Murderer Proctor Escapes Crownsville State Hospital
William Proctor a 28 year old Negro escaped from Crownsville State Hospital during the night while confined on a murder charge. State authorities were alerted and the case is being investigated by State's Attorney Sherman P. Bowers. Proctor had previous escapes and commitments dating back to 1933 and 1935 amid mental health findings and violent offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Proctor
Crownsville State Hospital
Tulane
Proctor
George F. Abrecht
State
Sherman P. Bowers
State Institution
Whica
State Hospital
Ernest Lane
Pete Robinson
Robinson
East Street
Bowers
Crownsville Hospital
Circuit
Final Assessment Hearings Scheduled for Frederick South Area
Frederick residents south of Patrick Street were informed by mail that objections to property assessments may be filed at a hearing on August 12. County Supervisor Al Fred W. Gaver said this will be the final of five hearings for Frederick city, with earlier sessions held to progress the general real estate and personal property assessment. Only a few protests appeared against board figures. city-wide valuation changes are not expected before finalizing figures. New buildings add some value, and buildings under construction will be assessed later.
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Frederick
Patrick Stree
Alfred W. Gaver
Frederick City
Board of Assessors
Gaver
Patrick Street
Market Street
Petit Jure
Weather Record Precipitation and Temperatures Snapshot
Rainfall for 22 hours ending at 7 am totaled 0.20 inch. August precipitation stands at 6.75 inches, above normal 3.65. August 1937 actual 6.37, deficit to 1938 August 1.33 inches. Yesterday high 91, low 72. year-ago high 90, low 62. Sun 7.20 pm, rise 3.13 am. moon 3.14 pm to 12.26 am. Monocacy and Potomac streams muddy.
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Potomac
Firm Denies Fees In Annapolis Fair Trades Act Passage
A Baltimore law firm linked to Senator Millard Tydings says no member received pay or fees for passage of the fair trades act in Annapolis. Sworn affidavits from Maryland Pharmaceutical Association leaders deny any payment or compensation tied to the act. A separate report describes a heavy rain flood near Thurston, washing a sand truck downstream and requiring rescue efforts.
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Baltimore
Herbert Levy
Millard
Tydings
Levy
Tydings, Sauerwein, Levy and
Archer
Annapolis
Lewis
Melville Strasburger
Maryland Pharmaceutical Association
Andrew F. Ludwig
Martin Charged With Communist Domination
Four suspended vice-presidents of the United Automobile Workers accuse President Homer Martin’s administration of being controlled by Jay Lovestone former secretary of the Communist party in America. They filed the charge with the union executive board as they rebutted accusations of conspiring with Communists and trying to disrupt the C I G union.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers of America
Homer Martin
Jay Lovestone
Communist Party In America
Martin J
Emancipation Day Observed by Frederick Colored Residents
Several hundred colored residents gathered at the Fair Grounds to commemorate emancipation. a light shower fell after the parade began on Market Street. Mountain City Lodge N. 382.7 provided martial music while a south end contingent joined All Saints street. Police escort led the procession with special deputies George B. Forman Alfred L. Diggs W. Thomas Lee John W. Lee and William Forman serving for the day. Trap shooting was among the amusements planned at the Fair Grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Fair Grounds
All Saints Street
South End
George B. Forman
Alfred L. Diggs
W. Thomas Lee
John W. Lee
William Forman
Eternal Light Memorial tops Gettysburg battlefield visits
Gettysburg Pa Aug 4 travel figures from Gettysburg National Park show 19,000 visitors at the Eternal Light Memorial site this month, compared with 13,200 at the National Cemetery during the week ended July 31. President Roosevelt dedicated the memorial last month, and the counts reflect periods of actual counting.
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Gettysburg
The
National Cemetery
Gettysburg Battlefield
Gettysburg National Park
Roosevelt
Pearl White Dead at 49 in Paris Career of a Screen Daredevil
Paris reports Pearl White famed as Pauline in the Perils of Pauline serial has died at 49 after years of film work that left her health affected. Her career made her a leading heroine of early adventure cinema and she quit while still wealthy from her movie earnings.
