Gridiron Rule Official Shot By His Son
Dr F A Lambert a respected football official and rules author was fatally wounded in Columbus Ohio when his 17 year old son Samuel shot him during a family quarrel. The youth claims accidental discharge after grappling for the weapon as the mother called for help.
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Columbus
Ohio
F. A. Lambert
National Rules Committee
Samuel
Lambert
The
Columbus Serum Company
Jigsaw Craze Sparks Domestic Row in Everett
Police were sent to a family disturbance in Everett after a wife said her husband fought over spending 25 cents of welfare funds on a new jigsaw puzzle piece. He was coaxed to finish his old tasks.
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Everett
Mass
Welfare Department
Imperative Farm Bill Passage Emphasized by Agriculture Committee
Washington reports the House agriculture committee urged immediate enactment of the administration farm bill as essential to the national emergency. President Roosevelt aides express confidence the measure will pass both houses. The bill, covering nine major commodities, offers processor levied compensation to farmers for acreage reductions with broad secretaryial administration powers.
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Washington
House
Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
Senate
White House
Secretary of Agriculture
Domesticity in Reverse in Joliet Court Ruling
In Joliet March 21, Magistrate John J. Nicholson ruled that a wife may debate her husband for cleaning floors but a husband’s slap for his wife crossing a scrubbed kitchen floor is a fault of the man. He fined John De Pratt three dollars for striking his wife after she walked across the freshly scrubbed kitchen floor.
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Joliet, Ill
John J. Nicholson
John de Pratt
Rays of Sun Halts Trial in Fayette County Court
A bright sun flooded the Fayette county court room halting the trial of more than 100 damage suits over workmen contracting a lung disease in a sandstone tunnel. Jurors were exposed to the glare through unshaded windows as witnesses described tunnel conditions. A recess was ordered until shades could be hung.
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Fayetteville
W. Va
Fayette County Court Room
Public Names Of Those Who Made Heavy Withdrawals
Annapolis March 21 The news of more than 1000 withdrawals of $10 000 or more from state banks in Baltimore city were released today by Albert J Almoney head of the House of Delegates The list covers withdrawals from February 13 to February 24 inclusive by cash or check transfers and wires not showing deposits.
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Annapolis
Baltimore City
Albert J. Almoney
House of Delegates
Almoney
John J. Ghingsher
House
Thomas D’alesandro
Balto. Dial
Lst
Ghinghee
T. Barton Harrington
Baltimore
Hagerstown City Engineering Under Fire in Campaign
In a bitter political dispute, Republican leaders criticize Hagerstown’s administration while a Frederick contrast shows higher salaries and smaller projects. A city engineering program underway, including mapping of sewer and water lines valued at about half a million dollars, aims to reduce future excavation costs and locate pipes quickly after emergencies.
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Hagerstown
Frederick
S. Frederick
Ward 4 Rally To Be Tonight
Democrats in Ward 4 plan an old fashioned rally at Charles Bair's residence on North Mulberry street with overflow expected. Mayor candidate W Harry Reisner and Ward 4 City Council hopeful Clyde Bowers will attend with other speakers, music by Blue Ridge Mountain orchestra, and all Democratic candidates expected.
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Charles Bair
North Mulberry Street
W. Harry Reisner
Clyde Bowers
Hagerstown Battery Company
East
Baltimore Street
Blue Ridge Mountain Orchestra
Jimmy Walker’s Wife Weeps As She Tells All
In Miami on March 21 Janet Allen Welker testified in her divorce suit that former New York Mayor James J. Walker left her four years ago and has not returned. She denied seeking alimony, noting he still pays living expenses, and broke down recounting their 1912 wedding and 1928 separation. Her husband’s side sent instructions from Cannes, France. A second item notes Margaret O’Neal of Williamsport broke her arm from a wet cellar door fall.
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Miami
Fla
James J. Walker
Janet Allen Welker
New York
Great Rally in Ward No. 2 Staged in Hagerstown Hall
A large cross‑section of Ward 2 residents from both parties gathered at the South End Hagerstown Fire Company hall for a rally in support of Councilman W. Lee Elgin. About 411 attendees braved bad weather as they heard Elgin praise his four years in office and outline his public works plan to create jobs, with voter guidance to back him and Mayor candidate W. Harry Reisner on Monday. The Blue Ridge Mountain Orchestra provided music before and between speeches.
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Second Ward
Hagerstown
Ward 2
W. Harry Reisner
W. Lee Elgin
Blue Ridge Mountain Orchestra
D. Lee Staley
Elgin
Spring Snow Hits Kane and North Carolina Crashes
Kane Pennsylvania reports the first day of spring marked by the season's heaviest snowfall, with three inches blanketing the countryside. In Maryland, Lawrence Navis of Asheville North Carolina was killed when his truck crashed into another near Ammendale, injuring Horace Wells.
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Kane
and & A. m
Washington
Lawrence Navis
Asheville
North Carolina
Ammendale
Maryland
Horace Wells
Navis
Roosevelt's Job Relief Plan Proposed in Congress
President Roosevelt urged Congress to create a civilian conservation corps to employ 250000 men in forests by early summer pending authority within two weeks. He proposed grants to states for relief, broad public works, and a Federal Relief Administrator to coordinate plans. Funds exist for relief through May with need for further appropriations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Civilian Conservation Corps
Hig
Office of Federal Relief Administrator
River Over 10 Feet As Potomac Rises Near Williamsport
After reaching 16 feet 7 inches above normal the Potomac at Williamsport stood at noon with only an inch rise in two hours as rains ceased. Flood fears eased as water slackened. lowland near the river and a road at Conomac Park were briefly submerged. Cumberland reports the river stopped rising and Antietam Creek overflowed mildly with no major flood.
