Cooperation in Crossing Plan Advances Across Nation
A committee of engineers appointed by the Association of American Railroads has begun a national program to study and eliminate grade crossings. The plan, pushed by the Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce, will map rail lines and highways to locate principal grade crossings and assess traffic density for a logical grade separation program. Local efforts include statewide data collection and support from officials such as Herold Ickes as Washington dispatches call for eliminating crossings.
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Committee of Engineers
Association of Amrican Railroads
Hagerstown Chambber of Commerce
United States
Shagerstown
Imder
Herold Ickes
Washington
Aack
National Rercef Board
Organized raids blamed for thefts in Harford County
Sheriff Granville C. Boyle said a coordinated group is responsible for raids stealing fowls worth about a unknown amount. Farmers discuss using shotguns with rock salt and warning raids.
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EL Air
Granville C. Boyle
Harford County
Reily
Walt
Liquor raid nets man in Braddocks Heights home
Frederick officers with Federal agents arrested Guy F E Crouse husband of Mrs Betty Crouse after a liquor raid at the Braddocks Heights residence. A quantity of mash was seized and he faces a year in jail for operating a mail based love racket.
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Frederick
Guy FE
Crouse
Betty Use
Braddocks Heights
Oontille
New Year's Dance at Guilford Gardens
New Year's dance advertised at Guilford Gardens on Tuesday with admission price and amusements. Dixie Ramblers to perform at 7 PM. advance tickets available.
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Guilford Gardens
Tues
tSc
Amusements
Baby buggy used in slot machine robbery in Marysville
In Marysville on December 29, authorities noted a curious crime detail. Frank Smith admitted guilt in robbing a slot machine worth $16.90 by loading it into a baby buggy and taking it home before opening it.
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Marysville
Kas
Frank Smith
Deaths in Region Seeps Through Community Notices
Multiple obituaries list Ernest Lee Downs of 28 Armstrong Ave age 58 and Naomi Hoffmaster of Brownsville aged 34 with church and lodge affiliations. Also noted are infant Benjamin Luther Johnson, Thomas S. Kayser of Franklin County, and Frank N. Henson remembered by wife Margaret Henson. Services set for various towns.
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Ernest Lee Downs
Armstrong Avenue
Church of the Brethren and the Odd Fellows and Jr
U. A. M Lodges
Clara ML Downs
Helen Thompson
Hagerstown
Hazel
Norman Myers
Roy Brandt
Hugett’s
Naomi Hoffmaster
Harvey Hoffmaster
Brownsville
Church of the Brethren
Mason
Olivia
Vida
Harvey
Mary
Jane
Walter Long
Bakles Mill
Stanley Jones
Roy
Trego
Charles
Rock
Church of Brethren
Browneville
Harl Mitchell
Thomas S. Kayser
Kasiesville
Franklin County
Lester’ Kayser
Clearspring
Jacob Kayser
Dry Run
Gall
John Kayser
Blair Valley
Plane crashes into Adirondack mountains during snowstorm
The two motor Curtiss Condor NC 12363, carrying pilot Ernest Dryer and companions, vanished after 7:30 p.m. from Syracuse. Ground stations traced signals near Utica and Albany as authorities speculated weather forced a return abort. The wreckage lay in rugged Adirondack terrain near Caroga Lake and Piseco Lake with no immediate rescue details.
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American Airlines
Albany
Boston
Buffalo
Brown
Nc- 12363. It Is A Sister Ship of the Ncc-12354 Wrecked On Last Chance Mountain
New York
Syracuse
Ernest Dryer
Cleveland
Utica
Onedia
Dryer
Dale Dryer
Airlines
R. D. Handbrook
Washington
Federal Education Bureau
Rockwood
Mohawk Valley
Adirondack Forest Preserve
Caroga Lake
New York State
Sacandaga Reservoir
Piseco Lake
The
Adirondacks
Baltimore Ends Year With A Big Surplus
Baltimore expects a 1935 year end surplus around 2.4 million dollars, higher than prior estimates, with December receipts keeping pace. officials anticipate starting 1936 with at least 400 thousand in surplus after using 2 million from 1935. Advertising gains nationally are reported, while a serious injury to eight year old Jane Reeder in Boonsboro is noted and city tax reminders urge timely payment of 1934 taxes to avoid interest.
