Utility Telegrams and Destruction Taint Congressional Probe
A federal inquiry probes Associated Gas and Electric and Western Union over a $700,000 campaign to defeat a utilities bill. Witnesses describe telegrams paid by the company and destroyed records raising questions about influence and accountability. R P Herron and E W O'Brien defend actions amid committee grilling as A G E executives face scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NGTON
Associated, Gas and Bleepany
New York
Blck
D-Ala
R P. Herron
Warren
Pennsylvania
E. W.o’brien
Erie
Herron
O'Brien
A. E. Beach
Ithaca
N.Y
Beach
Metropolitan Edison
Associated Gas and Electric
Philadelphia
Hill
Black
O’brien
Cuticura Ointment Featured For Gentle Baby Care
An advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment as a gentle, healing solution for baby rashes. It promotes quick soothing without crying and invites readers to request a free sample by writing Cuticura Department 21 in Boston, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iris
Order Signed in Baltimore Bonds Takeover of Short Line
Federal Judge Wm. C. Coleman signed an order directing bond holders of the Annapolis Short Line to take over and operate the Short Line of the Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad on August 20.
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Baltimore
Wm. C. Coleman
Annapolis
Washington, Baltimore and Anapolis
Reduction in relief cases reported in rural Washington County
Washington County Welfare Board reports a seasonal shift cutting relief rolls. Since June 20 1935 about 1 650 individuals were removed from relief, a drop of nearly 4 000 since February and 3 000 from July 1934 to July 1935. Rural areas outside Sandy Hook and Williamsport show relief declines while a February 1935 peak reached 2 375 cases. The board plans seasonal farm labor analysis with Farm Bureau cooperation and aims to transfer employables to the Works Progress Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Edmonds
Washington County Welfare Board
Sandy Hook
Williamisport
Welfare Board
Farms Bureau
Works Progress Administration
Hagerstown Ranks Third in State Life Insurance Payments
In Maryland city rankings for 1934 life insurance payments Hagerstown placed third with policy holders receiving about $120,000. Baltimore led the state with $17,692,000 and Cumberland followed at $384,000. Maryland total life payments reached $44,900,000. The largest individual claim in Hagerstown was $6,065, with other $5,000 and multiple $2,000 and $1,000 claims.
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Hagerstown
Maryland
W National
Baltimore
Cumberland
New Middle Road Tax Plan Favored Amid Debate
A proposed new income tax schedule would not raise rates on incomes below 15000 and could raise revenue by about 20.4 million if rates rise under 150000, with existing 4 percent base and surtax structure. A Washington meeting of the Gettysburg Memorial Boulevard commission is planned at the White House to organize funds for Mt Vernon Lincoln Memorial and Gettysburg battlefield. Peter Arno and Mary Livingston Lansing announced engagement. past Reno divorce with Loi Long cited amid nightlife incident. Bill Terry of the Giants is noted for better hitting at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.
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Lovell H. Parker
Joint Congressional Committee
Washington
Haines
Democrat
Pennsylvania
Washington- Gettysburg Memorial Boulevard
White House
Mt. Vernon
Lincoln Memorial
Gettysburg Battsfield
New York
Peter Arno
Mary Livingston Lansing
Arno
Loii Long
Reno
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Vanderbilt
Fire department tests reveal high output pump system
Firemen from An tietam and First Hose Companies conducted tests at City Park lake yesterday evening. R J Combs and A K McGraw led the chiefs. The Eastman deluge set, purchased by the Mayor and Council, delivered 1220 gallons per minute with two engines and two hand lines, and 1934 gallons per minute with all lines active.
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Eastman
City
Park Lake
Antietam
RJ. Combs
A. K. McGraw
AIBERNIANS RAP PRAISE COV RITCHIE ATTACKS
In a staged clash at a convention, former Maryland governor Ritchie criticized government expenditures and urged budget balance and a stable currency. Respondents including Rep. Martin J. Sweeney and California leaders Geo. Riley and George W. Harkins condemned Ritchie's remarks as insulting to the Roosevelt administration and the assembly.