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Potomac River
Williamsport
Conomac Park
Conococheague
Cumberland
Antietam
Photographer Sent To Jail In York Obscene Pictures Case
George P. Miller of Hagerstown was fined 500 dollars and costs and sentenced to six months in jail by Judge H. C. Niles after pleading guilty to possessing and offering obscene pictures. A Pennsylvania check through local police showed his good reputation, reducing the sentence. Miller said an evangelist baited him into the photographs and arranged his arrest.
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George P. Miller
Hagerstown
H.C. Niles
Pennsylvania
Miller
York
Widow asks Roosevelt to allow keeping a $1 gold piece
Mrs Amelia R Hecht a 74 year old widow in Denver seeks presidential permission to retain a $1 gold coin she has held for 61 years. She fears being labeled a hoarder and notes the coin is dated 1851 and found in 1882 in her letter to the President.
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Denver
Amelia R. Hecht
Roosevelt
Son Escapes In Recent Quakes In Los Angeles Hotel
Hunter Hyde of 1086 South Potomac street received a letter from his son Chauncey living in the Vanderbilt Hotel in Los Angeles stating he escaped the earthquake damage though shaken. Hotel patrons fear returning to rooms and use the lobby as sleeping quarters. He says they may leave for the country if shocks continue, and Mr. Hyde has been in California about two years. Letter mailed March 16.
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Hunter Hyde
South Potomac Street
Chauncey
Vanderbilt Hotel
Los Angeles
Hyde
California
Woman killed after visit to this city
Miss Ercelle Gashnier 23 of York beauty parlor manager was killed when the car in which she rode skidded and crashed into a tree near Gettysburg En route from Hagerstown to York She sat between two York men J C Robinson 30 driver and Landon Joyner 24 passenger both from York treated for minor injuries Robinson said he braked upon seeing a previous accident in the road.
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Ercelle Gashnier
York
Gettysburg
Hagerstown
J. C. Robinson
Landon Joyner
Gettysburg Hospital
Miss Gashnier
Houston
Texas
Robinson
Red Cross Takes Stabilization Wheat and Cotton Balances
Washington March 21 The Red Cross agreed to take over the remaining stabilization relief held by the Farm Board by August 1 and the remaining stabilization cotton by October 31 Congress provided 85 million bushels of stabilization wheat and 44 thousand bales of stabilization cotton for relief against which much remains undelivered.
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Washington
Henry Morgenthau, Sr
Farm Board
The
Red Cross
Congress
County Schools to Remain Open Through Year End
The city and county public schools will not close for the school year. Rumors of early closing due to the banking situation have been denied. If borrowing fails, teachers may continue to February pay and work until funds restore. June taxes may resume payments.
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Board of County Commissioners
Socialists File Ticket for Mayor and Council Seats
The Socialist party filed a mayoral candidate and council candidates for Wards 2 4 and 5 before the filing deadline. Walter H. Tritch is mayoral candidate with son W Allen Tritch in Ward 2, Rosser C Crabill in Ward 4, and Lester Lushbaugh in Ward 5. Ballot arrangement by printers with specimen publication planned this week.
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Socialist Party
Walter H. Tritch
W. Allen Tritch
Rosser C. Crabill
Lester Lushbaugh
Calf Born Sightless on Westminster Farm
A calf born near Westminster on William Adams’s farm lacks eyes and tall but otherwise appears normal and healthy. The odd birth occurred this week at the rural yard, drawing local curiosity.
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Westminster
William Adams
Here
Flooded Ohio River Rises. Winter Storms Chill North
Rampant flood waters of the Ohio River and tributaries cause death and destruction in lowlands while parts of the nation thaw from springlike weather. Engineers warn Mississippi flood levels within ten days as Ohio River crests shift. miles of snowbound roads and shoveling deaths mark a nation in transition amid cold drizzle and forecast rising rivers.
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Preas
Ohio River
Ohio
Mississippi
Milwaukee
St. Paul
New York
Detroit
Michigan
Chicago
Monongahela
Allegany
Pittsburg
Huntington
W. Va
Ohio Valley Flood Devastation Deepens Across Region
Yellow flood waters wreak destruction along the Ohio valley as thousands seek shelter in tents and barns. Snow and freezing temperatures hinder relief, with nine deaths reported. Indiana and Kentucky streams swell the Ohio, inundating cities and farmlands. Wheeling and Cincinnati brace for renewed inundation while Portsmouth strengthens levees.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Valley
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Wheeling
Val
Portsmouth
Now She ll Get Sleep Aplenty Chicago March 21
Kenneth Walden and his wife Irene charged in a divorce bill with years of quarrels. He allegedly kept her awake for five years by pacing the floor with him and deserting in 1930, she claims she walked more than Burton Holmes in restless nights.
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Chicago
Kenneth Walden
Irene
Burton Holmes
Picher Votes Amid Ballot Printing Shortfall
Voters faced blank ballots in Picher as city funds ran short preventing printed ballots. Residents were instructed to write in their choices, creating an improvised voting process for the city election today.
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Picher
Picher City
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Reichbank
United States
F.A. Lambert
Ward
Jimmy Walker
Margaret O’neal
Willamsport
Councilman
Reisner
Potomac
Evangelist
Pennsy
Jessie B. Costello
Salem
William J. Costello
Peabody
Costello
Son
Mississippi River
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