Building Construction Gains Highlight 1934 City Report
City Engineer Samuel Greenawalt reports 1934 building valuation at 507313 with 136 permits, boosted by a new hospital valued at 358000 and Southern Shoe factory 309000. Residential work remained near 1933 levels with 12 houses built. Overall yearly operations cost reached the largest since 1420 at 671787. detail includes monthly expenditures and past dwelling costs.
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Samuel Greenawalt
Southern Shoe Factory
Greenawalt
Cleveland Lawyer Fatally Injured in New Year Collision
John A. Elden, 42, former Ohio Bar Association president and ex state Republican official, was fatally injured in a Tuesday automobile collision on his way home from a New Year’s Eve celebration. He suffered a fractured skull and died in a Cleveland hospital this afternoon, the first fatal traffic accident of the new year in the city.
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Cleveland
John A. Elden
Ohio
American Lesson
Ohio Bar Association
Ulrcles
Elden
Policeman Killed as Slayer Ends Life in Beaver
In Beaver Pennsylvania on January 2 a New Year disturbance led to the deaths of Night Patrolman Lawrence Leif and suspect Robert W. Morton. Morton, 35, lured a revolver upon himself after Leif was shot and killed. Morton died several hours later in hospital.
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Beaver
Lawrence Leif
Beaver Police Department
Taylor Avenue
Robert W. Morton
Leif
Morton
Veterans Must Apply Today For WWII Bonus
The deadline for World War adjusted service certificates looms midnight tonight. Veterans who served overseas or in the United States and have not applied should do so now. Commander T. F. Lynch urges questions at the Legion home and Red Cross HQ, 12 E. Washington St., daily from 9 AM to noon and 1 PM to 6 PM.
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T. F. Lynch
Tuegion ‘Post
Légion
Red Cross
Washington Street
Lynch
Washington County
Congress
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
State Senator Thurman C. Atkinson Dies at 49
Baltimore, Jan. 2. State Sen ator Thurman C. Atkinson died suddenly at his home of apoplexy while speaking with a colleague. He was 49, born and long a West End resident, planned to lead the Baltimore delegation in the Senate and defend a fusion fight in the GOP. An auditor for 25 years in the Baltimore City Superior Court record office, he was elected in 1930 and renominated last September.
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Baltimore
Thurman C. Atkinson
Annapolis
Atkinson
Democratic
Senate
General Assembly
West End
Superior Court
Baltimore City
State Senate
Slippery highways blamed for two accidents with no injuries
Two highway crashes occurred over a brief period. Herbert Miller of Madison Avenue overturned near Death Curve on the National Highway Monday night, while Hiram W. Harbaugh of Waynesboro collided with Boyd T. Rohrer near Cumberland near Huyett's yesterday morning. Deputy Sheriff Harvey Maugans investigated both incidents.
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Herbert Miller
Madison Avenue
Hiram W. Harbaugh
Waynesboro
Boyd T. Rohrer
Cumberland
Huyett
Harvey
Maugans
Senator's Wife Hurt In Crash
Myra Friend wife of State Senator from Garrett County was seriously injured in a head on collision on the National Highway ten miles west of here. Senator Friend was only slightly hurt. his son and William Harman had minor bruises. Mrs Friend and others were treated at Washington County Hospital. Sheriff investigators blamed slippery highway conditions for the crash.
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Myra
Clifford Friend
Garrett County
Washington County
Friend
Annapolis
Alexander Brown
Meadville
William E. Harman
Brown
Aw.gustafson
Gustafson
Sherif Max Malott
Sherif Harvey Mangana
Sestak
Fatal car crash kills couple en route to Rose Bowl
In Bakersfield on January 2 Berton Golding aged 23 and his fiancée Nina Mc Lean aged 20 died when their car collided with a truck in Pasadena while traveling to the Rose Bowl. The couple were reportedly en route to the game when the crash occurred Tuesday.
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Bakersfield
Cal
Pasadena
Berton Golding
Nina McLean
Large Trick Is Destroyed By Fire
Merchandise consigned to Montgomery Ward and Company Pittsburgh valued at over 2000 dollars was destroyed when a 1.5 ton truck of the Vance Transfer Company was nearly wiped out by fire at the top of South Mountains near Boonsboro just after midnight yesterday. The driver blamed a motor backfire for starting the blaze which spread to furniture and congoleum rugs. Two men aboard jumped out and tried to reach Boonsboro Fire Company but failed before the fire took hold. A large crowd watched as the rugs and merchandise burned for hours. The truck, reduced to wreckage, was towed to Crowl's Garage in Boonsboro. The cargo was being hauled from Baltimore.
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Montgomery Ward and Company
Pittsburgh
Vance Transfer Company
South Mountains
Boonsboro
Boonaboro
Crowl
Baltimore
Four Die in Gas Tragedy at Elizabeth Home
In Elizabeth New Jersey on Tuesday three sisters and a daughter died from gas exposure after an apparently accidentally disconnected cooking appliance. The victims are Mrs Carrie Harth 79 her daughter Carrie Harth 61 Miss Angelina Rade 55 and Mrs Tillie Kuhn 69.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Carrie Harth
Angelina Rade
Tillie Kuhn
Forsaking All Others at Maryland with Gable and Montgomery
The Maryland screens Forsaking All Others a breezy comedy starring Clark Gable and Robert Montgomery in their first film together. Joan Crawford’s performance is a notch heavy for the light tone, but Charles Butterworth provides relief with his humor. Also shown is Toyland Broadcast in technicolor and a short on badminton with Jess Willard and Tom Sawyer demonstrating strenuous play, plus the usual news reel.
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Maryland
Clark Gable
Robert Montgomery
Joan Crawford
Charles Butterworth
Toyland
Hugh Herbert
Walter Pigeon
Jess Willard
Tom Sawyer
Familiar Film Star Set for Personal Appearance
Mildred Harris Chaplin, former Mrs Charlie Chaplin, brings her Hollywood Revue to the Academy Theatre for Friday and Saturday in person. The renowned stage and screen star tours after a ten week run at Club Alabam in Chicago and a start in silent films at Vitagraph. She rose to prominence at Universal Film Company as an early talking picture star.
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Academy Theatre
Hollywood
Mildred Harris Chaplin
Mreé
Charlie Chaplin
Club Alabam
Chicago
Miss Harris
Actress Tours RKO Circuit After Personal Appearance
The performer continued film work until an appearance tour on the RKO circuit eighteen months ago. In trade data, Japanese imports of United States raw cotton triple those of the United Kingdom, the second largest importer of the American product.
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United States
United Kingdom
Prisoners Escape From Easton Jail On New Year’s Day
Samuel G Carroll led deputies in a New Year escape case from the county jail in Easton Maryland. Two inmates, Arthur Stewart 20 of Easton and John Mit 25 of Savannah Ga, vanished after footprints led authorities across fields toward Centerville road. Searchers from Eastern Shore and nearby areas aided the hunt for the pair who were brought from Baltimore to face auto theft charges.
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Arthur Stewart
Easton
John
Mit
Savannah
Timore
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