Campaign on typhoid yields real results in county
Four years after a full time health department was created Wash ington County reports a dramatic drop in typhoid cases. In 1931 the county had 72 cases and Hagerstown 25 with four fatalities. The following year saw fewer cases and no deaths in the city for the first time in history, though four deaths occurred in the county. Continued on Page 10.
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Washington County
Board of County Commissioners
Hagerstown
Penny to Fight for Huge Estate
Harrisburg, Pa. January 5. The state has enlisted three lawyers to aid in recovering for the treasury virtually the entire 16 million dollar snuff fortune left by Mrs. Henrietta E. Garrett of Philadelphia. More than 5,000 claimants allege relationship, but the estate argues none are heirs and the bulk should go to the treasury.
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Harrisburg
Henrietta E. Garrett
Philadelphia
Uriasury
City Market Prices Steady From Last Week
Despite advances in metropolitan markets for eggs and pork, city market prices held steady this morning. Eggs sold around 30 cents a dozen and onions brought 25 cents a pound as reported.
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Edia
Roosevelt seeks four billion for American plan jobs
President Roosevelt plans to ask Congress for 4 billion dollars to fund an American plan to end dole and employ up to 3.5 million unemployed. The total budget would reach about 8 billion for the coming fiscal year with relief funding likely via joint resolution and prior appropriations.
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Associated Prean
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol Hill
Dole
Memorial Tablet For World War Vets T: Memorial Tablet For World War Vets Provided For In Lewis Bill
Representative Lewis of Maryland introduced a bill to place a memorial tablet to World War I veterans inside the Washington Monument at the request of the American Legion of Hagerstown. The monument already honors Revolutionary and Civil War soldiers but lacks a World War I tribute.
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Lewis Bill
Washington
Jan
Lewis
D-Md
Washington Monument
American Legion of
Hagerstown
Railroads face traffic revival to sustain higher rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission in its annual report to Congress warned that rail carriers can endure wage increases set for January and July only if traffic revives. It stated that continued traffic growth will largely determine whether freight rates can rise and remain viable.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Washington
Hopkins And Ickes Will Likely Direct Vast Works Campaign
In Washington January reports center on whether Harry Hopkins or Harold Ickes will head a new vast works program to employ 3,600,000. Roosevelt outlined a national jobs plan replacing relief with a unified agency. Hopkins advocates projects like highway building and rural electrification while Ickes also prepared plans and questioned headship.
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Hopkins and Ickes
Washington
Jan
Harry, L. Hopkins
Harold L. Ickes
Roosevelt
Dole
Hopkins
Ickes
PWA
Hia
Congress
Relief Administration
National Resources Board
Il Duce and Laval Confer on New Pact
In Rome Premier Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval opened talks to foster Franco Italian friendship and peace in Europe. Laval, with envoy De Chambrun, met Mosolini at Palazzo Venezia as experts conferred on a draft pact and key issues. Also noted Infanta Beatriz and Prince Alessandro plan a U.S. honeymoon after Rome wedding set for January 14.
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Rome
Masgolini
Pierre Laval
France
Europe
Laval
Palazzo Venesse
Charles de Chambrun
Mansolini
L] Duce
Foreign Office
U. S
Paris
Infanta
Beatriz
Spain
Alessandro of
Nice To Distribute 250000 In Appointive Jobs In Maryland
Baltimore dispatch notes that upon Governor elect Marty W Nice oath in Annapolis, about 250 state posts could shift to Republican control, plus a merit system limiting many appointments. Posts total yearly salaries exceed 250000, with some requiring Senate confirmation and others delayed until 1927 or 1936. Key roles include Secretary of State, Adjutant General, State Library, and Parole Commissioner among others, subject to confirmation and library committee review.
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Nice
Baltimore
Marty W. Nice
Annapolis
Senate
Library Committee of
Wontineedom
Paws
Hidden $3,000 Stolen From Piano in Bristol
Mrs Lillian Reed reported to BRIE police she was robbed of $3,000 in cash hidden in her home piano after a string of strange events starting with a car fire involving her employer's automobile and a mystery visitor who warned she was ill. Two unknown men allegedly tried to enter the house before the loss was discovered.
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Brie
Lillian Reed
Nail Escapes Double Danger in Cavetown Window
Escaping death from a hunter a part ridge flew through four glass panes into the home of Eugene A Spessard at Cavetown a few days ago. Sitting with his sister Spessard heard a gun report and the crash of glass. A stunned bird lay on the floor but revived after being picked up and flew away.
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Eugene A. Spessard
Cavetown
Mr. Speanard
Mite Speseard
Mr. Speseard
Two Teens Held In Truck Theft Collision
Two youths in their early teens were taken into custody by city police after allegedly stealing Joseph Beard's truck from City Market and crashing it into another vehicle at Poto mac and East avenue. They were turned over to the Juvenile Court for hearings.
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Joseph Beard
Cavetown
City Market
Potomac and
East Avenue
Wyant Dies A 66 In Greensburg Congress Veteran
Solon dies in Greensburg Westmoreland County longtime U S representative Adam M Wyant aged 66 dies at his home after a cancer illness He served in Congress for 12 years representing the county and surrounding area.
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Solon
Greensburg
Adam M. Wyant
Congress
Westmoreland County
County Board Endorses Reassessment This Year
Cumberland dispatches report Washington and Allegany county officials discussed delaying property reassessment to 1936, but local Board of County Commissioners says no member was in Cumberland yesterday and that five Washington County members favor reassessment this year and will push authorization.
