Frederick Suffers Water Shortage as City Sources Reach Capacity
Heavy demand from Frederick residents after a nine day dry spell has pushed all city water sources to capacity. The Singanore plant is supplying about 600,100 gallons daily, nearing 3,000,000 gallons per day total, while Fishing Creek and Tuscarora supplies show lower stream levels. Linganore plant runs on a twelve hour cycle from 7:30 am to 8:15 pm to help meet demand.
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Frederick
Singanore
Irving S. Kefauver
Tuscarora
Frank Weddle
Caretaner
Fishing Creek
Alton Bare
Linganore
Linganore Creek
Kefauver
Home Building and Loan to Liquidate
Voluntary liquidation of the Home Building and Loan Association was approved by its board to accompany the absorption of Commercial Bank of Maryland by Western Maryland Trust Company. The firm, incorporated in 1914 with $50,384 in resources, will convert assets to cash for depositors and wind up orderly without extending deposits. Cavalrymen from Fort Myer, marching back from Gettysburg, arrived Frederick and camped at the fairgrounds after spending last night near Thurmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Building and Loan Association
Commercial Bank of Maryland
Western Maryland Trust Company
Fort Myer
Frederick
Gettysburg
Frederick Faix Grounds
Thurmont
Weather Record Precipitation and Temperatures Note
Weather record shows none in 24 hours ending 1:07 a m today. July to date .06 inches, normal July 4.62. July 1937 actual 3.46 inches. 1938 precipitation short by 1.358 inches. Yesterday high 85, low 59. Sun sets 7.40 pm, rises 4.50 am. Monocacy streams muddy, Potomac good for bass fishing above 15 mile marker.
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Potomac
Parole Recommended for Cecil County Gossip Slayer
Parole Commissioner J. Cookman Bord recommended freedom for Mrs. Rachel Gillespie a 34 year old Cecil county gossip slayer after finding she had served half of a four year manslaughter term. Another docket item denied parole to John E. Taylor a former State policeman serving a one year sentence for conspiring to extort money from motorists.
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Baltimore
J. Cookman Bord
Rachel Gillespie
Cecil County
Boyd
John E. Taylor
Taylor
Club Women Plan August 18 Picnic in Braddock Heights
Frederick County Federation of Women's Clubs will host a Braddock Heights picnic on August 18 with a costume contest and style review. The event, chaired by Mrs. Edward Mantz, includes prizes for most historic and most attractive costumes. Many rural club members attended the Rural Women's Short Course at the University of Maryland.
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Braddock Heights
Frederick County
University of Maryland
J. Allen Pryor
Emmitsburg
Marie Miller
Ijamsville
Ethel M.” Erantz
C. E. Lakin
Frederick
Anna Jones
Thurmont
Effie D. Creeger
David H. Young
Middletown
Oscar Joy
Libertytown
Minnie M. Oden
J. B. Young
Unionville
Harry L. Davis
New Market
Earl Remsberg
Buckeystown
Roy I. Crum
Jug Bridge
Leslie N. Coblentz
Geo. C. Rhoderick
Elmer E. Dixon
Luther D. Bussard
Touglass Hemp
Jefferson
Gail Catshall
Elizabeth Geisbert Woodsboro
Walter Remsberg
Roy Gardner
Lew M. Roelkey
Urbana
O. B. Baker
Aubrey Davis
C. Vincent Biser
Pleasant Grove
Leroy C. Horine
Ballenger
George B. Garrett
Merryland
W. E. Kindley
Elmer E. Michael
Adamstown
Floy M. Hitcshew
Monrovia
Accident on Way Home From Hospital Involving Arch McDonald
Baseball broadcaster Arch McDonald, being transported from Georgetown Hospital to his Chevy Chase home, was injured when an ambulance swerved to avoid a driveway collision on Connecticut Avenue Washington and struck another car. His leg injuries were not worsened. He had been hospitalized since June 28 after breaking his ankle in three places in a ditch incident on the Columbia Pike Virginia.