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Paris
Pearl White
Pau-y Fine
Pauline
Young America
Miss White
No Hope Of Break In U S Heat Wave
A widespread heat wave grips the northern hemisphere with high temperatures across Maine Texas California and the Dakotas reaching the nineties. Weather maps show three high pressure systems and little rain for the next few days. A heavy wind in eastern Quebec killed one person but did not cross into the U S.
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Associated Press
United States
Maine
Texas
California
Dakotas
Tooles
Quebec
U. S
Shelley refuses to produce evidence in Earle probe
Harrisburg August 4 AP District Attorney Carl B Shelley refused to hand over evidence he had gathered for charges against Governor George H Earle and 13 associates to a Pennsylvania House investigating committee The evidence was meant for a grand jury investigation the legislature has moved to suspend Shelley appeared before the committee in response to two subpoenas one ordering him to appear and the other demanding the evidence He cited a court order impounding the material as the reason for noncompliance.
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Harrisburg
Carl B. Shelley
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
George H. Earle
Shelley
One Group Moves To Plant Other To C I O
Newton Iowa Aug 4 AP One thousand four hundred employees of the Maytag Company were moving toward the plant for a noon reopening while another group headed to a CIO rally to vote on the reopening proposal Martial law already kept the factory under guard with 250 more National Guardsmen arriving Governor Kraschel ordered the measures The report also notes a fishing party from Frederick and Walkersville returning from Cape Charles Va with seven channel bass and two bune weights largest 32 pounds and plan to share the catch among the group
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Newton
Iowa
Maytag Company
Naional
Nelson G. Kraschel
Frederick
Walkerville
Cape Charles
Ralph Zimmerman
Walkersville
Glenn Crum
Harry Crum
Clarence Dinierman
Zimmerman
Maryland officer Huber resigns from state police
Police bulletin announces the resignation of Officer W. H. Huber from the Maryland State Police. He served briefly at the Frederick sub-station earlier this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H Huber
Maryland
Huber
Frederick
Negro Found Dead On Baltimore&Ohio Tracks
Walter Bethea, 30, a Black man, was found dead on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks last night near Silver Spring. Police said he had been seen walking along the tracks before his death.
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Negro
Silver Spring
Walter Bethea
Baltimore & Ohio
County Girls Chosen To Compete In Revue
Frederick county girls selected to compete in the State Style Revue at the University of Maryland on Friday August 12 during H Club Week at College Park. Entrants chosen at Exhibit Selection Day in Winchester Hall include 4-H members from Middletown Thurmont and Monrovia with dresses and notebooks in Foods Clothing and Room Furnishings. Judges were Adaline Hoffman R E Town and Ann Worthington.
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Frederick County
University of Maryland
College Park
Winchester Hall
Connie Remsburg
Middletown
Eleanor Joy
Union Bridge
Esther Holter
Kathleen Buhrman
E Thurmont
Ruth Nicodemus
Monrovia
Thurmont
Adaline Hoffman
Westminster
R. E. Town
Ann Worthington
Frederick
Selected Industrials Rally Despite Slow Trading
New York stocks showed a moderate rally among selected industrials as gains appeared in steels and motors at the open. Trading slowed to about 600,000 shares, with prices firming after noon before retreating near the close.
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New York
Phillip Mortis
Far East
Arkansas Primary Sees Mec Clellan Rival Caraway In Senate
Observers rate Representative Mec Clellan as Caraway’s main opponent in the Democratic senatorial primary. In the governor race Gov Carl Bailey faces Judge R A Cook. In Arkansas a party nomination often equals election due to Democratic dominance.
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Arkansas
John MecClellan
Hattie Caraway
Ang
Carl Bailey
Jundge R.A Cook
Combined Deposits Of 15 Banks In Frederick Area
Analysis of Frederick city and county bank statements as of June 20 195K shows total deposits of 22 159 000 39 for 15 banks with a 3 percent decline from 1937, noting two banks dissolved or merged. Details cover capital surplus assets and deposits by city and county banks.
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Frederick
Valley State Bank of
Middletown
Commercial Bank of Maryland
Two Workers Injured In Scaffold Collapse
Hyattsville August 4 Two workmen James I McGill 21 Washington and Rene Sandeau 32 Essex suffered possible fractures in a scaffold collapse at a construction site. The incident left them with pelvis and rib injuries as the scaffold broke while they attempted to lift a load of 2.
