Treasury to Announce Refinancing Plan Next Week
Washington reports the Treasury Department is set to announce a refinancing program estimated at 1.0 to 1.4 billion dollars due to maturing short term obligations totaling 712.5 million. The plan may combine long and short term financing to cover deficits and fund the Home Loan Bank system and relief construction. Printer strike in Chicago, 18,000 union printers walk out protesting wage cuts.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Hing
Ieconstruction Corporation
Home Loan
Treasury
Mills
New York
Federal Lana Bank
Chicago
Police officer blinded by eclipse in Maywood incident
Chicago September reports Wesley Bonner a Maywood police man suffering eclipse blindness after viewing a partial solar eclipse without eye shielding. Dr Dewight Reeves said he cannot yet see though expected to recover. Separate accident: Earl Marsh struck by a locomotive near Rehrersville station suffering scalp wounds and head lacerations. admitted to Washington County Hospital in good condition.
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Chicago
Wesley Bonner
Maywood
Dewight Reeves
Reeves
Earl Marsh
Rehrersville
Brunswick
Hagerstown
Rehrersvill Station
Washington County Hospital
Thomas A. Leck
Marsh
Mil ton H. Easton heads Maryland Funeral Directors for year
Ocean City Sept 2 Milton H. Easton of Ellicott City was elected to lead the Maryland Funeral Directors Association for the coming year at the convention closing session yesterday.
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Ocean City
Milton H. Easton
Ellicott City
Maryland Funeral Directors’ Association
Mayor Walker Resigns as New York City Mayor
Mayor Walker quits, Aldermanic President Joseph V. McKee becomes mayor. Walker cites a so called travesty of the hearing before Governor Roosevelt and offers to seek vindication at the polls. Roosevelt’s stance remains cautious as Albany sessions resume.
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D. Roosevelt
Albany
Samuel Seabury
Hatstadter Legislative Committee
Walker
Roosevelt
City of
New York
McKee
Joseph V. McKee
Bronx
Edward J. Flynn
John J. Curtin
Alfred E. Smith
Curtin
Supreme Court
Ellis 7
Staley
Lam
England
Deaths and funeral notices from Downsville and Sharpsburg
Deaths include Allen S Taylor 64 of Downsville district at 703 South Potomac street after two week illness with services at Bakeravilla church and burial beside it. George Harvey Poffenberger 72 of Sharpsburg former road supervisor and farmer died at home. funeral at Sharpsburg Lutheran church with burial at Mt View. Card of thanks from Russell Kick for support during funeral of Jutia Klick.
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Allen S. Taylor
South Potomac Street
Seloct
First Christian Church
Downsville
Martha E. Taylor
William
John E
Funkstown
Carl B
Hagerstown
Russell A
Harold E
Howard R
M. L. Lumm
C. W. Luman
Beaver Creek
William Pearrell
Elmira Poffenberger
Bakeravilla Church
W. M. Norment
George Harvey Poffenberger
Sharpsburg
Sharpshore
Keedysville
Ernest Koogle
Lea Poffenbarger
Roanoke
George
Doris
Evelyn Poffenbarger
Baltimore
H. D. Chapman
The
Lutheran Church
Mt. View Cemetery
Mrs
Russell Kick
Jutia Klick
Stocks Take Upturn Early In New York Trade
The stock market opened buoyant with Active buying lifting many leading shares 1 to 2 points in the first half hour. U S Steel American Telephone Consolidated Gas Bethlehem Car International Harvester Santa Fe Union Pacific Allied Chemical American Can and others gained. Wall Street followed Federal Reserve weekly statements showing a $70 000 000 increase in loans and investments by New York City member banks, the first gain since Aug 3.
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New York
U. S. Steel
American Telephone
Consolidated Gas
Bethlehem
Car
International Harvester
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Allied Chemical
American Can
Wall Street
Federal Reserve
New York City
Stock Quotations From Stein Bros and Boyce
Today a stock quotation feature lists prices supplied by Stein Bros and Boyce with market figures for various securities. The item notes quotes and changes as compiled for readers seeking intraday guidance from the brokerage house.
