Newkirk Named for Washington County Education Board
The Democratic Central Committee forwards the recommendation of Harry B. Newkirk of Big Springs for a seat on the Washington County Board of Education. If appointed by Governor Albert C. Ritchie, the board will have four Democrats and two Republicans. Ritchie is expected to act within the next day or two before retiring next Wednesday.
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Board of Education
Washington County
Harry BE. Newkirk
Big Springs
Albert C. Ritchie
Annapolis
Democratic Central Committee
Newkirk
Central Committee
William C. Maugans
Board of County Commissioners
Tilghman Fiery
Ritchie
Georgia Reports Slight Earthquake in North Georgia Mountains
A minor quake lasting about ninety seconds was reported by residents of Young Harris Hiawassee and nearby areas in the North Georgia mountains. No damage was reported as the tremor occurred yesterday asserting a quiet seismic event with no injuries or destruction.
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Young Harris
Hiawassee
North Georgia Mountains
Roosevelt Jr in Philadelphia Auto Crash
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr the Presidents son was in a New Year’s night automobile crash near Wayne Pennsylvania but escaped injury. Co driver Howard Newman 24 of Radnor was bruised and the son was released on his own recognizance for January 15. Roosevelt said heavy snow blinded him and his car skidded as he tried to stop near a rail station. He was a Harvard sophomore holidaying with J Drexel Pant in Randor and en route to a Philadelphia hotel for a dance. It was not known if anyone else occupied the car.
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Philadelphi
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr
Wayne
Holward Newman
Radnor
Howard
Hearmon
Newman
Young Roosevelt
Tarvard
J. Jrexel Pant
Randor
Philadelphia
Ritchie lays out plans to avert Maryland deficit
Governor Albert C. Ritchie presented the 1935 General Assembly with a plan to raise 8 million dollars for relief and to offset an imminent 2.229 million dollar deficit. He proposed three options reduced expenditures increased revenue or sale of the Northern Central Railway equity, and urged settlement with the Federal government on relief contributions.
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Annapolis
General Assembly
Albert C. Ritchie
Harry W. Nice
Northern Central Railway
Ritchie
Maryland
Teacher Miss Willis Hospitalized After Bus Collision
Miss Margaret Willis a teacher at Ohio State University in Columbus was seriously injured near Shippensburg when her car skidded into the Hagerstown to Harrisburg bus driven by Mahlon Cunningham Greencastle. She sustained a pelvis fracture and other injuries and is at Chambersburg hospital.
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Margaret Willis
Ohio, State University
Columbus
Shippensburg
Hagerstown
Harrisburg
Mahlon Cunningham
Greencastle
Willis
Chambersburg Hospital
Miss Willis
Hartford
Cunningham
Lewis Opposed to Sales Tax in Maryland and Nation
Representative David J. Lewis of Maryland declares his irreconcilable opposition to any sales tax at the federal or state level. The article notes Highland’s stance as the same position held by State Senator J. Allen Coad, who is favored for Finance Committee chair at the upcoming General Assembly session.
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Washington
David J. Lewis
Maryland
Highland
J. Allen Coad
General Assembly
Runaway horse halts at red light in Philadelphia
Anthony Del Conte's horse pulling a bread wagon broke free and charged through street signals before stopping at a red light, allowing Del Conte to overtake it. The incident occurred in Philadelphia on January 2.
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Philadelphia
Anthony del Conte
del Conte
Weather Record Shows Near Normal Year 1934
J A Miller government weather observer at Keedysville reports 1934 near normal overall. The year had 3.32 inches in 7 hours of rainfall, total 33.61 inches, 4.10 inches below the 37.71-inch normal. The year’s low was 19 below zero on February 28 and high 105 on May 25, with 23 inches of snowfall.
