Summer rains aid tobacco yield in western Maryland
Mid-summer rains in the New Market Kemptown area bolster one of western Maryland’s largest tobacco regions with good to excellent yields. Heat waves did not hinder growth as Bennett brothers harvest a record 60,000 plants prompting storage needs. Corn, oats, and other crops show mixed progress across Frederick, Montgomery, and Carroll counties with tobacco harvest underway and canneries operating full blast.
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Patarket-Kemptown
Maryland
Talmadge
Raymond Bennett
Browningsville
Bennett Brothers
Bennett
Maurice Smith
Maynard Watkins
Anthony Smith
Herbert Barnes
Frederick County
Montgomery County
Careroll County
Mt. Airy
Delaware
Weather Bureau
Devarment of Agriculture
Garrett County
Grantsville
la Plata
Estern
la Plate
Washington County
Chewsville
Laurel
American Boys Held in Spain Claim Told to House Panel
Abraham Sobel of Boston testified to the House committee that during the Spanish civil war between 600 and 1,700 American boys were virtual prisoners in armies in Spain. He made the claim while on service in the conflict and presented the estimate as part of testimony on un American activities.
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Washington
Abraham Sobel
Soston
House Committee
Gasoline Tank Burns as Tractor Fire Threatens Plant
A Caterpillar tractor at the M. J. Grove Lime Company in Lime Hill caught fire around 10:45 this morning. The gasoline tank melted, destroying the tractor cab and nearly causing an explosion that could have endangered the main shop and other buildings until the Independent Hose Company extinguished the blaze after about thirty minutes using a booster tank, chemicals, and water from nearby cisterns.
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Independent Hose Company
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Lime
Anti trust inquiry seen boosting business by O Mahoney
Senator O Mahoney predicts the federal anti trust inquiry will improve business conditions by replacing the spending lending program with permanent monopoly restrictions. He says business leaders favor a constructive anti trust law and readiness to cooperate in enacting it. The country will consolidate gains and rely on private enterprise after the spending program ends.
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Washington
O'Mahoney
Dem
Wye
Busine
Funds Shortage Hits County Welfare Work
The Montgomery County Welfare Board reports ongoing fund shortages affect August and September grants. Mrs. Dorothy M. Kurtz says no new grants will be allotted this period, with reductions to existing allotments. Employed children at home may contribute 60 percent of earnings, 40 percent for clothing and incidentals, as per board vote. In July 425 received old age assistance, 167 families (486 children) aided for dependent children, 13 aided to the needy blind. New grants included 14 for old age, five for dependent children, and one for the needy blind, with expenditures totaling $7,300.03 for old age assistance and $287.50 for the needy blind.
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Rockville
Montgomery County Welfare Board
Dorothy M. Kurtz
Prisoners Attack Deputy Free Jail in Hagerstown Escape
Three of six inmates escaped Washington county jail after knocking Deputy Sheriff Leister Ismaogle unconscious. The six men broke free last night. three remained at large today while the others were captured shortly after. All had prior larceny terms. Leon Kuhn faced added charges of attempted breaking and entering and a prior jail break.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Leister Ismaogle
Leon Kuhn
Baltimore Gunman Bird Pleads Guilty in Robbery Case
Charles Bird a midwestern gunman pled guilty in Baltimore criminal court to seven robbery charges, risking up to 140 years. His wife Barbara 24 alleged coercion and faced a separate trial on one count as prosecutors say she helped in a liquor truck holdup. Federal warrants linked Bird to three Ohio bank holdups totaling over 541 000.
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Baltimore
Samuel K Dennis
Charles Bird
Bird
Barbara
Cleveland
Ohio
Jenilor
Samuel K. Dennis
Ohio National Bank
Criminal Court
Traders Remain In Safety Zones
New York August 13 AP A few motors and specialties edged higher while many leaders stood still or dipped slightly In late trading minor losses dominated after a slow session Transfers were about 00 00 shares Brokerage quarters found some comfort from business items The Sudeten German Czechoslovak talks collapse added Europe troubles and traders stayed in safety zones awaiting developments abroad Bond markets were mixed and commodities steady Foreign markets were irregular
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New York
Europe
Senator George Denounces One Man Rule in Georgia Fight
Senator Walter F. George of Georgia denounces a one man rule within the Democratic party and accepts a challenge from President Roosevelt. The piece notes Roosevelt's purge target opening his re election campaign at Waycross, Georgia, and urges a voters rebellion against outside interference in state elections.
