Knudsen and Lewis Meet First Time in Detroit
High officials of General Motors and the committee for industrial organization met with Governor Frank Murphy behind closed doors to seek an end to the GM strike. Knudsen and Lewis joined the governor in a last minute effort urged by the President’s administration. The meeting aimed to form a basis for negotiations before a deadline in a court injunction requiring evacuation of two Flint plants.
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Detroit
General Motors
Committee For Industrial Organization
Frank Murphy
William S. Knudsen
John N. Lewis
Knudsen
Murphy
Lewis
United States
Flint
Mich
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County Commissioners to Meet in Frederick Tomorrow
Members of the County Commissioners Association of the Western Shore of Maryland will gather in Frederick courthouse tomorrow afternoon to discuss proposed and pending state legislation. The meeting, called by Association president A Charles Stewart, starts at 1 o clock and local commissioners will attend.
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County Commissioners’ Association
Western Shore
Maryland
Frederick
A. Charles Stewart
Harshman Named As Nominee For Mayor Seat
Information from a usually authoritative source says J. Lloyd Harshman has been persuaded by Republican city leaders to accept the mayoralty nomination. He had informed friends he would not run, but Wertz's withdrawal has boosted support. No official announcement will be made until after the mayoralty convention Monday night.
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J. Lloyd Harshman
Maryland Weather Forecast Delays Cool Nights
Maryland and Chesapeake Bay expect fair skies and colder nights with rising temperatures by Thursday. Coastal areas see partly cloudy conditions and moderate to fresh northerly winds, while Cape Hatteras reports fresh north winds shifting to northeast with fair weather tonight and partly cloudy Thursday.
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Maryland
Fair Conight
Chesapeake Bay
Cape Catteras
Alabama Is Wet Today as Liquor Measure Passes
Montgomery Feb 3 A legal liquor system heads into Alabama after 22 years with Kansas left bone dry. Legislature overrode Governor Graves veto to enact county liquor control for wet counties in a March 10 statewide referendum. Dry counties keep near beer ban but may receive liquor via wet counties.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Kansas
Union
Bibb Graves
Boost width of dual road between Hagerstown and Frederick
The State Roads Commission announced that the new dual highway between Hagerstown and Frederick will have two concrete lanes each 22 feet wide, not 20 feet. They plan future state highways to be 22 feet wide to improve safety amid many head-on and offset collisions. The commission cited 8 fatal head-ons, 2 sideswipes, and 6 fixed-object crashes in November as justification.
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Hagerstown
Frederick
State Roads Commission
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
New Japanese Cabinet Plans Week-Long Diet Suspension
Tokyo February 3 Premier Senjuro Hayashi new cabinet after review of Hirata era problems votes to seek voluntary suspension of the diet for one week to prepare a general platform of policies.
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Tokyo
Senjuro Hayashi
Hirota
North Lo cust Street chimney blaze callout at nine
A chimney blaze in North Lo cust Street summoned fire brigades around 9 this morning. Damage described as negligible.
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North Locust Street
Flood Waters Near Crest At Cairo Crest Watch Established
Flood struck Cairo braces as the Ohio rises near a record 59.6 feet against the 60 foot seawall. Army engineers flag the next test at a 3 foot emergency earth bulwark. Workers place 41 railroad cars with dirt sacks to reinforce the levee while refugees endure cold in hilltop camps.
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Mississippi
Cairo
Democratic Women Plan Valentine Party in Hagerstown
Invitations issued by the Women's Democratic Club of Hagerstown announce a Valentine party for members at 7:30 on Tuesday in the Grice building clubrooms on North Jonathan Street. A short business meeting precedes the party with surprises in store. Refreshments will be served. The date was moved up to Tuesday due to Lent.
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Women’s Democratic Club of
Hagerstown
Grice Building
North Jonathan Street
Board of Governors
City orders meters removed amid protest over price dispute
From a friend sale Lake City reports city officials ordered removal of parking meters because of a price disagreement and broad merchant citizen protest. One passerby appeared to be griev ed by the event as police found a large floral wreath draped over one object.
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Sale Lake City
Old Map Discloses Oil Mills in 1808 Washington County
An 1808 map, now with the local Chamber of Commerce, hints at oil mills in Washington and Frederick counties, locations noted near Marsh Run and Little Antietam Creek. It shows early routes west from Hagerstown via Big Spring Fort Frederick Hancock and the Potomac. The map also marks sawmills, forges, furnaces, and grist mills.
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Frederick
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Varle
Philadelphia
Hagerstown
Big Spring
Fort Frederick
Security
Antietam Creek
Boonsboro
Boon's Borough
Hagserstown
McCardell
Roosevelt seeks six year flood control program
President Roosevelt sent Congress a national resources committee plan for a six year 5.011 billion dollar Federal construction program. The proposal urges extensive public works nationwide with hundreds of projects in drainage and flood control. The plan features reservoirs to be used in downturns to boost employment and would be revised annually as studies justify. It calls for immediate Ohio basin work including 500 thousand and 55 million dollar phases for surveys and 14 reservoirs, and outlines a corps of engineers plan for 89 flood control and power reservoirs, with 39 to yield major benefits.
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Roosevelt
National Resources Committee
Congress
Washington
Ohio
Army
Miami
Muskingum
Corps of Engineers
Family near asphyxiation in Maugansville furnace gas
Three members of the Charles Mace family of Maugansville narrowly escaped asphyxiation from gas fumes escaping a furnace early Sunday. Betty Mace, 13, awakened her mother who had fallen, possibly saving the family. Mr. Mace, a Pennsylvania Railroad night worker, had just returned when the call came. A physician revived Mrs. Mace and treated a son and daughter. they have recovered today.
