Wedding at Taney Home Brings Washington Pair Together
Louis E. Callis of Washington DC and Miss Maud S. Proctor wed at the Roger Brooke Taney home at noon. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Dr. Benjamin W. Meeks. Attendees included Mrs. John Clagett Proctor and Congressman Abe Murdock and wife. The couple's dinner followed at Vindobona Braddock Heights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Brooke Taney
Louis E. Callis
Maud S. Proctor
Washington, D. C
Benjamin W. Meeks
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church
Callis
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Washington, D.C
Crete
Columbia University
France
Greece
John Clagett Proctor
Washington
Abe Murdock
Murdock
Utah
Proctor
Washington Sunday Star
Justice Taney
United States Supreme Court
Alice Etchison
Taney Home
Edward 5. Delaplaine
Taney Home Association
Vindobona
Braddock Heights
Transfer Search For Man To Pennsylvania
Washington county authorities moved the search for Earl Warron to Pennsylvania after he fled the scene of a fatal accident. Thomas T. Schroyer a 22 year old Pleasant Walk laborer was struck by an H and F trolley and died within twelve hours at Washington County Hospital. Warron a WPA worker was expected to be arrested but reportedly returned to Pennsylvania delaying the case. Schroyer a six month groom was mourned at Pleasant Walk United Brethren church with burial at Mt Lena cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Pennsylvania
Earl Warron
Car
Thomas T. Schroyer
Pleasant Walk
Schroyer
Worren
WPA
Boy 6 Killed by Train at Westmore Crossing
July 7 AP report states six year old Julian Jefferson was fatally struck by a Washington bound passenger train at the Westmore crossing near Rockville Maryland. Police say he and two other children were watching a freight pass to Baltimore when he stepped backward into another train’s path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Julian Jefferson
Westmore Crossing
Here
Montgomery County
Baltimore
Auto Deaths Below Those Of Year Ago
Baltimore July 7 Walter R Rudy Commissioner of Motor Vehicles said safety department June traffic death records show 1938 auto fatalities running 35 percent below those of last year For the first six months toll was 173 compared with 2635 killed during the same period in 1937
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Walter R. Rudy
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Safety Department
Rudy
Weather Record Precipitation and Temps Report
Weather record shows 24 hour precipitation up to 72 m, July to date 0.6 inch, July normal 4.02 inches with 3.46 inches in July 1937. Deficiency in 1938 precipitation to July 1 3.58 inches. Yesterday high 92, last year 64. Low last night 61, year ago 65. Sunset 7.40 pm, sunrise 4.50 am. Moon rise 4.81 pm, moonset 1.43 am. Monocacy streams cloudy. Potomac suitable for bass fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anone
Potomac
Washington Confidential: Currie's view on Depression factors
Lauchlin Currie, Federal Reserve statistician, summarized a confidential survey detailing Depression drivers. Key factors include 1936 37 inventory and forward buying boom, a 1937 drop in net federal expenditures, rising national income 1933 1936, price inflation pressures, and the end of the armament boom. Currie notes this is a hind sight analysis based on late data and not a forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lauchlin Currie
Federal Reserve System
Currie
England
Dun and Bradstreet
Federal Reserve
Roosevelt
U. 5
Broad buying of rails sparks brisk stock market start
New York July 7 AP reports broad buying in rails drove an early stock market surge before profit taking in industrials cooled gains. Rails and utilities stayed near highs as about 2,500,000 shares traded. Amid market upswing, Interstate Commerce Commission fare boost for eastern railroads boosted carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern Roads
Washington
Florida Pardon Board Refuses McCall Mercy
The Florida Pardon Board refused to commute the death sentence of Franklin Pierce McCall for the ransom kidnapping of James Bailey Cash Jr. at Princeton Florida on May 129. The Cash child’s mother had refused to join McCall’s mother in pleading for mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Fla
Florida Pardon Board
Franklin Pierce McCall
James Bailey Cash, Jr
Princeton
Cash
McCall
NLRB Rules Against Westminster Firm
The National Labor Relations Board ruled that Muskin Shoe Company of Westminster Maryland violated the Wagner act by distributing anti Hoffman speeches to employees. The board ordered back pay reinstatement for two workers discharged for union activities and directed cessation of unfair labor practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Maryland
Hoffman
Hep
Mich
Muskin Shoe Company
Westminster
Survived Shots But Succumbs To Stroke