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Stein Bros. & Boyce
Writer Is Found Dead At Desk In Uniontown Pa
George William Greenwood aged 57, noted as the first American student at Oxford, was found dead at his desk. An educator and writer, he taught mathematics at McKendree College and Roanoke College and was a friend of Cecil Rhodes who funded a scholarship foundation. He published books on astronomy and mathematics. Meanwhile city buses wore red, white and blue placards for fare cuts, prompting some to mistake the flags for French symbols.
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Uniontown
George William Greenwood
Oxford
I McKendree College
Lebanon
Roanoke College
Cecil Rhodes
Scholarship Foundation
Potomac Edison Company
Plans for Labor Day parade and church rededication
The item notes plans completed for a monster Labor Day parade tomorrow with Congressman Fred N Zinhl man to speak. The Howard Street M E church is rededicated with impressive exercises. A wind storm caused damage and loss of corn. Mrs. Mary Hoffman died at 80 in West Franklin Street. Milk dealers raise price to 8 cents per quart. The Manhattan Players booked for the week at the Academy of Music.
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Fred N. Zinhlman
Mary Hoffman
Joseph Hoffman
West Franklin Street
Manhattan
The
Academy of Music
Venezuela Revolution Impacts Trolley Patronage and Local Endurance
Venezuela endures a revolution as trolley patronage to Williamsport plunges about 76 percent since the outbreak of unrest. Orphans' Home marks its 14th year with 33 youths in residence. A four story brick addition 100 feet long is planned for Hageratown Furniture Company's plant. Charles G. Bigge elected burgess of Sharpaburg Van 8&8. Brashears and commissioners including James Marrow James Kemp Eugene Marker Wm Hibarger Ea Hebb.
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Williamsport
Hageratown ‘Furniture Company
Charles G. Bigge
Sharpaburg
Van
Brashears
James Marrow
James Kemp
Eugene , Marker
J. Hibarger
Ea. ‘Hebb
Contests At Hagerstown Fair Draw Big Interest
Entries pour in at 25 South Potomac street for the Nine Counties Baby Welfare Show Miss Hagerstown popularity election and the dog doll and pet parade. Baby entrants include Betty Jane Blake and Joyce Virginia Hines as registrations rise. Remaining registration closes Sept 7 with contestants representing local business houses. Market peaches advertised nearby conclude the page.
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South Potomac Street
Joyce Virginia Hines
Doris Virginia Palmer
Shannon Rhodinizer
Dorothy Jane Wagner
Charles William Carty
William F. Chaney Jr
Charles William Moser
Betty Jane Harbaugh
Donald Lee Griffith
Bobbie Malcolm Byers
Heat wave pushes Maryland towns to near record highs
At noon the region faced overcast skies with forecasted rain. Temperatures climbed to 103 degrees at J. A. Miller and 102 at 3 pm, while Shreider Reisner plant hit 1023?4 degrees. Chewsville reached 99, sundown 87. Farmers halted thrashing in some areas but most continued as heat spread across the county. A 160 degree thermometer reading was noted in Maryland with Cumberland at 103 and Salisbury at 100.
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J. A. Miller
Shreider Reisner
Chewsville
D. Paul Oswald
Maryland
Cumberland
Salisbury
Miss Hagerstown Pageant Seeks Nominations
The winner will be crowned Miss Hagerstown. Businesses may secure nomination blanks at 25 South Potomac Street. Latest pet parade entries include William Bond with a dog, Gerald Alexander with a dog, Alice Ruth Bent with a doll, June Kline with a cat, Glennis Ricker with a cat, Ronald Ricker with a dog.
Storm warning issued for tropical disturbance near Turks Island
The Weather Bureau issued a storm advisory at 10 AM detailing a tropical disturbance of considerable intensity about one hundred miles east northeast of Turks Island. The system is moving slowly west northwestward.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Turks Island
W. I
Bladensburg Forms District Democratic Club
Dr. Robert W. McCullough of Cheverly heads a newly organized Bladensburg district Democratic club with more than 20 charter members joining the group.
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Bladensburg
Robert W. McCullough
Cheverly
Five Fascists Escape Death in Commute to Life
Berlin reporters say five Fascists condemned to death for murdering a Communist were commuted to life imprisonment. The commutation came at a conference chaired by Chancellor von Papen after the federal commissioners reviewed the case under the Aug. 3 emergency decree on political violence.
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Berlin
Germany
Beutheni
von Papen
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