Artz Library Opens With Elaborate Displays and Dedicatory Tonight
The C Burr Artz Library opened today with informal tours from nine this morning, showcasing rare editions, portraits of the Artz family, letters from Washington and Lafay ette, and exhibits on hobbies. Dedicatory exercises are set for 7 30 this evening presided by trustee Jacob Rohrback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Burr Artz
Jacob Rohrback
Frederick County Free Library
Garden Club
Civic Club
Josephine Etchison
Mary Newman
Harriet E. Kolb
Artz
Clayton O. Keedy
Ann Grashrame Ross
George Washington
Thomas Johnson
Supreme Court
Lafayette
Daniel of
St Genifer
Daniel Carroll
Alexander Contee Hanson
Edw. Randolph
John Jay
Funk and Wagnall
Keedy
Maryland
Janet Williams
Federation of Rural Women’s Clubs
Hendrickson
Palette Shop
Louise
Mary Russell Hendrickson
France
England
Sweden
Hungary
China
Mexico
Scotland
Ireland
Wales
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Holland
Russia
Italy
Maryland unemployment lower than national rate study says
Baltimore reports show Maryland total unemployed at 3.5 percent of residents versus a 4.5 percent national average. In Frederick County total unemployed 1,258 with 805 on federal projects and 385 partly unemployed. City of Frederick totals: 420 unemployed, 145 on projects, 245 partly unemployed. Pennsylvania figures cited: 5.6 percent totally unemployed, 1.8 percent on emergency projects. Hanover and York listed with 358 and 2,606 totally unemployed respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
John D. Biggers
Roosevelt
Washington
Frederick County
Frederick
Pennsylvania
Hanover
York
Mule Shooting Case Settled in Circuit Court
Settlement of a mule shooting suit was reported to close today's docket in Circuit Court as a jury was to be empaneled. Norman Burdette of Creagerstown sued W Russell Seiss for 3500 over an alleged wandering mule shooting. Settlement was reached after delays. Holden S Felton and Alton Bennett represented Burdette and Seiss. The jury was excused until Monday.
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Arthur D. Willard
Norman Burdette
Creagerstown
W. Russell Seiss
Seiss
Holden S. Felton
Burdette
Alton ¥. Bennett
Annual election held by Evangelical Reformed Church
The congregational meeting elected A LeRoy McCardell and Guy K Motter as elders and C Frederick Knock and J Richard Ramsburg as deacons. The group rejected abolishing the Christmas dawn service in favor of a midnight Christmas Eve service. Albert N McCardell chaired the meeting with Elias B Ramsburg as secretary. The church library opens Wednesday with book circulation starting, following construction and preparation of the new building. Gifts from various organizations have been received.
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The
Evangelical Reformed Church
A. LeRoy McCardell
Guy K. Motter
C. Frederick Knock
J. Richard Ramsburg
Albert N. McCardell
Elias B. Ramsburg
Assault With Intent to Rob Charged in Adamstown Attack
Charles A Ambush a 26 year old colored resident of Adamstown faces an assault with intent to rob charge over a brutal attack on 79 year old Miss Fannie Beck. State's Attorney Sherman P Bowers said evidence supports the charge and Ambush claimed drunkenness and ignorance of events. Beck was injured but recovering and will be brought to Frederick for further investigation. Local investigation noted delays in officer response to Adamstown calls and multiple officials attempted to coordinate scene arrival. Ambush had prior offenses including arson for which he served time and was paroled.
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Tieat
Charles A. Ambush
Adamstown
Fannie O. Beck
Sherman P. Bowers
Leroy Timpson
Miss Beck
Frederick
Guy Anders
R. Lee Dutrow
Dutrow
Parthenia Dutrow
Roy M. Hiltner
Charles W. Smith
Delwey J. Shook
Baltimore
Richard Roelke
Turnkey
Shook
C. O.gochnauer
Anders
Reno
Ampbush
Slayer Of Ross Is Whisked To Chicago
Charles S. Ross of Chicago was kidnapped and murdered after a $50,000 ransom payment near Rockford Illinois on October 8 1937. Peter Anders 30 a former logger confessed to the crime and to killing his accomplice James Atwood Gray. FBI chief J Edgar Hoover said Anders was traced across the country by ransom bills and captured at Santa Anita Park last Friday. Agents recovered 14402 28 of the ransom from Anders and at his hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Department of Justice
Charles S. Ross
Chicago
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Peter Anders
Ross
Rockford
Ilinois
James Atwood Gray
Anders
Hoover
Santa Anita Park
Dont Follow My Fast Says Memphis Dean
Very Rev Israel Harding Noe of St Marys Episcopal Cathedral in Memphis warns public not to imitate his self imposed fast for earthly immortality. He says he is leading his own life and setting his given example while noting some parishioners discussed abstaining from meat and food as a sign of faith.
