Wallace Named in Wirt Telegram During Inquiry
Washington March 30. Secretary Wallace of agriculture is named in Dr William A Wirt s communism charges telegram. The message quotes Wallace as saying some presidential advisers have not yet decided which way the country was going. A special committee will likely hear Wirt next week with Rep Bunwinkle and Rep Foulkes pursuing the matter. Wallace aides seek to downplay the remarks noting prior statements that plans are experiments and outcomes uncertain.
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Washington
Wallace
Roosevelt
William A. Wirt
Gary
Indiana
Foulkes
Michigan
Wirt
Bunwinkle
N. C
House
Kerensky
Rainey
Hoosier
Brain Trust
Fatal Shock From Wagon Train Crash Near Antietam
John David Remsburg of Sharpsburg died after the wagon he drove was struck by a Norfolk and Western train near Antietam station on March 20. He was 75, retired farmer, survived by wife Emma Rebecca Hagerman and several children and grandchildren. Funeral at the Reformed church in Sharpsburg Sunday at 1:20 pm, with interment at Mt. View cemetery.
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Norfolk and Western
Antietam Station
John David Remsburg
Sharpsburg
Remsburg
Boonsboro
William P
Eiza (Huffer
Remsboro
Frederick County
Emma Rebecca Hagerman
Reformed Church
Fred Roulette
Charles Eldrige
Hagératown
Charles Long
Hicks
Charles
Hagerstown
the Reformed Church
Addison H. Groff
Mt. View
Frederick
Middleburg
Lucy F. Burgan
Antietam
Goed
Church of God
John W. Burnan
Glare
Ebersole
Downsville
John Ingram
Dargan
Harry Stouffer
Wilbur Dusing
Shepherdstown
W. Va
George
Gardner Burgan
Charles McGowan
Burkettsville
Waiter McGowan
Daniel McGowan
Martinsburs
George McGowan
Leonard McGowan
Pargan
Bessie Bowers
Elizabeth Borer
Julia Allen
Cunningham
Mountain View Cemetery
Second Meeting At Rohrersville For Hog Reduction Drive
Due to incomplete sign ups for the corn and hog reduction campaign another meeting is set for Tuesday night April 3 at 8 o'clock in the band hall Rohrersville. Owners of two or more brood sows during 1932 should attend to help tone up the effort.
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Rohrersville
Deaths of Martha Hollinger and others in Greencastle area
Deaths include Martha Catherine Hollinger age 66 of 226 South Washington Greencastle wife of Martin L Hollinger with funeral Monday at Montgomery Church. Also Miss Margaret Rebecca Line age 62 of 300 East Franklin Boonsboro funeral Saturday. Mrs Lucy Burgan age 56 of Antietam dies of heart trouble with funeral at Church of God. other obituaries list families and interment details. Also note on steel industry pay increase to 10 percent by April 1 benefiting about 40 000 workers and broader 225 000 by week’s end.
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Martha Catherine Hollinger
Martin L. Hollinger
Washington Street
Greencastle
The
Presbyterian Church
Samuel F. Pike
FP. S. Pike
This City
D. W. Pike
Minnie Yeakle
Bess Palmer
B. Pike
Margaret Rebecca Line
East
Franklin Street
Boonsboro
John
Ann Rébéctca Beachley Line
Methodist Episcopal Church
Rhudelia Stouffer
Stella Jackson
Baltimore
Charles
Chenaville
Keedysville
Daniel Line
Bakersville
A. K. Coffman
Boonsboro Cemetery
Associated Preaw
American Steel and Wire Company
United States Steel
Ancore of
Plante
Veto Defeat Halts Chance for Bonus Bill in Senate
Washington reports that administration leaders believe the 2.2 billion greenback bonus bill has little chance this session. The House passed it, now in Senate Finance. Harrison signals no rush to act. Some veterans bloc members push for early votes while Pittman proposes a substitute to pay credits with four and a half percent interest, via bonds instead of greenbacks.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Harrison
Miss
Veterans’ Bloc
Pittman
Nev
Treasury Bonds
Old Wagon Circuses Use Trucks To Peddle Thrills Across Country
Atlanta writer Edwin Holman notes small overland circuses revived with motor trucks since 1925, performing tight family acts and adding frontiers of thrill. Proprieties like Yates Warth join tours, elephants moved daily 40 to 50 miles, and finances recover after hard years. Audience demands quick thrills and updated acts while wagon-era personal performances fade.
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Edwin Holman
Atlanta
America
George Kn- Besser
Overland
Yates Uarth
Yates Unrath
Missing ballot box shocks Nashville special election
In Nashville on March 29 a black candidate and two white rivals ran for a city council seat in a special election. After ballots were counted the lights failed, a scurrying noise arose, and the ballot box disappeared. Officials reported the ward with many negras had produced a decisive vote for the black candidate.
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Nashville
Tenn
Doctors told to improve handwriting to avoid misreads
In Berlin on March 30 doctors who write prescriptions that pharmacists cannot read faced scrutiny. Officials feared patients might receive harmful drugs like arsenic instead of calomel, prompting government orders urging doctors to brush up on legible handwriting.
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Berlin
Oatmeal Sample Found From 1838 Archives in Halifax
Halifax archives reveal a 96 year old oatmeal package attached to a Dartmouth miller's 1838 bounty quality complaint. Prof. D C Harvey, provincial archivist, located the document and sample among the Provincial House of Assembly records.
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Halifax
N. S
Provincial House of Assembly
D. C. Harvey
Dartmouth
Judge rules on drunks consent before medical exam
Media Pa March 30 A Delaware County bench held police cannot compel a physician to examine a motorist for intoxication without the driver s consent. Judge Norman T Boose of Somerset County barred a doctor as a witness yet Joseph Mc Crossen was found guilty.
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Media
Norman T. Boose
Somerset County
Delaware County
Joseph McCrossen
Labor Industry at a Glance
National industrial developments show NRA head Hugh Johnson seeking voluntary 10 percent hours reductions without pay cuts. Appalachian coal conference backs a five dollar seven hour day for 360,000 miners. West Virginia miners threaten strike if wage differentials vanish. Steel industry adds 225,000 workers under promised 10 percent raises. Philadelphia firm settles a union dispute and drafts a 90 day hiring rule from strikers. New York taxi fleets end strike with 7.5 percent cab return. Detroit automobile labor board calls for patience as industry factions show willingness to cooperate.
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Appalachian Coal Conference
Fairmontoregion
West Virginia
Pittsburgh
B. G. Budd Manufacturing Company
Philadelphia
Camden
N. J
NRA Industrial Relations Board
New York
Detroit
Automobile Labor Board
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