New Welfare Strain From WPA Job Cuts in Maryland
In Maryland and across 21 states an unemployment insurance order threatens relief funds as WPA workers lose jobs. Benefits of up to $5 weekly replace relief wages, potentially driving more people to welfare boards for aid for 14 to 16 weeks. Officials warn of heavier relief burdens and protests from city welfare leaders.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Works Progress Administration
Benefth
WPA
Aubrey Williams
Washington
District of Columbia
J. Milton Patterson
Board of State Aid and Charities
Patterson
Thomas J. §. Waxter
Baltimore City
Card of Thanks for Munson Family Ady Ady
The Hartle family and sister Margaret express gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness shown to Mrs. C. E. Munson, for flowers and use of cars, signed by Mrs. John Hartle and Family and sister Margaret Ady.
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C. E. Munson
John Hartle
Margaret
Ady
Death notices from Williamsport and Maserstown
Mrs. Narcellious Cassidy died at her daughter’s home in Williamsport on a Friday evening of pneumonia aged 14 months. Survived by parents James Hagerstown, Mrs. Martin Boyarisport, Mrs. Cora A. Kline, one brother Michael Weller of Sylvan, and 15 grandchildren. Funeral Monday at 2 PM at Orchard Ridge Methodist Church with Rev Howland Reichard. interment in church cemetery. Ira Luther Stover, 45, of 1425 Hamilton Boulevard, died Friday night. Member of Trinity Lutheran Church and Sunday School treasurer. Survived by wife Ora Knepper Stover, sister Miss Mary Stover of Maserstown, and brother Edgar of Jacksonville, FL. Funeral Monday at 2:30 PM at home, with Rev. Dr. L. S. Simon officiating. interment at Roselli Cemetery.
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Narcellious Cassidy
Martin Borer
West Potomac Street
Williamsport
Dunkare Church
Hancock
James
Orchard Ridge
Howland Reichard
Ira Luther Stover
William Alsace
Emma Luther Stover
Hamilton Boulevard
Trinity Lutheran Church
Ora Knepper
Stover
Mary Stover
Maserstown
Edgar
Jacksonville
Fla
S. Simon
Roselli Cemetery
Holding 8 in Fatal Blast Near Gouge Home
The sheriff links yesterday's dynamiting at Harmon Gouge home to a 1926 slaying. He offers a 500 reward for those guilty as Gouge, father of the victims Sonia 9 Luena 7 and Roma Jean Gouge, faces trial on related charges awaiting next month. Mrs Gouge injured. six held, one a woman, in the investigation.
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Harmon Gouge
Gouge
Sonia
Luena
Roma Jean Gouge
Tolletts
Arnold Tollett
Johnson City
Man to Face Arson Charge After Hancock Incident
The suspect Imes faced questions as he claimed to be gathering junk and spending the night after fires began on a wood floor. Deputies expect an arson charge and a hearing is planned next week before Justice Crilley in Hancock.
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Imes
Isanogle
Tsanogle
Justice Crilley
Hancock
In Memoriam for Mrs Kate Griffith and Mrs Catherine E Kichelher
In loving remembrance of our mother who died four years ago today. We miss you dearly and think of you with aching hearts. From her children this note honors the memory of Mrs Kate Griffith and Mrs Catherine E Kichelher cer who departed life on January 9 1934. Friends may think the wound is healed but sorrow lies within our hearts. Ady.
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Kate Grifith
Ady
Catherine Ekichelhercer
In Loving Memory of Monticello Beynolds
In loving memory of Monticello Beynolds who passed away eight years ago today. January 1930. Today recalls sad memories of a loved one gone to rest. Those who think of her today are those who loved her best. Ady and husband and children.
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Monticello
Ady
Shanghai incident prompts protest and tense standoff
In the international settlement, a French policeman was struck by Japanese soldiers as clashes escalated near the boundary into Nantao. Japanese troops threatened French and British forces, then withdrew after diplomacy. Britain warned of grave consequences, while papers blamed Japan for failing to control its military amid renewed tensions near the East Westinghai railway.
