Hopkins to Attend Dedication of New Hagerstown Airport
Federal Relief Administrator Harry L Mopkins plans to attend the dedication of Hagerstown’s new airport on June 19 if he recovers from a hospital stay in New York. Mayor W Lee Elgin was informed of Mopkins plan by FL W Springer of the Works Progress Administration. Also attending will be Major Harry D Williar Jr deputy state administrator of the W P A C F Bornefeld and officials. The project, over a year in progress, should be completed by week’s end with a Hechting device installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Mopkins
New Hagerstown
New York
W. Lee Elgin
Hopkins
Maryland
FL W, Springer
Works Progress Administration
Miers
Democrats To Hold Meeting At Fort Frederick Picnic Planned
Democrats will meet Friday night at the club to perfect plans for summer activities and discuss matters. President William P. Lane Jr. will preside with district leaders urged to attend. The group has decided to stage a mammoth picnic in August with Fort Frederick as the grounds and current political affairs will be discussed. A separate note states the FCC will not conduct a radio reception survey in Frederick after aldermen complaints and lack of facilities cited by Edward J. Smith.
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Wiliam
P. Lane, Jr
Fort Frederick
Frederich
Federal Communications Commission
Frederick
Cito
Edward J. Smith
Board of Aldermen
Conmission
Smith 4
Weather Co Reports Mild Night Then Clouds and Showers
Forecast for Maryland and Chesapeake Bay calls for fair and not so cool conditions tonight, followed by increasing cloudiness Thursday and a slight warm trend. Showers likely in extreme west portions with gentle to moderate variable winds.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Roosevelt backs no restrictions on relief funds
President Roosevelt urged Congress to impose no restrictions on immediate use of relief funds from a 3.247 billion dollar relief bill. He told Senator Adams that unemployment has worsened and emergency employment should start now rather than be delayed. He stressed filling the gap promptly with workable projects. Senate conferees, including Gui, Walsh, and Pepper, signaled elastic wage standards to help small merchants and manufacturers, arguing uniform minimums and hours could force hardship.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senator Adams
Dcolo
Senate
Thomas
Walsh
D-Mass
Pepper
Reminisce About the Johnstown Flood Night Dinner
Johnstown residents recall the 1889 South Fork dam disaster known as the first Johnstown flood. More than 2 500 people died, with 777 unnamed in Grandview cemetery. Seven of 14 surviving Johnstown Flood Correspondents Association members gathered for the association’s fifth annual dinner.
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Johnstown
South Fork
Grandview Cemetery
Sth
Postmaster Slugged by Armed Robber in Bridgeville
Bridgeville police hunt an unidentified masked negro after he held up and slugged post master Bradford Jones and escaped with about $500 in currency. Jones opened the post office about six this morning, was struck and knocked unconscious near the safe, which had just been opened. Small change was left behind.
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Bridgeville
Del
Neero
Bradford Jones
Jones
Parts Stolen From Ford In Fatal Sunday Crash
Dwight Steele reported to local police that the Ford sedan involved in the Sunday crash near Rane Pa was robbed last part. The owner had the car brought in Monday and found headlights bumper guards radiator emblem and other parts missing.
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Rane
Dwight Steele
Mr. Steele
City Weed Gang Needs Recruits Capt McCleary Orders Patrols
Captain Carl H Mc Cleary directed city patrolmen to seek recruits for the City Weed Gang as rains have worsened alleys and streets. The gang will start once several recruits are enrolled, with prior years drawing from drunkards and sentencing them to jail terms. Recruits receive jail fare and are transported to weed-cutting sites by city trucks.
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Carl H. McCleary
PWA Projects Not Filed Yet In Hagerstown
Hagerstown officials learned today that about $500000 in PWA projects had been prepared but no action had been taken by the City Council. City records show no authorization for WLWA or WBA projects though visiting PWA officials discussed possible sites. A filtration plant for Smithsburg Edgemont reservoirs was mentioned as a potential project.
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H. S. Shryock
P.wa
Hagerstown
PWA
WLWA
WBA
P.W. A
Mciada
Crop Insurance Discussed At Baltimore Meeting
County leaders Milt D. Moore Jacob M. Ankeney and others from Clear Spring Ames Reeder Boonsboro and Clarence Mason attend a Baltimore meeting to learn how the new Federal Crop Insurance Act will aid wheat growers. The act creates a federal corporation to insure against losses from drought flood hail wind tornado pests and plant disease with premiums paid in wheat stored to cover farmer losses.
