Besley Says Twenty Woodsmen Will Get Jobs
Twenty woodsmen from Camp Ritchie vicinity will be chosen to direct recruits arriving for forest work. State forester F W Besley met welfare officials to interview locals for qualifications, with names to be forwarded to Mr Bealey. Congressman Lewis pressed Washington for calls to area youths, aided by the Chamber of Commerce noting over 400 registrations. First priority to families on Welfare Federation relief to ease funds strain.
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Camp Ritchie
F. W. Besley
Welfare Federation
Bealey
David J. Lewis
Washington
Hagerstown
Washington County
Chamber of Commerce
Baltimore
Lewis
Chamber
Federation
Beachley Reichard Furniture Co Incorporated
The Beachley Reichard Furniture Company, in this city, received articles of incorporation from the State Tax Commission granting authority to issue 1000 shares of no par value. Incorporators are Lanson F. Reichard Donovan R. Beachley and Edward Oswald Jr.
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Beachley-Reichard Furniture Company
Beachley Furniture Company
State Tax Commission
Lanson F. Reichard
Donovan R. Beachley
Edward Oswald, Jr
Southern Worsted Mills Boosts Wages in Greenville
The Southern Worsted mills announce a 10 percent wage increase for 475 employees in Greenville. The raise adds about $600 weekly to the plant payroll, effective today.
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Greenville
8. C
Ita
Body of Earl Martin Found Dead in Baltimore Hotel
In Baltimore a man identified as Earl Martin of New York, about 40, was found dead in a hotel room with a bullet wound to the temple and a pistol nearby. Police reported no immediate motive and pending investigation.
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Fing Lody
Baltimore
Earl Martin
New York
Skinny Eyler Encounters a Considerate Thief at Pimlico
Edgar P. Eyler recounts a curious incident after a day at Pimlico racing when his wallet vanished from his pocket. Days later the same wallet arrived in the mail with all contents intact, including his operator's card, suggesting a rare and almost generous thief.
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Edgar P
Skinny
Eyler
Pimlico
Glas-Steagall bill relief for stockholders approved
Washington May 23 report states the House resumed work on the Glas Steagall bank reform bill and voted 31 to 3 to relieve stockholders in National banks from assessments equal to their holdings if a bank failed or entered receivership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Glas Steagall Bank
Roosevelt's Public Works Tax Plan Wins House Backing
House Democrats move to consider the administration public works industrial taxation bill with a Thursday vote and Friday passage. The package converts a public works bill into a broad tax plan to extend excise taxes for a year, finance bonds for a $3.3 billion issue, and fund public works while boosting income and corporate taxes and gas taxes. Budget Director Douglas supports the step as treasury credits safeguard. The law extends excises on autos radios refrigerators candy matches sporting goods chewing gum soft drinks cosmetics furs jewelry theater admissions stocks bonds yachts through mid 1935.
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Washington
House
Public Works
Treasury
Means
Lewis W. Douglas
Japs Order Evacuation Of Peiping
A Sino Japanese truce at Peiping calls for Chinese troops to evacuate Peiping and stay south of the Yenking line while negotiations for a permanent peace begin. Japanese officials say Peiping will not be occupied and measures will keep troops outside the city unless provoked.
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Tokyo
Rengo
Nentsin
Peiping
Yenking - Changping - Shunyi - Paoti-Lutai
Rengeyxeport
North China
Changavitien
War Office
Foreign Office
Nobuyoshi Muto
Tient- bin
Legation Guard
Nudist Colony Ordered Closed by Riverside Officials
Riverside County District Attorney Earl Redwine served notice on Hobart Glassey promoter of Elysian Fields that no nudist colony will be allowed in the county. Glassey argued it is a secluded vacation center. officials say clothing is required. Redwine and Sheriff Rayburn visited with Glassey and his wife, who were clothed, as Glassey defended the project.
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Riverside
Calif
Riverside County
Hobart Glassey
Elysian Fields
Earl Redwine
Glassey
Redwine
Carl Rayburn
Laura
Syracuse University
Camp Olympia
Highland
N.Y
Old Timers Found Magnolia Garden Ploughed Up
Forty old silver collars dating back to 1882 were unearthed by Peter Vogel while preparing a garden near Magnolia. The discovery highlights local history and suggests past use of the area for minting or storage of items from earlier decades.
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U. S
Peter Vogel
New Hampshire Beer Sales Begin Across State
Concord, N H May 23. Beer regally went on sale in New Hampshire today as beer control staff mailed over 500 permits statewide. Groceries drug stores and restaurants prepared to offer beer once permits arrived. Wholesalers had licenses and ready deliveries.
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Concord
N. H
New Hampshire
Beer Control Commission
State to accelerate widening of Hagerstown road
The State Roads Commission will rush the widening and improvement of the Hagerstown to Middleburg highway after a letter from chief engineer H D Williar Jr. The spring weather caused delays, but the commission intends to finish promptly so the route can reopen to traffic soon, alleviating tourist detours and keeping Route 11 travelers from rerouting to Williamsport.
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Hagerstown
Middleburg
State Roads Commission
H. D. Williar, Jr
Greencastle
Cearfoss
Williameport
Williar
Church of God General Eldership Conference at Hagerstown
A major church gathering expected to draw about 2000 visitors to Hagerstown for the General Eldership conference of the Church of God in the United States from June 17 to 23. Delegates from all states will attend, with Summit Avenue church serving as headquarters under Rev. F. H. Snavely.
