Maryland trial magistrate changes await final House action
Reorganization moves near enactment in Annapolis with judiciary committee endorsing amendments adding Williamsport as an additional trial magistrate and raising salaries. New pay scales place Hancock at 2000, Boonsboro 2000, Hagerstown 2600, and Williamsport 1000 plus two days weekly sittings in Clearspring, Smithsburg, and Sharpsboro. 31 amendments create 59 trial magistrates across 23 counties while Senate bill awaits committee action.
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Washington County
House of Delegates
Annapolis
Judiciary Committee
Williamsport
Hagerstown
Hancock and
Boonshoro
Hancock
Clearspring
Boonsboro
Smithsburg
Sharpsboro
Maryland
Senate
Judicial ‘Proceedings Committee
House Committees
Reprieved Slayer Faces Mental Exam in Pa Jail
Roy T. Lockard, 21, long spared from the electric chair, underwent a three hour mental examination at Blair county jail after sixteen reprieves. The case stems from the stabbing death of 3 year old Sonny Karmendi by a railroad spike. his mother Margaret Karmendi faces a second trial outcome and current 1 to 20 year sentence.
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Hollidaysburg
Roy T. Lockard
Grim Rockview Penitentiary
Lockard
Blair County
Arthur H. Jones
James
Spike
Little Matthew
Sonny” Karmendi
Margaret Karmendi
Altoona
Commonwealth
Planes for Pacific and Atlantic routes hold 74 passengers each
Six newly built or under-construction aircraft for Pacific and Atlantic air travel accommodate 74 passengers apiece. The project advances air service expansion with modern equipment designed for cross ocean routes and increased passenger capacity.
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Pacific
Atlantic Air Travel
Scout fund drives past goal with county totals
The Boy Scouts annual drive raised about 5 500 to fund activities, roughly 200 over the 5 300 target. About 74 workers operated from Monday to the final evening at Hotel Hamilton, with county towns contributing 585.22 and city totals 567 80. County towns included Hancock 150 and Williamsport 213 among others. numerous industry and individual gifts supported the drive.
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Boy Scouts
Hotel Hamilton
S. Bradford
D. E Stultz
D. E. Stultz
Victor Stine
J. V. Jamison
L. Vinton Hershey
George Orrick
Charles Lyon
Alfred S. Bendell, Jr
Edward Summers
Boonsboro
Cascade
Clearspring
Funkstown
Hancock
Rohrersville
Smithsburg
Williamsport
Maryland plans $7 million highway bond for Washington to PA
A proposal to issue $7,000,000 in bonds to finance a dual highway from Washington to the Pennsylvania line was readied for House action in Annapolis. Delegate Marshall T. Hearst said he would introduce it. Bonds would be repaid within 15 years from gas tax funds and vehicle taxes, with potential federal borrowings. The route would bypass Baltimore and pass through Bel Air Conowingo and Rising Sun.
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Annapolis
Washington
Pennsylvania
Marshall T. Hearst
Harford
Heaps
Pennsylvania Line
Baltimore
Bel Air
Conowingo
Rising Sun
Loch Raven Boulevard
Divorces Granted for Maze and Beard Couples
Virginia I Maze was granted an absolute divorce from William A Maze by Judge Frank G Wagaman yesterday. Grace A Beard also received a divorce from Vaughn K Beard. Both suits cited desertion.
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Virginia I
Maze
William A. Maze
Frank G. Wagaman
Grace A. Beard
Vaughn K. Beard
Tax Receipts Show a Drop
Washington reports first half March income tax deposits totaled 132.7 million, about 25 percent below the previous year, prompting Roosevelt to say tax revision could come soon after figures from March 15 are released in about two weeks.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Solicitation Not Approved By Board Warning
The Washington County Welfare Board warns residents that an unidentified man is soliciting funds from Old Age Assistance applicants and recipients with false promises of increased grants. The board has no knowledge or authority for this person and seeks any information to verify identity and authority.