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Russian Nationaliw
Nantao
Pierre Auge
Telfer-Amolleit
Japan
London
Daily Express
Britain
Foreign Office
the Express
Telegraph
Morning Post
Reuters
Shanghai
New Asia Hotel
International Settlement
London Daily Mail
China
Insurgent Surrender After Turol Front Collapse
About 2,000 insurgents surrendered near Santa Clara church after heavy fighting and starvation. Many wounded or ill, some unable to walk, were gathered in groups seeking water under Red Cross supervision. Government forces claim major insurgent collapse and tightened control of Valencia coast.
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Santa Clara Church
Teruel
Valencia
Tertel
International Red Cross
Indalecia Prieta
Square Dance Saturday and Big Pool Speaker event
Ath O C F Hall hosts a square dance at 8 30 P M with Dixie Ramblers Prize and admission 25c J Raymond Schnsid a national civic league official and temperance lecturer will speak at Big Pool Institute January at Shankiown Tun0alm Parkhead Evangelical Big Pool Evangelical speaker is noted as a top temperance lecturer in the United States
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F. Hall
Dixie Ramblers Prize
BIG Pool
J. Raymond Schnsid
National Civie League
International Order of Good Templars
National Voice
Januay
Parkhead
Evangelical
Big Pool Evangelical
Une
United States
Must Decide How To Spend 8000 In Allegany County
Cumberland Md Jan 8 Authorities must decide how to spend 8990 borrowed to aid the needy. County Attorney Sloan says funds must go to a public body or welfare board but the board declined endorsement. Possibilities include giving to the city and billing food costs to the county or letting the relief committee handle purchases on credit for distribution.
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Cumberland
Allegany County
David W. Sloan
Welfare Board
County Welfare Board
Emergency Relief Committee
Sinan
Sloan
Whistle Vote Due Monday Pushes City Hall Debate
The West End weighs a fire whistle plan with opposition forming a petition to Mayor Elgin and the City Council. Mayor Elgin denies ownership of the idea and officials will seek a public expression from Western Enterprise before final purchase. Ralph J. Coombs says a softer tone horn will be tested upon arrival.
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City Hall
Astern
Enterprise Hall
West End
W. Lee Elgin
Western Enterprise
Dawn
Ralph J. Coombs
Police and Fire Telegraph
Lunch with a Washington connection spans miles
Lowell Mellett, former Washington editor, answered a call from Portland unexpected. A friend invited him to lunch, and he replied he would when back in Washington, unaware the caller was miles away, prompting astonishment when the secretary could not reach him.
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Portland
Ore
Lowell Mellett
Washington, D. C
Washington
Mellett
Odds and Ends Hosiery Lace Blouse Sale at Reduced Prices
A local shop offers a sale on odds and ends from stock including $1 hose with limited sizes and winter blouses in silk and jersey at a reduced price. Alice Weasley Corset & Gift Shop advertises at Colonial Theatre Ride.
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Jersey
Alice Weasley
Colonial Theatre Ride
Adv
Indefinite Filibuster Fights Antilynching Bill Grow
Washington reports Senators vow to extend debate with more speeches and possible night sessions to stall the antilynching bill. Majority Leader Barkley threats to force longer sessions aim to pressure proponents, while opponents like Borah denounce the measure as unconstitutional and shelve-worthy.
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Washington, Jan
Barkley
Kentucky
Borah
Idaho
Roosevelt
Senate
Japan Would Plan For Four More Years Of War
Tokyo report says Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye sought cabinet agreement to continue the war against China for four more years. A four year replenishment plan involving industrial, economic, and financial sectors with emphasis on heavy industry development is being prepared for parliament.
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Tokyo
Domei
Fumimaro Konoye
China
Shaw vetoes city anti picketing ordinance in Los Angeles
Mayor Frank Shaw vetoed the December 30 city council ordinance on anti picketing. He argued the measure is ambiguous and unenforceable and would injure both workers and employers despite recognizing the need for regulation.
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Los Angeles
Jan
Frank Shaw
Shaw
Southern Governors Back Labor Bill End Sweatshop Hours
The Southeastern Governors Conference endorses a bill to end starvation wages and intolerable hours, urging sweatshop operators to avoid contact with dissenting states. The group notes Alabama political battles hint dwindling southern opposition as Rep Lester Hill backs wage and hour regulation. Norton plans a House Labor Committee session Wednesday to assess the scene.
