New Guffey Bill Drafted After Court Invalidates Act
Officials in Washington rush to draft a new coal control measure after Supreme Court voids the Guffey act regulating wages hours and price fixing in the bituminous coal industry. A DC Court of Appeals decision also halts much of the relief program as operators and mine unions join in parley.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Justice Department
Congress
Ten Day Race Meet Opens at Hagerstown Fair Track
Rain or shine the ponies race at the Hagerstown Fair track as the local association begins a ten day meet. Post time is 2 PM. Track remains heavy from recent rain. A K Coffman reports plans complete. Hundreds of visitors attend, thousands expected daily. Feature opening day is the Harry Edward Bester Memorial over six and a half furlongs.
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Hagerstown Fair
A. K. Coffman
Harry Edward Bester
Severe storm hits Centreville Maryland crops and granary
Centreville Maryland May 19 thunder storms with rain aided crops. Lightning struck a three story granary on Harle R Bishop farm about five miles from town. Lightning also hit Percy Tucker's home but caused little damage. Small hail fell locally with no widespread damage reported.
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Centreville
Harle R. Bishop
Percy Tucker
Farley says 1936 campaign echoes past disaster
Providence May 19 Chairman James A Farley of the Democratic national committee compared the 1936 campaign to four years ago and warned of "the same means of prospective disaster" while addressing the Democratic State convention He asserted that if Roosevelt is elected the nation would face chaos but claimed mills are running farmers prosper and merchants busy in the current times
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Providence
R. I
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee Today
Farley
Roosevelt
Cumberland adopts $1.02 city tax rate for coming year
Cumberland Maryland residents face a 1.02 tax rate for the coming year, the highest in over a decade, marking a seven cent rise from the 1935 rate of 95 cents. The action reflects municipal budgeting decisions by city officials.
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Cumberland, Md
Weather Forecast for Maryland and Atlantic Coast
Weather brief notes fair and cooler tonight with Wednesday continuing cool. Sandy Hook to Cape Hatteras shows fresh southwest winds shifting to northwest and showers in the south tonight. Chesapeake Bay remains fair and cooler tonight with Wednesday continuing fair and cool as winds shift to west and northwest.
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Maryland
Sandy Hook
Cape Hatteras
Chesapeake Bay
State To Rely On Confession
John C. Fiorenza goes on trial for first degree murder in New York for the April 10 slaying of fiction writer Nancy Evans Titterton. A 150-member blue ribbon jury panel is drawn. Prosecutors say the state will rely largely on a confession Fiorenza gave on April 21 after extended questioning. defense disputes its validity.
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New York
John C. Fiorenza
General Sessions
Nancy Evans Titterton
Charles C. Nott, Jr
Fiorenza
Henry Klauber
William C. Dodge
Miles J. O'Brien
Kerosene Drink Fatal To Child
Arnold Kanode Jr., 18 month old son of Mr and Mrs Arnold Kanode of Lewistown, Frederick County, died at Frederick Hospital after drinking kerosene from a cup found while playing. He became ill shortly after and died this morning.
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Arnold Kanode, Jr
Arnold Kanode
Lewistown
Frederick County
Frederick Hospital
Robins Nest on Steam Shovel Figures Flight Training
Baraboo Wisconsin reports a mother robin building a nest on a steam shovel boom. She laid three eggs and sat upon them as the crane swung, an odd pre natal conditioning display observed by local ornithologists.
Labor Delegates Hear Maryland Administration Achievements
At the 31st annual Maryland District convention of the Columbia Federation of Labor, Arthur E. Hungerford praised three years of Roosevelt administration work in Maryland, noting vast improvements, while Theodore C. Waters outlined workmen's compensation findings and urged new laws. Hungerford cited nearly 50 million dollars in direct relief and 15,986 homes saved by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation, with continued discussion on state relief efforts.
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Maryland
Roosevelt
Marylade District
Theodore C. Waters
Gover
Nice
General Assembly
Hungerford
Trail of Beavers Continues as Convict Gang Leader Eludes Capture
McAlester Oklahoma May 19 Fresh officers and bloodhounds pursue Claude Beavers the elusive leader of the penitentiary break amid brush covered mountains near Clayton The posse believes capture is near Beavers pledged not to surrender while Old Boston leads the scent Beavers companions Julius Bahannon and A C McArthur remain at large and a brick yard foreman was killed during the escape.
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Mcalester
Okla
Clayton
Claude Beavers
Oklahoma
Old Boston
Beavers
Julius Bahannon
A. C. McArthur
So Excited He Stabbed A Girl Trazzare Confession Emerges
Washington police say 17 year old John Trazzare confessed to stabbing 16 year old Anne Blunt during a movie scene after brandishing a knife. Trazzare claimed he felt a surge of emotion as a man wrestled an alligator on screen and stabbed the girl in the shoulder. She required hospital treatment for the wound.
