Deterrents to business eliminated
Washington June 20 The House approved a business tax revision bill with one dissenting vote and sent it toward Senate passage by week end The measure repeals the last vestige of the undistributed profits tax and extends excise levies for two years It was supported by both parties The lone objector was Rep Tinkham Mass who opposed excise taxes and believed concessions to corporations were insufficient The Senate finance committee planned no hearings and expected to act next day with a brief debate anticipated on the bill
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Washington
House
Senate
Tinkham
R-Mass
Harrison
D-Mass
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Roosevelt to attend informal supper with little cabinet
President Roosevelt plans a buffet supper tonight at Sumner Welles estate Oxon Wilk Md. The gathering includes White House officials and invited heads of independent agencies, plus assistant secretaries and undersecretaries from the ten regular departments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Little Cabinet
Oxon Wilk Md
Sumner Welles
White House
James Rumsey Bridge to be Dedicated July 15
The new James Rumsey bridge over the Potomac at Shepherdstown will be formally dedicated on Saturday July 15 unless unforeseen circumstances intervene. Officials from Maryland West Virginia and the Federal government will attend. The bridge cost about 350000 and was built by the M J Grove Company with joint state and federal funding.
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James Rumsey
Potomac River
Shepherdstown
West Virginia
Maryland
W. M. White
Shepherd State College
Park W. T. Loy
Hagerstown
A. D. Kenamond
C. M. Musser
M. J. Grove Company
Frederick
Weather summary for Maryland and Bay area
The U S Weather Bureau reports central and east Maryland will see local showers tonight with partly cloudy skies. Wednesday will be partly cloudy with little change in temperature. Chesapeake Bay also has showers tonight then partly cloudy Wednesday with temperatures a bit above normal and southwest winds increasing to west and northwest later.
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U. S
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Hammer Slayer Still At Large Escaped From Reformary
MARYSVILLE O June 20 Authorities probe Velma West a 33 year old wife slayer from Painesville and three other inmates who fled the state reformatory for women supposedly for one little adventure They escaped by unlocking cell doors and a corridor door while they slept in a block West left a three page note expressing inner conflict about love pain and yearning for one more thrill before age dulls life Superintendent Marguerite Reiley ordered three unnamed women to correction cells pending statements from those involved The note mentions pain and torn feelings but Reiley doubts the feasibility of any escape given Wests frail health
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Marysville
Velma West
State Reformatory
Marguerite Reiley
Ohio Reformatory For Women
Maysville
Ohio
Temporary asylum given refugees in France
Two hundred twenty four German Jewish refugees arrived in Boulogne and were granted temporary asylum by the French government. They transferred from the liner Rhakotis at Antwerp after a failed voyage to Cuba on the St. Louis. One hundred sixty two refugees have applied to the United States for permission to settle there.
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Boulogne
France
Antwerp
St. Louis
Cuba
New World
United States
Philanthropist dies at 83 in Baltimore and Hanover
Howard E. Young 83 year old Baltimore and Hanover financier and philanthropist died after a three month illness at his home in Baltimore. Born April 20 1856 in Hanover he led the J B Young Licorice Company and headed the Hickory Town Distillery Hanover Cordage Company and Hanover Telephone Company among other ventures.
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Baltimore
Howard E. Young
Hanover
Younes
J. 8. Youn Licorice Company
Young
Hickory Town
Hanover Cordage Company
Ephone
Father admits shooting infant daughter in Pa home
Charleroi Pa June 20 Clifford Conway a 35 year old coal miner and part time evangelist admitted shooting his 19 month old daughter Ada Young Jay in the head with a .22 pistol as she crawled toward him in their Charleroi home. Conway said he acted to "sacrifice in the eyes of the Lord" to go to heaven and his wife and mother found the wounded child.
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Charleroi
Ada Young Jay
J. C. Conway
Conway
Claire Young
Young
Fire department battles blaze at Ware ham building
Firemen were called at 9 15 this morning to the Ware ham building to extinguish a blazing awning on the second floor. A carelessly tossed cigarette is believed to have caused the fire. The red.
