Farm leaders push loans to help tenants buy land
Democratic farm leaders in Congress voiced broad support for President Roosevelt's tenancy proposals and moved to speed action on low interest loans for tenants, sharecroppers and farm workers. House Agriculture Committee will hear Wallace and a tenancy commission member and draft a bill. A proposed $500 million loan program aims to aid 2,865,000 tenants to become independent with a 27 year payment plan and land retirement each year. A farm security administration would be created in Agriculture.
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Washington
Congress
Jones
D. Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Wallace
Bankhead
D. Ala
Senate
Pope
Idaho
Roosevelt
Agriculture
Williamsport Water Line Extension Approved
The Works Progress Administration in Baltimore and Washington approved a 1900 foot extension of Williamsport’s water system along the Williamsport pike toward Hagerstown. Start date is February 24 for a six inch main with three fire hydrants to protect new and future homes along the pike as a federally aided project.
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Williamsport
Williamsport Pike
Hagerstown
Works Progress Administration
Baltimore
Washington
Pike
Wounded Divorcee Battles For Life
In Baltimore a 37 year old divorcee, Mrs. Leonora M. Viel, lay in critical condition after a man, William Henry Armstrong, shot her and then killed himself. A bullet lodged in her spine left her legs paralyzed as doctors hesitated to operate. The incident followed her refusal to go out with Armstrong.
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Baltimore
Leonora M. Viel
Weather forecast for Maryland and coastal areas
The forecast predicts increasing cloudiness in Maryland with rain on Thursday and in extreme west areas tonight. Chesapeake Bay will turn cloudy tonight with rain Thursday, colder tonight, rising Thursday, and winds shifting from strong north to gentle by Thursday morning. Sandy Hook to Cape Hatteras expects strong north winds easing tonight with fair weather tonight and Thursday.
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U.S
Bareau Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Sandy Hook
Cape Hatteras
Sanitation at Dairies Urged in Hagerstown Area
Maryland Community Sanitation program reveals threats to the city’s famed milk safety due to dairymen showing little interest. The Washington County campaign targets safe disposal of human excrement on local dairy farms. Allegany County fields a 100 percent sanitary disposal record, while WPA efforts in the area have funded cleanup for months.
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United States
Hagerstown
Maryland
Washington County
Allegany
WPA
Maryland Farm Bureau backs state income tax plan
P C Turner, chairman of the Legislative Committee of the Maryland Farm Bureau Federation, said the legislative program will be presented to the General Assembly at Annapolis this week. The group will push for a state income tax and continuance of selective sales or luxury taxes, but oppose diversion of gasoline tax revenues.
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Baltimore
Turner
Maryland Farm Bureau Federation
General Assembly
Annapolis
Attorney Faces Serious Charge in Winchester Case
In Winchester Virginia the state pressed witnesses in a case against Thomas G Scully a prominent young attorney accused of causing two highway deaths Christmas night by driving at high speed while intoxicated The defense led by R Gray Williams contends Scully was not intoxicated and that his speed was at most 60 mph Commonwealths Attorney Burr P Harrison claimed 70 to 85 mph The defense notes Scully had two glasses of punch earlier in the evening.
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Winchester
Thos. G. Scully
Scully
R. Gray Williams
Commonwealth
Burr P. Harrison
Williams
Franco Army Meeting No Resistance Near Valencia
In southern Spain Franco insurgents push toward Valencia with Malaga’s support. Cavalry encounter little opposition as Motril front advances along the coast toward Granada. officials report several government troops killed in skirmishes while mopping up remaining pockets of resistance.
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Granada
Spain
Francisco Franco
Valencia
Malaga
Mediterranean
Motril
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Los Tablones
la Garnatilla
Collision Sends Ship To Bottom In Gale at Columbia
PORTLAND Ore Feb 17 The Italian motorship Feltre sank to the promenade deck after a collision with freighter Edward Luckenbach about 40 miles from Portland as a 45 to 55 mph gale raged at the river mouth, amid near zero visibility. About half of Feltre’s 40 crew were rescued while Luckenbach’s 38 crew were uninjured. The Warrior towed Feltre and Coast Guard cutter Onondaga was dispatched from Astoria to assist.