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J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Tay
Census of Unemployed Aims to Measure Jobless Magnitude
Washington January 2 A census of the unemployed is contemplated by several administration advisers to determine the total number jobless. Estimates range from 7,000,000 to 11,000,000, and senators urge a definite assessment of the scale of the task to provide jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Strike Halts Food Delivery in Cleveland
In Cleveland Ohio January 2 produce delivery halted as 400 truck drivers from the Commission House Drivers union strike. They target three commission houses at the Cleveland Fond terminal over a demand for a closed shop contract, halting deliveries to all but chain groceries.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Commission House Drivers’ Union
Cleveland Fond
Sells Prize Bird At Poultry Show For Ten Dollars
D W R Bennchoff of Waynesboro sold his white Leghorn cockerel that won first prize at the Smiths marge Poultry Show for ten dollars to a southern fancier. Mrs C K Perry of Guilford Avenue is bedridden with a badly sprained ankle from a fall in the cellar at her home.
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D. W. Rbenchoff
Waynesboro
Smithsmarge
C. K. Perry
Guilford Avenue
Winners In Festival Of Lights Decoration Contest
Judges announced the prize winners in Hagerstown's Festival of Lights holiday decorations. G S Goodrich won first for artistic residence decor. second went to Charles Shoop. First prize for most elaborately decorated home went to Joseph Young. second to E D Sowers. Best decorated business house honor went to Hagerstown Laundry. Entries had to be registered at Chamber of Commerce HQ. Winners to claim prizes Friday. The festival drew thousands, with notable displays in North End and City Park Lake. The committee and judges are named.
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Chamber of Commerce
E. D. Sowers
Spruce Street
Hagerstown
West Franklin Street
A. K
Coffman
Leslie Lakin
D. E. Stultz
L. Vinton Hershey
Edwin §. Guth
Richard Carl Medford
Oscar Gray
C. F. Geronsin
Wilbur Beard
Leroy Watkins
North End
Potomac Edison Company
Heavy New Year Toll From Wintry Blasts Across the Nation
The Associated Press reports more than 115 deaths linked to New Year celebrations and a northern cold wave. Auto crashes caused over sixty fatalities, with eleven fire deaths and several وغيرها. Among the dead were a three month old in Wisconsin and five burned at Cherokee County Home in Gaffney South Carolina. Four perished in El Paso as smoke from an elevator shaft seeped into a Buffalo hotel room. Weather cooled in the east as Maine Vermont and New Hampshire saw snow and Pennsylvania logged eight traffic deaths amid the season's heaviest snowfall.
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Associated Press
Rockies
New England
Waukesha
Wis
Cherokee County
Gaffney
8.C
el Paso
Tex
Buffalo
New York
Robert Patton
Weathets
Mother Mature
Atlantic Seaboard
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
National
New Year's Joke Ends in Tragedy in Chicago Grill
George Callander joked and fired a pistol at four patrons during New Year's Eve celebration in Chicago. Officer off duty William Roob returned fire, killing Callander after he shouted get back. Owner Howard Wolf doubts holdup claim, saying it was a scare joke.
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Chicago
George Callander
William Roob
Callender
Howard Wolf
German Film Ecstasy Faces U S Censorship Review
In Washington on January 2 officials from the Treasury department began examining the German motion picture Ecstasy to decide if its nude scene is suitable for public exhibition in America. Mrs. Henry Morgenthau Jr attended the preview. Fritz Mandel, husband of star Hedy Keister, has denounced the film and seeks suppression.
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Washington
Jan
Treasury Department
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Treasury
New York Customs
Fritz Mandel
Hedy Keister
Mandel
Officials to Take Office Next Monday
County officials elected last November will take office next Monday except the county treasurer. State's Attorney Martin L. Ingram will replace J. Lloyd Harshman, sworn in before Judge Wagaman. County Clerk J. R. Ray Black will succeed A. C. Saum, qualifying before Clerk Edward Oswald. Black’s assistant Lewis L. Bower was already appointed. The treasurer’s post vacates April 11.
