Maryland Classis Ends as Delegates Named for Synod
Maryland Classis of the Evangelical and Reformed church adjourned its 118th annual session at Grace church after two days. Delegates to General Synod in Columbus were chosen, with officers and committees named. Resolutions urged members to resist the liquor traffic and protect the Sabbath, while inroads of secularism were noted. The fall session is set for September 27 at Benjamin's church near Westminster.
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Maryland
Classis
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Grace Church
Potomac Synod
Benjamin's Church
Carroll Charge
Westminster
Charles B. Robert
Committee On
General Synod
Columbus
Scott R. Wagner
Harvey R. Fesperman
Hagerstown
Henri L. G. Kieffer
Frederick
Felix B. Peck
Silver Run- Lay
S. Leslie Shafer
Middletown
Harry Brindle
Oliver M. Crouse
Eugene A. Spessard
Cavetown
Henry M. Warterfeltz
Kingdom Service
John S. Hollenbach
Manchester
E. Lewis Higbee
Emmitsburg
Evangelism
Addison K. Groff
Boonsboro
Miles H. Reifsnyder
Harold G. Clem
Calvin EB. Bankert
Union Mills
Tvere
W. Everett Lynch
Eden Theological Seminary
Missouri
Russell C. Herbert
Eastern Theological Seminary
Lancaster
Sylvester Burker
David Schnebly
Catawan College
N. C
Addison
Philadelphia
Sabillasville Manor
Funkstown
Mi Pleasant
Weather Record Precipitation and Temperatures
Weather record shows 24 hour precipitation ending today at none. February precipitation to date normal at 295 inches, actual February 1937 is 4146 inches. Deficiency in 1938 precipitation to February 1 is 151 inches. Yesterday high 53, yesterday’s high a year ago 30. Last night low 30, last year low 35. Sun sets today at 3.40 p.m. Sun rises tomorrow at 7.09 a.m. Moon rises tomorrow at 1.26 p.m. Moon sets tomorrow at 3.29 a.m.
Small Business Confab Yields Limited Policy Impact
Washington notes show small business delegates largely echo big business aims and Roosevelt fears, with few new ideas likely to alter New Deal policy. Calls for loans, monopoly enforcement and budget balancing clash with rival recommendations, while a chaotic mix of attendees and bizarre invitations mar the event.
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Washington
Fed
Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
London
Ickes
Jackn
Myersville to Get Road Camp as Labor Used
Chief Engineer Nathan L. Smith of Maryland State Roads predicts convict labor will speed the Hagerstown Frederick relocation. The state’s first convict roads camp may be ready at Myersville within two months, with partial opening possible this year. Permanent surface on relocation to come next year, temporary crushed rock surface to be applied.
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Baltimore
Nathan L. Smith
State Roads Commission
Hagerstown-Frederick
Maryland
Myersville
Smith
Colder Weather Follows Rain After Brief Warm Spell
Weather summary notes a brief warm spell with February warmth the warmest since 1935, followed by a cold front and subfreezing readings. Forecaster warns against premature signs of spring and cautions readers as temperatures dip below freezing again after a high of 38. Groundhog reference noted with humor.
Recovery Forces Dominate Market
Recovery forces led the New York stock market as leading issues inched ahead fractions to more than a point. Ticker tape picked up speed during the rally with some profit taking absorbed. near the fourth hour prices stayed close to their best. Sterling rose one sixteenth to $5.013 16.
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New York
Sterling
AirtrapfigmAY Visit Maryland Leaders Confer Relied
Airtrapfigmay visit Maryland Roosevelt divided with high schools to leaders confer Martinsport as certain needs on relief sums. Washington Pittsburgh view Montgomery and line may be affected Anne Arundel buildings.
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Roosevelt
Washington-Pittsburgh
Montgomery and Line
White House parley on air routes and school plans
The report discusses a proposed route revision for the Washington to Pittsburgh air service via Martinsburg replacing McConnellsburg, with Martinsburg to obtain a new express service. It also covers Frederick and area school construction planning, and a Roosevelt White House meeting with administration officials and congressional leaders to discuss relief funding estimates for the remainder of the fiscal year.
