Potomac Dam Project Favored By Water Board
A report by Gannett Seelye Fleming proposes a Savage River dam below Crabtree Creek to regulate Potomac flow for Hagerstown water needs. The 155 foot dam would store 6.5 billion gallons at 1.26 million dollars, easing dry weather chemical treatment at the Williamsport pumping station. The Upper Potomac Water Board retained the firm last month. members include West Virginia Pulp and Paper, Celanese, Kelly-Springfield, Potomac Edison, and Cumberland city officials.
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Hagerstown
Upper Potomac Water Board
Gannett, Seelye & Fleming, Consulting Engineers
Harrisburg
Savage River
Crabtree Creek
Potomac
Williamsport
West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co
Celanese Corporation of America
Kelly-Springfield Tire Co
The
Potomac Edison Co
Mayor and City Council of
Cumberland
Hunting Season Ends Tomorrow in Maryland County
Deputy Game Warden Albert Crampton announced the 1935 hunting season in Maryland counties ends tomorrow night. After January 1 only muskrat trapping and wild duck shooting are allowed. The season was fair, with abundant birds but scarce rabbits, and poor weather limited ideal hunting days.
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Maryland
Albert Crampton
Crampton
Revolt Crushed as Police Fire on Rioters in Argentina
In Rosario and Santa Fe crowds attacked police and headquarters after a radical revolt attempt. Twenty were reported slain and many wounded in Rosario while police fired on rebels inciting street clashes. Fifty armed rioters were arrested in Buenos Aires as authorities claimed the movement broken.
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Buenos Aires
Rosario
Argentina
Santa Fe
Garcia
Pace
Mounted Police
Flying Grandma Returns Home
Mrs. Peter Holland known as the flying grandmother has returned to Chicago after boarding the Graf Zeppelin last October and flying to Germany without relatives knowing. She stayed longer in Germany because she enjoyed herself over the Atlantic voyage.
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Chicago
Peter Holland
Germany
Atlantic
Two Aviators Rescued From Lake Michigan
Grand Haven Michigan December 29 pilots H D Pat Gossett and B W Raycraft of Detroit were forced down in Lake Michigan. Rescued from a wing by coast guard cutter Escanaba eight hours after sinking they suffered exposure and seasickness. They were landed in Grand Haven and taken to Grand Rapids.
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Grand Haven
Mich
Lake Michigan
Coast Guard
Escanaba
H. D
Pat) Gossett
B. W. Raycraft
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Kohler Aviation Corporation
Licenses Issued In County Reach Thirty Nine
Thirty licenses issued to date bringing in fees of 1879 dollars and 50 cents. Licenses are temporary, valid for sixty days, and not extended beyond their term. Also, in Montevideo a new peace crisis threatens Gran Chaco talks as Paraguay may refuse to extend the truce with Bolivia past midnight Saturday.
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Montevideo
Gran Chaco
Paraguay
Bolivia
Roosevelt Plan At A Glance
President Roosevelt outlined a three part universal non aggressions pact. Nations would phase out offensive weapons to leave only defensive arms and allow neighbor inspections. Each nation would pledge not to cross borders with armed forces. Pacts would require universal agreement to be effective.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hopkins Reports Successful Brain Operation on Baby Sue Trammell
The fifteen month old Sue Trammell underwent brain surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital to remove an obstruction causing hydrocephalus. Doctors called the operation successful with the child's condition said to be good, though ultimate outcome remains undetermined. The Trammell family from Houston, who had traveled 1400 miles, waited with relatives and a nurse as the procedure concluded.
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Baltimore
Kttle
Sue Trammell
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Sue
W. W. Trammell
Houston
Jimmy Wedell
Texas
Novelist Margaret Patterson Dies in Sussex Home
Margaret Patterson, novelist, died at her home in Rudgwick Sussex today at age 50. She was a prominent English author.
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Rudgwick
Sussex
Eng
Margaret Patterson
Wagner resigns as National Labor Board chair
The Post reports Senator Wagner has asked President Roosevelt to accept his resignation as chair of the National Labor Board soon after Congress convenes. He may stay as titular head until a permanent successor is found, with Alfred E. Smith Newton D. Baker and John W. Davis named as potential candidates.
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Washington
Wagner
Roosevelt
National Labor Board
Congress
White House
Alfred & Smith
Newton D. Baker
John W. Davis
Post
Roosevelt Challenges World to Maintain Peace
President Roosevelt urged a universal non aggression pact and blamed political leaders for blocking world peace. He proposed a three step program to eliminate offensive weapons while nations join a gradual, global disarmament effort.
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Roosevelt
Washington
White House
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
League
CWA Makes Many New Citizens in Wisconsin
Milwaukee December report shows 500 citizenship applications this month for Wisconsin aliens. Chicago naturalization office sought explanation. Bernard Westfahl, local court clerk, says aliens were told citizens would be given preference on CWA jobs.
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Milwwaukee
CWA
Wisconsin
Chicago
Three Slayers Die In Chair At Texas Penitentiary
Dewey Hunt sentenced to death for slaying a Dallas street car motorman died in the electric chair at 12 10 A M. He was followed by Carl Stewart 25 and Clarence Booker 25, both executed for separate killings in Austin and Cameron.
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Huntsville
Tex
Dewey Hunt
Dallas
State Penitentiary
Hunt
Carl Stewart
Austin
Clarence Booker
Andy Smith
Cameron
Milam County
Four Damage Suits Filed Against Norfolk and Western
Four damage suits totaling over $20,000 were filed in court against Norfolk and Western Railway by Samuel E Moats Dewey Rowland B Frank Deibert and Elizabeth Nancy and Alice Reach. Attorneys William H Bovey and John E Wagaman represent the plaintiffs who claim farm lands along the railroad in St James were flooded after track elevation disrupted drainage harming crops and fields.
