Public Hearing Granted to Deny Beer Dealer Charges
A Woodsboro beer license hearing moved forward for Donald L. Derr after witnesses accused his establishment of disorder and boasting of monopoly. Derr sought a public hearing to rebut slanderous remarks and defend his conduct, with a decision expected soon by the State License Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Miss
Woodsboro
Donald L. Derr
Derr
G. Ed Myers
Der
E. Austin James
Frst
Frederick County
Maryland
Spearing
W. Clinton McSherry
State
Miss
Bessie O. Smith
McSherry
Myers
Clarence A. Ebbetts
Petersville
British Executive Shot By Gunmen in Jerusalem
Gunmen invaded British district administrative headquarters in Jerusalem injuring J S Moffat, British assistant district commissioner. He is the second official of the same rank shot in the past year amid JewishArab strife in the Holy Land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Britsh
Jamen
J S Moffat
Holy Land
Road improvement urged for Hammond road
A delegation of property owners asked the Montgomery county board of commissioners in Rockville to improve the Hammond road between Quince Orchard and Germantown. They noted the road is one of the oldest in the county and becomes virtually impassable in wet weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Quince Orchard
Germantown
Board of County Commissioners Esterday
Montgomery County
Planes Search For Notspaper Executive On Maryland River
Baltimore Aug 2 AP Two army planes and a navy plane joined Curtiss craft on the Magothy river today in a search for Paul J Barker assistant managing editor of the Baltimore Sun who was thrown from his sail boat when overturned by a gust of wind His son Paul Jr dived to rescue but the boat drifted away and the son swam ashore Mrs Banker watched from their home as the boat keeled over
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Magothy
Paul J. Barker
Baltimore Sun
Paul Jr
Japs Execute 14 on Plane Near Canton
AP report from Hongkong says Japanese warplanes forced an American pilot to land his Chinese liner near Canton and machinegunned the craft, killing or wounding at least 14 of 17 aboard. Pilot H L Woods of Hays Kansas said the ship sank in the river and only he, a radio operator, one passenger, and the co pilot survived the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hongkong
Canton
H. L. Woods
Hays
Kan
Macao
Woods
China National Aviation Corporation
River O. K
Louw
Schultz ordered aid given to Dodge in 1933 campaign
New York Aug 24 AP George Weinberg 36 ex-convict testified in the conspiracy trial of Tammany leader James J Hines that in October 1933 Dutch Schultz ordered him to help William Copeland Dodge be elected Manhattan District Attorney. Weinberg said he passed $2000 from the Schultz mob to Hines for Dodge's campaign fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Weinberg
Convick
Tammany
James J. Hines
Dutch Schultz
Hines
William Copeland Dodge
Manhattan
Dodge
Thomas E Dewey
Jimmy Hines
Weinberg
Joseph Sharleck
Duren Schultz
Schultz
Stocks Barred From Farther Progress
New York stocks faced a barrier to gains despite forenoon advances lifting markets near July highs of the mid-rear upswing. Prices held around two points higher as late trading faded. Auto shares drove activity with General Motors and Chrysler hitting year peaks while Baltimore and Ohio bonds rallied on news of reduced charges in a deal with holders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Motors
Chrysler
Baltimore
Ohio
J. E. Bender Found Guilty In 7 Minutes
Joseph E. Bender of Emmitsburg was found guilty of drunken driving by a jury after seven minutes deliberation. No defense testimony was offered. Counsel requested a new trial and arrest of judgment, with four days to file reasons, likely delaying sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tivsburg
Joseph E. Bender
Emmitsburg
E. V. Bulleit
Bender
W. C. Sheely
Bulleit
Reinforcements Poured Into Linc Japanese Armies
Japanese forces reinforce their Yangtze drive as insurgents seize 309 square miles in Spain over three days. Chinese reports say Hankow-related efforts faltered whileJa pan pushes toward Jui chang. Insurgent gains come on the Ebro river and Tagus fronts, with Gaeta Peak captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Yangze
Spain
Hankow
Juichange
Noutheast
Ebro
Tagus River
Tagos
Gaeta Peak
Postmasters Open Meeting in Frederick Maryland
About one hundred postmasters gathered at the Francis Scott Key Hotel in Frederick for the Maryland chapter’s annual meeting of the National Association of Postmasters. Congressman David J. Lewis was to deliver the main address. Directors discussed next year’s venue, with Ocean City the likely site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Maryland
