118th Annual Session Opened By Grace Evangelical Church
The Mars Potomac Synod of the Evangelical Reformed Church opens a two day session at Grace Reformed Church with 30 clergy and 22 lay delegates attending. Retiring president Rev George K Ely reports a net membership gain of 29 for the 43 churches in Classis. Officers elected include Rev Harvey S Shue as president and Rev Darwin Gass as corresponding secretary. General Synod set for June 2 in Columbia Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars Potomac
Evangel Reformed Church
Grace Reformed Church
Classis
George K. Ely
Pleasantt
Washington
Frederick
Carroll
St James
Leitersburg
Harvey S. Shue
Manor Reformed Charge
Adamstown
Leslie Shafer
Middletown
Darwin X. Gass
Lampe
William E. Lampe
General Synod
Bready
Central Trust Company
Petersville
General Synod of the Church
Columbia
Mr. Ely
Winter Weather Damages State Roads Across Maryland
Baltimore February 8 AP Chairman Homer E Tabier reported ongoing freezing and thawing has damaged highways in western Maryland and prompted a commission order cutting maximum weight for icy roads for up to three months. Dr Fadler warned many roads west of Baltimore are breaking up due to climate and truck traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Homer E. Tabier
Mazyland
Commission
Roads Commission
Fadler
Crippled Operators Reported in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg February AP states the Pennsylvania department of revenue reports 38,654 of the state's 2,000,000 motorists listed as crippled operators as part of a highway safety campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Penn- Sylvania Department of Revenue
Gehrig Becomes Yankee Holdout in Spring Bargain
New York Feb 3 Lou Gehrig rejects Ruppert offer of 335000 a year and seeks 25 percent raise. Baseball writers say Gehrig and DiMaggio holdouts won’t get more. Ruppert warns they can sign or quit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorks
Lou Ge
Jake Ruppert
Ggq
Stedy
Geheg
Joe DiMaggio
Taney
NO AGREEMENT Hull Declares No Agreement
New York Feb 8 AP Secretary Hull in a letter to Senator Pittman denied the United States had any agreement with Great Britain relating to the possibility of war. He also denied any binding agreement with any power in connection with Navy operations. Johnson had asked if there was an understanding or alliance involving naval patrols or joint war measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hull
Pittman
United States
Great Britain
Werther
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Johnson
California
Japan Sees Need of Arms Increase in War Drive
Tokyo reports War Minister General Sugiyama told a budget committee that world conditions require expanding Japan armaments, citing Soviet Russia and claiming 1500 Soviet airplanes in the Far East. He argued armaments must reflect surrounding conditions and that the Soviet Union is expanding annually. New Battle Areas Shanghai reports Japanese columns pressing into 400,000 Chinese troops along Lunghai railway near Suchow, threatening main lines toward Suzhou and bases in central China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Sugiyama
Japan
Soviet Russia
Soviet Union
Far East
Shanghai
Steels Lead Market In Making Headway
New York stock market steadied on a recovery sortie as steels led gains, fractions recovered, and turnover picked up from a draggy session. Quotation levels fell modestly from mid session highs while Sterling traded around 5.01.16 dollars.