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Portland
Ore
Columbia River
Feltre
Edward Luckenbach
Cottonwood Island
Columbia
Luckenbach
Warrior
Coast Guard
Onondaga
Astoria
Flood Crest Reaches Vicksburg This February Report
The Mississippi River flood crest reached Vicksburg today and tumbled harmlessly toward Natchez on its course to the gulf. Local timing and exact impact not detailed, but crest confirmation marks a moment in the ongoing river monitoring near Mississippi.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Natchez
Gulf
Vessel Flashes SOS After Hitting Whale
In Yokohama on February 17 a 102 ton Japanese whale boat sent an SOS after a collision with a whale. The vessel reported a bad leak and said it was sinking as two steamers hurried to the scene to aid in the rescue.
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Yokohama
Japan
Death Driver Arrests Own Wife in Police Car
Chicago police officer Edward J. Kelly faced manslaughter charges as his wife Alice Kelly 30 admitted driving the car that struck and killed attorney Henry L. Chatroop 36 last January. Bond set at 2500 pending arraignment after license traced to the officer and she claimed he slept during the crash.
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Chicago
Alice Kelly
Edward J. Kelly
Henry L. Chatroop
Needy Given Sunday Movie Tax Receipts
Disbursements from the Sunday Movie Tax Fund in Cumberland since 1933 total $22,013.94, announced the City Council. The fund aids emergency relief, while Parent Teacher Associations receive $6,555 for food and milk for needy children. The annual tax income averages $6,000 to $6,500.
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Cumberland
Held Here Charles Sisk Arrest Struck in Baltimore Case
Charles Sisk a 29 year old resident of Baltimore was taken into custody yesterday for an alleged parole violation and is held for Baltimore authorities.
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Charles Sisk
Baltimore
Damage suit settled in Clearspring case over buck sheep
Mary E Fernsner filed against Thomas Hassett for 50000 dollars claiming her husband died from injuries after being gored by a buck sheep near Clearspring on December 14 1934. The case was removed to Allegany and has been settled.
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Mary E. Fernsner
Thomas Hassett
Clearspring
Allegany County
Ships With Tag Cards Misleading in Hagerstown
Auto owners in Hagerstown are told to ignore pink slips with license tag applications that suggest taking cards to the city tax collector for perforation. The county treasurer handles auto taxes and perforates the cards, so no city collector visit is needed.
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Hagerstown
Myersville Considers WPA Sewer Project
Myersville, after completing its new water system, weighs asking the WPA to build a sewer system at an estimated cost of $10,000. Work on the Myersville reservoir finished Monday as the town council prepares to take up the sewer question at the next meeting.
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Myersville
WPA
Barrymore Seeks Breathing Spell to Pay Debts
In Los Angeles on February 17, four times married John Barrymore asked for a breathing spell to straighten finances. Attorney Henry C. Huntington said the petition in federal court was not true bankruptcy. Elaine Barrie, seeking divorce, factors in his troubles as Mrs. Barrymore No. 4 seeks $2,525 monthly alimony while alleging debts around $300,000.
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Los Angeles
John Barrymore
Henry C. Huntington
Barryman
Elaine Barrie
Barrymore No
Miss Larrie
Barrymore
Tribunals debated for all GM union disputes
Detroit Feb 17 Methods to settle past present and future GM union grievances were drafted for arbitration by tribunals. Union and GM negotiators meet daily to discuss hours, wages, seniority and working conditions, as they seek action on six demands not covered in last week’s strike settlement. Cir judge Gadola orders 14 men to appear and purge contempt before dismissal of the injunction against sit down strikers.
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Detroit
General Motors
Corporation
United Automobile Workers of America
Jugde
Norfolk bootlegger admits murder after breakup
Harry Bosman, 39, a convict ed bootlegger, confessed to detective Nowitzky that he killed Katherine Elizabeth Ewell after she ended his marriage and injures Clara Tucker, 23, then attempted suicide with suspenders in a city jail cell and was guarded to prevent a repeat.
