Paveway for State Roads Investigation
Annapolis Md Jan 24 The push for a legislative probe of the State Roads Commission gains speed as a resolution by Senator Back Kent County to authorize the inquiry moves toward Senate passage. Administration and anti administration leaders in the House indicate support, while time was consumed by Montgomery County commissioners inquiry amid Delegate Ford’s push.
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Annapolis
Atdaira
State Roads Commission
Back
Kent County
Senate
House
Flans
Montgomery
Montgomery County
Ford
Baltimore City
House of Delegates
Lee
Harris
V M Cushwa to Make Address at Knights of Columbus
The Knights of Columbus plan a social tonight at their Thomas building home for members and families. Brother Bernard J. Flynn of Baltimore will be introduced by V M Cushwa. Flynn is a noted road councils speaker and expected to be especially interesting. A large crowd is anticipated with a surprise entertainment arranged.
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Knights ‘of
S of Columbus
Thomas Building
Bernard. J. Fynn
Baltimore
V. M. Cushwa
Flynn
Many Dying From Flu And Pneumonia In Liverpool
Influenza and pneumonia have claimed numerous victims in Liverpool and surrounding areas. Estimates put the city’s dead at around 20,000 with pneumonia deaths rising to serious levels. One hospital reported 60 deaths in nine days and half its staff affected.
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Liverpool
England
Debating Plans Abandoned by Franklin County Teams
Franklin County Principals Association met in Fayetteville and heard that Mercersburg and Chambersburg will not prepare for debate this year. Greencastle’s effort, including team selection, faces reversal and may sway local opinion against debating. Uncertainty remains on the Franklin County Field Day meet amid opposition from Mercersburg and Chambersburg.
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Greencastle
Franklin County Principals’ Association
Fayette Ville
Mercersburg
Chambersburg
Franklin County
Bruce Bambert
Baltimore
Greencastle High School
Greencastle Comets
Pangborn Sandblasters
Comets
Armory
Hagerstown
William S. Henneberger
Walla
Washington
32 Aboard Ship Rescued by Steamship America
In New York on January 24 the steamship America under Captain George Fried rescued 32 people from the freighter Florida. In Waynesboro Pennsylvania also on January 24, Ambassador Fletcher is to depart for a post in Italy soon.
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New York
Steamship America
George Fried
Florida
Waynesboro
Fletcher
Italy
Deaths in Downsville area and neighboring towns
Obituaries report the death of Lewis Downey a longtime Downsville farmer age about 80 funeral services set for Saturday at Manor church. Also noted are the deaths of Miss Estella S Cleveland at 38 a nurse from New York and infant Paul Ludy son of Lloyd C Ludy aged 10 weeks with private funeral services held due to family illness.
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Lewis Downey
Downsville
Simeon L
George B
William H
Joshua Long
McClelland
Fairplay
Estella S. Cleveland
Washington County Hospital
Boonsboro
Cleveland
New York
Qenida
N. Y
Paul Ludy
Lloyd C.ludy
Downsville Pike
Woltsville
Winess
Men should guard style and color to suit them
Philadelphia January 24. Jesse Alder, chairman of the National Shoe Retailers Association men's style committee, told the convention that poor men have spent time and money helping women look beautiful. He urged men to surround themselves with the style and colors that are rightfully theirs, though he offered no specific physical recommendations.
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Philadelphia
Jesse Alder
Adler
National Shoe Retailers’ Association
Widow to Wed a Real Prince
Mrs Allene Tew Burchard a wealthy New York and Paris widow plans marriage to Prince Henry of Reuss. She inherited $3,000,000 after husband Anson Wood Burchard of General Electric died in 1927. She is in Egypt aboard a houseboat hosting the prince and five friends on an extended Nile cruise. Engagement announced by cable to friends. This would be her third marriage.
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New York
Allene Tew Burchard
Paris
Prince Henry of
Nile
More Aged Able To Care For Themselves
New York on January 24 reports that longer life expectancy makes old age a growing problem. The New York Association for improving the condition of the poor notes 15 to 20 percent of those over 65 are partly or wholly dependent, and the share of people over 65 has risen 64 percent since 1850.
