News (Newspaper) - September 13, 1938, Frederick, Maryland FEATURE SERVICE PRESS REPORT Weather Forecast Mostly cloudy and slightly cooler tonight and Wednesday Showers Wednesday VOL 282 Today 1 FREDERICK MD TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 13 1938 TWELVE PAGES CENTS AND O'CONOR INCREASE LEADS LATTER CARRIES MOST OF HIS RUNNING MATES WITH HIM Jackson Leads In County With Six Precincts Missing YEARS Ultimatum L Presented To Czechs Well Known Retired Business Man Was Stricken Monday Afternoon Results In Some Other Contests In Doubt With More Returns Out i LEWIS IS LEADING TYDINGS 15 BE HELD ON With only sis precincts missing the count in Frederick county for the Democratic nomination for Governor at 2 p m stood as Jackson O'Conor Sudetens Demand cation Of Law LEAD mm Senator Has Lead In Units He Apparently Has 64 Votes i That Carry 117 Convention i in Convention To Within Six Hour s In a Democratic primary teetered back and forth like a ror office In Frederick county was saw while the county waited in j out running today in his at- suspense Mayor Howard W tempt to gain a seat on the board son was gaining a distinct ad- of County Commissioners vantage over Attorney-General j He had scored 1.333 votes m the j Herbert R O'Conor early this returns from the first 35 precincts i i Edgar Feaster Walkersville Observers doubted that the final j who was the first candidate in the result would hinge on 11933 election announcing himself a year ago for the Democratic Voted Yesterday Afternoon And Chatted At Polls With Friends choice votes not available until the official canvass Thursday j nomination for treasurership was Less than one hundred votes j the apparent loser to James H Falk separated David J Lewis and i this city who did not enter the field lard E Tydings in the race for the j until about six ago United States Senatorial j The unofficial tion on which all eyes were Falk Feaster 1.840 tered The 1 p m count Lewis 2.745 Tydings 2.654 j Party Fight Close j With the battle swayed the edge in the Democratic factional fight limited for the most part to posts within the party j Early afternoon indications were for the group l ing Jackson to win a majority on the State Central Committee over j the forces allied with j Conor in the statewide line-up Contrariwise Tabulated returns for most of the county offices appear on Page 8 Vespers And Alban M Wood sy leader was leading Campus Day Being Arranged nnn f i Ct Prague Sept 13 deten German party presented ultimatum to he Czechoslovak tonight demanding that the martial law and extraordinary police measures imposed on deten communities be revoked within six hours The party in a memorandum to the government stated that If martial law continued it could not be responsible for developments The Sudeten demands came as the climax of a day which saw gency measures imposed on eight Sudeten communities following dis- orders in which at least eight sons were killed Votes son's 53 i THANKS VOTERS FOR GORDY HAS 4 COUNTIES EFFORTS IN HIS BEHALF THREE GO TO SASSCER Second Choice Fails To Enter Total Of 75 Votes Needed To Lost In Balloting London Sept 13 four defense ministers were called suddenly into conference today with Prime Minister Chamberlain who earlier had summoned a full dress cabinet for tomorrow to consider the central European crisis As the heads of the fighting ices assembled at 10 Downing Street it was considered virtually certain they had been called to confer on extraordinary military measures They are confronted by deepening European tension arising from day's disorders in Czechoslovakia and the threats of Adolf Hitler's speech at last night Initial events of the Hood second-choice j dar for the term beginning on day are being planned including sports vespers dock picnic and the traditional ly in contesting the State ship with Delegate John B Funk the Winebrenner choice It was Wood's second fight for the nomination in four years Jackson's running mates ed easy victors in the county j out recourse votes all the way down the wide ticket Stedman Prescott ran far away from William F Prettyman a late entrant in the contest for the new judgeship seat Hershberger Leads Ticket John Hershberger led the on the basis of the Srst 35 precinct returns Seeking a second term as Register of Wills he had 3.422 votes to 893 for C F Moore whose ing was largely confined to his home town of Brunswick lead at time of compilation Charles W Smith for Sheriff pus Day Following registration of new students on Tuesday orientation of new students next week tion of