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Southeastern Governors
Roosevelt
Washington
Lester Hill
Thomas Heflin
Alabama
Hill
Senate
Hugo L. Black
Norton
House Labor Committee
Three Robbers To Be Flogged In Delaware Yard
Three convicted robbers faced public flogging under a 259 year old Delaware law. Raymond Shrewsbrooks received 20 lashes, David Otavani ten, and Arthur Spain five at New Castle county workhouse yard. The sentences sparked debate among penal officials over flogging as deterrence versus cure.
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Wilmington
Del
Delaware
New Castle County
Elwood H. Wilson
Raymond Shrewsbrooks
David Otavani
Arthur Spain
Wilson
Elmer J. Leach
City worker badly hurt in street incident
Verna, an elderly Water Department worker, was struck near Virginia avenue as a car bumped him and carried him briefly on the bumper before he fell off. he remains a longtime employee who never married. The report notes his length of service and retirement status. Planning project funding: a tubercular unit and male attendant dormitory at Springfield State hospital in Sy kesville will start within two weeks at a cost of 245000 with completion in ten months. An advertisement for Scripture text calendars from Messenger Church calendars, MYERLY, 26 N Potomac St.
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Virginia Avenue
Verna
Davies
Albert Heard
Water Department
Baltimore
Springfield State Hospital
Sykesville
Wits
Harry Powell Hopkins
Thompson For Emmitsburg Official Stricken Again
Michael J. Thompson, known as Mike Thompson, Dee an of football officials and mayor of Emmitsburg, Md, suffered a second heart attack and is in serious condition at a Waterbury, Conn hospital. Friends were advised. The report follows his Christmas Eve collapse while visiting his sister in Waterbury.
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Emmitsburg
Michael J
Mike) Thompson
Frederick County
Waterbury, Conn
Thompson
George N. Stanley
Waterbury
Chicago Grain Market Quotations by Stein Bros
Grain market report from Chicago with quotations from Stein Bros and Boyce and McComas Armstrong at Hagerstown Maryland listing bid and ask levels and contact details for further trading information.
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Stein Bros. & Boyce, McComas-Armstrong Bldg
Hagerstown, Md
Stein Bros. & Boyce, McComas-Armstrong Bidg
Government by law and business talks outline crisis plan
The article notes mixed reactions to the adminstration stance on business with Wood urging reassurance while questioning the administration. It highlights calls for round table discussions between business and government to plan production and Senator O Mahoney advocating corporation licensing to curb monopolies. The Senate unemployment inquiry becomes a broad forum on the business slump with Wood and Green proposing measures from sterilized gold funds for relief to a seven point program for public works housing social security and work relief. Play safe with your eyes See Dr C A Brown Optometrist 3 Public Square Phone 1388-3 Ady.
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Wood
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Senate
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Dr. C. A Brown
Public Square
Ady
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Henson
Hat & Dress
Thomas “Screen'co
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Jonathan St
HOTEL
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Bell Cab CO
H. Stotler
Treep
Moller’s
Dagmar
Federal Reserve System
Federal Depeatt Ienarance Corp
Second National Bank
Hagerstown
Allegany County Welfare Board
Ward
Fleigh Motor CO
Oak Hill Ave
Louie Hill
His
Swing Men
Mid-City Cleaners
N. Jonathan ST
Bill
Soe
Messenger
Myerly
N. Potomac St
A. K. Coffman
C. Earl Neikirk
Tressurer
American Industrial Bankers’ Association
Mike Thompson
Soni
New
Amer. T. & T
Amer. Wat
Wis
Atchison Btis
B&c
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I. Lcase
Ene
Chrysler
Tee
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Ash Sam Consol. Oi
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Rhe DuPont
Ee Wee
Gen. Elect
Gen Foods
Ea Nee
Gen. Motors
Goodyear
Utis N. Y. Central
North Amer
Penna RR
Pikes As
Radio Escreer St. Oil of M
G. S. Steel
United Aircraft
Gnion Pacific
West
Elec
Western Union
Wsbra
Texas Corp. Oe
Warner Bros
Chicago Grain Market
TOW
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Nicodemus National Bank
Kemps
H. W. Zeigler
P. Q
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Antietam St
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Baltimore St
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