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Wareham
Showdown on Neutrality Seen in Congress this Summer
Washington June 20 A congressional session extending through the summer is foreseen as President Roosevelt aims to have both House and Senate vote on neutrality revisions before adjournment. The House is expected to dispose next week of the arms embargo repeal proposal, while a long Senate debate on foreign policy is anticipated with twenty one Senators signing a round robin demanding continuance of the embargo on arms shipments to warring nations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Job as wild man ends in hospital in Boston carnival
William Ryan, 27, is hospitalized after a Boston carnival act as a “wild woman” caused a terrible stomach ache. Police hunt two men Ryan blames for feeding him razor blades, bulbs, tacks and other impediments. X rays support his claim. doctors say nature will remove the foreign objects.
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Beverly
Mass
William Ryan
Boston
Ryan
Nature
Inspect for Japanese beetles in Washington County
Scouting for Japanese beetle control begins in Washington County with hundreds of traps planned for Tangers town and surrounding areas. Norman M. Holzapfel and M J Faith lead the effort with inspections of greenhouses and nurseries, and Leister Mobley checks produce at the municipal market house for beetles. State Entomology Department directs trap placement to reduce beetle populations and deter egg laying, with beetles appearing between June 15 and August 15.
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Washington County
Tagerstown
Norman M. Holzaptel
Hagerstown
M. J. Faith
Hancock
Leister Mobley
State Entomology Department
College Park
Father’s Day birth at Ridgely yields two healthy babies
RIDGELY June 20. Mrs Addie Lloyd celebrated Father’s Day with the birth of a son weighing 6 pounds 63 ounces and a daughter weighing 6% pounds. Both babies and father William J. Lloyd are reported doing fine.
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Ridgely
Addie Lloyd
William J. Lloyd
Father
Judge Keller Peard in Critical Condition After Stroke
The condition of Judge Keller J. Peard of the Orphans' Court remains critical after a Sunday stroke at his Smithsburg home. Judge Beard has been unconscious since the seizure and shows no improvement.
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Keller J. Peard
Orphans’ Court
Smithsburg
Beard
Sam Mason Fined For Drunk And Disorderly Conduct
Sam Mason, colored, paid a fine of three dollars and costs after arraignment in city court this morning on a drunk and disorderly badge case.
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Sam Mason
Will Consider Police Change for Efficiency
The Board of Street Commissioners will again meet to discuss police force changes urged by Mayor Richard H. Sweeney. Proposals include shifting patrol assignments to have more officers during peak traffic hours and at night, with fewer in the morning, to better preserve peace and respond to busy periods. Captain Carl H. McCleary plans a force-wide meeting later this week.
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Board of Street Commissioners
Richard H. Sweeney
Sweeney
Carl H. McCleary
Hunting Laws Change Squirrel Season Extended in Frederick County
The last legislature lengthened the squirrel season from October 1 to October 15 in Frederick County, with open dates September 15 to October 15 this year. Deer hunting allowances include male deer with two or more points. five full days open in December, with snow conditions noted. Continued on Page 10.
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Frederick County
Washington
Japan Studies Protest Of U. S. Against Amoy Naval Blockade
Tokyo reports Japan studied U S representations over its Amoy actions. Dooman protested Kulangsu blockade and Tientsin events. Japanese warships began blocking Kulangsu on June 15 as talks with Britain and France over Tientsin proceed.
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Japan
U. S
Tokyo
United States
China
Eugene H. Dooman
Seijiro Yoshizawa
Foreign Office
Kulangsu
Amoy
Dooman
Tientsin
Hachiro Arita
Tragedy Strikes New Orleans Street Quartet in 13 Months
In New Orleans over 13 months four residents died in separate incidents. Harry Schmidt died of a heart attack after pursuing a burglar. William Torres Sr. perished in a building accident. Sam Thomasovich was killed by touching an electrical wire. Henry Fontain died when his motorcycle collided with a horse. All victims lived on the same four houses in a single block.
