Bridges Safe After Flood In Early County Survey
Early survey reports most bridges along the Monocacy river in Frederick County were clear of water though several spans were damaged or washed away. Inspectors ordered a full bridge check while roads reopened and farms began salvaging crops and livestock as crews cleared obstructions and pumped flooded basements.
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Monocacy River
Thomas M. Linthicum
State Roads Commission
Monococy River
Link's Ford
Woodabore
Reich's Ford
Trafic
Three Springs
Buckeystown
Bannett Creek
Elmer Hildebrand
Reich
Ute Hildebrand
Ore County
Owens
Nnal
Frederick City
County C E Convention Dag 43M8
County C E conventions in Maryland will meet at Mt. Zion Church in Myersville on Tuesday afternoon and evening August 29. J Britain Winter, president of the Maryland Christian Endeavor Union, will speak at the evening session along with Foster Felis, union president, and other officers. Afternoon talks focus on junior and intermediate work. supper at 5:30 p.m. The 7:20 p.m. session features officer elections, state program reports, and the keynote address by Mr Winter.
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Fee Ameck County Christian Endeavor Union Wal
Mt. Zion
Myersville
J. Britain Winter
Marrland Christian Vor Dnion
Foster Felis
Maryland Union
I Mz. Winter
Flyers Go to Work After Wet Weather Over Base
In the aftermath of a storm the Marines training squadron graduates their observation duties. The National Guard surveyed base damage from the air while airmen led by Capt. George Comb and Lieut. Louis Rawlins conducted overflights.
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National Guard
George Comb
Louis M Rawlins
Orcan Cuy Mo Sowe
Cottage swept downstream by Monocacy flood
The summer cottage of C Mehr Cromwell Buckeystown rode the flood crest on the Monocacy River. The one and a half story structure floated after being carried away during the flood striking the Buckeystown Urbana bridge. Only the root remained visible as it drifted toward the Potomac. Cromwell valued his loss at 900 dollars.
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C. Mehr| Cromwell
Buckeystown
Buckeystown- Urbana
Licksville
Potomac River
Cromwell
Winchester
Patie
Shenandoah-Cumberland-Potomac
Amer
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Additional suits filed in Central Trust receivership
New petitions surface in the Maryland Central Trust case as the receiver John J. Ghingher nears the time limit. Banks seek preferred and priority distributions from unapproved investments, real estate proceeds, and sinking fund balances while noting numerous specific securities and mortgage holdings tied to the bank’s dissolved trust operations.
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Central Trust Company of Maryland
John JF Ghingher
Lille R
Cronisson, Della Cro
Farmers An Mechanics National Bank
Central Trust
Talbot Farms
Frederick Iron and Steel Company
Same
Mortgage Securities Co. of America
Sane
Town of Union Bridge
Elroy J. Herman
Mary Evelyn Herman
Ebert Ice Creat Co
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
Pro Tata
Frederick Hotel Co
Central Trust Co
Frederick Heel Co
Parsons Newman
Neeve 4
Newman
Ruth O. Roser White
The
Cartan Trusts
Jacob A. Rae
Mother
Thomas
Allen B. Carr
Carr
Cenral Trust Co
Treasury official pledges stable funds for public works program
Hyde Parks Aug 2 AP Secretary Woods told President Roostler the treasury remains healthy with the 3.3 billion public works program. He left the Summer White House declaring no plan to resign and expects to return to Washington soon to continue Treasury duties.
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Hyde Parks N
Woods
Roostler
Treasury
Howe
Woodn
York
Washington
Frederick County Records Two Great Floods Compared
Residents debate whether the 1889 flood surpassed the Johnstown flood of 1880, with reports noting Monocacy bridge rises near Bridgeport and water depths along the Araby road. Government gauges and local witnesses offer conflicting tallies while broader damage and drownings across the region are recalled.
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Frederick Countiaus
Johnstown
Monotacy Bridge
Bridgeport
Emmitsburg
Ane Ardnaten
Cleanup progress after Crescent Limited wreck near Washington
Two wrecking crews worked overnight with floodlights as they cleared the Crescent Limited wreck after derailing over the Anacostia river. The bridge on the Pennsylvania Railroad collapsed, forcing rerouting of traffic from New York. Seven of thirteen hospital patients were discharged. four remained under care, none in serious condition. Names include Myer Binckiman and Benjamin Johnson among the injured and hospital patients William Brown A H Myers and Charles Kenny.
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Washington
Crack Crescent Limited
Anacostia River
Pennsylvania
Southern Railway
New York
Myer Binckiman
Philadelphia
Benjamin Johnson
William B. Brown
Baltimore
A. H. Myers
Thurmont
Charles 5. Kenny
Westminster
Frederick Women Named 70 Offices In 8 And 40
The state convention of the 8 and 40 and the Maryland Departmental held in Hagerstown with officers elected. Nellie S. Price presided and Miss Lavinia Morgan and Mrs Rubye Wheatley were among those installed. Delegates to the National Convention at Chicago include Mrs Rubye Wheatley and Mrs Emma Parker.
