Thurmont Pants Burglar Case Sees New Suspect Questioned
A new turn in the Thurmont pants burglar case involves Roscoe Eaton 38 WPA park worker being fingerprinted and released after questioning. Willie Jenkins 35 of Jackson Miss remains jailed on theft charges after Monday hearing with Justice Emmett R. Bowlus. authorities await fingerprint comparisons to identify the thief.
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Thurmont “Pants
Roscoe Eaton
WPA Park
Willie Jenkins
Jackson
Peoples Court
Emmett R. Bowlus
Eaton
Thurmont
Sallie Eaton
Reno N. Eaton
Lillian Knell
Jenkins
Instruction School For Farm Supervisors
A training school for twenty eight farm supervisors will be held Thursday and Friday at the M C AL under County Agent Henry R Shoemaker. Instruction will cover inspecting farms under the 1937 Agricultural Conservation Program with sessions from 10 to 3 30. Four clubs members who attended Club Week at the University of Maryland are named. Police seek missing James Schultz Jr age year from his father’s home on West Patrick Street after seeing him Tuesday afternoon.
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M.C. AL
Henrys R. Shoemaker
University of Narvi
Gordon Durraw
Adamstown
Daniel Poole
Jefferson
Carroll Rentz
Thurmont
Richard R. Remsaburg
W. Staley Hahn, Jr
Frederick
Bernard Grave
J. William Howard, Jr
George Knill
J. Melvin Cook
Doty Remsburg
Ray D. Riles
Messing
James Schultz, Jr
James Schultz
West Patrick Street
West Patrick den
Otlock
Philadelphia Proclaims Emergency Amid Truck Strike
Mayor S Davis Wilson declared a city wide state of emergency to curb violence and protect the public as a truck strike spreads. A peace patrol of 1500 cars and 6000 police on duty, with firms under contract to unionized haulers spared, aims to keep foodstuffs moving while executives decide on broader strike actions. The A and P says its drivers are not involved.
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Philadelphia
S. Davis Wilson
Edward Hubbs
Teamsters Joint Council
American Federation of Labor
Ftubbs
Reyburn Plaza
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Frederick County School Board weighs teacher appointments
The County Board of Education met in the afternoon to name five teachers at Frederick High School and consider the vacancy caused by the dismissal of Miss Melen Anderson. Counsel indicated the matter would proceed to the State Board of Education, with the board previously divided on the July dismissal. Superintendent Eugene W. Pruitt oversees remaining county vacancies requiring approval.
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Frederick County
County Board of Education
Necessi
Frederick High School
Melen Anderson
Miss Anderson
State Board of Education
Eugene W. Pruitt
Wreckage search for Pan American plane near Colon deepens
In Cristobal Panama Gulf searchers aided by two navy destroyers and three submarines scour a 500 mile square area twenty miles west of Colon for the missing Sikorsky amphibian flight from Guayaquil. Debris including a wing and engine casing hint at tragedy while fuselage remains unfound.
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Cristobal
Colon Cor
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Naval One
Martin
Stephen Dunn
Lawrence Bickford
G. Q. Caldwell
Rex Martin
United States Department of Commerce
New Deal In Washington and Michelson Controversy
The article critiques Charlie Michelson’s dual roles as Crosley Radio consultant and Democratic National Committee chief, noting potential conflicts and political backlash. It highlights Roosevelt era graft concerns, White House access for lobbyists, and the broader pattern of money making within New Deal politics, including souvenir book sales to corporations and calls for restitution.
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Washington
Aug
Charlie Michelson
Crosley Radio Corporation
Publicis
Democratic National Committee
Michelson-Crosley
Michelson
Corporation
Charlie Mike
Roosevelt
Pascroll
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Senate
National
National Committee
W. Forbes Morson
Indiana
NEA Service, Inc
Texans can sue to stop bull fights under new law
Austin, four months after a cruelty group pressed for action, Texans may seek injunctions to halt bull fights. The bill, drawn at the request of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty in Animals, restricts suit power to the attorney general and district and county attorneys, as promoters face the maximum two hundred dollar fine. Meanwhile a reference to mistrals notes sudden cooling on France’s south coast.
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Austin
Tex
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty In Animals
Shelled refugees flee as Japanese advance in North China
In Peiping Aug 4 AP reports Japanese air bombardment drives Chinese forces toward the south while Great Wall passes see Japanese columns push toward Nanking lines. Civilians flee as shelling rages north of the city. Chiang Kai-shek rushes 50 000 troops to bolster western Honeh province.
