Traffic light removal stirs up objections in East Third block
Residents along East Third street protested aldermen’s decision to discontinue the traffic signal at the East street intersection. Mayor Culler and Alderman Edward P. Oden defended the vote, while County License Commissioner G Ed Myers called the move an outrage. Railroad concerns and requests to connect the signal to the track surfaced, with residents split on safety and traffic. The issue was continued to Page Five.
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East Third Street
East Street
Culler
Edward P. Oden
Oden
G Ed Myers
Bis
David C. Winebrenner
Pennsylvania Railroad
Milton E. Akers
Maxwell
Toad
Myers
William D. Lipps
Lipps
Trafic
Third Street
East
East Second Streets
Many Candidates Enter The November Ballot In Maryland County Race
Frederick county will face a long November ballot with more than twenty candidates for seventeen county posts including a circuit judge. Voters will decide three constitutional amendments and several legislative questions such as a 48 hour wait for marriage licenses and a dentist advertising ban. Contests are certain for most offices, with Sheriff and County Commissioner drawing the most interest as six weeks remain to file.
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Frederick County
Second Judicial
Maryland
Gretna Greens
United States
George L. Radcliffe
Orphans Court
Recovery Signs Scarce In Final Market Hour
New York stocks drifted, with offerings still far from urgent as leading shares slipped fractions. A few aviation issues showed early strength, but most faded. trading was slow with the ticker often idle and about 1,200,000 shares changing hands.
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New York
British Patrol Repels Ambush Near Mt Tabor
Near Mt Tabor in Darbouriyeh Palestine on July 11 a British patrol and Palestine police repelled an ambush by an attacking band. Ten attackers were killed and many wounded. A Jewish constable was killed and another wounded. two British soldiers were wounded.
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Jerusalem
Palestine Police
Mt. Tabor
Deborah
Darbourieyeh
Roosevelt 10 Speaks in Texas on cross-country swing
President Roosevelt travels by train through the Texas panhandle en route to Amarillo for a major address. He will speak briefly at Wichita Falls Childress and Clarendon with Senator Connally Governor Allred and Texas congressmen aboard. A radio address to Texans hinted his remarks here would carry less political weight than earlier Ohio Kentucky Arkansas and Oklahoma speeches.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Roosevelt
Texas Panhandle
Pacific Coast
Amarillo
Elwood Park
Tom Connally
James V. Allred
Texas
Wichita Falls
Childress
Clarendon
W. D. McFarlane
Marvin Jones
House Agriculture Committee
Ohio
Kentucky
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Japan asks evacuations as Japan threatens Hankow bombing
The United States and other powers received new notes from Japan urging evacuation of citizens from Hankow and several Yangtze Valley cities. Tokyo cited Chinese troop concentrations near Hankow as justification for a broader bombing plan while preserving the French concession's neutrality. no refugee zone or start date was disclosed.
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Shanghai
United States
Yangtze Valley
Yangtze River
Hankow
Lewis Says He Will Stay Neutral in Gubernatorial Tie
Baltimore July 11 AP Representative David J. Lewis, opposing Senator Tydings for the Democratic senatorial nomination, declared he will not ally with any gubernatorial candidates. He said he started neutral and will remain neutral, noting the federal and state races are different subjects.
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Baltimore
David J. Lewis
Tydings
Lewis
Too Hot For Politics Governor Nice Says Temperatures Still Quiet
Annapolis July 11 AP Gov Harry W Nice said political activity is quiet in the heat. He compared himself to Falstaff and warned mid-summer madness would not disturb his aesthetic soul or risk apoplexy by getting excited.
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Annapolis
Harry W. Nice
Experienced Road Builder Is Sought
Annapolis July 11 AP Governor Marty W Nice said he was considering appointing an experienced road builder willing to sever professional connections to fill a vacancy on the State Roads Commission. He expected Commissioner J Glenn Beall to move to chairmanship after Dr Homer B Tabler resigned effective July 15 but said the new commissioner would not be named immediately.
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Annapolis
Marty W. Nice
State Roads Commission
J. Glenn Beall
Homer &. Tabler
All Available Troops Rushed To Mountains
Hendaye France July 11 AP Spanish government rushed reinforcements into the Estadan mountains to form a human wall along the last natural barrier against insurgents advancing on Satunte and Valencia.
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Hendaye
France
Estadan Mountains
Satunte
Valencia
Placements Found For 250 By Local State Employment Service In June
Frederick and Carroll counties saw 250 job placements in June, up from 191 in May, per Capt. Charles N. Staley of the Frederick office. Of these, 124 were private positions and 126 public works. active files total 13,077 across the two counties.
