Dual highway among plans in five year program
The Maryland State Roads Commission proposed a five year highway and bridge program costing about 46.8 million dollars to restore and expand the primary roads system. The plan includes a one lane payment on the Hagerstown to Frederick dual highway and a new Potomac river bridge near Sandy Hook in Washington county, plus numerous widenings rebuilds and by passes across several counties.
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Hagerstown-Frederick
Potomac River
Sandy Hook
Washington County
State Roads Commission
Maryland Highway Planning Survey
Glenn Beall
Federal Bureau of Roads
Washington
Frederick
Allegany
Montgomery
Hagerstown
Hancock
Millstone
Frederick County
Emmittsburg
Parole
District of Columbia
Annapolis
Towson
Pennsylvania Line
la Plata
Potomac River Bridge
Marlboro Pike
Upper Marlboro
Rhode Island Avenue
Hyattsville
Senators Push Western Hope for Supreme Court Pick
The piece notes Senate friction over President Wilson’s 191é Supreme Court nominee and the first Jewish justice, Felix Frankfurter. It cites Western senators urging regional balance, with Adams Johnson and Connally backing Bratton Hutcheson, while others propose Rutledge or Stephens, reflecting regional and ideological deliberations before Frankfurter’s selection.
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Wilson
Senate
Bandeis
Roosevelt
Brandeis
Cour
Adams
Johnson
Colorado
Sam Bratton
New Mexico
Connally
D-Tex
Joseph C. Hutcheson, Jr
Texas
Bratton
Gillette Crown
Wiley Rutledge
University of Iowa Law School
Felix Frankfurter
Justice Cardoro
Harold Stephens
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Stephens
Utah
Frankfurter
Harvard
Brandeis long on bench and chiefs plan retirement talk
The article notes Justice James C McReynolds possibly retiring after 1924 and Brandeis choosing to stay on the Supreme Court on full pay He details Brandeis age 72 000 a year full pay and his daily routine charity gifts and sealing of papers He faced Senate scrutiny as a radical during confirmation by 47 to 22 with 27 not voting and Wilson defending him
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Teney
Duvall
McKenna
Field
Nelson
Marshall
Brandeis
University of Louisville
Harvard Law School
Lewisville
St. Louis
Boston
Supreme Court
Senate
William Howard Taft
United States
American Bar Association
Wilson
Musicians Say National Anthem Is Unsingable and Pirated
Met Opera tenor Frederick Jagel and composer Ferde Grofe attack The Star Spangled Banner as a drinking song from a London tavern. They challenge its hymn origins and say the tune and range make it difficult to sing, urging new words and music. Jagel plans to press Congress in Washington.
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New York
Frederick Jagel
Metropolitan Opera
Ferde Grofe
John Stafford Smith
Jagel
Washington
Congress
America
Alvander W. Weddell
Buenos Aires
British Museum
London
Time Formality Turns Moral Question
A fragment reflects on time as a formality and questions honor and truth. It notes that deception is not deceit when widely acknowledged as a lie, challenging conventional moral boundaries. The text hints at social complicity and the ethics of acceptability.
Rudy Arrests and Court Action in Local Incident
A confused report notes Rudy Waller, described as a singer, clashed with a local figure named Dmlard Borden in Miami. The altercation occurred after a brush against the singer by Borden. The referenced case against Virl Ire resulted in an acquittal.
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Dmlard Borden
Miami Bishny
Rudy Waller
Siva
Agsaint
Haltery
Mail goes through Tillamook letters misaddressed
A letter sent from Portland to Tillamook shows a misaddressed envelope reading Oregon without a city. Mrs Coates attempted to receive it but the message was routed back, with the Portland mail clerk noting the mismatch and delivery confusion.
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Tillamook
Ore
Coates
Ausreatia
Oregon
Portland
Porland
Valentine Plea Warms Evening Calls
A playful poem fragment describes a suitor courting with a phone call after supper. The speaker contemplates accepting, imagining a Valentine moment and pondering the appeal of the caller’s heartfelt pleas. The tone blends whimsy with romantic longing.
Travel Rates From Hagerstown to Major Cities Listed
Rates published for travel between Hagerstown and Atlanta Baltimore Boston Charleston Chicago New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh Richmond St Louis and other key points. The notice references The Cheanponte and Totomac Telephone Company of Baltimore City Summit Ave Hagerstown and FH00.
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Atlanta
Baltimore
Boston
Mass
Charleston
W. V
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Richmond
St. Louis
Cheanponte & Totomac Telephone Cenmany
Baltimore City
Summit Ave
Hagerstine
S A Campaign Here In May
S A campaign here in May as M Fockler announces the Salvation Army advisory board will launch the 1939 fundraising drive in late May to cover deficits after last October’s campaign. Funds from the prior drive will not suffice beyond June 1, prompting date change to ease fall campaign pressure and boost support.
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M. Fockler
The
Salvation Army
Friends of the Salvation Army
Hoover Urges Three‑fold Republican Mission at Lincoln Day
In New York Herbert Hoover, addressing the 52nd Lincoln Day dinner of the National Republican Club, urged the party to strive for peace for America, economic restoration, and a preserved high purpose of freedom. He criticized the Roosevelt administration as undermining the nation’s aims both at home and abroad.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Republican Party
America
Abraham Lincoln
National Republican Club
Roosevelt
Valentine from mysterious woman at Evanston police station
In Evanston Illinois on February 14 an unidentified woman signed Sonshine sent a valentine to the police department, expressing a desire to be a lifer in their fall. The note caused surprise among officers and remains unclaimed.
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Evanston, Ill
Rfeb
Evanston
Auxiliary leaders to attend Western Maryland rally
Mrs. George Bamford national vice president of the Eastern Division American Legion Auxiliary is expected to attend the Western Maryland District rally at the Legion Home this evening. A business session and social are planned for Legionnaires and Auxiliary members with Mrs. Bessie Afercer the State President also attending.
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George Bamford
American Legion Auxiliary
Maryland
Legion
Legionnaires
Bessie Afercer
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S. A
Hoover
Salem Ave
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South Potomac Street
Body Dent
Hughes Motor CO
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Af Door
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Nomager
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