Assessor Reports Strong Start in Frederick County Reassessments
Seven weeks into the Frederick county personal property reassessment, values show notable gains. Buckeystown district leads increases with $255,700 listed in 1936, while Frederick district totals climb to $1,916,685 as new properties are found. Assessors push across Middletown, Burkittsville, Petersville, Jefferson and Ballenger, aiming to finish northern Frederick projects and then resume in city and rural areas.
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Frederick County
Alfred W. Gaver
Buckerstown
Gaver
Frederick
Buckeystown
Frederick City
Grayson H. Mercer
Ernest C. Speaks
Middletown
Speaks
Mercer
Burkittsville
Petersville
Jefferson
Ballenger
Insurgents claim anarchist rebellion in Spain
Spanish insurgent officers at Irun report anarchist uprisings in Albacete and other centers. They name former Premier Largo Caballero as head of the movement and say fighting is raging in Albacete. They claim international forces favor the anarchists and aim to unite extremists to topple the moderate government.
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Hendaye
Irun
Albacete
Francisco Largo Cabellero
Largo Cabellero
Jose Miaja
Madrid
Housing Bill Meets Trouble In House Hearing
Washington August 7 AP reports opposition formed in the House Banking Committee to Senate amendments on the Wagner housing bill. Key changes cap construction costs at 1000 dollars per room and 4000 dollars per unit, require 5 percent of capital and subsidy, and place control with the Interior department. The measure would authorize 706 million dollars in bonds and 26 million dollars in appropriations. Union reps faulted the cost cap while others oppose Secretary Ickes supervising the housing authority. Formal hearings closed as Senate approved a rewritten bill. House action could come by mid next week.
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Washington
House
Senate
House Banking Committee
Interior Department
Ickes
Weather Record Precipitation and Temperatures Summary
Weather data shows 24 hour precipitation at end 7 a m trace. August total to date 5.265 inches, excess in 1937 up to August 1 6.90 inches. High yesterday 91, high last year 84. Low last night 72, low last year 66. Potomac clear, Monocacy slightly cloudy. Sunset 7 16 p m, sunrise 5 11 a m. Moon rises 7 38 a m, moonset 9 p m.
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Potomac
Market boats burned near Seven Foot Knoll fire disaster
Baltimore August 7 AP fire swept the 53 foot market boat Augusta C Quinn near Seven Foot Knoll Chesapeake Bay. Three aboard were rescued by a motorboat. The City of Baltimore steamer wreck, last burning July 29, caught fire again as onlookers watched. Randolph Thomas 52 of St George's Island operated the Augusta C Quinn. his nephew Edward Jr and Brad ley Rice 19 aboard. Origin undetermined.
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Baltimore
Augusta C. Quinn
Seven Foot
Chesapeake Bay
City of Baltimore
Bayside Beach
Released Last Week Arrested Again in Baltimore
Henry Dotson, a colored former Frederick countian, was arrested in Baltimore on a false pretense charge that emerged in recent days. Constable Redmond traced him to the city, and Capt Kahler's men took him into custody at 4 am. He is returned to Frederick jail to face charges of securing 5 and 12 dollars from local businesses. A hearing is set for Monday morning. A separate case notes Theodore Martin of Unionville summoned for cursing on a public highway, tied to a rifle theft report.
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House of Correction
Henry Dotson
Frederick Countian
Baltimore
Verner A. Redmond
Dotson
Capt. Kahler
Frederick County
Harbaugh Auto
Eilis Carty
Charles W. Smith
Theodore Martin
Unionville
Peoples Court
John A. Smith
Smith
Britain Protests Span insurgent authorities over attack on tanker
London reports Britain sent a strong note to Palma Mallorca authorities amid a mystery attack on the British tanker Corporal in the Mediterranean. Three unidentified monoplanes fired upon the vessel, injuring crew and prompting further assaults on the Mongioia and Bjebel Amour near Algiers. One Mongioia captain died from a bomb fragment, and an officer of the non intervention system was injured.
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London
Great Britain
Palma
Mallorca
Algiers
Mediterranean
Belearic Islands
Valencia
Contempt Case Open After Hearing In Layman Divorce Case
Contempt of court proceedings against Carl F. Layman were kept open after a hearing in which he stated he would pay the alimony ordered. The suit for divorce by his wife Mary A. Layman cited $10 monthly alimony from a May 15 decree finalized June 23. The State Attorney and the wife alleged non payment and pressed for the contempt action. A prior board bill contempt charge against Layman, by Hazel Warbaush, was heard and kept open by Justice Emmer Bowlus.
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Carl F. Layman
Mary A. Layman
Arthur PD. Willard
Layman
Iris
Sherman P. Bowers
Hazel Warbaush
Pokier Court
Emmer R. Bowlus
Memories of 300 Foot Car Crash and Homicide Charge
Carl Young recalls a deadly speed crash in Los Angeles where his 18 year old passenger died after a 300 foot plunge. Officials initially charged him with negligent homicide but later exonerated him.
