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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1938
Page
12
Networks NBC CBS outline forthcoming sports and entertainment airings from mid April to the next winter. Programs cover boxing track golf tennis football and boat races with exclusive rights for some events. Three British planes licensed to haul cars horses and likely other freight also noted.
Stamp from Teeland 1925 depicts Berkjavik and Iceland’s geysers. Iceland with 116000 population plans to pipe hot spring water to homes and offices as fuel scarcity drives innovative heating. Reykjavik houses a cathedral university and museum while vast terrain remains sparsely cultivated.
Mary Davis Gillies explains how to keep plants indoors without clutter. Modern plant tables mimic 19th century mahogany designs with sunken copper wells, shelves, and versatile shapes. The article notes practical layouts for windows, sofas, and coffee tables, combining florals with lamp space and storage.
Medford, a tiny Carroll county town with a post office and a population under eighty, boasts the world’s largest country store. The Medford Grocery Company, run by State Senator J. David Baile, turns close to $800,000 yearly in retail sales and operates a vast, multi-building complex that sells everything from dry goods to dynamite. The store includes an abattoir, ten departments, and sheds for dynamite storage. Baile markets through eighteen newspapers, drawing customers from a 60-mile radius. He began working there at 12 and has led the business for 47 years, noting he never runs sales to preserve customer confidence.
Apr 5 social roundup lists Mr and Mrs John Rose and family visiting Baltimore relatives, Emmitsburg visitors to Hahn and Kump households, and multiple gatherings in Littlestown and Gettysburg. Also notes visits to Lake Ridinger and family, St Pauls Church Ladies Aid meeting, resident moves, and nursing student Miss Miriam Utz with sister in Harney.
Archive note recalls Japanese Kasuga shrine near Nara and Fujiwara lineage, ancient Shinto sites, and the 20th anniversary of Uncle Sam’s airmail service. It details May 1918 air mail flights from Washington to Philadelphia and New York, the first flight, cancellation, and the 1918 stamp, plus Schopenhauer stamps from Danzig’s 150th birth anniversary.
A brief notice identifies Rev. and Mrs. Thurlow W. Null as residents of the area noting their local connection and household status. The item preserves names and location without further detail.
Squeeze play featured in a bridge column by William E. McKexley, praising Waldemse von Zedtuite for expert technique and All America team selection. The article walks through a no trump slam, opening lead, and the successful endgame, detailing diamond and spade maneuvers and the decisive squeeze on the closing diamonds.
In a bridge game fragment South West North East sequence shows 3 Double Pass 10 Pass and several passes with Pitts opening a Q.
Dr. H C peace president of the University of Maryland announced a $1,135,139 WPA grant for construction at College Park, Baltimore schools and Princess Anne Academy. The funds require Comptroller-General approval before distribution to Maryland WPA authorities. Allocation totals split as $581,002 College Park, $447,642 Baltimore, $196,495 Princess Anne Academy.
Clarence Hailmen, colored, was released on a disorderly conduct charge by Justice Patrick M. Schnauffer in Police Court Tuesday night. The dismissal cited lack of sufficient evidence. Ask for advertised articles.
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