County Receives Less Per Capita Than Tax Paid
Washington county paid $1.60 per capita in gross receipts tax and received $1.50 thus far, as legislators weigh canceling or extending the tax after an analysis. State Comptroller figures show costs of the tax. Baltimore led per capita payments, with Allegany and Frederick also detailed.
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Washington County
State Comptroller's
Baltimore
Garrett County
Allegany County
Frederick
Federals Join In New York Drive On Vice
Federal agents joined local police to crush a well organized vice ring operating across New York and neighboring states with an estimated annual turnover of 12 million dollars. The operation allegedly enslaved about 2 000 women in 200 houses. A late night session of the vice grand jury led to indictments of 11 ring leaders, including Peter Balitzar also known as Pete Harris, held on bail totaling nearly 500 000 dollars.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Mrs Obitts Improves After Back Wound Shooting
Louise Obitts, 26, Williamsport, was shot in the back last week by jealous suitor William Ardinger, 21. Hospital reports today call her condition favorable, denying earlier peritonitis concerns. Ardinger remains jailed awaiting wound outcome.
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Louise Obitts
Williamsport
William A. Ardinger
Washington County Hospital
Coast Guard Cutter Aims to Open Ice Channeled Cove
A Chesapeake Bay coast guard cutter Travis was sent from Moorhead City to cut a channel through ice around Smith and Tangier Islands Maryland to allow supplies. Weather blocked flights from Cambridge while state police and officials arranged radio links and potential air transport for islanders. Residents, largely self supplied, awaited relief as freezing rain and sleet hindered evacuation and assistance efforts.
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Crisfield
Smith and Tangier Islands
Coast Guard
Travis
Moorhead City
N. C
Chesapeake Bay
Cambridge
Sergt. Menash Kaiz
State Police
Harry W. Nice
Easton
Smith Island
Theodore Phillips
Cambridge Packing Company
Robbery charge lands man a year in Maryland jail
W M Roberts, 21, of West Church Street, was sentenced to one year in the Maryland House of Correction by Justice John D Dunn in city court this morning after arraignment on stealing an electric washing machine. The arrest followed the machine’s recovery at a second hand store. The appliance had been taken from George Moore’s home on North Mulberry Street during a Saturday move to the 200 block.
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W. M. Roberts
West Church Street
Maryland House of Correction
John D. Dunn
Roberts
George Moore
North Mulberry Street
Moore
He Picked Wrong Office To Rob
CHESTERTOWN Md Feb 4 James Sheppard 24 year old Negro entered through a window and rifled the sheriff office desk Mrs John N Bennett Jr surprised him and he was captured and returned to Kent county jail He had been released two months ago after serving a term for petty larceny.
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Chestertown
James Sheppard
John N. Bennett, Jr
John N. Bennett
Sheppard
Kent County
Beer Growler O. K. In Pennsy
Harrisburg officials say the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board approves the practice of filling a lunch pail with beer at corner beer gardens as long as the container holds 72 ounces or less. The rule references the recent beverage law to support the stance on rushing the growler.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
Weather Has WPA Projects Marking Time
A cold snap with snow and ice stops WPA work in the city delaying several projects. Over 200 city workers and nearly 400 from Camp Ritchie are paid $10 weekly for showing up, yet weather keeps them idle and threatens completion before funds run out.
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WPA
Wilson Boulevard
North End
Pangborn
Camp Ritchie
Thetufted decapitated youth found near railroad tracks
The decapitated body of 21 year old Dartmouth student Jerome Nathan Straus was found beside a railroad one mile from Thetford Vermont on February 4. Town official C A Wilcox identified the victim and said he appears to have been struck by a freight train.
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Thetford
C. A. Wilcox
Jerome Nathan Straus
Dartmouth College
Wilco
Flooding Hits Cognac Region After Heavy Rain
Paris reports portions of southwestern France flooded as rivers overflowed after days of heavy rain. The fields around Cognac were submerged, with water covering farmland and roads in the area.
