Ballots Prepared for September Primaries in County
Approximately 35,000 ballots are being primed for September with 133 names. Board of Election Supervisors approved final ballot proofs and set printing to begin. Democratic and Republican ballots list governors, senators, and local officials with candidates alphabetically arranged. Transfers will end after this evening, with remaining changes restricted.
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G. Bunter Bowers
Board of Election Supervisors
Court House
Senatr
Court of Appeals
Register of Wills
State Central Committee
Frank AR. Long
Montgomery County
Japanese Forces Push On Into Central China
Japanese forces push into central China north and south of the Yangtze while warning U S and British gunboats to stay vigilant. The Monocacy was shaken by a mine near Kiukiang but remained undamaged, amid a dispute over American gunboat rights in the Yangtze region.
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Shanghai
China
Yangtze River
United States
Hankow
Hongkong
Yangtze
Kiu- Kiang
Maryland Alumni Back Tydings in Senate Fight
Forty eight University of Maryland alumni leaders approved support for Senator Tydings in his bid for re election. Emanuel Zalesak, former alumni president, said telegram responses from about fifty leaders favored the stance with one critical and one advising neutrality. The Baltimore College Park alumni group urged rapid word of sentiment to the campaign. Zalesak declined to name respondents, noting one message from Cumberland urged staying out of the Tydings Lewis contest.
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College Park
University of Maryland
Millard
Emanuel Zalesak
Alumni Association
Baltimore
Association
H. C. Byrd
Roosevelt
Maryland
Zatesak
Zalesak
Baltimore and College Park
Senator Tydings
Byrd
Cumberland
David Lewis
New Speed Record Set By Plane Manufacturer
Major Alexander T. de Seversky flew from New York to Los Angeles in 10 hours 3 minutes 7 seconds to set a new transcontinental speed record. He beat the east-west record by 1 hour 26 minutes 33 seconds, previously held by Col. Roscoe Turner. The pace on the west-east route remains about seven hours 29 minutes, set by How ard Hughes. Seversky delivered the 1 200 horsepower monoplane to Jacqueline Coch rane who will fly it next Saturday in the Bendix trophy race at Cleveland.
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Los Angeles
Alexander T. de Seversky
New York
Col
Roscoe Turner
Howard Hughes
Major Seversky
Kansas City
Seversky
Jacqueline Cochrane
Cleveland
Family ties untangle a Cranium Crackers puzzle
The solution maps the Browns as a nuclear family with J L Brown Jr his wife Violet and daughter plus visiting Mrs John Brown Sr and Laura Brown, detailing roles from aunt to mother in law. A German firm unveils a method to make artificial snow using glass wool alum and urea.
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Brown
J. L. Brown, Jr
J. L. Brown
Violet Brown
John Brown
Laura Brown
Fire House Job Given Approval
The Public Works Administration approved the contract for Frederick's United Fire House improvements. L. J. Keller and Son of Jefferson will start work soon after notification, with initial demolition of an old warehouse behind the engine house. The project budget is 35,500 dollars and completion is targeted in seventy days with a daily forfeiture after.
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Public Works
Frederick
United Engine House
PWA
New York
L. J. Keller and Son
Jefferson
Charles F. Bowers
Elmer Sco MM
Keller Firm
Bowers
United Fire Company
Keller
Board of Aldermen
Hahn and Fulmer
Fleming Avenue
Ritter
Dictionary completes 30 years work in 35 volumes
Fu Ting yi finished a comprehensive Chinese dictionary after 30 years of continuous effort. The work spans 35 volumes and contains about 4 500 000 words.
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Hunan
China
Fu Ting-yi
Pump House Destroyed By Fire At Bulk Plant
A small pump house over underground gasoline tanks at the General Refining Company bulk plant on East Patrick Street burned Monday at about 5 PM. Fire officials said the blaze started likely from a sparking short circuit in a motor pumping gasoline to a delivery truck. Bascomb S. Neal pulled a master switch, halting the motor and gas flow, possibly preventing a larger blaze. Damage confined to the corrugated iron shed. truck loaded nearby escaped damage. Officials estimated substantial property loss but disputed explosion danger over the 20,000 gallons stored below.
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General Refining Company
East Patrick Street
Bascomb S. Neal
Neal
Elling
Ferdinand Pecora Leads Senate Wall Street Probe
Ferdinand Pecora served as special counsel in the Senate inquiry into Wall Street. Roosevelt reaffirmed this stance during his Canadian visit. Morris Sheppard of Texas chairs the campaign expenditures panel. Weights discussed include featherweight welterweight and lightweight. He is urged to leave the country until a decision.
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Ferdinand Pecora
Senate
Wall Street
Roosevelt
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Campaign
British Warn Germany Over Czechoslovakia Crisis
London reports ministers poised to issue a warning against German aggression toward Czechoslovakia. Prime Minister Chamberlain may address Hitler as Cabinet weighs crisis talks amid German frontier fortifications and Sudeten German demands. Runciman mediates as Benes and British envoy discuss cantonal self rule in a reorganization plan.
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London
Czechoslovakia
Neville Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Germany
France
Neville Henderson
Berlin
Chamberlain
Runciman
Praha
Edouard Benes
Cantons
Cactus Blooms First Time in 14 Years at Portfield Home
In Porterfield Wisconsin on August 30 AP reports Mrs Joseph Biehl's cactus has blossomed for the first time in fourteen years after growing with no buds through its early years. The event marks a rare horticultural milestone for the owner.
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Porterfield
Wis
Joseph Biehl
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Harry C. Gilbert
Reich
Europe
Nicholas Horthy
Hungary
Hitler
NEA
Twe
Charlottenburger Chausee
United Engine
Tom
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Delphey’s
Berger
C. E. Cline & Son
I. Q
Burall’s
C. C. Carty’s
E. Pat. St
Britain
Hue
Seemon
Carty’s
C. C. Carty, Inc
Patrick St
Frederick, Ma
Hendrickson
Hendrickson’s
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