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Cumberland Dispatches
Washington County
Allegany County
Board of County Commissioners
Cumberland
Cuthberland Dispatches
Maryland
Four damage suits filed here today
Four damage suits totaling 6500 were filed in court this morning and placed on the February docket. Three suit claims stem from the Halfway crash last November 5 involving vehicle driven by Robert Ardinger Wil Mamsport that struck a spring wagon carrying Glenn Babington Harry and John Bopp. Defendants include Ardinger Joseph Hoffman owner of the auto and Ethel Hoffman. Babington infant represented by Bennie Babington through J Lloyd Harshman seeks 2000 for injuries while Harry and John Bopp, represented by Harshman, seek 1000 each. Minnie R Harshman, through Harshman, sues E H McCall and Goldie E McCall for 2500 from an auto collision near Boonsboro on December 9.
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Robert Ardinger
Wil Mamsport
Glenn Babington
Harry
John Bopp
Ardinger
Joseph Hoffman
Ethel Hoffman
Babington
Bennie Babington
J. Lloyd Harshman
J Harshman
Minnie R. Harshman
Harshman
E. H. McCall
Goldie E. McCall
Boonsboro
Two Rushville Students Dead From Gas in Bridge Car
In Rushville Indiana on January 5 authorities found Walter Dean Cameron 16 and Rosalind Dishinger 47 dead in a car inside a covered bridge northeast of the city. Preliminary exams suggest carbon monoxide caused the deaths. The students had been missing since Friday morning and did not attend school.
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Rushville
Ind
Walter Dean Cameron
Rosalind Dishinger
Rushville High School
Malaria Takes A Heavy Toll In Ceylon District
Report from Colombo dated January 5 states nearly 3,000 deaths in a single district around Kegalle with about 250,000 infected on the island of Ceylon. The malaria outbreak, worsened by drought, is described as the worst disaster in memory with high deaths among children and women and up to half a million affected nationwide.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Indian Ocean
Kegalle
India
Weekly Weather Outlook and Local Bail News
The weather forecast covers the week starting Monday with rain in the Middle and North Atlantic states on Monday and Wednesday or Thursday, snow or rain in the North Atlantic zone, followed by generally fair skies and colder temperatures later in the week. South Atlantic states expect occasional rain to Wednesday or Thursday then fair conditions. In Maryland, bail for 58 year old John Newcomb charged with molesting a Rock Hall girl was reduced from 16000 to 2000 at a special hearing in Chestertown.
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Washington
Middle
North Atlantic
Middle Attlantic
South Atlantic
North Sportion
Chestertown
John Newcomb
Rock Hall
William A. Wheatley
Cloudburst floods Los Angeles area causing basement floods
A heavy rainfall struck southern California and flooded basements in downtown Los Angeles while telephones failed. In the Sierra Madre foothills residents were warned to evacuate their homes amid renewed flood dangers, recalling last year's deadly event.
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Los Angeles
California
Sierra Madre Mountains
Eastern Air Lines to begin day and night service
New York on January 5 Eastern Air Lines will launch day and night service between New York and Miami on an eight hour schedule using new high speed airliners. Captain E K Rickenbacker, general manager, announced the plan today.
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24Hour Air
New York
Miami
Eastern Air Lines
Rickenbacker
Mothers Picket Unsafe School in Maryland
Mothers at a Prince George's county school protested a condemned furnace awaiting repair after a safety valve and damper failed. Commissioners ordered fixes, with a workman promising to return. The outcome would decide whether about 405 pupils could resume classes.
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Seat Pleasant
Benjamin Freeman
Prince George's County
Lindbergh Kidnapping Trial Moves Through Court Rounds
Intermediary named John as Hauptmann contact in New York. In Flemington New Jersey on January 5 7 Edward J Reilly defense lawyer says next week witnesses will challenge ransom note handwriting and the state will present agents tied to Lindbergh funds. Betty Gow testimony anticipated as court enters second week with Justice Thomas W Trenchard presiding.
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New York
Edward J. Reilly
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Flemington, N. J
Flemington
N. J
Witne
Lindbergh
Fec
Hauptmann
Vite
Chi
Trenton
Fense
City
Mai Wits
Edward J. ‘Reilly
Brooklyn
Charles A. Lindbergh
Tor
Reaper
Greck
Will
Betty Gow
Supreme ‘Court
Thomas Wi. Trenchard
Anne Lindbergh
Hopewell
Harry Wolf
Sourland Mountain
Relief Workers Face Charges In Meat Theft at Illinois Warehouse
Chicago police say 32 employees of the Illinois Emergency Relief Commission warehouse will face larceny charges after a daily tomb of meat was stolen. Kratzmeyer disclosed 800 pounds were hidden in clothing and packages carried by workers as they left the facility. detectives searched each as they departed.
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Chicago
John Kratzmeyer
Tov
Thelinois Emergency Relief Commission
Kratemeyer
Fifth Home Robbed on Virginia Avenue
A fifth home was entered and ransacked on Virginia Avenue Thursday night, the residence of Daniel Weaver at 1000 Virginia Avenue. Police report items taken include food and a few boxes of materials. A widow was reportedly injured during the incident. Local friends recall Mia and Osborne of Roanoke, Va., visiting the late W. Bean.
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Virginia, Avenue
Daniel Weaver
Virginia Avenue
Mia
Baenoke
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Double Danger
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