Darrow NRA Board Moves Toward Dissolution
The Darrow led Recovery Review board, accusing the NRA of monopoly and urging government ownership, will end its work in days as President Roosevelt plans to permit abolition after final report. A minority member dissented. the panel’s conclusions threaten the NRA and spark a clash with Hugh Johnson.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Darrow Board
NRA
Clarence Darrow
National Recovery Administration
Hugh S. Johnson
Darrow
Johnson
Recovery Review Board
William QO. Thompson
Chicago
America
Axe wielder goes to cut in Fremont street incident
Patrolman Jesse B Brown testified he disarmed Harry Upperman 35 of Williamsport who rushed at him with an axe at Ruth Saylor’s Fremont street home. Upperman received a three month sentence in the house of correction after being charged with assault with a deadly weapon.
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Jesse B. Brown
Harry Upperman
Williamsport
Upperman
Ruth Saylor
Fremont Street
Brown
Richard Duffey
House of Correction
Saylor
Trio Drunks Sentenced to Three Days Street Work
Three habitual drunks were sentenced to three days of labor on city streets after warnings from police and the magistrate. Justice Duffey warned that future court appearances would mean double sentences. Each prisoner will be supervised by a police officer and required to sweep streets or cut weeds with brooms or sickles and receive no pay.
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Justice Duffey
Dee Ae
Clarence G. Emmert
Pickets and Police in Minneapolis Clash Over Trucks
Eleven police and ten strikers were knocked down in renewed rioting as officers tried to reopen commercial truck traffic paralyzed since the strike began. Three hundred strikers faced nearly 100 policemen as a movement of trucks was attempted. Chief Michael Johannes ordered all available men to report for duty and canceled vacations. An appeal to the National Labor Board in Washington was sent by a 12 citizen committee.
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Minneapolis
Michael Johannes
National Labor Board
Washington
Tip on Western Maryland raise best tip of week
The top tip concerned the pay raise and new working agreement between the Western Maryland shop employees, phoned in by a West Side Avenue girl. A Forrest Drive resident shared a second prize tip about a housewife's death from a home-made turpentine and lard cold cure fire, while a Security housewife gave a tip on a second fire that destroyed a home. Other strong tips noted robberies at local schools, a truck door flying open injuring a youngster, and a tramp who tried to steal a lawnmower while the owner was inside.
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Maryland
West Side Avenue
Forrest Drive
Disorderly Conduct Charged in Fairgrounds Incident
Frank Whites, 30, a colored man, was jailed for thirty days in Washington county after police reported suspicious actions toward a 32 year old white girl seated in a truck at the fairgrounds Saturday. He was charged with disorderly conduct before Justice Richard Duffey.
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Fairgrounds
Frank Whites
Washington County
White
Richard Duffey
Drunken driving arraigned in State Line court
Charles M. Bowden aged 35 of State Line faced a drunken driving charge before Justice Richard Duffey at police court this morning. Bowden was arrested yesterday on Jonathan Street by Patrolman Max Rickard and fined 100 dollars or could serve sixty days in jail.
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Charles M. Bowden
State Line
Richard Duffey
Jonathan Street
Max Rickard
Iris lovers invited to gardens of Mr Berry Doub
Iris enthusiasts are invited to visit the gardens of M. Berry Doub on Leitersburg Pike during the coming week. More than 200 varieties of irises will be in bloom, as Mr Doub is among the state's largest dealers in the flower.
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M. Berry Doub
Leitersburg Pike
Douh
Nose May Be His Undoing
Police study a clay nose shaped like a horse with wide nostrils from witnesses in the Garvey shooting at Broadway and 75th Street. Detectives will compare the clay model to suspects in hopes of identifying the gunman and solving the case.
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New York
James J. Garvey
Garvey
Broadway
75Th Street
Man Admits Auto Theft. Sentenced in City Court
Frank Boyd, 25, of West Franklin Street, told Justice Richard Duffey he cannot keep his hands off cars. He received one year in the Maryland House of Correction for unauthorized use of Dover Kershner's automobile. A year earlier he was sentenced on a similar charge, transferred to the Penal Farm, escaped, then recaptured. Police say he took the Kershner car on March 8 and wrecked it on Sidling Hill.