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Washington
Benjamin Keehling
John Trazzare
Koehling
Keubling
Anne Blunt
Trazzare
Rain Boosts Crops in Hancock Area Observers Record
Last night s rain totaling .26 inch benefited crops and fruit in the Hancock region. D Paul Oswald notes the rain helped the apple crop and left soil ready for plowing while wheat gains from the moisture. The temperature reached 62 at 11 am as the sun emerged and mild warming began.
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D. Paul Oswald
Chewsville
Hancock Fruit
J. Andrew Cahill
George Kline Sentenced for Vagrancy in City Court
George Kline aged 49 was sentenced this morning to three months in the House of Correction by Justice C Edward Heard in city court on a charge of vagrancy.
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George Kline
House of Correction
C. Edward Heard
Didn't Even See Village Didn't Even See Village
In Aurora Nebraska on May 19 Kuhn's trained animal circus failed to appear for a promised rain or shine engagement. The caravan driver said they drove through the town at night without seeing it. The Aurora Republican quipped that Aurora did not miss the show but the show missed Aurora.
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Aurora, Neb
Kuhn
Aurora Republican
Aurora
Zeppellin Hindenburg heads for New York amid Atlantic storms
The Zeppelins Hindenburg, en route from Germany, gains speed circling a storm area and aims to reach New York tonight on its second flight. Captain Ernst Lehmann told passengers at dinner the rough conditions posed no danger after yesterday's squall tilted the airship’s nose and rattled dishes.
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Hindenburg
America
Atlantic
New York
Germany
Ernst Lehmann
Right Name But Wrong Address
In Palo Alto on May 19 a stork visit occurred as Dr. M. E. Rumwell found a stork on his automobile. The next day his son and daughter-in-law Mrs Arnold Rumwell welcomed an eight pound son.
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Palo Alto
Calif
M. E. Rumwell
Arnold Rumwell
Thurmont underpass to gain wider roadway and clearance
The State Roads Commission announced improvements on Route 15 Thurmont underpass will widen the roadway to about 30 feet, nearly doubling current space, add four feet of top clearance, and set abutment faces 38 feet apart.
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Thurmont
Route 15
State Roads Commission
Fire Marshal Brockwell breaks arm during safety demo
COLUMBIA, S. C., May 19. Sherwood Brockwell of Raleigh North Carolina fire marshal demonstrated the correct and incorrect ways to handle those off trucks at the South Carolina Firemen's College. In the wrong method he slipped fell and broke an arm.
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Columbia
S. C
Sherwood Brockwell
Raleigh
North Carolina
South Carolina Firemen's College
Brockwell
Government orders rail strike ended in Mexico City
A 48,000 strong strike on the Great Mexican National Railways collapsed after President Lazaro Cardenas ordered a halt and urged workers to return. Strikers walked out at 5 p m yesterday, then complied at noon today as the government called the action unjustified and non-existent. The conciliatory approach masked a firm government stance.
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Copsright
Associated Press
Mexico City
Mexican National Railways
Lazaro Cardenas
Conciation and Arbitration Board
Federalsburg Strike Ends at Excelsior Pearl Works
More than 400 workers returned to machines after a nearly three week strike at Excelsior Pearl Works Federalsburg Maryland. An announced wage agreement ended the walkout with a four week notice pledge and a conference chaired by Bernard Rifkin Samuel R Davis Allen Harte Wilmer F Davis H Burdet te Messenger Thomas S Holt. One hundred twenty five employees had walked out in April over a new wage timing system.
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Federalsburg
Excelsior Pearl Works
Bernard Rifkin
New York
Company
Samuel R. Davis
Allen Harte
Wilmer F. Davis
H. Burdette Messenger
Thomas S. Holt
Potomac Edison Stock Auctions For High Prices
Four shares of Potomac Edison 6 percent preferred sold for 31.07 per share at public sale before the Court House this morning, one share of 7 percent preferred bringing 111.00. Fred M. White acted as auctioneer. Forty-five shares of Williams-Hart Bridge Co stock sold at 30 per share. Chewsville Cooperative 6 percent stock par 33 sold for 4 per share, and a $225 Chews Ville Co-operative debenture due 1946 sold for 175.
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Potomac Edison
Court House
Fred M. White
Williams- Hart Bridge Co
Chewsville Cooperative
Chews Ville Co-operative
Doctor Moore to Address Medical Society Meeting
Dr. Joseph E. Moore of Johns Hopkins University will address a special meeting of the Washington County Medical Society Friday at 12:15 p m at the Hotel Alexander on the subject venereal disease problems as they exist in Maryland.
