Pretty man in judgership list adds to shaky primary slate
Montgomery county political reporting notes Democratic and Republican primary activity. William Forrest Prettyman of Rockville filed to run for associate judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, with Stedman Prescott backing him. Clarence M. Phleeger enters the Republican State Central Committee race, adding to a crowded field of 46 total candidates across offices, with several others filing for sheriff, county commissioner, clerk of the circuit court, and judges of the Orphans Court. No candidates yet for county surveyor or House of Delegates on either ticket.
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Stedman Prescott
Prettyman
Board of Election Supervisors
Montgomery County
Montgomery County Bar Association
Montgomery County Board of Education
Co. M. Phleeger
Republican State Central Committee
Clarence M. Phleeger
Braddock Heights
Phleeger
State Central Committee
Earl M. Lowell
Burkittsville
A. H. Derr
George W. Wold
Markell H. Nelson
Charles F. Goodell
George L. Doub
Middetown
Orphans Court
Charles S. Houck
Walkersville
House of Delegates
Corun Will Probate Names Widows Children and Executors
The will of John W. Corun near Jefferson has been probated and recorded. Widowed widow Carrie M Fulmer Corun receives life use of the property with remainder to children Ruth E Koogle Hannah N Rise Catherine A King Hazel Corun Hobart M Corun Lewis F Coran Marguerite M Murry Calvin W Corun Eleanor W Corun. Executors named are sons in law Roger J Koogie Lewis V Rice and Oliver T King. Dated March 18 1935 witnessed by Mark a Himes and George R Dennis. In 1987 New Mexico had the highest birth rate in the country while New Jersey had the lowest.
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Coreun
John W. Corun
Jeferson
the Register of
Willis
Carrie M. Fulmer Corun
Ruth E. Koogle
Hannah N. Rise
Catherine A. King
Hazel Corun
Hobart McK. Corun
Lewis F. Coran
Marguerite M. Murry
Calvin W. Corun
Eleanor W
Nebraska Senators Close On Frankfurter Court Pick
Washington reports Ned Norris and Burke back Frankfurter for the Supreme Court vacancy after Cardozo’s death. Roosevelt’s plan to appoint Harvard Law’s Felix Frankfurter faces Brandeis resistance and doubts about timing. Other contenders include Minton, Murphy, Garrison, and Green's AFL backing highlights internal court battle.
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Rodney Dutchee
Washington
Nebraska
George W. Norris
Veterm
Roosevelt
Felix Frankfurter
Harvard Law School
Supreme Court
Justice Cardozo
Edward Burke
Gamer
Europe
Frankfurter
Burke
I Frankfurter
Louis D. Brandeis
Brandeis
Tom Corcoran
Ben Cohen
Brandes
Dean Lloyd Garrison
University of Wisconsin Law School
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Murphy
Heat Stifles Frederick as August Roasts City in Heat
Frederick residents endured a torrid August day with a 95 degree afternoon reading at multiple stations and downtown thermometers well over 100. Humidity remained low, heat prostrations were not reported, and winds from the south contributed to the heat being described as a regional hot snap.
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Frederick
Weather Bureau
Frederic
Fredick
Gulf Fates
South Atlantic States
United States
Savannah
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
Green backs wage-hour and housing bills in Senate
Congress backed the wage-hour bill and the Wagner-Steagall housing measure with Green pressing passage and George voting against both. Green endorsed Guy Gillette in Towe who voted against the wage-hour bill, and he called for Maverick of Texas to be defeated after the State Federation of Labor labeled him loyal on a ten to one scale. Labor leaders seek to punish friends of C L O, while old A F L slogans are said to have shifted to reflect defeating friends and enemies alike.
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Congress
Green
Senate
George
Towe
Guy Gillette
Maverick
Texas
State Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
C. L O. Labor
NEA Service, Inc
Cholera Threat to Japanese Forces on Yangtze Front
Shanghai reports a severe cholera outbreak at Kiukiang as Japanese troops advance toward Hankow. About 10,900 Chinese remaining at the river port are deemed likely cholera victims, with inoculation efforts underway. The epidemic stems from wells contaminated by bodies from Riukiang, complicating attacks on Chinese defenses above Roukiang.
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Shanghai
Kiukiang
Yangtze River
Hankow
Riukiang
Yangtze
Roukiang
High Court seeks western expert on mining and water
Washington reports the Supreme Court desires a western law specialist in irrigation and mining. Candidates include William Denman of San Francisco and Sam G. Bratton of Albuquerque. Senator Norris has backed Felix Frankfurter. The region faces major irrigation and water rights tests in Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado amid North Platte disputes.
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Preston Grover Washington
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
William Denman
San Francisco
Sam G. Bratton
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Senator Norris
Nebraska
Felix Frankfurter
Harvard
Wyoming
Colorado
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
North Platte
West
Germans Parade in Swastika Uniforms in Berlin Display
Berlin August 15 Thousands of German reservists in Swastika decorated uniforms reported for nationwide maneuvers with the regular army. Hitler watched part of the day’s operations at Jueterbog, 20 miles south of Berlin, as observers estimate between a half million and a million men taking part amid public misgivings about the power display.
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Berlin
Regulr
Irnis
Hitler
Jueterbog
Germany
Fragmented memo on Supreme Court enlargement debate
Incomplete notes discuss high court expansion proposals credited to Deamac and later allies. Mentions district and circuit court roles, changes in support, and New Dealers’ stance while referencing the President and possible timing. Text is garbled but centers on court size discussions and partisan positions.
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Black and Reds
Deamac
Supreme Court
Staries
Latera
Semgte Oo
Ares
Janyous
Ty Preadent
Barry
Apoo
Proves Spelding Useless Warns on Speeding Law
Chief Constable W W Foster Drake criticizes speeding rules as ineffective. He claims the law adds no real time savings and cites tests showing three and three quarter minutes gained over a four and a half mile stretch of city streets.
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Voorvuser
W. W. Foster Drake
New French Hues Dominating Fall 1938 Fashion Colors
Colors and fabrics define the 1938 autumn season with bold reds blues and violets alongside rusts taupes and greens. Paris designers Schiaparelli Patou Chanel Lanvin and others sent samples to New York via United Piece Dye Works, introducing rich surface textures and quilted or embroidered plain fabrics for day and evening wear.
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Paris
Schiaparelli
Molyneux
Patou
Chanel
Lelong
Lanvin
Magey Rouff
Creed
Marce
Darmoy
New
Glel Scout Picnic
Twenty two members of Troop 5 Girl Scouts attended a picnic Monday evening at Poplar Terrace farm of Colonel E Austin Baugh near Frederick Mississippi. Miss Yvonne Nukirk captain, Miss Margaret Hw and Mildred Keyser lieutenants, and Miss Dorothy Kefauver a WaStor assisted in arranging the event.
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GLEL
Scouis
Poplar Terrace
Col. E. Austin Baughman
Frederick
Yvonne, Nukirk
Margaret Hw
Mildred Keyser
Dorothy Kefauver
WaSstor
Summers Family Reunion at Furnace Ford Park
Annual Summers family reunion set for Sunday after noon at 1 30 oclock at Furnace Ford park on the old Washington pike. Family members announced the event with a program planned and music by the Live German Band to entertain attendees.
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Summers
Furnace Ford Park
Old
Washington Pike
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