Pocomoke City Md July AP report says Mack Littleton aged 52 who survived five gunshot wounds to the abdomen as a policeman in Pocomoke City is buried after dying of a stroke. He was shot in 1917 while quelling a disturbance at a negro church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocomoke. Md
Mack Littleton
Pocomoke City
Littleton
Trial Begun For Murder Case In Towson
Edward Irvin testified in Towson on July 7 as Calri Tyson faced trial for the 6 year old murder of William G. Hunter, 73, the Pikesville police station turnkey, killed by two escaping prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towson
Edward Irvin
Pikesville
Calri Tyson
William G. Hunter
England Asks Further Explanation Of Franco
London July 7 AP Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons the British government demanded further explanation from Spanish insurgents for recent attacks on British shipping in Spanish government waters. Industrial and credit trends show installment credit rising concerns, residential building slumps after April 1937 due to cost and price increases, while industry planned seven billion dollars in 1937 capex, up from five billion in 1936, before later factors dampened growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
General Motors
C. L O
Comsraht
NEA Service, Inc
Alienation Alleged In $15,000 Damage Suit
Mrs. Catherine Poole filed in Circuit Court for $15,000 alleging alienation of affections by Victor and Lillian Fiery of near Emmitsburg. She claims the Fierys conspired to alienate her husband George W. Poole over four years, induced desertion, and obtained money and a farm, causing mental anguish and loss of social standing. Attorneys Weinberg and Jones represent Mrs. Poole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Poole
Victor Fiery
Lillian Fiery
Emmitsburg
Poole
I Fellowship
Manuel W. Weinberg
Alfred R. Jones
Goddard And Chaplin To Be Teamed In Film
Paulette Goddard and Charles Chaplin are to be professionally teamed again with public chatter in Pebble Beach suggesting they are now a married couple. Goddard, visiting Del Monte, Calif, has been introduced to local society as Mrs Chaplin and registered as Mrs Charles Chaplin for a golf tournament, fueling long running marriage rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Monte
Calif
Paulette Goddard
Charles Chaplin
Pebble Beach
Chaplin
County reports lowest bonded debt in decade in auditors' notes
Frederick County shows bonded indebtedness at 1,456,700 on January 1 in the Auditors Report, with a recent 8,000 decline after a county commission payment and a projected 31,438,700 due to an additional school bond issue. Outstanding bonds mature by 1961, with 59,000 redeemed in each of the past two years and 53,000 planned for this year. Interest costs eased from 65,476.78 in 1936 to 62,706.76 in 1937, with 39,936.76 appropriated for 1938. Floating debt figures also listed. Sinking fund at 99,990.19 as of January 1, 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock Heights
Robert L. Smith
Potomac Edison Company
Maryland State School For the Deaf
Maryland
Frederick Tailoring Company
Chestnut Farms-Chevy Chase Dairy Co
Zimmerman
Hagerstown Gas Company
Interwoven Mills
Hagerstown
Moore
Frederick
Frederick County
Peoples Liquidating Corporation
Missionary Play Planned by Middletown Youth
Young people from Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church in Middletown directed by Rev. Philip E. Saylor present a missionary play titled The Quiz Post at eight o'clock. The program is part of the Frederick Missionary Conference ending Friday noon, with a devotional service, a campfire consecration, and a daily bulletin called The Blabber. A Wednesday folk festival with music and stories is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People of Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church
Middletown
Philip E. Saylor
Pas Brodbeck
Hood
This Tor
Frederick
Felix 3. Peck
Westminster
Railroads seek $30 million annual fare increase
Officials of eastern railroads estimate that a half cent fare rise will add about 30 million dollars annually in revenue. The Interstate Commerce Commission on an 18 month trial allowed lines to charge 25 cents a mile in coaches, noting the roads' financial condition had become progressively worse. A similar plea was rejected last spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eastern Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
Iit
NLRB Calls Ford to Bargain With Union at St Louis Plant
An NLRB examiner urged the board to order Ford Motor Company to bargain collectively with the United Auto Workers at the St. Louis assembly plant. The proposal also seeks reemployment for 192 workers discharged or denied jobs over union activity and a November strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Company
United Auto Workers Union
C. 0
St. Louis
B and O seeks $6 million RFC loan approval
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to approve a $6,000,000 loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. It would fund maintenance materials payrolls and front July 15 and August 15. The line said funds would preserve property at current efficiency and sustain about 5,700,000 maintenance man hours for at least three months while noting difficulty securing funds elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Escaped Inmate Captured Near New Midway
