Predicts 1936 Work Relief funding shift in Roosevelt message
Washington sources expect continuation of the Work Relief program through 1936 with the Works Progress Administration funding modestly scaled from last year’s level. Leftover funds are forecast between 1 and 2 billion dollars, with a separate request under 500 million for heavy engineering projects.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Works Progress Administration
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
City Under Average In Tax Rates Across Cities
Hagerstown property owners paid less than average taxes in 1935 per a Detroit Bureau study of 301 cities. Hagerstown taxed $21.40 per $1,000 property value. in its 30,000–50,000 population group the adjusted average was $25.38. Clifton New Jersey ranked high at $44.60 while Lorain Ohio was low at $13.12. nationwide rates ranged from $47.17 in Union City New Jersey to $11.70 in Winston-Salem.
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Hagerstown
Detroit Bureau of Government Research
Avera Wge
Clifon
N. J
Loraine
Ohio
Union City
Winston-Salem
Bureau
Haxerstown
Agerstown
Wreckage Found Confirms Watachanu Sinking
Canton China January 2 reports confirm floating wreckage from the teamer Watachanu bound from proton to Kongmoon with 200 aboard foundered on December 22. Authorities suspect sudden capsize caused by acting while no radio reports were received.
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Canton
China
Watachanu
Proton
Kongmoon
Donor Samuel Derd Dies in London Hotel
Samuel der, 77, donor of the Ryder cup for competition between professionals of the United States and England, died suddenly today in a London hotel. Ryder, who went to the hotel for Christmas holidays, succumbed to pneumonia.
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Ondon
Samuei der
United States
Gland
London
Ryder
Three Island Men Reach Mainland After Ice Channel
CRISFIELD Md Jan 2 Ice-bound since Monday night three residents of Smiths Island Russell Marshall William Clayton and Wods Tull arrived on the mainland after a harbor channel was cut through thick Chesapeake Bay ice by Coast Guard cutter Apache. Their boats were trapped as ice broke anchors and food and fuel ran low.
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Crisfield
Smith’s Island
Russell Marshall
William Clayton
Wods Tull
Lover Chesapeake Bay
Coast Guard
Apache
Tangier Sound
Salem man breaks leg after icy fall to start New Year
W. E. Sloan of Salem avenue slipped on an icy sidewalk while going to work and fractured a leg. He was removed to the hospital for treatment.
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W. E. Sloan
Salem Avenue
Two Hurt In Auto Mishap At Prospect Street Intersection
Michael Thomas and Tony Pritti sustained cuts and bruises to their legs when a city truck and an automobile collided at Prospect Street and Walnut Lane. The pedestrians were struck as the vehicles swerved after impact. Victims were standing at the intersection. occupants include Robert Cushen driving the truck and Ivan S. Martin Layman Sho walter and P. S. Horst in the auto.
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Michael Thomas
East Washington Street
Tony Pritti
North Foundry Street
Prospect Street
Walnut Lane
Robert Cushen
Ivan S. Martin
Layman Showalter
P. S. Horst
Relief workers total 1100 in city and county projects
One thousand one hundred relief men in Hagerstown and Washington County are employed on sewer, road and public works. Twenty five more will join tomorrow on Avon road, with Sunset avenue to start after Avon completion. Weather delays and skilled labor shortages affect WPA projects including a new Hagerstown Airport hangar. Six Camp Ritchie projects continue alongside town improvements and farm-to-market road rebuilds.
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Avon Road
Hagerstown
Washington County
Sunset Avenue
Harold Seibert
WPA
West End Park
Wilson Boulevard
Summit
Virginia Avenues
Mealey Parkway
Hagerstown High School
Bellevue
Funkstown
Sharpsburg
Williamsport
Hancock Park
Camp Ritchie
PWA Funds Blocked for Route 40 Dual Highway
The $1,000,000 federal allotment for the Maryland Route 40 project cannot be used to rebuild the National Highway. A hearing called by Governor Harry W. Nice will address whether the funds should finance the new Baltimore Frederick highway or be withdrawn for other uses. Abel Wolman, PWA administrator for Maryland, will attend. The decision hinges on whether the money funds the new highway or the National Highway redevelopment.
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Harry W. Nice
Frederick
PWA
Abel Wolman
Maryland
Federal Reserve Building
Baltimore
Chamber of Commerce
State Roads Commission
McCarl
Washington
Ice Slows Travel On Maryland Highways Near Boonsboro
Ice on mountain highways, from Boonsboro to Hagerstown and western Maryland to southern Pennsylvania, slowed traffic as buses and vehicles moved at a snail’s pace. Road crews spread cinders. rain froze, then turned to slush by afternoon. Pedestrians braved slick streets as temperatures ranged from 11 above to 30. Most downtown pavements were treated with sand and salt to ease slipping. A Mercersburg resident reported rain earlier.
