City Council Set For Busy Tonight With Civil Works
The mayor and council meet to discuss two proposed Civil Works projects the appointment of a successor to the late Fred M. Wolfinger as city market master and the rebuilding of Hamilton Boulevard The plan includes Raymond Smith as market master and an assistant An estimated 200 jobs would be created by the two projects and a Hamilton Boulevard residents delegation will seek street reconstruction citing poor condition and high taxes
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Fred M. Wolfinger
Hamilton Houlevard
Tonicht
Raymond Smith
Wolfinger
Poto- Mare Avenue
Frederick Street
Hamilton Boulevard
Conneil
York Farmers Seek Local Milk Payments Change
The York county farmers and York County Milk Dealers association petitioned Secretary Wallace to divert four cents per 100 pounds of milk from the Interstate Milk Producers association to local use. Officials estimate about 40,000 dollars yearly flows to the interstate, funds to be redirected for organization maintenance advertising and protection.
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York, Pa
Farmers Organization of
York County
York County Milk Dealers Association
Interstate Milk Producers Association
Wallace
Interstate Association
Farmers’ Organization
Nelson mine blast traps 120 in Czechoslovakia
Fire and gas engulfed the Nelson mine in Duchcov trapping about 120 miners after a massive blast. Rescue crews faced flames and gas as 16 bodies were recovered and four reached the surface in gasping condition, with the cause under investigation.
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Duchcov
Czechoslovakia
Norfolk and Western to Pay Off 5 Million Bond Issue
The Norfolk and Western railroad will pay in full and without refinancing a 5 million dollar issue of improvement and extension 6 percent bonds due February 1. The payment will reduce funded debt to about 80 million dollars, or 84.9 percent of capital obligations. Finger severed at local factory. worker Robert Canfield of Sharpsburg lost a finger on his left hand last Friday.
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New York
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Robert Canfield
Sharpsburg
Guard protects Baltimore woman from escaped madman
Police set guards near the woman's home and near a physician's office after an escape from a Prince George's County sanatorium. Officials would not discuss the escape at the sanatorium.
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Baltimore
Prince George's County
Confesses 10 Slaying His Two Children
John Piotrowski, 27, is held by police in Chicago as the slayer of his two children. He admits beating his wife Ann and his three year old daughter with a shotgun barrel and drowning infant John Jr in a tub. Motive cited as discovery of his wife's alleged friendship with Panfield. Police failed to locate Panfield after a large manhunt.
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Chicago
John Piotrowski
John Panfield
Piotrowski
John Ptacek
John J. Butler
Ann
John, Jr
Melying Avenue
Panfield
Fanfield
Twins Share Grandparents in Danishk New York Birth Tale
In Danmark New York two baby boys born on the same day in the same house weigh within a quarter pound of each other. Their mothers are sisters who married brothers, linking the families closely.
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Danmark
N. Y
Community Sanitation Program Launched By Health Dept
The Health Department launches a nationwide community sanitation program in Washington County providing winter employment for many workers. Projects include cesspool construction on View Street, drainage work at South Prospect Street, canal cleaning at Williamsport and Hancock, and drainage near Sharpsburg with a May Sansville cistern and seventy model toilets planned.
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Washington County
Health Department
Civil Works Administration
CWA
Spen
View Street
South Prospect Street
Williamsport
Hancock
Sharpsburg
May- Sansville
Congress Follows Roosevelt Agenda Pace At Early Session
Washington January 4 Congress opened its new session in brisk fashion. Committees on both parties moved quickly as leaders predicted a short, snappy term. Democrats praised the broadened new deal while some Republicans complained that details were lacking. A memo from the executive policy committee reportedly urged tariff powers and reciprocal trade options for the President.
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Washington
Congress
Capitol
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Executive Commercial Policy
Chamber Will Select Seven New Directors
The Hagers town Chamber of Commerce votes tomorrow to choose seven new directors for two years from fourteen top vote recipients: John B. Ferguson L. Vinton Hershey E. O. Shhulenberger Dr. Victor D. Miller Roy A. Leiter C Merritt Campbell Wallace B. Caum Thomas W. Pangborn Harry S. Boyle Jr Park W. T. Loy Fred Wright Chester Hays William A. Roulette Jr C Fred Bible. Six holdovers from last year remain on the board: Frank L. Bentz Dr W D Campbell Col John Carmichael Roy Danzer FE A Lakin and R Paul Smith.
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Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce
John B. Ferguson
L. Vinton Hershey
E. O. Shhulenberger
Victor D. Miller
Roy A. Leiter
C. Merritt Campbell
Wallace B. Caum
Thomas W. Pangborn
Harry S. Boyle, Jr
Park W. T. Loy
Fred
Peoples Bank New Institution Receives Hancock Receiver
Announcement states John B. Nieffer of this city appointed receiver for the First National Bank of Hancock which has closed. The Peoples National Bank, a new institution, opens in the same Hancock building and has no relation to the First National Bank.
