Possible discontinuance of Frederick bus service discussed
At a special City Hall meeting, Potomac Edison proposed ending local bus service with two buses or a single bus if feasible. City officials noted ongoing losses and delayed judgment, planning to revisit the issue at the next session while seeking approval from the Public Service Commission.
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City Hall
Potomac Edison Company
Lou Duescs
Frederick
Lloyd C. Culler
Public Service Commission
Robert L Grove
Montevue Hospital
Swastika Road
Wilson Avenue
Montevue
Culler
Southern States Co-Op Supper Conference Held
The Francis Scott Key hotel hosted a supper conference for the advisory board and directors of Southern States Co operative affiliates and distributors from Frederick and nearby counties. W G Wysor outlined 1938 objectives on per unit processing costs supplies and control factors. The meeting approved the 193 membership drive and featured discussions on patron responsibilities and cooperative purchasing with emphasis on buying on specifications. District managers officiated. the event was the sixth of seventeen regional meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co-Operatives
Southern States Co-operative
Frederick
Francis Scott Key Hotel
W. G. Wysor
Southern States
LE. Raper
Paul Kretzer
Hagerstown
Earl Remsburg
Buckeystown
G L Leitze
L. O. Brumback
R. V. Rice
Soil Conservation Educational Program Planned for Maryland Farms
College Park January 24 Dr T B Symons director of the University of Maryland Extension Service said educational work on the 1938 soil conservation program would begin soon in all counties. Farmers will be advised on government payments depletion and soil-building goals. Farms are split into market and home-use groups. Paul Revere became a lieutenant colonel in the Massachusetts militia.
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College Park
T. B. Symons
University of Maryland Extension Service
Move to Abolish Bank Holding Companies Gains Momentum
Washington January 24 Senator Glass Democrat Virginia disclosed drafting legislation to abolish bank holding companies. Secretary Morgenthau said he backs the principle and a conference on the field will seek agreement. He favored a liquidation period, possibly five years, for winding up such firms.
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Washington
Glass
Virginia
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Senator Glass
Secretary of the Treasury
Double Birthday for Charles E Smith and Son R Paul Smith
Charles E Smith of near Woodsboro and his son R Paul Smith of Hagerstown celebrated their birthdays together. The father turned 76 and the son 49 with a family dinner at the Woodsboro home attended by close relatives.
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Charles E Smith
Woodsboro
R. Paul Smith
Hagerstown
Potomac Edison Company
Night Session On Anti Lynch Bill Debated In Senate
Washington reports the Senate opened its first night session of the year to push the anti lynching bill amid a three week Southern dispute. Democratic Leader Barkley warned of daily long sessions until the measure clears, delaying housing legislation.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
Boulder Wrecks School And Kills Two Negroes
Welch West Virginia January 24 a ten ton boulder rolled from a mountain tearing a twelve foot hole through the Elk Horn Negro High School killing two students in the chemical laboratory Junior Hughes sixteen and Johnny Robinson eighteen They say a tree growing on the rock and wind likely loosened it in the section injuring a teacher and three other students.
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Welch
W. Va
Elkhorn Negro High School
Chemical Laboratory
Junior Hughes
Johnny Robinson
Washington County Farm Bureau Dinner Speakers
W R Ogg head of the Washington office of the American Farm Bureau Federation will address the Washington County Farm Bureau's annual dinner in Hagerstown on Thursday. Other speakers include H H Nutts of Denton Maryland Farm Bureau president C E Wise Jr Baltimore secretary Mrs Mary McGolerick Frederick county and Roy Weagler Beaver Creek president of the Washington county group.
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Hagerstown
W. R. Ogg
Washington
Department of Research
American Farm Bureau Federation
Washington County Farm Bureau
H. H. Nutts
Denton
Maryland Farm Bureau
C. E. Wise, Jr
Baltimore
Mary McGolerick
Frederick County
Roy Weagler
Beaver Creek
Washington County Group
Auto Driving Course Talked In Frederick County
The Frederick county advisory board of the Automobile Club of Maryland discussed adding driver education to high school curricula after noting that most accidents involve 16 to 25 year olds. They reviewed uniform signals, state highway patrol needs, and enforcement, and showed a film titled We Drivers. The branch reported 878 members and ongoing school patrols with safety posters and monthly lessons.