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Washington County Welfare Board
Washington County
Marriage Licenses Listed For Walter Gruber and Others
Walter Gruber age 24 of Charlton and Evelyn Bull age 21 of Big Spring. David M. Myers 24 of Catherine Stains and Catherine Stains 21 of Hagerstown. Melvin H. Shoemaker 23 of Brosius and Mary F. Dolan 19 of Hancock. George B. Clem 21 and Rene Rupenthal 17 of Berkeley Springs. Wilbur W. Bricker 26 and Marie F. Swope 16 of Taneytown. Clyde A. Topper 23 of Hagerstown. Genevieve P. Hughes 18 of Dunbar Pa.
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Walter Gruber
Charlton
Evelyn Bull
Big Spring
David M. Myers
Catherine Stains
Hagerstown
Melvin H. Shoemaker
Brosius
W. Va
Mary F. Dolan
Hancock
George B. Clem
Rene Ruppenthal
Berkeley Springs
Wilbur W. Bricker
Marie F. Swope
Taneytown
Clyde A. Topper
Genevieve P. Hughes
Dunbar
Toeless Shoe Bill Is Given The Boot
Jefferson City Missouri lawmakers rejected a bill to outlaw toeless shoes for women except in summer on a technicality. Critics called it sillier than the shoes, while backers claimed it was a joke though some women opposed the measure and threatened action.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
State Assembly
Fragmentary note on Arctic climate and geography
A brief, incomplete fragment mentions Norway's North Cape with a Gulf Stream climate where water does not freeze. It notes a latitude much farther north than Alaska's Yukon and hints at a march on the State capitol. The passage lacks clear context or dates.
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Norway
North Cape
Pole
Alaska
Yukon
Dr Crooks to Speak Here on Lima Conference
Dr Esther Crooks professor of Spanish at Goucher College will discuss the Lima Conference at the Women's Club Monday evening March 27 at 730 presented by the Hagerstown branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She will summarize the gathering of delegates from the Americas and the conference's impact on U S relations and hemispheric cooperation. Public invited.
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Esther Crooks
Goucher College
Lima
Women's Club
Hagerstown
Women’s International League For Peace and Freedom
Peru
South America
Buenos Aires
United States
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Traffic Meeting Of Blue Ridge Lines Representatives
The quarterly gathering of the Pas sengers' Traffic Representatives of the Blue Ridge lines took place yesterday in the office of W L Hy s gon. Attendees included J B Cattrill Stubensville Ohio H L Shields Pittsburgh J C Moore Morgantown WV F L Barr Washington Pa W C Haun Baltimore and William McClare Holzaptel.
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Blue Ridge Lines
W. L. Hysgong
J. B. Cattrill
Stubensville
Ohio
H. L. Shields
Pittsburgh
J. C.‘Moore
Morgantown
W. Va
F. L. Barr
Washington, Pa
W. C. Haun
Baltimore
William McClare Holzaptel
This City
Local bills introduced in Hagerstown election reforms
Delegate Beachley of Hagerstown introduced several bills changing election and registration laws. Proposals include 8 A.M. to 8 P.M. voting hours, direct mayoral primaries with January 4th Tuesday polling, and biennial registration days in January and March. The election date would shift from the fourth Monday to the fourth Tuesday in March. The note adds a separate fact that the United States has led petroleum production since 1902.
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Hagerstown
House of Delegates
Frederick E. Beachley
Beachley
United States
Russia
Leipsig Romance Ends In Wedding Aboard Steamer
In Baltimore on March 18 German refugees Hans Weinberger and Ingeborg Cohn wed aboard the Chilean steamer Copiapo with Rabbi Abraham D. Shaw officiating as 100 Bolivia bound refugees watched. The couple, separated by tomorrow’s sail, had fled Germany and Weinberger has been in Richmond six weeks.
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Baltimore
Hans Weinberger
Ingeborg Cohn
Leipzig
Weinberger
Richmond
Germany
Bolivia
Maryland
Abraham D. Shaw
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