Lightning Strikes Barn Near Frederick Wrecks Barn and Supplies
A thunderstorm struck the John M. Zimmerman farm on the Jefferson Pike near Frederick, setting the frame barn and two sheds ablaze. Firemen saved hog pens, but the barn, equipment, hay, and nearly ready dairy materials were destroyed. Loss exceeds 33,000 with over 3,000 in additional damages. no livestock burned. Weather linked crop threats linger in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Zimmerman
Frederick
Jefferson Pike
Independent Hose Company County
Porter Hall the villain who farms flowers and faith
Hollywood star Porter Hall, famed on screen as a cold hearted villain, is described as a devout church deacon and respected Screen Actors Guild treasurer off screen. He raises the Hall rose and Hall dahlia, hates guns, and has a faith shaped by family and wife Geraldine Brown, whom he married in 1927. the piece notes his stage, film career and personal life as a contrast to his on screen menace.
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Paul Harrison
NEA Service
Hollywood
Porter Hall
Hall
Screen Actors’ Guild
Critics Circle
Hunt Stromberg
Cincinnati
Geraldine Brown
American Academy
Spencer Tracy
Yank
Wilderness Girl Quest Amid Fiesta and Forbidden Lands
Sandy Morr travels with Helen Brotherton to a fiesta where he spots Tyra Fleming, the key to a secret Mayan archive, amid flirtations, danger, and plans for an expedition. McIntyre locates Fleming at the fiesta and invites the group to pursue her, while Sandy’s tension with Helen shapes the journey ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Morrhon
Onha
Tyra Fleming
Sandy i
Helen Brotherton
Sandy
Helen
Notable Shotgun Incident Frightens Team Mate
A rigger of a double-barrel shotgun fired accidentally narrowly missing a teammate and punching a large hole in the front door. Hall remains strongly opposed to firearms.
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Hall
Picnic Honors Dutrow Family Visit at Braddock Heights
A Braddock Heights picnic Sunday celebrated Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dutrow of Virginia visiting Frederick friends and relatives. Attendees included Dutrow and grantsons Lane Reed. William and Lola Dutrow. Kemp family of New Market. Rusherman family. Gilbert family. Claude Dutrow and son Teddy. Hezekiah Baker and daughter Nancy. Lola Cline. Charles Ausherman and daughter Jeanette. Pfc Albert Dutrow from Camp Blanding. Eva Kepler Reda Dutrow Helen and Genevieve Cline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock Heights
Harry Dutrow
Virginia
Frederick
Grantson
Lane Reed
William Danner
Roy, Dutrow
William Kemp
Marsha
New Market
Clarence Rusherman
Bobby
Donald
Luther Gilbert
Louanna
Tommy
Claude Dutrow
Teddy
Hezekiah Baker
Nancy
Mildred
Camp Blanding
Fla
Eva Kepler
Reda Dutrow
Helen
Genevieve Cline
Braddock
Williar To Enter Army Engineering Corps
Baltimore date Aug 17 Harry J D Williar Jr WPA administrator for Maryland Delaware and the District of Columbia has been called into service as a lieutenant colonel in the Army Corps of Engineers He will report for duty to Col T F Farrell division engineer of the Middle Atlantic Division with headquarters in Baltimore Williar a Baltimore native has been with the WPA since 1936 and before that was chief engineer for the State Roads Commission He served in World War I and was discharged as a lieutenant colonel after being cited three times for gallantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Harry JD. Williar, Jr
WPA
Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
Army Corps of Engineers
Williar
Col
T. F. Farrell
Middle Atlantic
Willar
State Roads Commission
Wallantry
Registration Judges Named In Maryland Precincts
The Board of Election Supervisors announced changes in registration judges for pre primary voter registration on Sept 1. Democratic officials listed first in each precinct, with replacements including John W Ball, R Lee Dutrow, and Joseph C Gernand among others. Walkersville shows Thomas R Saylor replaced by William D Powell due to disqualification. The list covers Buckeystown to Walkersville across many precincts with multiple replacements and new assignments.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Walkersville
Thomas R. Saylor
Democratic State Central Committee
Jackson
John W. Eldridge
Claude E. Thomas
Joseph C. Gernand
Thurmont
Franklin Jb. Purot
Buckeystown
John W. Ball
E. Earl
Thelma Harrison
Grace P. Smith
G. C. Bopst
Harry J. Fromke
Elmer E. Dixon
Ellanbelis Fieekatui
Edwin Kemp
Fannie Abrecht King
Charles B. Kuhn
Nelson C. Kreh
Elizabeth McCain
Julius F. Lochner
Anna Adams
Charles Byerly
Mabel Alexander
Milton E. Akers
Edward I. Myers
May F. Keyser
Clyde
Koons
Charles F. Shipley
M. Dixon
Nettie C. Simmons
Pierce H. Gaver
Alvey V. Renn
Nannie Gilbert
Erma J. Hahn
Mary G. Fout
Middletown
G. Millard Holter
Albert L. Wise
A W. Nikirk
Elmer F. Bussard
Creagerstown
R. Raymond Null
Leslie J. Hahn
Emmitsburg
Vincent L. Harthagan
Norman Z. Hoke
George J. Martin
Edgar G. Stansbury
J. Henry Scott
Robert Fitez
Caloctin
Asa Stottlemyer
Rooklyn N. Pryor
Urbana
Pauline H. Runkles
Joseph Walter Smith
Harry Cosgrove
Rosas Crawford
Liberty
Eugenie
Hammond
John W. Benner
Los
Taxing Bachelors Cruel, Says Dorothy Dix
Dorothy Dix argues against a tax on bachelors, praising those who refrain from marriage due to financial inability and noting how married men face bills. She contends the policy punishes prudent restraint and would burden single men while offering no true fairness.
