New Hospital Plans Submitted for Washington County Center
Charles F. Neergard, New York hospital consultant, has been engaged with local architect A J Kilnkhart to draft plans and estimates for a new Washington County Hospital. The project envisions a health center absorbing public health services for city and county, with 30 percent federal funding under the public works program. plans and specs will be submitted to the board within two weeks.
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Charles ‘F. Neergard
New York
Washington County Hospital
Neergard
Public
Hagerstown
A. J. Kilnkhart
Mattern Alaska Bound: Coast Guard Tracks Aviator’s Russian Flight
Coast Guard cutter Northland reports Mattern may have left Anadyr with pilot Levanovsky for Nome in a Russian seaplane. A radio message claimed the aircraft was five hours, 52 minutes from Nome. Johnny Elias, son of Mrs. Eva Elias, was hospitalized with phot fever.
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Washington
United States Coast Guard
Northland
Jimmy Mattern
Anadyr
Siberia
Nome
Alaska
Levanovsky
Mattern
Johnny Elias
Eva. Elias
South Mulberry Street
Ken
Balbo Arrives in Washington as Roosevelt Guest
General Italo Balbo leader of the Italian air armada arrived in Washington to meet President Roosevelt for a luncheon after a transatlantic flight. The 98 aircraft 75 000 cheering crowd greeted the visitors in New York and Jamaica Bay as Balbo and his officers prepared for the capital visit.
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Washington
Italo Balbo
Atlantic
Chicago
Roosevelt
New York
Stylo Balbo
Mussolini
Italy
Jamaica Bay
Floyd Bennett Airport
Grace Mastelloni
Century of Progress
Floyd Bennett Field
Prisoner escapes from Mont county jail again
In Rockville Maryland on July 20 a 22 year old inmate William Reed serving a larceny sentence escaped by tearing a ceiling opening and using the ventilating shaft to the roof before being recaptured near Silver Spring by Policeman Charles Barnes. A prior escape via the same route prompted officials to reinforce the jail ceiling with steel but the latest breach shows weaknesses.
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Rockville
Montgomery ‘County
William Reed
Charles Barnes
Silver Spring
Old Court House
Montgomery County
Court House
Ocean Fliers Laid to Rest in Kaunas Funeral
Kaunas Lithuania July 20 forty thousand mourners attended the state funeral for Stephen Darius and Stanley Girenas the Lithuanian American airmen who perished in a crash near Kaunas on Monday during a flight from Vatican City. The ceremony featured a solemn procession led by family members and church officials.
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Kaunas
Lithuania
Stephen Darius
Stanley Girenas
Vatican City
New York
Germany
Vatican
Franz von Papenchild
Pacelis
Darius
Gironad
Wife Sues for Divorce Over Alphabet Soup Silence
Mrs. Rose Wach seeks divorce claiming ten years of silent estrangement with her husband who communicated only via tablecloth messages and alphabet soup letters. She alleges he stopped speaking after she poured a bottle of liquor into a sink.
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Chicago
Rose Wach
Tax Receipts In 1/33 Match 1932 Totals
State and county tax receipts for January to date total 371 380.87, nearly the same as the prior year. County treasurer John G. Bower reported receipts show lower mood but the levy cut explains the difference. June collections fall from 508 987.41 to 359 121.72, while July to date totals rise to 16 383.79 from 15 940.81. A four percent discount is available for timely payments.
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John G. Bower
Bower
Fever Case Reported in Poolesville Mont County
A third Rocky Mountain spotted fever case was reported in Poolesville Montgomery County. 17 year old Floyd Rippeon Jr and other household members had tick exposure. no additional infections. Health Officer Kefauver visited the home. other cases reported in Brunswick and Mt Airy this week. Dr Clyde L King named chief of the dairy section FDA.
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Poolesville
Montgomery County
Floyd Rippeon, Jr
Floyd Rippeen
Sugar Loaf Mountain
E. C. Kefauver
Rippeer
Brunswick
Mt. Airy
Kidnappers' Lair Found Five Held In Raid
Federal and St. Louis police raided a farm near Eagle Park in Madison Illinois and captured five kidnapping suspects including Percy M. Fitzgerald. A dug-out described by the victim as his five day confinement was found on the property. Additional arrests followed in Washington with six taken into custody in the nationwide operation.
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St. Louis
Percy M. Fitzgerald
Dice Box
Madison
Ill
August Luer
Alton
A. P
Department ‘of
Justice
Eagle ‘Park
Federa
Murphysboro
Washington
Department of Justice
Caity
Lari
Randall F. Novell
Norris, Waugh
Pearl Hook
Mike Michal
Mike Michalie
Lue
Police Chief Struck Amid Hosiery Mill Strike Rampage
In Lansdale Pennsylvania police under Sheriff authority clashed with strikers outside the Dexdale Hosiery mill. Police Chief Rodney Shaver was hit in the back by a rock, a girl worker was cut, and windows were damaged. About 300 workers reported for duty including many knitters. Police used tear gas earlier, and Governor Pinchot ordered a state police rights inquiry.