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Arch McDonald
Georgetown
Chevy Chase
Connecticut Avenue
Washington
McDonald
Columbia Pike
Drunkenness Arrests Reported on Police Court Dockets
Three drunkenness arrests were listed on Police Court dockets following overnight detentions. John Ferguson, James Dixon, and Patrick Down were jailed after arrests by officers Dorsey Blumenauer and Phebus. All cases referred to Snegtings top debts in the docket list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Dorsey
John Ferguson
James Dixon
Charles Blumenauer
Dorsey
Patrick Down
Ben Phebus
Methodists Plan Hood College Session And Vacation School
The Baltimore Conference Summer School of Religious Education of the Methodist Episcopal church opens at Hood College on Saturday and runs through July 16 in its sixth year with Rev. John C. Millian as dean. Daily vesper services, lectures, and a religious drama are scheduled, plus two children’s schools for practice teaching. A two-week vacation Bible school at Calvary church begins July 11, directed by Edith Weiker, with departments for different age groups and a get acquainted party Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hood College
John C. Millian
Benjamin Wmeeks
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church
Daniel W. Justice
Govans Methodist Episcopal Church
Philip C. Edwards
Mt. Airy
Calvary Church
High Knob
Brook Hill
Bible School
Edith Weiker
Children’s Work
Board of Education of Chicago
Helen B. Eichelberger
E. P. Fellenbaum
Hood
R. Ames Hendrickson
Kathleen Readht
Betty Felton
Margaret Thomas
Helen Louise Shipley
Jane HK
Market Struggles To Regain Uptrail In New York Trading
New York July 6 AP The stock market again has difficulty finding its footing with mixed results near the close. Early trades were slow as offerings kept gains in check and overall activity lagged versus yesterday. Wheat rubber cotton and other commodities recovered after a rough start while bonds limited further stock gains. The session saw about 1,400,000 shares traded with mixed shifts in averages and a note on historic productivity of sheep fleece.
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New York
U S Acquires 1000 More Acres in Frederick for Park Use
Condemnation actions filed in United States District Court led to the government acquiring over a thousand acres in Frederick County for the Catocin Herrea project, part of a 9,500 acre federal plan for the Catoctin Park. Officials report roads and facilities will be developed for public recreation while tax claims of $82.70 were settled with county funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States District Court
Frederick County
Catossin Herrea“ponat
National Park Service
Department of the Interior
Thurmont
Hauvers
United States
Bernard J. Fivanark
C. Ross McKenrick
Frederick
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Baltimore
Thomas A.chapline
Edwards. Delaplaine
W. Calvin Chestnut
Catoctin Park
Washington County
Two Veterans Die At Gettysburg Reunion
Two aging veterans, one Confederate and one Federal, died during the annual Blue and Grey reunion at Gettysburg. The event marked the near end of a weeklong gathering with thousands departed, tents dismantled, and medical and quartermaster crews clearing the battlefield camp. In Japan, Kobe floods killed hundreds with reports of Americans near risk and multiple foreign deaths among the casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Americans and Nationals Set for Sixth All Star Battle
In Cincinnati a packed stand and field practice marked the lead up to the sixth annual all star game between the American and National Leagues. Vernon Gomez of the Yankees is slated to start for the Americans, while Cincinnati’s Johnny Vander Meer will open for the Nationals with three frames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Vernon Gomez
Yankees
Johnny Vander Meer
Hero
Nationals
City and County Towns Share in Funds From Liquor Licenses
Frederick county faces a 22 percent rise in liquor enforcement costs from the prior year while license revenues grow under 2 percent. The 1937-38 outlook anticipates a 38 percent cost increase and similar revenue gains. Auditors report details salaries, expenses, and county shares to towns like Frederick, Brunswick, Emmitsburg, and others, with receipts from beer and liquor licenses edging ahead.
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Frederick County
G. Ed My
Children’s Aid Society
Frederick
Brunswick
Emmitsburg
Harmoni
New Market
Woodsboro
Walkersville
Middletown
Senators battle over Roosevelt era foes in Maryland race
In Baltimore County, factions split as Democratic leaders line up for Senator David J. Lewis while support for Senator Millard Rep. Tydings wanes. Burke predicts administration focus on three Roosevelt opponents, including Tydings rivals, as party divisions surface ahead of key primaries and gubernatorial contests.
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Washington
Suly
Burke
George
Georgia
Smith
South Carolina
Tydings
Maryland
White House
Roosevelt
Baltimore
David J. Lewis
Baltimore County
Millard EB. Tydings
Lewis
Kent R. Mullikin
House of Delegates
Democratic Women's Committee of
Howard W. Jackson
Herbert R. O'Conor
Russell Low Bidder on National Pike Project
The State Roads Commission recorded low bids for projects in Washington Wicomico and Kent counties and discussed a new bridge across the Potomac from Charlton Md to the West Virginia shore. The bridge cost 65000 and federal funding was sought. T Edgie Russell of Frederick was the low bidder at 16530 for improving a 0.23 mile stretch of the National Pike near Hagerstown Boonsboro known as Death Curve.