Cedar Grove News From Cedar Grove and Surrounding Areas
Local updates list Mr and Mrs Philip Watkins and Mr and Mrs Howard Miles returning from Ocean City Md. The King family and other residents moved from South Carolina to Puerto Rico. Salem Methodist church supper is planned for Saturday August 29 with Mrs Amos Burdette as chair. Members attending 4-H Achievement Day and Fry’s Meadow picnic include multiple Cedar Grove residents and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Grove
Philip Watkins
Howard Miles
Clarksburg
Thomas Miles
Gaithersburg
Ocean City
Lee King
Chase
South Carnling
Puerto Rico
Salem Methodist Church
Amos Burdette
Takoma Park
Laytonsville
Fry's Meadow
John Purdum
Richard Purdum
Lucille Priest
Guy Watkins
Anna Nicholson
Harold Burdette
Julian Kink
Will Beall
Claud King
Locals Spend Week With Friends and Relatives in Carrollton
Carrollton Manor residents Mr Gene Smith of Frederick and Mr Rodger Nicklas of his place host Edward Franklin and Emily Plunkard who are visiting with Mr and Mrs Crawford for a week. Sunday visitors included Felix Plunkard and family, Earl and Faith Sears of Sugar Loaf View, Robert Hauver and son Lloyd of Thurmont, Anna Brunner and son Grayson Jr of Sugar Loaf View, William Crawford and sons Billie and Wayne of Rockville, and Willie Sears of Sugar Loaf View.
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Carrollton Manor
Gene Smith
Frederick
Rodger Nicklas
Clyde Plunkard
Sugar Loaf View
Edward
Franklin
Emily Plunkard
Crawford
Felix Plunkard
Fulton Sears
Earl and
Faith
Robert Hauver
Lloyd
Thurmont
Anna Brunner
Grayson, Jr
William Crawford
Billie
Wayne
Rockville
Willie Sears
Gable Enters Air School in Miami Beach
Clark Gable joined the U S Army Air Forces entering the Candidate School in Miami Beach as an 66 a month corporal. He was to graduate as a second lieutenant after intense training and pledged to do whatever the Army orders.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Aeoad
Clark Gable
Rtna
Gable
Suum
Air Forces
Jusaan
Gahte
Lepudees
Tammany backs Mead for New York governor nomination
Tammany Hall's executive committee voted to support U S Senator James M Mead for the gubernatorial nomination. The move tightens the Mead Bennett contest and signals a late bid in the party's internal fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tammany Hall
Ing U. S
James M. Mead
Mead
John J. Bennett
Meade Backed As Democratic Delegates Face Brooklyn Conference
State party leaders awaited a key conference that could determine delegate strength for Mead and Bennett. Mead is the chosen candidate of Poel at Ransevell Broreth, backed by State Party Chairman James A. Farley, with Tammany leaders predicting Mead could secure up to about 25 of 155 convention votes. Kennedy indicated the Mead resolution passed unanimously by two district leaders, while others talked with him but did not attend the meeting.
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Mead
Poel
Ransevell Broreth
James A. Farley
Farley
Brooklyn
Tammany
Michael J. Kennedy
Daniel J. Finn
Jar
Herbert L.bruce
Bert Stand
Hall
Kennneiy
Kennedy
New York County
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Wilderness Girl
Andy
Rand
Gil
Lang Brotherton
Lars Brotherton
Mrs. Brotherton
Fncw
McIntyre
Miss Fleming
Senor de Araza
Josefa
Mr. McIntyre
Ife
Tyra
Miss Pierning
States
Quaker City
North Market Street
Army Engineering Corps
A Beheey Davis
Everett Cashour
Lucian K. Falconer
A. J
Hauvers
Joseph A. Coffman
Charles E. Shields
Irving A. Fox
Harry S. Buhrman
Woodsboro
Lawrence H Dorsey
James Renner
George B. Smith
H. H. Working
Petersville
Harry W. Hilleary
George E. Hightman
Edward L. Moore
Joan M. Miller
Mt. Pleasant
Lafayette L. Carpenter
P. Kieffer Main
Jefferson
Grover C. Sha
Paul Z. Culler
Charles M. Root
Ross C Firor
Elmer E. Black
Omer J. Dubel
Clayton Creager
George W. Brandenburg
Frederick County National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Dorothy Dix
Misa Dix
Berg
Blutt
Miss Dix
Dade Pera
Tieir
Kirk
Wes
Sterling
Bell Syndicate
Incy
Spode
Erlingsley Rose
China
Remsber
Francia
M Stock
Mt Key Hotel
Boliding
War Production Board
DP & E
Frea
A. C. Palmer Loca Agent
Air School
Tammany Committee
Roosevelt
Williamson’s
North Court
Piu
Vic
Lydia B. Pinkham
Pinkbem
Gn Technicolor
Betty Grable
Victor Mature
Jack Oakie
Song of the Islands
Chaptre
NYOKA
Uncle Sam
Warner Bros
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