Washington county road plans proposed by State Roads Commission
The commission recommends 43.20 miles of repairs or new construction in Washington county at 2.589 million dollars as part of a 54.392 million dollar Maryland highway program. Details include upgrades on routes near Hagerstown and Boonsboro, with focus on widening, paving, bridges, and realignments across multiple local corridors.
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State Roads Commission
Washington County
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Annapolis
Hagerstown
Frederick
Washington
Frederick County
J. Glenn Beall
Highway Commission
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Dillon’s Curve
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Antietam Creek
Washington Street
Elizabeth Street
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Benevola
Clearspring
Funkstown
Hancock
Smithsburg
Brilliant Orange
Baltimore
Prince Georges
Anne Arundel
Carroll
Cecil
Baltimore County
House Votes Bill To Continue Export-Import Bank
The House passed a bill to extend the Export-Import Bank for two years by 280 to 77. Democrats pushed the measure despite Republican efforts to block or limit it, raising fears of loans to belligerents. The bill moves the bank’s authority to June 30, 1941 and caps outstanding loans at 100 million dollars.
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Washington
House
Senate
John Arnold Sentenced Six Months On Incident Charge
John Arnold alias Jack Hunter was sentenced to six months in the House of Correction by Magistrate John D. Dunn for an incident on D. B. Cresa in Mc Connellsburg. Gresh testified he was confronted Teal. December 19 am that he had been confined.
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Jack Hunter
House of Correction
John D. Dunn
D. B. Cresa
McConnellsburg
Gresh
Editor's Letter Responds to WPA Spending Critique
Knoxville reader argues WPA spending and veterans pensions draw from taxpayers and cites specific examples of relief funds. He contends welfare payments, including checks to a jailed WPA worker's wife, are legally earned before jail and urges budget restraint to protect citizens in Sandy Hook district.
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Sandy Hock
Henry Holzapfel to Address Morris Frock Post
Henry Holzapfel Jr, vice president of Potomac Edison, will speak at the Morris Frock Post American Legion meeting Thursday at 7:45 pm. His topic is Americanism and the address will be delivered during the regular session.
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Henry Holzapfel, Jr
Potomac Edison Company
American Legion
Holzapfel
Juvenile Held by Police for Auto Theft in Pittsburgh
Local police were advised via State police radio that a juvenile was held in Pittsburgh for stealing an automobile here on February 6. A call for better help to prepare a “Situations Wanted” ad is included but unclear.
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Pittsburgh
Suspects Held In Wire Theft Case
Six more suspects are in custody and questioned by Deputy Leister Isanogle and Burns detective Edward French over a mass wire theft from Potomac Edison right of way. Arrests and guilty pleas have been entered in many cases as copper and wire losses run into hundreds.
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Potomac Edison Company
Leister Isanogle
Edward French
Burns
Well Sought at City Hall
City hall diggers shift from tin box hunt to searching a deep Civil War rifles well after uncovering a cistern about 10 feet deep with four feet of water. The site center cistern may host the buried well later this week as the old Main property near city hall is demolished and foundation work for a new building begins.
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City Hall
Woman Appointed Judge of Allegany Juvenile Court
Gov. O Conor named Elizabeth R Menefee of Cumberland first woman in his administration to hold a judge post in Maryland. She will serve as Allegany County Juvenile Court judge starting May for a two year term at 2400 dollars annually.
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Annapolis
Herbert R. O'Conor
Elizabeth R. Menefee
Cumberland
Allegany County
Menefee
Mrs. Menefee
Auction of Growing Wheat and Farmland Near Antietam Furnace
Auctioneers J. G. Snyder and Fred M. White sold multiple properties yesterday in front of the Court House. Snyder moved 55 acres of growing wheat for about six cents a bushel and a 254 acre farm for 3629, both in Antietam Furnace and surrounding sections. White sold 166 acres on the Newcomer farm at Benevola for 6300, a property in the 800 block West Washington for 1500, and a double house in the 400 block Jonathan street for 1450.
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Court House
J. G. Snyder
Antietam Furnace
Fred M. White
Newcomer
Benevola
West Washington Street
Jonathan Street
Chicago dancer dazzles Hitler with Merry Widow act
Marlon Daniels of Chicago performed an American burn number in the Merry Widow at Gaertnerplatz Theatre before Reichsfuehrer Hitler and high Nazi officials. This marked the fourth viewing of the special piece.
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Hitler
Berlin
Marlon Daniels
Chicago
Reichsfuehrer
Gaertnerplatz Theatre
Merry Widow
Washington picks Winslow to head inter-American women’s panel
Miss Mary Winslow is appointed to lead the inter-American commission of women in Washington, replacing Miss Doris Stevens who had served since 1928. The change divides local feminists and may ignite another famous Washington feud.
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Storm Center
Washington
Mary Winslow
inter-American Commission of Women
Doris Stevens
Arant Confirmed Judge for Sixth Circuit
The Senate confirmed Dean Herschel W. Arant of Ohio State University Law School as a judge of the Sixth Federal Circuit Court covering Ohio Michigan Kentucky and Tennessee.
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Washington
Senate
Herschel W. Arant
Ohio State University Law School
Sixth Federal Circuit Court
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
Tennessee
Trolley Removal Permit Granted
The Public Service Commission granted Potomac Edison permission to discontinue trolley service between Yankstown and Hagerstown if bus service replaces it. The electric railway has operated for nearly 50 years. Tracks will be removed and South Potomac Street repaved. The trolley will be discontinued in days with a bus schedule already set. Only two electric lines remain: Summit Avenue and Hagerstown Williamsport.
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Public Service Commission
Potomac Edison Company
Yankstown
Hagerstown
Potomac Street
Drastic Law For Numbers Racket Moves Through Senate
Charleston Feb 22 The Holt administration pushes to curb the numbers racket with a bill that would impose prison terms and heavy fines on operators and participants in policy or numbers games and on landlords who knowingly permit the business to operate, as Senate floor action progresses.
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Charleston
West Pleads Guilty in Circuit Court Bet Case
John West admitted guilt in a circuit court plea on an indictment charging accepting bets on horse races. Officers, with a warrant, raided his Mulberry and Franks streets establishment weeks earlier. Senter will be pronounced later. Magistrate Harry J. Harsh in Williamsport had two counts of embezzlement against him.
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John West
West
Coner
Mulberry
Franks
Harry JL. Harsh
Williamsport
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