Maryland WPA outlines highway projects and labor use
Deputy WPA chief Merry D. Williar Jr told Rural Letter Carriers that about one third of Maryland WPA work is on roads, with 100 farm to market road projects totaling 225 miles across 15 counties. He noted 21 percent of projects are professional or educational, 11 percent public buildings, and 11 percent sewerage and water work. Local materials are used where possible, with stone and gravel sourced regionally.
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Ocean City
Merry D. Williar, Jr
State Works Progress
WPA
Maryland
Williar
Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Action To Reduce Accidents Planned
Baltimore July 7 City Councilman Sydney R Traub proposed state legislation to strengthen automobile laws. He urged a law preventing issuance of licenses to drivers without insurance and requiring the Motor Vehicle Commissioner to inspect used cars for safe condition before issuing new titles.
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Baltimore
Sydney R. Traub
Traub
Motor Vehicle
Slaying Probe Ties Three States To Miller Case
Carrollton Kentucky July 7 police from three states push to locate the head and hands of Harry R. Miller once Cincinnati fire captain found headless and handless after a June sequence. Indiana authorities hold Miss Flora Miller and Heber Hicks incommunicado as warrants and habeas corpus actions move through courts. Deputy Sheriff Bakes says more arrests likely within 48 hours.
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Carrollton
Harry R. Miller
Cincinnati
Miller
Flora Miller
Heber L. Hicks
Joseph R. Williams
Indianapolis
Matt Leach
Indiana State Police
Miss Miller
Hicks
John L. McNellis
D. C. Bakes
Kentucky
Carroll County
Miler
Indiana
Alexander Hotel Opens New Mural Decor in Coffee Shop
Alexander Hotel unveils extensive mural redecorations in the Coffee Shop. The 10 by 25 foot canal scene dominates a dozen photographs, with works by Dr. Peregrine Wroth and other local images, enlarged by Berry and Homer of Philadelphia. William Corless appointed maitre de hotel, bringing experience from major properties including the Miami Biltmore and Lexington Hotel.
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Williamsport
Peregrine Wroth
Hagerstown
Strite’s
Conococheague Creek
Berry and
Homer
Philadelphia
William Corless
the Alexander
Silver Grill
Lexington Hotel
New York City
Exclusive
Lights Club
Freeport
Long Island
Classified Offers Befriend Your Purse Now and Daily
In the Classified Section readers are invited to find bargains that help finances. Daily ads promise frugal options and money saving deals across varied categories.
Fashion pattern request from Hagerstown Mail used for Daily Mail
A reader is urged to send fifteen cents to obtain a pattern from the Fashion Magazine and to address orders for the Daily Mail Peerless fashions to the Fashion Dept. at Hagerstown Mail 200 Fifth Ave New York City.
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Daily Mail
Fashion Dept
Hagerstown
Fifth Ave
New York City
Date Set for Sanctions Burial Over Ethiopia War
The League of Nations in Geneva held a final burial for sanctions against Italy on July 15, after a unanimous vote by the coordinating committee. The measures, imposed last October 10, were ineffective in halting the African war, as the Peruvian delegate objected. The League Assembly must still ratify the decision.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Coordinating Committee
Italy
Retired College Head Succumbs
Chambersburg Pa July 7 Dr Ethelbert Dudley Warfield who retired June 9 as president of Wilson College died at his home here.
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Chambersburg
Ethelbert Dudley Warfield
Wilson College
Dr Warfield Illness Leaves Widow and Large Family
Dr Warfield had been ill for two. He is survived by his widow, four sons and three daughters.
Man Found Unconscious Under Bed In Maryland
Howard Hare a 43 year old former Western Maryland Railroad engineer was found unconscious beneath a bed in his home on South Potomac street with head and body injuries including a possible skull fracture. Police officers Sgt John Divine and patrolmen Karn and Welch opened an investigation but wife notes he may suffer attacks not an assault. He was taken to Washington County Hospital in critical condition.
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Potomac Street
Howard Hare
Western Maryland Railroad
Washington County Hospital
Hare
John Divine
Karn and
Welch
Three Are Killed In Tank Explosion
Louisville July 7 an asphalt heating tank exploded during construction at the Axton Fisher Tobacco Co site killing two men and a child and injuring 19. A tongue of flame burned 3 year old Eugene Edward Gilchrist and workmen Hora Vincent 32 Hubert Kirchner 28 died of burns. Arvin Lynch 48 was feared dead.
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Louisville
Axton Fisher Tobacco Co
Eugene Edward Gilchrist
Hora Vincent
Hubert Kirchner
Arvin Lynch
Fire disaster injures many workers at plant incident
A fire at a plant left thirteen workers burned nine seriously. Heat overtook three firefighters and a live wire shocked two people. The descriptions indicate a severe industrial accident with multiple injuries.
Foresters Battle Blaze In Wyoming
Thousands of foresters fought forest fires across Wyoming and Montana last night. Near Newcastle Wyoming two fires consumed more than ten thousand acres as Civilian Conservation workers and forest rangers battled the heat. Sixteen sections burned on Tongue Creek north of Newcastle after a lightning start two weeks prior. Montana also reported fires in several sectors.
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Wyoming
Montana
Newcastle
Wryo
Tongue Creek
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Hoffman
Chevrolet
Four States Livestock Sales, Inc
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Alexander Hotel
Hotel Alexander
Princess
Cthan Chere
Francisco Tudela Y Varela
League Assembly
KAY Jewelry CO
Crane
WJEJ
Miller’s
S$ Potomac
Roney Bros
N. Potomac &St
The
W. E. Long Co
Foresters
Caskey
Electrolux
Chesapeake
Norfolk and Old Point
Pier 19
Light St
Chesapeake Pictorial
West Point
York River
St. Paone
Betholine
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