Snowbound Roads Disrupted Across Maryland Counties
Heavy snow swept Maryland with plows mobilized in Allegany Garrett and Washington counties. City crews cleared downtown streets while buses ran on Scheie. Nine inches fallen by night, temperatures fell to 25. Dozens of motorists stalled on icy roads as state roads headquarters reported fatalities in weather related auto incidents.
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Washington
Frederick County
Allegany
Garrett
Municipal Street Department
Elune’ Ridge Transportation Company
Scheie
Jani Oswald
Chewsville
Observer
S-Meght
Srobable
State Roads’ Commission
Bal
Baltimore
Maryland
Sam Martin- Kyle
GambHill
Anne Arundel ‘Courty
Annapolis
Washington ‘Boulevard
Laurel
Tims
Wisters ‘Goodman
Mayfieht Parks
Archie
Adkins
Willards
Ocean City
Salisbury
Copelard Jones
Dames Quarter
Deals Island
Man Dies After Tooth Extraction By Pliers
John Dedis aged 64 died in county hospital nine days after pulling an abscessed tooth with pliers. He told his wife he felt like a two year old and succumbed to infection from the extraction in the hospital.
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Ghicago
John Dedis
Old-Age Insurance Policy for 70 to 90 Years Old
The National Protective Insurance Co offers a new Old Age accident policy for men and women aged 70 to 90. It features hospital and general coverage with maximum benefits up to 3,000 and monthly hospital benefits of 150. Fractures and dislocations receive large cash sums. doctor bills and liberal accident benefits are included. The cost is 3.65 dollars per year, one cent per day, with a 10 day free inspection after applying. The firm notes past payouts of over 4.25 million dollars and invites written applications with name age address and beneficiary relationship. Limited-time offer includes 30 days free insurance when the payment is sent with request.
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National Protective Insurance Co
Pickwick Bldg
Kansans City
Deaths Italy denies riot rumors across cities
Dispatches claim Italian soldiers fought with rioters in Turin Milan and other cities. CBS reporter Winston Burdett from Belgrade described casualties and arrests of Italian officers and Fascist dignitaries by secret police and the Gestapo. London sources alleged German troops entering Italy to support the Fascist regime under the guise of Luftwaffe ground crews.
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Balan
Turin
Milan
CBS
Winston Burdett
Belgrade
Fascist Party
Gestage
London
Italy
Deaths and funerals of local residents in three counties
Obituaries report the deaths of Mrs Harriet Beachley and Ella M Smith with services planned in Downsville and Benecock. Others include George Grimm, Robert Henry Lawrence, Henry Snyder, Carl Witmer, and Mrs Sarah A Baker with church services and interments noted. Surviving relatives and burial arrangements are provided for each.
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Harriett Beachley
Levi “Beachley
Andrew Kershner
Sige
Virginia Avenue
Beachley
Eli and
Mary Heller
Clearspring
Christian Church
Downsville
Orville Beachley
Williamsport
Mark
Washington
Kershner
Tyan Reid
Boonsboro
Charles Sowers
Samuel W. Sowers
Samuel Heller
Minois
Whershner
Rev
Win
Rose Hi
F B join in fire probe church to be used again
The church will be used again within two weeks. Clergy from five Protestant churches offered their facilities to St Mary’s for masses while repairs continue. Fr Francis Leary read letters from St Mark’s Lutheran and St John’s Episcopal offering space. verbal offers came from Trinity Lutheran Zion Reformed and Presbyterian churches. Parish House will serve temporarily as a church.
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St. Mary's
Francis Leary
St. Mark’s Lutheran
St John's Episcopal
Trinity Lutheran
Zion Reformed
Father Leary
Boston Raid Uses Odd Tactics in Dice Game
Boston police describe an unusual raid on a dice game. An officer lit a pine and blew smoke into the room’s keyhole causing players to flee into raiders. Earlier a raid used a cat like “meow” approach to gain entry.