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Memphis
Tenn
Israel Harding Noe
St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral
Ray Givn
Bishop of Arctic To Speak Here Wednesday
Rev Archibald Fleming, Bishop of the Arctic for the Anglican church of Canada, will address a meeting for women from Frederick churches at 3 45 p m Wednesday in All Saints chapel Court street. He will share experiences with Esquimaux and Indians and discuss church challenges. The event is under the Women’s League of All Saints, with Mrs John B Harding presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
All Saints Chapel
Court Street
Archibald Fleming
Bishop
Arctic
Anglican Church of Canada
Bishop Fleming
Arctice Circle
Esquimaux
Malcolm S. Taylor
Women's League of All Saints Church
John B. Harding
Department of Mussion
League
Twelve Seconds For Pedestrians At Frederick Square Corner
Frederick's new traffic lights performed satisfactorily at the Square Corner today. Officer Marshall Murray explained pedestrians will have twelve seconds of walking time out of seventy two seconds, with the remaining sixty seconds split between east-west and north-south traffic. He noted most out of state drivers ignore the amber start, while locals adapt to the timing change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Leas
Marshall Murray
Murray
Market Street
Patrick Street
Mrs. Rubens Held In Russia Moscow Says
Mrs Ruth Marie Rubens an American citizen is under arrest in Moscow and being questioned on suspected espionage The Soviet Foreign Office informed the US government in reply to a January 7 note that she was arrested after the man she entered the Soviet Union with used the name Mr and Mrs Donald L Robinson The State Department had been investigating her disappearance in Moscow last month and now receives official word of her arrest and ongoing inquiry
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Washington
United States
Ruth Marie Rubens
Moscow
State Department
Ruben’swhereabouts
Lloyd Henderson
Soviet Union
Donald L. Robinson
Eighteen Navy Planes Fly Nonstop to Pearl Harbor
In San Diego on January 18 AP reports the largest mass oceanic flight in aviation history with eighteen Navy planes, 42 crews total, taking off from North Island for a 2,576 mile nonstop journey to Pearl Harbor Hawaii. The first giant twin motor bomber touched sea at 11:46 a.m. Pacific time, followed quickly by others as part of a Navy plan to fly 42 missions this year from the mainland to Pearl Harbor.
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San Diego
Calif
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Naval Air Station
Me. S. T
Navy
Test of drunkenness rule in Spokane tests tongue with phrases
Spokane police impose sobriety test using phrases including Around the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran and Methodist Episcopal and electricity. Police Chief Ira Martin orders officers to test tongues and determine intoxication based on spoken phrases.
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Spokane
Wash
Ira Martin
Methodist Episcopal
School Fire at St Hyacinthe Claims Many Lives
At the College of the Sacred Heart in St Hyacinthe Quebec a fire trapped more than 100 students. One Brother Jean Baptiste, 64, is identified after leaping from an upper window. Police report seven dead with more bodies feared in the ruins and a large rescue effort under subzero conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Hyacinthe
Quebec
College of the Sacred Heart
Jean Baptiste
Montreal
St Hyacinthe
A. Bourgeois
Brothers of the Sacred Heart
Christmas Sunday Accident Case Tried
Justice Emmett R. Bowlus sustained one charge in a three car collision on Liberty road near Unionville. Earl B. T. Wible of Baltimore was held at fault for a sidewipe that threw the eastbound car of David W. Martin into the path of Raymond E. Martz’s vehicle, injuring Mrs. Martz and her daughter. Wible appealed. Martin was represented by Buckey and Wood.
Profit Realizing Grounds Leaders Profit Realizing Grounds Leaders New York
New York stock market opened with aircraft and scattered specialties rallying briefly but most leaders were grounded by further profits realizing. The slow session stretched into the fourth hour with declines of fractions to a point or so dominating. Sterning rose to 4.99 at 11-16.
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New York
Locomotive and Eleven Cars Leave Tracks in Seth Crash
A Chesapeake & Ohio coal train derailed near Seth on the Coal River division about 20 miles from Charleston. The locomotive and eleven cars leaped the tracks and crashed into the station. Fireman Ray Nunley was injured in the early morning incident.
