Middletown Area Hit by Severe Thunderstorm and Flooding
A northern Middletown Waloon region storm drenched Frederick County with cloudburst rain, flooding highways and washing out fields. Walkersville and Ellerton faced heavy torrents and wind, power poles failed, and Frederick city reported lighter showers with cooling temperatures. The Weather Bureau logged 42 inches of August rainfall total, while storms subsided after about an hour of lightning and outages.
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Middletown Waloon
Frederick County
Eric
Northeas
Ellerton
Worsville Mahaavy
Aiddle
Potomac Edizon Company
Frederick City
Weather Bureau
Emminsburg
Thurmonth
Mt F
Brunswick
Welock Vf
Nocturnal Rescue Amid Unclear City Tale
Fragmentary text shows a nocturnal rescue motif and unclear place names. Readable fragments reference a figure or event labeled Nocturnal Rescue and a local setting perhaps tied to a city or seat but details are severely obscured. Entities are not clearly identifiable from the snippet.
Check That Paid For Alaska Cant Be Found
Washington officials admitted embarrassment as a historic check tied to the Alaska purchase could not be located. The Treasury and GAO traced the missing document through exhibitions and transfers, with officials noting the check was found years ago and sent to an ex position before returning to the General Accounting Office. The episode sparked debates on precedent and public access to historical papers.
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Merigan Repubne
Rathless
Pms
Guatemala
Valcanses
Mie
Opyright
NEA Suisvice, Inc
Washington
United States
Alaska
Treasury
Bowears
Pampend
Senate Committee On Territories
Joseph Greenberg
Accounts and Deposit Office
General Accounting Office
Delesiie
Canceled 1868 check to Edward De Stoecke signals Alaska claim
A photo shows a Treasury wall copy reading Pay to the order of Edward De Stoecke Rus sian Minister for 7 200 000 dated August 1868 signed by F E K Spinner. Dimond says no concern but notes that without the canceled check the United States may need proof of Alaska ownership and the Treasury might request a receipt.
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W. A. Julian
Edward de Stoecke
F EK
United States
Dimond
Alaska
Treasury
Probe of Two Holding Companies Is Ordered
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered an investigation of the Atkhhany Corporation and the Chesapeake Corporation, top holding companies on the Van Sweringen rail empire. The commission named Robert R Young Frank F P Kolbe and Alan Po Korbo, who recently gained control of the Van Sweringens, and said the inquiry would cover holdings of common carrier securities financial and other operations and practices.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atkhhany Corporation
Chesapeake Corporation
van Sxwenngen
Robert R Young
Frank FP Kolbe
Alan Po Korbo
van Sweriingen
Phe Miation
Interstate Commerce Act Inquiry Into Railroad Consolidation
The inquiry focuses on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, the New York Chicago and St Louis Railroad, and the Missouri Pacific Railroad along with other railroads under the interstate commerce act. It aims to determine jurisdiction over existing and proposed consolidations and to prepare a report with potential orders under the act.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company
Missouri Pactic Railroad Company
Dynamite Found In Ford Tunnel Claim by Detective
Detroit August 12 Detective Roy Kretschman of Dearborn police said today two sticks of dynamite were found in a tunnel beneath Ford plant. No injuries reported though security teams secured the area and began an investigation into the origin and purpose of the explosive material.
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Detroit
Roy Kretschman
The
Dearborn Police
Ford plant tunnel dynamite scare prompts police inquiry
The Dearborn Ford Rouge plant tunnel near power cables reportedly contained two small sticks and a three foot fuse, with no detonator caps. Kretschman noted confusion over the substance while James Denny claimed it was packing grease. Everett Moore urged checking with Dearborn police. readers told to mention The News.
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Rouge
Ford Motor Company
Kretschman
Ford Service Department
Arlier
James Denny
Dearborn
Everett Moore
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