Finland Gulf Frosts Prompt Fear of Over-Ice Assault
Freezing of the Gulf of Finland from the Estonian to the Finnish shore raises the risk of an over-ice attack from Soviet bases in Estonia. Finland claims readiness, with fortified coast and barbed wire along frozen beaches such as Hanko. Finnish air force reportedly struck Russian aviation bases as Russian raids continued, though clouds limited observations.
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Helsinki
Gulf of Finland
Finland
Estonia
Hanko
Baltiski
Russia
Reds
Ulenborg
Bothnian
Realty Market Battles On In Washington County
Real estate activity in Washington County remains steady with mortgages outpacing deeds. Notable transactions include Emily Eva Rouzer transferring Summit avenue property to Walter D. Cunningham and wife for 5000 dollars, Charles L. Smith to Clarence F. Griffith for 12 acre tract along Smoketown Dunkard church road in Sharpsburg district for 2500 dollars, Mary EB. Row selling Guilford avenue property to Fairney Memorial Home, and Roger B. Dansberger transferring east Irvin avenue lot to George McElwain and wife for 1000 dollars.
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Washington County
Emily Eva Rouzer
Walter D. Cunningham
Summit Avenue
Charles L. Smith
Clarence F. Griffith
Smoketown- Dunkard Church Road
Sharpsburg
Mary EB
Fairney Memorial Home
Guilford Avenue
Roger B. Dansberger
George McElwain
Irvin Avenue
Inquiries On Hagerstown Parking Meters Grow
Post last week saw inquiries from Asbury New Jersey and Freeport Illinois for copies of Hagerstown parking meter ordinance and meter operation details. A New York City reporter studied the system and found merchants and motorists skeptical initially but later approving due to improved downtown parking and trade.
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Asbury
N. J
Freeport
Ill
Hagerstown
U. S
New York City
United States
Scarlet fever outbreak at United Brethren Orphanage
Officials said the Scarlet fever epidemic at the United Brethren Orphanage in Quincy is checked. Twenty children have contracted the disease and were placed in isolation quarantine.
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United Brethren
Quincy
British Patrol Boat Fires Warning Shot at Gibraltar
Passengers aboard the American liner President Adams reported being halted by a British patrol boat near Gibraltar. Captain Gregory Cullen said the warning shot was a blank, caused by signal confusion. The ship had faced several Allied blockade examinations. 69 passengers included more than 34 Americans.
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Jersey City
N. J
Adams
Gibraltar
Gregory Cullen
Weather outlook for Maryland and Chesapeake Bay
Generally fair tonight and Tuesday with continued cold conditions. Chesapeake Bay remains partly cloudy to clear tonight through Thursday with continued cold. Lows tonight around 15 degrees in the north portion and 15 to 20 degrees in the south portion. West to northwest winds moderate to fresh.
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Weather Bureau
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Tip on Fatal Fire Wins Daily Mail Contest Prize
A West Washington Street resident who stayed alert during the Hancock fire that killed four won first prize in the Daily Mail news tip contest. The $10 prize was shared with a Washington Square youth who phoned in the accident report and an Summit Avenue girl who tipped about two school closings due to cold. Tips are accepted each weekday 7:30 to 1:30, with winners announced Mondays.
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The
Daily Mail
Broad Probe Of Christian Front Seen
A broadened grand jury inquiry was promised in the government’s revolution conspiracy case against 17 Christian Front defendants. The group was arrested last Sunday in raids that yielded arms and bomb-making paraphernalia. bail was set at 50 000 each. Attorney General Jackson said the Brooklyn grand jury would probe activities of any individual or group aiding or inciting the defendants and asked district attorneys Cahill and Campbell to cooperate with evidence.
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New York
Revolution
Christian Front
Charles 5. Coughlin
Hach
Robert H. Jackson
Washington
Grand Jury
Brooklyn
United States
John T. Cahill
William J. Campbell
Chicago
Geese Frozen In Ice At Silver Lake Refuge
In Rehoboth Beach Delaware on January 22 game protectors report many geese trapped in the ice of Silver Lake. The lake froze quickly, police pulled several birds from the ice and moved them to the shore to recover.