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Baltimore
Liquor Revenues Gladden State Treasurers
States operating liquor stores report substantial profits in their first year with several states posting multi million dollar gains Virginia and Maine show notable figures while Pennsylvania faces federal tax action The overall federal revenue from liquor control is projected around 525 million dollars.
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Gladden
U. S
Associated Press
New York
Pennsylvania
Case
Washington
Montana
Oregon
Virginia
Iowa
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Relief heads here to war on chiseling efforts
In July a wife earned about 31 and a husband 19.50 from relief while living in a home owned by the husband’s father. Officials say summer budgets require more, and relief will intensify investigations to stamp out chiseling. Police cooperate and the public is urged to report suspected cases to prevent harming two destitute families.
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Baltimore
Missionaries Are Considered Fair Plunder in China
Dr. Sterling G. Brinkley, Emory University educator and former China instructor, said roving brigands in interior China kill and harass American missionaries, treating them as easy plunder. He noted missionaries struggle to secure cash in interior regions. In New York, Dec 29, the Tobacco Exchange Board voted to dissolve the exchange as papers are prepared.
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Atlanta
China
Sterling G. Brinkley
Associated Press
Emory University
Shanghai
Soochow
Brinkley
New York
New York Tobacco Exchange
Japanese diplomat dies at 85 in The Hague
Viscount Mineichiro Ada chi, a member and former president of the International Court of Justice and a distinguished Japanese international diplomat, died in The Hague yesterday at age 85.
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the Hague
Netherlands
Mineichiro Adachi
International Court of Justice
Japan
Stay Thin and Live Longer Heart Health Warning
Pittsburgh December 29 Stay thin and give your heart a chance. A new study by Prof. Raymond Pearl and Dr Antonio Ciocco of Johns Hopkins University shows that people with diseased hearts tend to be overweight due to excess eating and inadequate exercise. The researchers found this difference to be the main bodily distinction between heart disease patients and healthy individuals, underscoring that excessive fat contributes to cardiovascular mortality as warned by doctors.
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Pittsburgh
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Raymond Pearl
Antonio Ciocco
Johns Hopking University
United States
Two youths held after Holdup near Rising Sun
Two young men, found in a bullet scarred car in Oxford, Pa., were brought to the Conowingo police sub station and held in connection with a holdup of Mrs. Sacha Ayers at a Rising Sun tourist camp. Mrs. Ayers identified both men as the holdup duo who took cash from her register. The suspects claimed they lived in Passaic New Jersey. Police say holdup charges will be filed.
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Passaic
N. J. Buckworth
No Deaths In 72 Years Hooper Blood Pioneer Family
Salt Lake City December 29 4 No adult deaths have occurred in the Hooper Blood Utah pioneer family for more than 72 years The family includes 10 brothers and sisters and 158 descendants including grandchildren and great great grandchildren Henry H Blood former Utah governor is among the brothers Also notice about auto tag deadline urging license blanks to Delphey's 116 W Franklin St for 1935 plates by Monday night with last minute service available
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Salt Lake City
William and
Jane Wilkie Hooper Blood
Utah
Henry H. Blood
Delphey’s
Delphey's
Delphey
W. Franklin St
Adv
Call for Armament Limits in New Treaty
The statement argues states should accept an agreed upper limit on armaments rather than ratios. It urges abolishing or sharply reducing offensive forces while ensuring adequate defensive arms. It warns that fixed inferior ratios damage prestige and provoke long term discontent. It notes Japan’s past definition of offensive weapons including battleships and airplanes.
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Japan
Prohibition Misunderstanding and Local Theft Incident
A Des Moines housewife phoned police liquor squad secretary Phil Cavender to complain her husband drank in a downtown cafe. Cavender explained Prohibition ended and beer is legal, prompting the surprised reply, I didn’t know that. In Kentucky, thieves who stole Dr John Garners car were forced to abandon it when it bogged down in a mudhole.
