CWA Employment Boost Across Washington Projects
Seven hundred Civil Works Administration workers are on road projects statewide with 636 in the city and 100 sent to Camp Ritchie for a federal project. Crews operate on Pennsylvania Avenue disposal plant municipal stadium City Park and airport sites. Officials met in Baltimore with Washington CWA leaders as efforts to extend the program to July 1 continue.
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CWA
Washington
Norman R. McCardell
Romie
Camp Ritchie
Pennsylvania Avenue
City
Baltimore
Roosevelt
Congress
Old Fort Broderick
State Roads Commission
e#ll
Hagerstown
Washington County
Ford Loss From Bank Crash Hits Ford Motor
Senate investigators reported that a Reconstruction Finance Corporation refusal to bail out Guardian Banks of Detroit caused potential losses near 50 million dollars to Ford Motor interests. Edsel Ford paid about 2 million on his double liability after receivers took the banks. Henry Ford's family faced heavier losses, with Ford's stock fully paid ahead of other holders.
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Washington
Senate
Reconstruction Corporation
Henry Ford
Guardian Banks
Detroit
Ford Motor
Edsel Ford
Ford
Edison code presented to NRA by Arkwright
Preston S Arkwright Atlanta chairman of the Edison Electric Institute code committee presented to NRA a proposed code for the electric light and power industry amid strong government and municipal opposition. He said about 94 percent of the current industry volume is privately owned.
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Washington
Preston S. Arkwright
Atlanta
Edison Electric Institute
NRA
Arkwright
Hancock Firemen Elect Officers
At the Hancock Fire Company monthly meeting officers were elected for the year. President Philip A. Reuth, vice president Ed L. Munson, secretary Arthur White, treasurer Omar N. Carryer. Directors: Dr. H. E. Taber, Roy J. Fritz, Bertram Conn. Chief Thomas P. Gillece, assistant chief Walter Jackson. Planned events include a fire prevention carnival, field day and minstrel show. Fire loss figures were not yet available but described as exceptionally low.
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Hancock Fire Company
Philip A. Reuth
Ed. L. Munson
Arthur White
Omar N. Carryer
H. E. Tabjer
Roy J. Fritz
Bertram Conn
Thomas P. Gillece
Walter Jackson
South American Flood Toll Rises in Brazil and Argentina
Seventy eight people were reported drowned in floods after heavy rains in Brazil and Argentina. The Mendoza River in Argentina washed out bridges and highways while in British Guiana five days of rains caused about one million dollars in damage.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Argentina
Mendoza
British Guiana
Fresh Breakfast and Red Stripe Coffee Offer
A brief advertisement notes Fresh Breakfast with a 190 price line for Red Stripe and a Rainbow item priced at 250. The fragmentary text suggests a commerce or display caption in a small local market, listing breakfast and beverage options with currency values.
Jap Leader Sees U S Encircling Move As Menace to Country
Tokyo dated report quotes Vice Admiral Konumaga Seutsuga warning that America is encircling Japan by land sea and air. He cites Lindbergh and Bromley incidents as suspected spying and notes Russo American ties, Soviet strength in the far east, and a looming three‑direction air attack as a prelude to war.
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U. S
Tokyo
Japan
America
Konumaga Seutsuga
Gendai
Charles
Lindberg
Kuriles
Harold Bromley
Pacific
Bromley-Gatty
Lindbergh
Alutian Islands
Telegram Corps
Far East
Russia
Ex-cop held in Factor kidnapping case
Chicago January 12. State and defense gear for court fight over former county policeman William A. Henricksen linked to the John Factor market speculator kidnapping. Henricksen, said to be Touhy gang’s chief gunner, was arrested in a North Side raid and faces habeas corpus proceedings as prosecutors connect him to the crime.
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Chicago
John Factor
William A
Buck) Henricksen
Touhy
Factor
William Scott Stewart
Planes span Pacific in a single hop
The Hawaii bound squadron completed a milestone flight from Norfolk to Panama to San Francisco and then to Hawaii, with Rear Admiral A W Johnson welcoming the sailors. Despite fog and weight limits, six guard ships tracked the journey, apart from Plane 5 which briefly misplaced its position. The voyage signaled airmail and passenger service prospects and marked a confident, fearless crossing for the thirty crewmen.
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McCandless
Hawaii
Washington
A. W. Johnson
Honolulu
Breese
Whippoorwill
John Perry
Norfolk
Cotto Solo
Panama
San Diego
Calif
San Francisco
Singing Parrot Promoted As Female-Only Singer
A temperamental green Mexican parrot named Lora at the St. Louis 700 can sing Dixie but only for women. The bird dislikes men and is slated for a front cage promotion after its singing debut.
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ST. Louis
Lora
Willing to Take Alimony in Trade in Denver
In Denver on January 12 a delictary alimony hearing ended with Mrs Adelina Joy to receive alimony in stock in trade rather than cash. Her former husband Earl Joy argued he had no money. She listed items including Swiss cheese bologna anchovies snails in oil as acceptable. The alimony was set at 30 dollars monthly.
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Denver
Adelina Joy
Earl Joy
Deaths Mrs Elizabeth Stockslager Dies After Illness
Mrs Elizabeth Stockslager daughter of Henry and Mary Elizabeth Burn Winter died at her home one mile south of the city on the Downsville pike after a six week illness. She was survived by eight children and six grandchildren with one brother John L Winter. She was a member of St John s Lutheran church and funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 pm conducted by Rev Dr J Edward Harms with interment at Rose Hill cemetery.
