Relief Situation Discussed in Annapolis Meeting
A review of Washington County relief conditions was held at the Welfare Board headquarters with Senator Ernest W. Miller and other officials. Edgar C. Jones noted WPA administrator Francis H. Dryden’s letter stating no immediate expansion of WPA workers but potential future projects as spring nears. County figures show about 600 employables and 380 unemployables with concerns over administrative costs.
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Washington County
Ernest W. Miller
Annapolis
Welfare Board
South Potomac Street
Edgar C. Jones
Real Welfare Board
Francis H. Dryden
WPA
Jones
Dryden
Relief Applications and WPA Project Certification Discussed
Officials defined unemployables and reviewed information on relief cases. Miss Elizabeth Smith of the Board of State Aid and Charities attended and contributed to the discussions.
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Elizabeth Smith
Board of State Aid and Charities
Close Scrutiny of Sales Tax Proposal Looms
House and Senate leaders back the sales tax while a dissenting minority criticizes the consumer pass through. Governor Nice shifts the General Assembly convening date to March 4 to avoid clashing with a Democratic rally in Baltimore. Baltimore relief funds are running short, forcing a frugal state budget. The anti tax group presses for spending cuts to deter new taxes that push shoppers out of state.
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Page
House
Senate
J. David Bailey
Thomas L. Pono
Nice
Ina Ueht
General Assembly
Democratic Party
Baltimore
Baltimore City
Howard C. Beck
Baltimore Relief Commission
Anti
Walter K. Bachrach
New Post Office To Serve City Double The Size
Postmaster Jacob T. Hartie describes a new facility sized 213 by 132 feet with 1300 square feet lobby and nine service windows. The building includes a large work room ee square feet, a lookout gallery for inspectors, and second floor offices for Army Navy civil service and alcohol tax staff. Exterior uses Indiana limestone with granite stairs. contractors Spence Brothers of Saginaw Michigan and architects Mottu and White of Baltimore designed a modernist brick and limestone structure.
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Hagerstown
Jacob T. Hartie
Army, Navy
Post Office
Civil Service and Alcohol Tax
Indiana
Spence Brothers
Saginaw
Michigan
Mottu and White
Baltimore
Amnesty decree urged as riots erupt across regions
Government moves quicker than parliament to grant general amnesty for political prisoners held since the socialist revolution. Barcelo na leftists demand quick liberation as officials prepare a decree to release 10 000 to 20 000 detainees and suspend pending charges.
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Barcelona
Meeting Postponed for Jr C U L As M Boosters Association
The Boosters Association of the Jr C U L As M postpones its Woodstock Virginia meeting due to weather. The session set for tonight will be rescheduled for March 7.
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Woodstock
Roosevelt Hints Tax Bill To Fund Farm Program Next Week
President Roosevelt said the tax bill to finance the new farm program would be drafted after his Hyde Park return. Congressional advisors noted a rise in ordinary IRS receipts last month and projected that current levies could generate about 6.77 billion annually if earnings approach 1928 levels.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Treasury
Congress
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Supreme Court
Rankin plan to create Potomac Valley Authority
A proposed act by Representative Rankin would authorize a Potomac Valley Authority to acquire lands and build locks dams and bridges across the Potomac River and its tributaries. The agency could own operate power plants and distribute electricity to nearby communities and the District of Columbia. It would maintain waterways to ensure six feet of draft to Cumberland and would have power to dispose of surplus waters. Rankin expects a companion Senate bill. Senator Norris previously proposed a government hydroelectric plant at Great Falls Maryland which passed the Senate but stalled in the House.
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Trict of
Columbia
PVA
District of Columbia
Potomac River
Potomac
Cumberland
Rankin
Senate
Norris
R. Neb
Great Falls
House
Judge Orders Postponement as Stein Presides
Judge Charles Stein delays proceedings with French as the last state's witness remaining. Much of the session focused on replaying testimony from Coblentz's Cumberland trial four years past, a verdict once guilty that the Court of Appeals later reversed.
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Charles Stein
French
Coblentz
Cumberland
Court of Appeals
Abroad or Doomed: Giovanni Finds World’s Tonic Relief
An Italian man travels from Italy to Western Pennsylvania facing severe catarrh, back pain, and digestive illness. After trying various remedies, he finds relief with World’s Tonic, noting improved bowels and restored appetite within a week and full recovery after four bottles. He credits the herb-based medicine for his return to health and planned longevity. He buys it from Rudy’s, People’s, Cauffmen’s, or other first class drug stores.
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Italy
Giovanni Lucili
New Kenzington
Ian
Hin
Pittsburgh
Rudy
Cauffmen
Delay Granted In Coblentz Case
The Emory L. Coblentz trial in Baltimore was postponed to February 28 on charges of fraudulent corporate misrepresentation. Receiver William P. French of Blue Ridge Securities was reported ill in bed and unable to testify.
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Baltimore
Emory L. Coblentz
Central Trust Company of Maryland
William P. French
Blue Ridge Securities Company
Dual murder suspect eyed in elderly couple’s fire deaths
Police believe the crime involved a time clock device wired to an electric heater that ignited gasoline soaked papers under a bed while the victims slept. The Barbours’ bodies were found amid disarray with a missing money belt and a pet parrot nearby.
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Stettler
Patton
Broadway WarSide P T A Holds Founders Day Meeting
The Broadway Wayside P T A met in the Broadway auditorium with many patrons. A request to install a drain at Locust street and Wayside avenue was discussed. Founders Day honored guests included Mrs. Milton D. Moore and Mrs. Coppage.
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Broadway Warside P. T. A
Broadway Auditorium
Board of Street Commissioners
Locust Street
Wayside Ave
Milton D. Moore
State Plt. A
Ruth Ebs Ters
Recreation J
Ross B. Coppage
Maryland
State Congress of Parents and Teachers
Broadway Wayside
Frank A. Leiter
Coppage
West Ally
Broadway
Isabelle Beckenbauzh
Schumann
Ruth Shepsle
Harp
Haover
Wayside
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Hagerstown Paint and Glass Co
Kay
Washington ST
Ernest J, Wilmes
Echo St
Los Angeles
Calif
America
DRO
P.O
Charles of London
Miller’s
Potomac St
Chaufeur
Leitersburg
Fraternal Entertainment Association of the
Washington County Jr. O. U. A. M
Hagerstown Gas Company
Electrolux
Summit Ave
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