Paved East West Highway Sought in Upper Frederick County
A Thurmont Smithsburg and Foxville led group asks Frederick County Commissioners to back a paved east west link to the State Roads Commission. The plan covers about 5 miles from Thurmont toward Foxville to the Washington County line, with the remaining stretch to Foxville unfinished. The Board urged gathering residents petitions and awaiting the State Highway Planning Commission report on the secondary road system. Jesse Renner absent.
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Frederick County
Hagerstown
Smithsburg
Thurmont
State Roads Commission
A. H. Derr
A. Grant Hooper
R. V. Smith
Thurmons
Foxville
Washington County
Ads Group
State Highway Planning Commission
Arthur E. Hungerford
National Emergency Council
Cunningham Falls
Catoctin Park
Deerfield
Blue Ridge + Summit
Foxtville
Moody Not To Play In Forest Hills Tennis Meet
Helen Wills Moody, sidelined by a severe neuritis attack since Wimbledon, notified the United States Lawn Tennis Association she would not compete in the upcoming national women's singles championship at Forest Hills. Observers sense the missive hints at a possible farewell to amateur tennis despite lingering uncertainty about other plans.
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New York
Helen Wills Moody
United States Lawn Tennis Association
Forest Hills
Weather Record Precipitation and Temperatures
Weather record notes 24 hour precipitation none ending 7 am. August to date shows 294 inches, August normal 355, August 1937 actual 637. Deficiency in 1938 through August 1135 inches. Yesterday high 92, last year 73. low last night 39, last year 60. Sun sets 6:56 pm, rises tomorrow 1:30 am. moon rises 4:32 am. low sets tomorrow 6:08 pm. Streams Monocacy muddy, Potomac clear on Maryland side, cloudy on Virginia side at Harpers Ferry, clear above Harpers Ferry.
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Potomac
Maryland
Virginia
Harpers Ferry
Harpers Ferrys
Sidewalks relaid after slope error on North Markets Street
In Frederick WPA city sidewalk work on North Markets Street required 20 feet of concrete relaid after the slope proved too steep toward the street. Foreman Frank K Remsberg was told by City Engineer Elmer Maxwell to adjust the grade. The project uses local materials with WPA labor. 154 square feet were involved and the lower east side of the block was impacted.
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North Markets Street
Frank K. Remsberg
Elmer Sic. Maxwell
Ex-convict testifies Hines took protection payments
George Weinberg 36, manager for Dutch Schultz policy empire, testified in New York Supreme Court that Tammany district leader James J. Hines promised police raid protection. He said he paid Hines $500 a week and more for protection and mentioned frequent payoff meetings. He recounted telling Hines there were too many arrests.
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New York
George Weinberg
Jence
Dutch Schultz “Policy Empire
Supreme Court
Tammany
James J. Hines
Harlem
Jimmy Hines
Weinberg
Hines
Thomas E . Dewey
Goldsborough Keeps Out of Maryland Senate Fight
Denton Maryland August 23 AP Representative T Alan Goldsborough a Maryland Democrat or of his tenth term in Congress said he would keep hands off the bitter senatorial fight between Representative David J Lewis and Senator Millard E Tydings for the Democratic nomination Goldsborough was unopposed in either party as filing closed last night
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Denton
T. Alan Galnsborough
Maryland
David J. Lewis
Millard E. Tydings
Goldsborough
Slight Earthquakes Rattle New Jersey and Pennsylvan ia
A series of slight earthquakes shook Central New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. Father Joseph Lynch of Fordham University described the first tremor at 10.45 last night as a slight surface shock, with a final tremor at 2.04 am. No serious damage reported.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Joseph Lynch
Fordham University
Mrs. Krueger Has Only 50-50 Chance To Live
In Los Angeles on August 23 an AP report says Mrs. Emila Krueger wife of conductor Karl Krueger has only a 50 percent chance to survive from bullet wounds inflicted by her maid's jealous husband.
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Los Angeles
Emila Krueger
Karl Krueger
Motors And Tire Issues Lead Wall Street Rally
Wall Street rallied as motor and tire company issues led gains with optimistic forecasts of a sharp upturn in 1939 model sales. Volume rose to around 900,000 shares, new year highs appeared, and overseas factors restrained progress amid a general strike threat in France. Leaders like General Motors and Celanese touched new 1938 peaks while bonds improved and commodities held steady.