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Norfolk
Harry Bosman
Clara Tucker
Bosman
Nowitzky
Tucker
Criminal Court Opens Tomorrow in Circuit Term
All twelve cases from February Grand Jury indictments and seventeen criminal appeals are set for trial tomorrow in circuit court. State's Attorney Martin L. Ingram aims to clear the docket in the one-day term. The petit jury is summoned if any trials by jury are requested.
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Martin L. Ingram
Petit Jury
Laws Rarely Enforced in Maryland History
Annapolis Md Feb 17 (2) Maryland authorities wont admit there is any law they dont enforce but it has been long since arrests for ferret hunting two man traction engine crews secession clubs tarring and feathering marching troops at polls street piano begging bridges rails dams destruction and other Civil War era provisions remain on the statute books plus odd rules about bicycle paths tolls funeral processions and human powered cycles on roadways.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Coldest Day Yet In Winter Report From Maryland Areas
Weather observers at Chewsville and Keed esville report the coldest day of the winter with 3 and six above zero respectively. Chewsville measured four inches of snow with .44 inch of precipitation due to wet snow. Snow aided wheat protection though some roads iced and drifting occurred.
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D. Paul Oswald
Chewsville
Mercury
Mr. Oswald
Keedesville
J. A. Miller
Mr. Miller
Fred M. Long Reappointed Bellevue Superintendent
Fred M. Long was reappointed superintendent of Bellevue at a board meeting. Mrs. Long became matron while Dr. W. D. Campbell and George W. Ausherman were reap pointed farmer. The board elected George H. Thomas president Harry A. Shafer secretary and Fred M. White treasurer.
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Fred M. Long
Bellevue
Board of Trustees
Pope Pinus Receives Intensified Treatment At Vatican
In Vatican City on February 17 Dr Aminta Milani ordered intensified care for Pope Pinus. The regimen includes massage and continued electric ray therapy to restore strength as he recovers from weeks of illness.
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Vatican City
Aminta Milani
Pinus
Tug Battleboro in distress off Virginia coast with loaded barges
The tug Battleboro, towing three loaded barges from Norfolk to New York, sent distress signals in heavy seas off the Virginia Eastern Shore but resumed under its own power before Coast Guard arrival.
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Norfolk
Battleboro
New York
Virginia
Senators Propose Madison-Pattern Amendment to Roosevelt Plan
Senators Wheeler and Bone propose a constitutional amendment to allow Congress to reenact for a two thirds vote any federal law struck down by the Supreme Court. Action would wait until a new Congress after the decision. Wheeler hints at speed via state conventions, Norris liberals may back the compromise.
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Washington
Wheeler
Mont
Bone
Wash
Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
High Court
Norris
Williamsport Opens New Men’s Pants Plant
Williamsport begins a new manufacturing facility in the former Barnhart overall factory. Feldman & Sons of Baltimore leased the building and installed modern machinery to produce men’s pants. Thirty two workers are employed now with plans to raise to about one hundred soon.
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Williamsport
Barnhart Overall
Feldman & Sons
Baltimore
Jacksons Slave to Meet F D R
William Andrew Johnson a 79 year old Knoxville Black man who served as President Andrew Jacksons personal slave as a boy traveled to Washington from Knoxville to meet President Roosevelt. He departed with a Secret Service agent following him and aims to meet the president, recalling Roosevelts Knoxville visit last year.
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Knoxville
Tenn
William Andrew Johnson
Andrew Jackson
Washington
Roosevelt
Secret Service
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
William Andrew
Charts To Show Bacteria Count At Dairymen Meeting
Dairymen at the Y M C A will hear Dr S R Damon of the School of Hygiene and Public Health at Johns Hopkins University speak on bacteria counts in milk. Charts comparing each dairy’s milk with others will be distributed by acting health officer Dr David Elliott for attendees to study.
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S. R. Damon
School of Hygiene
Blic Health
John’s Hooking University
B. de. David Elliott
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