Leader warns of spending as House passes 1989 treasury bill
Washington reports the House approved a Treasury Post Office appropriation for 1989 totaling 1.715 billion dollars, eight million under budget estimates and 63 million under current-year spending. Majority Leader Rayburn warned Democrats to balance outgo as amendments added 2.3 million, including new pay boosts for city mail carriers and clerks, offset by cutting 2.5 million for annex construction at the Government Printing Office.
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Allen surname origins and notable 17th century figures
The passage traces the Allen surname origins from England to New England, highlighting George Allen (1565-1645) of Weymouth who helped found Sandwich, Massachusetts, and noting family branches, coats of arms, and tailed remarks on name derivations. It also notes George D Brooke’s election to presidencies of three railroads and a line about the Sahara resort’s southward expansion.
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Disturbed at night flow relief with A nutic diuretic
Flow disturbed sleep and painful urination due to excess acid prompt use of Dr. Pierce’s A-nutric. It claims to flush kidneys relieve bladder irritation and restore rest. A testimonial from Mamie Burdette of Frederick Maryland endorses the product’s benefits after kidney discomfort.
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Saya
New Aftermath To Radio Broadcast
Jane Storm, writer, filed a copyright infringement suit in Federal Court in Los Angeles claiming Mae West Don Ameche and NBC lifted Act 1 Scene 2 from her play Love and Applesauce in the December 12 radio broadcast of Mae Wests Adam and Eve. Storm seeks damages over 19000 and profits accounting.
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Ralph W. Smith
Unstunted Mountain Man Taller Than Most in Arkansas
John Elmer Clifton Maynard nicknamed Cliff Maynard stands seven feet four inches in Unstunted Mountain Home Arkansas at age 43. He jokes that not using whisky or tobacco helped his height. He lists benefits like reaching apples without a ladder and pulling down hay from the barn loft without climbing.
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Dancer Sandra Neal Dies After Poison Attempt in New York
After five months of trying to find work as a dancer in New York, Sandra Neal sought solace with friends and visited night clubs. She ultimately ingested poison in her apartment and died in hospital.
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Franchot Tone Seeks Checkup Before X-ray Cameras
Movie actor Franchot Tone, husband of Joan Crawford, is spending part of his vacation before the X-ray cameras at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Doctors said he is merely checking his physical condition and is not in...
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Franchot Tone
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Joan Crawford
First Aviation Laws Drafted in 1900
In 1900 the earliest legal framework for aviation emerged, outlining initial rules and governance. The move marked an inaugural attempt to regulate air travel and flight operations, setting a foundation for subsequent aviation law developments.
The Gay Thirties at Maryland Theatre Three Day Run
Warner Bros. film of the stage hit Tovarich starring Claudette Colbert and Charles Borer comes to the Maryland Theatre for a three day engagement. Anatole Litvak directs the costly production while Jane Withers adds a comic turn as she voices attempts to help her "45 Fathers" in a Henry's Theatre showing today. Several local residents attend turkey dinners and family visits noted, including Baker, Lovell, Hedge, Liumm, and Shenandoah College students Kenneth and Charles Baker with grandparents.
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Maryland Theatre
Claudette Colbert
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Warner Bros
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Light Brigade
Anatole Litvak
France
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Henry's Theatre
Ezra Baker
H. E. Lovell
Benevola
Fiwood Athey
Nant Eakles Mill
Roy Reeder
Doris Hedge
Hartford
Hagerstown
Laura Klinger
Mary Long
Grace Smith
Clayton Weaver
Howard Haynes
Kenneth and
Charles Baker
Shenandoah College
Martin Flook Celebrates 87th Birthday in Keedysville
In Keedysville on January 14, venerable resident Martin Flook marked his eighty seventh birthday with a large dinner. Attendees included J W Alexander and spouse, Albertus Muljendor and children, Margaret Sterner, Ella Poffenberger of Boonsboro, Emma Green, Alice Baker, Hubert Young, John Flock and spouse, and Austin Wm Geeting, recently improving after an illness, along with Harry E Snyder and spouse Clovis of Hagerstown.
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Aon Clovis
Hagerstown
Tax Plan Advocated by Frank Gannett at Hearing
Franklin Gannett of Rochester New York urged Congress to grant special tax deductions for corporations sharing profits with employees. He proposed wage dividends to boost cooperation, purchasing power, and employment, claiming fewer strikes would follow as workers see factory production ties to rewards. He noted his firm already pays 10 percent of net profits to employees for 1937. He also mentioned the first American newspaper Publick Occurences Both Foreign and Domestick published in Boston in 1599.
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House Ways and Means Committee
Frank Gannett
Rochester
N. Y
Congress
America
Boston
Reward Offered For Missing White Plains Contractor
The family of Arthur Fried a White Plains sand and gravel contractor posted a $1 000 reward Tuesday for information leading to his whereabouts Fried disappeared December 4 1937 after attending a movie in White Plains New York.
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Tobacco expert notes Luckies attract top bids at Farmville auction
In Farmville North Carolina Mr Branch Bobbitt discusses auctions where higher tobacco prices boost profits and praises Luckies buyers for knowing what they want He notes he stocked Luckies for years as tobacco counts most He and other experts claim Luckies have twice as many exclusive smokers among independent tobacco specialists.
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