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Frederick County
Automobile Club of Maryland
Francis Scott Key
Baltimore
Automobile Club
Harry E. Uhler
Insurance Department
AAA
A &Nal
Uhier
We Drivers
Ralph W. Bower
William C. Johnson
Sam W. Maples
Ignatius Bjorlee
James H. Gambrill
Henry B. Ramsburgh
William T. Delaplaine
Alton ¥. Bennett
David Dubinsky Claims Lew Blocked CIO AFL Peace
The source records David Dubinsky saying Lew blocked peace moves between CIO and AFL. It notes Kabnin questions and a $7500 amount reportedly given, with a negative response to further inquiry.
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David Dubinsky
Lewis
Cio-Afl
Michael Kabnin
Georgia teen elopes with Alabama groom learn ages
Decatur Georgia girl Evelyn Jean Irvin Collins aged 14 eloped with Walter Collins 22 of Opelika Alabama. Her parents decide she must split time between housework and schooling, and Walter wants her to finish high school after the surprise marriage.
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Evelyn Jean Irvin Collins
Decatur
Walter Collins
Opelika
Ala
Government loans to be mandatory under granary plan
Washington reports Farmhill conferees agreed to make government loans mandatory on corn wheat and cotton under the granary program when prices fall below fixed levels. Loans would require farmer approval via referendum on acreage and marketing controls with specific thresholds set for each crop and parity prices.
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Washington
Farmhill
Smith
South Carolina
3000 More Births Than Deaths In Md 1937
Baltimore January 24 1937 births exceeded deaths in Maryland by more than 5 000 with 27 636 births and 22 090 deaths Dr R H Riley director of the state department of health announced 1937 totals rose from 1936 births 26 512 deaths 21 976 Of 1937 deaths 1 704 were infants under one year old Degenerative diseases dominated middle and older ages with 12 110 deaths Heart failure led at 5 268 Typhoid fever caused 1 death more than in 1936 Influenza 291 pneumonia 1 401 down from 1 834.
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Baltimore
Maryland
R. H Riley
State Department of Health
Answers to Cranium Crackers and Public Notices
A compilation of quiz answers on page four covers glaciers carving eastern states to the 0th parallel and Mount Rushmore faces of Washington Jefferson Lincoln and Roosevelt. It notes the Sandwich Islands as British owned and explains weekday names from sun moon and Norse and Teutonic gods. It records a drop in 1937 marriage licenses from 735 in 1936 to 635, a decrease of eighty.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Kansas
Midwest
Colorado
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Mount Rushmore Memorial
Sandwich Islands
South Atlantic Ocean
Tin
Wodin
Odin
Thor
Freya
Saturn
Clerk of the Court
Westminster
Dan Cupid
Five-Year-Old Dies From Burns In Maryland Home
In Bradbury Park Maryland five year old James Emmet Pierce died from burns suffered while attempting to reach a sieve. His 12 year old brother Preston helped extinguish the flames with water as their mother was away. The incident occurred at their residence. Ecuador rejected a 1911 US offer to lease the Galapagos Islands for 99 years as a naval base for 15 million dollars.
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Washington
James Emmet Pierce
Bradbury Park
Preston
Ecuador
United States
Galapagos Islands
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Public Service Board
ASO
A. E. Derr
Elmer St. C. Maxwell
Carroll Creek
Wilson’ Place
G. Hunter Sykes
WPA
State Board of Health
Cdies
Ote
France
Heeger
Paul Revere
Massachusetts Militia
Bank Holding
HEX
Boulder
Auto Club
The
Pacific
Fleet Guardian of America
U.S. S. Jarvis
Navy
San Diego
Uncle Sam
Jarvis
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Delphey’s
West Patrick ST
Hone
C. C. Carty, Inc
EB. Patrick St
Frederick, Md
Rex WS
Hendrickson
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