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Lansdale
Dexdale
Rodney Shaver
Jenkintown
Shaver
Pinchot
Conscience Weighs on Cash Shortage Case and Publicist Dies
In Brownsville Texas A Morrow, a grocery manager, confronted a customer who returned a $10 overpayment from 1918, stating a clerk had given him too much. Separate dispatch from London reports the death of Viscount Burnham, aged 71, a noted newspaper proprietor and publicist.
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Brownsville
A. Morrow
Grocery
London
Viscount Burnham
Boonsboro Night Robberies Hit Seven Homes
A bold series of seven home break ins in Boonsboro left occupants asleep. Thieves took $125.80 in cash, including $125 from florist Eseby Cronise who found his trousers stolen. Deputy Sheriff Renner later reported his own residence robbed of $1.75 as two or three suspects were sought.
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Boonsboro
E. Eseby Cronize
Cronise
Sherif
Richard Renner
Renner
Oregon Votes Tomorrow On Prohibition
Oregon voters head to the polls to decide the repeal of national and state prohibition with anti prohibition camps predicting a two to one win. Pro repeal backers flag a potential victory but wary of margins similar to last November.
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Oregon
Prohibition
Portland
Ore
aAnti-prohibition
Would You Like To Live There Officials Assess China Famine Conditions
Nanking officials report natural disasters famine floods heat cholera rats locusts and other forces afflicting 12 of 18 provinces with about 100000 population and 1000 persons affected. Bandits and communists are harassing locals causing further death and property loss.
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Nanking
China
Repeal Forecast by Christmas From Postmaster Farley
Postmaster General Farley told President Roosevelt that repeal of prohibition would come by Christmas and added to reporters that the President agrees. Separately a Chicago Tribune warehouse fire along the riverfront caused over 300000 in damage, mostly to 6816 tons of newsprint.
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Washington
Farley
Roosevelt
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Crosby risks $100 000 if voice huskiness returns
Hollywood July 20 A growth on Bing Crosby vocal cords could alter his husky tone. If the growth vanishes or requires removal insurance firms may pay up to 100000. One insurer confirms a policy exists though the premium is not disclosed.
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Hollywood
Calif
Bing Crosby
Crosby
Gunmen Patrol West Side Saloon In Chicago Slayings
Gunmen fired into a small West Side saloon in Little Italy for two days leaving one dead and three wounded. Proprietor Clemente Cozzi said police seek ties to the notorious 42 gang leadership. Officers hunt Mike De Stefano linked to a prior police car arson conviction.
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Chicago
Italy
West Side
Frank Tiritilli
Clemente Cozzi
Mike de Stefano
Cozzi
Emil Onesto
Taylor Street
Price Of Wheat Takes Nosedive
A selling storm hit the wheat pit in Chicago shortly before noon driving most deliveries below a dollar per bushel. September wheat fell to 95 14 cents, down about 25 cents from yesterday’s peak and nearly 13 cents from the prior close.
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Chicago
Pilot Clipper's 15 Hour Lead Shrinks in Far East Hop
A trans Pacific hop from Moscow to New York and on to Rukhlovo shows weather delays cut a 15 hour lead to 42 minutes. Post and Gatty faced rain fog as they traveled via Khabarovsk Irkutsk and Novosibirsk, landing in Rukhlovo after avoiding grounded time.
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Moscow
Wilex
Oarovsk
Siberia
New Trom
Rukblove
Gatty
New York
Khabarovs
Post
Jan
Moscow Novosibirak
Sibert
Irkutsk
Rukhlovo
Khabarovsk
Irkutak
Bananas Supplying Chicago Hotel Dining Rise
In Chicago on July 20 a Drake hotel maitre d hotel Erik Dahlberg says New Yorkers consumed about 1,000 bananas at the Drake. He notes they were eaten for breakfast, lunch and dinner during their stay.
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Chicago
Erik Dahlberg
Bet Settled As Man Walks Plank To Prove Water Bet
John Odom a warfloger from Arkansas walked the plank off a San Diego pier to prove Arkansas would not go wet by a 3 to 1 vote. He stood fully clothed with a large rubber ball marked 350 Iba and leaped into the water from a ten foot plank near the steamer dock, only to find the weight was an undated rubber ball.
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San Diego
Calif
John Odom
Flinher Man's Pier
Arkansas
Albert D. Olsen
Odom
Ted
Johnson Plans National Minimum Wage and Hour Limits
Industrial Administrator Hugh S. Johnson outlined a plan for nationwide voluntary minimum wages and reduced working hours to boost purchasing power amid rising prices. He sought Roosevelt’s approval and urged public pressure to push industries toward the standards during hearings on sector wage and hour proposals.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
Roosevelt
Johnson
Ander
Johmson
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Coast Guard
Clyde L. King
University of Pennsylvania
Farm Adjustment Administration
King
Dept. of Justice
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Drys
White Chapel
Hyde Park
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