Plane crash blinds Florida telecom center after collision
Fort Lauderdale January 3 A crop dusting pilot Joseph E Marks 38 flew into telephone cables two miles north of the city causing a crash and cutting all North Florida telephonic service. The AP wire photo circuit went dead as the Tennessee Orange Bowl game moved on Miami. Emergency crews treated Marks whose injuries included a possible skull fracture.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
South Florida
Joseph E. Marks
Here
Tennessee
Miami
Associated Press
Ted Husing
Firemen To Hold Memorial Service
A five company Ha gerstown Fire Department memorial committee has formed to arrange a memorial service for deceased members. The service is set for Maryland Theatre Sunday February 5 at 2 30 PM with family invitations and reserved seating. Sigmund Andrews chairs the committee and an additional meeting is called Friday at 7 30 PM.
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Hagerstown
Maryland Theatre
Sigmund Andrews
Tree Fire Damages Virginia Avenue Home
A burning Christmas tree scorched a room in N. J. Snook’s home at the 1900 block of Virginia avenues. Firefighters from the Junior Fire Company carried out the tree and handled a chimney alarm nearby. Also, a grass fire was reported in Fountain Head. Melvin Rager was sentenced to three months in the House of Correction for assault on his mother after arrest by patrolmen.
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N. J. Snook
Virginia Avenues
Junior Fire Company
Cleveland Avenue
Jefferson Street
First
Fountain Head
Melvin Rager
Mulberry Street
House of Correction
John D. Dunn
Rager
Schmidt and
Kuhlman
New Farm Plan Is Condemned
Coolidge Arizona January 3 The Farm Security Administration sponsors a cooperative farming experiment with sixty migrant families who will live on 4200 irrigated acres in the Gila Valley Government investment exceeds 500000 and the plan keeps the land in government ownership The project provides homes and a $50 monthly wage to family heads with profits to be shared by all but ownership remains with the government The manager resigned midweek citing policy disputes and one critic likens the setup to a Soviet model with cash shares instead of in kind values
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Coolidge
Ariz
Farm Security Administration
R. A. Faul
FSA
Russia
Gila Valley
Casa Grande Valley Farms, Inc
German Girls Required for Year of Farm Labor
Berlin January 3 four hundred thousand German girls aged 18 to 25 must serve a year of labor on farms and in households under a new order effective Sunday. Unmarried women under 25 are included unless physically incapacitated and may seek civil service or business employment after March 1 only with evidence of a year on a farm or in a household.
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Berlin
Herman Wilhelm Goering
Germany
State's Attorney Begins His Term
Charles F. Wagaman took office as State's Attorney for Washington county succeeding Martin L. Ingram. The oath was given by Judge Frank G. Wagaman at 10 30 AM in clerk Edward Oswald's office with a small group present. Wagaman plans to appoint Wayne Sellman as county investigator, expected to qualify today.
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Charles F. Wagaman
Washington County
Martin L. Ingram
Frank G. Wagaman
Edward Oswald
Wayne Sellman
Wagaman
Hospital Cases In Washington County Reported
Virginia Moats, 29, of 100 block East Baltimore street, admitted with fractures of the fibula and tibia of her right leg after a fall. Carrie Hill, 46, of Watfordburg, treated for cuts on her lower lip yesterday morning at Washington County Hospital.
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Virginia Moats
Baltimore Street
Washington County Hospital
Carrie Hill
Watfordsburg
Farm Inventory Details From Local Property Listing
The description outlines land use and livestock across a property: 900 to 1,000 acres of cotton, acres of alfalfa, and balance in wheat and barley. It includes beef cattle, 150 dairy cows, 2,000 chickens, and 1,000 turkeys.
Local Man Buys Roulette Knitting Mill
Elmer K. Byerly purchased the Roulette Knitting Mill on East Washington Street for 12500 at private sale from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The deal closed last week after the R F C retained the building and machinery earlier, with plans for a knit goods maker to occupy the mill now under discussion by the Chamber of Commerce.
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East Washington Street
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Elmer K. Byerly
Beverly
Iagerstown
Stephens May Get Court Appointment
Reports circulated in Congressional circles that Harold M. Stephens, 52, a member of the U S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, has the inside track for a Supreme Court appointment. Born in Nebraska, he practiced law in Utah and was named Assistant Attorney General in 1933 and elevated to the Court of Appeals in 1935. Some legislators say he would satisfy Western Senators seeking a nominee from their region to replace Justice Cardozo, who died last July.
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Washington
Harold M. Stephens
Supreme Court
Stephens
U. S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Nebraska
Utah
Roosevelt
Court of Appeals
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Where Help Is Needed Aids For Cold Relief
A vintage ad urges treating colds at the side where help is most needed. Father John's Medicine is promoted to break up colds and build strong bodies. It emphasizes safety with no harmful drugs.
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John
Police blotter shows steady 1938 activity in Hagerstown
Hagerstown police department records report 1,973 arrests in 1938, with about 2,500 traffic violations in the year. For the third straight year no murder was recorded, the last homicide being May 31, 1935, involving David Luther Buchanan found in a hotel room.
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Hagerstown
David Luther Buchanan
Candidates For 2 Fair Election
Thirteen candidates compete for ten Hagerstown Fair Association directorships as nine incumbents seek re election with no opposition. New nominees include E A Corderman Charles E Cushna Thomas W Panghorn and Fred C White while the current nine directors list Dr E W Ditto Simon Downey William A Cunningham Sheriff Jos D Baker George W Hammaker Charles W Huyett Cong Wm D Byron Wm H McHenry and James T Wolfe. Isaac Ankeney who died recently was the tenth director. Officers facing no opposition include Andrew K Coffman president and Harold.
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Hagerstown Fair Association
E. A. Corderman
Charles E. Cushna
Thomas W. Panghorn
Fred C. White
Reduce Living Cost With Prompt Treatment Advice
A short health note urges economy through timely care and avoids wage loss from colds. It promotes Father John's Medicine as vitamin rich and effective for swift relief.
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John
Race Meet officials named in archival record
F Bester vice president and general manager of the Race Meet. Attorney Charles W Wolf recording secretary. Charles H Rin ephark corresponding secretary. Thompson A Brown treasurer.
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F. Bester
Charles W. Wolf
Charles H. Rinephark
Thompson A. Brown
Unique experiment speaker reports unusual Sunday talk
Bernard I. Rosenberg of this city as operator W3CHX says he had an unusual conversation with his family in Washington on Sunday. The report notes Rosenberg’s amateur radio activity and references a Sunday call that crossed state lines, highlighting radio hobbyist news from the area.
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Bernard I. Rosenberg
W3chx
Washington
Rosen
Radio relay links Rosenberg family by wireless test
Bert contacted Mr. Craig who operates an amateur station in Rockville Maryland. They attempted a unique experiment with Craig acting as relay operator to connect the Rosenberg family by wireless and land telephone. The test produced a continuous conversation, demonstrating an early method of long distance communication.
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Bert
Craig
Rockville
Roserberg
Rosenberg
Garver's Liquidating Sale Opens With Savings
Start Wednesday at 9 A M Garver's in Hagerstown launches a liquidating sale of furniture rugs stoves radios lamps and house furnishings. The store promises deep savings on living room bedroom dining room suites and more with one of a kind items and no pressure to buy. Shop evenings until 9 P M during the sale.
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Garver’s
Hagerstown
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