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Democratic Party
Walter F. George
Georgia
Roose
Waycross
Ide
Widdletown Church Wedding of Miss Mae E Toms and Ellsworth E McGaha
Miss Mae E Toms daughter of Mrs Emma E Toms and the late Mr Toms Hagerstown became the bride of Ellsworth E McGaha son of Mr and Mrs Henry A McGaha Middletown this morning The ceremony was at Christ Evangelical and Reformed church Middletown at nine oclock Rev Dr William R Barnhart officiated Miss Lenora Rudy presided at the organ The couple will reside in Middletown after August 21 The bride is a Hagerstown High School graduate and worked as a stenographer and buyer in Hagerstowns R and G department store McGaha is a Middletown High School graduate and display manager for Kemp s department store Frederick.
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Mae E. Toms
Emma E. Toms
Mr. Toms
Hagerstown
Ellsworth E. McGaha
Henry A. McGaha
Middletown
Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church
William R. Barnhart
Lenora Rudy
Harderof
DeKoven
Lewis ‘H. Wiebel
Sunkist
Lewis H. Wiebel
Merle Siifer
John 5
Adam
Frederick
McGaha
Lake Placid
X.Y
Ian
R and G
MecGaha
Middletown High School
Kemp's Department
Bata Shoe to Build Big Plant in Harford County
Reports from Aberdeen Maryland say Bata Shoe company of Czechoslovakia plans to erect a large plant by next spring in Harford County. G H Ponders of the Baltimore Association of Commerce notes the company has bought 200 300 acres of Bush River farmland and may develop a full housing complex for workers.
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Aberdeen
Bata Shoe Company
Czechoslovakia
Harford County
G. H. Ponders
Baltimore Association of Commerce
Bush River
Bus Sidewiped by Peach Truck on Washington Pike
A Peach truck from Atlanta hit a Rive Ridge Transportation bus near Clarksburg on the Washington pike causing $75 in damage and several broken windows. The bus driver Edward Kefauver Walkersville escaped unharmed. the truck driver Frank Collins was later fined $25 and costs for failing to stop. Ralph M Plowman of Pittsburgh was jailed three months for trucking without insurance after a separate Middletown hearing.
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Rive Ridge Transportation Company
Atlanta
Washington Pike
Clarksburg
Edward Kefauver
Walkersville
Washington
Georgia
Frank Collins
Atlanta Ga
Frederick
Collins
Walter K. May
Gaithersburg
Albert Dorsey
Middletown
Ralph M. Plowman
Pittsburgh
Plow Man
Corp. May
Rural Women's Picnic Show Highlights Old Fashioned Costumes
About 150 to 200 women gathered at Braddock Heights amusement park for the Frederick County Federation of Rural Women's Clubs picnic. The main event was a 2 PM style review of "long ago" costumes with wedding gowns and party dresses. Miss Flory Hitschew and Miss Ethel Thomas organized the show. 24 clubs contributed two costumes each. Additional events included an ice cream uses demonstration at 11 AM and a noon luncheon. Mrs Edward Mantz chaired the picnic committee. Mrs E Earl Remsberg serves as federation president.
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Braddock Heights
Frederick County
Edward Mantz
E Earl Remsberg
Roads Body Seeks Bids In 6 Counties
The State Roads Commission advertised for bids today returnable August 7 38 on six county projects. Included are Washington county concrete approaches to the Conococheague bridge on the national pike between Hagerstown and Clear Spring and Montgomery county gravel resurfacing 12.5 mile along the Lincoln park road near Rockville from the Baltimore road to the Frederick bike.
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Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Washington County
Conncocheague
Hagerstown
Clear Spring
Montgomery County
Lincoln Park
Rockville
Frederick
Luther League Meet Aims at Youth Welfare in Frederick
The Maryland State Luther League Convention planned for Labor Day weekend in Frederick targets young people. Sunday sessions include church school worship and conferences with devotionals by Rev. Roy L. Sloop. Speakers include Rev. Joseph W. Frease of Columbus and Rev. Harold S. Miller of Brooklyn.
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Maryland
Frederick
Roy L. Sloop
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Hagerstown
Don W. Griffin
India
Joseph W
Frease
Columbus
Ohio
Luther League of America
Luther League of Maryland
Harold S. Miller
Lutheran Church of the Incarnation
Brooklyn
Miller
New York State Luther League
14Th. Regiment
Brooklyn Federation of Churches
Sloop
Rabbi Roeder Named To Head Beth Shalom Synagogue
Rabbi Ludwig Roeder of New York will succeed Rabbi Baruch Rabinowitz as pastor of Beth Shalom Synagogue. He is due to arrive September 1 and attend the fifteenth anniversary dedication services September 2. Roeder studied at the Jewish Theological Seminary and Columbia University and previously served in Newport News Virginia and Paterson New Jersey. Rabinowitz, after a year in Frederick, moves to the Jewish congregation in Hagerstown.