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Wil County
Education Board
McConnellsburg
Washington
Roosevelt
Administration
Senate
Barkles
Ghass
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Rayburn
Dem
Tex
Taylor
Treasury
Morgenthau
White House
Capitol Hill
Japan Refuses Naval Information Proposal to Allies
Japan will refuse to provide naval information requested by the United States Great Britain and France in a reply to be handed to their ambassadors probably Friday Navy and Foreign Office officials draft the reply and a clarifying statement on the naval problem is expected Tatsuo Kawai Foreign Office spokesman said in a personal opinion that Japan sees the need for American naval expansion if the United States lacks the intention to quarantine or police foreign waters
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Great Britain
France
Navy
Foreign Office
Tatsuo Kawai
Berle Nominated For Asst State Secretary
Washington February 9 Gent Roosevelt today nominated Adolf A Serie Jr of New York an administration adviser to be an Assistant Secretary of State Berle would replace Hugo Wilson who has been assigned to a post bread He is expected to serve as an executive assistant to Secretary Hull on trade and fiscal matters and coordinate departmental activities.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Adolf A. Serie, Jr
New York
Jong
Berle
Hugo Wilson
Secretar Hull
Thirty-One Patients Attend Winchester Hall Health Clinic
Thirty-one patients attended the health clinic held at Winchester Hall, county health offices, under the direction of health officer Dr. E Kefauver on Tuesday. Dr. S S Shafer of the Staite Sanatorium, Sabiliasville, oversaw the clinic.
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Winchester Hall
E. ©. Kefauver
S. 5. Shafer
Staite Sanatorium
Sabiliasville
France Plans Heavier Armaments and New Plans
Paris Feb 9 AP France revises its armaments budget to add 1,009 new fighter planes this year and expand bases in Africa. Defense Minister Edouard Daladier seeks a 20 percent rise in 1938 spending to fund 1,000 planes two 35,000 ton battleships base projects and army mechanization as Chamber Deputies await the program.
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Paris
France
Algeria
Libya
Edouard Desardier
Chamber Deputies
Deladier
Chamber
Army, Navy and
Air 2
Predicts Failure For Crop Control in House Vote Preview
Amid Democratic criticism the House is expected to act on the crop control bill. Rep. Ma. urged more action while supporters and critics argue over the measure's basic principle of an ever normal granary and specific sections. Some expect a vote around 2 p.m. with Republicans and Democrats divided.
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Democratic
Dmocraic
Eight Die in Air France Flying Boat Crash
In Marseilles, a Air France flying boat struck the breakwater at 60 mph during takeoff for Ajaccio Corsica on the Marseilles Tunis route. Eight killed, six injured, all French. Chief Pilot Pier re Burello among the dead. wreckage and bodies recovered after the plane sank amid morning fog.
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Marseilles
France
Air France
Marselles
Ajaccio
Corsica
Pierre Burello
Flyer
Burello
Allegany Seizes Man Held After Fraudulent Check Case
Allegany county officials announced the arrest of W. H. Laughton, an out of town man, after a check for 238.75 allegedly passed at Frederick City Hospital. State Officer Thompson investigated and Laughton, held since, was taken to Montegue Hospital for observation, reportedly under narcotic influence. Floyd Page, colored, was arrested Tuesday night by City Officer Straley and jailed for a hearing tonight.
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Allegany County
W. H. Laughton
Frederick
V. J. Thompson
Frederick City Hospital
Thomps
Allegany Hospital
Cumberland
Laughton
Monteque
Floyd Page
Fred Straley
St John’s College Drops 23 Students in Cleanup Move
Annapolis Feb 2 AP Dr Scott Buchanan dean of St Johns College announced 23 students were dropped for academic deficiency. The removals represent about 4 percent of the student body leaving 138 still enrolled in what he called a three year cleanup.
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Annapolis
Scott Buchanan
St. John’s College
Buchanan
Montgomery man pleads guilty in Mrs Carpenter murder case
Wendell Forrest Bowers, 20, a former resormatory alumnus, unexpectedly changed his plea to guilty in Montgomery County Court at Norristown Pa. He faced charges of murdering his benefactress Mrs Wilma V Carpenter and attempting to assault Mary Griffin 22 manager of the beauty shop. He was sentenced to division.
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Wendell Forrest Bowers
Montgomery County
Norristown
Wilma V. Carpenter
Mary Griffin
Bowers Sentenced To Die For Murder
Norristown Pennsylvania February 9. Nenderful Bowers was condemned to die for the murder of 38 year old widow Wilma V Carpenter last December 13. Judge Harold G Knight read the verdict and sentence as Bowers listened in court amid sparse courtroom tension after a secret conference following his guilty plea to first degree murder.