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Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Samuel E. Moats
Dewey Rowland
B. Frank Deibert
Robert
Elizabeth
Nancy
Alice Reach
William H. Bovey
John E. Wagaman
St. James
Iarm
Nothing in Name Allerton II Rec 28 Abe Payne Claim
Abe Payne asserts a haym means nothing and has never been ill in 44 years of life except the day he ate too many green apples. He cites that he has not experienced illness aside from that incident.
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Allerton
Abe Payne
Charity Ball Planned Here For Roosevelt Birthday
Washington County set to stage a January 30 charity ball at the State Armory to celebrate President Roosevelt’s fifty second birthday. Attorney E Stuart Bushong named general chairman of the local committee with Henry L Doherty announcing plans for the nationwide event supporting the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The national drive includes 4000 balls in cities nationwide with leaders such as Governor Lehman General Pershing Cardinal Hayes and AFL head William Green.
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E. Stuart Bushong
Washington County
Roosevelt
Henry L. Doherty
New York
State Armory
Georgia Warm Springs Foundation
Bushong
Immedatey
Lehman
Pershing
Cardinal Hayes
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Waldorf- Astoria Hotel
Trade review notes brisk Christmas buying and warmth in trade
Dun and Bradstreet reports in the weekly Trade Review that Christmas buying reached strong volumes not seen since 1928 in many districts. Fresh winter demand and widespread weather helped spur activity, with most trade branches showing gains over 1932 figures.
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New York
Dun &Bradstreet
Crown Prince Akihito Tsusu No Miya Named in Japan
Tokyo reports a two hour ceremony naming Japan seven day old crown prince Akihito Tsusu No Miya. Hundreds of thousands of children paraded as battleships fired cannon salutes in patriotic celebration.
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Tokyo
Japan
Akihito Tsusu ‘No
Miya
Ice for Summer a Farmers Freeze for Storage
Farmers in Anne Arundel county seized the cold to cut creek and pond ice for summer use. Ice cakes reached two and a half inches as crews worked toward storage in ice houses. Reports note zero to seven below in nearby towns, with signs of a moderation and more snow likely in the Midwest and New England.
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Annapolis
Anne Arundel County
Herring Bay
Chewsville
Potomac
Smithsburg
Williamsport
Cavetown
Weather Bureau
Central West
Middle West
New England
Portland
Boston
P. W. A. Pushes Speedy Approval for New Hospital
The State Advisory Board of the Public Works Administration with member J. Vincent Jamison Jr spoke in Washington about fast tracking the local hospital project. The board, which already approved the plan, expects a prompt reconsideration by Washington officials. The project adds to the existing hospital at an estimated cost of $417,000 with PWA covering one third of labor and material costs and the remainder funded locally.
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The
Public Works Administration
J. Vincent Jamison, Jr
Washington
Jamison
State Board
Holstein Heifer Declared Woman's Ownership by Affection
In Portland Oregon on December 29 District Judge Fred L Olson ruled in favor of Mrs W Clark finding a Holstein heifer belonged to her after witnesses testified the animal showed affection for her The plaintiff Alex Cachuk had claimed the cow was his and taken from a pasture Judge Olson noted cattle often become friendly when attended to and this supported the woman's ownership
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Portland
Ore
Fred L
Olson
Alex Cachuk
W. Clark
Democratic Club Christmas Party Huge Success Officers Elected
The Democratic Organization Club of Washington county announced new officers at its Christmas party held at the club rooms. Attorney General William P Lane Jr chaired the Board of Governors meeting at Hotel Hamilton and announced reelected officers including George A Reed as president and Lane as chairman. Nine new governors were elected and the group discussed business plans and progress in the country.
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George A. Reed
Lane
Board of Governors
Democratic Organization Club
Washington County
Club Tooms
Price Building
William P Lane, Jr
Hotel Hamilton
Stuart Bushong
Palmer Tennant
George Hook
J. O. Snyder
Alien Mumia
Board of
Brewer L. Etonffer
Thomas M. Simpson
John Kyd Beckenbaugh
Norman R. Sie Cardell
John Hoffman
Allen Mumma
Edward Oswald
Thomas H. Hardinge
Thirteen year old in White Plains confesses to deadly murder of eight year old
District Attorney Fri H Coyne said a 13 year old girl confessed after long questioning to the murder last Sunday of her eight year old playmate Josie Woropay. She described striking her with a rock and strangling her before hiding the body under a porch. The confession followed a claim that an adult had lured them into orgies. She is held as a material witness with murder charges undecided.
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White Plains
N. Y
Fri H. Coyne
Mary Kavala
Coyne
Tim
Jozephine
Woropay
Josie
Josephine
St. Matthews Lyceum
Hastings-on-Hudson
Mary
Arepa
Lycen
Sied
Glr
Mam
Harry Sulka
Girl Slayer Under Arrest
William McMann a 20 year old electrician is held for the slaying of Margaret Peevey a 22 year old deaf mute in Grand Rapids Michigan. He admitted the killing saying she played a dirty trick on him and waived extradition to Michigan. The body was found in a meadow two miles beyond Grand Rapids with the death date December 23.
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Los Angeles
William McMann
Grand Rapids
Mich
Pelive
Margaret Peevey
Earl Lindlyare P. Bazier
McMann
Michigan
Dent
Grand Rapide Ote
Meena
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William Gibbs McAdoo
California
Potomac Dam
Hopkins
al Smith
Baker
Davis
Labor Post
Wilson
U. S
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Norfolk and Western Railway
Midwest
John Dilinger
Desperado
Indiana
Associated Press
NEW Hospital
J. W. Jamison, Jr
Democratic Club
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