31 Aug 1927
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1927
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR reads as a travel item about a new flight to the United States. Key names and details are unclear, with several garbled phrases and missing dates or airline references. The piece imitates a brief announcement in a historical newspaper style.
The Maryland state audit traced $17,052.90 owed to school boards from securities sales. County commissioners faced a formal demand to turn over funds to boards of education, with Attorney General guidance confirming proceeds belong to the boards for schoolhouse equipment and related costs.
A damaged report from Aug 3 notes the Dirigible Los Angeles suffering further damage during its flight with Captain Lealle Hamilton and Frederick Mische near the Atlantic routing toward Canada. The crew faced weather and engine challenges as they sought a safe return.
State Roads Commission plans to eliminate a grade crossing at Gaithersburg as part of a statewide gasoline tax funded program. Officials including Jules Meckai and Robert G. Hiiton discussed options during a meeting with Montgomery County leaders. A decision favors a Kensington alignment, with construction expected to start soon, though Montgomery County crossings may wait for funding.
The text notes a September 6 enrollment for a large class at a church affiliated high school under Sister Mo Matty. It mentions registration with the state board and highlights academic commercial and music programs as enrolling branches. Enrollment includes children of every denomination despite parochial status.
The mayor and Aldermen plan to set the new city tax rate at this evening’s meeting with the 1.10 rate likely approved. Delinquent taxpayers face public notice and discounts are quoted for payments in November and October. Bids for rebuilding Fast smied street and for concrete and monument bids on Third St will be requested. Street improvements on Dlarence and Baker Park beautification are also on the agenda.
Federal officers arrest Raymond Be Dailey assistant bookkeeper in Citizens National Bank Martinsburg West Virginia after he confessed to stealing about fifty thousand at the bank The confession came after an audit and cleared other bank officials of complicity or knowledge of the crime.
No bids were received by the Mayor and Council of Brenswick for the 14.36 worth of fifty five percent bonds intended for street improvement work, the issue opening Tuesday evening.
Juneau Alaska Aug 31 AP The passenger liner Miner Princess Charlotte of the Canadian Pacific Railway carrying 270 aboard ran onto Vinehnefski Rock near Wrangell at 9 PM. Radio reports say no immediate danger and passengers will be taken off. ship expected to refloat at high tide as aid vessels head to the scene. Also notices recount the death of Court Crier John Bourton Pumphrey at 85 and two Montgomery county paroles for William Nichols and James Hill.
Court records show transfers of property from Orville E. Shepley to Elizabeth E. Shepley in the county and a lease on Brunswick real estate to John G. F. Smith and wife by the United States at $149 per year. Marriage licenses issued for Robert Bard and Mary Peauteam, John Yount and Jennie Coram. A Knight Templar field day planned in Maryland with Hagerstown and affiliates, flags discussed by a five-commandery committee. Silver Fox horse incident reported in New York, and ex-governor McCra released on parole from federal prison in Atlanta after three years. California leads U.S. flying fields count, with Texas and Illinois noted in regional totals.
Dr Henry L. G. Kieffer spoke to the Rotary Club urging a worldwide brotherhood to prevent war. He praised Rotary’s European convention and the bid to bring Rotary into Germany, recounting delegates from Belgium and France and the voyage aboard the Lascastris with 364 travelers from 28 states and Canada and Cuba.
Sister M. Simplicia, born Mary Yost, marks 75 years in the Visitation Convent near Frederick. She entered on St. Augustine’s feast day in 1557 and has never left the convents threshold, serving in daily duties and recalling former pupils from Rockville to Europe.
More than 100 local members and businessmen are expected at the Lions Club open meeting in the Blue and Grey room. Dr Francis B Short will speak on human nature, bringing a national reputation from service clubs nationwide. The event is part of the regular weekly gathering and open to all who wish to attend.
Voracious struggle unfolds as Vierkoetter, a German, pulls ahead at 13 08 o clock in the 11 mile Lake Ontario race near Toronto. Toronto youth George Young blocks ahead then yields, others retire in rough water and choppy seas.
The article notes a record cool May across the North Atlantic states with unusually low temperatures and stormy conditions. It cites 1927 era cold spells, crop damage from frost and heavy rains, and road washouts in Connecticut Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Aviators faced delays due to poor takeoff conditions and reduced visibility. The weather system produced a violent storm and disrupted ocean traffic along the coast.
Intensive search fails to confirm the death of Russell Thompson, a World War veteran who died in Harrisburg Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania American Legion tasks its Adjutant's Department with the case as postmasters and local records raise no matching Thompson entry.
New York August 31 reports a passenger identified as 32 year old Petty. traveling from Paris with his sister Mrs 9 A Boles of Lexington committed suicide by jumping from the deck of the French liner Inez Pari. Officials announced the tragedy. Mr and Mrs Dave Bratt Baker of Baltimore announce the engagement of Raber formerly Miss Ross daughter of Mr and Mrs George J Ross.
Contractors progress on a concrete highway from 7nlee ger's mill to C Renn farm with a mile and a half planned. The completed first section is in use while the new half mile may remain closed for about three weeks. M J Grove Lime Company also finished a concrete surface on one mile of state road from New London toward Liberia and is building a concrete shoulder on a hill above the road. The project continues the route connecting New Market and Barnes with improvements along Ballenger Creek Pike.
Prices in New York fell as reactionary selling broadened across accounts. Trading was moderately heavy with a general decline tied to a weakened technical position and a continued drop in the money market.
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