Supervisors Approve Road Allocations For Next Year
The Board approved a tentative secondary road budget totaling 76 342 75 for the next year with 35 000 for maintenance and 41 342 75 for construction. Construction items include Route 600 Kern Road 0 6 mile west Siler Siler bridge work Route 600 Hayfield Road 11 3 miles surface and drain. Route 600 Back Mt Road Mountain Falls upgrade. Route 604 Star Tannery Road widening and fords. Route 622 Weems Road ditch resurfacing. Route 628 Middle Road grade drain resurfacing. Route 631 Stephens City Road resurfacing and grading. Route 645 Bufflick Road new surface. Route 645 Cedar Grove Road grading and surface. Route 657 Senseney Road grading and drainage.
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Board of Supervisors
W. Co. Poston
Kern Road
Siler-Siler
Brush Creek
Hayfield Road
Hayfield
Gainesboro
Weems Road
Middle Road
Stephens City Road
Bufflick Road
Cedar Grove Road
Senseney Road
Three Injured In Freight Collision With Show Train
HYATTSVILLE Md April 17 Three men were injured when a Baltimore and Ohio freight rammed a 12 car section of the Johnny J Jones Exposition special train. A Bladensburg rescue squad said a 23 year old was injured and taken to a hospital in Washington. Names of the other injured were not immediately learned. The show train had been split and part of it thrown across the main tracks blocking the B and O lines between Washington and Baltimore.
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Hyattsville
Baltimore and Ohio
Bladensburg
Soldier Found Dead Near Fort Meade Wires
Fort Meade Maryland reports Private C. W. Brooks of Company C 34th Infantry found dead near high-tension cables. An autopsy was ordered to determine cause of death.
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Fort George G. Meade
C. W. Brooks
34Th Infantry
Handley High to Host Invitation Track Meet Saturday
The piece notes Handley High School hosts an invitation track meet this Saturday with local and guest squads expected to compete. Weather may affect plans as forecasts suggest possible rain.
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Handley High School
Government And Business Accord
Washington April 17. The Roosevelt administration moves to ease government business frictions as Congress advances several measures for industry. Roosevelt will speak at an American Retail Federation forum May 22. Hopkins says a survey of over 3,000 counties on production employment and costs will be ready this summer. Wagner Act revision faces opposition, while wage hour law changes gain broader support from the administration.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
American Retail Federation
Secretary of Commerce
Hopkins
National Industries Advertisers’ Association
Senate
Barkley
D-Ky
American Senate Labor Committee
House
Elmer F. Andrews
Responsibility In Death Denied
Claude Dickerson, 30, a glazier and member of the Perkins gang, denied in a police line-up that he killed Wood Carter, cashier of Bloomingdale Indiana, during a March 20 1936 robbery. Police say two other gang members remain at large after a spree of more than 50 robberies and several slayings. Dickerson, captured yesterday, admitted the .45 pistol found in his apartment is his and said it was given by Gene Goodman after a Houston jail escape.
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New York
Claude Dickerson
Perkins
Midwest
Wood Carter
Bloomingdale
Ind
Dickerson
Houston
New York City
Indiana
Gene Goodman
Hodgson and Brown Offer Complete Glasses by Optometrists
Complete glasses fitted by registered optometrists with broken lenses duplicated at reasonable prices. Hodgson and Brown advertise professional eye care and eyewear services in a concise local notice.
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Hodgson & Brown
Tornadoes Take A Southern Toll
A weekend swarm of tornadoes ripped through Oklahoma Louisiana and Arkansas killing at least 41 people injuring more than 170 and causing extensive damage. Center Point Arkansas near Collins bore the worst toll with at least 20 dead as a church was destroyed after a funeral service and a six mile area was swept. Rescue work began as searches continued into Monday.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Arkansas
Center Point
Collins
Ark
Douglas Sworn In As Justice Youngest Since 1812
President Roosevelt elevates William O. Douglas to the Supreme Court, making him the youngest justice in 127 years. The 40 year old former Securities Commission chairman takes the oath before a packed courtroom, succeeding Louis D. Brandeis. Chief Justice Hughes administered the constitutional oath in private as Cropley gave the judicial oath.
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Washington
William O. Douglas
Supreme Court
The
Securities Commission
Charles Evans Hughes
Charles Elmore Cropley
Hughes
Douglas
Joseph Story
Massachusetts
Brandeis Douglas
Louis D. Brandeis
President Roosevelt
Martha Douglas
Arthur Douglas
Maloney
Wanted Fox Terrier Puppy Seeks New Owner
Beautiful female fox terrier puppy, white with black across back and tan on face, needs a good home. Call 41 or 1182.
Frederick County Supervisors Review 1939 40 Budget
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors and a teachers association committee began examining the tentative 1939 40 school budget. The proposal asks for 101 213.56 dollars with a current year deficit of 4 467.87 dollars and 45 941 dollars in total school debt.
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Frederick County Teachers’ Association
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Star
Fred Thwaite
R. E. Ayler
R. A. Wall
Stephens City
Middletown
Fred Braithwaite
Gainesboro
Couty
Ansel Solenberger
The
Gore
Parts of a Dissected Woman Found in Baltimore Sewers
Baltimore April 17 two more body parts left forearm and right foot were discovered in a sewer days after a woman's torso was found. Detectives questioned a young doctor as coroner fought over use of science in the probe plus a missing girl description from Augusta tied to the case.