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Rehoboth Beach
Del
Silver Lake
Refund sought for long unused rail ticket
L. E. Fisher of Edgar Nebraska sent Oscar Braungart a Fort Wayne to Huntington ticket for a refund. Braungart replied he did not hold it too long and forwarded the ticket dated February 19 1879 to St. Louis for redemption.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
L. E. Fisher
Edgar, Neb
Oscar Braungart
Huntington
Braungart
St. Louis
Windsor on Leave From France Expeditionary Force
The Duke of Windsor returned to London on business yesterday taking leave from the British expeditionary force in France. His brother, the Duke of Gloucester, arrived at Buckingham Palace on Friday also on leave from the BEF.
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Windsor
London
Duke of Windsor
France
the Duke of Gloucester
Buckingham Palace
Locomotive Firemen Boss Backs Wheeler for President
D B Robertson head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen spoke in Cleveland on January 22, favoring Senator Burton K Wheeler of Montana for president. He urged unity within the union and pledged support to Wheeler’s candidacy.
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Wheeler Cleveland
D. B. Robertson
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Burton Kk. Wheeler
D.-Mont
Finnish relief fund hits million in New York
Herbert Hoover announced the Finnish relief fund reached 1,000,000 dollars in New York. An additional 400,000 dollars was made available for emergency civilian relief in Finland. Previously six donations of 100,000 dollars had been given.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Finland
Plane crash off Bali kills eight on Batavia service
In Batavia twenty two January five passengers and three crew died when a transport plane of the Batavia-Australian service crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Bali.
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Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Bali
Peaches Escape Damage Despite Cold Spell
J A Miller weather observer says the peach buds appear unharmed after an extended freeze in Washington County. Temperatures reached 2 F at Keedysville and 8 F at Chewsville, with only two historical sub zero events harming buds, in 1912 and 1925, affecting lowland buds.
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Washington County
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Mercury
Chewsville
Mr. Miller
British destroyer sunk amid shipping losses near British Isles
London reports four British ships lost over the weekend including a destroyer Grenville sunk by a mine or torpedo with 118 saved and eight dead among crew. Three neutrals also perished. Churchill notes despite losses, ships and merchantmen move steadily with supplies reaching Britain.
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Grenville
North Sea
London
British Isles
Admiralty
Britain
G. BB. Creasy
Winston Churchill
The
Churchi
Threats target Summerdale Dye and Finishing Company
Police watched hospitals and doctors offices for a fast extortionist who threatened to blow up the Summerdale Dye and Finishing Company and kidnapped the president’s children. He lured for a bag said to hold 5000 dollars, fled a trap, and was possibly wounded by gunfire as he fled through brush. The incident involved Willam J. Gibbons Jr supervising a plan to deliver the bag while detectives surrounded the plant.
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Philadelphia
Summerdale Dye
Willam J. Sibbons
William P. Greenhalth
Gibbons
Florida
William J. Gibbons, Jr
Greenhalsh
Democratic Book Majority In County Is 3687
The Permanent Registers Report shows 32 955 registered voters in the county, with 31 884 White and 1 071 colored. Democrats lead with 18 157 registrations to 14 470 Republicans, a Democratic book majority of 3 687. There are 54 Socialists 2 Progressives 15 Prohibitionists 1 Union Party member and 290 declined. Democrats led in new registrations, 49 to 12 Republicans since January 2.
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Union Party
Murder Charge After Boiling Body Found in Kettle
BUCHAREST Jan 22 gendarmes report John Tulka faced murder charges after breaking into Coloran home and discovering his mother in law's body boiling in a large kettle.
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Bucharest
John Tulka
Coloran
Tulka
Rates of the Claiborne Annapolis Ferry Debated
Baltimore January 22 AP Rates of the Claiborne Annapolis Ferry Co are high burdensome unfair and unreasonable People's Counsel Joseph Sherbow told the Public Service Commission hearing opening. He said he would trace the ferry's affairs from the $150 000 cash invested to show stockholders have received $325 000 in cash dividends while the company contends its worth exceeds 1 500 000.