returning students on day convocation Thursday evening and the beginning of classes on day the first vesper service of the year will be held Sunday September 25 at four o'clock President Henry L Stahr will de- Other candidates who were in the liver the address The service will be the occasion for the store Funeral services for Gerson j well-known retired Frederick 1 business man who died this will be held on Thursday l ing at eleven o clock from the home of Benjamin Rosenour Jr College Park Interment will be in brew Friendship cemetery more Stricken with a cerebral Monday afternoon Mr Rosenour died at three o'clock at the Frederick City Hospital He was aged 72 years and would have observed his seventy-third day in He was a son of the late Bernhard and Sarah Rosenour He was born in Frederick where he spent all his life He was educated in the public schools of the city He began business as a young man in his father's clothing and B Rosenour and Sons where he was associated with of the senior class 4 p Markell H Nelson for Clerk of when members of the senior group iwill wear their caps and gowns for and Abraham Rosenour He the Srst time and will take their reared seventeen years ago from places in the front of the chapel has Professor Henry T Wade will have f of the tone in real estate i he being with his brotner j charge of the musical program j jamin an extensive holder of Court Sherman P Bowers for State's Attorney James H Falk for Treasurer Highest for Delegate Howard B Smith appeared j Braddock picnic is scheduled to be j business destined to win the party lead for j held Saturday October 1 Trolley j voted In Afternoon House of Delegates with Robert E cars wiU leave front campus in the Mr voted Capp Jr Donald Garaner and afternoon to take the students to in Republican S Houck Jr following The fifth place on the ticket appeared to be headed toward J Tyson Lee There was no party primary for the Heights where a picnic and chatted with acquaintances at per will be served in the J the ni place In recent K his after there will be j health had not faeen the best and NEGOTIATIONS BROKEN OFF Prague Sept 13 German leaders declared tonight that all negotiations with the Czechoslovak government for of their bitter bloody dis- pute had been broken off There has been no formal notice that discussions have ceased but there can be no conversations in this said Oscar rich the party's propaganda chief Our commitee docs not intend to approach the government again It is impossible to talk with people who argue with ballets Ullrich referred to the situation in the Sudeten German regions near the German border where the imposed martial law on eight Sudeten communities after disorders in which at least eight persons were killed The Associated Press made no mention of a Sudeten ultimatum to the Prague government which ish News ers said the Sudetens had given the government six hours to withdraw all emergency measures imposed on the Sudeten regions Baltimore Sept 13 turns from 852 out of pre- in Maryland Democratic election today Tydings Lewis 86.834 Hungerford 7.288 Nominate In State Con- cention of college songs Katherine he underwent Ine for judges of j Stevens of Ravenna O is college ment at the Hospital song leader j was a Republican in his Day Innovations affiliation He was a member Campus Day will be held in less of Columbia Lodge No 58 A F and than a month on October 8 In A M Enoch Chapter R A Masons the Orphans Court Commissioners Close George V Arnold Burkittsville j for County nine with Jonn W Grove erick close behind G Geisbert Urbana John j S Renn Frederick and W event attempt has and Enoch Council R and S j been made toward simplification of j sons He was also a member of the day's program The new Scottish Rile Masons and Almas i gram will open at 10.30 o'clock with Shrine Washington D C He was i Catoctin Furnace were a dedicafn a bunched close together for the third smoker bv rfra erick No 684 B P O place The close contest of 1934 i 11 door smoker presented by the c of 1936 and located of and was a member of the n which Renn was nosed out for President Stahr will Knights of Pythias Kiwanis Club final place recalled 1 conduct the The 35 tabulated districts at Following luncheon at 12.30 n m showed for the o'clock in dining room for Charles W Smith John W Null 1.174 Lawrence R Fagan 1.145 Denver J Shook SSS John E Cram 509 Winner present regular Campus Day i two o'clock students the Alumnae Hall to Hodson Memorial outdoor theater where Campus Day events will take place i for the Srst time Beginning at 