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Peiping
Manchu
Paopingifu
Here
Hlopeh
Nanking
Thas
Nankow Pass
Great Wall
Kalgan
Chahar Province
China
Japan
Hopeh
Senate Wage Hour Substitute Bill Voted In House Labor Committee
Washington Aug 4 AP A House Labor committee voted to substitute the Senate wage hour bill for the House measure while preserving Senate amendments. Three members opposed substitution. Provisions debated include a 70 cent hour minimum and 43 hour work week and aims to apply to local retailers and block shipments of nonconforming imported goods. The panel planned further action to send the measure to the House Rules committee for floor passage early next week.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Senate
House
Criswoeld
Pred Lambertson
Kan
Hartley
Rngo
Labor Standard Board
House Committee
William Green
American Federation of Lauber
Roosevelt
Weather Record Shows August Precipitation Shortfall
Weather record notes 24 hour precipitation ending 7 am today at none with August totals none. Normal August precipitation 2.55 inches. actual August 1936 shows 26 inches. Excess in 1937 to August 1. High temperatures 90s, last night low 20s C. Sun sets 7.20 pm, rises 3.13 am. Moon rises 4.15 am. moon tomorrow at 31 p.m. Potomac and Monocacy streams clearing but cloudy.
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Potomac
Ausherman Reunion Draws Attendees Across States
Approximately four hundred persons gathered Saturday at City Park Haferstown Pennsylvania with representation from Maryland Virginia West Virginia Ohio and the District of Columbia. The program on the park porch featured instrumental music family history and addresses with prizes for eldest man and eldest woman youngest child and other feats.
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Ausherman
City Park
Haperstown
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virgin West Virginia
Ohin
District of Columbia
Park
Jim
Lewis Ausherman
Beaugetteville
Catherine Usherman
Frederick
Doris Eline Reynulds
William Hoover
Grandel
Brunswick
Warne
Braunswick
John Burg
Pavnce- Ausherin
Charahe Dent
Rails and Metals Leaders Seek Stock Market Upswing
The article notes rails and specialty metals leaders amid an uncertain market as energy returned to carriers after a Wall Street rumor. It mentions wage negotiations hinting at modest pay increases and references a May event in a fashionable locality, with scattered terms including Mayfair Lane and Waianae.
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Wall Street
Farmer Stricken In Chair Near Hansonville at 73
John David Storr aged 73 of Hansonville died after a heart attack while seated in a chair at his home. He lived in the Thompsonville community and was a Zion Reformed church member. He is survived by his wife Addie and three daughters, with funeral arrangements set in Thurmont. CONDITION CRITICAL Mrs. Charles Bo Wells burns worsen. hospitalized in Frederick City.
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Hansonville
John David Storr
Cdoead
Perch Forest
Mr Storr
Henry
Elizabeth Storr
tThinsonville
Zion Reformed Church
Chaviesville
Prederict Ig
PLO
Ragles
Merton City
Toesedge RK
Addie McDevitt
Datnters
Harry C. Stull
Maxie A. Tad
Nevin
Lewis
Charles
Andrew Curant Storr
Frederick
Tyee
Frank Michael Daassewille
Bers Tha
Ube
Osis Prandehil
Moh
Tatec
Zion Counters
Charlesville
Charles Bo Wells
West Church Street
Frederick City Hospital
Thieves Swap Cars In Early Tuesday Driveway Theft
Dr J Stanley Grabill of Metropolis Airy reported thieves swapped his new Buick and three instrument cases for a second hand West Virginia car after a Tuesday dawn incident at his driveway. He heard a motor earlier but found the exchange only after rising. A Ford sedan stolen from a West Virginia owner was later reported missing from in front of the post office.
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J. Stanley Grabill
Airy
Tr. Grahl
Storey Hospital
Baltimore
Thomas Reese
West Vir Hr
Posl
Toledd
West Virginia
Woman Kidnapped Own Baby Chicago Prosecutor Says
Chicago prosecutors say a 30 month old boy believed kidnapped last night was found at the home of John Regan and his wife who claimed him as their own. The Regans admitted taking the child as Mrs. Horst reportedly screamed. A birth mixup and a tale of a staged kidnapping emerged as investigators sought clarity on parentage and custody. The Horst family and Regans cooperated with police as the case developed.
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Chicago
Wilbert F. Crow
Ivy
Otto Dforst
Donalderst
Crowley
Atttorney
West Side
John Regan
Regans
Donald
Horst
North West Side
Regan
Crowles
Ewert
Roosevelt Aims to Name Van Devanter Successor Soon
President Roosevelt signals a nomination to the Supreme Court before Congress adjourns. Advisers urged action during session to avoid a recess appointment, while Senator Borah disputed a vacancy exists. Roosevelt maintains he has the power to name a new justice.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Justice van Devanter
Congress
Senate
Cummings
Supreme Court
Borah
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