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Hyattsville
James I. McGill
Washingon
Rene Sandeau
Essex
Sirder
Twenty six to be tried for inciting to riot
Elkton Aug 4 AP Twenty six persons charged with inciting to riot after a disturbance at a tapestry weaving factory in Elk Mills will have hearings tomorrow before a magistrate in Racine Sheriff Eugene Racine said. Deputies will serve the warrants today. There was no trouble at the factory today where a strike began a month ago.
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Elkton
Elk Mills
Eugens Racine
Racine
Disorder incident leads to multiple charges on West Patrick Street
Charges of disturbing the peace were lodged against Hazel Krenzer and others after a disorder at 145 oclock this morning. Elmer Edith Krenzer and Norman Shankle of West Patrick Street faced hearing notices, while Vernon Rhoderick, an old offender, went to jail on drunkenness charges brought by Officers Dorsey and Six.
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Hazel Krenzer
Elmer
Edith Krenzer
Norman Shankle
West Patrick Street
Blumenauer
Dorsey
Tomsht Vernon Rhoderick
Controversy Over Bill For Judgeship
In Rockville on August 4, Montgomery County politics heated over a bill to add a fourth judge in the Sixth Maryland Judicial Circuit. Candidate Cantrel charged Senator Prescott studied the bill and sought a delegate to promote it, while Prescott declined comment. Rockville lawyer Charles C. Jones said he wrote the bill after a talk with the late Judge Peter, insisting Prescott did not request its promotion. An independent Democrat faction plans a meeting to choose a state slate and may pursue a petition-ballot route similar to the Fusion Party’s prior strategy.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Maryland
Joseph A. Cantrel
Stedman Prescott
Frederick County
Cantrel
Prescott
Charles C. Jones
Robert B. Peter
Montgomery County Court
Jones
Cantres
Canirer
Democratic Party
Eugene Casey
Fusion Party
Policemen Drawn From Nonstriking Workers In Little Steel Strike
Washington report says 59 of 144 special officers added to Youngstown police during the little steel strike last year came from nonstriking or former steel company employees. Police Chief Carl Olson testified before the Senate Civil Liberties committee that city officials failed to recruit mainly from civil service lists. Columbus dispatch notes Labor's non partisan league, linked to the CIO, urged a U.S. Senate probe into ties among Rev Gerald L Smith aide Huey Long Governor Martin L Davey and alleged industrialists.
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Washington
Aug
Carl Olson
Youngstown, OQ
Little Steel
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Gerald Smith
Columbus
Labor
CI. O
U. S. Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Gerald L. Smith
Huey Long
Martin L. Davey
Japan Moves To End Border Battles With Russia
Tokyo proposes halt to Siberian Manchukuoan border fighting and terms for settlement. Japan to withdraw from contested territory, Russia not to reoccupy, and a neutral zone to be created pending frontier demarcation. Simultaneously, Spanish government offensives near Ebro continue while Chinese rivers flood, and Mexico rejects U S arbitration on indemnities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Russia
Tokyo
Associated Press
Siberian-Manchoukuoan
China
Spain
Ebro
Tertel
Hankow
Hangchow
United States
Mexico
Gath Estate Sold at Auction for 756 Dollars
The Gath estate of late Civil War correspondent George A. Townsend sold at public auction for 756 dollars to Teina C. Fisher and Virginia Lee Seibert. Located in Gapland near Middletown, the six stone houses and Townsend mansion overlook the valley, with a memorial arch to correspondents nearby. Purchasers gave no plans for the property.
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Gath
George Alfred Townsend
Tas
Teina C. Fisher
Virginia Lee Seibert
South Mountain
Gapland
Antietam
Katy
Caloctin
Townsend
Washington
Little Gapland
Baltimore & Ohio
Towsend
Frederick
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PAD Law Firm
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Bennett’s Creek
Robert L. Warftekd
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Economy Oil Company
Guy’ Snurr
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Snart
Lauce
Harry AL .Roderick
Lana
Pleasant Hill
Jcover
Rocky Spring
Carron Creek
H. Jewett Orth
Sing Wales
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Carrol
Launh Paris
Paul M. Daser
Francis Carrol
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James H. Littlefield
South Paris
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Barbara Carrol
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Pale Dwyer
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Jobn McCterlin
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Youngstown
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