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Maryland
Hamilton
Hagerstown
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Organington
Nellie S. Price
le Chapeau Departmental
Ellen D. Taylor
Baltimore
Les Demi Chapeaux
Lavinia Morgan
Frederick
Rubye GO
Wheaties
Cambridge
la Surintendante
Sarah’ Clem
le Concierge
Marty K. Miller
L'Archiviste
Edna A. Howard
LiAumonier
James Hrantz
Pouvo
Auto Hits Horse Near Mt Airy Hospitalized
Johnnie Lettere 4 and Bud Wetzel 22 of near Mount Airy are in Frederick City Hospital with severe injuries after their car crashed into a horse on Route at Plane No 4. They were en route with cousin Miles Gue when the collision occurred. the car left the road and overturned into a ditch. The horse was killed and the vehicle sustained heavy damage to property owned by Jesse Clay.
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Johnnie Lettere
James Lettere
Bud Wesel
Mt. ‘Airy
Frederick City Hospital
Plane No. Fou
Ito T
Miles Gue
Jesse Clay
St Only
Letiere
Wetzel
Death toll rises as storm battering hits Atlantic coast
The nor’easter across the eastern states leaves 47 dead and 23 bridges gone in Pennsylvania. Homes flood across Philadelphia and the coast, with hundreds homeless and rescues continuing as states assess damage and disease risk.
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Philadelphia
Pennnsylvania
State Highway Department
York
Godorus Creek
Harrisburg
Theodore B. Otto
Mt Airy Canning Company Boosts Corn and Tomato Prices
Mt Airy canneries raise payments to corn and tomato growers by 26 percent above contract rates. The increase, aligning with Agriculture Department guidance, applies to crops already planted and raises corn from 7 to 8.75 dollars per ton and tomatoes across No 1 and No 2 grades. The boost also triggers a wage raise for factory workers under the canners code. Local canning operations faced rain delays as they began at the Mt Airy plant.
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Mt Airy Canning Company
N. F H. Pooks
Fooks
Agriculture Department
Mt. Airy
Mt. Alty
Pho
Susie Averag
Flood pictures scattered across pages
Readers are directed to pages 2 and 8 for flood related photographs. The Frederick County flood imagery appears on page 2 with additional flood coverage on page 8.
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Eastern Sea Board
Frederick County
Maryland Storm Damage Touches Millions Across State
Maryland banked losses climb into the millions as storms isolate communities from Ocean City to Dorchester and Hooper Island. Ten deaths are confirmed, with the Moacosey river river rising near Frederick, while roads reopen and routes repair for traffic.
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Baltimore
Dorchester County
Hooper Island
Chesapeake Bay
Five Columbia People Die In Rail Car Crash Near Lancaster
A Pennsylvania Railroad inspection train collided with an automobile near Columbia along the Susquehanna River. All five occupants of the Columbia car were killed, including Mrs Harriet Gilbert and Mrs Gilbert's sister Helen Bilett, plus two other adults and a nine month old child. another occupant, Dale Urich, is seriously injured in a Crombie hospital. The train dragged the car into the river, with officials aboard assessing storm-damage routes on the Port Deposit branch.
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Lancaster
Pennsylvania Railroad
Broom‘n Landing
Susquehanna River
Mile Nouth
Columba
Columbia
Mra
Harriet
Gilbert
John
Helen Bilett
Mary Greenawalt
Dale Ur
Fdr
Girard
Philadelphia Division
Port Deposit
Masonic Choir to Sing at Heights Sunday Night
A Masonic Choir from Hagerstown will perform Sunday at 7 45 p m in the Bred dock Heights auditorium drawing a large crowd. Helen Braley Cavanaugh is guest soloist with Helen Uyseld as accompanist. The program lists sacred works and solo contributions by Cavanaugh and Roessier with a selection of anthems and hymns.
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Masonic Choir
Heights
Hagerstown
Breddock Heights
Helen Braley Cavanaugh
Gueat Sololst
St. John's Episcopal Church
Ind
Lie
First Lutheran Church
Johnstown
Gordon Bach Nevin
Helen Uyseld
Beautiful Isle of
Hunn
Ray Black
Hare
Shelly
Louis Vot Exch
Scott
Jublate Dee
Shackley
Smith
Satjeant
Samuel Fleagte
Jacob Roessier
Handel
Donigan Named Head of Dry Forces in DC Area
Wilken B. Donigan will lead the new prohibition force for the Virginia Maryland District of Columbia areas. He earned a reputation combating large distilleries in Kansas City and Philadelphia and arrives in Washington as officer in charge of the task force from the Philadelphia district. Meanwhile, about seventy five Farm Bureau members from Franklin County Pa traveled to Washington by automobile, escorted by state and city police, for a war related event.
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Washington
Virginia- Maryland District of Columbia
Wilken B. Donigan
Kansas City
Philadelphia
Donigan
Ara
R. Brame
Virginia
Maryland
Corona
South Carolina
Mington
Nort
Haiaiers
Farm Bureau Association
Frankin Emamty
Passen
Frederick
Washington, D. C
Stave
Ponce
Price Push Upward in Market After Credit Expansion
New York August 25 AP reports financial markets reacted to the Central Bank system speeding a credit expansion program. Prices across categories rose substantially while sterling cables opened at 4.6122 and call money stood at 1 percent.
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New York
Weather summary with August precipitation and temperatures
The notice reports 21 hours of precipitation with August totals of 2.79 inches above normal and 2 inches actual. It lists high and low temperatures compared with last year, sunset and moonrise times, and describes conditions as muddy with protective haze.
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Moon Rees
Moon
Potegene
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