Inflation is real menace says labor federation
The American Federation of Labor portrays 1934 prospects as overshadowed by inflation and flat money. It cites 6,400,000 jobs created by government measures, 16,702,000 unemployed in November, and Civil Works funds for 4,000,000 workers expiring February 15. It notes higher hourly wages but reduced living standards due to shorter hours and higher prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Labor Organization
Civil Works Administration
Defense of Accident in Shooting Continues
A man arrested on a warrant for his wife's murder is to have a Wednesday hearing before Justice Richard H. Sweeney in Washington county. He allegedly shot his wife Thursday evening after 8 40 oclock and wounded himself, dying wife later. He is kept under guard after a scalp wound and requests solitude at the jail. Only his attorney and immediate family may visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Taylor
Washington County
Richard H. Sweeney
Koons
Overthrow of Cabinet Looms in France
Paris January 8 official reports say a new French cabinet is strongly possible as the government acts quickly to shield itself from a Bayonne bank scandal fallout. Edward Herriott, backer of speedy American war debt payments, may be invited as minister of foreign affairs.
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Paris
Bayonne
Edouard Herriott
Fire Chief Worries Over Missing Dog Friday
Emporia Kansas dispatch notes Fire Chief Charles Stinson fearing his missing rat terrier Friday may be poorly fed by the thief. He recalls the dog’s favorite meals: sausages pancakes spaghetti hamburger and a T bone steak. Also, First Hose Company plans officer nominations at tonight’s 7:30 PM meeting in the company hall with strong attendance urged.
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Emporia, Kas
Charles Stinson
Deaths in Hagerstown area list multiple local figures
Obituary notices detail the deaths of Frank Witmer 65 at home in Hagerstown 57 Broadway from an acute heart attack. Miller 78 ticket agent at C. W. Railroad station. Blanche Hoffman 83 influenza of Greencastle Route 1. Carrie Schnebly 29 Broadfording Road. William Snyder 5 hydrocelphalus. Clifton Niemyer 27 Philadelphia. Elizabeth Powers Rider Baltimore. Mrs Koons' service at Oak Hill. James J Gossard Sr remembered by family. Funeral details and surviving relatives listed for each.
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Frank Witmer
Hagerstown
Broadway
Witmer
Peter A
Mary Brewer Witmer
Washington County
Harry B. Witmer
Suter
Scott R. Wagner
Rose Hill
Hamilton . Miller
C. W
East Washington Street
Trinity Lutheran Church
Guy H
San Diego
Cal
Elia Miller
Blanche Hoffman
Howard Hoffman
Greencastle
Route 1
Chambersburg
The
Christian Church
Downsville
Donald
Betty
Louise
Charles
John Cline
William
Pauline Lemon
Anna Kline
Percy Murray
Williamsport
Carrie R. Schnebly
Broadfording Road
St. Paul's Reformed Church
Western Pike
St. Paul's Church
State Normal School
Towson
J. Edmund Schnebly
Clarence Eckstine
Clearspring
Pam Anthony
Roy &. Schnebly
J. Wade Hufttan
A. B. Miller
Clifton Niemyer
Charles F. Niemyer
West Westmoreland Street
Philadelphia
Clifton
Betty Niemyer
Pearl] Karns
Marvin Niemyer
Elizabeth Powers Rider
Fred G. Thider
Fulton Avenue
Batti Piore
Jonh L
Elizabeth Cook Powers
Mildred
Baltimore
Third Death Now Charged to Husband
In Chicago Piotrowski 27 confessed to beating his wife Anna 23 and drowning his son in a tub after killing his 3 year old daughter Betty Ann and 10 month old John Jr. He later altered his story claiming the murders aimed to obtain life insurance proceeds to fund a chicken farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jan
John Piotrowski
Anna
Betty Ann
John, Jr
John Panfil
Panfield
Piotrowski
Congress presses liquor tax and DC regulation bills
Congress moves to put the new liquor tax schedule on the books and craft a District of Columbia liquor regulation law. The Senate finance committee plans executive action on the $2 a gallon levy while the House rushes local liquor rules to the floor. Chairman Harrison weighs a $2.60 combined federal state gallonage tax.