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State
Frederick
Carroll
Maryland State Employment Service
Charles N. Staley
Capt Staley
Frederick County
May
Dizzy Dean Ordered Back To Pitch Within Week
Chicago July 11 AP owner Phil Wrigley ordered Dizzy Dean to be ready to pitch within a week as he returns from a two month arm ailment. Dean, bought for 185000 from St Louis, said he is ready to go and Wrigley will rely on his own reports on the arm.
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Chicago
Phil K. Wrigley
Dizzy Dean
Dean
Wrigley
Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Al Smith’s Daughter Victim in $15,000 Jewelry Theft
State troopers investigate a theft at Southampton Beach Club as Mrs. John A. Warner, wife of the NY State Police superintendent, and her friend Mrs. Faye Staniford, wife of Mack International Motor Truck Corp. president, lose jewelry valued at $15,000 while swimming with husbands, a maid, and Warner children.
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Southampton
John A. Warner
Alfred E. Smith
Southampton Beach Club
Warner
New York State Police
Faye Staniford
Mack International Motor Truck Corporation
Chesna Miami Fullback Electrocuted at Work
Charles Louis Chesna a 23 year old fullback at the University of Miami was electrocuted today after contact with a 4000 volt power line while working as an electrician helper He came from Hanover Pennsylvania and would have been a junior next fall He is survived only by his brother William of Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania.
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Miami
Charles Louis Chesna
University of Miami
Chesna
Hanover
Pyr
William
Wilke
Barre
Weather Record and Figures for July 1937
Weather data shows 0.69 inch precipitation in 24 hours ending 7 am today, July to date 7.3 inches, normal July 4.02 inches. July to date deficiency 3.58 inches. Yesterday high 96, same as last year. Low last night 68, vs 73 a year ago. Sun sets 7.39 pm, rises 4.3 pm. Moon rises 7.29 pm, sets 5.00 am. Streams Monocacy and Polomas muddy.
300 Pounds of Fish Excite Admiration
Frederick's best fishermen Ralph Zimmerman Walkersville Herbert Eiker Frederick and Glenn Hedges New York City returned from Cape Charles Va with a 300 pound catch. They anchored off Cape Charles Sunday noon and arrived back at 7 pm with prizes shed in ice. Largest bass weighed 45 pounds and the catch included four channel bass sizes 25 35 43 and 35 pounds and a 45 pound bonita plus about fifteen founders kingfish and blues.
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Frederick
Cape Charles
Ralph Zimmerman
Walkersville
Herbert Eiker
Glenn Hedges
New York City
Zimmerman
Graft Probe Ordered Against Governor Earle and Aides
Judge Paul N. Schaeffer ordered the Dauphin county grand jury to begin an August 8 investigation into political graft charges against Governor George H. Earle and 13 associates. He cited reasonable cause to believe the probes will reveal criminal misconduct affecting the public business, based on three months of evidence gathered by District Attorney Carl B. Shelley after his request.
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Harrisburg
Paul N. Schaeffer
Dauphin County
Grand Jury
George H. Earle
Schaeffer
Carl B. Shelley
Towson Man Sentenced to Life for 1932 Jail Break Murder
John Calvin Tyson, 29, of Shamokin Pennsylvania, received life imprisonment for killing William G. Hunter, 73, a turnkey at Pikeville police station during a 1932 jail break. Tyson, a fugitive, was captured a month ago in Anna, Illinois after being at large in Pennsylvania.
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Towson
John Calvin Tyson
Shamokin
William G. Hunter
Pikesville
Tyson
Pennsylvania
Anna
Rainbow Trout Snatches Fisherman Off Shore at Butte
Mrs Patsy Holland relaxed by the Big Hole shore near Butte when a nine pound rainbow trout took the hook. She was pulled into the water but, with companions aid, landed the fish in about 30 minutes.
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Butte
Mont
Patsy Holland
Hughes completes first leg of world flight to Paris
Howard Hughes landed at Le Bourget airport from New York in 16 hours 31 minutes, beating Lindbergh’s time from 1927. Ambassador Bullitt welcomed them as crews planned a six day round-the-world attempt with refueling in Paris before continuing to Moscow. The group prepared for the next leg amid cheers and rapid refueling. Countess Paul de Kotzebue arranged navy blue attire with daisies for a Holland princess godmother at a separate Paris report.
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Howard Hughes
Paris
Floyd Bennett Field
Brooklyn
le Bourget Field
France
Atlantic
New York
Parks
Charles A. Lindbergh
le Bourget
Hughes
Mason
Odyssy
United States
William C. Bullitt
Lindbergh
Annd
Russia
Bullitt
Army
Offce
London
Paul de Kotzebue
Princess of Holland
Molyneux
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War Woodring
al Smith
Moscow
Ambassador Bullitt
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