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Charleston
W. Va
Chesapeake & Ohio
Seth
Ray Nunley
Coal River
Roosevelt and Big Business Clash Over Shying Dead Cats
President Roosevelt told five top business leaders he had out-demagogued them and could out-demagogue opponents again, urging a calmer path as government and business navigate depression. Industry heads leaned toward cooperation amid fears of anti monopoly push and a stalled Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Roosevelt
F D. R
Supreme Court
Congress
Robert H Jackson
Interior
Ickes
Radioed Police Call Ends In Arrest Of Man
A radioed police call Sunday night led to the arrest by State Officer W. K. May of Eddie Hall in this city on a bad check charge from Baltimore county. May recognized Hall’s car on West Patrick Street and detained him, later handing him to Randalls town authorities. Hall, alias John E. Ramsburg, had recently lost his job at a focal store and was preparing to travel. he had been found guilty last October 28 of passing a bad check on Arthur Strube of Urbana and was released under suspension of sentence per Circuit Court records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. May
Eddie Hall
Baltimore
Randallstown
May
Hall
West Patrick Street
Focal
John E. Ramsburg
Arthur Strube
Urbana
Long Time Approach To Problems Urged
Senator Bulkley of Ohio urged a lasting method to address economic issues by forming a national council of experienced leaders. He leads the Senate Manufacturers Committee and about 100 private citizens have studied the idea for months. The group would focus on long term remedies distinct from quick fixes prompted by current pressures. The formal call to organize the council would go out in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bulkley
Ohio
National Council
Senate Manufacturers Committee
Cutter Aids Grounded Vessel Camnor in Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore January 18 AP The coast guard cutter Calypso rushed to assist the American freighter Camnor after it ran aground half a mile east of Pooles Island in Chesapeake Bay. A radio from the scene said the ship was not in immediate danger. Commanded by Cant Holm Hansen the Camnor last reached Baltimore with a cargo of slap bound for New York and Bosnia via the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.
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Baltimore
Coast Guard
Poole’s Island
Chesapeake Bay
Coastguard
Cant Holm Hansen
Camnor Jeff Baltimore
New York
Bosnia
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
Clarke L Willard named Senior Divisional Assistant
Clarke L Willard formerly of Frederick has been named Senior Divisional Assistant in the Division of International Conferences, Department of State in Washington DC. He and his family will relocate from New York to Washington soon after ten years in the New York office where he led tours for over 23 distinguished foreign visitors. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Paul C Willard of Rosemont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke L. Willard
Frederick
Department of State
Washington, D.C
Willard
New York
Washington
State Department
Paul C. Willard
Rosemont
Japan orders ambassador home as fighting rages in China
Tokyo confirms Shigeru Kawagoe will return to Japan amid battlefield reverses. Chinese counter thrusts push Japanese troops to defensive positions along the Tientsin Pukow line north of Nanking and near Hangzhou, as Shanghai and Hangchow battle lines heat up and Chinese forces claim gains in south Shantung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
China
Shigeru Kawagoe
Japa
Shanghai
ientsin-Pukow
Nanking
Hangchow
Suchow
Sunnee
Tientsin-Pukow
Shantung
Tsiwang
Chientang River
Ladies Bible Class Serves Covered Dish Supper at Walkersville High
The Walkersville Lutheran Sunday School Ladies Bible Class held a covered dish supper January 14 in the Walkersville High School auditorium. Capsule sisters for 1937 were announced after gifts were distributed, followed by readings by Mrs. Charles Stull and selections by the church quartet and Mrs. Donald Rice. Attending were Rev. and Mrs. F. R. Seibel and numerous members including Mrs. Charles Crawford, president, and many couples and Misses such as Elizabeth Brown Emma Dev ilbiss and Bertha Grabill, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walkersville Lutheran Sunday School
Walkersville High School
Charles Stull
Donald Rice
F. R. Seibel
Charles Crawford
Bertha Grabill
Oren Strine
Rebecca Strine
Teresa Rice
Pauline Cromwell
Nena Jamison
C. A. Eckard
E. W. Grossnickle
Win Ensor
Esther Saylor
Carroll Saylor
Annie Eyler
Henrietta Eyler
Walter Poole
Eleanor
Ella Mae Poole
Weather Record Precipitation and Temperatures Summary
Weather record shows no precipitation in the 24 hours ending 1 am today. January total stands at 0.91 inches, with January 1937 temperatures: yesterday high 33 and low 22, matching a year ago. Sunrise 7:28 am, sunset 3:14 pm, moonrise 9:38 pm, moonset 9:13 am.
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San Francisco
James Dunn
Frances Gifford
Hollywood
Yuma
Frederick City
Slayer of
Market St
College of
Sacred Heart In
Profit Realizing
Sitting Bull
Evelyn Welsh
Wailliamette
Cniversity
Saiem
Ore
Custer
Mass Welsh
Madison Square Garden
Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors
Ernest Weir
National Steel Corporation
M. W. Clement
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lewis Brown
Johns-Manville Corporation
Colas M. Chester
Genial Foods
Donald Richberg
NEA Servier, Inc
Japan
Fensive
King
South Shan
Tung
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