Board to discuss new building plans after grant approval
The Board of Education will assess a 6130948 PWA grant for county school reconstruction while focusing on a new Williamsport high school and a South Potomac Junior High addition. Bids for general contracts are expected to be advertised soon, with talks on two Boonsboro wings and possible new Mapleville and Downsville schools. A courthouse meeting will open bids, fill teacher appointments, and award bus hauling contracts.
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Board of Education
PWA
Williamsport
South Potomac
Boonsboro
Mapleville
Downsville
Two Men Face Assault Charge In City Court
State Police identified Emmett Rohrback of Keedysville district and John la Harnett of 600 Black George Avenue as the suspects in an assault on Lucy Farrell, 24, of West Antietam Street. Police said they will be arraigned Monday morning in city court after Farrell was beaten on Punkstown Pike late Saturday night and hospitalized but later discharged.
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Lucy Farrell
West Antietam Street
Emmett Rohrback
Keedysvile
John la Harnett
George Aréot
Farrell
Punkstown Pike
Giant Philippine pythons among world’s longest snakes
The largest snakes in the world are the reticulated pythons of the Philippine Islands. They average about 46 feet in length and 15 inches in diameter.
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Philippine Islands
Dinmieten
Ickes Chides Tydings Over New Deal Stand in Radio
Secretary Harold Ickes used a radio broadcast to mock Senator Millard E. Tydings for challenging Roosevelt and the New Deal. He suggested Tydings lacked heart in backing the program and praised candidates who publicly support the President. Ickes also noted Maverick’s possible defeat in Texas and commented on party dynamics.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Harold Ickes
U. S
Millard E. Tydings
Senate
Maryland
Tydings
Ickes
Roosevelt
Maury Maverick
Texas
Mayor meets with Hagerstown officers to discuss merit system
Mayor W Lee Elgin urged the Hagerstown Police Department to become a top Maryland unit. In a 15 minute fireside chat in City Court, he pledged to push legislative action to place the force under the merit system with removal for cause. He noted officers' mistakes, urged courtesy, and asked to overlook minor park ing infractions by visitors. The department reports out of town drivers repeatedly ignoring traffic summonses, one tagged four times recently.
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W. Lee Elgin
Hagerstown
Maryland
Elgin
Met
Weinberg Criticizes Nice For Dictatorial Leadership
Frederick Md July 26 Leo Weinberg one of three Republicans seeking the U S Senate denounced Governor Nice for backing Judge Oscar Leser. He called this executive usurpation odious and questioned funding for the gubernatorial campaign. He urged the party to remove the elephant symbol and back the wider calf.
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Frederick
Leo Weinberg
United States Senate
Nice
Oscar Leser
Senate
Leser
Republican Party
Director Defends TVA Rate Policy Before Congress
TVA Director David E. Lilienthal testified before a congressional committee defending the agency's power rates as a calculated risk that has proven sustainable and even too high. He admitted setting the rates without board approval, but said the board authorized him to establish a basis for negotiations with municipalities seeking TVA power as part of rate fixing steps.
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Knoxville
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
David E. Lilienthal
Congressional Investigation Committee
Lilienthal
Arthur E. Morgan
TVA Power
Earthquakes Span All Lands, No Zone Free From Quakes
A historical study notes that no portion of the earth's surface is entirely free of seismic activity. Researchers map patterns showing frequent quakes in varied regions, urging preparedness and further Monitoring of fault lines worldwide.
Fire damages Coffman Manufacturing roof in early blaze
A small hole was burned in the roof of the Coffman Manufacturing and Supply Company on Pennsylvania Avenue early last night. Firemen responded promptly and checked the blaze.
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Coffman Manufacturing and Supply Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
Energy tablets and oxygen in wartime comical reporting
A dreary column mocks Japanese soldiers receiving energy tablets and oxygen during battles in China. It riffs on Allied stereotypes, speculates on pill use, and lampoons wartime propaganda while recounting a parade that devolves into a headache. The tone is satirical and era reflective.
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China
Curious wartime quip on travel perils and odd names
A rambling, satirical note mentions civil aviation ache tablets and rat poison by mistake, forecasts a big season for water wings and seasick pills, and jokes about outboard motors and bear traps against a Siberian invasion. It cites a Soviet commander named Cor viganski who misforgot directions and wondered where they were.
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Manchoukuo
Siberia
Corviganski
Czechoslovakia
WPA Workers Seek Wage Hike and Reform in Maryland
Cumberland July 26 An investigator arrived to probe WPA grievances led by the Western Maryland Industrial Unions Council. They demand Dryden’s removal as Region Two administrator, a wage raise to ten dollars monthly, a Frederick certification office, and job stewards to file grievances.
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Cumberland
WPA
C.so
Works Progress Administration
Francis H. Dryden
W.P.A
David J. Lewis
D-Md
Tin Washington
Aubrey Wit- Mame
Western Maryland Industrial Unions Council
D.S0
Maryland
Committee For Industrial Organization
Clyde OD. Lucas
Frederick
Allegany County
Francia H. Dryden
Region Two
Council
CTO
Dryden
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