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South Mountain
Boonsboro
State Road
Hagerstown
Blue Ridge Transportation Company
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Matapeake
Annapolis
Annapolis-Baltimore
Mercersburg
Passage Of Bonus Bill Favored By Senate Leader
Washington January 2 Senator Robinson Democratic leader predicted passage of a cash bonus bill expected to receive executive approval He said the bill would likely follow the Burns Steiner plan maturing adjusted service certificates in 1928 instead of 1945 and paying face value this month about 97 percent of maturity value The House steering committee also backed the Patman bill to pay the bonus in 2 billion dollars of new currency and agreed not to oppose a majority sentiment to retain currency expansion as payment option.
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Washington
Robinson
House
Patman
Cumberland Man Lapp Found Dead In Alley With Self Inflicted Wound
Cumberland Maryland January 2 Conrad E Lapp 66 a retired Baltimore and Ohio machinist was found dead this morning in an alley about a hundred yards from his home by his daughter Everard Lapp He had a bullet wound in the head and a revolver lay nearby Authorities say the death was self inflicted
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Cumberland
Conrad E. Lapp
Baltimore and Ohio
Everard Lapp
Retired farmer killed by train at Aberdeen station
Chas. Hetrick aged 78 was struck and killed by an ex-Press train at Aberdeen station. He was pitched a short distance away and found dead by the engineer of another train. The body showed minor disfigurement.
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Aberdeen
Chas. Hetrick
Ethiopians Meet Stern Resistance on Northern Front
The first major Ethiopian offensive on the northern front of the Italo Ethiopian war has faced serious setbacks, with Ras Mulugheta said to have launched general attacks last Saturday but reports from Addis Ababa indicate strong resistance. In Stockholm, public resentment grew over Italian bombing of a Swedish Red Cross unit in Ethiopia.
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Addis Ababa
Ras Mulugheta
Stockholm
Red Cross
Ethiopia
Chief says his tribe increases
Bronson Cooper Sylestine the New Mekko Choba of the Alabama Coushatti tribe in Livingston Texas said the tribe, under 300 members, is growing. He cited his five children and noted hunting is lean but his people are not hungry, urging hard work and planting.
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Livingston
Tex
Bronson Cooper Sylestine
Dorsey Marketeers Hancock game called off by weather
The Blue Ridge Basketball League contest between the Dorsey Marketeers and Hancock was canceled at noon after Hancock notified they could not travel due to bad weather and road conditions.
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Blue Ridge
Dorsey Marketeers
Hancock
Armory
Collision fines for failing to yield in Baltimore street crash
Joseph L. Deener of Brownsville whose car was in a collision with George A. Eakle's vehicle at the Baltimore and Locust Streets intersection last evening paid a $5 fine plus costs to Justice C. Edward Heard this morning on a charge of failing to give right of way.
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Joseph L. Deener
Brownsville
George A. Eakle
Virginia Avenue
Baltimore and Locust Streets
Justice C. Edward Heard
Niles Center Seeks WPA Funds for Large Reservoir Project
Snow and freezing weather do not stop Niles Center Illinois from using WPA funds for a 500000 gallon reservoir construction project. The town installs electric lights and stoves to enable 50 workmen to proceed with the work.
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Niles Center
Iil
Illinois
Farmers to organize for soil erosion benefits in Antietam area
East branch farmers at Waynesboro plan meeting to form a group to secure Soil Erosion Service benefits. The service operates from the CCC camp at Boonsboro, aiding landowners in Washington county where erosion troubles are reported and farmers seek relief.
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Antietam
Waynesboro
Washington County
CCC
Boonsboro
Seaboard to Start Northwest Drainage Project
Seaboard Contractors of Philadelphia, the successful bidder on the northwest storm water drainage system, will commence work next Monday, January 6. The $114,720 contract follows a Cumberland project completion. VP and General Superintendent David H. Whitmer, familiar to Hagerstown from 1902 Edgemont reservoir work and 1917 sewer unit, will oversee the project.
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Seaboard Contractors, Inc
Philadelphia
Cumberland
David H. Whitmer
Hagerstown
Edgemont
Whitmer
Elkton Faces Road Plan To Keep Through Traffic
Merchants and citizens joined the city council in a drive to prevent Elkton from being bypassed by the new Philadelphia road through Cecil county. Local leaders estimate through traffic would bring about 200000 dollars yearly in tourist and traveler spending to the Maryland town nicknamed the Gretna Green.