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Paris
France
Cognac
Graustein Resigns as International Paper Chief
Archibald R. Graustein resigns today from the posts of president and director at International Paper Co and International Paper and Power Co of Boston, signaling a leadership change at the two firms.
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New York
Archibald R. Graustein
International Paper Co
International Paper and Power Co
Boston
Nudists Aground In Virgin Islands Voyage Delayed
In Tampa a nudist schooner Fleetwood led by Maurice Allard ran aground at Billsboro Bay on a 1400 mile voyage to a nudist utopia. With a crew including Mrs Allard and two daughters and a son from San Francisco, they sought a navigator but could not find one as locals stayed clothed. They freed the vessel by rowboat and repaired its engine while awaiting a passing tug to pull them free.
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Tampa
Fla
Virgin Islands
Billsboro Bay
Maurice Allard
Allard
Weasel
San Francisco
Vana Vana Society
St. John’s Island
St. Thomas Island
Puerto Rico
Fleetwood
Another Cold Wave Forecast For Tonight
A Weather Bureau forecast warns of another cold wave tonight after a previous night of hazardous travel due to rain that froze on contact. State Roads crews treated curves and mountain sections with cinders while rural highways remain impassable. Pedestrians slipped on icy sidewalks but no serious injuries were reported at noon as buses ran except the Pittsburgh route that was 20 minutes late. Temperatures dropped to 19 above overnight and stood at 26 at 8 this morning.
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Weather Bureau
Pittsburgh
Mercury
Chicken rides five miles on light red road
Sword, who lives near Jones' Chapel, was surprised when he found a chicken perched on the headlight rod of his car as he drove about five miles from his home to the W. D. Byron & Sons plant at Williamsport this morning. The chicken appeared none the worse for the ride.
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Row Sword
Jones’ Chapel
W. D. Byron & Sons
Williamsport
Sword
Few Frozen Pipes Here in Local Area
January temperatures were well below those in Baltimore and Cumberland but local frozen pipe reports to the Hagerstown Water Department were minimal. Baltimore logged upwards of 2000 frozen pipes, Cumberland about 800, while Hagerstown reported fewer than 20. Most freezes were inside street curbs, a homeowner responsibility, though the city aided thawing efforts.
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Baltimore
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Cobblers Complain of Slim Business After Blizzard
Local cobblers, long in business, report the shoe repair trade at its poorest since the blizzard night of January 15. They say customers are wearing out rubbers rather than repairing old soles, signaling a boom for rubbers but a squeeze for cobbler shops.
United States 1935 population estimated at 127,521,000
The census bureau estimates the 1935 population of the United States at 127,521,000 as of July 1. The figure shows a 0.71 percent rise from 1934 and a 4 percent increase since 1930 when the last full census was conducted.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
California Police Block Highways To Keep Unemployed Out Of State
Los Angeles Feb 4 A barricade by Police Chief James E. Davis blocks all highways and rail entrances from Oregon Nevada and Arizona to curb unemployed ingress. Officers will fingerprint and file records on those lacking a definite purpose for entering the state. The move reports border sheriffs cooperation and aims to reduce unemployment and crime surges in Los Angeles.
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California
Los Angeles
James E. Davis
Foreign Legion
Oregon
Nevada
Arizona
Cheif Davis
Davis
Border Counties
Department of Justice
Washington
Landon Wadsworth G O P Ticket Based On Conference
New York Times dispatch from Philadelphia reports eastern Republicans favor a Landon Wadsworth ticket. Uninstructed delegations may be sent to Cleveland to boost Kansas Governor and Wadsworth again. Wadsworth’s backers in upstate New York may accept second place.
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New York
New York Times
Philadelphia
Landon
Wadsworth
Pennsylvania
The
Times
Cleveland
Kansas
James W. Wadsworth
House of Representatives
the Times
New Jersey
Massachusetts
East
Gambling Chief Plans To Appeal To Supreme Court
Attorneys for Sam Beard convicted as a Washington gambling chief said the appeal would go to the Supreme Court. The U S Court of Appeals upheld the jury verdict finding Beard and his henchmen guilty of a citywide gambling conspiracy, with constitutional questions cited as grounds for review.