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Baltimore
Claiborne-Annapolis Ferry Co
Joseph Sherbow
Public Service Commission
Sherbow
Debts Cleared by Deputy McManus with Checks and Cash
Deputy Sheriff Jack McManus paid 70 cents owed to a fellow deputy using six checks and S cents in cash. Checks totaled 33 cents 5 cents and four at 6 cents each, drawn on a bank where $2.18 sat on deposit when it closed years ago. McManus had never collected the checks until recently.
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Milwauneer
Jian
Jack McManus
McManus
Cold Weather Halts Crime Across City and County
Police and sheriff records show severe cold disrupted activity with no weekend calls reported by Sheriff Joseph D. Baker. Magistrate Bostetter and Snyder handled a few drunk cases this morning, dismissing most due to the cold. Officials cite warmth needs as a key factor.
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Joseph D. Baker
Bostetter and
Snyder
First Of Survivors Landed At Marseilles
Genoa Italy Jan 22 Officials reported today 107 persons missing from the burning Lalalan Uner Orazio including 43 PAKSEChKers. Italian seaplanes searched in a storm for the missing as 11,669 ton motor ship Orazio burned off Toulon. Authorities said some possible survivors were picked up by ships yet to report. The Orazio remained afloat at noon and several Italian, French and American vessels aided the search through the night.
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Genoa
Italy
Mer
OO. S
Toulon
Colombo
Celluna
State Accident Post Is Vacant
Western Maryland Democrats including one from Washington County seek appointment to the State Industrial Accident Commission. The $5,000 post is vacant after James H. Pugh’s resignation, citing his energy demands from Baltimore sessions and statewide meetings. Pugh had split with Montgomery County’s organization in 1938, led an independent ticket, backed O Conor, and joined the Accident Commission in June. A Washington County candidate also sought the penal farm superintendent post and favors the Governor naming an appointee with penal experience.
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Maryland
Washington County
State Industrial Accident Commission
James H. Pugh
Montgomery County
Pugh
Rockville
Baltimore
Robert Peter
Mr. O'Conor
Accident Commission
Washington
Soap Maker Tops List as Nation's Highest Paid Employee
Lever Brothers president PLA Countway earned a 469,712 salary and bonus in 2038, topping corporate income tax records released under a new law. The Treasury disclosed names above 375,600, excluding dividend and non salary income, with IBM head Thomas J. Watson second at 453,440 and Claudette Colbert at 301,944. Loew's executives and artists were largely omitted.
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PLA
Countway
Lever Brothers Company
Massachusetts
Treasury
Ienry Ford
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Claudette Colbert
Thomas J. Watson
International Business Machines Corporation
Hollywood
Loew's Incorporated
Sudden blast sinks Italian liner Orazio. survivors reach Marseilles
About 900 aboard the 11,669 ton Orazio were swept into a Mediterranean tempest after an engine room explosion. Forty seven survivors arrived in Marseilles aboard a French auxiliary cruiser with more expected, many burned or exposed. Lifeboats from Italian ships and two French warships aided, while the diplomat and former Belgian premier were among reported passengers.
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Marseilles
France
Orazio
Mediterranean
de Alvoyers
Barcelona
Conte Biancanmiano
Recca
United States
Inez Washington
New York
Genoa
Mayor Urges More Marriages in Gardner Mass
Gardner mayor Fred E. Perry argues for marriage to bolster birth rates and says the city will supply public welfare jobs to unemployed men who marry. He notes welfare pay is low yet claims a married man can still support a family, asserting the city will help with jobs so families won't starve.
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Finland Gulf
Red
By Wade Werner
Henry J. Gerling
C.P
Coughlin
Mary McElroy
H. F. McElroy
Kansas City
Hunt
Washington Countian
Soap Maker
F. A. Countway
Treasury Department
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