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Elkton
Philadelphia
Cecil County
Maryland
Gretna Green
His Last Bath In First Snow In Hickory
J L Goodman a boiler maker in Hickory North Carolina began a snowy bath tradition years ago to prove he could. This winter confronted by jibes from family he dressed and went out into a snowdrift shouting at two below zero before rushing back inside.
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Jimmie Spiecher
Weston
Wis
Red Cross
Roosevelt
Hickory
N. C
J. L. Goodman
Goodman
PENSIONS TO START HERE NEXT WEEK
The Washington County Welfare Board will issue pensions next week to about 200 old-age pensioners. Of 1200 applications received, only about half may qualify after thorough investigations. Disbursements will be handled by the Welfare Board with monthly checks from $10 to $30 based on shelter, fuel, food, lights, clothes, and insurance needs.
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Board of County Commissioners
Welfare Board
Baltimore Boys Discover Neighbour Dead In Home
Two youths, Robert Douglas and Franklin Owens, sought to shovel snow at Harry Longbottom’s home. After two failed knocks and hearing a radio inside, they entered and found Longbottom dead in bed, believed to have died four or five days earlier from a heart attack.
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Baltimore
Robert Douglas
Franklin Owens
Harry Longbottom
Longbottom
Agony Ad Urges John to Buffalo Delivery
Jan 2 Kansas City dispatch notes a newspaper agony advertisement instructing John to go to general delivery at once and to come to Buffalo if possible from Louie. The fragmentary item reflects a personal plea broadcast in the era.
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Kansas City
John
Buffalo
Louie
Losers Challenge Champion Liar For Title
Chicago January 2 A contest over Jim Jordan Burlington Wis club 1935 champion liar of the world arose as amateur contenders attacked his status claiming he is a professional entertainer under the name Fibber McGee. Club officials dismissed the protest and awarded Jordan a diamond medal for his boastful tale of trapping a rat with a thermometer.
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Chicago
Jim Jordan
Burlington
Wis
Jordan
Fibber McGee
Olaf Q. Beezark
Scrogg
Hulett
Tommy Touhy Captured After West Side Raid
Chicago police say Tommy Touhy, leader of the Terrible Touhy gang, was seized in a West Side apartment. He is wanted for questioning in a string of postal robberies including a $195,000 Charlotte holdup. Touhy, 41, helped run the bootleg ring that battled Capone rivals. a brother Roger was imprisoned in 1934 for a $100,000 kidnapping. His wife Jesse and two daughters were detained.
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Chicago
Tommy” Touhy
Touhy
West Side
Thomas Kelly
Touby
Charlotte
N. C
Tommy
Capone
Roger
John Factor
Palmer Street
Man Wounds Eye In Old Musket Accident In Somerset
Merle Faust of Somerset Pennsylvania welcomed the New Year by firing a 150 year old musket once owned by his great grandfather. The muzzle loaded gun burst and a piece of steel pierced his eye. Doctors used a magnet to remove the silver fragment causing the injury.
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Somerset
Merle Faust
Lost His Pants in a college track race incident
Earl Herron of Oklahoma A and M college failed to outrun a burglar who sprinted off with Herron's trousers and $6 after a race. Herron competed in pajamas and without shoes, handicapped in the loss.
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Oklahoma City
Earl Herron
Oklahoma
M. College
Herron
Maryland gross receipts tax may reach planned total
ANNAPOLIS Md Jan 2 Prospects said increased Christmas business could lift state gross receipts and automobile titling taxes toward the 5 000 000 target set when the tax was enacted Yet current monthly returns point to a figure a touch under 4 700 000 before March 31 The average monthly levy on an eight month basis is 388 22 07 The December tax due January 10 on holiday sales is expected to surpass all monthly records and may provide the margin to reach the 5 000 000 goal
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Annapolis
Glade Valley Bread driver narrowly escapes crash
E. R. Smith of Walkersville Maryland, driver for Glade Valley Bread, narrowly escaped injury in a July Tuesday morning collision with a York Pennsylvania truck. Both vehicles were damaged.
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E. R. Smith
Glade Valley Bread Company
Walkersville
York, Pa
Local man injured in Greencastle car accident
Ralph Walck, 30, of near Reed Castle, sustained a fractured leg when his automobile slipped while he was planning it on the roadway at Greencastle, according to local reports.
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Ralph Walck
Reed
Castle
Greencastle
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