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Board of County Commissioners
Martin L. Ingram
J. Lloyd Harshman
Frank G. Wagaman
J. R. Ray Black
A. C. Saum
Edward Oswald
Ingram
Black
Lewis L. Bower
Interest Day On Road And School Bonds Paid
About $35,000 in interest on road and school bonds is paid today through the office of the Board of County Commissioners.
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Board of County Commission
Marriage Licenses Surge as Indicator of Local Business
1934 saw 2213 marriage licenses issued at the local courthouse, the highest since the Depression began, with June 1934 reaching 259 licenses the most for any month. Deeds and mortgages totaled 2031, up from 1933, while 112 divorce suits were filed, slightly below 1933.
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Dan Cupid
Dan
Prosperity Avenue
Loca
Democrats In Rhode Island Gain Control
Rhode Island Democrats reorganized state government after gaining control of the legislature in a swift coup. They seated three Democrats on the supreme court bench, reduced around 80 agencies to 11 commissions, and abolished the Providence Board of Safety. National guardsmen and police maintained order at the State House as the session began with seating refusals and Governor Theodore Francis Greene began a second term.
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Providence
Rhode Island
Supreme Court
Providence Board of Safety
Senate
Su Re
National
State House
Capitol
Theodore Francis Greene
New Taxes Loom If Bonus Passes
Washington January 2 The administration warned that any cash soldiers bonus approved by the House would trigger new taxes to cover the estimated two billion dollar cost. Representative Burns of Texas said passage seems assured but noted the need for additional revenue to fund the bill.
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Washngtonw
Burns
D-Teun
New Trial Motion Heard In Circuit Court Friday
Richard Branson a 25 year old colored man convicted of manslaughter in the death of Eddie Brooks a 32 year old bellhop last August is expected to have his new trial motion argued in circuit court Friday morning Chief Judge D Lindley Sloan and Associate Judge Albert A Doub plan to preside and allow counsel to present the request Branson was convicted in December and defense attorneys filed for a new trial arguing the verdict weighed against the evidence If denied Branson would face immediate arraignment and potential sentencing the manslaughter verdict carries up to ten years in prison
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Richard Branson
Eddie Brooks
D. Lindley Sloan
Albert A. Doub
Branson
Brangon
Kingfish Promises Senate Fireworks Next Week
Washington dispatch reports rising tension between the White House and Senator Huey P Long as Roosevelt hints at tightening terms for PWA funds and Long signals confrontation in the Senate, suggesting Louisiana's dictatorship may need to repeal or clarify certain laws to secure aid.
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Washington
White House
Huey P. Long
Roosevelt
Louisiana
PWA
Senate
Zoo Keeper Dies of Grief Over Pet Orangutan
Georges Bistany, 47, San Francisco zoo superintendent, died after his orangutan died five weeks earlier. Physicians cited shock and grief over the animal's death as contributing to his fatal illness, with a keeper similarly affected.
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San Francisco
Georges Bistany
San Francisco Zoo
Bistany
Jack Bamberger
Trial begins for Bruno Hauptmann in Lindbergh baby case
The Lindbergh baby kidnapping trial opens with Bruno Hauptmann facing capital charges as jurors are seated. Colonel Lindbergh and Mrs Lindbergh observe as prosecutors and defense discuss jury readiness amid widespread public interest and a large courthouse crowd.
JAFSIE READY FOR ORDEAL IN LINDBERGH KIDNAPPING CASE
New York January 2 1934 John F Condon a longtime mediator in the Lindbergh baby case says he views Hauptmann trial as a dreadful ordeal yet worthwhile if it helps expose the crime The 61 year old retired schoolteacher known as Jafsie withheld judgment on Hauptmanns guilt but hopes the case nears its end after two years and ten months of effort by Col Charles A Lindberghs intermediary He vows relentless pursuit of the perpetrator described as the most dastardly crime in modern history
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New York
New Jersey
Bruno Hauptmann
Jatsia
Hauptmamm H
Col
Charlee al. Lindbergh
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Washing
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Cupid
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Dillinger
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Baby Face
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Kingfish
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Lindbergh
Flemington
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Hauptmean
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