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New York
France
General Motors
Lee Rubber
Bendix
Milk truck overturns near Frederick injuring two
A milk truck operated by Holmes Dutrow overturned on the Gas House Pike about 8 am near the Monocacy river bridge. The driver escaped injury while passenger John C. Jamison, a Democratic candidate for County Commissioner, was slightly cut on the right leg. About twenty five gallons of milk spilled. The truck belonged to Myrtlin Dutrow.
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Holmes Dutrow
Frederick
Dutrow
Myrtlin Dutrow
Frederick Man to Set Up Brush Making Machines in Australia
George E. VanFossen, Ox Fibre Brush Company machinist, heads to Melbourne to supervise setting up brush making machines for 48 purchase orders. He and wife planned to travel together, but she is hospitalised after an operation. VanFossen has wide travel history and 49 years of service at the Frederick plant, with prior work in Seymour Indiana and overseas.
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Frederick Man
Australia
George E. VanFossen
Ox Fibre Brush Company
Melbourne
VanFossen
Total
Savannah
Cunard-White Star Iin
Port Caroline
New York
Panama Canal
Frederick
Vancouver
B. C
England
Germany
Sweden
France
Belgium
Seymour, Ind
Washington Anges to Host First C IO Convention in October
In Washington the Com e¢ for Industrial Organization plans its first national convention in October as steel and coal trends spark cautious expansion. The group aims to keep the CIO initials while debating a possible full Congress of Industrial Organizations and a constitution barring Communists from office or membership.
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Washngton Ang
Johan L Lewis
Lews
Coal Common
Labor Alliance
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Confederation of Industrial Organizations
Locate Woman Wanted On Bad Check Charge
A woman sought for passing worthless checks totaling 102.70 has been located in Cumberland by Deputy Sheriff Denver J. Shook who forwarded her description. Identified as Mrs Emma Boyle she is described as well dressed and attractive. Shook says she operated the check game in Pittsburgh and Baltimore and detainers exist from Baltimore authorities for trial or return. Local stores Ebert Ice Cream Co and C Thomas Kemp are named victims. Descriptions aided arrest in Cumberland.
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Cumberland
Denver J. Shook
Emma ©. Boyle
Pappto Anticle
Ebert Ice Cream Co
C. Thomas Kemp
Boxyte
Missing Man Found Near City in Field
City police reported 83 year old Joseph Carter who vanished from his home over the weekend was found sitting in a nearby field. Details were scarce but he had no ill effects from his absence. Czech imports of American feature films are doubling from last year while Czech imports of German films are about unchanged from 1937.
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Joseph Carter
Carter
Lewis asks for probe of money in Maryland primary
Representative David J. Lewis petitions Senate investigators to probe money sources behind the Lewis Tydings Democratic senatorial primary. He demands disclosure of any CIO funding claims and questions about sums attributed to Morris Shapiro of Globe Brewing Co. and Boston Tron and Metal Co. presidents, plus a $500 contribution by M. G. Belding.
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Baltimore
David J. Lewis
Senate
Millard E. Tydings
Sheppard
Senate Investigating Committee
Lewis
Maryland
CIO
United States Senate
Fred A. Dolfield
Tydings
Ialso
Morris Shapiro
Boston Tron and Metal Co
Globe Brewing Co
Senator Tydings
M. G. Belding
Tunbridge Road
The
Shapiro
Rifle Matches At Camp Perry Draw Maryland Teams
C Kemp Cashour left Frederick for Camp Perry Ohio to attend the rifle marksmanship school and join the Maryland State Civilian Rifle Team in national matches August 29 to September 1 Captain Guy Anders, ordered to act as chief range officer, also departed. Allen R. Kinsey and Sgt James E. Bartgis qualified for the National Guard Rifle team but could not go. After schooling, matches run ten days including National Rifle Association eliminations National Matches National Individual and Team events with top ten receiving Roosevelt letters and gold medals.
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C. Kemp Cashour
Frederick
Camp Perry
Toledo
Cashour
Maryland
Allen R. Kinsey
James E. Bartgis
First Infantry
Maryland National Guard
National Guard
Guy Anders
Adjt
Milton A. Reckord
Anders
National Rifle Association
Roosevelt
Walter Johnson files for Montgomery County commissioner
Germantown Md Aug 23 Walter Johnson king of fastball pitchers until retirement to farming filed as a candidate for the Republican nomination for Montgomery County Commissioner within ten minutes of the midnight deadline. He had said he would stick to farming.
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Germantown
Walter Johnson
Montgormty County
Plan to Cut Interest Rate Progressing in Baltimore and Ohio
A plan for voluntary reduction of interest rates on bonds of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad has progressed to a point where it is tentatively scheduled for submission to the board of directors next Tuesday. It was reported in financial circles.