E. H. Bray
Easton
Charles W. Klee
Westminster
E. W. Marshall Snow Hill
Enoch Pratt to host Artz Library exhibit in Baltimore
Arrangements are complete for an Artz Library exhibit by the Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore. Miss Joseph Vine Etchison, head librarian, announced the October 3 display featuring a large collection of pictures from Pratt Library exhibits. She noted the exhibit as a notable innovation with minerals on loan briefly. Fans are expected to be a central theme for the next show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Bur. ‘Artz
Enoch Pratt Free Library
Baltimore
Joseph- Vine Etchison
Pratt Library
Etchison
Ariz Library
You Need A Horse Cop Tells Trotter's Driver
Syracuse August 24 AP Henry Thomas renowned harness driver and McLin Hanover handler faced police after speeding on a boulevard. A motorcycle officer ordered him to pull over and advised getting a horse. Thomas paid a $10 fine and laughed at the incident at police headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Henry Thomas
McLin Hanover
Thomas
Campaign Committee to Probe Maryland Race
The Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee ordered an inquiry into the Maryland Democratic senatorial race between Representative Lewis and Senator Tydings. Investigators will probe CIO financed ads and sponsorship to verify claims, with a Maryland primary set for September 12. Bond set at 250 dollars for Mrs. Bessie K Fuller after a case involving damage to neighbors’ plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Lewis
Maryland
Tydings
Sheppard
Dem
Tex
CIO
Fred A. Dolfield
Tydings Campaign Committee
New Deal
Millard Tydings
Tidings
Two Arrests in Philadelphia Hunger-Strike Deaths
Philadelphia reports two guards at Philadelphia County Prison were arrested on homicide charges after four hunger striking inmates died in a heated punishment cell. Coroner autopsies linked deaths to suffocation from steam in a sealed block as officials probe who ordered the heat and policy lapses. Also a local meat cutter, Millard A. Harshman, injured a finger in a grinder at Market's Cash Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County
Holmesburg
Charles M. Hersch
James M. McQuade
Harry Osborne
Edward Hayes
Joseph Walter
Philadelphia
S. Davis Wilson
Charles H. Hersch
William B. Mills
Millard A. Harshman
Wilson Avenue
Paroles Granted to Six Prisoners by Governor Nice
Annapolis Aug 24 six prisoners were granted paroles by Governor Harry W Nice. Among them Alfred Henson of Washington county is serving a one year term for larceny.
First Regiment Band Concert On Thursday
The First Regiment Band under Warrant Officer Henry S. Keller will present the second of three Baker Park concerts this season in a Chamber of Commerce program. William T. Fisher will perform a clarinet solo and the program includes marches, folk songs, popular numbers, overtures, and a Brahms arrangement, closing with the national anthem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker Park
Chamber of Commerce
Henry S. Keller
William T. Fisher
Hughes
News Employe Os Years Ago Returns For Visit
George J. Overton of Baltimore, a former News employee, visited the Frederick post office to see the modern plant replacing the old hand set shop from over fifty years ago. He recalled the North Market Street location, a fire in the shop, and early newspaper life. Now a machinist with Fisher Automatic Brush Machine, he left Frederick 50 years ago at age twenty and still keeps ties with the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Overton
Baltimore
News Post
The
News
North Market Street
Castle Building
Frederick
Fisher Automatic Brush Machine Company
Charles C. Fisher
Charles E. Fisher
Bridge Company Dissolved in Harpers Ferry Area
Charles Town West Virginia August 24 a dissolution certificate for the Harpers Ferry and Potomac Bridge Company has been filed with the Secretary of State William S O'Brien among county records stockholders representing over 60 percent of members at a July 22 meeting voted to dissolve the corporation The firm ran the Potomac river highway bridge at Harpers Ferry which was washed away in the March 16 1936 flood
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Town
W. Va
Harpers Ferry and Potomac Bridge Company
Williams. O'Brien
Harpers Ferry
Weather Record Precipitation and Temperatures