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Boston
Obituary notices from a Williamsport area page
Obituaries list several deaths including Aram Nicholas Warrenfeltz of 221 Cushna Avenue Williamsport aged 84 with survivors Clara Rebecca and eight grandchildren. Also listed are relatives of Elmer A Baker resident of Williamsport and a three son Charles Clarence Jacob. and others with funeral plans and bereavement notices from Kraiss mortuary and Snyder-Rowland parlors.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Leroy Nichols
Hazel E. Baker
Clarence Repp
Clement Hoche
Rose Hill Cemetery
Repp
Aram Nicholas Warrenfeltz
Cushna Avenue
Williamsport
Wallsville
Frederick County
Danis
Susan Warrenfeltz
Zion Lutheran Church
Clara Rebecca
Sen Senbaugh
Warrenfeltz
Eva Susan Warrenfeltz
Hagerstown
Harry Francis
Youngstown
Ohio
Tohn Pomroy
Kipton
John E. Moore
Cascade
Braden Jacob Warrenfeltz
Henry Mile Warrenfeltz
Frederick
William Hyddie
Smithsburg
Comet
Maryland Legislature Eyes Tax Cuts and Budget Drive
Annapolis Md January 27 lawmakers push to revision of income tax and the record 105 664 000 budget for 1942 43. Governor O Connor urges speed as conservation and state police reforms prompt debates and a Senate committee hears officer Ober on patrol and budget questions.
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General Assembly
Annapolis
Maryland
Assembly
O'Conor
Q’conor
Special Conservation Commission
O‘conor
Senate
Frank J. Plynn
Balto
Beverly Ober
Senate Finance Committee
Flynn
Flynm
Ober
Department of State Police
Secret Data and War Aims Stir Lease-Lend Debate
Senators Wheeler and Nye move to urge Roosevelt to disclose belligerents' war aims and secret treaties as opposition to lease-lend grows. The CIO women auxiliaries oppose the bill, AFL endorses with changes, and closed hearings plan questions for Col. Lindbergh and defense chiefs amid House and Senate scrutiny. Roosevelt open to substantial modifications to win broad support.
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Wheeler
D-Mont
Nye
R-Nd
Roosevelt
National Coordinating Committee
CIO
CLO
AFL
William Green
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Charles A. Lindbergh
Senate
Hull
Foreign Relations Committee
House
Three Marines Die In Auto Crash Near San Diego
In Diego California on Sunday January 27 a crash killed three Marines and left three others burned. onlookers used a canvas shield to shield themselves from the blaze while rescuing the survivors.
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Diego
Calif
Frederick County Emergency Fund Balance Grows
Frederick Md Jan 26 Frederick County Commissioners report an unexpended emergency fund balance of 2874.71 at the end of the 1940 fiscal period the largest amount remaining in years and underscoring prudent financial management by local officials.
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Frederick
Frederick County
Three Accused Of Stealing Chickens
Three ex convict suspects were arrested by city police and county investigators for larceny of chickens from the Angle farm at Morgansville and selling them in Winchester. Jim Meadows 57 Walter Baker 188 and Louise Stone 31 were taken from a North Mulberry Street house by Deputy Horn, Sheriff’s office and city officers. They face hearings Wednesday morning. Meadows recently released from the House of Correction on a writ of habeas corpus after a chicken stealing conviction.
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City Nolice
North Mulberry Street
Horn
Sellman
Jim Meadows
Walter Baker
Stout
Louise Stone
Angle Farm
Morgansville
Winchester
Hevine-Veen Stollen
Meadows
House of Correction
Baker
Stone Woman
Lewis Retires as PE Superintendent in Potomac Edison
A. D. Lewis of this city retires after serving as superintendent of power for Potomac Edison Co from December 15, 1922 to January 1 this year. Born in Wales, youngest of nine, he emigrated in 1883 and built a long career with Worcester Polytechnic Institute studies, Westinghouse, General Electric, War Department arsenals, and Consolidated Gas and Electric before leading Potomac Public Service Co.