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Des Moines
Phil Cavender
Police Liquor Squad
Cavender
Hopkinsville, Ky
John Garner
Grand jury eyed as Military Affairs probes lobbying
Washington December 29 A grand jury inquiry looms after the House Military Affairs committee charged deplorable lobbying in the War Department and corruption of government officials. The panel renewed its attack on Maj Gen Benjamin D Foulois though not involved in lobbying, recommending removal for alleged legal violations and false testimony. The War Department Inspector General's office is reviewing Foulois charges, with a report due soon. Confessional investigators expect indictments for accepting and giving favors to lobbyists represented interests.
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Washington
Grand
House
Military Affairs Committee
War Department
Grand Jury
Leslie G. Garnett
District of Columbia
Associated Press
Military Committee
Benjamin D. Foulois
Army Air Corps
Dern
Foulois
Lobbyiste
Only Wine Not Poison
St Louis children Jack Davis and Tony Tucker aged 7 and 6 were rushed to the city hospital after descending from an attic where they played. Hospital attaches labeled their cases acute alcoholism. Investigators learned the boys found a quart bottle of grape wine and drank most of it, mistaking it for soda pop.
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ST. Louis
Jack Davis
Tony Tucker
City Hospital
Weaver Named Director Of Federal Land Bank Baltimore
Frederick P. Weaver of State College Pennsylvania has been appointed a director of the Federal Land Bank of Baltimore. Shooting match at Cavetown on January 1 at 12:30 p.m. shotgun and rifle. Advertisement.
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Weaver
Washington
Frederick P. Weaver
State College
Federal Land Bank of Baltimore
Cavetown
Lindberghs Relive Kidnapping Ordeal at Hopewell
The Lindberghs, with four prosecutors present, revisited the Hopewell mansion to recount the night of March 1, 1932, when Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. was abducted and later found dead. They described the crime scene and the nurse Betty Gow, and disclosed Mrs. Lindbergh will testify at Hauptmann's trial.
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Hopewell
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Betty Gow
Lindberghs
Wants A Loan To Get New Teeth
Uniontown pa December 29 Fayette county prisoner's appeal to a courthouse official for a $35 loan to buy a new set of teeth. The request seeks repayment after release. A second item notes the Claybird Shoot at Hillside Gun Club Funkstown Md on New Year’s Day at 1 pm.
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Uniontown
William Peril
Fayette County
Western Penitentiary
Hillside Gun Club
Funkstown
Chicago Grain Market Quotation by Stein Brothers
Quotations from the Stein Brothers and Boyce at the McComack Armstrong Building in Chicago outline grain price movements. The report notes bids offers and market directions affecting merchants and traders in the milling district.
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Stein Bros. & Boyce
McComas-Armstrong Building
Stein Broa
Boyce, McComac-Armstrong Building
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XMEX
H. L. Mills
W. Saltimore Street
Benjamin Luther Johnson
Paul Johnson
Williamaaport
Paul
Nevin
Donald
Aldene
Leaf Funeral Chapel
J. William Ott
St. Paul’s Cemetery
Frank N. Henson
Frank
Margaret Henson
Elnora
Bertha E. Henson
Ady
Greencastle Pike
Tommy Stenger
Kenneth
Almeda Stervons
Chicago
Jane Reeder
Otho Reeder
Boonsboro
Charles E. Fry
Master Masons
David G. Crawbaugh
W. M
Alk. McGraw
Robin
Amer
Can
Amer, T. & T Oe
Wat
Wks
Atchison
Ssn
Beth, Steel
J. I. Case
Tobin
Mre
Henry Chrysler
O. Sather
Consol
Crown Ck
DuPont
William Gen
Prairie du Chien
Win
Seeee
Gen. Foods
Motors
Goodyear
Eee
Nat'd. Dist'l’ra
N. Y
Radio Atescens
Ltd
N. J. Arg
U.S. Steel
United Aircraft
Union Pacific
Weat'house
Elec
Western Union
Went
Loews Penets
Texas Corp
Warner Bros
Hillside Coal CO
R. O. M. Coal
Tom Cross
Chicago Grain Market
Mayflower
Florida
K. T. Hager, Inc
Second National Bank of
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Ba Wanhington
Wa Id Bank
Commons
Clarence Keedy
Studebaker
New Independent
Fleigh Motor & Tire CO
Oak Hill Avenue
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