Local Bank Clearings Reach Eight Year Peak in May
Frederick bank clearings for the year ending May 2 totaled 23,405,654.80 dollars, the highest since 1931, with a rise of 2,190,430 dollars from the previous year. From May 3 to July 31 clearings increased about 200,000 dollars versus the same period last year, and monthly totals exceeded two million dollars in all months except May. The year’s peak reflects broader circulation gains and defense spending effects.
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Frederick City
Clearing House
Theneward
Peach Harvest Progress in Frederick County Warms Local Growers
Frederick County reports a robust peach crop with early varieties picked and Elberta supplying the main yellow fruit. Wet weather, new varieties, and a wiped out Hill Crest orchard shape the season while Maryland production offsets losses with higher prices and careful spraying to prevent disease.
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Frederick County
Hill Crest
Braddock Pike
iMany
Michigan
Malehaven
Southhaven
J. H. Hale
Brackett
Crawford
Carolinas
Georgia
Maryland
United States
No Steel For Jug Bridge Delays Permanent Span
State Roads Commission chief says no steel available to finish the concrete arch bridge replacing Jug Bridge, delaying completion beyond next summer. Temporary wooden bridge guards by state police. vibration noted but expected given its design and load.
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Jug Bridge
Wilson Z. Ballard
State Roads Commission
Associated Press
Ballard
Commission
Bavuay IV Tatoo Td
To & Point T
Peaches Damaged by Rain Hit County Trees
Reports say many peach trees in the county that were not sprayed lost nearly all fruit to pests before ripening due to recent rains and damp weather. Prices vary with condition size and variety of peaches available.
FBI warns on war era complaints and spy rings
Special Agent Z. J. Van Landingham told Kiwanis members at the Francis Scott Key Hotel that the FBI has received about 218000 complaints of sabotage and espionage since the war began, though many lacked basis. He urged reporting to authorities and noted few organized saboteur rings, citing cases like a 1941 Nazi spy tied to a Hamburg school and a Baltimore sabotage captain.
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Z. J. van Landringham
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kiwanis Club
Francis Scott Key
FET
Atr
van Landingham
FBI
United States
William Sahat
Sabol
Coogne
America
Hamburg
U. S
Gestapo
Sabo
Germany
van Vandingham
Glenn L. Martin
Baltimore
Peerl Harbor
Melvin Engle
Harry Kiracofe
W. E. Church
Kansas City
Kent Nicodemus Walkersville
John Lamatt
Wilbur Behymer
Total lunar eclipse visible across the United States August 25 26
The full moon will enter the penumbra at 9 02 p m eastern wartime with total eclipse starting at 10 01 p m. It will glow coppery red for about three and a half hours before emerging by 1 33 a m and back to full visibility by 2 34 a m August 26. Weather permitting the event spans five hours and 32 minutes and will be seen nationwide.
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Umbra
United States
Farmers Group Joins Anti Lewis Organization in Five State Council
Baltimore. Aug 18. Interstate Farmers Council president CG Turner said Washington County Pa Farm Bureau joined the Five State Council, bringing 20 farm organizations and 360000 farmers into the group. Turner announced J K Stern of Eastern States Farmers Exchange as council vice president and Grover C Greer of the Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Association to the executive committee. The council formed to oppose John L Lewis attempts to unite dairy farmers with United Mine Workers.
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Baltimore
P. CG. Turner
Interstate Farmers Council
Washington County
Farm Bureau
State Council
Turner
J. K. Stern
Eastern States Farmers Exchange
Grover C. Greer
Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Association
Washington, D.C
John L.lewis
United Mine Work
Pera
Municipal Hygiene Law Up Tonight
Mayor Lloyd Culler leads opposition as the city readies a proposed municipal hygiene ordinance. Health Officer Dr F C Kefauver, City Engineer W Raymond Walter, and City Attorney Edward J Smith redrafted rules to meet the mayor's demands. The ordinance aims to improve housing and set condemnation procedures for uninhabitable properties.
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Waal
Lloyd C. Culler
F.C. Kefauver
W. Raymond Walter
Edward J. Smith
Culler
Board of Aldermen
City Board of Health
Frederick
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Henry Pflum
Buffalo
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American Board of Missions
Woman's Missionary Society
General Synod
United Lutheran Church In America
Virginia
West Virginia
Tennessee
Henry Finspruch
Office OF
Sixth Judicial Circuit OF
Circuit Court
District Court of the the States
Court of Appeals of
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Mozambique
Bellare
Teliane
Hkemp’s
Belvalier
East
Farmers
Anti-Lewis Organization
Kemp
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