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Martin J. Sweeney
Ohio
Hibernians
Geo. Riley
California
George W. Harkins
Ritchie
Sweeney
Riley
Harkins
Roosevelt
Maryland
Italy Sees Conflict as Inevitable in Ethiopia Dispute
Italian officials in Rome say Emperor Haile Selassie’s call to fight to the last man signals an armed settlement is certain, as Addis Ababa resists demands and foreign residents secure. Tokyo reports Italy seeking Japan’s stance on the Italo Ethiopian dispute.
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Rome
Haile Selassie
Italy
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Japan
Tokyo
Giancinto Auritt
Hirota
Prize package sparks temperance union protest in Burley
Minnie Pyle supported prize packages offered by a Burley store to boost sales until she learned the stimulant was whiskey. The Women's Christian Temperance Union member helped prompt a condemnatory resolution by the union denouncing the scheme.
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Burley
Idaho
Minnie Pyle
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Father denies bus hired by parents in Rockville crash
Dr. Zimmerman releases letter disputing claims in the Baltimore Sun regarding the Rockville crash. He asserts the bus was hired by Miss Louise Funk with principal and county superintendent knowledge, and that the School Board contract covered the vehicle used with its regular transport duties. He also cites his personal connection as a father of a child killed.
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Pagehi
Rockville
Zimmerman
Puble
Dr. Cook
Baltimore Sun
Louise Funk
Funk
Samuel B. Plummer
B. J. Grimes
Line
College Park
Washington County
Gangster Alterie Shot In Chicago Icefront Hotel Drive
Louis Two Gun Alterie, a longtime Chicago beer gangster known for bloody gang wars, was gunned down by a shotgun blast in front of a North Side hotel. He was taken to Lakeview Hospital with probable death.
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Chicago
Louis
Alterie
North Side
Lakeview
Annual Ram Show and Sale At Boonsboro
The fifth annual Evcnsboro Ram Show and Sale opened in Boonsboro with breeders John E Mudcaster Jr Derwood R C F Weagley Hagerstown William J Hines Brinklow Belair Farris Bowie O Jones Ellicott City and University of Maryland College Park offering rams for sale. Roy Igen brode acted as auctioneer as judging by K A Clark of Monocacy Farms Frederick completed the event under Maryland Stockmen Association and University of Maryland Extension Service.
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Gale
John E. Mudcaster, Jr
Derwood
Weagley
Hagerstown
William J. Hines
Brinklow
Belair
Farris
Bowie
O. Jones
Ellicott City
University of Maryland
P. mi
Roy Igenbrode
K- A Clark
Monocacy, Farms
Frederick
Maryland Stockmen’s Association
University of ‘Maryland Extension Service
Boonsboro
Nose Awning Joke Stuns Rochester Beachgoers
At Rochester municipal beaches on Lake Ontario a joke about a sunburned nose drew attention. Brough claimed he would act about the sunburned node as onlookers watched a peculiar nose shaped like a muinkature. The crowd speculated on whether the nose would turn red, revealing a curious scene near the water.
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Rochester
Reguard
Wood
Brough
Rochester’s
Lake Ontario
Firat
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T He ‘Co
Cuticura
Oes den
Mass
Shoes
Tappan
U.S
Guadalupe
Calif
United States
Associated Presa
Bill Terry
Ney Giants
Forbesfield
Pittsburgh
Olda Oxford
Edward Herrmann
Washington Ave
Aibernians
Cov. Ritchie
Naddis
Ababa
Atwater-Kent Electric Refrigerator
Meyers & Berkson
W. Franklin
Bible
Oxfords
N. Potomac Oi
Our Market
First Street
Wileon Boulevard
Livestock Sales, Inc
Hagerstown, MD
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