Larger Army to Be Urged by House Leaders
Rep. May newly named chair of the House military affairs committee urged that land forces be expanded in step with naval strengthening. He planned talks with General Malin Craig on how to bolster the army, while other members urged rapid purchases of automatic rifles and modern equipment. The naval bill moves after the annual appropriation, with the President seeking a large construction program likely beyond the London treaty limits.
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Washington
Rep
May
House
Malin Craig
Mar
Hill D-Alai
House Naval Committee
Vinson
Cga
Burt
Sunday Night National Café Ad and Optometrist Notice
Cor W Wash and Buena Vista hosts Dick and Slim Novelty Cowboys. Songs of the Sage advertises. See Dr C A Brown Optometrist Public Square for eye care with telephone contact 1385-5.
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National Cafe Cor
Dr. C. A Brown
Public Square
Juvenile Jingles and Social Advice Fragments from a Past Issue
A collage of didactic lines on delinquency prevention and child development. Mentions crime bills, minutes since Christ, mothers who bridge, and a note on heredity and environment. Warns about misplacing responsibility for a child's actions and highlights ancestral humor about family trees.
Pony Express Terminal Offered as Museum in Sacramento
Sacramento January 15. The historic Pony Express terminal in Sacramento is offered to the city as a landmark and museum as the telegraph company retires the building from its facilities.
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Pony Express Terminal
Sacramento
Calif
Pony Express
Died at Home Edward Plessinger Seven Months Old
Edward Franklin Plessinger died of pneumonia at his parents home Wan sack on Friday afternoon aged seven months. Funeral services Sunday at home by Rev J A Rustle with interment Riverview cemetery Clear Spring. Mrs Martha Ellen Shifler widow of Samuel E Shifle died in Boonsboro Friday evening at 7 30 after nine months illness aged 69. She was born near Myersville Frederick county and lived in Boonsboro 71 years and was active in Lutheran Church 62 years. Survived by husband and one grandchild John William Wallick Sr of Boonsboro. Funeral Monday at 2 00 pm in Boonsboro Lutheran Church with interment in Boonsboro cemetery. Flowers omitted.
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Edward Franklin Plessinger
Elijah D. Plessinger
Wansack
Ep. m
J. A. Rustle
Riverview Cemetery
Clearapring
Martha Ellen Shifler
Samuel E. Shifle
Boonsboro
Shifler
Jacob and
Sophia (Gladhill) Derr
Myersville
Frederick County
Lutheran Church
John Wiliam Wallick, Sr
M. A. Ashby
Frank J. Stine
Card of Thanks for Ke Kevs Family Acknowledges Support
The family of the late Ke Kevs acknowledges with sincere appreciation the numerous acts of sympathy and kind expressions extended by friends during their recent bereavement.
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Hing Hig
Reed Named Roosevelts Nominee for Supreme Court
The Senate moves toward confirming Reed as Roosevelt's Supreme Court choice. Senators Capper McAdoo Andrews Miller hailed the appointment, praising his eloquence and constitutional view. Reed, formerly counsel for the Farm Credit Board and Reconstruction Finance Corporation, drew positive reactions from many colleagues.
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Reed
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Farm Credit Board
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Roosevelt
R-F.c
Capper R-Kans
McAdoo
D-Calif
Andrews
D-Fla
Miller Darks
Beieve
Supreme Court
Mystery surrounds death of Columbia graduate near Dobbs Ferry
A 30-year-old Columbia University graduate student was found dead in a wooded tract near Dobbs Ferry. Authorities pursue the theory of homicide after identifying marks were taken from the victim's clothing and a possum presence was noted in the body.
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Fred Acer
Columbia University
Dobbs Ferr .Y
Miscalculated 8T Louis Real Estate Deal
Jan 15 report from Pi George Schramever showing pride in a new home deal after a disputed lot sale. Under law the owner could have laid claim. the transaction involved real estate swapping and legal ownership questions. The piece also notes a Greek steamer Aspasia surviving a mid Atlantic gale with two crew lost. A square dance event is scheduled at ALT U. Hall featuring Sue M Dixie Ramblers.
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Louis
George Schramever
Edd
Roosevelt examines holding companies and tax options
President Roosevelt faces questions on eradicating holding companies in all fields. He notes possible methods beyond taxes, hints at forthcoming congressional proposals, and discusses remote control of banks, local funds, and the need for a unified government business plan with leaders from industry and labor.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Variana
Welivrandam
Wendell
Willki
Commonwealth and
Sountherm Corporation
Willkie
Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Owen D. Young
General Electric Company
Thomas W. Lamont
Banking House
J. P. Morgan
Philip Murr
C.I.C
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Charles W. Taussig
American Molasses Company
A. A. Berle
New York
Lewis
Pistol shoot medals stolen during Nebraska event
In Grand Island Nebraska Jan 15 1P There were no medals awarded to winners in the annual pistol shoot of the Nebraska Sheriff's and Peace Officers Association. Medals were stolen from the custodian Sheri A E Cartes hotel room by a thief during a Latctiet on the Hoar below.
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Grand Island
Nebraska Sheriff's and Peace Officers’ Association
Sheri A. E. Cartes
Roamer Arrested Near Windsor Suite in Paris
Paris police seized Olafson, a 56 year old Swede and convicted thief, found roaming a corridor below the Three and Duchess of Windsor suite at Hotel Meurice. He is under expulsion orders from France, identified by headquarters as a convict marked for expulsion in 1834.
