Frederick bank clearings rise 19 percent in 1937
Frederick Clearing House Association reports 1937 bank clearings at $20,805,447.19, up 19 percent from 1936 and the highest since 1930. December totals show continued Christmas season strength, with merchants noting recession not materially affecting Frederick retail activity. The figures reflect local checks drawn on area banks, excluding outside institutions.
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Frederick Bank Clearings
Frederick Clearing House Association
Frederick
Honor Organist On 25th Anniversary Event
Mrs. Maud Waters Dittmar was honored by the Evan gelical Reformed church choir for twenty five years as organist. Rev. Dr. Henri L. G. Kieffer assisted at a surprise party in church parlors after a rehearsal. She received a purse a corsage a birthday cake and well wishers included members and friends from church and the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Waters Dittmar
Evangelical Reformed Church
Henri L. G. Kieffer
Dittmar
Leonard Noviagle
Thaddeus Biser
Meredith Alexander
Raymond R. Zimmerman
Arthur Forney
E. Eugene Thomas
George T. Schroeder
Marjorie Adam
Thelma Burger
Charlotte Burger
Helen Culler
Evelyn Kefauver
Curtis Callahan
Virginia Engle
Franklin Shiviey
Albert Culler
J. Welty Fahrzey
Paul Rhoderack
John Insier
Zontians Greeted From Many Parts Of World
Zonta Club members gathered at Hotel Frederick for a largely routine meeting. Miss Mary D. Cason presided as president. New member Miss Helen B. Eichelberger joined in Religious Education. Adjutant Rachel Morris of Clarksburg, WV attended as guest. The club noted many Christmas cards from Vienna, Montreal, Quebec, and other Zonta clubs. Lieut Col Munshower is set to speak at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zonta Club
Hotel Frederick
Mary D. Cason
Helen B. Eichelberger
Rachel Morris
Clarksburg
W. Va
Zonta
Vienna
Austria
Montreal
Quebec
Canada
United States
Lieut Col Munshower
Weather Record Precipitation and Temps Summary
Weather record shows 24 hour precipitation zero with January to date at 28 inches and January 1937 total of 6.19 inches. Yesterday's high reached 43 degrees, low last night 27. Compare values: high 37 a year ago, low 24 a year ago. Sunset today 3.00 pm, moon rise tomorrow 6:56 am, moon set 10.05 pm.
March 17 Meeting Date For County Rural Women's Clubs
Frederick County Federation of Rural Women's Clubs sets March 17 for its annual meeting at the State Armory with plans for an outside speaker Miss Esther Beall Provenoson to address. Board members and 24 clubs, reports covering 1937 to 1938, and hosting schedules noted.
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Frederick County
Esther Beall Provenson
University of Maryland
Miss Provenson
Tri-County
Westminster
George Arnold
Lewistown Club
Carrie Pearre
Unionville Club
Austin Rhoads
Harmony Grove Club
Everett Pyres
Myersville Club
Lewis Sweadner
Johnsville Club
Bowyer Fout
Braddock Club
Floy Hitcshew
Jug Bridge Club
Armory
Maurice Coblentz
Middletown Club
Federation
Jessie Hinton
Mary McGolerick
New Market Club
Mis. Hvard Mantz
Ganien School
Winchester Hall
Phoebus Files Notice As G. O. P. Candidate
Annapolis Jan. 5 AP Senator Harry Phoebus State Commissioner of Labor and Statistics filed his candidacy for the Republican gubernatorial nomination at the Secretary of State office. He arrived outside the State House with his wife as his son Harry T. Phoebus Jr. blew a trumpet. Senator Robert Kimble of Allegany County witnessed the filing amid prior charges of maladministration.
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Annapolis
Harry Phoebus
Labor and Statistics
Soday
Secretary of State
Harry T. Phoebus
Somerset County
State House
Robert Kimble
Allegany County
Phoebus
Identifies Picture Of Missing Woman In Moscow Case
An American identified a passport photo as Ruth Marie Ruvens of New York who used the name Mrs. Donald L. Robinson before disappearing in Moscow last month. The identifications were made at her Moscow hotel where she was interviewed before she vanished December 9. Mrs. Robinson is now reported under arrest.
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Moscow
Ruth Marie Ruvens
New York
Donald L. Robinson
Hood College Receives $90,000 Drive Aid
A community fundraising push launches with a goal of ninety thousand dollars to support Hood College needs. Donors are urged to contribute to the campaign and boost college programs and services.
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Hood College
Hood College Opens Alumnae Campaign for Apple Memorial Library
Hood College launches the first phase of a $550,000 endowment and building drive to culminate in the 1943 semicentennial. A $100,000 alumni campaign funds the Joseph Henry Apple Memorial Library, with headquarters in Alumnae Hall under George W. Williams and associates.
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Hood College
Joseph Henry Apple
George W. Williams
Lebanon
Hood
Stahr
Frederick
Edgar McBride
President Roosevelt Calls For New Peak In National Debt
President Roosevelt sent Congress a budget showing a net deficit of 1.085 billion for the current year and 949.6 million for the next. the public debt would rise to 38.528 billion by June 30, 1939. He warned defense and relief spending may rise if world conditions demand it and proposed a 39 million increase in peacetime defense to 991.3 million.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Nis
Local Bus Driver Joseph Crawford Dies at 19
Joseph Edmund Crawford a local school and commercial bus driver died at Frederick City Hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 19 years old, survived by parents Albert L. Crawford and Nettie L. Haver Crawford, a sister Shirley Wiona, and two nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements will be announced.
