walker of Jonathan Street, fell from a moving auto on Cavetown Pike after jumping onto a tourist’s car. He suffered cuts to head face arms and legs after landing on a stone pile. Mrs. Howard Earnshaw assisted him to Washington County Hospital. the tourist did not know of the accident.
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Cavetown Pike
Joy Walker
Jonathan Street
Howard Earnshaw
Washington County Hospital
Crew Of Burning Steamer Rescued
SCITUATE Mass Aug 27 The Eastern Steamship liner New York rescued three crewmen from the blazing schooner yacht Lira of Gloucester. Radio reports to Coast Guard HQ Boston said no fatalities or injuries occurred. A lookout at Scituate Coast Guard first reported the fire as the Lima vessel burst into flames offshore. the Lira was a 65 foot schooner.
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Scituate
Mass
New York
Lira
Gloucester
Coast Guard
Boston
Scituale
Lima
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