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Paris
Hotel Meurice
Three
Duchess of Windsor
France
Po- Neve
Olafson
Fay Given Permit to See His Son
Frank Fay was granted a court order allowing his first official visit to his adopted son Anthony in Los Angeles. The order, set for Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and alternate Saturdays, faces an appeal from Barbara Stanwyck’s attorneys who object to compliance.
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Los Angeles
Frank Fay
Barbara Stanwyck
Order of Superior Nige Goodwin J
Charles W. Cradick
Socialist Plan Blocked by Deputies and Workers Strike
Socialist delegates in the Chamber of Deputies push for Premiership and a People’s Front government while unofficial consultations continue. The strike movement broadens as Bonnet holds morning talks with ex Premiers and officials. The only positive note is Lille where 42 workers are rehired as strikers in Odomez seek to suppress employers and resist evacuation.
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Chamber of Deputies
People's Front
Bonnet
Jean Blow
Edquard du Ladier
National Defense
Challtemps
Joseph Caillaux
Albert Sarraut
Joseph Paul-Boncour
Lille
Odomez
Valenciennes
City Market Prices for Fresh Produce and Meats
Readable items show prices at a city market including chickens dressed young 35-40 cents for live 20-24 cents dressed, sausage pudding 15-20 cents, cured ham 26-32 cents, sliced hams 40-58 cents, eggs, butter 30-2, potatoes 20 cents, sweet potatoes, turnips 1 cent, tomatoes 15 cents, peas 25 cents, celery 10 cents, brussels sprouts 20 cents, onions 5 cents, cabbage 3-6 cents, kale 10 cents, apples 15-33 cents, sauerkraut 0.15 to 0.81.
Dancer’s Secretary Sid Lufts Becomes Powell’s Aide
Sid Lufts, a wavy-haired football type, works as secretary to film dancer Eleanor Powell in Los Angeles. He handles fan mail, appointments, baggage checks, hotel bookings and keeps admirers at bay. Powell hired him six months ago after a trial. The photo was taken in a New York hotel as Powell headed east for engagements.
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Sidney Lufts
Eleanor Powell
Miss Powell
Los Angeles
Lufts
New York
Vita
Havana
Chicago Grain Market Quotation Summary
Quotations from Stein Bros and Boyce and McComas Armatrong Building Hagerstown Maryland show wheat and corn futures with May and September contracts. Prices move across open high low and show small fractional changes, indicating active trading and modest volatility in grains.
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Stein Bros. & Boyce
McComas-Armstrong
Hagerstown
Amer
Atchison
B&o
Beth. Stee Oo
Chrysler
Consol
Gam .Seur
Crown Ck. & SL DuPont
Gen. Elect
Motorm
Goodyear Aa Nat
N. Y. Central
North Amer
Penna. R. R
St Oil of BR
U. S. Steel
United Aircraft
Union Pacific
Weat'house Elec
Western Union
West
Loews
Worane
Texas Corp
Warner Bros
Stein Bros. & Boyce, McComas-Armatrong Bidg
Hagerstown, Md
Tay Tha
Robbers Take Cash From Shoe Store Register
Chicago report says Mrs. David Tarfis laughed after finding her husband bound with shoe strings in the store he runs. The story notes three robbers had escaped with money from an empty cash register.
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Chicago
Bank cashes 1899 check presented by J T Clark
From Way Back Fort Worth Texas January 15 a one dollar check dated April 3 1899 was cashed recently by the Fort Worth National Bank. J T Clark who presented the check did not say where it had been.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Slow Progress in Selecting Wright Murder Jury
Los Angeles January 14 prospective jurors for the Paul A. Wright murder trial were questioned on insanity defense attitudes. Three court appointed psychiatrists watched closely as Wright fingered his face and studied jurors. Defense and prosecution passed eight men and four women for cause, with no eliminations by the State today.
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Paul Wright
Los Angeles
Evelyn
John Kimmel
Paul A. Wright
John B. Kimmel
Talisman
Wright
S. Ernest Ros
William A. Desert
Roll
C of A Card Party At Western International Hall
Card party sponsored by C of A scheduled for Tuesday January 18 at 8 p.m. at Western International Hall. Events include bridge and 500 with admission 24 cents.
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C, C
Western Int. Hall
Bridge & 500
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Old Mill Inn
H. L. Mills
Baltimore St
Thomas Boonsboro, Md
Weatherstrip Screen Co
Mae Emmert
East Avenue
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Citisens
Christ
Nicodemus National Has
Cumberland Valley
Ly Ember Federal Bapa
BANK
Maher
Tedinal Popont
Saminace Corporation
Roosevelts
Billi
Jan
Xitatier Aspasia
England
Square Dance
Alt U
F. Hall
Sue M
Dixie Ramblers
Acti. Ady
H. W. Zeigler
P.O
Reichard
W. Antietam $T
Studebaker
Fleigh Motor CO
Oak Hill Ave
Norris
Roamer
Fay
Mid-City Cleaners
N. Jonathan ST
Dancer
Chicago Grain Market
Ngers , Industral Savings and Loan Co
Thomas Bldg
Phone
A. K. Coffman
D. Earl Neikirk
American Industrial Bankers’ Association
The
Hamilton
Sun
Turkey
Tues, & Fai
Beck’s Tavern
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