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Church of God
All States
Hagerstown
United States
Union
F. H. Snavely
Summit Avenue
Snavely
Darkest Just Before Dawn in New York and Oak Park
In New York on May 22 Charles De Cromer, 60, considered life hopeless after job loss and slashed his wrist, but a friend offering a job may alter his fate once wounds heal. In Oak Park on May 23 Patricia McGuire, plagued by sleeping sickness since February last year, remains in a coma despite serum injections from recovered donors.
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New York
Charles de Cromer
Oak Park
Mil
Patricia McGuire
Midwest Tornado Toll Reaches Thirteen Dead
Tornadoes swept through the midwest wheat belt causing widespread damage across Kansas Nebraska and nearby states. Thirteen people killed including seven near Tyron Nebraska five in Liberal Kansas and one near Garden City. Dozens more injured as storms disrupt traffic and communications while Bainville Montana reports ten structures damaged.
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Garden City
Kas
Midwestern
Wheat Country
Tyron
Neb
Liberal
Bainville
Mont
Kansas
Okahoma
Nebraska
Colorado
U S Fish Dept Plans Large Bass Stocking at Canal Pond
The U S Fish Department will stock the bass rearing pond in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal near Williamsport this season. About one hundred thousand bass from Leetown Va will be released, roughly double previous totals. A self cleaning screen was installed at Hagerstown waterworks, aiding the operation. Water will be turned into the pond this week and delivery of stock is expected next week. Thousands of bass have been raised in recent years to bolster Potomac river stocks.
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U. S. Flaheries Department
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Williamsport
Izaak Walton League
U. S
Leetown
Hagerstown
Potomac River
Cadet Guy W Conner Missing In Crises At West Point
State police report Guy W Conner a West Point cadet from Medford Oregon left a note indicating a personal crisis as searches resume for the missing student. Authorities fear he may be lost or injured in the mountains near the United States Military Academy where he has been a top student and model cadet. Separately Robert W Bingham presented credentials to King George in an open royal carriage at Buckingham Palace.
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Monroe
N. Y
Guy W. Conner
Medford
Ore
West Point
Conner
United States Military Academy
London
Robert W. Bingham
United States
Buckingham Palace
George
Factories Will Be Modernized By IBM
International Business Machines Corp announces modernization orders for machinery and equipment in its Endicott Endicott plant and plants in Dayton Washington D C En Gicott N Y to raise raw materials inventories. Endicott main plant moved to an 40 hour weekly basis and two eight hour shifts in some departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
International Business Machines Corp
En- Gicott
Dayton
Washington, D. C
Endicott
Davis Averts New Clash At Disarmament Parley
American ambassador at large Norman H. Davis won a compromise at a secret big five parley on disarmament. He secured simultaneous talks on armed forces war matériel and security with Germany Great Britain France and Italy. France insisted security talks proceed while the others focus on disarmament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Norman HK. Davis
Germany
Great Britain
France
Italy
Joseph
Paul-Boncour
Davis
Davis Speech Praised as Step Toward Conference Success
London newspapers hailed American policy declaration by Norman H. Davis, ambassador-at-large, before the disarmament conference as a great step toward making the conference a success, with enthusiastic hope voiced in morning editions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Norman H. Davis
Bank Hold Up in Lowell Ends with Gunfire Without Victims
Four gunmen robbed the Lowell National Bank of 5000 dollars in cash then fired into the air and at passing cars as bystanders looked on. The interior crew was forced to lie on the floor while the robbers escaped eastward. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Ind
Lowell National Bank
Harry Love
Neil Davis
John Miller
BAP TISTS IN PEACE MEET IN WASHINGTON
Northern and southern Baptist leaders met in Washington to bridge the eight decade split over slavery. Dr M E Dodd of the Southern Baptist Convention and Dr C Oscar Johnson of the northern organization exchanged warm handshakes across an imaginary Mason-Dixon line in the Washington auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
M. E. Dodd
Southern Baptist Convention
C. Oscar Johnson
Noted Drummer Boy Is Dead Im mortalized in Reed poem
Fort Collins Colorado May 2 Drummer boy Rudolph Breniman died. he served under General Philip Sheridan and is named in Thomas Buchimer Reed's poem Sheridan's Wife. his death marks a noted loss in the era.
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Boy Is Dead
Fort Collins
Colo
Rudolph Breniman
Philip Sheridan
Thomas Buchimer Reed
Sheridan
Morgan Defends Private Banking as Inquiry Opens
Ferdinand Pecora pressed for partnership details of J P Morgan & Co while Senate investigators opened questions. Morgan disclosed firm deposits near 250 million and total assets about 424.71 million as of December 31, 1932, noting twenty partners and no minutes kept of deliberations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
J. P. Morgan
Ferdinand Pecora
John W. Davis
Pecora
Lena Couzens
Mich
Morgan
Morgan and Company
Fletcher
John
Apts
Jy. P. Morgan and Company
Senate Pfice
More Signs of Prosperity in Pittsburgh Jail
Pittsburgh on May 23 reports city jail evidence of rising business. Desk Sergeant Arch McCartney notes that over the past three years drunks carried only a nickel or dime, while in the last month he has found from 50 cents to 5 dollars on each intoxicated individual, indicating financial improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Arch McCartney
Burglar Mistakenly Believes He Is Shot In New York
A disrupted afternoon scene in New York ended with police cornering a burglar who shouted I's shot as officers fired a warning, then saw him collapse. Blood smeared his face while bystanders watched in shock during the chaotic grocery storm. The event unfolds amid a tense confrontation with the assailant slamming to the floor.
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New York
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Tennessee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Skinny Eyler
Middleburg Pike
Midwest
U. S. Fish Dept
Old Canal
Barbara Hutton
F. W
Big Five
Baptists IN Peace Meet
Great Banking House
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