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New York
Board of Managers
The
New York Association
Influenza Ravages Belfast and Derry in Northern Ireland
Influenza is rampant in Northern Ireland with about half of Belfast schoolchildren sick. An estimated large number of victims in the Derry district prompted school closures as authorities battle the outbreak.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Derry
National Loyalty Sunday Marked by Presbyterian Churches
Philadelphia report notes the Presbyterian general council designates March 3 as National Loyalty Sunday, the day before Herbert Hoover's inauguration, to be observed by all churches. The observance supports the Christian citizenship program and stresses youth work across the denomination this year.
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Philadelphia
Presbyterian General Council
Herbert Hoover
General Assembly
Publisher Held For Breaking Game Law
Albany Ga January report says Judge Robert W. Bingham publisher of the Courier Journal and four guests at his Pine land lodge are indicted for shooting dove in a baited field. Trial tentatively set this week. Buckingham Palace says King George’s condition remains unchanged.
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Albany, Ga
Robert W. Bingham
Louisville, Ky
Courier Journal
Pineland Hunting
King Holding
London
Kin
Buckingham Palace
King George
New Shrine Potentate Elected in Maryland
Roy A. Leiter of Hagerstown was elected Illustrious Potentate of Ali Ghan Temple Western Maryland at Cumberland. Leiter, a longtime Mason and former Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce president, succeeds Dr G G Shoemaker. Offices were filled for Rabban Gillette and others. Potentate Leiter announced plans for a May ceremony in Hagerstown.
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Ali Ghaan Temple
Maryland
Washington County
Roy A. Leiter
Hagerstown
Masonic Order
Leiter
Cumberland
3. G. Shoemaker
Potentate Leiter
Shriners
Cumberland Theatre
Potentate
Worthington P. Wachter
Rescued Crew of S S Florida After Fierce Winter Storm
New York American reports the freighter Florida crew nearly collapsed after hours in a mid winter gale. Captain Fried guided the America to reach the sinking vessel and pluck the crew from danger. Two nearby ships failed to find or assist. many crew were exhausted and torn clothing. The Florida was abandoned. Three missing in Montreal fire on Tupper street.
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Page
Fried
S. S. Florida
America
Florida
New Yor
New York American Today
Montreal
Tupper Street
Home Fire Near Antietam Bridge Affects Keedysville Resident
Walter Clark, a well known farmer near the Antietam bridge north of Keedysville, woke to smoke and found one end of his house in flames. Fire likely started in the chimney and burned into the room before he and others extinguished it. Meanwhile Scouts from Troop 12 met at Scout Cushen’s home to plan for the Armory fair, sharing stories, games, and refreshments. In separate items, Asa Keyes testifies in his defense in the Julian petroleum fraud trial, denying he “laid down.” A train buried by snow near Budapest left forty passengers feared dead from cold and hunger.
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Walter Clark
Antietam Bridge
Keedysville
Clark
Cushen
Ward
Campbell
McCardell
Budapest
Expenses Of Vare Defended In 1926 Pennsylvania Fight
Senator-Elect Ware's expenses in the three cornered 1926 Pennsylvania Republican senatorial race were defended before the Senate Investigating Committee. Francis Shunk Brown, counsel for Vare, presented a brief as the panel concluded its inquiry. The committee planned to hear Vare's defense on charges of election fraud. The Brown brief cites expenses of 785,984 for the Ware-Biedleman-James group, averaging 1.32 per vote on the ticket.
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Washington
Ware
Pennsylvania
Senate Investigating Committee
Vare
Francis Shunk Brown
Brown
Reed
Missouri
Ware-Biedleman-James Group
Forty Lost When Chinese Ship Sinks
Shanghai reports forty lives lost with forty survivors cited after the Chinese steamer Hanchong formerly the Sandakan sank off the coast while en route from Tsingtao to Shanghai with coal. The chief officer and 19 crew members drifted two days without food before rescue by a junk crew.
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Shanghai
Tsingtao
Planes Join Search for Missing Fisherman in Lake Michigan
At Selfridge Field Mt. Clemens Michigan on January 24 two army planes fitted with skis for ice landings departed for Petoskey to aid in locating Louis Sweet, a fisherman who drifted onto the Lake Michigan ice Tuesday, prompting the search.