A group of New Midway residents confronted a suspicious man in a field around 10 pm Wednesday and helped arrest escaped Springfield State Hospital inmate Charles E. Twigg, 45, of Frostburg. Deputy Sheriff Charles W. Smith identified him with a hospital tag found in Twigg’s pocket. Twigg surrendered peacefully, unarmed, and had been missing about a week. Authorities planned to return him to the jail later that afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Midway
Springfield State Hospital For
Sykesville
Charles E. Twigg
Frostburg
Charles W. Smith
Twigg
Smith
Hallgren Withdrawal Follows Md Senate Nomination Bid
Mauritz Hallgren pulls out of the race for the Democratic Senate nomination in Maryland, with the withdrawal announced by Secretary of State E Ray Jones. Joseph A Cantrell of Chevy Chase files for Congress in the Sixth District as a Fusionist, subject to Democratic primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Mauritz Hallgren
Millard E.tydings
E. Ray Jones
Joseph A. Cantrell
Chevy Chase
Montgomery County
Congress
Maryland
Seeker Camp Aides Fill Maryland C C C Quota
Forty five Maryland youths aged seventeen to twenty four flocked to the Frederick County Welfare Board offices to seek enrollment in CCC camps. The county quota of 19 white and four colored applicants was filled, with the remainder placed on a two month wait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Frederick County Welfare Board
Frederick County
forty-Ave
Fishing Creek
Lin
Welfare Board
Lewis R. Dertzbaugh
75th Congress Passes 1 759 Acts and Resolutions
Washington July 7 The Seventy fifth Congress passed a total of 1 759 acts and resolutions in its three sessions more than the two preceding Congresses. The second session set a low record this century with only five measures. In the long session this year the Congress adopted 371 public acts 54 public resolutions 428 private acts and no private resolutions.
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Washington
Congress
Filling Station Operator Wounded In Holdup
LeRoy Stant, 35, a filling station operator in Onancock Virginia, was seriously wounded by a shotgun blast during a holdup. Two men bought eight gallons of gas, asked for water, then fired as he fetched it. The blast amputated his right arm. The robbers fled with $35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onancock
LeRoy Stant
Stant
Armies locked in battle as first year of war ends
A year of war in the Orient ends with China and Japan deadlocked along the Yangtze, Japan holding about one third of Chinese soil while China’s resistance persists. In Europe, Spain’s civil war nears its second year as democratic nations seek relief for the oppressed. Palestine sees rioting with 18 Arabs and 5 Jews killed. a British cruiser is sent to the region. Flood waters recede from Kobe, Japan, with 303 dead and 429 missing.
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Associated Press
China
Japan
Europe
Spain
Warring Brothers
Yangtze River
Shanghai
Hankow
Conference of the Inter-Governmental Committee On Refugees
Vienna
Palestine
Portugal
Kobe
Rotary Club Installs New Officers For Year
Rotary Club meets to install Marvin Hawk as president with retiring president John A. Shires presenting officers and outlining a year's work. New officers include F. W. Springer as vice president C Cyril Klein secretary Thomas L Zimmerman treasurer and committee chairs named for service, membership, fellowship, information, publicity, and youth and vocational service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Hawk
Rotary Club
John A. Shires
F. W. Springer
C. Cyril Klein
Thomas L. Zimmerman
Roger B. Wolfe
Hawk
Chamber of Commerce
Wolfe
A. Austin Pearce
A. E. Fisher
R. Ames Hendrickson
Rotary
J. D. Dave
James H. Gambrill, Jr
Daniel E. Wight
Pearre
George S. Rodotk
J. Walker Carty
Ignatius Bjorlee
International Service
Gambri
Carty
Broolee
Klein
W. C. McSherry
Henry I Stabr
J. Richard Ramsburg
J. Sheldon Turner
Benjamin W. Meeks
Clyde M. Roney
Springer
Bjorlee
Shires
Lewis R. Detizbaugh
Meeks
Stahr
Ramsburg
Taylor Named Chairman Of Refugee Committee
Les Bains France July 7 AP Myron C Taylor the United States delegate was elected president of the inter governmental committee on refugees meeting here following President Roosevelt's invitation to open talks on the refugee problem.
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Taylor
Les Bains
France
Myron C. Taylor
United States
Inter-Governmental Committee On
Roosevelt
Ote Pions
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DR. Meeks
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Federal Reserve Statistician
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Middletown Evangelical and Reformed Church
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