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Norristown
Bowers
Wilma V. Carpenter
Harold G. Knight
Sitdown Strikers Leave State Plant
Sit down strikers at the huge Colanese plant in Cumberland left the factory after non-strikers appealed to them and the company announced a shutdown. The firm said it would not resume until the strike issue is settled, threatening a wider shutdown that could leave more than 6,000 workers unemployed by Friday.
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Cumberland
Colanese
Miss Foley Weds Senator Smathers in Fairfax Wedding
Senator William Howell Smathers of New Jersey and Miss Mary James Foley of Winter Haven Florida wed in Fairfax Virginia courthouse. After the ceremony they planned to fly to Miami. Mrs Smathers is a known social figure in Washington.
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Washington
William Howell Smathers
New Jersey
Mary James Foley
Winter Haven
Fla
Court House
Fairfax
Miami
Seaford Students Return To School After Walkout
Seaford Delaware February 9 AP students at Seaford Junior-Senior High School returned to classes after a two day walkout over where the school board would buy electric power. Superintendent W B Thorn sburgh reports 216 students attended above the daily average. The board of education resigned yesterday citing conditions existing in Seaford.
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Seaford
Del
W. B. Thornsburgh
Board of Education
Frontier characteristics in immigrant colonies study
A Columbia University Press study from Pittsburgh notes frontier communities of unskilled laborers center their life around halls used for dances, weddings, and other celebrations. Halls appear in Allegheny County settlements where national groups finance such social enterprises, with saloons and boarding houses common nearby.
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New York
America
Pittsburgh
Columbia , University Press
Allegheny County
Charlotte Ball Cadet Dies of Pistol Wounds
Cadet William H. Davies 15 of the Charlotte Hall Military Academy died after being accidentally shot while a senior cadet, Warren G. Sharp 18, cleaned a revolver in a school dormitory. Davies died in a Washington hospital after emergency surgery and a blood transfusion. State authorities opened an investigation into how the weapon was kept at the dormitory and ruled the shooting accidental.
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Charlotte Hall
William H. Davies
Charlotte H Military Academy
Warren G. Sharp
Davies
Washington
B. J. Smith
Frank W. Davies
University Club
Sharp
Wilbur H. Eskite
Co. B. F. Crowson
J. H. T. Briscoe
J. B. Love
St. Mary's County
W. D. Pendell
Schook Re
Japanese Court Martial Claims Punished Soldiers in Nanking
Shanghai Feb 9 AP Shinro kura Hidaka a senior Japanese diplomat in China said more than ten Japanese soldiers were court-martialed and punished for breaches of military discipline at Nanking. Protests from the United States followed an incident in which John M Allison of the U S embassy in Nanking was slapped by a Japanese soldier as Japanese forces prepared a grand campaign to crush Chiang Kai shek's lines and seize eastern China's fertile heart. The campaign has been in preparation since hostilities began seven months ago as movements across six points on the Far East war map became evident.
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Frederick
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Air Commerce
Washington
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Central Lines
McConnellsburg
McDonellsburg
Pennsylvania
Martinsburg
Tri-State Aviation Corporation
City Hall
Elmer S.C. Maxwell
Edward J. Smith
J. R. Simpson
K. Simpson
McConnellsburg- Martinsburg
Shanghai
Shinrokura Hidaka
China
Nanking
United States
John M. Allison
Chiang Kai-Shek
Miami Bar Held Up by Hidden Robbers at Dawn
Three unmasked bandits held up the Arena Bar on Biscayne Boulevard in Miami this morning. They rifled a bank of private safe deposit boxes, escaping with cash and jewelry unofficially estimated at 50 000 to 100 000 dollars. The robbers entered at 8 a.m. during shift changes, forced employees and one customer upstairs, and forced them to lie on the floor. Using crowbars, they pried open about 20 boxes where owners and friends kept their valuables.
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Miami
Fla
Arena
Biscayne Boulevard
WPA Workers Start Sit In Johnstown
WPA workers began a second day of sit in at downtown Johnstown relief offices demanding relief payments for the past twenty days. They had recently been assigned WPA jobs but insisted on receiving checks for the period before they began work.
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Johnstown
WPA
Johnsown
Harrisburg
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