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Yest
Congress
District of Columbia
Senate
Finance
House
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Secretary of the
Finance Committee
Harrison
British Leaders Discuss Peace In Downing Street Talks
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon meet in Downing Street to shape Britain's disarmament policy and seek a renewed world conference in Geneva with Germany at the table. Outcome hinges on France and Germany responses to Hitler's rearmament proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ramsay MacDonald
Feige
John Simon
Downing Street
Great Britain
Europe
Britain
Gesneva
Germany
France
Adolf Hitler
In Memoriam and Card of Thanks for Reynolds and Brandenburg
In loving memory of Mrs Monticello Reynolds who died Jan 8 1930 four years ago gone but not forgotten by husband and children Card of thanks thanks friends neighbors for help during death of husband and son Gorman C Brandenburg Mrs Eda G Brandenburg and mother also for floral tributes and use of ears Mrs Edward Evans and family
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Gorman C. Brandenburg
Eda G. Brandenburg
Adv
Edward Evans
Ady
Nation's 1933 income up despite tax costs and tobacco revenue
The Internal Revenue report shows 1933 total revenue at about 1.62 billion dollars, up from 1932, with income taxes still dominant. Cost to collect fell to 1.85 per $100, and miscellaneous receipts rose sharply led by tobacco taxes totalling about 402.7 million. New York led individual and corporate taxes with 240.0 million, while North Carolina paid 12.8 million.
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Washington, Jan
Guy T. Helvering
Internal Revenue
Morgenthau
Helvering
New York
North Carolina
Hinge Tobacco Plants
Burglar Returns Postal Savings Box in Pittsburgh
A burglar who operated on a strictly cash basis struck Daniel Smith, a labor union official, taking a strong box with 2500 in postal savings and certificates and 145 in cash. The box was recovered on Smiths front porch. the cash was missing while the postal savings had been returned.
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Pittsburgh
Daniel Smith
Smith
Winter card tournament under way in Cowiche district
The long winter card contest held every Wednesday by rangers and their employees in this district is underway. R. D. Amos leads with 12 485 points. final totals and champion to be named after farming season resumes in spring.
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Cowiche
Wash
Rangers
R. D.amos
A K Coffman Re elected Head of Hagerstown Fair
A K Coffman was re elected president of the Hagerstown Fair at the annual election held Saturday in the fair offices. New directors elected were J Kieffer Funk and Charles W Huyett. An audit by Guy Kidwell showed a spring race meet profit of 7200 but a fall deficit due to rain. The Walkathon rental shows 1700 realized from eight weeks. Other officers and a slate of directors were reaffirmed.
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Andrew K. Coffman
Hagerstown
Coffman
J. Kieffer Funk
Charles W. Huyett
Guy Kidwell
United States
Fairgrounds
Fair Board
Harold F. Bester
Charles W. Wolf
R. L. Hartle
Thompson A. Brown
Isaac Ankeney
Joseph D. Baker
Charles E. Cushna
E. W. Ditto
Simon J. Downey
Raymond H. Miller
C. H. Rinehart
James T. Wolt
J Earl Harmon Found Hanged Near Hancock
The 94 year old J Earl Harmon was found hanging in a barn hayhole near Hancock in Fulton County after being missing since Friday. He lived with his brother Charles Warmon five miles from Hancock and had traveled from Hazertown recently. Pennsylvania officials investigated noting no clear reason for his act. Harmon, unmarried, is survived by his brother and three sisters Rose Mary and Nora, all married in Pittsburgh. Reports say he had suffered heavy losses in investments.