2.30 i While Smith's lead appeared the four classes in for any of his rivals to over- j costumes will present a come the uncertainty attending the group of songs carrying out the vote in Brunswick Emmitsburg j theme they ana part of Frederick missing former j and the Catoctin Country Club Surviving are a brother jamin Rosenour three sisters Mrs J H Myers of Mrs Kern and Mrs of Brooklyn N and several nieces and nephews 1 Harry E Cany Company funeral director Cabinet Again Called London Sept 13 British cabinet was summoned day to meet at 11 a m tomorrow in its second emergency session of the week to consider the European crisis deepened by Adolf Hitler's defiant speech and new disorders in Czechoslovakia The summons was issued by Prime Minister Chamberlain after he and his key ministers had dered the text of the speech in the Fuehrer demanded the right of self determination for the Sudeten Germans The Minister also con- the ranking leaders of the opposition in the House of Com- mons a step customary Jn times of crisis Baltimore Sept 13 Mounting returns in Maryland's hotly contested primary indicated today a victory of landslide portions for Senator Millard E Tydings over Representative David J Lewis and the opposition of President Roosevelt Unofficial returns with some counties complete gave Tydings a lead in units having 117 of the state's 149 nominating convention votes to 32 for Lewis The state nominating convention will ratify September 28 the results of the popular balloting for the cratic senatorial nomination ond choices failed to figure in the outcome the Tydings lead being a clear majority Lewis led in his home county Cumberland which has seven votes and the neighboring western ties Washington seven votes and Garrett which has four votes Com- plete returns in Baltimore city gave Tydings 28 votes to 14 for Lewis led in the first district 11.495 to 8.294 and in the sixth district to The popular vote from 726 ing places out of 1.288 unofficial Tydings Lewis and Arthur E Hungerford Throughout the night as election officials struggled to tabulate the results from one of the longest lots in Maryland history Tydings placed on the President's personal purge list watched his lead ly grow and early today he Now that reports have come In from nearly every county in the state showing a sweeping victory I first want to thank the thousands of men and women in all the com- of Maryland for their splendid and outstanding efforts in my behalf To them and the voters who supported me I am deeply grateful That campaign is behind us The voters have spoken and I am sure we will all close ranks now for the general election While the trend was for Tydings in four of Baltimore's six districts and also in the Eastern Shore and southern Maryland counties through which the President passed when he came into Maryland to speak for Lewis on Labor Day there was still the matter of convention votes to be considered Each of Baltimore city's tive districts and the 23 counties has the same number of tion votes as it has members of the legislature the blocks ranging from three to seven Baltimore Sept 13 j torney General Herbert R I lead over Mayor Howard W son in the Democratic gubernatorial primary which was 26.000 at one lime was whittled down to today as returns from more than three-quarters of Maryland's precincts were tabulated vote piled up quickly as the votes in Baltimore city's six districts were listed Later re- turns from the counties weighted the Jackson column With returns in from 852 pre- the vote for O'Conor was 109.509 and for Jackson 91.195 These results gave Jackson the lead in ten counties with a total of 53 convention votes O'Conor with lead of 20.000 in the city had the city's 42 tion votes and was in the lead in five counties giving him 64 Comptroller William S Gordy's vote was and he was ahead in four counties with 16 convention votes Senate President G led in three counties with 13 convention votes His total was A total of 75 votes arc needed to nominate in the convention which has a total of 149 votes Complete Returns Show Surprises In Republican Primary Knock Wins For Treasurer And Leatherman For Register Of Wills COMMISSIONER DERR LOSES returns from the Republican primary in Free erick county completed late this morning brought upset on several sides While Governor Harry W Nice won handily over Harr T Phoebus to 1.183 Oscar Leser Nice's running mat for United States Senator was behind Galen L Tait by 31 votes Tait had votes Leser Even A Charles Stewart of Cum berland had a close rub in seeking the