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Steels
New York
Sterling
Annual audit by state begins in local offices
Five auditors from State Auditor James L. Benson's office arrived Monday to inspect Frederick county accounts and state-aided institutions. The review, lasting about a month, covers the County Clerk of Court, Treasurer, Sheriff, Register of Wills, and audits county commission payments to the state. Subsequent checks include Frederick City Hospital, Maryland School for the Deaf, and Blue Ridge College with a $3,500 annual scholarship, excluding Hood College. The auditors ensure proper remittance of fees, licenses, taxes, and state revenues while avoiding conflict with local and state agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of
State
James L. Benson
Frederick
Frederick Count
Howard B. Matthears
Thor E. Depew
William T. Sitbett
Barnard ©. Johnston
Sonny
Frederick City Hospital
Maryland State [School For the Deaf
Sapillasville
Blue Ridge College
New Windsor
Hood College
Maryland School For the Deaf
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Court House
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Frederick City
State Compt
Register of Wills
Maryland
County Health
State Board of Health
Board of Education
State Board of Education
Boy Admits Setting Two Apartment Fires in Pittsburgh
Police inspector Peter Leheny reported an 11-year-old boy confessed to setting fires in two apartment houses including his own. Twelve firefighters were overcome by smoke. damage was estimated at 568,000. The boy said he stuffed papers in laundry chutes, then ignited them and activated alarms, admitting he enjoyed the noise and excitement of the fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phitsburgh
Peter Leheny
Nicholas Phelan
Leheny
Leheney
Farm Bill Debate Faces Gag Rule Limits Fast Action
Washington February 8 AP Administrators pressed to push the revised farm bill through the House under strict debate limits despite protests that a gag rule was used. Rules committee urged a short debate with no amendments or objections to provisions. Representative Martin of Massachusetts called it a gag rule. Representative Short of Missouri charged the administration was cramming a 121 page bill through without time to review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Feaders
House
Ruies
Representative Martin
Mass
Representative Short
Committee To Study B. And L. Associations
Annapolis Feb 8 Gov Harry W Nice appointed a state wide committee to study state supervision of building and loan associations and report to the 1939 legislature. He acted at the request of the Maryland League of Building Associations and cited the need for supervision to protect thousands of shareholders with an estimated investment of 150 million dollars. Harry E Karr general counsel of the Maryland League was named chairman and W David Tilghman Jr state small loan commissioner was named a committee member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Harry W. Nice
Maryland League of Building Associations
Harry E. Karr
W. David Tilghman, Jr
Insurgents Claim Victory At Teruel In 1941 Clash
Insurgents dispatches from Teruel report a mass offensive north of Termenid that pushed government armies into retreat. Franco's forces claim 68 new positions and 25 villages seized, while government circles say a calm has returned after the advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Headacre
France
Termenid
Francisco Franco
Ickes West Feud Shapes Interior Department Battles
A broad view of the Ickes West clash shows Secretary Ickes purging Undersecretary West and moving against the proposed Department of Conservation. West accuses wiretapping and pressure, while Ickes defends his leadership as Roosevelt’s hard hitting reformer. Burlew’s Senate fight drags on as Interior work slows.
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Yupion
Feo
Department of Interior
Harold” Ickes
Charles West
Department of Conservation
Buriew
Theodore Walters
Ickes
Roosevelt
Buriews
Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
Prents
Beenes
West
Burlew
Senate
NEA Service, Inc
Local committee to test pupils for positions at Frederick High
A nine member Frederick committee schedules Monday 12:30 p m at Frederick High to outline an afternoon work program with local business partners. John Seidel state supervisor and Eugene W Pruitt will discuss the plan as a laboratory style effort to adapt students to employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Frederick High School
John Seidel
Toe
Eugene W. Pruitt
Bir
Seidel
Mr Pruitt
A L. Leary
Ger B. Wolfe
Frederick Chamber of Commerce
Robert L. Warieh