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New York
Baltimore and Oxie Railroad
Board of Directors
Police Court Hearing Set For Donald Baer On Drunkenness Charge
Donald Baer of South Market Street was arrested this morning by Officer Robert Staley for drunkenness in the street and jailed on $5 bond plus costs. A police court hearing is scheduled for tonight.
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Donald Baer
South Market Street
Robert Staley
Izaak Walton League Picnic Set for September 18
Frederick County sportsmen gather at Nolan's Ferry on the Potomac for a large Izaak Walton League outing with attendees from Brunswick Hagerstown Baltimore Washington and Chevy Chase. Activities include water sports fishing and games with a 600 pound steer roast and 1000 roasting ears planned.
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Frederick
Izaak Walton League
Nolan's Ferry
George F. Grove
Frederick Izaak Walton League
Grove
Brunswick
Isaak Watton League
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Washington
Chevy Chase
Potomac River
Pennsylvania Democrats Seek To Heal Wounds
In Harrisburg Aug 23 AP Pennsylvania Democratic leaders gathered in the capital to mend bitter primary rifts as they unite to launch the fall campaign to keep control of the state. Governor George H. Earle, calling from Panama, said he would return Wednesday to participate in the opening rally.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Keystone
George H. Earle
Panama
Jarman Shoe Founder James Jarman Dies in Nashville
James Franklin Jarman aged 71, founder of the General Shoe Corporation and longtime chairman, died after an extended illness in Nashville. He and W H Wemyss formed the Jarman Shoe Co in 1924, which a year later became General Shoe Corporation with 2000000 capital stock. The firm ranked among the nation’s top six shoe manufacturers with an estimated net value around 4.5 million.
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Nashville
Tenn
James Franklin Jarman
General Shoe Corporation
Jarman
W. H Wemyss
Jarman Shoe Co
United States
Payments For Idle Average Nearly $10
Maryland Unemployment Compensation Board report shows seven months of 1947 payments with 878,482 benefit checks totaling 6,658,398 issued to workers who lost jobs. Contributions reach 15,584,727, with a $9,118,418 balance in treasuries and banks. Final benefit payments mark exhaustion of credits after sixteen weekly payments.
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Maryland Unemployment Compensation Board
Baltimore
United States Treasury
Maryland
Albert. N. McCardell
McCardell
Postmaster Dies At Hagerstown At Age 38
Hagerstown Aug 23 AP Jacob P Hartle postmaster of Hagerstown died at his home after a three week illness He is survived by his widow one son his father and several brothers and sisters Funeral services are set for Thursday.
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Hagerstown
Jacob P. Hartle
Europe Watches Hitler Horthy for Next Moves
France faces internal labor unrest as Chan cellor Hitler and Hungary regent Horthy discuss Czechoslovakia autonomy while the Little Entente grants Hungary rearmament rights. Labor unions rally against Daladier plan as Spain's Civil War bloodies the Ebro front and Hankow tensions loom with Japan.
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Europe
Hitler
Horthy
Associated Press
France
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Nicholas Horthy
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Jugoslavia
Romania
Bulgaria
Daladier
General Confederation of Labor
Civil Service Workers Must Keep Out Politics
The Civil Service Commission warned about political involvement by federal employees. About half a million classified workers could be discharged for minor political infractions while executives and officers face fines up to 5,000 dollars and possible three-year imprisonment for soliciting campaign contributions.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Nolice
Berry Accuses WPA Officials of Defeating Him in Tennessee
Senator Berry of Tennessee claims the Workers Progress Administration officials acted as campaign directors of the coalition ticket in Tennessee's August 4 Democratic primary. He alleges a $125,000 fund was raised from WPA personnel, with officials of the state WPA administration potentially questioned under oath.
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Washington
Sug
Berry
Dem. Tenn
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Oclar
WPA
Tennessee
Coalition
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Upper County
Wash
Ington County
Philadelphia
Charles H. Hersch
Hersch
Wall Street
Rogers
By Rodney Dutches
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
United Mine Workers
C. S O
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
International Ladies’ Garment Workers
C. I O
Martin Davey
Ohio
A. F
Martin
Oregon
League
South Dakota
Idaho
CIO Inquiry
NEA
Reichswehr
Walther von Brauchitsch
Grossborn
der Fuchrer
Reich
London
Nolan’s Ferry
Charles N. Defenderfer
St. Thomas
Democrats
China
Spain
Dalabar
Ebro
Pagus
Yangtze
Hankow
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