Congressional nomina tion Frank R Long a county newcomer ha 2.296 votes to Stewart's 2.624 left room for doubt The total of from to FELL FROM WAGON Norman Smith near Mew isor was admitted to the University j on Friday Mr Smith fel wagon several days ago and com- n injury to his hip and condition could not be determined Leser Has Slim Lead Over Tail Smith at present a Deputy formerly presented in Brodbeck j iff made a strenuous fight for in afternoon have been nomination He was the Democratic j eliminated from this year's YOUTH DISLOCATES SHOULDER in 1926 and lost the tion in November of that year by votes Hiltner Out of Running Sheriff Roy M Hiltner who Sterling Overholtzer 18 Added to the program will be i town who has been visiting at the an dance at 8.30 o'clock home of Howard Brown Highland in Hall open also to alumnae and friends The affair will ago polled the highest vote j be sponsored by the Blue and Grey given to an opposed candidate college weekly publication Pa suffered a dislocation of the right shoulder while ling on He was treated by j Dr Ira M Henderson Pa Baltimore Sept 13 turns from more than i ters of the Maryland voting places i today gave Judge Oscar Leser a 1 slim lead over Galen L Tait in the race for the Republican I tion as senator i The tabulation from 852 of the state's 1.288 precincts gave Leser to 17.164 for Tait Governor Harry W Nice was leading six to one in his race for Returns from 988 precincts gave him 61.764 votes to j 10.476 for State Senator Harry T I Phoebus VALENTINES HOLD REUNION The first annual reunion of tne Valentine clan was held at Mt Tabor park Rocky Ridge 3 Frank Valentine of Red Lion Pa took charge of the i gram The officers elected for the coming year President Jonn Valentine Hanover Srst vice- 1 president Alva Valentine second vice-president Karry An- ders Washington D secretary Paul Valentine Taneytown urer Floyd Wetzel Rocky historian Frank Valentine Red Lion Weather Record Precipitation for 24 hours ending at 7 a m Precipitation September to date 256 inches High temperature High temperature a year Low temperature last Low temperature a year Sun sets p m Sun rises a m Condition of I and Potomac muddy Baltimore Sept 13 turns from nearly half land's polling places kept Attorney General Herbert R Conor well in the lead in Maryland's Democratic primary with late tions from the counties still to be reported The youthful head of the state law department famed as a vote getter during his political career was leading Mayor Howard W Jackson his nearest opponent in the four-way race by some 21.584 votes when were com- from 602 polling places total was 90.438 to 68.854 for third in line and well back from the leaders was State Senator Lansdale G Sasscer whose 12.176 votes rowly headed State Comptroller William S Gordy Jr whose total was 11.673 O'Conor off to a laic start after the close of the primary polls last night forged into the lead early widened his margin steadily and finally with but one city precinct missing was able to claim all six of Baltimore's legislative districts i and their 42 votes in the state j nominating convention i On the Republican side 1 ernor Harry W Nice who did He or no campaigning easily out- State Senator Harry T Phoebus his only opponent for The governor with reports in from 597 polling places had 50.762 votes to 3.333 for i bus j All but one of the ide on ticket held a i margin of advantage when re- turns were counted from 550 ing points Only one of the three in trouble 1 then was Mrs Elizabeth R Mono- fee whose for for Clerk of the Court of Appeals j her about 1.000 votes behind James I A Young incumbent and a on Jackson's slate Young's vote was 35.569 708 for Mrs Menefee I John Gontrum O'Conor date for attorney general had 365 votes against 25.131 for Willis i 21.740 for William C Walsh Jackson adherent and 101 for Omar D P Watson Webb candidate for state comptroller on the O'Conor ticket led J Millard Tawes of Crisfield the Jackson entry by votes to 32.176 with Daniel Carroll third contestant for tho polling Knock Wins By 67 On the basis of these returns C Frederick Knock had won the party nomination for County Treasurer from Thomas A Chapline veteran holder of the office who sought an- other term The Knock 2.794 Chapline 2.727 Returns from Catoctin district unreported until 11 a m cut previous majority by only six votes to give him a wide margin of 67 Another surprise was the majority of Roy L Leatherman this city over Charles K ick Middletown for the tion for Register of Wills The Leatherman 081 Derr Is Loser Abraham