01 Jul 1938
Page 8
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1938
Page
8
The record describes a cool June with frequent weekend warmth and several cooler spells. Temperatures ranged from 40s to highs near 90, with only a few days reaching 70s and a rare 90-degree event late in the month. Rain came in bursts, including a heavy storm on a Sunday night.
Baltimore reports May operating avenues for The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. in city and state lines totaled 1,270,000 dollars, up from 1,266,945 the previous May. Operating expenses including taxes reached 1,027,993 dollars, higher by 20,? million from last year. Net income for May stood at 424,914 dollars, down 15,969 from May 1937.
The 1800 election produced a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, prompting Congress to decide. Jefferson’s inauguration broke with tradition as he arrived on horseback and wrote his addresses, with Hamilton’s influence shaping his rise. Jefferson, tall and direct, blended gentleness with strength and a sharp mind. He is depicted on a purple U.S. stamp in the 1900s era.
In a dense duplicate match by the New York Bridge War Club, North avoids opening diamonds and Lee Hazen of New York executes a precise squeeze to secure a six spades contract. The hand features careful discards and a heart finesse, with Hazen deducing the correct line from dummy to clinch the slam.
In a terse bridge hand fragment, players from four directions marked a sequence of passes and bids including 3¢ 3N.T. and Pass, with notes like Opener and TNT suggesting an opening and response pattern. Specific hands or players are obscured in the garbled OCR text.
Dr Morris Fishbein discusses marijuana terms, origins, and spread in the United States. He notes diverse slang, the plant cannabis indica, and its historical use as an anesthetic. The piece covers rising use, legal actions, taxes, and odd growth in prisons and along roadsides. The article previews further discussion on effects.
Joseph P. Kennedy warns Americans cry famine and fear while mothers play bridge. Stanford President Ray Gayman Wilbur laments distracted families. Margaret Bamnes says a good book can cover anything. Harry Hopkins touts WPA dollars as fastest moving. Roger Babson predicts the world won’t smash despite peril.
Daily English primer explains common misuses such as omit still, notes salary pronunciation as sal a ri, and distinguishes inter from enter. It defines characteristic as distinctive and typical with an example, urging daily vocabulary growth.
A June 24 gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs Harry Freley near Jefferson featured music and refreshments. Attendees included the Freleys, the Kemps, the Millers, the Zimmermans, Roy Zimmerman, Edna Matthews Rebecca Grace era, Margaret Zimmerman, Helen Miller, Robert Kemp John Harry and Lou Miller Buddy Wiles Frank Fraley Marshall Shelton Joseph Jr and Kenneth Zimmerman, all of Feagaville or Jefferson area.
A fragment references a list titled Useful Drugs not included in the lse of Useful Drugs published by Coneilan Pharmacy and Chemistry of the American Medical Association. The fragment notes an omission or limited scope in the pharmaceutical catalog. The source emphasizes the formal publication by the American Medical Association’s affiliated Coneilan unit.
A Baltimore Presbyterian church held a religious drama directed by Mrs Grace Grimman featuring the Wayfarer and Prophets tableaux. Cast included Frances Butler Mary Jane Dickson C. S McKenzie and others with Betty Rowley directing Nativity segment. Rev Dr Charles T Leber will conclude his Power to Carry On addresses this evening.
Attendees at the barn raising on Russell Seiss’s farm in Rocky Ridge include Mrs. Bessie Havner and Mrs. Carty Speak.
A clipped AP Science Editor note discusses hydrogen’s role in producing the sun’s heat and the energy processes in stars. It references calculations from a Phys. Rev. article by G. Ganon of Georgetown University.
The text notes a shift from the belief that stars burn themselves out to a model where hydrogen fuses into heavier elements in stellar cores. At interior temperatures of millions of degrees, hydrogen conversion releases heat and light, potentially solving the long standing mystery about stellar energy sources. Dr Gamow’s calculations suggest this single process drives stellar luminosity and evolution.
James Pearl and Mabel Hale reported a large infestation of Japanese beetles in their Pander area gardens on Thursday. County Agent Henry R Shoemaker arranged bait trap plans for the locality. Beetles were collected by Freda Pearl Elva Pearl Pauline Pearl Donald Pearl Bernard Hale and Richard Hale.
Court records list marriage licenses for Roger Toms and Mary Jane Snowden both of Hagerstown and others. Deeds show Mary Ramsburg and Newman families transferring parcels in Frederick County with nominal sums and several couples named including Baumgardner Weinberg and Grove Etchison, each to spouse or others.
Charles Boswell of 9 Brursa cst was charged with stealing a watch from the Baltimore and Ohio Haw Brunswick on May 19. Justice William H. Campbell dismissed the case with a reprimand noting Boswell was drunk and had no intent to steal. He said he would have returned the watch if sober.
A barn raising occurred at the Charles E Heim farm in Thurmont on Monday. Contractors Newton Sruth and Ralph Miller led the event with many attendees including C E Her, Lester Fosher, Andrew Arnold, Dancel Irold James Wolfe, Raton Hessong, Harry Hestong, Charles Adams, Roy Artin, and numerous others listed among the participants.
Washington officials said Leon Turrou, ex-G-Man who resigned to write about espionage activities, was dismissed effective June 20. The action cited Turrou violating an oath taken in 1945 and sharing confidential information as grounds for termination.
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