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Baltimore
Apj
State Roads Commission
Washington
Wicomico
Kent
Potomac River
Charlton
West Virginia
Williamsport
Washington County
T. Edgie Russell
Frederick
Hagerstown
Boonsboro
Two Tax Reductions In Mt. Airy Are Felt
Mt Airy residents note lower tax bills as Carroll County slashes the rate from 1.95 to 1.0 per hundred and the town cuts its rate from .90 to .80 per hundred.
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Mt. Airy
Carroll County
Alleged Wife Slayer Examined At Cambridge Jail
Cambridge reports two psychiatrists examined Fred Brown 48 year old farmer in the county jail. Brown pleaded innocent to murder contending he was insane at the time of the alleged strangling of his wife.
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Cambridge
Fred Brown
Brown
Child Drowns Watching Goldfish in Pool
Washington July 6 AP. Robert Willis one and a half years old liked to watch goldfish in a neighbor's outdoor pond. Left alone for a few minutes yesterday the child toddled across the yard and fell into the water. When his father found him he is dead.
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Washington
Robert Willis
Counterfeit Bills Reported Passed Here
Frederick police warn of counterfeit Gye and ten dollar bills circulating over the weekend. Chief Alen Bartgis says several suspects in a car with Georgia plates are sought. Bankers report at least three notes spotted. occupants vary dress and may speak with a foreign accent while buying cigarettes. Citizens urged to inspect cash and call Police Headquarters on suspicion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Alen Bartgis
Bartgis
Georgia
Democrats in Montgomery county split over independent ticket
Fifteen hundred Montgomery County Democrats endorsed independent leaders at a Rockville courthouse meeting that drew about 900 outside attendees. The gathering elected Eugene Casey as chairman and adopted resolutions accusing party leaders of selling out the county voters. Republican officials welcomed the rift as harmony neared.
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Montgomery County
Rockville
Eugene Casey
Washington Grove
United Young Men's Democratic Club
Marguerite Fischer
Chevy Chase
Democratic Women's Club
I. Somervell Dawson, Jr
FE. G. Adams
Takoma Park
James H. Pugh
Robert Peter
Democratic Organization
Peter
Casey
Democratic State Central Committee
Board of Commissioners
Robert D. Hagner
Bethesda
Peace Iparley
Clay O Plummer
Hagner
End of First War Year Finds Japs Blocked in China
The Chinese-Japanese war reaches its first year with China boosting Yangtze defenses and reporting setbacks to Japan on the Yellow River and coastal fronts. Tokyo claims large territorial gains and casualties, while neutral figures remain unavailable. In Spain, insurgents reinforce the 12 mile front as Franco allies seek non intervention funding. Chamberlain delays Italy pact timing and a 32 nation refugee conference opens at Evian led by the United States.
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China
Associated Press
Europe
Hankow
Yangtze River
Yellow River
Tokyo
War Office
Spain
Mediterranean
Great Britain
European Non-Intervention Committee
London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Evian-Les Brins
France
Roosevelt
United States
Commander Quynn to Return to the States
Commander Allen G. Quynn of the U S S Asheville will return to the United States August 4, per a Shanghai wire. He has served in China for two years aboard the Asheville and previously led the U S S Mindanao in the Asiatic Fleet. He is expected to be stationed in Washington D C, with shore duty for three years, and his family resides at 109 East Second Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen G. Quynn
U.S. S. Asheville
Shanghai
China
San Francisco
Cleveland
Quynn
U. S. S. Asheville
Asheville
U. S. S. Mindanao
South China Patrol
Amoyl
Swatow
Washington, D.C
D. Hauer Queena
Upper College Terrace
Peggy
Serene
Allen, Jr
East ‘Second Street
Salvation Army Picnic Excursion Ends After Pageant
Salvation Army travelers rode by trolley to Braddock Heights on Tuesday with 112 participants. Races and a beauty contest entertained as sandw iches soft drinks and ice cream were served. Everyone enjoyed a free ride on the merry go round. Captain Robert Bott thanked Nicodemus Ice Cream Co Kehne Bottling Works and Coca Cola plant for support.
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Braddock Heights
Salvation Army
Robert Bott
Nicodemus Ice Cream Co
Kehne Bottling Works
Coca Cola
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Lingapore
Fishing Creek and
Commercial Bank
Cossip
Missioner
Bova
Picea
Bebo
Methodists
Vacation Bible School
U. S
Robe
Japan
Fred
Army
Medical Corps
Quartermaster Generals
Kobe
Frederick Taylor
George, Smith and Tydings
Roose
Velt
Lewis and O'’Conor, Tydings
Jackson
Russell
NEW Accord
Pugh
England
Italy
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Salvation Army Picnic
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