House Today Takes Vote on Farm Bill in Congress
Washington March 25 The House assembled at noon to vote on amendments to the $1,067,274,427 Agriculture Department appropriation. Economists push to strike $250,000,000 parity payments while opponents fear loss of support for the WPA funding. Rep Sabath appeals to rural states for help on the $150,000,000 WPA request, calling it log-rolling. Rep Tarver denounces the tactic.
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Washington
Congressional
House
Agriculture Department
Roosevelt
Congress
WPA
Sabath
Chicago
House Rules
Relief Fund
Tarver
D-Ga
Sites Proposed For Courthouse In Washington County
The Board of County Commissioners weighs two sites for a future courthouse. The Franklin Street site adjoins the Post Office and City Hall, offering proximity to the Market House area. The Baltimore and Ohio yard site on West Antietam Street is larger and could allow a park. A downtown park with benches would be a valued asset. Cars in Collision At Birc Ridge Summit near Thurmont two cars were damaged in a head on crash. Owners John G. Ziegler and Merrit Wastler were charged with reckless driving and summoned to appear before a magistrate.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Antietam Street
U. S. Post Office
Franklin Street
Washington County
Trig
Board of
County Commissioners
City Hall
Allone
Market House
Birc | Ridge Summit
John G. Ziegler
Security
Merrit Wastler
Thurmont
Thurmoni
Maryland and Chesapeake Bay Forecast Summary
Weather update for Maryland and Chesapeake Bay region predicts mostly cloudy skies tonight with a slight cooling trend. Sunday will bring showers and cooler conditions with light to moderate southerly and westerly winds.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Weekly Weather Outlook for the North and Middle Atlantic
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday shows rain on Monday and again midweek. Temperatures start well above normal Monday, turn cooler Tuesday, rise again Thursday, and drop Friday with variable conditions across the states.
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North
Middle Atlantic
New Recreational Building Opens in Williamsport Attracts Crowds
Last night the new Williamsport Recreational Building opened to a large crowd, with visitors from Hagerstown and Hallway. The PWA project drew praise for its design and finishings as citizens toured the interior between 7 and 9 39 p m and again this evening and tomorrow from 2 to 7 p m. Town officials will supervise uses from day nursery to civic gatherings, with town engineer and designer Hawken and C W W W noting the strong community interest.
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Williamsport
Hagerstown
PWA
TR. G. Hawken
C. Www
Mercury Temperature Jumps Then Drops Near Noon
The mercury rose to 79 degrees this morning then eased to 77 before noon, says government observer D. Van Oswald in Ghenaville. Today's low reached 50 degrees. Yesterday’s high was 79. Showers are forecast later in the day.
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D. van Oswald
Rovernment
Ghenaville
Smithsburg Bill Extends Terms for Local Officials
Senator Joseph D. Mish filed a Maryland State Senate bill in Annapolis to extend the terms of the Smithsburg mayor and commissioners from one year to two. The measure aims to cut election costs by reducing annual voting, aligning with similar bills in other counties during this session before the filing deadline.
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Lairgesa and Commissioners
Smithsburge
State Senate
Annapolis
Joseph D. Mish
Tarzan Killer Durand Ends Flight With Self-Inflicted Death
Powell, March 25. Earl Durand, 26, the renegade of the Rockies, was shot by a 17 year old boy during a bank robbery attempt in Powell after killing four pursuing officers and two men in a nine day escape. Durand then killed himself with a self-inflicted gunshot as he faced a hail of bullets. The youth’s sighting described the incident as the first time he fired at anyone. Durand had earlier killed two officers near Cody and two more men in northwestern Wyoming before returning to town to rob the bank. Hundreds in Powell mourned the once mountain hermit who preferred the wilds to school or ranch life.
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Powell, Wyo
Earl Durand
Rockies
Undertaker
Powell
Wyoming
Tarzan
Durand
Cody
Tipton Cox
Clarksfork Canon
Sherif Frank Blackburn
Park County
Mussolini set to speak as Europe watches Italy for clues
London dispatch notes Europe awaits Premier Mussolini as he prepares an important address. Fears rise over possible Italian demands on French African colonies while Nazi aggression continues to reshape regional power. Britain delays four power bloc talks until Mussolini speaks.
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Europe
Rome
Mussolini
France
Africa
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
Memelland
Lithuania
Black Sea
Rumania
Soviet Russia
Poland
Neville Chamberlain
Edouard Daladier
County Bills to Governor
The General Assembly completed action on two Washington County measures and nearly a score of others. The county plans a $40 monthly stipend for Board of Health members and a three member Board of Assessment with Guy G. Gantz plus two deputy assessors paid $240 yearly. The new board will spread reassessment over years, saving taxpayers money.
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General Assembly
Washington County
Guy G. Gantz
Omaha Motorist Sentenced After Court Haste
Omaha March 25 21 Motorcycle Patrolman Cecil Dunkak stops Leo Melia for speeding He says he was hurrying to court to answer the charge Melia arrives with two tickets and is sentenced to two hours in jail on the first charge and fined $3 on the second
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Omaha
Cecil Dunkak
Leo Melia
Melia
Fire destroys Dry Run home of John Faith
A frame house near Dry Run belonging to John Faith was completely destroyed by a fire reported last night. The blaze began while the family was away, with the origin undetermined. Neighbors alerted Clear Spring fire company and firefighters arrived as the flames were already extensive.
