02 Feb 1927
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1927
Page
1
Eight delegations from Frederick Walkersville Brunswick and New Market urge the school board to consider new facilities including a Walkersville auditorium a Brunswick high school expansion and a four room addition for Urbana as the county commission hosts talks on a bond issue.
A Rotary luncheon in Frederick featured Eny Coblentz on Rotary Spirit in business, Rev Hert Kieffer on Rotarys sixth object, and Roy Danzer outlining a Salisbury convention caravan. Attendees included 450 Rotarians at the District event with plans for travel from Cumberland Martinsburg Frostburg and Keiser W Va to attend in Salisbury.
Fragmentary notes describe the British Cabinet considering the grave China issue amid unrest. References to Hankow and foreign concessions suggest antiforeign protests and ongoing pressure on British policy.
A wife tells police she killed her sleeping husband to protect herself and children. She explains her husband drank and abused them, and she felt saving the children justified the act. Officers report the suspect claimed fear for their lives and cited a lighter heart from safety of her family.
Edward W. Browning expressed doubt about the chances of his separation case. He waited under advisement as Justice Seezer prepared the final ruling. The rival lawyers have three weeks to expand briefs while Browning left the building amid a brief car chase and a protest of observers.
Rev Russell Bradley Jones preached at First Baptist Tuesday night urging honest facing of sin and the grace of God. Ministers contrasted blessings through Christ with a contrasting opening prayer by Rev Henry Nichol and noted growing interest as several respond to the invitation.
Fragmentary OCR note shows a dated line referencing Kellogg and the Chinese situation with unclear context. The readable portion mentions 76 and February but lacks coherent details or outcome to summarize.
Authorities identify a tainted beverage named Terra Cotta as part of a wider case. Agents locate two transit alcohol testers involved, prompting an audit of local distributors and a review of production records.
John W. Prentice of Hornblower and Weeks testified before the Board of Tax Appeals in New York. He noted that the Ford family rejected a cash offer of 3,990,004,000 for their stock in 1924 and 1925, part of an appeal against a $50,000,000 Treasury assessment. He said Ford shares rose rapidly through the panic years 1907 and beyond, complicating valuation.
The Post Office Department consolidates several rural routes in Carroll County and neighboring counties. Herth town route is absorbed by Frederick No. 1 Union Bridge No. 3 and Mt Airy Noon. Westminster routes are realigned with Westminster No. 2 and Manchester No. 2. Lineboro routes also see patron transfers as part of broader consolidation. The shift reflects the move from slow to auto mobility enabling carriers to serve more efficiently.
In a dramatic blaze the Hotel of Pioneer Days was destroyed. Authorities investigate the cause as smoke and flames consumed the building structure. Firefighters battled the fire but the historic hotel could not be saved. No injuries are reported. Local officials warn residents and advise caution.
Weather folklore predicts six weeks of bad weather if the old superstition holds true but a weather forecaster says only partly cloudy conditions on Thursday. The piece notes the groundhog tradition, its origins with settlers, and the animal’s misnomers and aliases while contrasting superstition with scientific view.
Fire at the former Universal Film Company studio in Fort Lee New Jersey destroyed film stock valued at about a half million dollars. An explosion in a vault sent flames 500 feet into the air through the roof of the building, which had housed development and printing of motion pictures.
In Morgantown West Virginia a miner named Burr Pratt shot Myrtle Boree a widow after she refused to marry him. He then shot himself in Boree’s kitchen at Trunnetown near here. The victim’s condition was uncertain as authorities investigated the double tragedy.
Senate to vote this week on tax cuts as mood shifts and pressure rises. The article references expected moves and political context within the state government.
A Shanghai visit highlights the brutal child labor in silk filature mills. Thousands of young girls, some as young as six, work from dawn to night, with minimal food and clothing, under the supervision of operators. The piece contrasts this with Broadway prices and notes the broader silk industry in Wushih as the world’s largest producer.
Reports indicate final action may occur tonight on theater lease contracts and development awards for a municipal project including a concrete swimming pool and bathhouse. Officials discuss further investigations and inspection steps amid broader city matters while teachers society meets and elects new officers.
A Maryland House committee is to thoroughly investigate the Susquehanna Company Philadelphia Electric Company and affiliated firms over Conowingo dam contracts funds and promotion charges. Hearings will cover conferences in Baltimore and at Arundel and Maryland Club sites plus possible conflicts with Public Service Commission actions.
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