Heat and storms bring record heat and a fatal heart attack
A heat wave pushed temperatures above 90 and into the 100s with humidity, prompting swimming pools to fill as residents sought relief. George Franklin Brown, a Potomac Rocks resident and former railroad worker, died of a heart attack on Saturday. Official readings peaked at 103 degrees in the sun at the city airport, while scattered thundershowers and brief rain occurred overnight and Sunday morning.
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George Frankin Brown
Ranrosd
Pot of Rocks
Lnis
Mercaury
Sunaar
Baker Park
George O Paxson
Braddock Heights
Everly
Man City
Catoch «Country Club
Blue Ridge Mountain
Potomac River
Harpers Ferry
Brunswick
Seasor Antietam
Here
Surport
Buckstown
Pennyslvania Mountains
Kansas City
Milwaukes
Louisville
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Dayton
Columbins
Pottsburgh
Testimony Filed On Montgomery County Recount Petition
Fragmented OCR text describes testimony in a Montgomery County recount case. Kenneth Lyrddane acted as stenographer while Judge Harold C Smith presided. The hearing questioned whether spoiled and unused ballots not placed in boxes could affect the recount of votes for Frank H Kamm and Crates BE Boog. Factional details and names appear garbled.
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Clarton
K. Watkins
Montgomery County
Rockrile
Kenneth Lyrddane
Harold C Smith
E Byrne Austin
Ted
Jonn
Diamond
Ratelsh & Chinn
Democrats
Frank H Kamm
Crates
Boog
Dadg- Hatemond
Ege Amicus
Wulara
Strange insect displayed at News-Post office
A four inch gun metal colored insect with large features was shown Saturday at the News-Post office. Officials could not identify the specimen and said they had not seen one like it before.
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Hanvet
News-Post
New Liquor Board Chooses Fulk In Mcont/County Post
J Oscar Foeulk of Iskoma Parked assumed his duties as treasurer and manager of the Montgomery County Liquor Control Board after election. Charles O Smalt of Diamond Ave Gaithersburg was cited to show cause July 12 why his license should not be revoked following complaints from Gaithersburg residents led by church leaders and a bank official accusing sale to minors, sale to intoxicated persons, poor facilities, and a public nuisance.
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J Oscar Foeulk
Notablewomen in high society praised by Elsa Maxaei
Elsa Maxaei catalogs her ten greatest ladies of the world, highlighting Irene Durre Alice Roosevelt Longworth Consuelo Vander-Bucente and Mrs Vincent Astor as leading figures. The piece notes their wealth lineage and social influence, describing rare beauty as scarce and museum-worthy.
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Elsa Maxaei
Ades
Irene Durre
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Digm
Mme Jacaues Bisar
Pig crop down in Maryland spring 1935 report
Maryland crop reporting service at College Park notes an 8 percent drop in pigs saved this spring from 90 000 last year to 85 000 this year. Farrowings in 1934 and 1932 are given with a 7 percent prospective rise in the fall sow count. The report cites rural mail carriers and includes 14 000 sows that farrowed this spring averaging 6 1 pigs per litter.
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Washington
Maryland
Maryland Crop Reporting Service
College Park
Post Office Department
Columbia Association Officers Named at Maryland Baptist Assembly
Delegates elected officers at the Maryland Baptist Assembly in Braddock Heights. Dr W C Trier of Annapolis was named president, with George Blackburn of Oak Grove as vice president and Elizabeth Longboiton of Baltimore recording secretary. Rev Dr Robert G. Lee preached the assembly sermon at First Baptist Church. The event featured units including the Baptist Training Union, Sunday School Workers Training School, and the Maryland Women’s Missionary Union, with sessions running after Friday evening through Sunday afternoon.
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Fordung
Rufus W Weaver
Columni
Wasnegon
C A Hearne
Sapts
Scagol Board
Nashinte Teen
Maryland
Bapis
Trauming Union
Braddock Heights
Baptist Training Union
Maryland District of Columbia
Maryland Women’s Missionary Union
Robert G. Lee
Bellevue Baptists Church
Memphis
Tenn
Sessee
First Baptist Church
W C Royal
Assembly
W W Adams
Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Philadelphia
A. Hearne
Young Peoples
W C Trier
Annapoli
George Blackburn
Oak Grove
Milss Elizabeth Longboiton
Baltimore
Beula Hurley
Joseph TF Watts
Eunice Bowers
P E Taylor
Dundalk
G A Cheffey
Princess Anne
J A Lencetter
J P Danel
J Raymond Nelson
Samuel H Barnes
Wil
Women's Missionary Union
Lee
Daedalus and Icarus in Airmail Stamp History
The article recalls Daedalus and Icarus from Greek myth as symbolic for early airmail stamps. It notes stamps depicting Daedalus in flight, including Hungary and the latest issue from Canada, illustrating the theme's use in philately.
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Daedalus
Minos
Crete
Icarus
Sicily
Ian
Hungary
Treasury Seeks $500 Million Loan in First New Deal Issue
Washington July 7 A $500,009 190 loan was requested by the Treasury in the first new deal borrowing since the 1936 fiscal year opened a week earlier. The issue offers 15 percent interest, described as an unprecedented low for a stimulus loan. Securities on sale are four year five month notes dated July 15 and maturing December 15, 1939. The loan is the initial portion of more than $4,000,000,000 in new money needed to fund President Roosevelt's $38,520,000,000 estimate for the year, with projected receipts of $3,991,000,000.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosvelt
Schmeling Beats Uzcu Dun in Berlin Warmup Tilt
In Berlin July 7 Mat Schmeling defeated Paulno Uzcu Dun of Spain in a 12 round bout by points to prepare for a possible heavyweight championship bid. The bout drew 65 600 spectators including numerous high Nazi officials.
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Schmeling
Berlin
Germany
Mat Schmeling
America
Paulno Uzcudun
Spain
Italy expands forces for Africa drive in wartime rally
Rome reports Italy mobilizes Fasist battalions and regular regiments for a push into East Africa. Over the weekend three ships carried more than 3,000 men and officers, with volunteers and a Black Shirt division ready to depart Topol. London papers applaud Eden while Washington responds coolly to Haile Selassie’s Briand Kellogg appeal as Rome anticipates a September or earlier clash with Ethiopia at Adowa.
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Rome
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Exhippa
East Africa
Topol
France
England
League of Nations
London
Anthony Eden
Ethiopia
Washington
Haile Selassie
United States
Africa
Ethopia
De Molays Dance Tonight at Braddock Heights
Frederick and Hagerstown chapters of the Order of De Molay host their first annual dance at Braddock Heights this evening from 3 to 1. Gordon Clark’s orchestra, based in Burg, PA, will provide music. Chaperones include Mr and Mrs J Wal Carty, Mr and Mrs Alvin G Quyr, Mr and Mrs Cyril Klemand, and Mrs Gur K Moteers. Stup is Master Councilor of Predence Chapter with Harry A M is chair of the committee, assisted by Allen Dann, Frank R Smith Jr, Austin Fogle, and Robert A Moss.
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Stup
Harry A. M
Allen Dann
Frank R. Smith
Austin Fogle
Robert A Moss
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ULK
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Gakhersvrerg
Florence McDonald
Bertha Cook
Columbia Assn
Baptists
Moma Lovely
Archer
SILX
Bennett
NEA Service, Inc
Uruguay
Hendrickson
Paulinn
Mussolini
Carty’s
Carty
C. C. Carty, Inc
Frederick, Md
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