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Milt D. Moore
Jacob M. Ankeney
Clearspring
Ames Reeder
Boonsboro
Clarence Mason
Big Pool
Washington County
Baltimore
Congress
Maryland
Washington
Auto Stolen From West Washington Street Report
W R Snyder reported his Chevrolet car stolen the other day in New Jersey. The vehicle described as R1R S45 had been parked on 100 deck of West Washington street. Maryland rage noted in the report, with the theft attributed to unknown assailants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Snyder
West Washington Street
Maryland
New Jersey
Japs Bomb Rail Crossroads in Central China Drive
Japanese air forces bombed Chinese troops near Lan feng as General Chiang Kai-shek’s defense along the Shanghai railway gradually yielded. Nipponese forces claim Ningling capture while failing to push toward Hankow, Kaifeng, and Chengchow, with units near Lanfeng separated. Continued on Page 2.
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Shanghai
Chiank Kai-Shek
Sunghai
Lanfeng
Army of
Nippon
Kaifeng
Chengchow
Central China
Hankow
China
Ningling
Kweiteh
Board Denies Tilghmanton Onsale Beer License
The Board of License Commissioners denied Russell Myers and his attorney an on sale beer license for Tilghmanton after a four hour hearing. The panel stated the community majority opposes the license and will guide licensing decisions accordingly. Chairman Thomas M. Simpson affirmed adherence to majority will in licenses and conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of License Commissioners
Russell
Three Indicted On Still Charge
The United States Grand Jury in Baltimore returned true bills of indictment against George W. Otzelberger, Stanley Otzelberger and John F. Meyers, all of Frag Hollow, charging them with operating an unlicensed still in the county. The trio were arrested earlier by Federal agents from the local office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Grand Jury
Baltimore
George W. Otzelberger
Stanley Otzelberger
John F. Meyers
Frag Hollow
Wilt Is Given $250 Verdict in Allegany County Circuit Court
Wilt, of Westernport, sued four companions for 5000 alleging they knocked him down in front of a car on January 14 in Allegany County. The jury returned a verdict for 250 dollars after a short deliberation. Wilt suffered fractures of both legs. defendants argued he was drinking and staggering. The case was removed from Allegany County and argued this morning after two days of testimony.
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Jiaoyey LL. Wilt
Westernport
Allegany County
J. M. Powell
William Metz
John Vandergraft
Emmett Wilt
Wilt
Assy
Injuries Fatal To L M Spidell In East Kane Crash
Lloyd M. Spidell, 24, of this city, died in a Kane hospital as the third victim of an East Kane Sunday night auto crash. Benny Ambrose of Hagerstown and his sister-in-law Mrs Frank Ambrose of Jamestown, N Y, also died. Frank Ambrose, driver, was dismissed from a hospital where his two young daughters were treated for leg fractures. The car swerved from the highway on a curve and struck a telephone pole. Spidell resided in the 700 block of Potomac Avenue and was unmarried. Body to be brought here this evening.
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Lloyd M. Spidell
Kane
East Kane
Benny Ambrose
Hagerstown
Frank Ambrose
Jamestown
N. Y
Andrew Hichenko
Spidell
Potomac Avenue
US notes Japan over Americans blocked from property in China
Washington reports the United States voiced growing concern over Japan blocking American citizens in China from returning to and repossessing their expropriated properties. Ambassador Grew delivered the note to Foreign Minister Ugaki under Secretary Hull's instructions. The note urged Japan to remove obstacles to American reentry and property recovery.
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Washington
United States
Japan
China
Joseph C. Grew
Ugaki
Hull
Ralph Eccard Hurt Again at Suffolk Downs
Jockey Ralph Bccard, 26, of Chewsville, suffered a sprained back and possible leg fracture with chest injuries after his horse Patchpocket stumbled at Suffolk Downs near Boston. He was taken to Winthrop Hospital in Boston. Barry Hartle, a Chewsville resident with him, sustained serious burns and remained hospitalized in Baltimore.
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Ralph Bccard
Chewsville
Suffolk Downs
Boston
Eccard
Winthrop Hospital
Ellicott Civ
Barry Hartle
Eecard
Baltimore
Simon P. Eecard
Chewayille
Judge suspends driver’s fine after brief plea
Des Moines police officer Patrolman Martin Brightman appeared before Municipal Judge Ralph Powers. Brightman pleaded guilty to parking overtime after claiming he had many traffic tickets and could not pay the fine. The judge suspended the fine but warned there would be consequences next time.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Martin Brightman
Ralph Powers
Officials of Johnstown to face charges
Johnstown Pennsylvania June 1 mayor Daniel J Shields and councilman Fulton J Connor were charged with bribery extortion and malfeasance in connection with financing a special law and order force during last summer s little steel strike CIO officials called the force vigilantes in NLRB testimony the information filed alleged Shields received 36449 50 donated by Bethlehem Steel and that he extorted fees under color of office bail set at 2500
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Johnstown
Daniel J. Shields
Fulton J. Connor
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
John F. Carroll
J. Alvin Reese
Shields
State bonds sold in record $900,000 issue in Annapolis
Maryland set a record sale when $900,000 of 1H percent office building bonds were sold to First Boston Corporation and Harris Trust and Savings Bank of Boston on their joint bid of 101.46.