H Derr president of the Board of County Commissioners went down to defeat while his two colleagues U Grant Hooper and Jesse I were Albert M will replace Derr on the ticket Guy Anders swept the battle for Sheriff tripling the combined vote of his three opponents one of whom was former Sheriff Charles W Crum seeking a comeback Party Post Results Results of the contests for Slate Central Committee and delegates to the State convention were more in keeping with ex- Rev John S Bowlus headed the winning State Central Committee slate which comprised also John C Derr William B shall Dr Morris A Birely ence M and Staley L Flook Flook low man in the winning lineup nosed out S Elmer Brown of W by 40 votes Justice Walter E Sinn led the con- vention ticket which included be- sides himself Dr J G F Smith George M Dr Arlington D Flory Mrs Eleanor F Conrad and Dr U G Bourne Jr Dr Bourne had a edge over Roy E Bowie the seventh candidate for the six posts Three In Close Lead George L Doub Dr T Clyde Routson Frederick and Pinkney A Richardson Gore were cornered closely in the lead for Judges of the Orphans Court The unofficial result brought another in the nosing out of Samuel U Gregg seeking tion Judge Gregg led his party ticket for the post four years ago Surprising also was the stand of Dr Charles F at the tom of the list Observers had picked both Dr Goodell and Gregg to win the 2.000 mark but ing of pluralities were John L Dutrow and J Welty Fahrney both this city G O P Returns First The custom that the dominant parly represented on the Board of Election Supervisors is entitled to have its ballots counted first brought the Republican returns in far ahead of the Democratic count Republican returns were re- from district at p m second from No 2 at 9.10 First Democratic re- sults came in at 3.43 a m from Em- No 3 While the Catoctin district Re- publican count was finished late at night it was not available until 11 o'clock this morning when tion judges brought their returns to Frederick So exciting had the Republican race gotten in the meantime that a shade of doubt was cast on the result until the final tabulation six-vote majority in had little however against the lead of 73 then in hand Neither did the re- sult change the count of apparent nominees for Judges of the phans Court With the Democratic results out of consideration until long after midnight night crowds focussed their attention on the Republican battle The total vote cast was listed at 5.584 or something less than half of the party's registered vote which is approximately Weinberg Unopposed Following the results with much interest was Leo Weinberg local at- torney who was unopposed for the Republican nomination for of Maryland likely this afternoon that Mr Weinberg's Democratic ent would be John B Gontrum of Baltimore county There was no primary opposition to Joseph B Payne for ator Ellis for Clerk of Court or Patrick M for State's Attorney in the Republican camp nor to Wilson L Townsend for the party's nomination for Judge 6 KILLED 13 HURT IN CRASH Machines Collide On Highway In setts Oxford Mass Sept 13 persons were killed and 13 other injured several seriously today when a New bus a truck trailer collided almost on on a rain-swept highway The impact was heard a quarter mile away by a restaurant tor who notified state police and a doctor The bus overturned and blocked the highway Fuel tanks of both vehicles burst but the gasoline did not catch fire It took firemen two hours to ex- the dead and injured from the wreckage pulling them through the shattered windows Market Goes Forward And Then Backward New York Sept 13 stock market had difficulty finding its bearings today in a confusing array of news from Europe and at home and quickly reversed itself after a forward start in early ings Near the final hour moderate gains and losses ruled Traders were alert to take profits as leading shares in the forenoon ed the highs of the preceding rally The early buying matched other indications that world financial centers breathed somewhat easier after overnight studies of Nazi leader Hitler's Nurnberg speech leaving the question of war or peace much as it was before C I O Endorsement Is I Sign Of Defeat He Says Chicago Sept 13 dent William Green of the ican Federation of Labor declared today endorsement by the C L O to a candidate for office means bis happened in land yesterday Speaking at the convention of the American Federation of Employes an A F of L affiliate Green said the A F of L was strong and united and ported by public the side is divided and weak