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NEW Orp
Harry Schmidt
William Torres, Sr
Sam Thomasovich
Henry Fontain
Fontaine
New Orleans
Rush Starts to Pay Taxes in County Office Opening
Harry T. Brewer, member of the Board of County Commissioners, led as the first taxpayer paying state and county taxes. The office opened with a crowd, and by noon the line was long as property owners rushed to settle bills. Keedy expects record first day collections. City Tax Collector D. Lee Staley noted $7,832.65 collected yesterday amid late bill deliveries.
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Harry T. Brewer
Board of County Commissioners
Brewer
Harry E. Reedy
Keedy
D. Lee Staley
Warning on 50 MPH Top Speed on Washington Baltimore Blvd
Baltimore June 20 state police warned motorists that 50 miles an hour is the tops on the Washington Baltimore boulevard. The heavily traveled road is not a dual highway despite beliefs that the new 55 mile dual highway limit applies there. Officials explained dual highways must be divided by physical construction. bulletin from state police HQ went out 10 days ago.
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Baltimore
Washington-Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Philadelphia Road
Ritchie Highway
Annapolis
New York Says 1000 Plants Ready to Make Munitions
June 20 report from New York cites Assistant Secretary of War Lewis Johnson telling the Advertising Federation of America convention that about 1000 industrial plants in the United States stand ready to begin munitions manufacture immediately.
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New York
United States
Lewis Johnson
Advertising Federation of America
Ruth Ward Sues For Divorce From Isaac Ward Today
Ruth P. Ward through attorney M. L. Ingram filed a divorce suit against Issac D. Ward in court today.
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Ruth P. Ward
M. L. Ingram
Issac D
Naquin testifies on Squalus tragedy denying blame
Lieutenant Oliver F. Naquin, last survivor of the Squalus disaster, waives counsel and tells a naval inquiry that he bears no blame for the sinking. He reads a statement reserving the right to question witnesses and decline answers he deems incriminating while confirming the ship was on a trial run and more men than usual were aboard. The board, aboard the Sculpin, will hear him through the day as the investigation proceeds into the 23 May dive that left 59 men in the ill fated submarine.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Oliver F. Naquin
Squalus
Naval Board of Inquiry
Naquin
Board of Inquiry
Fire destroys warehouses at Angouleme powder factory
Fire at Angouleme military powder factory destroys cotton warehouses near munition stocks discovered at about 3 15 p m local time. Troops guard the plant. officials believe the fire is contained away from powder magazines. Angouleme, a 40 000 population city, lies 66 miles northeast of Bordeaux on the Charente river.
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Angouleme
France
Evacuation of British women and children from concession
June 21 reports 100 plus British women and children leaving the beleaguered British concession by river boat toward Tankgu and Chinwangtao amid a tightening Japanese blockade. Chinese employers of concession services quit under threats to families, with notices urging resignations for those inside or near the concession.
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Tientsin
Tankgu
Chinwangtao
Pehtaiho
New Maryland State Highway Maps Near Printing
Washington County is included in a statewide set of new maps by the State Highway Planning Survey. All counties except Baltimore are awaiting printing and will cost 50 cents per copy. The maps show churches athletic fields CCC camps beaches and railroad stops and are the first real maps of the state and its subdivisions. They aim to aid engineers tourists officials real estate and utilities. Announcement will be made when available.
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Washington County
State
W. F. Childs
Baltimore
Baltimore County
Trainer George H. Conway Dies After Illness
George H. Conway trainer of War Admiral died at his brother's home after a five weeks illness. In his sixties, he worked with Samuel D. Riddle's Kentucky stables for 22 years and also trained Crusader and American Flag. Born in Oceanport New Jersey.
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Oceanport
N. J
George H. Conway
Kentucky
Samuel D. Riddle
Conway
Crusader
Cumberland Council Table Of Admissions Tax Ordinance
Cumberland's city council tabled an ordinance to tax bingo game admissions at ten percent or not less than five cents per admission. The measure aims to raise revenue through gaming activity and will be discussed at upcoming meetings for final approval.
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Cumberland
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