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Annapolis
Maryland
First Boston Corporation
Harris Trust and Savings Bank
Boston
Mass
Bois Roussel Wins Epsom Derby in Crowd of Royalty
Bois Roussel the French bred colt owned by P Beatty won the 159th Derby before King George and Queen Mary and about 400000 spectators. Scottish Union finished second with Pasch the heavily favored third in a field of 22 three year olds. Ridden by C Elliott Bois Roussel surged in the stretch to beat Scottish Union by four lengths with Pasch two more lengths back.
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Epsom
Eng
Bois Roussel
P. Beatty
Scottish Union
J. W. Rank
H. E. Morrigs
Pasch
C. Elliott
Bois Rous
Americans Win In Sweepstakes At Epom Downs Derby
In New York on June 1 Irish Hospitals sweepstakes tickets in the United States won 1.925 million dollars from the Ep som Downs English derby. Bois Roussel led with five of 23 tickets earning 130000 each. Scottish Union took 375000 per 11 US tickets. Pasch paid 50000 each on seven American-held tickets. Overall 1882 US tickets shared in the winnings as total US prizes rose to 3.92 million and US outlay neared 6.8 million.
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New York
United States
Epsom Downs
Bois Roussel
Scottish Union
Pasch
Dublin
Black suspect admits assault on Montgomery girl
Police said a 25 year old Black man confessed to assaulting 12 year old Et ta May Coleman of Montgomery county after being arrested with bloodstained clothing found at his home near Middlebrook Maryland. The girl remained in serious condition at Montgomery County General Hospital.
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Washington
Etta May Coleman
Montgomery County
Guy Jones
Richard Burdett
Leslie Thomas
Montgomery County Force
James 8. McAuliffe
Roy Bodmer
Baltimore
James A. Turner
Jones, Burdett
Thomas
Turner
Middlebrook
Montgomery County General Hospital
Penny parking meters limit post office spaces
City Hall announced that only penny meters will be used in front of the post office with a 12 minute limit. The 5 cent coin slot will be closed to prevent longer parking and ensure space for customers doing business at the building.
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City Hall
Roosevelt to speak at Naval Academy graduation
President Roosevelt will address the Naval Academy class of graduates at Annapolis on Thursday and hand out diplomas. He will travel by motor to Annapolis Thursday morning and return to Washington afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walmagton
Roosevelt
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Family Waits in Vain After Ransom Paid
In Princeton Florida June 1944 federal agents seized a spectator from a crowd and rushed him toward Miami. Five minutes later Sheriff Coleman and deputies began a major manhunt for five year old James Bailey Cash Jr believed kidnapped Saturday night. Farmers of Redlands district organized a large search as the boy’s father, James Cash Sr, had paid a $10,000 ransom with no word from the abductors. The crowd insisted on searching despite official caution as days passed.
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James Bailey Cash, Jr
Princeton, Fla
Princeton
Fla
Federal Bursa of Investigation
James Bailey Cash
Miami
D.C. Coleman
James Cash
Homestead
James Bailey
Cash
Redlands
W. P. Cash
Gris Zjied
Platolsom
Elgin Names Setup Group for New Central Building
Mayor W Lee Elgin will name a committee tomorrow night to arrange the setup for a new central equipment building due for occupancy July 1. The one story brick structure sits on the site of the old municipal electric light plant behind South Potomac street and will host representatives from four departments plus a City Council member. Sheds at the municipal market house rear now used by several departments will likely be razed to widen parking space.
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W. Lee Elgin
Municipal Electric Light
South Potomac Street
City Council
New Dog Tags Available for 1939-38 Distribution
County Board informs magistrates and constables that 1939-38 dog tags are ready. Tags cost due in July but may be obtained any time from the Commissioners' office. Officials announce strict enforcement of the license law this year amid wholesale complaints.
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Board of County Commissioners
Commissioners’ Office
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Harry L. Hopkins
HL. Hopkins
Federal Relief
FDR
City Weed Gang
McCleary
Tilghmanton
L. M. Spidell
U. S
Ralph Eccard
Boston Hospital
Law’s
P. C
City
F.D.R
Elgin
Setup Group
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