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Frank Boyd
West Franklin Street
Richard Duffey
Boyd
Maryland House of Correction
Dover Kershner
Kershner
Sidling Hill
Two Youths Leave Home Amid Missing Persons Search
Police were asked to help locate Clarence Bowen Jr. of 400 block McDowell Avenue and Warren Gladhill, 15, of Cook Street and Mitchell Avenue after they left home early this morning. Officers learned they boarded a Western Maryland freight train bound for Cumberland at 3 am and have alerted Cumberland authorities.
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Clarence Bowen, Jr
McDowell Avenue
Warren Gladhill
Cook Street
Mitchell Avenue
Maryland
Cumberland
Grade Crossing Brief Presented by Alexandria Chamber Leader
Dan S Hollenge business manager of the Alexandria Va Chamber of Commerce presents a brief on eliminating railway highway grade crossings at the board meeting. The Alexandria and local Chambers coordinate a campaign urging grade crossing elimination as a public works project.
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Dan S. Hollenge
Alexandria, Va
Chamber of Commerce
Alexandria
Nudists Find Secluded Spots in Kansas Oil Rigs
Nudists in Kansas report they can sunbathe on platforms atop idle oil derricks to gain greater privacy than traditional woodland sites. They say the exposed rigs offer more seclusion from public view, surpassing even Sylvan Glades.
Large numbers of dead fish in Leonardtown waters
In Leonardtown on May 21 watermen report many dead fish floating in nearby waters. Specimens will be sent to the conservation office for analysis.
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Leonardtown
Conservative
Sun Burning Crops Pray for Showers
Drought aided by grasshoppers and chinch bugs spreads crop losses up to 85 percent in parts of the grain belt. Farmers prayed for rain as lights rains came too late to help. Nebraska oats hay and small grains down 40 percent. Indiana hay crop cut 50 percent. corn germinating slowly amid dust storms.
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Mid-West
Nebraska
Indiana
War on Milk Bootleggers Continues in Hagerstown
City sanitary departments press ongoing crackdown on bootleg milk linked to Malta Fever. Sixteen dealers licensed to sell milk operate with safeguards, while several warned for selling unsafe product. Health officials stress safety of milk from vetted herds and ongoing daily supply checks.
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Malta
Hagerstown
Sanitary Department
Magerstown
Two B. and O. Trains Under Construction
New York May 21 construction has begun on two Baltimore and Ohio streamline passenger trains one steam powered and one diesel powered to be placed for service next fall. The steam design targets 125 miles per hour though not for regular use.
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New York
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Leitersburg Man Sentenced in Iron Theft Case
Edgar Red Norris of Leitersburg justice Richard Duffey sentenced him to ten days in jail after a city court found him guilty of stealing a quantity of iron from Liard's second hand store. Norris offered little explanation for the act.
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Edgar “Red” Norris
Leitersburg
Richard Duffey
Liard
Norris
Pal Fired At Two Officers Says Pal Fired At Two Officers
Newton police say Will King Roscoe escaped convict confessed he was part of a bandit car that opened fire on two Newton officers early Friday He claims he did not shoot and was in the vehicle King is jailed in Hickory awaiting return to the state prison with 28 years to serve for other crimes His companion was wounded and escaped after a running gun battle with officers
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Newton
N. C
Will King
Roscoe
Erwin
Tenn
King
Hickory
State
First Prison Farm Escapee Now Located
Ivan J Kelly, the first inmate to escape Roxbury prison farm on Sept 29, 1951, has been located at West Virginia's Moundsville penitentiary after a brief run of unaccounted escapes. He was arrested in Charleston for larceny and is to serve his Maryland debt in the House of Correction after term completion July 5. Roxbury now houses 240 inmates, the largest population in years.
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Roxbury
Ivan J Kelly
Kelly
West Virginia
Moundsville
Bureau of Identification
Washington
Charleston
W. Va
Maryland
House of Correction
Roxbury Prison Farm
Health Award Honors Hagerstown for Health Conservation
A certificate and a personal letter from the United States Chamber of Commerce honor Hagerstown for winning honorable mention in the 1933 Inter-Chamber Health Conservation contest. The city, among five in its population category, displayed the awards at the Chamber of Commerce on East Washington Street. Henry S. Harriman praised the local health work and its promotion of conservation.