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Joseph E. Moore
John’s Hopkins University
Washington County Medical Society
Alexander
Maryland
Army of Ants Invade Town in Clearspring
An army of millions of ants over several weeks overruns gardens in Clearspring causing damage. The nocturnal invasion killed several pet piglets at Mrs. Bruce Deeds home. Ants roam the town affecting multiple areas including a church wooden floor.
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Clearspring
Bruce Deeds
Sabotage Hinted Behind PWA Power Delays
Secretary Harold Ickes told the District of Columbia Supreme Court that clever sabotage in the Public Works Administration may have delayed power project allotments. He said the delay prompted creation of a power division to expedite loan and grant reviews for municipal electric plants as he defended the constitutionality of the $200 million PWA power program challenged by four utility firms.
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Washington
Harold Ickes
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Public Works Administration
Ickes
PWA
Eddie Sutherland Plans German Zeppelin Visit
Hollywood director Eddie Sutherland takes a two week vacation starting May 19, aiming to spend nine days in Germany. He flies from Hollywood seeking an 63 hour connection with the Hindenburg in Frankfurt.
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Hollywood
Calif
Eddie Sutherland
Germany
Frankfort
Mexico To Build Border Schools For Local Students
Mexico City reports the Education Department will construct enough border schools so Mexican children no longer need to travel to the United States for schooling.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Education Department
United States
Williamsport Fire Company elects delegates to state convention
At a meeting of the Volunteer Fire Company of Williamsport delegates and alternates were elected to attend the Maryland State Firemen's Association convention in Hagerstown on June 24 25 and 26. Delegates are Warren M Seymour William H Miller R G Hoffman Robert R Barber and Richard G Hawken with alternates C W Hetzer Paul Kitchen Maurice Snyder C W Lizer and Roland McCardell.
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Williamsport
Maryland State Firemen’s Association
Hagerstown
Warren M. Seymour
William H. Miller
R. G. Hoffman
Robert R. Barber
Richard G. Hawken
C. W. Hetzer
Paul Kitchen
Maurice Snyder
C. W. Lizer
Roland McCardell
Former local girl missed by tent pole in circus storm
Mrs Flossie Sullivan once Miss Flossie Anderson, now a Washington resident and former local telephone operator, narrowly escaped death when a heavy circus tent pole toppled during a severe Washington storm. Betty Lee Roudabush, 13, of Shenandoah, Virginia, was killed as she sat beside Mrs Sullivan. The incident occurred as Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey opened the afternoon show, with the canvas torn by wind and rain cascading onto spectators.
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Flossie Sullivan
Flossie Anderson
Washington
Betty Lee Roudabush
Shenandoah
Sullivan
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailer
Big Top
Chamber of Commerce Plans Annual Meeting in Ha gerstown
The Ha gerstown Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual meeting Thursday at 7:45 PM in the Hotel Alexander ballroom. Seven new directors will be chosen from the 14 top vote-getters in the recent primary ballot, with ballots provided at entry. Strong interest and record attendance are anticipated.
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Hagerstown
Warning to Merchants on License Renewal Deadline
Merchants must renew traders' licenses by May 29 to avoid a ten percent penalty. The Clerk of Court office in the Court House will close on May 30, with May 31 being a Sunday.
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Court House
Thousands Of Words Wired On Trial Here
Telegraph wires carried about 22 000 words to metropolitan papers on the first day of the Lyddane conspiracy trial. Staff correspondents from several services in Washington and Baltimore also sent stories by phone and mail, with hundreds of thousands of words expected by the trial’s end.
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Washington
Baltimore
Surprise witness testifies to $1000 plot in Lyddane murder case
A youthful state witness with four prison years for hijacking testified in Circuit Court about a $1000 offer to “clip a man” and a second $1000 to “clip a woman,” alleged to target Anne M. Lyddane’s husband in a murder conspiracy. Other witnesses linked Boland and the couple to the plot amid bank and ransom details.
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Anne M. Lyddane
William Carlton
Willie Brown
Lyddane
Francis
Slam) Lyddane
Brown
Jack Boland
Boland
Rockville
Theman
Jack
Anthony Pagzzero
Pazzero
Lieut Flord Truscott
Washington
C. G. Clay
Washington Police
Montgomery County
Henderson
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James Gardner Rossman
Pittsburgh
Pullman Company
Pullman
U. S
Bareas
Titterton
Baraboo, Wis
Arthur E. Hungerford
National Emergency Council
Zep
N.Y
P-E
Anne Lyddane
Plan Border Schools
Chamber
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