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John B. Nieffer
First National Bank
Hancock
Peoples National Bank
Cumberland Lions Back Dam on Savage River Plan
The Cumberland Lions Club pledged support for plans to build a dam on the Savage River above Cumberland to regulate the Potomac River year round. The project would be financed by the Civil Works Administration after the Upper Potomac River Board’s plans are approved.
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Savage River
Cumberland
Potomas River
Cumberland Lions Club
Civil Works Administration
Upper Potomac River Board
Local driver loses ten dollars on icy Frederick streets
Richard Forsythe, a young Hagerstown truck driver, took a Sunday run to Washington and hoped to clear the trip before midnight. An icy Frederick detour cost him four hours and a $10 fine for operating a truck without 1934 markets, after State Officer Markley nabbed him on the return trip.
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Richard Forsythe
Hagerstown
Alton Y. Bennett
Frederick
Forsythe
Washington
Markley
Unemployed Numbers Drop in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg report shows 93,337 wholly unemployed in November, 24 percent of workers, down 13,450 from October. Since November 1932 unemployment declined 22.5 percent, with 248,872 workers returning to jobs, though Civilian Conservation Corps work begun later is not yet reflected.
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Harrisburg
Department of Labor and Industry
Civil Work Administration
Fire in Smith apartment caused by defective flue
A slight morning fire at 6 30 in the Smith apartment house at 00 Hamilton Boulevard was traced to a defective flue. Chemicals were used to extinguish the blaze with minor damages reported.
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Smith
Hamilton Boulevard
Cuba braces as revolt fears grow amid Miami links
In Havana cabinet member Dr. Antonio Guiteras warned an anti government conspiracy had gone too far. He cited revolutionary plans centered in Miami and money from American firms as driving forces while authorities tightened security with homemade tanks and soldiers on rooftops. Colonel Batista kept imprisoned officers under guard. Havana remained relatively calm.
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Havana
Cuba
Benjamin Fernandez Deming
Antonio Guiteras
Miami
Fla
United States
Camp Columbia
Dr. Guiteras
Fulgencio Batista
Army
Democratic Club Plans Meeting Agenda
A regular Democratic Organization Club meeting will be held tomorrow night at 7 30 o clock in the club rooms to discuss welfare and plans for the year. The scope includes a proposal from the Board of Governors to hold one club meeting per month with the president empowered to call meetings as needed.
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Democratic Organization Club
Board of Governors
Buying Strong Since Holidays
New York retailers report solid trade after Christmas with improved demand from favorable weather. Heavy orders for men's clothing and furnishings for January promotions indicate sustained buying momentum in local markets.
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New York
Old And Young Subjects For Sterilization
Berlin reports that Germany’s new sterilization program covers a wide age range from ten-year-old children to women up to 56 and older. Dr. Arthur Guett says the current waiting list of incurables will be cleared and the eugenics courts will focus mainly on school children, with only urgent cases soon. The census of hereditary incurables is underway as a prelude to enforcing the law.
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Berlin
Germany
Arthur Guett
Ministry of the Interior
Guett
Schdol
Reich
Roosevelt outlines optimistic budget and pay-as-you-go plan
President Roosevelt warned Congress of a nine billion dollar deficit over the next two years to fund a recovery campaign and proposed a pay-as-you-go basis by 1936. He urged a two billion dollar war chest for continued efforts, anticipated ten billion in borrowings, and restoration of one third of a federal pay cut. The message projects strong recovery forces despite the high debt.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House Chamber
Rhodes Scholars Today Select Two From Eleven
A Maryland District of Columbia nominees list eleven candidates for Rhodes Scholarships to study at Oxford. Adrian Onderdonk Jr., son of St James School headmaster, is among the eleven. The local committee will nominate up to two and decide by this evening.
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Washington County
Adrian Onderdonk
St. James School
Vrinity College
Maryland
District of Columbia
Oxford University
England
French Plane Completes Atlantic Crossing To Natal
The four engine flying boat Souther Cross landed at Natal Brazil after an 18 hour 17 minute flight from Saint Louis Senegal covering 1970 miles. It marks France’s first experimental crossing as part of a race with Germany to establish a trans Atlantic air mail link between Europe and South America via Africa.
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Natal
Brazil
Souther Cross
Saint Louis
Senegal
Germany
Europe
South America
Africa
Paris
Rio de Janeiro
South Atlantic
Susquehanna Gym Destroyed by Fire in Selinsgrove
Susquehanna University gymnasium in Selinsgrove Pa was destroyed by a late night fire. President G Morris Smith estimated the loss at 35000 dollars. Hassing er Hall and the University library were saved by volunteer firemen near the burning gym.
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Selinsgrove
Susquehanna University
G. Morris Smith
Hassinger Hall
University Library
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Slayer
Health Dept
Chamber
Peoples Bank New Institution
T3rd Congress
Garner
Rainey
Associated Press
Richard Forsyth
Labor Dept
Democratic Club
Rhodes
Ocean
Susquehanna Gym Burns
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