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Ludwig Roeder
New York
Baruch Rabinowitz
Beth Shalom
Roeder
Rabbi Roeder
Jewish Theological Seminary
Columbia University
Newport News
Paterson, ¥. J
Rabinowitz
Frederick
Hagerstown
Former Wrestler Saves Falling Girl in Baltimore
In Baltimore on August 18 AP reports five year old Mary Shorr was saved from serious harm when John Siejack, a former professional wrestler running a tavern across the street, caught her as she dangled from a third floor window ledge. The father, Rar Shorr, remains puzzled by how she escaped. A separate item notes 230 bulls were proven in New York dairy herd improvement associations for the year ending April 1.
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Baltimore
Mary Shorr
John Siejack
Rar Shorr
Siejack
New York
Modern fire fighting show tests long water throws
Demonstrations at the CCC camp on the Frederick City watershed featured out of town fire crews testing modern apparatus to fight woods fires. Each engine aimed to project water 2500 feet laterally and 300 feet vertically with 25 hundred feet of hose from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 2500 feet from New Jersey, and five thousand feet total. Thirty men assisted the crews, with apparatus from Maryland Ocean Grove and Virginia.
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Fishing Creek
CCC
Frederick City
United States Fire Service
J. Elmer Shultz
Maryland
Virginia
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ocean Grove
Death Ride Threats Tied to Hines Jury in Policy Ring
Wilfred Brunder testifies in James J. Hines racket case that Dutch Schultz mob planned to seize Harlem policy business. He describes threats against partner Fred McLaughlin by two carloads of Schultz henchmen who demanded turning over the policy operation. Brunder recounts learning of mob pressure after his 1932 prison release.
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New York
Supreme Court Today
Wilfred Brunder
James J
Jimmy) Hines
Tammany
Runder
Harlem
Fred McLaughlin
Schultz
Brander
Smash Nationwide Fake Lottery Ring Detained in Boston
Boston August 18 AP announces the bust of a large nationwide fake lottery ring. Jackson J. Holtz and Tenneyson Jefferson, U S attorneys and postal inspectors, returned with about six tons of lottery tickets. They toured many eastern states and the northwest in the past two weeks and expect nearly 100 federal indictments.
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Boston
Jackson J. Holtz
U. S
Massachusetts
Tenneyson Jefferson
Holtz
Jefferson
Rockies
Northwest
Roosevelt vows U S will aid Canada if threatened
President Roosevelt told Kingston and Ontario officials that the United States would not stand idly by if Canada faced aggression from any empire. He praised U S Canadian friendship, rejected secret diplomacy, and urged joint action on the St. Lawrence waterway. He spoke at Kingston and later at the Thousand Islands bridge dedication, warning of American interests gaining monopoly without firm government oversight.
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Kingston
Ontario
Roosevelt
United States
Canada
Queens University
Mackenzie King
Albert Matthews
Dominion
Thousand Islands Bridge
U. S
Tie
Boundary Line River
Salvation Army to Hold Tent Services in Frederick
Major and Mrs Amel Schultz and a Salvation Army group from Hagerstown will lead two weeks of tent meetings beside the Frederick headquarters at 221 West Fifth Street. An address by Major Schulz will open a musical program. Capt Robert Bott, conducting since Sunday night, says further programs will be by the Leaders Bible Class the Oxford Group and Capt and Mrs M W Bott of Winchester Va. Services start each night at o'clock.
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Amel Schultz
Salvation Army
Hangerstown
Frederick
West Fifth Street
Major Schulz
Robert Bott
Leaders Bible
Oxford Group
M. W. Bott
Winchester
Weather Record and Precipitation Totals
Weather record shows 24 hour precipitation ending 7 am today at 1.44 inches. August to date 2.94 inches. normal August is 3.63 inches with August 1937 at 6.37 inches. Deficiency in 1938 precipitation through August is 1.35 inches. Yesterday high 97, low last night 65, sun sets 7:03 pm, sun rises 3:26 am, moon sets 1:56 pm. Stream conditions: Monocacy and Potomac muddy.
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Potomac
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Konrad Henlein
Sudeten Party
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Peter Meryle
Roads Body
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Hines
Smash
U.S
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