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John Faith
Dry Run
Clearspring
Carburetor blamed for Cavalier sinking in 1930s sea disaster
Washington report states icing caused carburetor trouble and power loss in two inner engines of the Imperial Airways flying boat Cavalier, leading to a forced descent southeast of Long Island. Eight passengers and crew of five were aboard. two passengers and one crew member died. Captain Alderson and First Officer Richardson praised for cool conduct amid hull damage and flooding.
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Washington
Sea
Imperial Airways
Cavalier
Vernon Brown
British Air Ministry
Brown
London
Long Island
New York
Bermuda
M. R. Alderson
Nell Richardson
Donald Miller
Morgenthau's plan eases social security tax seen
Washington March 25 Treasury Secretary Morgenthau's proposal to ease social security tax schedule wins bipartisan support and likely passage. He outlined three alternatives to modify payroll levies, arguing partial rate reductions would minimize business deterring effects during sluggish recovery while keeping the system funded.
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Morgenthau
Congress
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Wagner
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Franco Ready to Move Army Into Madrid
Final surrender talks for Madrid to the Spanish Nationalists near completion as Franco's forces prepare to advance. Dispatches from Burgos and Madrid indicate an almost unconditional Madrid capitulation, with possible entry into the city within hours. A Nationalist victory mood was reported in Madrid amid peace mission talks.
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France
Madrid
Burgos
Francisco Franco
Rome
11 Messaggero
Nationalist Defense Council
Spain
Jaet
Jose Miapa
Weather Wacky at Pontiac Golf Course Theft
In Pontiac Michigan temperatures hit 78 degrees as a thief stole a lawn mower four shovels two rakes and a toboggan from a municipal golf course shed. In Baltimore three men robbed and kidnapped Emory Shinnamon at a filling station, taking $18 and forcing him to ride with them for 14 miles before knocking him unconscious.
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Pontiac
Mich
Baltimore
Emory Shinnamon
Elkridge
Shinnamon
Oft-Reprieved Slayer To Die
Bellefonte Pa March 25 Roy Lockard a 27 year old man doomed 15 times but reprieved each time faced execution as scheduled on Monday morning Governor Arthur H James denied clemency saying there is nothing else to do The former Altoona WPA worker was convicted in 1936 of the spike slaying of three year old Matthew Karmendi whose mother Margaret is Lockard s sweetheart She is serving a prison term A state board refused clemency and alienists described him as mentally deficient but not psychotic in the Hollidaysburg jail where he awaited execution He calmly faced the news and asked to go back to baseball saying Where there s life there s hope and if I have to go I shall keep my chin up.
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Bellefonte
Rockview Penitentiary
Roy Lockard
Arthur H. James
Loeckard
Altoona, Pa
WPA
Matthew
Sonny”Karmendi
Margaret
Lockard
Karmendi
Altoona
State
James
Hollidaysburg
Maurice Hamilton
Pardon Board
Oklahoma City Mobster Confesses. Body Found in Sewer Grave
Oklahoma City reports that after a 19 day silence Roger Cunningham admitted strangling his wife Eudora Cunningham on March 6. He directed searchers to the body buried in a partly filled sewer, where authorities recovered her fully clothed remains. He offered a signed statement and a brief motive before dawn.
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Roger Cunningham
Eudora Cunningham
Oklahoma City
Cunningham
George Goff
E. W. Brown
F.H.A
Brown
Foster High School
Eudora
Lewis R. Morris
Annexation bill targets city east and south edges
Motion to annex multiple edge sections of the city faced property owner opposition on Pangborn boulevard Kaylor addition and Raven Heights. Sponsors consider amending to include only the city farm to place police control on Memorial boulevard and power from the municipal plant. A city farm section has been offered to the Veterans Administration for a proposed 2 million dollar hospital. The mayor and council say no forced annexation if a section desires not to join.
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City Farm
Pangborn Boulevard
Kaylor Addition
Raven Heights
Memorial Boulevard
Veterans’ Administration
Veterans’ Hospital
Magistrate Rudich Removed in Brooklyn Corruption Probe
New York March 25 City Magistrate Mark A Rudich was removed from the bench by unanimous decision of the Appellate division. Special Assistant Attorney General John Harlan Amen alleged malfeasance including accepting bribes to approve improper bail bonds and pressuring fellow magistrates to suspend a sentence in a prostitution case as part of a broad corruption inquiry in Brooklyn.
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New York
Mark A. Rudich
John Harlan Amen
Amen
Rudich
Anthony F. Burke
Brooklyn
Flora Morris Sues Wayne Moser for December Collision
Flora Irene Morris, by attorney Martin L. Ingram, filed suit in court today against Wayne Moser for injuries suffered last December 18 when struck by Moser's car while crossing a West Franklin street intersection. She seeks damages.
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Flora Irene Morris
Martin L. Ingram
Wayne Moser
Moger
Franklin Street
Bint
Hoover Named City Fire Chief
Representatives of Hagerstown five volunteer fire companies recommended by a unanimous vote that Max Hoover be reappointed fire chief by the Mayor and City Council. Hoover had served as fire chief for years. C. L. Mobley presided, John Corderman was secretary, with 25 delegates present. No mention of the board of fire underwriters recommendation for a fulltime chief.
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Hagerstown
Max Hoover
Hoover
C. L. Mobley
John Corderman
Pioneers
Board of Fire Underwriters
Easter Luck and Early Spring Bloom in Massachusetts
In Ava Massachusetts on March 25 a young hen presents eggs that are dark nearly black, unusual for Easter, while county trees begin to bloom with apricots and jonquils. crocuses and spring shrubs show blossoms as orchardists note swelling apple buds and green trees across the area.
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Ava
Quentin Kelley
Kelley
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