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Carl Young
Young
Los Angeles
Demand for Impeachment Cast on Roosevelt Officials
Stamford, Aug 7 AP. Lester P. Barlow demanded the removal of six federal officials including three cabinet members after an NLRB hearing. He vowed to push Congress for Roosevelt impeachment if no action follows. Names include Postmaster General Farley and Attorney General Cummings.
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Stamford
Conn
Lester P. Barlow
Roosevelt
National Labor Relations Board
Congress
Farley
Cummings
Perkins
David Moscowitz
Eleanor M. Herrick
Louis ¥. Gaberman
Hartford
Barlow
Huey Long
Yale and Town Manufacturing Company
Committee For Industrial Organization
State Entomologist To Battle Bagworms
State Entomologist Ernest N. Cory of the University of Maryland Extension Service will visit Frederick Tuesday morning with an experimental spray to combat bagworms. Cars Klein, Mt Olivet cemetery superintendent, reported preventive steps against bagworms on shade trees. Cory may visit other blighted areas if desired, as bagworm presence rises in College Park and Frederick. The forecast for the week notes scattered showers and above normal temperatures in the North and Middle Atlantic states.
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Ernest N. Cory
University of Maryland Extension Service
Frederick
Cory
Cars Klein
Mt Olivet
College Park
GOP Plan to Back Conservative Democrats Faces Snags
Republicans may enter Democratic primaries to back anti Roosevelt Democrats but as individuals not as a party plan. Tactics risk breaking party machinery and could backfire by boosting rival candidates or hollow coalitions.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Mark Sullivan
National
Plans May Tell House Senate Of First 1938 Session Business
Democratic leaders discussed announcing to both chambers that farm legislation would be first. Goals include quick adjournment, easing farm belt worries about industrial support after wage hour housing laws, and ensuring crop controls to enable price stabilizing loans via the commodity credit corporation. House leaders eyed adjournment August 21 to 24.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
Rayburn
Georgia seeks extradition to return chain gang fugitives
Governor Rivers ordered discussions with federal prosecutors on mandamus action against states denying extradition of escaping prisoners. He cited Massachusetts refusal to extradite James Cunningham and suggested New Jersey could be pressed to return Robert Elliott Burns, famed from the book and film I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Robert Elliott Burns
B E. D. Rivers
W. H Duckworth
Marshall Allison
U.S
Lawrence Camp
Hurley
Massachusetts
James Cunningham
Rivers
Hurle
New Jersey
Burns
Japan's War Machine Grows by 19000 Men Near Nankow Pass
Japanese forces in North China are bolstered by 15,090 new troops in the Tientsin area, bringing total strength to about 45,000 as observers sense a push to dominate Hopeh province. Evacuations continue from Hankow and Peiping amid Sino-Japanese tensions, with Nankow Pass seen as a potential flashpoint.
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Peiping
Tientsin
Hopeh Province
Japan
Takeo Imai
Associated Press
Central
Nanking
Nankow Pass
Great Wall
Kiukiang
Yangtze River
Shanghai
Yangtze
Hankow
Yangtze Valley
Queenie the bull dog enjoys city showers with schoolyard friends
Queenie, a gruff looking bull dog owned by 13 year old Mary Alice Brown, loves the street showers. Neighbors say the dog joins the kids in the water, happily taking the stream on the chin and becoming a neighborhood favorite. Special Officer Chester Simmons notes Queenie's enthusiasm as soon as the water starts.
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Queenie
Mary Alice Brown
Hamilton Avenue
Chester Simmons
New Lower Court Bill Is Up Minus Oratory
The Senate moved to pass a new lower court procedure bill ending six months of judiciary dispute with little oratory. It ordered a study on controversial issues from the original Roosevelt bill, and approved a $7500 appropriation for the survey by seven senators led by Hatch and Burke.
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Washington
Senate
Hatch
N. Mex
Burke
Neb
Wall Street Rally Fueled by Steels Mines and Specialties
The stock market rallied on August 7 led by steels, mines, and specialties. Trading volume was modest, but many issues rose fractions to several points by close. Pound sterling traded near 4.9875 dollars.
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Wall Street
New York
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Vancouver
Newspaper Fachive
James H. Price
Virginia
Price
U. S. State Department
Warren Delano Robbins
Tate
Britain
Donild
Connecticut
Armen Greenhut
Belair
Bering Strait
Asia
America
Deshnev
Armen Greenhof
Harford County
Juey
Sherif Granville C. Boyle
Ccovener
Stanley S. Spitcer
Boyle
Frederick Lee Cobourn
Greenhut
Weather Outlook
North
Middle Atlantic
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
Genvrieht
NEA Service, Inc
Senate OF Plans
Elettra Marconi
Elettra
Marchioness Rezzi-Scala
Marconi
North China Army
Nankow
Bull Dog
Niewspaper
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