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Elizabeth Stockslager
Jacob R. Stockslager
Downsville Pike
Henry
Mary Elizabeth Burn Winter
St. John's Lutheran Church
John JL. Winter
J Edward Harms
Rose Hill Cemetery
Card of thanks for Mrs. Catherine Eschelberger
A family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness during the illness and death of their mother Mrs. Catherine Eschelberger. They acknowledge floral tributes and use of direction. By her children.
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Catherine Eschelberger
Prisoners Die After Car Crash During Jail Transfer
Deputy Renner halted a fleeing pair near Huyett s Cross Roads after arresting them for theft. The duo was moved toward Hagerstown when the vehicle crashed near Hopewell, injuring both. One suspect, Mellett, was later identified as an escaped Bedford county prisoner and died from injuries. The other, Mellott, also died. About 61 of 85 stolen chickens recovered. gun and French franc linked to Fulton county thefts. Evansville report notes a century-old couple died together in the same hospital on a night of tragedy.
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Huyett's Cross Roads
Ohio
Hoover and Neikirk
Hagerstown
Mellett
Bedford County
Oliver
Hancock
Charles A. Barnhart
Renner
Huyett’s
Here
Hopewell
Washington County
Allegany County
Stanton Litzenburg
Roy V. Smith
Cumberland
David EB. Calhoun
Huntington Reformatory
McConnellsburg
Bedford
Roy M. Sipes
Fulton County
Mellott
Evansville, Inc
Alexander Brown
Laura
Sane
Convert brings 50 cents for long‑lost school farm squash
Red Wing Minnesota January 12 superintendent G V Kinney reports a new donation of 50 cents in stamps to repay for two squash stolen from a school farm abandoned fifteen years ago. The brief note recalls the old case and notes no further details are available.
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Red Wing
Minn
Diogenes
G. V. Kinney
Nelson Sails to Grounded Standstill in Portsmouth Harbor
The 33 500-ton battleship Nelson flagship of Admiral Sir William Boyle ran aground at the harbor entrance in Portsmouth England today. It is expected to remain stuck for several hours as efforts assess damage and free the vessel.
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Portsmouth
England
Neilson
William Boyle
Home Fleet
Ex Jurist Harvey Whitehead Dies at 79 in Lycoming County
William Penn Lycoming County obituary notes Harvey W. Whitehead, who began work in a sawmill at age 12 and rose to President Judge of Lycoming County, died last night of a heart attack at 79. He retired from the bench two years ago.
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Williamsport
Harvey W. Whitehead
Lycoming County
Whitehead
Liquor Ban Lifting Promises Big Revenue Boost
Washington reports the administration expects about 140 million dollars in revenue over the next 30 days from lifting the liquor ban and allowing import of American whiskies for a month. Officials estimate around 20 million gallons may enter the U S as a result to lower prices and improve liquor quality before President Roosevelt signs the tax bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Burned seed drive targets inferior blue grass stock
About 20 000 bushels of inferior blue grass seed will be burned in Paris Kentucky under a plan by the Federal Farm Credit Administration and the Kentucky Blue Grass Seed Co Operative Association to raise the value of better seed. In Chicago up to 500 women were left waiting after Maria Jeffitz the soprano failed to perform citing a cold, she was found in her hotel suite in Syracuse New York.
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Paris
Federal Farm Credit Administration
Kentucky Blue Grass Seed Co-Operative Association
Chicago
Maria Jeffitz
Syracuse
Premier May Faces Confidence Vote in Bayonne Scandal
Paris dispatch reports Premier Camille Chautemps seeking a confidence vote amid the 540 million Bayonne pawn shop affair. Supporters rally to purge the atmosphere as eight interpellations loom. Police clash with rioters outside the chamber injuring thirty officers and fifty demonstrators as tensions rise.
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Paris
Camille Chautemps
Bayonne
Chamber of Deputies
Fog Delays Bay Shipping as Vessels Move Cautiously
A light fog and dense blanket at Cape Henry delayed Chesapeake Bay shipping today with vessels moving cautiously. Air travel continued in the region as the fog remained local to the bay area and did not extend inland.
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Baltimore
Jan
Cape Henry
Chesapeake Bay
Bay J
Decal aids ducks at Chesapeake Bay feeding grounds
Public works funds to remove phosphorus banks near the Aberdeen proving ground. The phosphorus, scattered over ten acres of feeding grounds, poisoned thousands of ducks including canvasbacks, prompting measures to restore the area and protect the fowl.
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Washington
Chesapeake Bay
Aberdeen
Bank Divorce in Smithsburg Sparks New Institution
On September 2, 1931, Central Trust Company closed. The Smithsburg People’s Bank merger was challenged as solvent at merger, court ruled for separation of assets, and the People’s Bank later entered receivership. A liquidating plan values old assets at $12 a share with a two year window to sell. Washington Trust of Howard County and Central Trust had a similar court approved divorce, with Ellicott City to follow after asset separation by the bank commission. It’s easy to find what you want in Classified Section with its indexed arrangement.
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Frederick
Central Trust Company
People’s Bank
Smithsburg
People’s
Washington Trust Company
Hi- Meott City
Central Trust
Bank Commission
Central
Ellicott City Bank
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