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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1938
Page
7
A speculative note warns that if Germany decides to act they could replicate the famous march into Austria. The piece analyzes potential military moves and regional repercussions for Czechoslovakia, Austria, and neighboring powers while gauging likely responses from Allied governments.
Rev W Merval Weaver preached in Baker Park on Jephtha the judge who kept a vow despite harsh costs. He urged judging Jephtha by his era, not modern standards, noting the hardship of birth, exile, and loss, yet his steadfast trust in God led to victory and a costly fulfillment of the vow. The sermon featured Dr Chas E Wehler and other church leaders, with special music by the Presbyterian choir.
A meeting on the city airport issue scheduled for today in Washington has been postponed for several days. City Attorney Edward J. Smith said Sunday night. The conference was to include city officials and Chamber of Commerce representatives from Hagerstown and Frederick with officials from the Bureau of Air Commerce to protest the proposed discontinuance of government maintenance at the airports.
The Walsh-Healey act affects an estimated 2,000,000 to 2,500,000 workers as it set 40 hour weeks and child labor bans for suppliers to the government. Wage minimums are set after hearings, with steel firms already facing new baselines. Government purchases span from small gloves to battleships, driving broader industry influence and prompting expansion talks.
Hazel Talbot of Portland produced as a surprise witness against Francis M. Carroll in South Paris for the murder of Dr. James G. Littlefield. She testified she saw the defendant in a car outside the home of Paul Dwyer on the night of the crime.
A Saturday Rocky Ridge picnic drew a large crowd with 31 baby entrants. Prizes went to Sylvia Jean Koontz for prettiest child, Beverly Hert for fattest baby, and Barbara Long for longest distance traveled. Doris Eyler won best youngest baby present. Attending officials included Attorney General O Conor who urged defending Americanism, amid speeches by local candidates and music by the Silver Run trio and First Regiment Band.
O'Conor denounces gasoline tax diversions as a disgrace citing 29 million diverted from road use. pledges to end the practice if elected. Official party notes large crowds at stops in multiple towns. visits Harrisville Myersville Wolfsville Garfield Lantz Creagerstown Lewistown Emmitsburg and Gumont. Fifty London police on tour in Germany joined in athletic matches at Hamburg.
West Vancouver students will return to classes with loudspeakers in classrooms connecting to regular radio programs. A museum item, a pink silk fort for a boy around 1650, was acquired, noted as exceptionally rare with few similar seventeenth century pieces known.
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