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Charles Mace
Maugansville
Betty Mace
Bellevue Board Reappoints County Trustees
The Board of County Commissioners yesterday reappointed George A. Thomas of Boonsboro and Fred M. White and Harry A. Shater of Bellevue as trustees. They will meet soon to elect a president treasurer and secretary.
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Board of County Commissioners
George A. Thomas
Boonsboro
Fred M. White
Harry A. Shater
Bellevue
Local man caught after long chase ends in jail yard
A chase that began on the Cavetown Pike and ended before Frederick jail led to the arrest of James J. Reichert of McComas street who faced charges of unlawful use of Dr. Wheeler O Huff of Bethesda s automobile and driving on a revoked license Reichert was sent back to Rockville
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Cavetown Pike
Frederick
James J. Reichert
McComas Street
Wheeler O. Huff
Bethesda
Reichert
Rockville
Workers Eject Plant Official at Goodyear Akron Plant
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co plant No. 2 in Akron closed after a dispute in which workers reportedly forced Vice President C. C. Sluisser from the tire building department. Public relations counsel said Sluisser, another company representative and an employee were shoved out when he stated dues must be paid.
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Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
C. C. Siusser
Tire Building Department
L. E. Judd
Sluisser
No More Collect Telephone Calls in Maryland
Announcement from Annapolis officials prohibits any reverse charges on State House lines during the 1937 Maryland General Assembly. The measure requires joint approval by the Speaker and the Senate President. Last session a Baltimore lobbyist reportedly reversed charges on 20 calls to influence votes.
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Annappolis
Maryland
House
Senate
State House
General Assembly of
Baltimore
Malt Liquor Production Rise in Fiscal Year
Internal Revenue Bureau reports Washington production of 51,222,062 barrels of fermenting malt liquor in the year ended July 1, up 6,583,457 barrels or 15 percent from the prior year. Public records show the increase reflects higher output and demand across the industry.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Hudson sedan stolen from North Prospect Street
The Hudson sedan belonging to S. W. Johnson of Maugansville was stolen yesterday from near the storage house on North Prospect Street. Police were notified.
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Hudson
S. W. Johnson
Maugansville
North Prospect Street
Curbing Huntington Municipal Light Plant Fight Upheld
Indiana Supreme Court upholds injunction for Northern Indiana Power Company against Huntington municipal electric plant. Mayor Clare W. H. Bangs jailed since July for defying court orders to disconnect from city lines. Plant had served street lighting, while city extended lines to homes and businesses.
Roosevelt outlines Maryland flood control canal and parkway plan
President Roosevelt transmits National Resources Committee recommendations to Congress. Projects include rebuilding the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal as a recreational waterway and extending the George Washington Memorial Parkway at 9.1 million dollars. Additional Maryland flood control and water sewer schemes total over 30 million dollars, with Savage River Dam proposed at 1.6 million and Potomac pollution controls around 308,600 and 2.02 million for sewage systems.
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Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
George Washington Memorial Parkway
National Resources Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
Maryland
Savage River
Potomac River
Potomac
Justice James McReynolds Dies At 75 In Washington
Justice James Clark McReynolds, second member of the Supreme Court, died in Washington at 75. A native of Kentucky, he was appointed by President Taft and took his seat January 3, 1911. He remarked that his birthday meant another day older.
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Washington
James Clark McReynolds
Supreme Court
Associates
Kentucky
Tait
Ritter Reappointed Constable in Funkstown
Ralph R. Ritter of Funkstown was reappointed as constable by the Board of County Commissioners at their regular weekly meeting on Tuesday. The action confirms his continued service in the official role.
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Ralph R. Ritter
Funkstown
Board of Country Commissioners
Minter demands exoneration in old murder case
Mary Miles Minter, once a film star, commands prosecutors choose to prosecute or clear her name in the William Desmond Taylor murder. She accuses reporters of unjust innuendo and asks District Attorney Burton Fitts to publicly exonerate her if no new evidence exists.
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Los Angeles
Mary Miles Minter
William Desmont Taylor
Taylor
Miss Minter
Fitts
Miss Winter
Kidnapper Leads Police to Victim in Willow Springs Slaying
In Willow Springs Missouri, 20 year old Robert Kenyon confessed to killing Dr J C B Davis 67 a respected local physician after luring him with a false medical call and demanding 5000 ransom. Officers led by Kenyon found the physician's body in a Ozark thicket while authorities described no struggle at the scene.
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Willow Springs
J. C. B. Davis
Ozark County
Earl J. Connelly
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Robert Kenyon
Dr. Davis
Kenyon
Ozark
Davis
Connerly
Kenton
Connelly
B. Marvin Casteel
State High War Patrol
Cas
Democrats To Meet Friday City Club Discusses Upcoming Election
The regular monthly meeting of the Democratic Organization Club is set for Friday night with full attendance urged. William P. Lane Jr., president, will preside. The gathering may feature W. Lee Elgin as speaker and the five councilmanic candidates will be introduced as plans for a vigorous campaign are laid out.
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Democratic Organization Club
William P. Lane
W. Lee Elgin
Democratic City Standard-Beaner
City Democrats
33rd Eucharistic Congress Opens in Manila
Manila February 3 The thirty third International Eucharistic Congress opens with Dennis Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia representing Pope Pius saluting tens of thousands of Catholics gathered near Manila Bay beside the park. The vast open air Eucharistic altar stands as the congress begins amid ceremony and ritual.
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Manila
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty
Philadelphia
Manila Bay
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