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Selfridge Field
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Petoskey
Louis Sweet
Lake Michigan
Hubby To Care For Children While His Wife Lives In Jail
Mrs Theresi Efu to serve 1919 days in county jail while husband stays home to care for three children after they chose jail for her liquor selling crime. Judge Tuttle enforced the sentence with a one cent fine for the husband.
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Hubby
Bay City
Mich
Theresi Efu
Tuttle
London Laborites predicted to return in England
British publisher Lord Rothmere predicts a Labor government in England, signaling a shift in political tides as discussions unfold about future governance and national policy in the United Kingdom.
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Budapest
Lord Rothmere
England
Passenger burned in Florida plane crash in January
In Jacksonville on January 24 Philip Gluckman of New York a passenger was burned to death and James Harp the pilot was seriously injured when the plane crashed.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Philip Gluckman
New York
James Harp
Senate to hold public hearings on tax refund cases
Washington January 24 Senate votes to require public hearings on tax refund cases involving amounts over ten thousand dollars. The action targets opaque refunds and seeks greater taxpayer transparency, signaling broader scrutiny of government rebates.
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Washington
Senate
Wall Street Opens With Mixed Early Gains in Jan 1924 Trading
New York stocks rose at the open with Canadian Pacific and Studebaker at fresh highs, National Cast and Central Alloy Steel advancing, Rio Grande Oil attracting accumulation, and St Joseph Lead softening. The market later slipped as overnight buying orders were exhausted and Worthington Steel slipped about two points, easing confidence.
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New York
Canadian Pacific
Studebaker
National Cast Register
Central Alloy
Rio Grande
Johns Manville
Union Carbide
St. Joseph
Market quotes furnished by W R Spielman Co
Wheat and corn futures quotes show prices for March May and July contracts with open high low and latest figures. Isaly appears as a listed price. Prices are presented for Wheat at March May July and for Corn at March May with fractional percentages fluctuating through the session.
Washington County booklet touts thriving economy and facilities
The booklet highlights Washington County's $12,000,000 annual farm output, over 400 retail stores, low power rates, abundant soft water, and minimal foreign labor. It notes 19 Boy Scout troops, eight welfare groups, Hagerstown’s premier park, 14 schools including a new high school, a proud fire department, top railroad facilities, National Highway and Shenandoah Trail access, and extensive road surfacing.
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Washington County
Hagerstown
U. S
New High
Cumberland Valley
Mystery in Davis murder case believed solved in Los Angeles
Police announced the deaths of Andrew L. Davis a 35 year old garage employer and Miss Well Baer 24 found in Davis quarters in a rooming house were a murder and death by own action. The investigation concluded a murder followed by self inflicted death.
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Los Angeles
Andrew L. Davis
Roast Beef Dinner and Bingo Fundraiser Notice
Hag Camp No 1 W O W hosts a roast beef dinner Sunday January 26 from 11 a.m. to 1 30 p.m. and supper from 6 to 8 p.m. at the W O W Building. Tickets are 3 cents. A Friday January 25 bingo party funds this kitchen equipment fund also at the W O W Building.
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Balto
Victor
Talking Machine Shop
Potomac
Principals’ Association
North Ireland
Wareham
West Washington Street
J. Edw. Cochran
L. R. Watkins
H. U. Yeater
Dr. J. R. Ames
Paul N. Fleming
Philip H. Mathias
Peoples Life Ins. Co
Unger and Creel
H. D. Gilmer
P. L. Russell
M. Wm, Dutton
Harry W. Kaylor
G. & P. Telephone Co
W. R. Spielman & Co. Wolfinger & Lightner North American Cement
Asa ‘Keyes
Julian
Tom Cross
Tose
Florida Oranges
Prospect Sts
California
Church & Prospect Sts
K. T. Hager
Committee of Inquiry
Palatka, Fla
Wilson Cypress Company
Marjorie Daw
Myron Selznick
Bill
Oscar Morales Lopez
Galveston
Tex
Guatemala
Mexico
Wall Street
W. R. Spielman & Co
West
Washington St
Hagerstown Tent & Awning CO
Harp
Schmidt
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