Board of Education
William B. Bennett
Chamber of Commerce
Martha Finn
Zonta Club
John A. Shires
Rotary Club
Harry Leighton
Kiwanis Club
A. Hart Etchison
Lions Club
Leary
Seidels Vicit
Ice Floe Rescue Effort Underway After Dirigible Crash
Moscow reports the Soviet dirigible V-6 crashed into a mountain during a test flight near the White Sea. Four polar scientists on a drifting ice floe about 50 miles off Greenland and eight search planes from three ice breakers move to assist. three crew members survived, including all but the commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Greenland
Greenland Sea
Low Temperatures Check Flood Water
Flood waters in Amsterdam New York receded from a high of 21 feet above normal after a rise caused by floods. Low temperatures today slowed the flood, aiding efforts by New York Power and Light Corp crews to restore gas service to the city of 34,000. Electric service remained intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Mohawk River
New York Power & Light Corporation
Trial Of Bowers Proceeds Swiftly
Norristown Pa Feb 8 The trial of Wendell Forrest Bowers who pleaded guilty to slaying Mrs Wilma V Carpenter moved swiftly toward a possible decision by Judge Harold G Knight. The case opened yesterday with a surprise guilty plea taking it from jurors. Three judges will determine degree of guilt and fix the penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norristown
Wendell Forrest Bowers
Wilma V. Carpenter
Harold G. Knight
Mate
Weather Record for February Precipitation Note 1937
Weather record shows February precipitation through February 1 1937 with 1.52 inches and 7 in 1938 through the same date. Yesterday high reached 62 degrees while last year it was 39. Last night low 25 degrees versus 32 a year ago. Sunset today 3:39 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:10 a.m. Moon rises tomorrow 12:25 a.m. Moon sets tomorrow 2:27 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shes
Seaford School Board Resigns Over Town Power Fight
In Seaford Delaware the entire Board of Education submitted resignation following a student strike tied to a utilities dispute. About 275 students picketed school entrances while upperclassmen were urged to stay out. A mass meeting was planned with parents and officials to appoint a new board. Students demanded the district buy electricity from the town plant rather than the ESPSC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaford
Del
Board of Education
Eastern Shore Public Service Company
Rev and Mrs Dyer Now In Shanghai Missionaries
Rev and Mrs Edward R Dyer, long time workers in the Chinese Mission field, are in Shanghai. Mrs Dyer, a doctor, plans to join her husband there for medical work among refugees. The couple had previously served at Wusih with schools churches and hospitals for over twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward R. Dyer
Shanghai
Mr. Dyer
China
Dyer
Episcopal Church
Wusih
Runaway Coal Car Triggers B and A Rail Wreck
A coal car ran away from a 20 car freight on the Baltimore and Annapolis line in Linthicum Maryland crashing into a second 7 car train. No injuries were reported though both mainline tracks were blocked for five hours and passengers crossed to Annapolis trains around the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linthicum
Baltimore and Annapolis
Baltimore
Annapolis
Officers Installed At Monocacy Lodge No 263 Masons Taneytown
At the regular communication Monday night of Monocacy Lodge No 263 A F A Masons of Taneytown officers were installed for the ensuing year. Worshipful Master Harry M Mohney Senior Warden Miles S Reifsnider Junior Warden Kenneth B Koontz Secretary Charles L Stoner Jr Treasurer Robert McKinney Senior Deacon Francis Crouse Junior Deacon Walter Crapster Tyler Arthur H Doll Assistant Grand Lecturer aided by Millard F Lease Jr P M of Columbia Lodge No 58 acting as Marshal.
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Monocacy Lodge No
A. F. & A. Masons of
Taneytown
Harry M. Moh‘ney
Miles S. Reifsnider
Ken‘ith B. Koontz
Charles L. Stoner, Jr
Robert’ &. McKinney
Francis Crouse
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Grace Evangelical
Gehrig
Yankee
Ruppert
U.S
Britain
Russia
Philip C. Hill
Emerson
Palm Beach
Fla
Joe Borman
Philip D. Hill
London
Galfer
Borman
Hill
Palm Beacon
Hel
Margaret Emerson
Ieason
Chref Borman
Isaac E. Emerson
Boy
Teruel
Courcelles
Ickes and West
By Rodney Dutcher
Charlie West
Congress
Interior
Ebert K. Burlew
Department
Ickes-Burlew
Ekes
Nathan Straus
Fat R. Gravis
Ch “Ff
Alesti
Sigurn
Chicago
Justice Branfeis
West Ickes
Tela
Weor
Dirigible
Bowers
Picket
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