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Washington
Sam Beard
Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals
Beard
Fingers Mash in Plant Roller At Local Factory
Carl Wetzel of the 700 block of Dale street was injured in the sheet metal department when his fingers were badly mashed in a roller at a local plant this morning. He was rushed to Washington County Hospital with injuries that may require amputation.
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Carl Wetzel
Dale Street
Washington County Hospital
Perfect crime grammatically perfect crime headline
Oskaloosa Iowa February 4 Sheriff Lew Wiley says a youth arrested for robbery dictated a confession to an officer but refused to sign until double negatives were eliminated and infinitives united. The sheriff noted he made the changes to suit him.
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Oskaloosa
Kas
Lew Wiley
Blizzard Kills 12 in Japan Strikes Major Cities
Tokyo reports 12 dead as the worst blizzard in 20 years sweeps six great cities including Tokyo Osaka Yokohama Kobe and Kyoto. Snowbound winds from the China Sea disrupt communications halt railways and paralyze industry with power failures in Tokyo and Kyoto.
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Tokyo
Japan
China Sea
Osaka
Magoya
Kobe
Kyoto
Yokohama
Expert to Direct Hagerstown Forward Campaign
A. H. Andrews, an industrial and commercial consultant, was engaged by the Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce to direct a forward movement. The plan, based on a comprehensive survey, aims to guide future growth on sound lines, with a meeting set for February 10 to discuss campaign details.
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Hagerstown
A. H. Andrews
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Andrews
Chamber Board of Directors
Pin Removed From Infant in Funkstown Case
For a week an open safety pin had slowly passed through the body of Lynn six months old son of Mr and Mrs Aden P Spill man Funkstown. Yesterday a physician removed the pin from the colon of the infant and he appeared none the worse.
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Lynn
Aden P. Spillman
Funkstown
Floods across Alabama swamp towns and rescue efforts
Swollen by heavy rains Midway Lake near Murphy burst its dam and flooded Blaylock Johnson’s home, drowning Mrs. Johnson and son Dewey while another son and a visiting girl escaped to high ground. In northern Alabama up to five to six feet of water flooded streets and prompted widespread evacuations as rescuers searched Coaldale for families of PWA workers. A Yazoo and Mississippi Valley train arrived late at Newton, Mississippi, with traffic halted across the region after more than seven inches of rain in 24 hours.
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Asheville
N. C
Midway Lake
Murphy
Blaylock Johnson
Johnson
Dewey
Lawrences
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Collinsville
Gadsden
Coaldale
Warrior
Ernest Bahr
PWA
Little Warrior River
Yazoo
Big Willis Creek
Wreck Cleared After Major Pennsy Freight Derailments
In Altoona Pennsylvania on February 4 after two freight trains derailed 108 cars left the tracks on a parallel line. Investigators say a refrigerator car jumped the rails pulling others and wrecking a westbound coal train. Crews repaired partial service. 22 miles from Altoona near Union Furnace. Railroad officials call it the worst freight wreck in 24 years.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Juniata
Union Furnace
Incendiarism Probed In Parker Dam Fire
In Parker Dam California officials probe possible incendiarism after a dormitory fire at a construction camp killed seven and left twenty one missing among 140 workers. Four more were severely burned as crews drain the flooded basement and search the charred building for trapped men. A local threat and prior intoxication incident are noted as possible motives while radicals were mentioned in context of labor disputes. Norman P. Henderson leads the investigation.
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AN Barnardino
Calif
Parker Dam
Norman P. Henderson
San Bernardino
Henderson
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Francis Curfey
Curley
Associated Press
Peter Balitzar
Pete Harris
Bay
Beer Growler O. K
Pennsy
Graustein
Utopia
U. S
Tangier Island
Dick Battell
Vernon Flatten
Hear Landon
Wadsworth G. O. P
Gambling Chief
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