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Baltimore
Augusta
William King
Dorothy Mae
King
R. E. Elliott
A A A Act Held Valid By High Court
The Supreme Court upholds the 1938 Agricultural Adjustment Act provisions limiting marketing and enabling quotas for major crops. Justice Roberts writes for the court sustaining the act against Georgia and Florida tobacco growers. Justices Butler and McReynolds dissent.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Roberts
Georgia
Florida
Butler and
McReynolds
Secretary of Agriculture
High Tribunal
Poll Tax Case Lost By State In High Court
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled section 128 of the state tax code unconstitutional, barring mandatory poll tax payments as a prerequisite for licenses. Justice Spratley wrote the opinion, granting Campbell a mandamus to issue his lawyer’s license without paying the tax.
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Richmond
State Supreme Court of Appeals
C. Vernon Spratley
T. O. Campbell
the Revenue
Virginia
Justice Spratley
Leroy Hodges
A. P. Staples
Campbell
Supreme Court
General Assembly
Identical Twins Lead School Study With Conflicting Attitudes
New York report details seven year old Woods twins in an unusual educational experiment. Johnny scientifically conditioned since birth dislikes school while Jimmy, with untutored infancy, finds school swell. Ellen, their high school sister, notes Johnny averages and Jimmy excels.
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New York
Woods Twins
Johnny
Jimmy
Ellen
$25 000 Suit Against Bell Is Underway
The $25,000 damage suit of Steve Yeatras and John Sempeles trading Crystal Confectionery Inc. against Stewart Bell opened in Corporation Court. Witnesses testified on property conditions before and after a January 5, 1938 fire. The court recessed to examine a copy of an alleged lease as defense objections cited discrepancies with the bill of particulars.
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Steve Yeatras
John Sempeles
Crystal Confectionery, Inc
Stewart Bell
Bell
Corporation Court
James Miller
Philip Williams
Sempeles
Joseph Wright
Wilbur .Burkhart
W. E. Willingham
Paul Haldeman
Irvan T. O'Connell
Louderback
Jack T. Engle
E. N. Hardy
Harold Rowe
Edward B. Sartelle
R. B. Brown
Edgar J Shirley
L. M. Larrick
W. W. Baker
James R. Alexander
Loudoun
Boscawen Street
Walsh Urges Naval Expansion and Neutrality Act Reforms
Walsh the Chairman of the naval committee urged expanding the navy and air corps to defend a two-ocean nation. He pressed revising the neutrality act to halt trade with belligerents and cautioned against siding with foreign blocs to avoid entangling the United States in European disputes.
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Washington
Walsh
D-Mass
Naval Committee
Senate
Atlantic
Pacific
Navy
Air Corps
America
Friendship Fire Company to Hold Special Meeting
The Friendship Fire Company will meet Thursday evening April 20 at 8 o clock to plan for the Mummers Parade during the Apple Blossom festival and the carnival next week. All members are expected to attend. WM. ARGENBRIGHT, Capt.
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Friendship Fire Company
WM. Argenbright
Soviet Policy Signals Prompt Debate On Allied Shift
Moscow signals restraint as Kalinin cabled Roosevelt with warm applause for peace aims. Observers debate whether the Soviet Union will deepen cooperation with Britain and France, while Litvinov holds talks with the British envoy and Soviet press offers cautious coverage.
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Moscow
Soviet Russia
Roosevelt
Michael Kalinin
Central Executive Committee
United States
Hitler
Mussolini
Soviet Union
Kalinin
London
Paris
William Leeds
Maxim Litvinoff
Great Britain
France
Labor Relations Body Accused By Senator Burke
Senator Burke charges the National Labor Relations Board with bias and proposes amendments to create a three sided board. He aims to require majority employee approval for union representation and allow employer elections to choose unions. He denounces the closed shop as undemocratic and warns minorities deserve rights.
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Washington
Burke
D-Neb
National Labor Relations Board
Senate Labor Committee
Labor Board
Strecker Wins Court Ruling in Deportation Case
Washington April 17 The Supreme Court ordered the discharge from custody of Joseph G Strecker of Hot Springs Arkansas after ruling the Labor Department erred in deportation statutes. The decision voids the prior order to deport him as an alien Communist.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Joseph G. Strecker
Hot Sipings
Ark
Labor Department
Justice Roberts
Strecker
Jewish Dramatist Ludwig Fulda Dies in Berlin
Berlin reports the death of Ludwig Fulda on March 31 at age unspecified. Fulda was a renowned Jewish dramatist novelist and poet, noted internationally. The German press largely ignored the death. Juedisches Nachrichtenblatt announced the loss.
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Berlin
Juedisches Nachrichtenblatt
Germany
Ludwig Fulda
Russia Said To Have Promised Anti Agrression Aid
The report from London says Soviet Russia promised airplane and other aid to the British French coalition. British and French pledges and Polish Romanian objections frame diplomacy as Mussolini and Hitler oppose the peace proposals.
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Associated Press
Hitler
Reichstag
Roosevelt
Britain
Soviet
Russia
London
Berlin
Rome
Ritter
Marshall Goering
Count Ciano
Poland
Rumania
Red Army
Baldridge Outlines Aims For Virginia Jaycee Group
Tom Baldridge new president of the Virginia State Junior Chamber of Commerce speaks on plans for the embryonic organization. He pledges growth, efficiency, and a spirit of Americanism to spur civic and commercial activity among Virginia's young men.
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Tom Baldridge
Virginia State Junior Chamber of Commerce
Alexandria
Baldridge
Winchester
Ronness
Virginia Jay Dee Group
Chamber
Tow
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MR Winchester
Price
James H. Price
Joseph Taussig
Norfolk Naval Operating Base
C. I. Brumback
Thwaite
Solenberger
Fred Larrick
C. A. McIlinee
Leslie D. Kline
Supreme Bench
Ayoice
Balong
Senator Burke
Georges Bonnet
Romania
Greece
Cairo
Egypt
India
Union of South Africa
Southwest
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League of Nations
Gibraltar
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Jay Dee
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