Precipitation for 24 hours ending 7 am today none. August 10 rainfall 2.93 inches vs normal 3.65 inches. August 1937 total 6.37 inches. Deficiency through August 11 1.35 inches. High yesterday and high a year ago not stated. Low last night 62, low a year ago 61. Sun sets 6:54 pm, sun rises tomorrow 5:31 am. Moon rises 5:44 am tomorrow, moon sets 1:43 pm. Streams Monocacy muddy, Potomac cloudy above Harpers Ferry, muddy below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac
Har Pers Ferry
Store Property Being Improved on North Market Street
Frederick's old brick store at 20 22 North Market undergoes remodeling by contractor Thomas J Crum for new owners James Angelos and George Carros of Central Restaurant. Building to become a modern 90 foot extension with store on first floor and two second floor plus one third floor apartments to be ready for November 1 occupancy. WPA crews lay new concrete pavement in front of Central Restaurant and Williamson's Drug Store, replacing brick paving. minor surface adjustments and sidewalk improvements accompany the renovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
March of Progress
Thomas J. Crum
North Market Street
James, Angelos
George Carros
Messrs. Carros Lave
Ceppello’s
Crum
Pearre
People's Drug Store
Weinberg
Bergers Book
North Market
WPA
Williamson’s
Frank K. Remsberg
Remsberg
Blackbirds Still Here And Residents Know It
Frederick residents report large flocks of blackbirds returning to Power Trail avenue at night. Hundreds crowd the trees, calling and signaling a new refugee group arriving in the city. No efforts have been made to remove them. shooting is illegal and only wounded some birds. The birds ignore loud noises as they settle in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Frederick City Hospital
Power Trail Avenue
Electric Eye Failure Fails To Break Land Speed Record
Bonneville Salt Flats Utah August 24 AP Capt George E T Ex ston drove a car at 347.1355 mph on the measured mile but an electric eye timing device failed on the return run robbing him of a new record. The device worked on the first run, then failed as Ex ston aimed to surpass last year’s 311.42 mph mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
George E. T. Exston
Mar
Euston
Byrd invites Roosevelt to speak in Maryland
University of Maryland president Dr. H. C. Byrd sent a telegram to President Roosevelt inviting him to defend his philosophy of government before Marylanders. Byrd praised the President’s efforts for the common people and signaled a political break with Senator Millard Tydings, who opposed Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
Roosevelt
H. C. Byrd
University of Marland
Maryland
Chicago
Byrd
Tydings
Dr. Byrd
Mr. Roosevelt
David J. Lewis
Independents Back William F Prettyman in Montgomery
In Rockville on August 24 the Independent Democratic faction pledged to support William F Prettyman for circuit court judge of the Sixth Judicial District. Prettyman faces Stedman Prescott in the primary. he seeks an affiliated stance though long tied to civic work and serves as attorney for the county board of education. The county reports 114 primary entrants with full Democratic and independent slates, a Republican slate with contests, a tax reduction ticket, and three unaffiliated candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Montgomery County
Wiliam F. Prettyman
Sixth Judicial District
Prettyman
Stedman Prescott
Montgomery
Sixth Judicial Circuit
Frederick
Board of Election Supervisors
Orphan’s Court
Damages Paid Over Confederate Memorial Incident
Frank Grebski of Washington D C paid damages after a car collision near the Confederate memorial on the Monocacy battlefield July 23. The Fitzhugh Lee Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy received the settlement, with Justice Emmett R. Bowlus as magistrate and Alban M. Wood as attorney. Damages exceeded 50 dollars to the memorial and about 200 dollars to Grebski’s car. The accident occurred while attempting to pass in a line of traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monocacy Battlefield
Washington Pike
Frank Grebski
Washington, D. C
Fitzhugh Lee
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Emmett R. Bowlus
Alban M. Wood
U. D.C Group
Grebski
Also Mentioned on This Page
Donald £. Derr
Notspaper Executive
Paul J. Banker
Tammanyite
J. E. Bender
Linc
Yangtze River
Postmasters Open ‘Meeting
Enoch Pratt Library
Trotter
Senate
CIO Aid
Quest For
Inquiry
Walter E. Linn
Circuit Court
Bessie K. Fuller
Center Street
Archie D. Whisner
Whisner
Denver J. Shook
Mrs. Fuller
Bond
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Jr
Ethel du Pont
du Pont
Wilmington
Del
First Regiment
Bridge Company
Carros Brothers
Electric Eye
University of Maryland
Cator
Wm. F. Prettyman
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