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A. D. Lewis
Potomac Edison Co
Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Wales
United States
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Westinghouse Machine Co
General Electric Co
War Department
Consolidated Gas and Electric Co
Baltimore
Potomac Public Service Co
Woman Beaten and Robbed in Ridgely Assault
Miss Katherine McElwaine about 62 improved but serious after two men beat her at her home Saturday night. Police probe trace of assailants who seized her near her home, dragged her into a neighbor’s yard, and stole her purse and two rings. Dr J S Fifer noted a broken nose among injuries. Constable James A Kornrumps said neighbors heard her cries and found her.
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Mise McElwaine
James A. Kornrumps
Willie Willkie Tours England Aims for Broad Help
Former U S presidential candidate Willkie, cheerful and energetic, arrives in London and plans a two week visit to meet military and civil leaders, tour provinces, and assess Britain’s needs. He says he has no government role, will listen, and hopes to unite the United States with Britain.
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London
Churchill
United States
Ministry of Information
Willie
New York
Font
Q. R. Thompson
Thomas Brand
Herschel Johnson
G. 5S
Martin Scanlon
N. R. Hitchcock
England
Willkie
Britain
Werdell Willkie
Mister Willkie
Foreign Minister Istvan Csaky Dies in Budapest
Budapest reports Foreign Minister Istvan Csaky died at 2:34 am after seven weeks illness. The 46-year-old marked Hungary’s Axis alignment last November and had been in a coma since Saturday. He fell ill after traveling on a Yugoslavian train December 9 and was diagnosed with influenza before food poisoning. His 28-year-old bride, former Countess Matia Charinsky, was at his bedside.
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Budapest
Hungary
Istvan Csaky
Yugoslavia
Csaky
Matia Charinsky
Moravia
British advance near Derna and Eritrean front report
British forces push along the Cirenaican coast with gains near Biscia and Agardat as Italian defenses retreat toward a line near Asmara, aiming at Masawa on the Red Sea. Kenyan dispatches note push into Italian Somaliland near El Wak amid Banda-Taliga patrol clashes. Senate approves 300 million dollar air defense modernization plan.
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Gasi
Cirenaican
Graziani
Eritrea
Biscia
Agardat
Asmara
Red Sea
Massawa
Kenya
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MM. Smith
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
John EB. Smith
N. FP. Fearnew
R. BE. Beard
E. J. Carroll
Chicago
George Bond
William Hamill
George Hamill
City End
Charles Hamill
Washington, D. GC
St Peter’s Catholic Church
Bencock
J. Gilber
Blessed Mothers
Sodality, Society
Vrar
George Brown Grimm
Sandys Hook
Brownsylle
Abraham
Martha (Jennings) Grimm
Church of the Brethren
Brownsville
Woton
Leonard Demers
Frank
Wererion
Samuel
Joseph Young
Annie Reed
William Virts
Brunswick
Charles Vi
Robert Henry Lawrence
Reynolds Avenue
Washington County Hospital
Aaron
Ann Elizabeth (Cross
Lawrence
St Mary's Catholic Church
Holy Name Society
The
Elks Lodge
Mary Gieras
Henry Snyder
East
Franklin Street
Ralph Sellers
Cecil Smith
Carl S. Semler
This City
McCleland Semler
Florida
Carl Witmer
Salem Avenue
First Baptist Church
Kraiss Funneral
Sarah A. Baker
Oliver T. Baker
West Prapehe Street
F.B
Great Cacapon
Martinsburg
Elizabeth Lynch
Charles
Clarence
Jacob
Roy
Raymond
Hancock
Harsey
Alvin
Washington, D C
Snyder-Rowland
Gary £. Crouse
Mitchell Are
Woodrow Crouse
Richard
Army
Navy
DR. Yoger
Hongreda
W.S. Yoder
Weenie
Stamp
Baron Stamp
Great London Midland and Scottish Railroad
Lord Stamp
Willkie End
Lisbon
Portugal
Ernest W. Miller
Maitlinson
FLOOR
Chaptre
Everly
ODAY
Amer
Amer, T. & T
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Atchison
Beth. Steel JL
Ae Chrysler O
Consol
Crown CE. & SL
DuPont
Gan
Gen. Foods
Gen. Motors
Goodyear Seerae
N.Y. Central
North Amer
Penna
Chicago Grain Market
Derna
White House
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