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J. Earl Harmon
Charles Warmon
Fulton County
Hancock
Harmon
Bres Sass
Pennsylvania
Cials
Hazerstown
Rose
Mary
Nora
Pittsburgh
Ghosts and spirits spark a dawn street disturbance
Kenneth Rouse, an apprentice embalmer, left his post at dawn in underwear shouting he saw ghosts. Police noted a bottle found nearby they guessed might contain spirits. The fragment hints at a sensational incident in Chicago with no full details.
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Chicago
Jan
Kenneth Rouse
Coffin Falls on French Flier Kills Sergeant Giradin
In Boulay near Metz France on January 8 a French aviation sergeant Giradin died when a coffin fell from a hearse during a procession. The hearse struck a tree the rear door opened and the coffin toppled onto the pilot.
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Metz
France
Giradin
Boulay
Phill
Armistice Ended as Paraguay Declines Plea to Extend
Buenos Aires January 7 Paraguay rejected a last minute appeal to extend the armistice. The decision resumes hostilities in the Chaco Boreal after an 18 day truce. Reports of renewed armed activity followed the Paraguay reply to the League of Nations Chaco Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Paraguay
Chaco
League of Nations Chaco Commission
Bolivia
Maryland Seals Sales Fall Short of Goal Across Counties
The Maryland Tuberculosis Association reports Washington County sold Christmas Seals worth 31008.56, far below prior years and well under the statewide goal of 20000. Managing director William B. Matthews urged late contributions of any amount to help reach the target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Tuberculosis Association
Washington County
Maryland
William B. Matthews
Parole Opposition in Hartman case hits Baltimore jail
State's Attorney Herbert R. O'Conor announced he would oppose any parole recommendation for Herbert M. Hartman, serving a year in the Baltimore City jail for conspiracy to defraud Park bank depositors. Hartman was a former bank director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Herbert R. O'Conor
Herbert M. Hartman
Baltimore City
Park Bank
Martman
Negro Sam Jones charged with slaying Mrs Brumbley
Sam Jones a 55 year old Negro from the Eastern Shore was arrested on a New Year’s Eve murder charge in the slaying of Mrs Margaret Brumbley 58 of Marion Station. He was taken to Baltimore jail after a quick transfer from Crisfield and Marion Station authorities investigated the crime scene found a knife wound and signs of a struggle. James Jones was also questioned and fingerprinted.
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Baltimore
Sam Jones
Eastern Shore
Baltimore City
Margaret Brumbley
Marion Station
Somerset County
Jones
Ofhcers
Luther Daugherty
Crisfield
Fred Holland
Robert Maddox
Welter Martin
Delaware
Daugherty
Smyrna
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Fleigh Motor & Tire Co
Tom Cross
William E. Snyder
Ridge Avenue
Washington County Hospital
Emma Snyder
Raymond
Hitler, Jr
Robert
Herbert
Edwin
Claude Kentner
Anna B. Kentner
York
Dorothy Kentner
H. A. Fesperman
Rose Hill Cemetery
James J. Gossard
George F. Warren
Cornell University
Roosevelt
E. W. Kemmerer
Princeton, University
American Economic Association
Warren
Kemmerer
Associated Press
A. K. Coffman
J. E. Harmon
Gateway Barber Shop
E. Washington
Erram Meri
Pera
Coffin Falls
Stein Bros & Boyce
McComsa-Armstrong
Amer. T. & T
Amer. Wat. Wks
Atchison , FA
BEB. & C. Abeee
Beth, Steel
J I. Case
Chrysler
Conseil, Gas
Consol
Crown Ck
DuPont Sesee
Gen. Elect
Gen. Motors
Goodyear
Y. Central
North Amer
Perna. R. Th
Ltd
U. 8
Steel
United Aircraft
Union Pacific
West’house
Western Union
West
Loews . Tee
Texas Corp
Warner Bros
Chicago Grain Market
Stein Bros. & Boyca
McComas-Armatrong Building
Mrs. Brumbley
James
Magerstown Mtor, & Tran. Co
Beck's Restaurants
Hager’s Market
Florida
Maine
Sunkist Oranges
Tor
Kale
TATC
Meat Department
del Monte
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