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United States Chamber of Commerce
Hagerstown
Inter-Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Washington Street
Henry S. Harriman
U.S
Phantom glass-cutter strikes Halifax again
Halifax May 21 The phantom glass-cutter resurfaced after two weeks of silence. He damaged forty downtown store windows in the shopping district using a diamond or glass cutter, causing estimated losses exceeding $5,000 before police intensified surveillance and halted the vandal.
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Halifax
Protest on power rates in Western Maryland towns
A Sharpsburg Boonsboro and Keedeysville delegation appeared before the Public Service Commission to protest Potomac Edison rate changes after it bought Antietam Light and Power. Spokesman Frank Warrenfeltz argued the shift would hurt many small users while reducing overall average rates. The commission said a formal application was not yet filed and would notify the group if one is made.
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Baltimore
Sharpsburg
Boonsboro
Keedeysville
Public Service Commission
Potomac Edison Company
Antietam
Commission
Unlucky Ladder Injuries Befall Stachurski Brothers
In Milwaukee on May 21, two Stachurski brothers were injured while using the same ladder. Frank fell 25 feet while repairing a roof, fracturing a wrist, ankle, and ribs. Joseph later fell 20 feet while painting, bruising his hip.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Stachurski Brothers
Frank
Joseph
Stole chair but given dismissal in city court
C. M Hadley aged 38 faced theft charges after taking a kitchen chair from an East Franklin Street home. Justice Duffey dismissed the case this morning on the promise to return the chair to the rightful owner, and Hadley produced a receipt as proof.
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C. M Hadley
Hadley
Franklin Street
Justice Duffey
Hadler
Plane Crash Near Sherman Kills One Injures Two
Mortimer Riley 21 of Hewlett New York dies in Sherman Texas three hours after a cross country flight from Dallas. W M Curry 22 of Wichita Kansas is seriously injured with a broken back leg fracture and crushed skull. The crashed plane stalled during landing near Sherman airport after takeoff from Dallas.
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Sherman, Tex
Mortimer Riley
Hewlett, Long Island
N. Y
Dallas
W. M. Curry
Wichita
Kas
Sherman Airport
Hewett
Long Island
Dallas Aviation School
Curry
Riley
Sherman
Hatless hero chased by goat at Kansas fire
Hatless hero Bill Bord returned from a blaze in a chicken house to find a goat eating his hat on the fire wagon. He dashed for the headgear but was too late as the goat nibbled the hat after the fire fight in Pekaa Kansas May 21.
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Peka
Kas
Bill Bord
Bomb in Dead Letter Office Wounds Clerk in Washington
A hollow book bomb exploded in the dead letter office at Washington Post Office injuring clerk Myrton L. Genung and slightly wounding messenger William L. Jackson. The blast shattered Genung’s hand as he examined a package addressed to an unnamed recipient. Investigators weighed origin and timing, but no offender was disclosed.
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Washington
Postofice Department
Myrton L. Gerring
Washington City
Union Station
Gerhung
William L. Jackson
Negro Messenger
Genung
Pair Die in Plane Crash In Fort Lauderdale
A man believed to be David A. Salkind of Morris Town New Jersey and an unidentified woman were fatally injured when their plane crashed in a marsh near Port Everglades between Fort Lauderdale and Dania. The pilot’s name was inferred from a license and prescription found on him. the woman’s identity could not be determined. The propeller was missing, found some distance from the wreck. The man died at a Fort Lauderdale hospital. the woman died at the scene. The man was about 35. the woman about 40, with dark hair and a medium build.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fila
David A. Salkind
Morristown
N. J
Salkind
Port Everglades
Dania
CANDIDATES TO ADDRESS LABOR CONVENTION HERE
The 29th annual Maryland State and District of Columbia Federation of Labor opens at Hotel Alexander with Mayor Jackson set to speak at 2 PM and Governor Ritchie to address the closing session Wednesday. Hungerford and Rabbi Israel will also speak as about 75 delegates attend from across the state and DC.
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Howard W. Jackson
Hotel Alexander
Ritchie
Albert C. Ritchie
Arthur EF
Hungerford
Rabbi Israel
Maryland
District of Columbia Federation of Labor
Alexander
Jackson
NRA
Baltimore
John L. Geist
District of Columbia
Migs Lavina Engle
Montgomery County
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Joan Burke
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Thomas Milligan
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