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Joseph Edmund Crawford
Frederick City
Crawford
Point of Rocks
Albert L. Crawford
Mr. Crawford
Mis. Olivet Boulevard
Charles Albert Crawford
Lima
la Bus
Nome
Albert L
Nettie L. Haver Crawford
Shirley Wiona
M. R. Etchison
Fugitive Is Held For Pa. Officers
Wendell Forrest Bowers pleaded guilty to a federal fugitive warrant and was jailed awaiting Pennsylvania authorities after his January arrest in Louisville. Bond set at 25000 dollars. Four Pennsylvanians left by train to extradite him for murder in the death of Mrs Wilma Carpenter, a widow in Norristown.
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Louisville
Wendell Forrest Bowers
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Norristown
Wilma V. Carpenter
Bowers
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Frederick B. Smillie
Montgomery Court
George Bennett
James V. Gleason
Smillie
Earle
Forget Date Not Able To Wed Here
David N. Hardman and Iva J. Besst, both of Frederick, applied for a marriage license but could not attach the divorce record due to missing date. The license was marked not issued, then later another license at a different county was issued for the same pair.
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David N. Hardman
Iva J. Besst
Frederick
Court House
Hagerstown
Man Made Family Live In Cave Charged
Los Angeles report on a 36 year old man accused of forcing his family to live in a cave for four months. San Gabriel canyon area, 30 miles north, was searched with an insanity warrant as deputies pursued Harry Silverman. His sister-in-law Dorothy Silverman affidavit claims he could hypnotize others to push her husband to kill their two children.
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Los Angeles
San Gabriel Canyon
Here
Sheriff's Deputies
Harry Silverman
Dorothy Silverman
Michael
Reverend Bell Would Classify War For Defense
English-born Rev Theodore Bell plans to bear arms for defense but not aggression and argues for self classification of the war. His citizenship hearing postponed the grant of papers until May as Judge H G Jorgensen awaits a Supreme Court ruling on a parallel case.
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Monterey
Calif
Theodore Bell
United States
H. G. Jorgensen
Supreme Court
Censorship Steps Indicated by Japanese Authorities in Shanghai
Japanese authorities announced control over all Chinese functions in Shanghai and other occupied areas and projected news censorship to prevent leakage of military information. Chinese papers noted 450 foreign volunteers with Chinese armies, including 152 Americans, many aviators.
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Shanghai
Japan
See Fall Of Teruel Within Three Days
Franco Spanish frontier battles report a reinforced insurgent army advancing in snow toward Teruel with the aim to seize the city within three days. Early gains include two new positions near Villastar west of Teruel while Barcelona communique says attacks north and south were repulsed. Heavy snow and deep drifts cloak a twelve mile front where up to 200000 troops engage.
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Hendaye
Teruel
High Command
Villastar
Barcelona
Carpenters in Kidnapping Attempt Suicide in Jail
Richmond Indiana January 5 AP one of two unemployed carpenters arrested for the bungled Christmas Eve kidnapping of a Centerville banker's son and three others tried to die by leaping from a county jail balcony 15 feet to a cement floor Harry C Walter 52 of Muncie shouted to the sheriff before plunging and was severely injured William Chester Marcum 30 of New Castle reportedly witnessed Walter's act with his own attempt.
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Richmond
Ind
Centerville
Harry C. Walter
Muncie
Walter
William Chester Marcum
New Castle
Stocks Sway After Early Rally On Sutherland Resignation
New York traders saw stocks gyrate in a narrow band after an opening rally as profit taking and selling followed Justice Sutherland’s Supreme Court resignation news. Sterling slipped to $5.0035. In Cameron West Virginia a fire destroyed two business buildings damaged a third and threatened three residences causing about 75000 in losses.
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New York
Justice Sutherland
Supreme Court
Sterling
Cameron
W. Va
West Virginia
Supreme Court Justice Sutherland to retire January 18
Justice George Sutherland of the Supreme Court informed President Roosevelt he will retire from active service on January 18 at age 75. Friends say retirement hinges largely on age, not illness, and note Roosevelt will have a second vacancy to fill after Willis Van Devanter’s retirement. Hugo Black had been nominated previously to succeed him.
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Washington
George Sutherland
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
White House
Supreme Court of the United States
Sumners
Sutherland
Secon
Willis’ VanDevanter
VanDevanter
Hugo L. Black
Alabama
Black
Ku Klux Klan
Parked Car Strike Leads to $1 Reckless Driving Fine
Raymond Kline of Park Place filling station operator faced a $1 fine in Peoples Court after state officer J A West testified he found a car rammed onto a curb on West Patrick street. Kline claimed sleepiness and said he woke occupants to offer payment for damages. A separate preliminary hearing on a robbery charge against William Matthews was continued as he requested an attorney before Justice Walter Sinn.
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Raymond Kline
Park Place
Peoples Court
J. A. West
West Patrick Street
Kline
William Matthews
James Howard
Gaithersburg
Walter E. Sinn
Street Run Event Ends With Auto Collision
Hiley Orndorff, a local grocer’s worker, escaped with bruises and cuts after running into the street at midnight on New Year’s Eve at Third Street and North Market. The driver, identified as Eigenbrode from Middletown vicinity, lifted Orndorff then he fell over the car’s hood and fender, injuring his head and legs. He was back at work Sunday afternoon.
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Hiley Orndorff
Orndorff
Third Street
North Market
Eigenbrode
Middletown
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Jefferson Club
Myrtle Shaff
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Woodsboro Club
Gail Catshall
Jennie S. Kidd
Miss Williams
College Park
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Joseph E. Crawford
City
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Morristown
N. J
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Haddonfield
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